Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Российские стартапы EasyDress и Costume.ai прошли в акселератор Friends of eBay (находится в Нью-Йорке и в Сан-Хосе), в котором они получат инвестиции в обмен на долю в компании. Об этом стало известно на Al-хакатоне Spacehack 2017, организованного фондом Gagarin Capital.   EasyDress определяет рост на фото по зрачку и размеру головы. Сostume.ai занимается поиском одежды похожего стиля на фото. Кроме того, EasyDress стал победителем хакатона и получил двухнедельную оплачиваемую поездку в Кремниевую долин... →

The SEC has processed a new filing that suggests Tesla may be at work on yet another new initiative. Specifically, the filing shows a $2 million investment in a months-old, Redwood City, Ca.-based company called Redwood Materials that describes itself at its site as focused on “advanced technology and process development for materials recycling, remanufacturing, and reuse.” The… Read More... →

Hearkening back to the old days of iconic Nintendo games like Super Smash Bros., Wavedash Games has raised $6 million for a vision of platform fighting games as the next big thing in social gaming. Taking platform fighter games beyond the game console, the Los Angeles-based company is looking to popularize the genre and bring the one-on-one fighter concept to the same level as a title like… Read More... →

Стартап Talkbank стал одним из 12 победителей международного конкурса стартапов Seedstars, который прошел в начале апреля 2017 года. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости». В международном этапе конкурса участвовало более 1000 стартапов из 76 стран. Talkbank стал также победителем и российского этапа.  Talkbank – виртуальный банк, позволяющий управлять финансами при помощи чат-бота в мессенджерах. Сейчас банк работает c Telegram. В перспективе работать в Viber и Facebook Messenger. При помощи бота Talkbank пользовате... →

When Bitfusion launched in 2015, its focus was on helping developers speed up their applications by giving them pre-compiled libraries that made better use of GPUs, FPGAs and other co-processing technologies. That was then. Today, the hottest market for these technologies is in training deep learning models. Unsurprisingly, that’s exactly what Bitfusion is focusing now. Read More... →

Australia-based cross-border payments startup Airwallex has closed a $13 million Series A round to expand its reach across Asia Pacific and into Europe. The deal was led by Chinese internet giant Tencent — marking its first investment in an Australian startup — with participation from Sequoia China, Mastercard and other undisclosed investors. Airwallex was founded last year… Read More... →

Основатель рекламной платформы Clickky и организатор Mobile Beach Conference Вадим Роговский о том, как похоронить свою идею.... →

Deep Sentinel, a home security startup, today announced that it had closed a $7.4 million Series A led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Lux Capital and UP2398. Founded by serial entrepreneur David Selinger, Deep Sentinel is betting that its emphasis on user experience can provide needed differentiation in the crowded space. Over tea in the… Read More... →

Победителей ждут гранты и инвестиции.... →

After weeks of reports that Didi Chuxing, the Uber of China, was raising another monster round of funding, today the company confirmed the close: it has raised a fresh $5.5 billion, it said in a statement today, to continue global expansion and to invest deeper into emerging areas like artificial intelligence to bring more advanced systems to its transportation service. The company… Read More... →

Didi Chuxing is valued at more than $50 billion, SiriusXM acquires Automatic for more than $100 million, Apple Music wants to be Apple Video with the next iteration of the app focused on video and Everfi raises a $190 million round. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Some big names are making an investment in food stamps — specifically in Propel, a startup that helps food stamp recipients manage their benefits. Propel is announcing that it has raised $4 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Omidyar Network, Kevin Durant’s The Durant Company and Max Levchin’s SciFi VC, as well as previous investors Jay Borenstein, WinWin and… Read More... →

Zeta Global, the marketing tech company that has recently acquired the likes of eBay’s enterprise arm and Acxiom Impact, is preparing for another round of acquisitions and investments in its technology. To do so, the company today announced that it has raised a $140 million Series F round. Read More... →

The world is awash with bots these days — applications the run either partly or entirely using natural language processing, machine learning, computer vision and other artificial intelligence technologies to help consumers ask and answer questions, buy things and get other stuff done. In the enterprise equivalent, a company that is building something akin to this for large… Read More... →

Российский производитель лекарств  «Фармстандарт» инвестировал в препараты для генотерапии EnGene и диагностические онкопрепараты Avelas Biosciences в 2017 году. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости». В EnGene «Фармстандарт» вложил $13 900 в январе 2017 года. Компания приобрела простые акции компании. В марте 2017 года российская компания повторно вложилась в EnGene, увеличив долю с 4,18 до 6%. «Фармстандарт» приобрела привилегированные акции разработчика препаратов для генотерапии за $839 000. EnGene – биотехнологи... →

Everfi Inc. has raised $190 million in Series D funding to teach students online the life skills and touchy subject matter that they never learned in school. A sampling of courses offered by Everfi range from “Harassment Prevention Training” for the workforce, to “Alcohol EDU” for college students and “Vault Understanding Money” for fourth-, fifth- and… Read More... →

Given all of the security concerns raised by the rise of the Echo and other smart home hubs, Amazon surely knew that adding a camera to one of its devices was going to reinvigorate the privacy debate. After all, an always-listening microphone is one thing – the Echo Look, with a camera designed to sit in its owner’s bedroom, is another question entirely. It should be noted that… Read More... →

Акционеры «Юлмарта» Дмитрий Костыгин и совладелец «ЦентрОбуви» Дмитрий Вернимонт запустят сервис для продажи складских остатков. Об этом сообщает РБК. Планируемые инвестиции в проект не раскрываются. Помимо собственных денег, бизнесмены могут привлечь соинвесторов. Как пишет издание, ссылаясь на «СПАРК», в декабре 2016 года предприниматели создали АО «Стокмастер», в котором Костыгину принадлежит 50,5% акций, остальная часть — Вернимонту. «Стокмастер» будет оператором онлайн-сервиса. ​ На сервисе будет реали... →

Приложение для торговли акциями без комиссии Robinhood привлекло $110 млн в инвестиционном раунде C при оценке $1,3 млрд, тем самым став стартапом-«единорогом» (стартапы, чья стоимость более $1 млрд). Компания достигла 2 млн пользователей и 17% месячного роста доходов за счет подписки на продукт Robinhood Gold, пишет TechCrunch.... →

Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood has joined the unicorn club thanks to reaching 2 million users and 17% month-over-month growth of its revenue-driving Robinhood Gold subscription product. The startup confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s raised $110 million at a $1.3 billion valuation led by DST Global, with participation by existing investors NEA, Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, plus… Read More... →