Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Игорь Калганов, основатель и генеральный директор компании «33 Слона» написал для Firrma колонку, в которой объяснил, в каких случаях стартапу может потребоваться технология блокчейн.   Первая волна хайпа вокруг блокчейн-технологии сменилась спокойным оптимизмом, работой внутри банковских консорциумов и привлекших рекордные инвестиции стартапов. IT-тусовку еще потрясают бури вроде недавнего вывода $53 млн из фонда DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), оперирующего виртуальной валютой. Тем не менее, о... →

Инвестиционная группа LetterOne Михаила Фридмана вложила $50 млн в телекоммуникационную компанию FreedomPop. Об этом пишет Financial Times. Инвестиции направлены на расширение международного присутствия. По словам генерального директора и основателя компании Стивена Стоколса, в планах компании выйти на рынки 8-10 стран в течение года. FreedomPop – интернет-провайдер и оператор мобильной связи, который предлагает клиентам подписывать бесплатные контракты на пользование услугами. Когда у покупателей заканчива... →

The funding environment is so overheated that it often seems like no idea is too silly to attract investment. You might be surprised by how many companies struggle to raise money — even those that manage to bootstrap their way to a million dollars (or more) in revenue. Read More... →

Posted by EricEngeThere sure is a lot of interest in SEO ranking factors: There have been major studies done on this, notably by both Moz and Searchmetrics. These are groundbreaking pieces of research, and if you're serious about SEO, you need to understand what these studies say. That said, these are too complex for most organizations to deal with. They need a simpler way of looking at things. At Stone Temple Consulting (STC) we deal with many different types of organizations, including some of the world's... →

Bruno Guez has spent decades in the music business — he hosted a show on public radio, founded Quango Music Group and even worked as the creative director of music at Cirque de Soleil. Over that time, he said he’s watched as changes in the music industry outpaced the tools available to artists and labels. “There were no modern platforms for the B2B segment of the… Read More... →

Los Angeles startup GOAT (incorporated as 1661 Inc.) has raised $5 million in new venture funding to grow its mobile-only marketplace for used and collectible sneakers. The GOAT app features everything from Adidas’ Yeezys to Nike’s Jordans and Flyknits, in men’s or women’s sizes, new and used condition. Instead of operating like an open marketplace such as E-bay, letgo… Read More... →

The Brazilian Airbnb for pet-sitting, DogHero, has raised $3.1 million in financing as pet care spending in Brazil starts to take bigger and bigger bites out of consumers’ wallets. Brazil already accounts for $8.16 billion in global spending for pets, according to Brazilian pet care association Abinpet. And the country’s pet-owners are beginning to open their wallets for more… Read More... →

A New York City startup called Helix Sleep Inc. raised $7.35 million in Series A funding to grow its bespoke mattress business, according to cofounder Adam Tishman. With 20 full-time employees today, the company sells directly to consumers online, and via its office and showroom in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Helix’s mission is to “deliver unprecedented comfort to people… Read More... →

Grocery on-demand service HappyFresh has delivered a mixed bag of news today. Firstly, the company has withdrawn from two markets in Asia as it aims to focus on creating a sustainable business. Second, it has announced an undisclosed amount of funding. Read More... →

The Brazilian Airbnb for pet-sitting, DogHero, has raised $3.1 million in financing as pet care spending in Brazil starts to take bigger and bigger bites out of consumers’ wallets. Brazil already accounts for $8.16 billion in global spending for pets, according to Brazilian pet care association Abinpet. And the country’s pet-owners are beginning to open their wallets for more… Read More... →

Launching with a marketplace for landscaping, snow plowing, and other home care and repair services, Plowz & Mowz has raised $1.5 million from the Los Angeles-based startup studio, Science. On the heels of the firm’s successful exit from Dollar Shave Club, Science has turned to the marketplace industry for its next investment. The idea for the company stretches back nearly… Read More... →

San Francisco-based education startup StudySoup, which calls itself “a peer-to-peer learning marketplace,” announced it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. The company works as an online study group where students can sell or purchase class notes and study guides. “We realized that a lot of students come to college on very different levels,” Sieva Kozinsky, 26… Read More... →

mSurvey, a Kenya based startup specializing in mobile data collection, has raised seed capital as it looks to expand its survey business in partnership with retailers in sub-Saharan Africa. Safaricom, Cross Culture Ventures, and the Virgin Group’s Alpha Angels joined an investment round in the three year old business. “It’s a seed round. I can’t disclose the amount,… Read More... →

Институт Развития Интернета (ИРИ) объявил о запуске нового направления «Интернет+ Инвестиции», в рамках которого будет заниматься инвестиционными и исследовательскими проектами в интернет-экономике. В частности, ИРИ приступил к изучению возможности создания системы распознавания и анализа медицинских изображений на основе нейросетей и BigData. Участниками исследования также стали Научно-практический центр медицинской радиологии Департамента здравоохранения Москвы, Первый Московский Государственный […]... →

Ирина Калашникова, руководитель проекта GoTech, рассказала Firrma, как нынешний набор конкурса отличается от предыдущих. Российские стартапы за последние три года заметно изменили свой подход к финансированию и монетизации. Такой вывод мы получили после анализа заявок на ежегодный конкурс Web Ready, который с этого года после изменения концепции выступает под брендом бизнес-интегратора . Стало больше проектов, которые развиваются на собственные средства, объем запрашиваемых инвестиций у венчурных фондов и б... →

Songkick, which allows you to track the gigs of your favorite music artists and buy tickets to concerts, has raised a further $15 million in funding from Access Industries. Songkick says it now plans to use the money to “enhance the connection between artists and fans,” increase ticket sales, and prevent scalping. Songkick’s app and web platform scans a user’s music… Read More... →

Whether you’re clumsily attempting to find where your Uber is parked or trying to find your friend at a crowded venue, it’s clear that GPS has some major limitations that need to be fixed. Navisens wants to gather reliable mapping data from users’ smartphones without even touching GPS, instead relying on sensors like the gyroscope and accelerometer to track the… Read More... →

Symphony Commerce, a provider of cloud technology for e-commerce platforms, is raising $11 million to grow its fulfillment business. Symphony, which helps companies like Gatorade and Hershey’s manage their web business, is doubling down on its logistics services, by helping these brands enable faster shipping. With order management tools and a network of warehouses, Symphony says its… Read More... →

Mail.Ru Group приобрела контрольную долю GeekBrains, образовательной онлайн-платформы для программистов. Сумма сделки не разглашается. Точная доля, которую получит Mail.Ru Group, также не называется, однако указывается, что она составит около 50%. Основатели проекта останутся его акционерами и продолжат руководить GeekBrains. Как сообщается в официальном пресс-релизе, инвестиции в GeekBrains являются частью системной работы в области развития образования […]... →

SigOpt, a company aiming to “optimize everything,” announced today that it has raised $6.6 million in Series A funding. When startups talk about optimization, they often mean trying out a few different variations and then choosing the ones that get the best results. With SigOpt, it’s more of a continual process, where the technology can look at your results and recommend what… Read More... →