Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Glen Tullman doesn’t like it when someone tells him he’s sick when he’s feeling fine. It’s something he thinks his customers probably don’t want to hear, either. Tullman runs a startup called Livongo Health, which offers a blood glucose monitor accompanied with a service designed to intervene and help coach people through managing diabetes. Livongo Health helps… Read More... →

Компания «Медиадата» открыла на территории телецентра «Останкино» в Москве центр обработки данных (ЦОД). Инвестиции в запуск дата-центра составили около 800 млн рублей, сообщил «Ведомостям» гендиректор «Медиадаты» Сергей Зайцев. ... →

Helpling, the Rocket Internet-founded company that lets you book a range of home services online, is disclosing €10 million in new funding. The round was led by Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG), the joint venture between Rocket Internet and Ooredoo, and also includes a number of other existing investors. Read More... →

Remember when kids could simply play with their toys? They still can. But parents are increasingly spending on toys that are chockablock with tech components, and that promise to turn their kids into software developers or robotics engineers. The Toy Industry Association, which held its International Toy Fair in New York last month, has even identified robotics-education as a major trend… Read More... →

A startup called LimeBike has raised $12 million in venture funding to make Chinese-style bike sharing mainstream in the US. Andreessen Horowitz led the round joined by IDG Ventures, DCM Ventures and other investors who declined to be named. In China, companies like MoBike and Ofo have raised massive amounts of venture capital and distributed tens of thousands of their GPS-enabled bikes in… Read More... →

Бывший совладелец девелопера «Мортон» Александр Ручьев построит вторую очередь технопарка «Физтехпарк» за 780 млн рублей через свою новую компанию «Основа». Об этом сообщил «Коммерсант». Площадь «Физтехпарка» будет в четыре раза больше действующего корпуса: 130 тыс. кв. м на участке, прилегающем к первой очереди «Физтехпарка». Действующий корпус был построен в 2015 году в начале Долгопрудненского шоссе рядом с Московским физико-техническим институтом. Инвестиции в строительство второй очереди «Физтехпарка» ... →

Goodlord, a U.K. startup that has built a platform to handle transactions and the ‘paperwork’ normally associated with renting a home, has raised £7.2 million in Series A funding. Rocket Internet’s GFC led the round, with participation from existing backer LocalGlobe and new investor Ribbit Capital. Read More... →

Serial entrepreneur Jason Goldberg has famously had his ups and downs, most notably with the e-commerce company Fab.com. He hasn’t stopped moving forward, however. In October, he launched a new messaging app called Pepo that enables anyone to create and join live messaging communities. In December, Pepo announced $2.3 million in seed funding led by the Chinese conglomerate Tencent.… Read More... →

Did you know that your credit cards can do amazing things? Aside from drawing you into crippling debt while forcing you to be part of the vast cycle of economic servitude, credit cards also offer cash-back on purchases, protection on items you buy, and refunds! That’s what Sift wants to help you unlock. “We unlock thousands of dollars worth of hidden credit card benefits. Think… Read More... →

When Carlo Borquez Schwarzbeck was growing up he always loved the work he saw going on around his family’s farm. But without the aptitude for it, Schwarzbeck chose to go the business school route. Now, with his Los Angeles-based startup ProducePay, Schwarzbeck says he’s giving back to the communities that nurtured him. His company has just raised $77 million in equity and debt… Read More... →

Bringg, a startup taking advantage of the shift toward faster, more transparent on-demand delivery, has raised an additional $10 million in Series B funding, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Aleph VC, and includes participation from Coca-Cola and prior investor Pereg Ventures. Founded in 2013, Chicago-headquartered Bringg was started by Raanan Cohen, the former… Read More... →

As the legal cannabis industry grows in the U.S., competition for customers is heating up. Now, a startup called Baker Technologies Inc. has raised $3.5 million to become a “salesforce for pot.” Investors in the new round included Michael Lazerow, Base Ventures, XG Ventures, Poseidon Asset Management, Phyto Partners, the founders of Outside Lands, and several other angel… Read More... →

For a previous generation in the US, the only places where one might worry about the possibility of a mass casualty were “high-value targets,” like airports and government offices, places that have body scanners and bag inspections, security guards and long lines to get in today. But attackers increasingly strike at public places like nightclubs, stadiums, clinics, malls, places… Read More... →

Основанная россиянами компания WayRay договорилась о сотрудничестве с китайской Banma Technologies по созданию навигационной системы с элементами дополненной реальности для автомобилей. Также WayRay привлекла инвестиции от китайской Alibaba Group в рамках раунда на $18 млн, сообщили vc.ru в компании. ... →

Компания WayRay, которая занимается разработкой интеллектуальных навигационных систем и голографических дисплеев, привлекла $18 млн от Alibaba Group и текущих инвесторов. Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе. Деньги будут потрачены на разработку автомобильной инфотейнмент-системы, основанной на технологии дополненной реальности. Система будет разработана совместно с Banma Technologies (совместное предприятие Alibaba Group и крупнейшего китайского автопроизводителя SAIC Motor), с которой WayRay подписал соглаш... →

Silverfin, a startup out of Ghent, Belgium (of all places) that offers a ‘connected accounting platform’ to help businesses stay on top of their financial data, has picked up $4.5 million in Series A funding. Read More... →

Yext, the company that powers location data in search results, has revealed its IPO filing. The business will be able to join the stock market as soon as April. The offering is said to raise $100 million, but that number is subject to change. We will get more of an indication in the coming weeks about how Yext plans to price its shares. With clients like Best Buy, McDonalds and Marriott,… Read More... →

Pitching a “codeless” user interface that allows anyone in a business to develop applications for business intelligence, Skuid has raised $24 million in new financing. Based in Chattanooga, Tenn., Skuid is indicative of the type of startup that is cropping up outside of the traditional innovation hubs of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles and New York. In some… Read More... →

Группа компаний Mazaltgroup объявила о вложении 35 млн рублей в платформу Wi-Fi идентификации для публичных сетей Radius Wifi. Об сделке Firrma сообщил управляющий партнер Mazaltgroup Ян Сепиашвили. По его словам, сделка состоялась в январе 2017 года. Как утверждает инвестор, после возмещения вложенных денег из заработаных средств компании, его доля в проекте составить 25%. Планируется, что это произойдет через 2 года, когда Radius Wifi должен выйти на окупаемость. Как сообщил Сепиашвили, до этого Mazaltgro... →

На IT-рынке новая волна интереса к проектам в сфере fintech. Причем сейчас интерес исходит не только от венчурных фондов, но и от крупных игроков — банков и регуляторов. Firrma собрала мнения экспертов на тему того, как будет выглядеть fintech в ближайшем будущем. Глеб Давидюк, управляющий партнер венчурного фонда iTech Capital:   Сегодняшний основной тренд отрасли — оптимизация традиционных сегментов финансового рынка с точки зрения бизнес-процессов и стоимости финансовых услуг. Другими словами, все финанс... →