Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) вышел из сервиса мониторинга активностей приложений AppFollow. Как Firrma сообщили в фонде, сделка состоялась в мае 2015 года, доля ФРИИ была выкуплена основателями стартапа.  Сумма экзита не раскрывается. Компания AppFollow является выпускником пятого акселератора ФРИИ. Акселерационную программу она проходила с февраля по апрель 2015 года.   По условиям акселератора стартап получил 800 тысяч рублей инвестиций от фонда и услуги акселерации, эквивалентные сумме в 600 т... →

TechCrunch has confirmed reports that auto startup Zoox is raising about $200 million at a $1 billion valuation. We’ve also learned that investors Lux Capital and DFJ are involved in the round. The Palo Alto-based startup founded by Tim Kentley-Klay and Jesse Levinson, has been deliberately quiet about what they are working on presumably for competitive reasons, but the Zoox team has… Read More... →

When people participate in events like the AIDS Walk San Francisco, which raises money for Bay Area organizations that are fighting the AIDS epidemic, you often see people post on Facebook that they’re looking for donations. Today, Facebook is rolling out the ability for everyday people to fundraise on behalf of non-profit organizations. This user-focused tool is an extension of a… Read More... →

Компания Cindicator, предоставляющая прогнозы для финансовых рынков, привлекла $250 тысяч от венчурного фонда Starta Capital, Николая Белых и Евгения Медведникова. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Это был предпосевной раунд инвестиций конвертируемым займом в обмен на 10% компании. Привлеченные инвестиции пойдут на завершение разработки AaaS системы (Analytics as a Service), открытый запуск которой запланирован на ближайший август, а также на получение первых продаж на основном для компании рынке – США. С... →

Because managing a large pool of job applicants can be cumbersome, SmartRecruiters thinks its software has the right tools to keep you organized in your candidate search. The team counts clients like Square, Atlassian and Equinox gyms, who use SmartRecruiters to manage job postings and communicate about prospective employees. Now SmartRecruiters is arming itself with a $30 million funding… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив инвестирует 15 млн рублей в формате мини-сид в выпускника седьмого акселератора «Скрористу». Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Формат мини-сид предполагает, что время между первым и вторым траншем составит 2 года. Вложенные деньги пойдут на проведение исследований для повышения качества оценки заемщиков и разработку новых продуктов для МФО. Стартап был запущен в 2014 году. Он предлагает специализированный сервис оценки заемщиков. Для построения оценки заемщика учитывается 7 т... →

Festicket, the UK startup that lets you book a wide range of music festival experiences, has closed $6.3 million in Series B funding. Lepe Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors Wellington Partners, PROfounders, and Playfair Capital. Read More... →

ProducePay has raised $2.5 million to solve what CEO Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck said is a major issue for farmers — getting paid in a timely manner for their crops. Borquez Schwarzbeck explained that farmers usually have to cover the cost of not just growing the produce, but also shipping — and then they have to wait for it to get sold before they get paid themselves. And since… Read More... →

An accelerator that helps tech non-profits develop their products and raise grant money, Fast Forward, has attracted $1.25 million in philanthropic funding of its own. Backers included big names in venture capital and tech. Omidyar Network, Google.org, and BlackRock donated the largest share, along with AT&T, The Nasiri Foundation and Rita Allen Foundation. Fast Forward will use the money… Read More... →

All Def Digital (ADD), a three-year-old, L.A.-based web video platform and media company that was cofounded by hip hop impresario Russell Simmons, has raised $10 million in Series B funding led by Third Wave Digital Partners. Other investors in the round include WPP Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and earlier investors Nu Horizons, Greycroft Partners, eVentures and Advancit Capital. The company… Read More... →

Бизнес-ангел Марина Давыдова вложила в финансовый сервис Frank, делающий все транзакции компаний прозрачными, $75 тысяч. По словам Марины Давыдовой, на данный момент проект привлек $600 тысяч. Это первая сделка Давыдовой как бизнес-ангела. Инвестиция была осуществлена в виде конвертируемого займа по модели SAFE. Постинвестиционная оценка по итогам соглашения не разглашается, но источник, близкий к сделке заявил, что она составила примерно $5 млн. Frank обрабатывает данные каждой транзакции, совершенной чере... →

A startup based in Branford, Connecticut, Ancera Inc. has raised $8.9 million in Series A funding for technology that helps food producers detect contaminants faster than other methods will allow. The company’s mission is to prevent food waste, recalls or worse, the spread of food-borne illnesses, said Ancera CEO and founder Arjun Ganesan. Investors in the deal included: Glass Capital… Read More... →

PredictSpring, a startup that helps brands and retailers build mobile apps, announced today that it has raised $11.4 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Nitin Mangtani has said that one of his goals is to help businesses create truly native mobile experiences that make it easy for consumers to shop. Customers include Calvin Klein, Cole Haan and Nine West, and the company says… Read More... →

Evernote is an indispensible tool for many, and the company is always working on making it more so — “but that requires a significant investment of energy, time, and money,” it writes in a new blog post. You know what that means: price hikes. Read More... →

Flip, a startup that helps tenants find someone to take over their lease, is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The New York City-based company has created a marketplace where lease holders can post apartments that they need to rent out, and where pre-screened applicants can look at housing before it hits the rental market. (Depending on how badly they need to get out… Read More... →

Line Corp., makers of a messaging app that’s gone mainstream in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan, has set a price range for an initial public offering on the Tokyo and New York Stock exchanges in July. Its shares would be priced between 2,700 and 3,700 yen or about $26.50 and $31.50 per share. As the Wall Street Journal reported earlier today, at those prices, Line’s IPO could raise… Read More... →

Бизнес-ангел Александр Румянцев занялся венчурными инвестициями менее года назад. По просьбе Firrma он написал о своих впечатлениях относительно стартапов российского венчурного рынка.  О себе На протяжении более 5 лет я специализировался на управлении ценными бумагами, основал  компанию «Техкапитал», которая оказывает услуги физическим и юридическим лицам, осуществляющим свою деятельность на финансовых рынках. После трех лет руководства успешно продал свою долю. Больше полугода все мое внимание отдано венч... →

A Brooklyn-based startup called Modern Meadow has raised $40 million to become a top source of leather for the world’s makers of fashion and accessories, luggage, sporting goods, upholstery and furniture. Rather than raising animals to slaughter them and take the skin off their backs in a physically and chemically intensive process, Modern Meadow “biofabricates” its leather… Read More... →

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard[Estimated read time: 11 minutes] How fresh is this article? Through patent filings over the years, Google has explored many ways that it might use “freshness” as a ranking signal. Back in 2011, we published a popular Moz Blog post about these “Freshness Factors” for SEO. Following our own advice, this is a brand new update of that article. In 2003, Google engineers filed a patent named Information retrieval based on historical data that shook the SEO world. The patent not only offere... →

Buy organic groceries online, at an affordable price. That’s the mantra of Los Angeles-based Thrive Market, which has raised a significant $111 million Series B funding round, led by Invus. Thrive, which competes with similar online grocery services like Vitacost, believes there is a significant market opportunity to make natural foods more accessible to consumers and they’ve… Read More... →