Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Компания Ru-net Леонида Богуславского вышла из немецкой фитнесс и велнес платформы SoMuchMore.  Стартап приобрела спортивная сеть Urban Sports за «семизначную сумму». По информации из открытых источников, Ru-Net вошел в SoMuchMore в мае 2015 года. Сумма вложений тогда не называлась. На сайте Ru-net также указано, что Urban Sports входит в инвестиционный портфель компании. К моменту написания новости Ru-net не ответил на запрос Firrma о том, когда компания стала акционером Urban Sports.  O ru-Net ru-Net — ин... →

Now that the holidays are over, many companies are about to make their employees go through the most dreadful exercise of the year: the annual performance review. Reflektive aims to replace the typically painful review process with a far more lightweight and less demotivating real-time feedback system that integrates into an employee’s daily workflow. In 2015, the company raised a… Read More... →

Сервис доставки еды «Голод» привлёк несколько миллионов рублей при оценке в 60 млн рублей. Об этом Firrma сообщил сооснователь стартапа Тимурмалик Эльмурадов. Возглавил раунд CEO OneTwoTrip Михаил Соколов. Имена остальных инвесторов и сумма вложений не раскрываются. Инвестиции пойдут на переработку приложения и маркетинг. В апреле 2016 года «Голод» привлек 3,4 млн рублей от частного инвестора, имя которого не раскрывается. Оценка оставила 17 млн рублей. Инвестор получил 20% компании. О «Голоде» Сервис доста... →

Национальная ассоциация бизнес-ангелов (НАБА) и РВК в партнерстве с Firrma – в преддверии выпуска исследования рынка ангельских инвестиций 2016 года Russian Angel Monitor – подготовили ряд колонок-мнений самых активных и авторитетных частных венчурных инвесторов России. О том, что нужно, чтобы ангельское движение развивалось и дальше, рассуждает участник рейтинга ангелов, руководитель SmartHub Богдан Яровой.        2016 год стал очередной страницей становления молодого пока ангельского движения России. С од... →

Dalia, a Berlin-based startup that gathers real-time market and opinion data by pushing micro-surveys to smartphone users, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Wellington Partners, and IBB-Bet. Read More... →

We are now in a day and age where cyborg insects no longer even raise an eyebrow. Hell, you can order kits! But this particular cyborg insect is especially interesting: a dragonfly that has been modified inside and out to follow the path programmed into a solar-powered electronic backpack the size of a fingernail. Read More... →

Being able to book a restaurant table online or on your phone is pretty nice, but what about your next doctor appointment? While it doesn’t sound as sexy, I’d rather call a restaurant than a doctor’s office. That’s why French startup Doctolib is trying to make it easier to book appointments. The company just raised another $28 million (€26 million). French public… Read More... →

Предприниматель и основатель студии разработки Neon Roots Бен Ли опубликовал в блоге компании на Medium заметку о том, почему молодым предпринимателям не стоит переоценивать важность ранних инвестиций и отмечать их так, словно компания заработала деньги самостоятельно. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

Video doorbell and connected security device startup Ring has raised $109 million in a Series D round, following its $61.2 million raise last year, when it also launched its Ring Pro smart doorbell. This time around, the new funding follows quickly on the heels of its launch of its connected video motion floodlight, which debuted at CES and will help Ring continue to pursue its goal of… Read More... →

As workforces becomes increasingly mobile with laptops, smartphones and other handheld devices, the potential for vulnerability increases massively. The sophistication of cyber threats and targeted attacks is constantly evolving. SentinelOne is a cyber security player that has concentrated on this new, multiple-vector, attack method, among others. Today it announced a $70 million… Read More... →

Vestiaire Collective is slowly but surely turning into a giant e-commerce platform for clothes and fashion accessories. Think about it as a sort of eBay for fashion items, but with a premium positioning. The French startup just raised $62 million (€58 million). Vitruvian Partners is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo and Idinvest also participating in the round. Overall,… Read More... →

Бывший сотрудник Google и создатель сервиса Hacker Earth Сачин Гупта опубликовал на Medium свой список фактов, о которых он узнал, только став предпринимателем. Он дает новичкам советы о том, как принимать решения, быть лидером, привлекать инвестиции и проводить совещания. Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод материала.... →

Corporations could be a lot more efficient with the travel spend, believes booking platform TripActions. And they’re announcing $14.6 million in funding from Zeev Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners to fulfill that mission. Premised on the idea that people spend more money when it’s the company’s dime, the startup offers employees rewards for staying under a target budget. Read More... →

Max Friefeld, Jonathan Schwartz, and Oliver Ortlieb aren’t just co-founders – they’re roommates. These three formerMakerbot employees are working on creating Voodoo Manufacturing, an effort to “combine software and hardware to build a new-age robotic factory.” Say, for example, you wanted to build hundreds of small velociraptors. You could make a mold and create a… Read More... →

As workforces becomes increasingly mobile with laptops, smartphones and other handheld devices, the potential for vulnerability increases massively. The sophistication of cyber threats and targeted attacks is constantly evolving. SentinelOne is a cyber security player that has concentrated on this new, multiple-vector, attack method, among others. Today it announced a $70 million… Read More... →

If you think it’s frustrating trying to get that last drop of ketchup out of the bottle, or toothpaste out of the tube, imagine having to waste and clean valuable and sticky substances from pipes or tanks in a factory. A startup called LiquiGlide has raised $16 million in a new round of venture funding to bring its patented slippery coatings to manufacturers around the world. Co-founded… Read More... →

It hasn’t even been a year since EquipmentShare raised a Series A round of funding, but the “Airbnb of construction rentals,” has closed a $26 million Series B round. The Columbia, Missouri-based startup helps contractors rent out their under-utilized equipment, or rent safety tested equipment that they need from a fellow contractor. Last year, EquipmentShare also launched… Read More... →

Alibaba just reported a very impressive quarter of business, but there was a small nugget of notable funding news tucked away in its announcement. Koubei, an Alibaba affiliate company focused on enabling local commerce, closed a $1.1 billion financing round this month. The funding was led by Silver Lake, CDH Investments, Yunfeng Capital and Primavera Capital, Alibaba said. It isn’t… Read More... →

Посевной венчурный фонд Константина Синюшина и Игоря Лутца the Untitled ventures инвестировал в российский стартап в области распознавания образов для ритейла Inspector Cloud. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. The Untitled ventures получил в проекте долю в размере 14,4%. Сумма сделки не раскрывается.   Инвестиции пойдут на расширение коммерческих внедрений – решений на крупных торговых объектах. В 2016 году Inspector Cloud провел серию пилотных проектов с российскими компаниями в области трейд маркетинга.   ... →

For end users, an app’s user experience is, essentially, the product. No wonder, then, that app developers are investing more heavily in better user experience toolkits. Fuse is one example. The company aims to halve the development time of complex applications. Today, it announced a $12 million round from Northzone and Alliance Venture to open its toolkits to a wider audience. Read More... →