Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

FarmLogs raises $22 million, Instagram Stories hits 150 million daily users, Google closes its UAV project and JetBlue gives us free Wi-Fi. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Make way for another large fintech investment out of Europe. Funding Circle, the London-based peer-to-peer lending platform that lets small businesses connect with investors willing to lend them money, has raised another $100 million in funding of its own, led by Accel with participation from other previous investors Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rocket… Read More... →

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based FarmLogs has raised $22 million in a Series C round of funding for technology that helps farmers monitor and measure their crops, predict profits, manage risks from weather, pests and more. Naspers Ventures led the round joined by the company’s earlier backers Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angel and individual investors… Read More... →

Oakland-based food startup Kuli Kuli has raised $4.25 million in a Series A round of funding to bring moringa, a high-protein plant, to more kitchens in the US according to CEO and co-founder Lisa Curtis. During her time working in Niger for the Peace Corps, Curtis got a taste for the moringa plant, which grows pervasively in tropical climates, and is higher in iron, calcium and protein than… Read More... →

HOOQ, a Netflix challenger in Southeast Asia, has raised $25 million in capital from existing investors Singtel, Sony Pictures and Warner Brothers. Read More... →

The world of mobile payments continues to consolidate and mature, and today one of the leading players among European mobile payments startups has raised a significant round of money to help keep itself on top. iZettle, the Swedish company that offers a card reader that works with your smartphone or tablet, plus a suite of financial services for the small businesses, is announcing that it… Read More... →

GoFundMe has made a name for itself as a go-to platform for individuals looking to raise money for good causes — a business that has been a big success, raising $3 billion since 2010 from 25 million+ donors across over 2 million campaigns. Now, the company is expanding: GoFundMe has acquired CrowdRise, a fundraising platform for charities and other non-profits, as well as… Read More... →

Lalamove, a Hong Kong-based logistics on-demand service, has closed a $30 million Series B as it begins to consider a public listing. Read More... →

Lola, a startup that connects travelers with live travel agents, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The Boston-based startup was founded by Paul English, who previously co-founded and served as CTO at Kayak. In contrast to many other assistant services that hype their automation and technology, Lola proudly highlights the fact that its iPhone app uses human travel agents —… Read More... →

MyTomorrows, the Netherlands-headquartered startup that has built a platform to help physicians and patients access drugs that are still in development, has raised €10 million in further funding. Leading the round is EQT Ventures, and Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing backers Balderton Capital, and Sofinnova Partners. Read More... →

The early cancer screening startup Grail plans to raise more than $1 billion in Series B financing today, possibly up to $1.8 billion. While the company doesn’t want to name investor names, only mentioning in a release the funding will come “primarily from undisclosed private and strategic investors,” Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google… Read More... →

Компания сократит треть штата. Инвестиции взяты давно, как возвращать — непонятно.... →

One of the big HR startup stories of the last year has been the trials and tribulations of Zenefits, but news coming out today from another company in the space shows that there is still a lot of opportunity in the industry with the right approach. Namely, a New York-based SaaS HR firm that focuses on mid-sized (100 to 1,000 employees) companies offering an all-in-one human resources… Read More... →

Российский чат-бот для аналитических сервисов Statsbot привлек инвестиции от фонда Slack Fund, принадлежащего мессенджеру Slack. Об этом сообщил TechCrunch. Сумма привлеченных средств не раскрывается. Инвестиции сделаны в рамках политики Slack вкладывать в экосистему. В ноябре Statsbot привлек $1,6 млн от Eniac Ventures, Betaworks и фонда председателя совета директоров Alphabet Эрика Шмидта Innovation Endeavors.  Slack Fund также вложил в 10 других стартапов, среди которых корпоративный финансовый бот SwayF... →

Российский разработчик навигационных систем и голографических дисплеев WayRay и американская компания HARMAN International объявили о стратегическом партнерстве с целью разработки и внедрения прототипа инфотейнмент-системы в дополненной реальности для автомобилей с возможностью голографической проекции на дорогу. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Решение будет полностью интегрировано в инфотейнмент-системы компании Harman. Технологии WayRay позволяют сделать стекла автомобиля новым каналом получения инфор... →

Bicycle sharing services are primed to be a major focus for China’s startup scene this year. Now today, only the fourth day of 2017, comes the first mega-round for the space after Mobike announced its $215 million Series D funding. Read More... →

Mayfield Robotics, a startup owned by Bosch, shows off the Kuri robot, Intel buys 15% of Here mapping business and electric bus company Proterra raises $140 million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Подделка отчетности, обман ожиданий, скупка собственного товара – на что готовы стартаперы, чтобы привлечь инвестиции?... →

Журнал Forbes опубликовал список из 600 самых ярких молодых людей до 30 лет, которые развивают такие сферы, как венчурные инвестиции, спорт, музыка, кино, игры, финансы, ритейл, производство, маркетинг, право и другие. В 2017 году в список попали создатели Prisma, MSQRD и GitLab.... →

Monese, the London-based fintech startup that offers a mobile banking app for immigrants and expats who might otherwise find it difficult to open a bank account outside of their originating country, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Read More... →