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The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tech industry. Yet the way IoT is evolving raises serious concerns: There are too many complexities, moving parts, diversities and competing trends and technologies that must be managed when developing IoT solutions. One practical approach that could help deal with the complexities of IoT would be the use of the concept… Read More... →

Posted by Royh[Estimated read time: 4 minutes] SEO is not just about Google! Yes, that’s right, I genuinely mean this and I’m going to stick to my word. It’s common practice for SEOs to invest all their time and energies into just one search engine, but this is a limited approach. The truth is that SEOs need to investigate other strategies for generating traffic which don’t rely purely on Google. And to underline this point, I’m going to take a quick look at the current landscape and prove why this is an es... →

Posted by Royh[Estimated read time: 4 minutes] SEO is not just about Google! Yes, that’s right, I genuinely mean this and I’m going to stick to my word. It’s common practice for SEOs to invest all their time and energies into just one search engine, but this is a limited approach. The truth is that SEOs need to investigate other strategies for generating traffic which don’t rely purely on Google. And to underline this point, I’m going to take a quick look at the current landscape and prove why this is an es... →

On-demand delivery is something consumers have come to expect. With that in mind, startup Dispatch is building a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles designed for sidewalks and bike paths. Today, the company announced a $2 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon with participation from Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures and others. “The need for… Read More... →

Voxeet, an audio conference service, announced today that it took in a $1.5 million round, led by LDV Partners. The startup also announced the international launch of Voxeet 4.0, a service that builds on the startup’s “3D TrueVoice surround sound” technology to offer what the company is calling “the richest audio available with powerful collaboration features.” […]... →

Healthcare identity startup CrossChx announced this morning that they raised a $15 million Series C financing round from Khosla Ventures, Drive Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, NCT Ventures and Moonshots Capital. This brings their total funding to $35 million since being founded in 2012 Read More... →

Haptik, a mobile concierge style service in India, has landed investment from domestic media giant Times Internet. The size of the Series B raise was not disclosed, but TechCrunch understands from a source close to the deal that is $11.2 million. Read More... →

Vasona Networks said it has raised $14.6 Million in venture capital in a third round of funding for its mobile network infrastructure business. Mobile network operators are grappling with massive demand for data services, and Vasona hopes to relieve that congestion. San Jose, Calif.-based Vasona Networks was founded in 2010 to make devices and software that enable mobile network […]... →

В связи с недавним оффшорным «панамским скандалом», председатель совета директоров «Русских фондов» Сергей Васильев вспоминает, когда и почему российский бизнес начал использовать оффшорные компании. В начале девяностых, на заре рыночных реформ никаких оффшоров у нас не было. Все работали через старые или вновь создаваемые российские компании. Ни у кого не было даже мысли, что нужно что-то открывать или регистрировать на Западе. Все думали только о бизнесе внутри России, тут все бурлило. Никто не собирался ... →

Medical marijuana startup Meadow has raised $2.1 million in seed funding, a move it says will go to accelerate development of its Meadow Platform software suite and also hiring. Investors that participated in the round include David Lee, Justin Kan, Hiten Shah, Slow Ventures, SOMA Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Poseidon Asset Management. In conjunction […]... →

WordPress sites make up a massive chunk of the Internet, so it’s no surprise that there are also plenty of services that specialize in hosting them. WordPress hosting and management service Flywheel, which focuses on designers and creative agencies, today announced that it has raised a $4 million Series A round led by Kansas City’s Five Elms Capital. This round comes about a year… Read More... →

Numerous startups now sell class passes for children’s activities, including KidPass, which announced $325,000 in seed funding in January, and Pearachute (it raised $1.2 million last month). Now, a Brooklyn-based startup named Sawyer is trying to separate itself from the little kid pack. Its very grown-up ambition: to become an OpenTable-like platform that makes it easier for… Read More... →

Video ad startup Virool has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The company works with publishers including Mashable, Adweek and The Onion. It offers what it calls an Inline video ad unit, which has already been served across more than 2,000 online properties and which creates new ad inventory by launching video ads in the middle of articles and other editorial content. Does that sound… Read More... →

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Инвестиции на первом этапе экспансии LeEco в Россию могут составить более $100 млн... →

На российский рынок летом этого года может выйти китайский онлайн-кинотеатр LeEco, аналог американского сервиса потокового видео Netflix. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». По данным источника Ведомостей, открытие офиса в России запланировано на лето 2016 года. Первые инвестиции в компанию: открытие представительства, вложения в создание новой или покупку имеющейся в России видеоплатформы могут составить более $100 млн. Компания LeEco также планирует продавать свои смартфоны в России. LeEco уже запустила продаж... →

Группа фондов Russia Partners в 2015 году продала 1,7 млн акций разработчика программного обеспечения EPAM Systems, что составляет 4% от всех акций компании. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости». В феврале 2015 года фондам Russia Partners принадлежало 10,1% компании (4,8 млн акций). На 31 декабря 2015 года во владении у них находилось  6,1% компании (или 3,1 млн акций). Russia Partners мог получить от продажи от от $77 млн до $143,5 млн, поскольку цена акций компании колебалась в течение года в диапазоне от $45,27 ... →

Curiously-named Australian wine site Vinomofo announced today that it’s raised its first major round of funding, $19 million (AUD $25 million), from fellow Aussie Blue Sky Venture Capital. Vinomofo says it raised the funds to expand its self-described “most epic wine site on the planet” for “wine-loving mofos” into New Zealand, the U.K., Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and […]... →

Индийский портал недвижимости Housing.com, инвестором которого является фонд DST Global Юрия Мильнера, поднял раунд от бывшего управляющего сервисом 99Acres.com Винита Сингха. Об этом сообщает издание e27.co. Сумма сделки и остальные условия не разглашаются. Новый инвестор Housing.com будет тесно сотрудничать с руководством компании в роли старшего консультанта. В ноябре 2014 года Housing.com привлек $100 млн от фондов SoftBank, Nexus, Helion и фонда DST Global Юрия Мильнера. Затем, уже в январе 2016 года H... →

(Reuters) – Digital privacy advocates and users of Reddit expressed their alarm on Friday over a change in the forum’s transparency report that suggested it may have been asked to give customer data to FBI investigators under a secretive government authority. The annual report lists a variety of requests the site has received for information […]... →