Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

You don’t need to quit your job to start making money from playing games. Esports Hero is a fresh startup in the competitive-gaming space, and it has raised $1 million in financing to expand its real-money cash tournaments. Esports Mogul, an Australian investment group, led the round. With this influx of cash, Esports Hero is hoping […]... →

BetterWorks, a platform for employees to set themselves goals, share them with others in their organization and track how well those goals are being met, has raised another $20 million in Series B funding. The company is not disclosing its valuation but we understand from sources close to the deal that it is around $100 million. Led by Emergence Capital — an early backer of… Read More... →

GoCardless, a U.K.-based startup that helps businesses accept direct debit payments online, has announced a fresh $13 million of funding in a round led by Notion Capital. Existing investors including Balderton Capital, Accel Partners, and Passion Capital also participated in the round. Founded out of London in 2011, GoCardless touts itself as the most effective […]... →

GoCardless has become somewhat of a poster child for the London fintech scene. Offering an alternative to card payments, the startup provide’s a simple way for businesses to set up and accept bank-to-bank payments online (also known as Direct Debit), and is now processing £1 billion worth of payments annually. That’s up from £500 million in July — a figure that co-founder… Read More... →

Eye-tracking virtual reality headset maker FOVE has closed an $11 million Series A led by Colopl VR Fund, with participation from the venture fund of Hon Hai (Foxconn), 2020, and Samsung Venture Investment. Read More... →

CharlieHR, a HR platform for small businesses, has raised a £1 million (about $1.4 million) seed investment from Connect Ventures and Seedcamp. A number of angel investors also participated in the funding round: Nutmeg founder Nick Hungerford, Balderton Capital partner James Wise, Huddle founder Alistair Mitchell, and Songkick founder Ian Hogarth. The London-based startup was […]... →

Nuren Group, a Malaysian-based company that runs community and e-commerce sites for women, has raised a $2 million Series A led by Gobi Partners. Read More... →

Cambridge-based image fusion firm Spectral Edge has closed a £1.5m (about $2.1 million) seed funding round. The round was led by IQ Capital and Parkwalk Advisors and also drew support from various other firms including Cambridge Angels, Wren Capital and Cambridge Capital Group. A statement said the new funding would be used to grow Spectral […]... →

Truebill, a startup that helps people track and cancel their subscriptions, is announcing that it has raised a small round of seed funding. The round includes $120,000 from Y Combinator (yes, the Y Combinator that’s having its Demo Day today), with additional funding from angel investors like David Marcus (formerly a PayPal executive and now vice president of messaging products at… Read More... →

Российский стартап Navigine, разрабатывающий навигационные системы для точного ориентирования внутри помещений (например, таких как производственные и логистические объекты, торговые центры и аэропорты), привлек $400 тысяч от синдиката инвесторов. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Синдикат возглавила финская финансово-технологическая компания Innovestor. Navigine является первой инвестицией финской компании на российском рынке. В сделке также участвовали инвесторы из Скандинавии, России и США. Одним инвес... →

Doordash, the food delivery company that helps restaurants deliver food to their customers’ homes for a fee, has raised another $127 million in its third round of funding. The company just posted about the Series C funding today, after months of speculation that it was struggling to raise the money at the $1 billion valuation. The […]... →

A new service from the online wedding inspiration startup Loverly wants to put the capabilities of a wedding planner right in your pocket. Officially launching today, Loverly is unveiling a new chat-based “concierge” service that will send brides and grooms a list of vetted wedding vendors that match the couple’s budget, needs and who have availability for the wedding date… Read More... →

Проект BOOKINNA, разработанный компанией «ИННА ТУР», привлек инвестиции в размере 500 млн рублей от группы частных инвесторов в обмен на 49% долю в компании. Об этом Firrma сообщили в BOOKINNA. В проект вложился пул частных инвесторов, среди которых бизнес-ангел Анатолий Захаров. Инвестиции будут поступать в несколько траншей. Сделка направлена на развитие и масштабирование платформы, а также на эффективное взаимодействие с ведущими экспертами российской IT-индустрии. Компания также планирует запустить новы... →

Сингапурский фонд DMP VC, возглавляемый Дмитрием Левитом, стал лид-инвестором в раунде A банкоrского медицинского стартапа Medical Departures на общую сумму $2,5 млн. Как рассказал Левит Firrma, инвестиции фонда составили «около половины раунда». В раунде участвовали также фонд VC CyberAgent Ventures, европейская медиа-компания Hubert Burda Media и OPT SEA (Юго-Восточное азиатское подразделение японского digital рекламного агентства  OPT Group). Ранее компания развилась на деньги основателей. Инвестиции, пр... →

Бизнес-интегратор GoTech и «Лаборатория Касперского» создали специальную номинацию Next Generation Security. Об этом Firrma сообщили в GoTech. Принять участие в отборе могут технологические компании и проекты, создающие продукты для защиты от современных или будущих киберугроз по следующим направлениям:  мобильная и облачная безопасность;  новые подходы в информационной безопасности;  адаптивная безопасность;  анализ человеческого и машинного поведения;  физическая безопасность и здоровье близких;  интернет... →

Биофизик Эдвард Крыжановский в 2007 году основал компанию Bioenergy Technologies, которая продает по всему миру приборы и программные комплексы для медицинской диагностики. Одна из разработок компании — неинвазивный оптический глюкометр. 4 марта проект привлек инвестиции от «Посевного фонда в области живых систем». Эдвард Крыжановский рассказал vc.ru, почему создание рабочего неинвазивного глюкометра — одна из важнейших задач в мировой биомедицинской электронике и как его команда эту задачу решала.... →

RecomN, a platform that helps Malaysian and Indonesian users find service providers for important projects, will enter new Southeast Asian markets after raising $1 million in seed funding from Gobi Partners. The company was launched in July 2014 and inspired by expensive mishaps two of its co-founders, Alex Tan and Jes Min Lua, experienced. Read More... →

London-based blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic has closed a $5 million Series A funding round led by Paladin Capital Group,  a Washington-based VC specializing in disruptive security applications. Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler, Digital Currency Group and previous investor Octopus also participated in the round. Elliptic CEO and co-founder Dr. James Smith said: “Over the last three […]... →

BYJU, an educational app for Indian schoolkids, plans to create new learning formats and products after raising $75 million from Sequoia India and Sofina. Read More... →

Georgios Kasselakis has the same kinds of concerns as most VCs: How to raise money, how to grow the money investors provide him, how to identify the most promising startups. Unlike most VCs, Kasselakis and his seven-year-old, seed-stage venture firm, OpenFund, are based in Athens, Greece, a country that is nearly bankrupt and where, even worse, more than 44,000 refugees are now trapped (a… Read More... →