Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Returning a product you bought online is inherently a statement of dislike, but smart retailers are quickly learning that they’re far better off if they shelve their defensive impulses and instead embrace your dissatisfaction with open arms. This is because it turns out that a smooth return process makes customers considerably more likely to repurchase in the days following the… Read More... →

mParticle announced today that it has raised $17.5 million in Series B funding. The New York City startup helps marketers collect user data through a variety of services and then funnel that data to other marketing and analytics tools. Co-founder and CEO Michael Katz said this not only reduces integration challenges and technical difficulties, but also helps businesses get more a unified view… Read More... →

Pluto TV, a video streaming service targeting cord cutters by offering a TV- guide like experience that connects you to hundreds of online channels, has raised $30 million in Series B funding, valuing the business at $140 million. The new funding comes from ProSieben of Germany, one of Europe’s largest independent media companies, and lifestyle media company Scripps Networks Interactive. Read More... →

Корпорация «Роснано» сформирует международный консорциум для реализации проектов в сфере ветряной энергетике, сообщают «РИА Новости». Компания может инвестировать в консорциум 10 млрд рублей. Фактические инвестиции могут превысить заявленную сумму. Проект будет включать производство оборудования, и строительство электростанций в России. По словам председателя правления компании Анатолия Чубайса, фактически «Роснано» планирует сформировать два консорциума. Первый по локализации производства ветроустановок и ... →

Российское медицинское приложение для людей с хроническими заболеваниями и их близких getbetter! от сооснователей стартапа «Доктор на работе»  получило $250 тысяч посевных инвестиций от фонда Guard Capital.  Привлеченные средства помогут команде стартапа в ближайшие месяцы проверить, сможет ли приложение собрать и удержать значимую аудиторию людей с диабетом 1 типа в США. getbetter! – приложение для людей с хроническими заболеваниями и их близких, ориентированное на международный рынок. Недавно стартап, по ... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) инвестирует 15 млн рублей в облачный сервис по защите сайтов SiteSecure, который является участником восьмого акселератора ФРИИ. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Привлеченные инвестиции пойдут на маркетинг и масштабирование продаж, техническую доработку продукта, улучшение интерфейса, автоматизацию защиты, а также усиление команды.  Деньги будут получены в формате «быстрых» инвестиций, то есть в минимальные для фонда сроки (до 40 дней).  SiteSecure — облачный сервис д... →

ComplyAdvantage is a London-based startup that claims to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to help firms manage compliance obligations and at reduced cost. Read More... →

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell launches a virtual reality company, Baidu raises a $3 billion fund, BMW’s new motorcycle concept, Hyperloop transport system for cargo being built in the UAE and Facebook and Google are partnering to build a trans-Pacific cable. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

FourKites, a two-year-old, Chicago-based company aiming to make sense of the complex and fragmented trucking industry for the vendors relying on it to get their goods from Point A to Point B, has raised $13 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from earlier backers Hyde Park Venture Partners, Hyde Park Angels, and Otter. What the platform is… Read More... →

Александр Румянцев – один из очень немногих венчурных инвесторов, кто не опасается вкладывать в такие непростые индустрии, как сельское хозяйство. В его портфеле есть проект «Электронное стадо»* и он готов и дальше смотреть на агро-стартапы. На мероприятии от Firrma и РВК Tech Days Agro инвестор активно участвовал в дискуссии. Сегодня мы публикуем его самые интересные мысли о том, почему инвестиции в сельскохозяйственные стартапы могут быть не менее привлекательными, чем в ИТ, и какими качествами должен обл... →

Remember those old school chemistry sets that came in a cardboard box with a bunch of vials, plastic beakers, safety glasses and a booklet full of instructions for different experiments? London startup MEL Science is putting a high-tech twist on those, with virtual reality and augmented reality content that takes kids on a virtual tour inside a chemical reaction, right after they conduct an… Read More... →

Serverless offers developers an open source framework that allows them to more easily write applications for platform like AWS Lambda and — in the near future — Microsoft’s Azure Functions and Google’s Cloud Functions. The company today announced that its framework is now out of beta and that it has raised a $3 million seed round led by Trinity Ventures. The… Read More... →

Noodle Partners Inc., a new education venture from the founder of The Princeton Review and 2U Inc., John Katzman, has raised $4 million in venture funding to help colleges and universities deliver high-quality certificate and degree programs online. Philadelphia-based Osage Venture Partners led the investment in Noodle Partners and was joined by New Markets Venture Partners, 500 Startups… Read More... →

Hooch, a subscription-based drink startup we’ve covered before has raised $1.5M in new funding, bringing total funds raised to $2.7M. All of the investors in this round were considered strategic by the startup, and include celebrities like Russell Simmons, Shaun White and Chris Burch. As a refresher, the app charges $9.99 per month for the ability to claim one “free”… Read More... →

C1X has raised another $6.5 million in what it says is the first part of a Series B round of funding. The company was founded by Mukundu Kumaran (CEO) and Daisuke Nagayama (chief operating officer and chief global strategist) — Kumara, previously worked as an engineering director at Yahoo, and he told me that his goal is “to simplify how the basic advertising transaction… Read More... →

With sights set on developing fully autonomous driving technology, MIT spinoff startup Optimus Ride has raised $5.25 million in seed funding, led by NextView Ventures and FirstMark Capital. With the funding, Boston-based Optimus Ride hopes to provide something unique to the self-driving technology market, powered by a team with over 30 years of collective experience in robotics, on-demand… Read More... →

Remote Year is a pretty appealing idea for anyone with a serious case of wanderlust: Participants spend a whole year working abroad, moving to a different city and country each month. But is it just a fun, one-time idea, or the seed of a big business? The team at Highland Capital Partners is betting on the latter — it just led a $12 million Series A in the company. Other investors in… Read More... →

When it comes to self-driving cars, the public tends to focus on developments for private vehicles for individuals, but there are also some significant advances underway in other categories such as shuttle busses. In the latest piece of news, Navya, a startup out of France that makes driverless shuttles, has raised $34 million (€30 million) in funding to build out its team, technology… Read More... →

HomeMe, the developers of the rental application that pre-approves and screens potential renters for apartments and landlords that will actually approve their rental applications, has raised $3.2 million in its first institutional round of financing. The company’s new financing will help it expand into new markets, according to chief executive Mark Douglas. Douglas, who also serves as… Read More... →

В сентябре в Москву с двухдневной программой по корпоративному венчурному инвестированию Global Corporate Venturing Academy приезжал один из знаменитых теоретиков корпоративного венчуризма – англичанин Эндрю Гол*. Руководитель департамента коммуникаций РВК Егор Гоголев и издатель Firrma Дмитрий Фалалеев поговорили с Эндрю о том, как и зачем глобальные корпорации в поисках инноваций делают собственные фонды и какие вызовы им приходится преодолевать, чтобы этот механизм действительно работал.  Егор (Е): Скажи... →