Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Фонд Fidelity инвестировал $175 млн в сервис обмена фото и видеосообщениями Snapchat, в который ранее вложился фонд Юрия Мильнера DST Global. Snapchat был оценён в $16 млрд как и год назад. Инвестиции являются продолжением раунда F, который компания начала собирать в прошлом году. По данным Reuters, в феврале 2016 года Fidelity купил акции компании по цене $ 30,72 за штуку (из оценки стоимости пакета) – по той же цене, по которой он приобрёл акции Snapchat в марте 2015 года. В третьем катале прошлого года F... →

Lucas Jackson/Reuters Pictures Snapchat has raised $175 million from Fidelity Investments at a $16 billion valuation, according to The Wall Street Journal. Snapchat’s last round of funding in May 2015 reportedly valued the company at $16 billion. The new funding is technically part of that same round, according to the WSJ, as Snapchat had set […]... →

ICX Media, a Washington, D.C. startup promising to help video creators find an audience and make money, announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company was founded by Michael Avon, Tom MacIsaac, Steve McCord and Joey McCord (pictured above). Three of the four co-founders previously worked together at mobile ad company Millennial Media, where Avon was chief… Read More... →

A startup out of Malmo, Sweden called Mapillary is using crowdsourced photos to create an open source, B2B database to compete with Google’s Street View, and today the company announced a Series A round of funding from an impressive list of backers to help make that ambition a reality. The $8 million from Atomico, Sequoia, LDV Capital, and PlayFair will be used to expand… Read More... →

Wrap Media has raised $4 million it will use to grow its business in Japan. The new funding comes from returning investor Dream Incubator, a Tokyo-based consulting and private equity firm that has also signed a strategic partnership with Wrap Media. The San Francisco-based startup lets its users create interactive media for mobile browsing that are easier to navigate than responsive mobile… Read More... →

Fresh from pulling in $83 million from European insurance giant AXA last month, Africa Internet Group (AIG) — the Rocket Internet-backed company behind e-commerce site Jumia — has announced that it has raised €300 million ($326 million) in fresh funding. Read More... →

Tokyo-based Mercari, the Japanese startup behind a consumer-to-consumer marketplace app of the same name, announced today that it has fundraised $74 million (8.4 billion yen) in a series D round.... →

Eight, the startup formerly known as Luna, announced today that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The company makes a smart mattress cover that can track your sleep, change temperature (the temperature can even vary across different parts of the cover) and send data to other Internet-connected devices. It says it has sold 6,000 units through crowdfunding and pre-orders. Co-founder… Read More... →

When it comes to online advertising, one concern publishers, agencies, and marketers share is in determining where programmatic ads are being displayed. Everyone wants to get their money’s worth, but what happens when ads are served on sites where brands don’t have an audience? Pathmatics offers actionable data from across the industry in order to promote […]... →

GoTenna, the device for people who want to stay connected when they don’t have cell signal, has found a natural launch partner — outdoor equipment retailer REI. Daniela Perdomo, goTenna’s CEO and co-founder, told me that REI has signed on to be the startup’s exclusive retail launch partner. For the next three months, the only place you’ll be able to buy goTenna,… Read More... →

Online social game creator FlowPlay has cut a deal that allows its Vegas World social casino game players to spend money in the virtual world to raise money for the real-world nonprofit American Cancer Society during the month of March. The deal is the latest in a trend that helps gamers do good, and it could provide a […]... →

Augment, a Paris-based Augmented Reality (AR) startup announced this morning that they raised more than $3 million from Salesforce Ventures to further expand company operations and also specific integrations with Salesforce software. This brings the total investment amount raised since launch to $4.7 million. Read More... →

Augment is about to get, uh, augmented with $4.7 million in funding. The enterprise augmented reality company uses iPads and smartphones to help people visualize how a new retail kiosk might look in a real store. Augmented reality could hold even more promise than the much-hyped virtual reality, which has focused on gaming and entertainment […]... →

MedyMatch Technology bills itself as an artificial intelligence healthcare startup. It’s applying AI in the form of “deep vision and advanced cognitive analytics” to the analysis of medical imaging scans to help radiologists or emergency department physicians recognise hard to spot abnormalities and in turn make better decisions. Read More... →

Carsome, a car listings portal based in Malaysia, is gearing up to enter new markets in Southeast Asia after raising a $2 million Series A. The round was led by IdeaRiverRun, a Malaysian private equity firm, with participation from IMG Investment Partners and 500 Startups. Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Guard Capital вложил $4 млн в медицинский сервис DocDoc. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Средства пойдут на расширение сети региональных филиалов, развитие технологической платформы, а так же на внедрение онлайн-расписания. Портал DocDoc.ru (ООО «МедСервис») оказывает услуги по подбору врачей из клиник Москвы, Московской области, Санкт-Петербурга, Воронежа, Екатеринбурга, Ижевска, Казани, Краснодара, Нижнего Новгорода, Новосибирска, Перми, Ростова-на-Дону, Самары, Уфы и Челябинска. Основн... →

Blippar, the AR company that lets you see extra, rich content by simply pointing your phone at an object, has today announced the close of a $54 million Series D funding round. The round was led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the strategic investment arm of the Government of Malaysia, and existing investors also participated in the round. Blippar launched back in 2012 with the mission of… Read More... →

Blippar has raised $54 million in funding to “power the future of visual discovery,” the augmented reality (AR) company announced today. The round was led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the investment fund of the Malaysian government, and comes nearly one year after Blippar raised $45 million last March. Blippar was founded out of London in 2011 […]... →

Организаторы музыкального фестиваля Rock in Rio будут распространять билеты при помощи технологии российского стартапа Radario. Как сообщили Firrma в Radario, контракт был подписан на эксклюзивных правах. Ранее Rock in Rio сотрудничал с компаниями Ticketmaster и Eventim по продаже и распределению билетов. Теперь билетные компании будут получать квоты билетов (билетную информацию к продаже) от организатора фестиваля Rock in Rio через единое ядро российской компании Radario. Rock in Rio будет также продавать ... →

Brownies made of black beans and cookies made of chickpeas are amongst the unusual recipes found on Hungryroot. Launched last year, the New York-based meal kit startup focuses on vegetable-based natural foods that can be prepared in under seven minutes. After demonstrating “rapid growth,” Hungryroot has raised an additional $3.7 million in financing from Lightspeed Venture… Read More... →