Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

ShotTracker, a company that got its start by launching a wearable sensor to track and analyze your basketball shots, has announced a $5M seed round that includes participation from basketball legend Magic Johnson and former NBA Commissioner David Stern. R/GA and Elysian Park Ventures, which manage the LA Dodgers’ sports accelerator also participated, as well as Greycroft Partners.… Read More... →

FindFace становится бизнесом: до конца года компания собирается привлечь первые внешние инвестиции и открыть офис в США.... →

Posted by kerryjonesAre you holding your content marketing to unrealistic standards? No matter how informative your infographic about tax law may be, it’s not going to attract the same amount of attention as a BuzzFeed Tasty video. You shouldn’t expect it to. In order to determine what successful content looks like for your brand, you first need to have realistic expectations for what content can achieve in your particular niche. Our analysis of hundreds of Fractl content marketing campaigns looked at the f... →

Intel today reported its Q3 earnings, and while the company beat estimates on both revenues and earnings, it also said that it would be raising its restructuring charges to an eye-watering $2.3 billion, as it continues to shift its business away from PC processors and into chips for the next generation of computing in devices like drones and self-driving cars. It also provided a forecast for… Read More... →

Today, Joy, hardware startup and resident positive emotion, announced the launch of it’s first product, the Joy Album — an interactive photo frame designed from the ground up. Joy has raised $2.5 million in seed funding from investors including Obvious Ventures, The Chernin Group, BoxGroup, and Maywic Select Investments. At first glance, the tablet-like device seems to… Read More... →

Dublin and Berlin-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup Smartfrog has raised $20 million in further funding, meaning that the smart cam maker has managed to pull in $30 million in total despite only launching roughly a year ago. The latest investment breaks down into $15 million equity and $5 million debt financing. Read More... →

There are of course plenty of ways to learn to code online these days. But recently there’s been a trend to allow would-be developers to learn it on the go. We’ve already covered the efforts of Enki to create a ‘snackable’ mobile learning app for developers. Now a new startup, SoloLearn has appeared on the horizon, after garnering a healthy following. Today it… Read More... →

Zumper, the online apartment search platform, has raised $17.6M in Series B funding. This brings total funding to date to $39.2M. While the company declined to discuss valuation, TechCrunch has learned that it’s just north of $100M post-money. The round was led by Jim Breyer’s firm Breyer Capital and Foxhaven Asset Management, and included follow-up funding from existing… Read More... →

For all of the technical pizazz that VR can wow users with, at the end of the day, great content is about establishing an emotional connection, and that means building great characters. Baobab Studios is aiming to move past the novelty of VR and create characters that people can grow to love (and hate). Today, the company announced that it has closed a $25 million Series B led by Horizons… Read More... →

Heal wants to take medical care forward by looking back to an earlier time. The company has raised The Los Angeles-based company has raised $26.9 million in Series A financing led by the Tull Investment Group, with participation from Breyer Capital, Hashtag One and Slow Ventures, along with Qualcomm’s executive  chairman, Paul Jacobs, and the chief executive of Skydance Media, David… Read More... →

В октябре «Лаборатория Касперского» запустила программу Kaspersky Start. Её цель — помочь стартапам в сфере кибербезопасности инвестициями, менторской поддержкой, грантом на развитие и знакомствами со специалистами индустрии. До 3 ноября компания ждёт заявки от всех, у кого есть прорывные идеи софта или «железа» в сфере, связанной с информационной безопасностью. Принимаются к рассмотрению не только готовые к релизу продукты, но и концепции «на бумаге». В итоге в акселератор Kaspersky Start будут отобраны 2... →

A Chicago-based startup called Snapsheet has raised a Series C round of $20 million to make life easier for people who have been through a car crash. The company’s cloud-based software is used by auto insurance providers to guide users through a photo- and information-gathering process on the scene of an accident. It is basically white labeled as a mobile app for each auto insurance… Read More... →

PayPal, the giant digital payments company that was spun off from eBay last year, has had an up-and-down relationship with the business of crowdfunding over the years, but there are some indications that this could change. We’ve been hearing that PayPal was interested in buying GoFundMe — the crowdfunding site that lets people raise money for both serious causes and lighter… Read More... →

Фонд «Нейронные сети», созданный Дмитрием Завалишиным и Максимом Анисимовым, инвестировал в мессенджер для госструктур «Ответ», который разработала компания «Умные коммуникационные технологии», сообщает Cnews. Управляющий директор фонда Дмитрий Завалишин подтвердил изданию Cnews факт инвестиций в мессенджер, но в какой именно не сказал.  Мессенджер «Ответ» доступен виде мобильных приложений для iOS и Android. Он прошел отбор для внедрения в госорганах. По данным ЕГРЮЛ, ООО «Умные коммуникационные технологии... →

Дмитрий Золотухин, исполнительный директор компании “Алоль”, написал для Firrma колонку, в которой рассказывает о тенденциях в развитии большинства крупных мессендежеров планеты, а также говорит о перспективах этого сектора в России.  По прогнозу Radicati Group аудитория мессенджеров к 2019 году составит более 50% населения планеты - 3,8 млрд пользователей. Миллиардные инвестиции позволяют мессенджерам выйти за рамки бесплатного приложения для общения, предложить новые модели потребления и даже создать новы... →

Инвестор Леонард Блаватник совместно с рядом инвесторов профинансировал приложение коктейлей по подписке Hooch на сумму $1,5 млн. Об этом сообщило издание Techcrunch.  Среди соинвесторов: Рассел Симмонс (Russell Simmons), Шон Уайт (Shaun White) и Крис Берч (Chris Burch). Впервые Леонард Блаватник вместе с другими инвесторами и фондами вложился в Hooch марте 2016 года. Приложение привлекло тогда $1,25 млн. Вместе с текущими инвестициями за всю историю стартап привлек $2,7 млн. Hooch – это приложение по подпи... →

Фонда Caspian VC Partners Зиявудина Магомедова совместно с другими партнерами инвестировала $50 млн в компанию Hyperloop One. По итогам сделки Зиявудин Магомедов вошел в совет директоров компании. Об этом сообщает издание РБК. Официальное назначение нового состава совета директоров состоится на ближайшем заседании Hyperloop One. Как пишет РБК, участие Зиявудина Магомедова в совете директоров компании позволит группе компаний «Сумма» «координировать и контролировать политику Hyperloop по реализации проекта в... →

Hyperloop One raises $50 million from DP World Group of Dubai, Soylent Bars are being recalled, Silicon Valley elites donate to controversial Prop Q, Periscope Producer brings us professional live video and a new Rogue One trailer has been released. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

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... →