Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

4 ноября 2016 года принадлежащий корпорации Alphabet венчурный фонд Google Capital раскрыл свои инвестиции в сервис «самоуничтожающихся» сообщений Snapchat. Об этом со ссылкой на сайт фонда сообщает агентство Reuters.... →

TrendKite announced today that it has raised $16.3 million in Series D funding. The company says it helps businesses understand the impact of their news coverage and public relations strategy — like which articles are driving the most awareness of their brand, the total audience that’s being reached by the coverage and the sentiment of that coverage. TrendKite also shows you… Read More... →

Broadband at home, motion sensors and high definition video cameras led to a renaissance in home security systems over the past decade. But big problems remain in residential security, says Alex Pachikov, CEO and cofounder of Sunflower Labs with CTO Chris Eheim. Stationary cameras don’t detect would-be intruders until they are close or actively trying to enter the home, he said.… Read More... →

Out of the pill? Nurx is a web platform delivering birth control in under a couple hours and it just raised $3.5 million in Series A financing from Union Square Ventures. The startup launched in xx to bridge the gap between running out of birth control and waiting to get a new prescription. It launched delivery of PrEP, an anti-HIV medication, to its services earlier this year and partnered… Read More... →

There’s no shortage of competition in the housing space, but Apartment List is making a dent in rentals. With over 5% of America’s listings already on the site, the startup is raising $30 million in a round led by Canaan partners to take the business to the next level. “Our goal was to bring as much inventory to consumers as possible,” CEO John Kobs told TechCrunch.… Read More... →

Zarget announced yesterday that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Arvind Parthiban said Zarget’s goal is to build a full suite of products for small businesses to track and optimize websites — one that could be used by “a tech-savvy marketer like me, without any coding skills.” The product’s capabilities include A/B testing,… Read More... →

Российский венчурный фонд VRTech запустил четыре проекта в сфере виртуальной реальности, в том числе три развлекательных: сеть парков и кинозалов виртуальной реальности, а также платформу для проведения киберспортивных VR-турниров. Инвестиции во все проекты составили 150 млн рублей, сообщили vc.ru представители фонда.... →

Seafood consumption is soaring in China, along with increases in average disposable income there. But live, edible fish and shellfish are challenging to buy, sell and transport across borders within and beyond China. As a result of the complexities in shipping live fish, and complying with health and customs regulations, tons of seafood are wasted each year, at a time when our oceans are… Read More... →

Remember that silly app, Yo, where you could ping someone with just a tap? Well, Kevin Jonas does. At the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York, the Jonas brothers talked about why they are creating apps. After seeing the Yo app raise over $1 million in funding, Kevin said it made launching startups look easy. “If they could do that, look what I can do,” said Kevin, about… Read More... →

The rise and fall of Pokémon GO begs us to ask many questions regarding how to launch a game to position it for success. One specific question it raises is whether branded intellectual property is something game makers should consider prior to launch. Branded IP is one of the most time-tested ways to launch games that go on to become immensely popular. Read More... →

When we last left Polish smart lighting company Silvair they were working on a way to create a Bluetooth mesh network between you, your kettle, your lightbulbs, and countless other devices in the home. After two years of work the company has perfected their systems and are now offering occupancy sensing, beacons, customer tracking and lighting to enterprise customers using a unique set of… Read More... →

Украинский интергратор bNesis получил подписанные обязательства на $500 тысяч от фонда Starta Capital, Found Fair ventures (ряд европейских инвесторов и фондов) и украинского бизнес-ангела, имя которого не раскрывается. Об этом Firrma сообщил CEO и основатель bNesis Дмитрий Норенко. По словам Дмитрия Норенко, Starta Capital и бизнес-ангел могут вложить по $50 тысяч, Found Fair Ventures дает 400 тысяч евро в рамках конкурса Catch Pitch Challenge, который прошел в Европе. К раунду могут присоединиться еще д... →

Paris-based DJiT, the French startup behind the popular DJ app edjing and more recently a hardware device called Mixfader, has raised a further $2.6 million. Read More... →

ValiMail helps enterprises protect their inboxes by making it easier to authenticate incoming emails with the help of the DMARC standard and related open protocols. At its core, this allows businesses to ensure that nobody can use their own domain names for a phishing attack against their employees, and gives enterprises more insight into how their internal and external email services are… Read More... →

Российский разработчик дополненной реальности в сфере туризма Piligrim XXI привлек инвестиции от испанской компании Way2Wow в обмен на четверть активов. Об этом Firrma сообщили в акселераторе GenerationS. Way2Wow приобрела долю фонда предпосевных инвестиций Санкт-Петербурга, который в 2014 годe вложился в Piligrim XXI. По итогам сделки Piligrim XXI и Way2Wow объединят бизнес и расширят команду. Проект Piligrim XXI — мобильное приложение из Санкт-Петербурга, которое содержит виртуальные реконструкции историч... →

Even if self-driving cars aren’t part of our daily lives yet, vehicles are becoming internet-connected at a rapid pace. Gartner predicts that one fifth of all autos on the road, and great majority of new vehicles being produced worldwide will have wireless network connectivity by 2020. Yet, few organizations have access to use the data generated by these vehicles today. That’s… Read More... →

The Model Sondors 3-wheeled electric vehicle is the latest automotive startup to take advantage of new rules to raise funds. Sondors is using equity crowdfunding, “where a crowd of accredited and nonaccredited investors alike can invest up to $1 million in an early-stage company,” according to Grant Harvey, who is working with the company on this campaign. This particular type… Read More... →

Think back to the last time you had to do a corporate training. More likely than not it was a frustrating experience that you simply tried to survive rather than learn from. (If you feel otherwise, I’m genuinely worried about you). With $27 million in fresh funding led by JMI Equity and BDC Capital, Axonify, wants to hack your brain to help everyone get away with doing less while taking… Read More... →

Meet Melody. Despite looking like a giant egg with a TV for a heart, she actually may be the first thing to put a smile on your face this morning. She can recognize you, listen to you, and even sing for you — all the while being a hub for home IoT. The whole package may seem a bit corny, albeit in a cute candy corn kinda way, but for investors in Rokid, Melody’s maker, the device… Read More... →

A San Diego startup called Classy has raised $30 million for software-as-a-service that helps nonprofits raise donations online, and keep supporters engaged in a good cause for the long run. Specifically, Classy helps 501c3 or other nonprofit organizations to run crowdfunding, online and mobile campaigns, awareness and fundraising events all under one roof. This makes it possible for nonprofits… Read More... →