Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Being able to book a restaurant table online or on your phone is pretty nice, but what about your next doctor appointment? While it doesn’t sound as sexy, I’d rather call a restaurant than a doctor’s office. That’s why French startup Doctolib is trying to make it easier to book appointments. The company just raised another $28 million (€26 million). French public… Read More... →

Предприниматель и основатель студии разработки Neon Roots Бен Ли опубликовал в блоге компании на Medium заметку о том, почему молодым предпринимателям не стоит переоценивать важность ранних инвестиций и отмечать их так, словно компания заработала деньги самостоятельно. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

Video doorbell and connected security device startup Ring has raised $109 million in a Series D round, following its $61.2 million raise last year, when it also launched its Ring Pro smart doorbell. This time around, the new funding follows quickly on the heels of its launch of its connected video motion floodlight, which debuted at CES and will help Ring continue to pursue its goal of… Read More... →

As workforces becomes increasingly mobile with laptops, smartphones and other handheld devices, the potential for vulnerability increases massively. The sophistication of cyber threats and targeted attacks is constantly evolving. SentinelOne is a cyber security player that has concentrated on this new, multiple-vector, attack method, among others. Today it announced a $70 million… Read More... →

Vestiaire Collective is slowly but surely turning into a giant e-commerce platform for clothes and fashion accessories. Think about it as a sort of eBay for fashion items, but with a premium positioning. The French startup just raised $62 million (€58 million). Vitruvian Partners is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo and Idinvest also participating in the round. Overall,… Read More... →

Бывший сотрудник Google и создатель сервиса Hacker Earth Сачин Гупта опубликовал на Medium свой список фактов, о которых он узнал, только став предпринимателем. Он дает новичкам советы о том, как принимать решения, быть лидером, привлекать инвестиции и проводить совещания. Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод материала.... →

Corporations could be a lot more efficient with the travel spend, believes booking platform TripActions. And they’re announcing $14.6 million in funding from Zeev Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners to fulfill that mission. Premised on the idea that people spend more money when it’s the company’s dime, the startup offers employees rewards for staying under a target budget. Read More... →

Max Friefeld, Jonathan Schwartz, and Oliver Ortlieb aren’t just co-founders – they’re roommates. These three formerMakerbot employees are working on creating Voodoo Manufacturing, an effort to “combine software and hardware to build a new-age robotic factory.” Say, for example, you wanted to build hundreds of small velociraptors. You could make a mold and create a… Read More... →

As workforces becomes increasingly mobile with laptops, smartphones and other handheld devices, the potential for vulnerability increases massively. The sophistication of cyber threats and targeted attacks is constantly evolving. SentinelOne is a cyber security player that has concentrated on this new, multiple-vector, attack method, among others. Today it announced a $70 million… Read More... →

If you think it’s frustrating trying to get that last drop of ketchup out of the bottle, or toothpaste out of the tube, imagine having to waste and clean valuable and sticky substances from pipes or tanks in a factory. A startup called LiquiGlide has raised $16 million in a new round of venture funding to bring its patented slippery coatings to manufacturers around the world. Co-founded… Read More... →

It hasn’t even been a year since EquipmentShare raised a Series A round of funding, but the “Airbnb of construction rentals,” has closed a $26 million Series B round. The Columbia, Missouri-based startup helps contractors rent out their under-utilized equipment, or rent safety tested equipment that they need from a fellow contractor. Last year, EquipmentShare also launched… Read More... →

Alibaba just reported a very impressive quarter of business, but there was a small nugget of notable funding news tucked away in its announcement. Koubei, an Alibaba affiliate company focused on enabling local commerce, closed a $1.1 billion financing round this month. The funding was led by Silver Lake, CDH Investments, Yunfeng Capital and Primavera Capital, Alibaba said. It isn’t… Read More... →

Посевной венчурный фонд Константина Синюшина и Игоря Лутца the Untitled ventures инвестировал в российский стартап в области распознавания образов для ритейла Inspector Cloud. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. The Untitled ventures получил в проекте долю в размере 14,4%. Сумма сделки не раскрывается.   Инвестиции пойдут на расширение коммерческих внедрений – решений на крупных торговых объектах. В 2016 году Inspector Cloud провел серию пилотных проектов с российскими компаниями в области трейд маркетинга.   ... →

For end users, an app’s user experience is, essentially, the product. No wonder, then, that app developers are investing more heavily in better user experience toolkits. Fuse is one example. The company aims to halve the development time of complex applications. Today, it announced a $12 million round from Northzone and Alliance Venture to open its toolkits to a wider audience. Read More... →

Careship is a Berlin-based startup aiming to tackle the growing problem of how we care for our elderly. It’s a big problem in Europe in particular, where people are living much longer than they used to. Careship helps families find a home-based caregiver for their loved ones. It uses as matchmaking algorithm to find qualified personnel, while advising on insurance benefits and… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) объявил о старте одиннадцатого акселератора. Отбор прошли 28 компаний. В 23 стартапа нового набора ФРИИ вложит по 2,1 млн рублей в обмен на долю в 7%. Оценка каждой компании составит 30 млн рублей. Из полученной суммы каждая компания оплатит программу акселерации стоимостью 900 тысяч рублей. Пять компаний из нового потока акселератора самостоятельно оплачивают свое участие в программе без привлечения инвестиций от фонда. Следующие стартапы получили pre-seed инвестиции... →

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is losing its head of international and primary English-language spokesperson Hugo Barra after he announced his exit from the company. Former Android executive joined Xiaomi joined the company 3.5 years ago, in what was then a major coup, so his exit naturally raises questions about why he is departing. This year, for the first time, Xiaomi declined to… Read More... →

Some news today from Dwolla, the startup that bypasses banks (and now sometimes works with them) to provide payments and money transfers with reduced fees. The company has raised another round of funding of $6.85 million, and at the same time it’s announcing the relaunch of its API as a white-label service, which it is now calling Access API. The funding round was led by previous… Read More... →

Инвестор Алексей Менн сформулировал советы для стартаперов, которые хотят переехать в Лондон.  Вчера с Ольгой Котсур (основатель стартапа Mercaux – прим. ред.) подводили итоги переезда в Лондон в июне 2016 года, вот что мы узнали за полгода. Летом 2016 года наша портфельная компания Mercaux, которая занимается технологиями для ритейла, переехала в Лондон. Уже к концу года клиентами Mercaux стали несколько известных глобальных ритейлеров (с ними мы уже в 9 странах). Это было очень правильное решение, но было... →

Drone delivery startup Flirtey has raised $16 million in Series A funding to bring its high-flying service to new customers, companies and possibly countries. Earlier, the startup raised $120,000 in seed funding and participated in the Y Combinator accelerator. Flirtey was also the first company to attain FAA approvals to conduct a drone delivery in the US in 2015. That fact helped it… Read More... →