Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Posted by QuezSaysI stood up from my office chair, stepped behind it and leaned on its back with both hands so I could stare at the email from a new angle. I was silenced by the response of the blogger: “We’ve had a recent policy change here, and we no longer offer followed links. It’s hurting our reputation and being flagged by Google." In that moment, the game changed for me. I’ve received some interesting responses from editors and bloggers about links before, but never as adamant and uninformed as this.... →

The idea of ownership in the American economy has changed so much in recent years that it’s easy to forget the once high level of importance placed on it. If we think back, most of us can remember at-least one conversation with our parents about Uber or Airbnb that resulted in a lecture about the dangers of using other people’s things. Ajith Mohan Karimpana, the founder and CEO… Read More... →

Leanplum started out as a mobile A/B testing platform but has since built on this foundation to become a fully-fledged mobile marketing platform. The company has now raised a $29 million Series C round led by Canaan Partners with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Shasta Ventures. This brings Leanplum’s total funding to 46.4 million to… Read More... →

A startup aiming to offer a better email experience by prioritizing the messages that are most important to you, Notion, is today publicly launching its service, which is available as a mobile app for iPhone and Android, and soon, a voice-activated skill for Alexa. The company is also today announcing $9.5 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Drive Capital and Accel, and… Read More... →

USM Holdings Алишера Усманова, Владимира Скоча и Фархада Мошири вложит 500 млн рублей в оператора фискальных данных OFD.ru. Об этом сообщил «Коммерсант». Инвестиции направлены на развитие технических мощностей, обеспечение безопасности данных, усовершенствование и поддержку продукта OFD.ru, его продвижение и развитие каналов дистрибуции. По словам управляющего директора по развитию и управлению IT-проектами USM Advisors Михаила Дубина, данные инвестиции — «это логичный шаг в рамках группы компаний USM, к... →

Productboard, the makers of a product management system that helps to organize user research and prioritize development tasks, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to further its business. The round was co-led by Index Ventures and Credo Ventures, and included participation from Spread Capital. The service only officially launched last month at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016, following its… Read More... →

Hiring startup HigherMe is announcing that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. It’s also brought on some big names as customers, including Dunkin Donuts, Panera Bread — and most recently, fast food chain White Castle. Co-founder and CEO Rob Hunter (a past owner of multiple Marble Slab Creamery locations) has said that when employers hire hourly workers, location,… Read More... →

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... →