Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

MasterClass, an online education platform that’s luring some of the most talented professionals in their respective fields to teach the masses, has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Javelin Venture Partners also joined the round, which follows a previously undisclosed $4.5 million Series A led by Javelin. Other investors in the company include… Read More... →

Razer, the gaming technology company based out of Southern California, has raised another round of funding, a Series C that values it at $1.5 billion, TechCrunch has learned. The backing comes in part from China, specifically the Digital Grid subsidiary of IT company Hangzhou Liaison Interactive. Yesterday, Hangzhou published a statement (a link first published by Reuters) confirming… Read More... →

Real, a Houston-based startup that aims to help real estate agents to break away from traditional brokers, announced today that it took in a $6 million investment led by Magma Venture Partners. The startup also announced that its full service is now available, after one year of beta. In a space where real estate agents are […]... →

The halcyon days of people clicking on Google search links and instantly converting into customers are over. But a startup called Qubit, founded by four ex-Googlers, has built a big-data analytics platform that it believes could make selling online today and in the future nearly as easy and successful; and it’s announcing a substantial $40 million in funding to fill out that ambition.… Read More... →

Helsinki-based Lifeline Ventures launched a new 57 million euro ($63 million) fund to invest in startups. Founded in 2009, Lifeline Ventures has set up three funds and invested in 55 early stage startups with a number of successes. “We’ve had exits to King.com (NonstopGames), Facebook (Moves app) and Unity 3D (Applifier). Before 2012, we were the first investors in Supercell. We… Read More... →

Even without a Prime membership, Amazon always offered free (and slow) shipping for orders over a certain minimum. For the longest time, that minimum was $25, but in 2013, the company raised it to $35. In its latest move to push its $99/year Prime membership with free two-day shipping, though, the company has now quietly raised this limit to $49. The good news, though: if you’re… Read More... →

Российский разработчик и производитель систем подсчёта посетителей CountBOX привлек 5,9 млн рублей в посевном раунде инвестиций на краудинвестинговой площадке StartTrack и открыл офисы в США и Европе. Об этом Firrma сообщили в StartTrack. Подробности сделки и имя российского бизнес-ангела не разглашаются. Постинвестиционная оценка компании по итогам раунда составила более $5 млн. Как отметил Константин Шабалин, генеральный директор StartTrack, стартапу удалось привлечь первый раунд менее, чем за полгода. «С... →

Венчурные инвестиции в IT и интернет сократились на 43%.... →

С начала 2016 года три российских компании привлекли инвестиции на краудинвестинговой площадке StartTrack. Об этом Firrma сообщил представитель StartTrack.  Общая сумма привлеченных средств составила 13,1 млн. рублей. Больше всего денег получила сеть футбольных клубов для детей FootyBall – 10,1 млн рублей от частных инвесторов. В прошлом году компания уже привлекла через площадку в общей сложности 33,4 млн рублей. Известно, что одним из первых инвесторов проекта была бизнес-ангел Наталия Долгова.  В январе ... →

Российский рынок венчурных инвестиций в IT и интернет проекты упал на 43% в 2015 году до 34,2 млрд рублей, по сравнению с предыдущим годом. Число сделок за год уменьшилось с 280 до 225. Об этом сообщает Ведомости со ссылкой на аналитическое исследование ФРИИ. Спад объясняется сложностями российской экономики, из-за которых венчурные инвесторы стали меньше вкладывать в российские стартапы. В прошлом году число предпосевных сделок сократилось на 7%, а общая сумма на 5%. Число сделок посевной стадии уменьшилос... →

Anyline, the Austrian startup that provides mobile OCR tech to enable developers to add text recognition to their own apps, has raised €1.5 million in funding. The list of investors is interesting, too. Read More... →

Today, The Dallas Business Journal is reporting that ModoPayments completed a $2 Million funding round by a group of individual angels that includes Tim Keith, John Beletic, and Jay Kassing among others. We first reported on ModoPayments way back in 2011 but a lot has changed since those salad days for the Richardson, TX startup. Read More... →

Facebook just launched a new site full of resources for non-profit organizations and non-governmental organizations looking to raise awareness about their causes and money for them. The site details things like how to set up a Facebook page, enhance that page and analyze engagement, create posts and create a campaign strategy. The site also features success stories of non-profits… Read More... →

Did you ever want unlock your inner Pixar artist? The Nimble Collective has raised an $8.5 million round to develop a cloud-based community for aspiring animators. New Enterprise Associates led the round for the Mountain View, California-based startup, which is targeting the estimated 10 million professional and aspiring animators around the globe. Animation is an […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: Orion Labs, the startup behind the Onyx push-to-talk wearable device, is announcing today that it has raised $9 million in new funding from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital and Avalon Ventures. The startup is also unveiling the second version of its Onyx wearable for push-to-talk app-enabled voice communication that some have likened to a Star Trek […]... →

Mobile advertising-powered Internet provider Jana announced that it has raised $57 million in funding that will enable it to connect more people in emerging markets. The company’s Series C round was led by Verizon Ventures and included participation from returning investors Spark Capital and Publicis Groupe. Jana said that it plans to use the funds […]... →

Основатель компании «Яндекс» Аркадий Волож инвестировал в два стартапа – израильский NeuroSteer и в турецкий Getir. Это следует из его станицы в LinkedIn.  В NeuroSteer он является членом совета директоров с мая 2015 года. Согласно записи LinkedIn, в Getir он является сооснователем с июля 2015 года. В «Яндексе» Firrma подтвердили, что это личные инвестиции Воложа, отказавшись от дальнейших комментариев.  NeuroSteer – сервис по анализу и интерпретации мозговой активности. Основан Натаном Интратором (Natan In... →

Российские фонды Altair Capital, Emery Capital и Flint Capital приняли участие в раунде B израильско-американского стартапа YouAppi на общую сумму $13.1 млн. Об этом сообщили участники сделки. Другими участниками раунда стали фонды Hawk Ventures, Global Brain, Click Ventures, украинский фонд Digital Future, и вкладывавшиеся ранее инвесторы, такие как Glilot Capital Partners и 2B Angels. Подробности о долевом распределении не раскрываются. Инвестиции будут направлены на расширение деятельности стартапа в Кит... →

Swiss startup MindMaze has raised $100 million in funding to create virtual reality hardware and software to provide clinical treatments for stroke victims. The funding is one more example of how VR is spreading far beyond games and entertainment. As major VR headsets launch this year, the industry is drawing hundreds of new startups. By 2020, […]... →

As consumers and businesses begin to focus on what form the next generation of computing may take beyond our current era of the smartphone, startups developing at the cutting edge of these concepts are attracting some major attention from investors. MindMaze — which is developing both hardware and a software platform that create “human” virtual reality experiences by… Read More... →