Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

The development of mobile payment platforms, increasing options for providing debt, and cheaper and better off-grid solar power systems are presenting countries around the world with a chance to leapfrog the archaic electricity infrastructure that defined the twentieth century. Looking to take advantage of these powerful emerging trends, d.light, a startup founded by two Stanford Business… Read More... →

Nucleus, the home intercom system which started shipping in August, has closed $5.6M in Series A Funding. The round was led by Amazon’s Alexa fund, which invests in promising startups that incorporate Alexa’s technology into their product (Nucleus recently added support for Alexa voice functionality). BoxGroup, Greylock Partners, FF Angel, Foxconn, and SV Angel also participated,… Read More... →

OurCrowd, the crowdfunding platform that gives backers equity in the companies they support, today announced that it has raised $72 million in a Series C round of funding. Half of the capital will be used to build out its offices globally and develop its platform; and half will be used to match investments made on OurCrowd, according to OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved. “This… Read More... →

Шведский сайт Gumbler, который позволяет игрокам соревноваться между собой за деньги, получил инвестиции в размере €5 млн от финансовой фирмы Inbox Capital и спортивных звёзд страны, пишет DTF.... →

Рабочая группа по связи и информационным технологиям Экспертного совета при правительстве раскритиковала законопроект, регулирующий работу онлайн-кинотеатров и мессенджеров, разработанный «Медиакоммуникационным союзом» (МКС). Об этом пишут «Ведомости». Экспертный совет представляют операторы связи, интернет-компании, онлайн-кинотеатры и отраслевые ассоциации. По мнению экспертов, законопроект МКС не решает актуальные проблемы отрасли, предлагаемые в нем меры избыточны, а некоторые из них противоречат здра... →

Etsy buys machine learning company Blackbird, Ludela is launching a smart candle, The new MacOS Sierra is out, LeEco closed a billion-dollar round for an electric car and Uber rival Grab raises $750 Million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

The Chinese market for electric vehicles is hot, and the latest indicator is a $1.08 billion raise from China’s LeEco, a Beijing-based web video company (which now dabbles in everything from televisions to transportation) that’s targeting Tesla with its own electric sports car plans. Funding for its first car is coming from Legend Holdings Corp., Yingda Capital Management Co.… Read More... →

Gunning to become the top seller of used cars online, Vroom Inc. has raised $50 million in a Series E round of equity funding, bringing its total capital raised to $218 million to-date. The market for used cars in the U.S. alone surpasses $400 billion annually. According to the Edmunds.com Used Vehicle Market Report retailers sold 38.3 million used cars in 2015 at an average price of… Read More... →

When we last saw Robo Wunderkind, the company was on stage as part of the Startup Battlefield competition at Disrupt SF 2015. This week it is announcing that it has closed an additional $500,000 in funding. The round was led by Arkley VC, angel investor Juergen Habichler and the Austrian Federal Promotional Bank (AWS) also participated. Read More... →

Госкорпорация «Роснано» может выкупить у французской Crocus Technology 50,32% в российском производителе магниторезистивной памяти для биометрической аутотентификации «Крокус Наноэлектроника» (КНЭ). Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». Федеральная антимонопольная служба (ФАС) удовлетворила ходатайство «Роснано» о покупке 50,32% КНЭ. В результате сделки «Роснано» консолидирует 100% компании. Ранее группа «Микрон», основными владельцами которой являются «Роснано» и АФК «Система», планировала купить долю в КНЭ. Комп... →

French food delivery startup FoodChéri, which operates an online only restaurant along the lines of EatFirst in the UK or Munchery’s original model in the US, has raised €6 million in Series A funding led by 360 Capital Partners, and Breega Capital. Read More... →

French startup StarOfService just raised another $10 million for its European Thumbtack alternative. Andrea Piccioni and Silvio Pagliani, ENERN Investments and Point Nine Capital participated in today’s round, as well as various business angels. When I first covered StarOfService, the company didn’t even try to hide from me that it was a Thumbtack copycat. The main difference is… Read More... →

AdStage announced today that it has raised an additional $2 million from Verizon Ventures. The company offers tools for businesses to manage their ad campaigns across Facebook, Google, Bing and elsewhere, and it says it’s currently managing $100 million in quarterly ad spend. CEO Sahil Jain recently told me that his goal is to create a broader marketing platform including content… Read More... →

Grab, the largest company rivaling Uber in Southeast Asia, has confirmed that it has raised $750 million in fresh capital. This is the company’s Series F round, and it was led by existing investor SoftBank with participation from undisclosed existing and new backers, Grab said. Read More... →

I’d like to tip my imaginary hat off to Jessica O. Matthews, the black female founder and CEO of renewable energy tech startup Uncharted Play. Her company just closed a $7 million Series A round led by the NIC Fund with participation from Kapor Capital, Magic Johnson Enterprises, BBG Ventures and Lingo Ventures. Read More... →

Компания TMT Investments, фонд Terrapin Partners  и нескольких бизнес-ангелов инвестировали $1 млн в мобильную платформу для корпоративных коммуникаций APPrise Mobile. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Привлеченные средства будут использованы для продолжения разработки ключевых продуктов, а так же форсирования усилий в сфере продаж и маркетинга APPrise Mobile – мобильная платформа, которая позволяет организовывать и распространять информацию внутри компании, без разработки отдельного приложения. У компании д... →

Waterloo’s Thalmic Labs has raised a new $120 million (U.S.) Series B round from investors including Intel Capital, The Amazon Alexa Fund and Fidelity Investments Canada. The fresh funding will add considerably to the company’s coffers, and should help it with its goal of expanding its product line beyond the original Myo armband it currently offers. Thalmic’s Myo is a… Read More... →

Управляющий партнер венчурного фонда Founder Collective Эрик Пейли написал колонку для издания TechCrunch. В ней он рассказал о том, почему основателям компании не выгодно привлекать крупные инвестиции и искусственно увеличивать стоимость бизнеса. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

DueCourse, a cloud-based invoice financing service for SMEs, has raised £6.25 million in new funding. Read More... →

Cheap and accessible capital has advantages: More founders get to pursue big dreams and previously “unfundable companies” not only raise huge amounts of money, but some achieve unicorn status. Discussions about the downside of this trend are usually about systemic risks, but few are discussing the problem as it relates to founders — but who is bearing this risk and what really… Read More... →