Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

It has been a slow year for tech IPOs, but cloud software maker Coupa has publicly filed. This is generally an indication that the company will debut on the stock market in a matter of weeks. The unicorn, whose largest shareholders include Battery Ventures and BlueRun Ventures, plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker, “COUP.” The company plans to raise roughly $75 million,… Read More... →

Beeswax, a startup founded by a trio of former Google ad executives, has raised $11 million in Series A funding. The company offers what it calls a bidder-as-a-service — a set of customizable technologies that allows customers to participate in real-time bidding for ad inventory. Beeswax’s offerings include access to ad inventory, bidding algorithms and analytics, but CEO Ari… Read More... →

С 23 по 24 сентября в Самаре пройдет международный слет бизнес-ангелов. О том, как посевному фонду из России найти свое место в «пищевой» цепи глобальной венчурной индустрии, рассказывает Людмила Голубкова, сооснователь и управляющий партнер Starta Capital & Starta Accelerator Это было бесконечно давно. Начало апреля 2013 года, весеннее солнце отражалось от  заснеженных обочин Ленинского проспекта. Щурясь от ярких лучей, мы с Алексеем Гириным вышли из здания Физического института Российской академии наук. Т... →

Salido, a startup that describes itself as “the restaurant operating system,” is announcing that it has raised $2 million in additional funding. This round from strategic investors doubles the $2 million in seed funding that Salido announced last year. Phil Suarez, who partnered with French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten to launch well-known restaurants including ABC Kitchen and… Read More... →

Managing the App Store can be one of the most difficult experiences for new developers. Getting noticed is hard, the experience isn’t that great, and now Apple is allowing search ads. And to make things more interesting, there’s a lot of interest in different platforms beyond traditional apps — including messaging bots. Eventually, there will have to be a way to… Read More... →

Online merchants spend a lot of money on chargebacks, which are demands by credit card providers to reimburse for fraudulent charges. That’s why Signifyd created technology that assesses a transaction risk before the card is processed. The San Jose-based company is raising $19 million in venture funding for its fraud protection services. Investors include Menlo Ventures, TriplePoint… Read More... →

Стартап-акселератор iDealMachine и Университет ИТМО запустили совместную акселерационную в Санкт-Петербурге для IT и наукоемких проектов. Об этом Firrma сообщили в iDealMachine. Программа включает в себя экспертную и менторскую поддержку от команды и управляющих партнеров акселератора, топ-менеджеров IT компаний и владельцев бизнесов. Программа проходит на площадке Бизнес-инкубатора университета ИТМО. Акселератор будет набирать стартапы в течение всего года. В 2016 году проходит 2 сессии программы, каждая и... →

По центру Канзас-сити запустили трамвай, который привлек миллиардные инвестиции... →

С 23 по 24 сентября в Самаре пройдет международный слет бизнес-ангелов. В преддверии слета о том, как будет меняться этот рынок в ближайшем будущем, рассказывает в своей колонке Виталий Полехин –  президент Национальной ассоциации бизнес-ангелов, глава клуба инвесторов бизнес-школы СКОЛКОВО и управляющий партнер фонда посевных и ранних инвестиций Venture Angels. Сообщество услышит новые имена Всё больше частных инвесторов открывает для себя преимущества публичности и взаимодействия, главное из которых – воз... →

It’s like Craigslist, but with auctions. OfferUp is an app that makes it easy to buy and sell your goods. The fast-growing Seattle-based company is raising $119 million to continue its global expansion and continue hiring. The round is led by Warburg Pincus and includes funding from GGV Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and T. Rowe Price. OfferUp users snap a photo of their used items like… Read More... →

Индийский акселератор EDUGILD и ряд инвесторов (партнеров акселератора) профинансируют российский образовательный стартап ProctorEdu в обмен на 5% долю в компании. Также ProctorEdu собирается выйти на рынок Индии. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. В настоящее время проект проходит четырехмесячную программу акселератора EDUGILD, который стартовал 2 сентября 2016 года. Помимо экспертной и менторской поддержки, стартап получит инвестиции. Сделку об инвестициях планируется завершить в первый из четырех месяце... →

Nextail, a Spanish startup that has developed technology to help retailers better manage inventory levels and, ultimately, sell at higher margins, has closed $1.6 million in new funding. The round was led by Nauta Capital, with participation from existing backer Realiza. Read More... →

During the last year there has been considerable discussion regarding the current state of the venture capital industry: Are we in a bubble? Did that bubble pop? Why has there been a dearth of major technology company IPOs? How much higher can valuations skyrocket, yet why does it seem increasingly difficult for earlier stage startups to raise their Series A and B rounds? Read More... →

HashiCorp, which offers a number of tools that help developers write and deploy their applications (including the popular open-source Vagrant tool for setting up development environments), today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B round. This new round, which brings the company’s total funding to $34 million, was led by GGV Capital. Mayfield, True Ventures and new… Read More... →

The typical investment in a U.S. seed-stage company rose in the first half of 2016, with many startups and their backers looking to shore up a longer runway before seeking Series A funding, according to CrunchBase data. Overall, the average seed round size in the first half of this year was $1.14 million, up from $947,000 in the same period last year. Median dollars for a seed raise in the… Read More... →

If you’ve walked around San Francisco, you’ve probably seen them. An eco-friendly and comfortable wool shoe, Allbirds has already developed a cult following in the tech world. Venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and several people on TechCrunch staff wear them. I’ve never worn a pair but TC’s Megan Rose Dickey, Josh Constine and Andrew Sweeney had good things to say… Read More... →

Инвестиционная компания Леонида Богуславского ru-Net совершила экзит из fashion-платформы Freecultr. Подробности сделки и коэффициент выхода не раскрываются. Известно, что стартап привлекал $13млн от таких инвесторов как Sequoia Capital и фонда Леонида Богуславского ru-Net Holdings. По данным издания Techcrunch, в 2011 году Sequoia Capital профинансировала стартап на сумму $4млн в инвестиционном раунде А. В 2012 году фонд Богуславского участвовал в инвестиционном раунде B Freecultr на общую сумму $9 млн. К ... →

Posted by EverettQuality and relevance are different things, yet we often discuss them as if they were the same. SEOs have been optimizing for relevance all this time, but are now being asked to optimize for quality. This post will discuss what that means and how to do it, with a focus on what I believe to be the single most effective and scaleable tactic for improving your site's overall level of quality in most situations. You need BOTH quality AND relevance to compete these days. First, let's establish w... →

WebRTC, a relatively new web standard that allows you to make audio and video calls from your browser without plugins, is becoming increasingly popular. But as more companies and products adopt it, the need for getting better insights into how these calls perform (or when they drop and why) also increases. Callstats.io specializes in monitoring WebRTC connections and helps its customers use… Read More... →

Как привлекать инвестиции в стартап на ранней стадии: опыт основателя Radme... →