Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Another startup out of MIT built on computer vision and focused on eye-tracking technology has raised funding to build out its business: Boston-based TVision Insights, which tracks who is watching what on TV and how they are reacting to it, and then works with advertisers and broadcasters to provide them with that data to have better insights into their programming, has raised $6.8… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) и энергетическая компания «Энел Россия» поддержат российские стартапы, разрабатывающие новые технологические решения в области сохранения энергии, алгоритмов прогнозирования потребления энергии на базе больших данных. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Эксперты компании примут участие в отборе и экспертизе проектов, выступят в качестве консультантов стартап-командам. Отдельные проекты, имеющие прототипы технологических решений, будут инкубированы на базе Лаборатории бол... →

Свердловский венчурный фонд вложит 5,1 млн рублей в сервис по управлению складскими погрузчиками «Техновизор». Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Деньги будут предоставлены в виде инвестиционного займа. «Техновизор» – екатеринбургская система мониторинга и управления парком погрузочной техники. Она состоит из датчиков, устанавливаемых на каждую единицу техники, и программного комплекса, собирающего и анализирующего поступающую информацию. Система помогает оценить загруженность каждой единицы техники и контрол... →

French startup Selency (formerly known as Brocante Lab) has raised a $3.3 million Series A round (€3 million) led by Accel with Kima Ventures participating. Many of you should be familiar with online furniture retailers like Made.com. But what about second-hand furniture? Right now, you still have to go to an antique shop, or maybe look for classified ads on the web. Or maybe you’ll… Read More... →

Сервис ремонта автомобилей CarFix привлек $5 млн от Mail.ru Group, Simile Venture Partners и Kima Ventures. Об этом сообщили «Ведомости». Суммы вложений в стартап каждого из инвесторов не раскрываются. Как сообщил изданию Оскар Хартманн, «в списке новых инвесторов они расположены в порядке убывания». Новые инвесторы выкупили около 15–25% компании.  Инвестиции пойдут на масштабирование операций в Москве и Петербурге и еще в одном зарубежном городе. CarFix – платформа для ремонта автомобилей по заранее оговор... →

New York City startup IrisVR is announcing that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The company has built virtual reality tools for the architecture and design industries. Iris Prospect allows customers to take their 3D plans and blueprints and turn them into VR experiences viewable on devices like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, GearVR and Cardboard. Iris Scope, meanwhile, converts… Read More... →

Hyperloop One, one of the more promising private companies trying to make Elon Musk’s concept of a high-speed, tube-based transit system a reality, is looking to raise as much as $250 million in an upcoming funding round, according to new documents unearthed by Forbes. The new funding round would be in addition to the $50 million just announced earlier this month. The additional funding… Read More... →

Маркетинговый сервис CheapMedia из Тюмени привлек посевные инвестиции от компании «Капинвест 21». Об этом Firrma рассказали в CheapMedia. Известно, что сделка состоялась в начале октября 2016 года. Сумма вложений и другие подробности не разглашаются. Финансирование будет направлено на доработку первой версии продукта и его вывода на рынок. Помимо инвестиций, «Капинвест 21» окажет маркетинговую, юридическую и бухгалтерскую поддержку сервису. CheapMedia – маркетинговый сервис для продажи рекламных продуктов. ... →

Matt Zeiler grew up in a Canadian farming community — but fast forward a few decades and he’s now running a startup that’s looking to bring the same kinds of visual search tools that Pinterest and Google have to other companies and developers. That company is Clarifai, a New York-based startup that offers developers the ability to tag metadata to photos in such a way that… Read More... →

If your account gets hacked these days, the first thing you’ll do typically is reset your password, maybe beef up your security settings, and proceed to use the account or app again. But what if hackers get their hands on your fingerprint, iris or other biometric data? You can’t just change your fingerprints or eyes on a whim. That’s where a New York City startup called… Read More... →

Акселератор NUMA Moscow запустил посевной фонд NUMA Invest, который будет управлять инвестициями выбранных стартапов в России. Об этом Firrma сообщили в акселераторе. Фонд уже аккредитован при посевном фонде города Москвы – Moscow Seed Fund NUMA отобрал шесть проектов, которые будут участвовать в 5-месячной акселерационной программе. Каждый проект получил первые инвестиции от фонда в размере 1,4 миллиона рублей в обмен на 10% в капитале. Проекты, прошедшие отбор: Farsight – онлайн-сервис для СМИ, позволяющи... →

Posted by iPullRankWeb technologies and their adoption are advancing at a frenetic pace. Content is a game that every type of team and agency plays, so we’re all competing for a piece of that pie. Meanwhile, technical SEO is more complicated and more important than ever before and much of the SEO discussion has shied away from its growing technical components in favor of content marketing. As a result, SEO is going through a renaissance wherein the technical components are coming back to the forefront and w... →

French startup OpenDataSoft just raised a $5.4 million Series A round (€5 million) to make it easier to manipulate huge sets of data. Aster Capital and Salesforce Ventures invested in today’s round, with existing investor Aurinvest also participating and Ader Finance helping with the deal. Interestingly, this is one of the first investments from Salesforce Ventures in a French… Read More... →

Virtual reality offers businesses the ability to see consumer habits in digital environments before committing the resources to actually building out those environments in the real world. For InContext Solutions, a major market opportunity that they’ve been able to isolate is giving retailers the opportunity to test and explore new in-store retail concepts inside virtual reality. Today,… Read More... →

Industry, a job site for the hospitality sector, has raised $2.3 million in seed funding to fuel nationwide expansion, as well as product and team growth. We originally covered Industry last year when it was still in beta in San Diego with about 300 restaurants signed up. Shortly after, they raised $200,000 in pre-seed funding from local San Diego angel investors. Industry likens itself to… Read More... →

Команда музыкального блокчейн-проекта Waves написала для vc.ru колонку о том, как технологии, использующиеся для распространения криптовалюты, можно применять в других индустриях — например, в музыкальной. Авторы собрали примеры стартапов в этой области и рассказали, чем они занимаются.... →

Netflix has proposed a new offering of $800 million in senior notes, the company announced today. The proposed $800 debt raise follows a similar $1.5 billion senior notes raise priced in February, 2015. Netflix’s stated aim in raising the new funding is to provide liquid assets it can use to acquire content, make investments, acquire targets and engage in strategic transactions, as well… Read More... →

Health tech startup Cardiogram has raised $2 million in a seed round led by the a16z Bio Fund for an app that screens users’ cardio health and gives them help improving or maintaining it. The company started out with an Apple Watch integrated app, initially. But it is ultimately planning to be a “device agnostic” business, and to make its app utilizable with all manner… Read More... →

Thanks to the Childrens’ Internet Protection Act, schools in the U.S. that provide internet access to their students must also generally use web filtering systems that block them from accessing obscene or harmful content online. The law, enacted originally in 2000 and updated in 2011, left school districts’ IT departments scrambling to adapt enterprise solutions that were built… Read More... →

Drones and pilots legally permitted to fly them are here in spades. So American businesses are scrambling to figure out how to use drones to gain a competitive advantage. Recent examples saw Travelers Insurance using drones to inspect properties after Hurricane Matthew, and Hahn Estate Winery using drones to monitor the health and density of vegetation on their vineyards, and forensic… Read More... →