Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

In a letter sent Wedesday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) sought to raise questions regarding Google’s use of data gathered from their EdTech initiatives. While I commend Google’s foray into education technology (“EdTech”), I am concerned about the extent to which Google may be collecting K-12 students’ personal data and using… Read More... →

The failure to take prescribed medicine, whether as part of a clinical trial or treatment regimen costs the U.S. healthcare industry roughly $378 billion dollars. Read More... →

In the ecommerce world, there’s a flurry of activity around startups eager to increase adoption of their services. If Stripe, PayPal, and Shopify have taught us anything, it’s that the best way to get into a company is to show developers ways to integrate technology into their existing infrastructure. One of the latest such services […]... →

At first glance, mParticle might seem to be focused on a pretty specific niche — helping mobile app-makers consolidate their data. But the New York City startup counts companies like Airbnb, SeatGeek, Soulcycle and Spotify among its customers, and it recently raised a $15 million Series A. The funding was first revealed in a regulatory filing last month and officially announced… Read More... →

Одиннадцать  российских стартапов привлекли 115,5 млн рублей через краудинвестинговую площадку StartTrack в 2015 году. Об этом Firrma сообщили в StartTrack. Всего за год на площадке прошло 59 сделок, а на площадке StartTrack зарегистрировались 512 инвесторов и поступило 576 заявок от стартапов, желающих получить финансирование. Из них было отобрано 65 проектов для инвесторов.  Больше всего средств привлекла компания Cappasity — разработчик доступных решений по 3D-сканированию. Инвесторы вложили в проект $60... →

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Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Scottish tech titan Skyscanner raises $192 million to grow its travel search engine globally Skyscanner, one of the oldest and largest flight search engines on the Web, has raised its first major round of […]... →

Mike Hennessy thinks finding potential recruits is just like marketing — you have to keep them interested and snatch them at the right time. That’s why he started SmashFly, a startup that manages inbound interest from potential recruits and keeps them engaged with a company that’s eventually hoping to convert them to an employee. To do that, SmashFly has raised $22 million in… Read More... →

As a fan of clothing I find custom shirt services to be quite exciting. No longer must we be held back by societal rules about what color your collar must be or whether or not blue goes with orange plaid. That’s why Original Stitch is so cool and that’s why they raised $1.1 million from Inspire Ventures, NTT Docomo, and private investor Bill Lohse. No longer are we bound by the laws… Read More... →

Travel search engine Skyscanner announced today that it has raised £128 million (about $192 million). The Edinburgh-based company did not disclose its valuation, but the Financial Times reported that it has hit unicorn status and is now worth $1.6 billion. Read More... →

Finding a good wine to pair with your food can be difficult for some, but that’s what Vivino is banking on. Specializing in technology that should turn you into a wine connoisseur, its success has attracted the attention of investors outside of the United States. The company disclosed today that it has raised a $25 […]... →

Evergage, a website personalization vendor, is announcing today that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Web personalization is a big deal, and the industry is poised for significant growth. Browsing a website is a very active process. Each mouse hover or click is a signal, and even factors like time spent on […]... →

Indian e-commerce company Shopclues has raised a Series E that the company says boosts its valuation to $1.1 billion. The round was led by GIC, the Singaporean government’s sovereign wealth fund, with participation from returning investors Tiger Global and Nexus Venture Partners. Shopclues says that this is the last round of venture capital it will raise before holding an initial… Read More... →

We’ve been tracking Import.io since it launched on our TechCrunch Disrupt Europe stage in Berlin in 2013, and they’ve come a long way. This startup, which effectively turns business web sites into data and APIs, raised a ‘seed-plus’ round of $4.5m back in 2014. But today it announces a significant upgrade, completing a $13 million Series A round of funding. It’s… Read More... →

Like Knip, FinanceFox is another startup founded in Switzerland that is moving the insurance brokerage process online. Its mobile app lets you manage of all your existing insurance and get advice regarding gaps in your coverage or ways to save money on your insurance requirements going forward. Read More... →

Skyscanner, one of the oldest and largest flight search engines on the Web, has raised its first major round of funding to the tune of £128 million ($192 million). Founded out of Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city, in 2002, Skyscanner is Europe’s largest travel search engine by traffic, and the world’s second largest after Kayak. However, […]... →

Издательский дом Forward Media Group, принадлежащий Полине Дерипаске, инвестировал в совместную компанию с холдингом Look At Media. Как сообщил Firrma сооснователь LAM Алексей Аметов, основатели холдинга сохранили операционный контроль. Сумма сделки и доля инвестора в новой компании не раскрывается. Сама сделка была закрыта в декабре 2015 года. В результате сделки управление брендами Furfur, The-Village, Wonderzine, а также на временно замороженный сайт Look At Me, перешло к Forward Media Group. Новая юрлиц... →

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MyMusicTaste, a Seoul-based startup that gauges fan interest to help figure out where to plan concerts, plans to expand throughout Asia after landing a $10 million Series A led by Softbank Ventures Korea. Read More... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Toast raises $30 million for Android-powered point-of-sale system to challenge Square Toast announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B funding round to support its Android point-of-sale (POS) system for restaurants. This latest […]... →