Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Asia accounts for nearly half of the mobile learning revenues in the world. Thousands of hagwons, or “cram schools,” line the streets in South Korea, which has about 15 percent of the global tutoring market. Parents spend an average of $1,000 per month on private tutoring — an estimated 20 percent of the monthly cost to raise a child there. In India, 7.5 percent of… Read More... →

Венчурная компания Леонида Богуславского ru-Net инвестировала в платформу CupoNation, которая предлагает промокоды для покупок в интернет-магазинах. Объем раунда составил €10 млн. В сделке приняли участие Rocket Internet, Holtzbrink Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), e.ventures, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments (DTSI), Silicon Valley Bank и Columbia Lake Partners. Средства пойдут на рост компании. В апреле этого года компания  ru-Net вышла из индийской FreeCharge, которая представляет собой мо... →

Seerene, an analytics platform that helps companies see how their other software is performing, has raised $5 million in seed funding and opened an office in Hong Kong, its first in Asia. The round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital and will support Seerene’s international growth. Read More... →

Составлен Firrma. Стратегический партнер РВК. При поддержке EY Каждый год Firrma при поддержке партнеров высчитывает активность венчурных фондов страны. Этот год не стал исключением. Ниже приведен рейтинг активности фондов в 2015 году. В этом году мы собрали гораздо больше данных, чем раньше, и изменили методологию. Советуем ее изучить перед тем как смотреть сам рейтинг, чтобы правильно его понять. Мы представляем Рейтинг «классических» венчурных фондов, а также Рейтинг посевных фондов, Рейтинг новичков и п... →

Posted by randfishPresentations are so much better when your audience isn't bored — when they're engaged with what you're saying, and attentive, and wowed. But what's the secret formula to giving a great talk? Where do you start? In this week's Whiteboard Friday, Rand will help you boost your presentations to the next level with six tips that have spelled success for him. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video TranscriptionHowdy, Moz fans, and welcome to an... →

DataScience, the data science startup with the name (and URL) that every other data science startup wants, announced today that it has raised $22 million in Series A. The company says that it uses a combination of in-house data scientists, proprietary technology and custom data models to help businesses do things like predict a customer’s lifetime value and analyze the common features… Read More... →

CultureIQ announced today that it has raised $3 million in seed funding. Founded by former SecondMarket CFO Greg Besner, the New York City-based startup offers what it calls “culture management software.” That includes tools for surveying employees and analyzing the results in real-time, as well as a “culture strategy group” that helps customers explore programs… Read More... →

Gradle, the startup behind the Gradle open source build automation software, is announcing today that it has taken on $4.2 million in funding. This is essentially the coming-out party for the startup, which has 35 employees. Gradle automates the process of compiling code, testing it, and creating files with all the necessary dependencies. It’s highly […]... →

Российский рекламный стартап GetShop.TV привлек инвестиции в обмен на 15% проекта. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании.  Сделка состоялась в сентябре 2015 года. В раунде приняли Игорь Лутц, Константин Синюшин в лице The Unitled Retail Labs, а также члены Venture Club, бизнес-ангелы Александр Бородич, Дмитрий Пучков и Федор Суздалев. Постинвестиционная оценка компании составила примерно $1 млн.  Средства пойдут на доработку продукта и масштабирование продаж, а также на альфа-тестирование технологии покупки из... →

It’s been a while since we heard from Server Density, the UK.-based SaaS server monitoring startup, but sometimes that’s the nature of quietly going about building a business. Today, however, the largely bootstrapped company is disclosing that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by SP Ventures. Read More... →

SnapLogic, a company that helps connect data from legacy applications to the cloud or to a centralized internal data lake, announced a $37.5 million round today. Investors include Microsoft and Silver Lake Waterman, the growth capital arm of Silver Lake along with existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners and Triangle Peak Partners. Today’s investment brings the total… Read More... →

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Mobile carriers are looking for ways to catch some of the growth in smartphone usage beyond their basic role as network providers, and that trend is having a knock-on effect on startups that help those carriers: ItsOn, a cloud-based platform founded by ex-Qualcomm, Nokia and Yahoo execs that helps carriers configure, market and sell mobile services on the fly, has raised a further $12.5… Read More... →

The online disruption of journalism continues apace! Today The Tab, a hyperlocal news site aimed at young people and written mainly by “grassroots” (read: unpaid) student journalists, has raised $3 million from Balderton Capital to build out its business. This is The Tab’s first fundraise and the startup — originally founded in the UK — will be using it to expand… Read More... →

Stealthy London-based fintech startup Curve has closed a $2 million seed round from a rather notable list of early backers. Read More... →

Российский инвестор Юрий Мильнер, а также фонды Accel Partners, Flipkart и Tiger Global вложили $25 млн в индийский логистический сервис BlackBuck. Мильнер инвестировал через компанию Apoletto Asia, через которую он обычно осуществляет личные инвестиции.  Средства пойдут на расширение услуг компании по всей Индии. Ранее BlackBuck получила $5 млн от Accel Partners и Flipkart. Компания действует в качестве посредника между операторами грузовых перевозок (владельцам грузовиков) и клиентов, используя свою техно... →

Vinted, a marketplace for people to buy, swap, or donate unwanted clothing, has raised another $27 million to grow into new markets outside Europe and the U.S. Founded out of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2008, Vinted claims north of 11 million members around the world, and is open for business in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, […]... →

Azubu has raised 55 million euros, or $59 million in U.S. currency, in a debt financing aimed at creating a livestreaming business focused on esports. Pro gaming has become a big business, and Azubu believes it can be more focused on it than its bigger rival, Twitch, which was purchased last year by Amazon for […]... →

A company capitalizing on the growth of mobile messaging, and in particular the reach of Apple’s iMessage, Slash, has now raised $1.3 million for its development of a search engine that’s tucked inside of your keyboard. Launched just a couple of months ago, the Slash keyboard app lets you share rich media, including videos, GIFs, emoji, links, products, news articles, maps, music,… Read More... →

Фонд Russia Partners Technology Fund проинвестировал проект «Везёт Всем» — онлайн-сервис грузоперевозок, построенный по аукционному принципу. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Сумма и подробности сделки не раскрываются. Инвестиция в «Везёт Всем» стала шестой сделкой для фонда в 2015 году. Он сделал две инвестиции, направленные на российский рынок — «Везёт Всем» и Maximum Education, и еще четыре, направленные на международный рынок.  «Везёт Всем» планирует обеспечить полностью электронную систему документо... →