Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

In Spike Jonze’s Her, Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with his earpiece — or rather, the female voice inside it. The film depicts a society in which artificially intelligent hearing devices serve as human companions. A cliché for the hearables future, Her nonetheless raises several key issues regarding the increasingly saturated industry of ear-worn wearables that must be resolved. Read More... →

Eventbase announced today that it has raised $6 million from Madrona Venture Group to support its mobile technology platform for events. With the new funding, the company said that it will be looking to accelerate its growth both in size and revenues, specifically within the enterprise space. An app development service for premium events, Eventbase […]... →

The tech-driven primary care provider One Medical says it’s raised another $65 million chunk to help it continue to grow. The funding round was led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with participation from some other new, but unnamed, investors. Some of One Medical’s existing investors — like Benchmark, Google Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Redmile Group and […]... →

На «Студенческом проектном полигоне» студенты могут размещать свои идеи и проекты. Участникам обещают возможность привлечения инвестиций.... →

О состоянии рынка венчурного капитала и о том, на какие инвестиции стоит рассчитывать стартапам... →

NowThis just announced that it has raised $16.2 million in Series D funding. The round was led by German media company Axel Springer — which, in addition to previously investing in the startup’s $6 million Series C, recently bought Business Insider and invested in Thrillist. Previous backers Oak Investments, NBC News Group and Softbank also participated. “We are increasing… Read More... →

Everwise, a New York-based company whose online service connects “protégés” with mentors –from new entrepreneurs, to budding sports coaches, to people looking to rise through the ranks of Fortune 500 companies — is taking the wraps off the bigger business that it’s been quietly building over the the past year. Now, the three-year-old, 40-person outfit has… Read More... →

Алексей Тельнов назначен инвестиционным директором фонда iTech Capital. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде.  Алексей Тельнов будет отвечать за стратегию инвестиций, связанных с сектором FinTech и Mobile Advertising в портфеле фонда. Главными целями станут дальнейшее развитие портфельных компаний, рост их капитализации и реализация стратегии выхода из активов.   Алексей Тельнов работает в iTech с 2012 года. Он реализовал ряд инвестиционных сделок, в числе которых инвестиции в компании Clickky, BitFury и  Tradin... →

Back in June, the WSJ reported that Airbnb had raised a massive $1.5 billion round of funding. Today, the company confirmed those reports by way of SEC filing. The total offering and sold amount is $1,499,937,904.00 for those keeping score. Airbnb’s valuation is now at or above $25 billion, which is just staggering. It sounds like Airbnb is going to focus on strengthening itself… Read More... →

Венчурная компания Леонида Богуславского ru-Net возглавила инвестиционный раунд индийской компании  Faasos, которая занимается доставкой еды.   Объем раунда составил $30 млн. В сделке также приняли участие текущие инвесторы  Sequoia Capital и Lightbox Ventures. Оценка Faasos составила $130-160 млн. Всего компания привлекла $50 млн. В феврале этого года Sequoia Capital и Lightbox Ventures вложили $20 млн в Faasos.  Привлеченные средства будут пойдут на расширение, покупки, увеличение ассортимента внутренних ... →

The latest company to tilt against the lending windmill with a solution for borrowers who might not have the best credit rating — or who might not have any credit rating or credit history at all is Backed. Read More... →

New York-based SocialFlow has raised $7.5 million in Series C funding, the company tells TechCrunch. The startup, which helps media organizations including The Wall Street Journal and BBC optimize their effectiveness on social media, has closed a round led by Gefinor Capital. A competitor of HootSuite, SocialFlow works with media outlets, including TechCrunch, to ensure that articles get shared… Read More... →

Инвестиционный холдинг «ИФД-Капитал», владеющий сайтом цифровой музыки muz.ru, приостановил его работу из-за миллионных убытков, сообщает Коммерсант. Портал заморозили до лучшей экономической ситуации. Убытки компании связаны также с высокой конкуренцией со стороны нелегальных музыкальных сервисов. По данным издания, убытки ЗАО «Муз.ру» составили 34,98 млн рублей по сравнению с выручкой за этот же период в 16,08 млн рублей. Низкая платежеспособность пользователей сайта повлияла на доходы muz.ru. Из 450 тыся... →

Фонд Prostor Capital продал свою долю в группе компаний UMI компании «1С». Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде.  Это первый выход фонда из проинвестированного проекта за 4 года деятельности Prostor Capital. Сумма сделки и остальные ее условия не раскрываются. Известно, что фонд инвестировал в группу компаний в 2012 году. О 1С  Фирма «1С» специализируется на разработке, дистрибьюции, издании и поддержке компьютерных программ. «1С» работает с пользователями через разветвлённую партнёрскую сеть, которая, по собств... →

Posted by willcritchlowAt our recent SearchLove conferences, I’ve been talking about things we need to do differently as marketers amidst the big trends that are reshaping search. My colleague Tom Anthony, who heads up the R&D team at Distilled, spoke about 5 emerging trends: Implicit signals Compound queries Keywords vs intents Web search to data search Personal assistants All of these trends are powered by Google’s increasing reliance on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and mean that ranking ... →

Tokyo-based Aquabit Spirals announced this week that it has fundraised 40 million yen (approximately $325,000) from K&P Partners in a seed round.... →

5 декабря состоялась церемония Venture Awards Russia 2015, организованная медиа-проектами Firrma и RusBase. В номинации новый игрок года (NEW PLAYER OF THE YEAR) победил фонд RBV Capital. Персоной года (PERSON OF THE YEAR) стал Сооснователь и управляющий партнер Runa Capital Дмитрий Чихачев. Посевным инвестором года (SEED INVESTOR OF THE YEAR) – Altair Capital. Kорпоративным фондом года (CORPORATE FUND OF THE YEAR) стал фонд QIWI Venture. Инвестирующий не в IT (NON IT VENTURE OF THE YEAR) — I2BF Global.  Ст... →

John Henry, the 22-year-old founder of accelerator program Cofound Harlem, has announced Cofound Ventures, Harlem’s first venture capital fund. Cofound Ventures, which will officially launch next year, is looking to raise a total of $8 million, with $3 million going toward running the nine-month accelerator and funding startup stipends, and $5 million toward further funding Cofound… Read More... →

Honk Kong-based VC Horizon Ventures led a $6.5 million funding round for Bevi, the Bostonian startup announced this week. Bevi developed a “smart beverage machine” that is controlled remotely through a cloud-based system. Instead, the machine works as a cooler that dispenses sparkling and flavored water to the users’ bottles and cups. “Our team is inspired to […]... →

SeamlessDocs, the document automation portal for governments, has announced the close of a $5 million Series A funding round led by the Govtech Fund The startup originally launched as Bizodo out of the ERA Accelerator and has since re-branded and re-focused on bringing governments into the now-paperless world we live in. SeamlessDocs takes what has traditionally been an offline experience… Read More... →