Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Институт Стволовых Клеток Человека получил статус венчурного партнера Фонда посевных инвестиций Российской венчурной компании (ФПИ РВК). Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании.  От сотрудничества ФПИ РВК и ИСКЧ планируют получить синергические эффекты, которые позволят инновационным биотехнологическим компаниям быстрее масштабировать бизнес, сэкономить время и деньги на разработку и выход на рынок, а также сократить время между раундами инвестиций, предоставить разнообразие в инструментах финансирования. В каче... →

Imagine you’re 14 and in the next two years you’re going to have to make a decision about what higher education course you’ll do, if any. You go to your careers teacher, and in a depressed voice they throw some leaflets at you and head back to their bottle of whisky (ok, well, that was MY careers teacher). How much better could this picture be? Well, now a startup aims to… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Atlanta-based Salesfusion, a marketing automation platform serving B2B small and medium-sized businesses, is raising $13.5 million in a series B funding round. Investors include Noro-Moseley Partners, BLH Venture Partners, Alerion Ventures, Tech Square Ventures, and Hallett Capital. Marketing automation adoption rates remain highest among B2B enterprises, but interest from the B2C and SMB segments is […]... →

Разработчики платформы DoubleClick анонсировали два заметных нововведения для брендов и издателей, которые позволяют оптимизировать ставки на основе видимости рекламных объявлений. Инициатива была реализована в рамках кампании Active View. Теперь оптимизатор ставок Active View доступен всем рекламодателям платформы через интерфейс DoubleClick Bid Manager. Кроме того, разработчиками платформы была запущена версия Active View для мобильных приложений. Основываясь на результатах анализа целой совокупности си... →

CashKaro, which claims to be India’s largest cashback and coupon site, is planning to expand into new countries after raising a $3.8 million Series A from Kalaari Capital. Founded in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Swati and Rohan Bhargava, CashKaro works with more than 1,000 e-commerce sites and makes money through their affiliate programs. Swati Bhargava told TechCrunch that… Read More... →

The company announced that it has fundraised 1 million yen (about $815,000) from Salesforce Ventures, the investment arm of Salesforce.com, as well as from Incubate Fund.... →

GUEST: Just over a week ago Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer promised to “effectively build a teleporter” by 2025, and even hardcore, optimistic techies had to raise an eyebrow in questioning cynicism. Reassuringly perhaps, he was talking about using virtual reality to transport us, as opposed to Star Trek’s dream of disassembling, shipping, and reassembling a physical […]... →

Mavrck, a startup that helps marketers recruit customers to create promotional content, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. There are plenty of other companies working on influencer marketing, but Mavrck co-founder and CEO Lyle Stevens said they usually identify influencers without helping brands “activate” them, or they’re focused on how to… Read More... →

Mavrck, a startup that helps marketers recruit customers to create promotional content, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. There are plenty of other companies working on influencer marketing, but Mavrck co-founder and CEO Lyle Stevens said they usually identify influencers without helping brands “activate” them, or they’re focused on how to… Read More... →

CCP Games, the company behind the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game EVE Online, just raised another $30 million from Novator and NEA. But this time, the funding round isn’t about supporting the 12-year-old MMORPG, it’s all about virtual reality games. 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. Eve: Valkyrie creator CCP Games raises $30M for virtual reality games Virtual reality pioneer CCP Games has raised $30 million to continue with VR game development. The funding shows the level of excitement, even for old game […]... →

Wachwith, a startup offering an alternative to the standard pre-roll and mid-roll ads that delay or interrupt online videos, has raised $8 million in Series B funding. The company says its technology can analyze the content of a video, then use that data to find the right moments to place “interactive overlay” ads. So instead of interrupting a video, these ads just sit… Read More... →

More interesting developments for Digg, the Internet curation site that was founded way back in 2004 but was acquired and relaunched by Betaworks in 2012. The site has announced a “Series A” of $4 million, and it’s named former COO Gary Liu as its new CEO. This is effectively Digg’s second Series A — the company in its previously independent state had raised over… Read More... →

Digg, the viral news site gunning for a comeback, today announced a $4 million raise led by a subsidiary of Digital Garage, a Tokyo-based startup incubator and investor. In a company statement, Digg says the cash will be used to “power Digg’s accelerating growth in users and revenue, the expansion of community and network features, and new products […]... →

Varsity Tutors, the platform that connects elite tutors with students, has just closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures and Adam Levine, frontman for Maroon 5 and judge on The Voice, as well as education executive Stuart Udell. Varsity Tutors is based out of St. Louis and looks to pair students with the most brilliant tutors available — folks… Read More... →

Российский проект Astro Digital занял второе место на конкурсе стартапов SLUSH 100 pitching competition. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде «Сколково», который представлял проект на конкурсе. Всего на конкурсе было представлено 100 проектов, которые были отобраны международным пулом инвесторов из более чем тысячи подавших заявки стартапов. В полуфинал прошло 20 компанд, из которых определилась четверка финалистов. Первое место занял австралийский проект CareMonkey – приложение для обмена данными, рекомендациям... →

Forget instant messaging, photo messaging, ephemeral messaging, or any other kind of “messaging” — Israeli startup Yallo is going all-in on the humble telephone call. First launched for Android earlier this year, Yallo is a slick call-recording app for both inbound and outbound calls that works with your existing mobile telephone number. And today it […]... →

CCP Games, creator of Eve Online and a pioneer in virtual reality games, has raised $30 million to continue with VR game development. The funding shows there’s a lot of excitement, even for old game companies like CCP, in augmented and virtual reality, which tech advisor Digi-Capital expects to be a $150 billion industry by […]... →

Eight years ago, Aaron Batalion and three friends created a Facebook app called “Hungry Machine.” It was pretty successful…so successful that it turned into LivingSocial, which was one of the first startups to raise a “magical” billion dollars. I refuse to use the creature’s name to describe this “club.” Along with cofounding the company,… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Huuuge Games, a new social casino game studio, has raised $4 million in a first round of funding led by Korea Investment Partners. It’s late in the cycle to start a social casino game company, but Huuuge games says it will set itself apart by making casino games “truly social.” Huuuge Casino is more social than […]... →