Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Фонд Emery Capital вышел из американской компании Ekso Bionics, которая специализируется на разработке экзоскелетов. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде.  Emery Capital владел 1% компании. Полный выход Emery Capital из компании состоялся в июне 2015 года, когда акции были проданы на бирже. По словам представителя фонда, IRR инвестиции составили 100% годовых. Ekso Bionics провела IPO в декабре 2014 года на Nasdaq и была оценена в $22,7 млрд.  Сделку по входу в проект Emery Capital структурировал в январе 2014 го... →

Yixia Tech, the Beijing developer behind Chinese video blogging app Miao Pai, has raised $200 million in Series D funding from microblogging platform Weibo, Sequoia Capital, YG Entertainment, and other investors at a valuation of $1 billion. Read More... →

When Pelin Kenez and her co-founders were at their previous company, they were constantly moving files between designers and developers. That ended up producing a hassle, with developers having to basically manually pull in elements from the design file. That’s where Zeplin comes in. It uses software to better move files between designers and engineers, and it said it has raised $1.2… Read More... →

Behavioral analytics startup Clarisite raised $5.5 million for its series A round led by Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund, the startup announced today. Clarisite also announced its new CEO, Yaron Morgenstern, who will oversee the company’s international expansion. The U.S.-based VC had invested $500 thousand in Clarisite back in 2012.... →

Game financing startup Fig, which helps game developers raise money from fans, said it can now receive investments from unaccredited investors (or ordinary fans) for game-crowdfunding campaigns. Enabled by accounting regulation changes with securities laws, the change could open up a whole new set of opportunities for game startups and fans alike. Now fans will have a […]... →

Tech companies who’ve long overlooked the home lending market and as fertile ground for new business are waking up to the opportunity in the market and money — and new offerings are pouring in. Read More... →

Placester, a service that helps real estate agents and brokers to serve their clients and market themselves better, today announced that it has raised a $27 million Series C round. The round includes New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Romulus Capital, both of which previously invested in the company, too. Read More... →

There’s little doubt in my mind (and industry experts and VCs I talk to) that the local on-demand delivery space will soon get messy given the number of startups entering the space and the amount of venture being thrown at the opportunity. The latest to raise capital is Spain’s Glovo. Read More... →

London-based food delivery startup Deliveroo has gobbled up another $100 million in funding, as the startup announces its first launch markets outside of Europe. The series D round was led by DST Global and Greenoaks Capital, with additional contributions from Accel, Hummingbird Ventures, and Index Ventures. Deliveroo has been on a major growth drive in […]... →

It was only in July that Deliveroo raised $70 million in Series C funding, but today the London-headquartered company has announced that it’s been dining at the VC table again. 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. Learning tool Quizlet raises $12M led by USV Union Square Ventures led a $12 million series A round for peer to peer learning tool Quizlet, the firm announced today through a blog post. […]... →

A couple of ex-­Google AdWords guys, Todd Saunders and Dan Pratt, have launched a software platform called AdHawk to help companies navigate the often-choppy waters of multi-platform online advertising. AdHawk goes into private beta today, Saunders and Pratt say. The two also announce a $1.4 million seed round led by New York-based Zelkova Ventures, with participation from […]... →

Indian home furnishing service Rentomojo announced today that it took in a $2 million “pre-series A” investment from Accel Partners and IDG Ventures. The Bangalore-based company says it works similarly to an on-demand marketplace for furniture and home appliances. IDG Venture’s Venkatesh Peddi and Accel Partners’ Prashanth Prakash will join Rentomojo’s board.... →

Transceivers and optical splitters are part of the crucial plumbing of the internet as services scale up into streaming HD video, virtual reality, cloud computing, and IoT. Data-centers are literally groaning under the weight of all this traffic. So it’s no surprise that companies which make this kind of infrastructure are able to raise large rounds of funding. While TechCrunch… Read More... →

It’s become a meme in tech circles, “IPOs are the new down round,” venture capitalists quip. The dreaded “down round,” when a startup raises capital beneath its prior valuation, is getting pushed back to the public markets. While most companies grow their value in the stock market, Square, Box  and Hortonworks went public at market caps that were lower than what… Read More... →

MONTREAL — In ways big and small, China is expanding its presence in the global gaming market without interruption. This is surprising in part because the Chinese stock market fell this year, and that hurt the ability to raise easy money. But this week, Chinese companies showed what they could accomplish even during a so-called […]... →

Американская Le Tote, которая является портфельной компанией TMT Investments, привлекла $15 млн в раунде В от AITV, а также предыдущих инвесторов Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Azure Capital, Simon Venture Group, Epic Ventures и Funders Club. Об участии TMT Investments в раунде не сообщается. Платформа по подбору модной одежды Le Tote позволяет взять на прокат три вещи и вернуть через месяц или купить. Компания TMT Investments PLC вложила $250 тысяч в Le Tote в июле 2014 года. Деньги вложены на условиях конвертиру... →

Circle Medical, which acts as a “concierge” for healthcare, announced today that it has raised a $2.9 million seed round, led by Collaborative Fund. The startup says that the new funds will be used to increase brand awareness and market the company. Other participants in this round include Tencent, Real Ventures, Kima Ventures, Y Combinator partner […]... →

Social news aggregator Nuzzel is unveiling version 2.0 of its website and app — a version that CEO Jonathan Abrams described as “Nuzzel for Everyone.” Nuzzel previously worked by creating a feed of the most-shared stories from the people you follow on Twitter. You can still create that personalized news feed, but the service no longer requires a Twitter login. Instead, you… Read More... →

Social news aggregator Nuzzel has raised $1.7 million in new funding from a bunch of individual investors including Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, Google’s Matt Cutts, SoftBank’s vice chairman Nikesh Arora, and others. This announcement comes as the company evolves its social aggregator product — it’s now available to everyone, meaning that you don’t need to have […]... →