Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

H2O is an open source platform for data scientists and developers who need a fast machine learning engine for their applications. H2O.ai, the company behind the service, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series B funding round led by Paxion Capital Partners (the new firm of GoPro board member Michael Marks) and existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Transamerica. New… Read More... →

The iPad helped introduce the concept of interactive books, where stories are accompanied by games and other tappable animations to complement their tales. But a company called Hullabalu offers a twist. Instead of digital stories with interactive bits, kids advance the story’s progress by interacting with the world and playing with the characters. Now the company has raised an… Read More... →

Шотландская тревел-компания Skyscanner, специализирующаяся на поиске авиабилетов, отелей и проката автомобилей, планирует привлечь инвестиции по суммарной оценке, превышающей $1 млрд. В октябре 2015 года компания также объявила об открытии трёх новых офисов и значительно обновила мобильные приложения.Главный редактор vc.ru побывал в штаб-квартире Skyscanner и взял интервью у её представителей — Дмитрия Хаванского и Илариона Копалейшвили, отвечающих за пиар и маркетинг на российском рынке, а также Карлоса Го... →

CB Insights, a company that offers access to reports and data on privately held companies and venture capital investments, is announcing today some funding of its own — an initial $10 million round of institutional funding. Public companies, investors, and even media outlets pay for CB Insights’ work — the company counts 325 customers, including […]... →

Six months after departing from Yahoo, Mike Kail has reemerged as the cofounder and CIO of a security startup called Cybric. His new company, cofounded by Ernesto DiGiambattista, Andrew Gilman, and Sean Walter, is launching today with $1.3 million in seed funding behind it. Kail left Yahoo nearly six months ago after a lawsuit revealed that he may have been receiving kickbacks […]... →

Инвестиции Яндекса в "Кинопоиск" составили более 80 миллионов долларов. Google не потратил на собственные модифицированные результаты поиска практически ничего.... →

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Remember the Robotic Dragonfly? The little drone was an early crowdfunding success story, netting over a $1 million in pledges on Indiegogo in 2012. At the time, it was one of the first crowdfunded gadgets to raise more than a million dollars. The project promised a tiny robot that can fly like a bird and hover like an insect — and for $99, too. Bad news, friends. This little drone is… Read More... →

Seed rounds are all about the sizzle, the exciting promise of the future if things go as dreamed. Risk is high — but the reward, if it works, is far greater. Smart people with great ideas and strong skills can raise money based on their passion, vision and tenacity. But when it comes time to raise a Series A, it’s all about the steak — what you’ve accomplished. Read More... →

Mobile payments company Square Inc, headed by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, said it expects its initial public offering to price at between $11 and $13 per share, valuing the company up to $4.2 billion. The company, which expects to raise over $403.7 million, had initially set a fundraising target of $275 million when […]... →

Payments company Square has set its IPO offering to price at $11 to $13 per share. This will raise up to $403.7 million, and value the company at at approximately $4.19 billion. This valuation would be actually be well below its last round of private funding, when its Series E round valued its shares at $15.50, with a $6 billion valuation. But since this is just the initial pricing, the… Read More... →

167 российских стартапов получили инвестиции за три квартала 2015 года. Об этом говорят предварительные данные анализа российского венчурного рынка, который проводился изданием Firrma. Всего за три квартала 2015 года было объявлено о более 266 венчурных сделок с участием российских инвесторов или стартапов. При этом, 51 проект привлек деньги от Фонда Развития Интернет Инициатив (ФРИИ), что составляет примерно 30,5% от всех российских проектов, получивших инвестиции. Данные исследования собирались из публичн... →

After years of working in mobile advertising, founder Niles Lichtenstein discovered a box of records from his late father. That compelled him to start putting together memories and online histories earlier, by documenting his mother’s life history and how he first met his wife. That developed into an interactive timeline where he collected songs from when he started dating his wife… Read More... →

BuildingConnected is a platform to help construction firms manage the details of a job, with the aim to help save time and money on building projects. Today, the startup announced it had raised $8.5 million in Series A financing from Crosslink Capital, Homebrew, Freestyle, Bee Partners and Brick and Mortar. BuildingConnected pulled in a seed round of $2.2 earlier this year, bringing the… 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. Weave raises a $15.5M Series B round for its small business communication platform Weave announced today that it has raised a $15.5 million Series B round of funding that’ll enable it to provide updated […]... →

France has developed something of a name for itself as a center for IoT startups, and today another mover and shaker in the space is making some waves. Netatmo, a Paris-based designer of stylish connected home devices like smart thermostats and security cameras — think France’s answer to Nest — is announcing that it has raised €30 million ($32 million). The funding… Read More... →

While major companies struggle with Federal Aviation Administration drone restrictions, a new startup is busy mapping the sky in preparation for the day that drones can fly free. “Think of it as Waze or Google Maps for drones,” said Hivemapper founder Ariel Seidman. He said the goal is to help drone pilots fly more safely (and legally). Today Hivemapper is […]... →

Trinity Ventures, a 29-year-old, Sand Hill Road Firm whose recent hits include the IPOs of Zulily, New Relic and TubeMogul — not to mention the still-private but highly valued startup Docker — has closed its 12th fund with $400 million in capital. We were in touch yesterday with Ajay Chopra, a general partner at the firm for nearly the last decade, to ask what the fundraising… Read More... →

Биомедицинский холдинг «Атлас» инвестировал в компанию «ЦСБ Геномика». Об этом Firrma сообщили в холдинге. Сделка состоялась в начале октября 2015 года. Сумма вложения не раскрывается. По условиям сделки «Атлас» получил мажоритарную долю «ЦСБ Геномика», которая вошла в линейку проектов холдинга, сменив свое название на «Атлас Онко Диагностика». Новое подразделение займется созданием комплексного диагностического сервиса для персонализированного лечения онкологии – «Solo». Он будет включать в себя ряд молеку... →

Weave announced today that it has raised a $15.5 million Series B round of funding that’ll enable it to provide updated communication technology to small- and medium-sized businesses. Led by Crosslink Capital, this Y Combinator alumni company will likely expand beyond its focus on dentistry and orthodontics to other industries. Providing software that merge your […]... →