Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

The idea that the average consumer i.e. a non “high net-worth individual” could invest in a small equity round has been in the works since June but a new rule released last week now brings the US closer to true equity crowdfunding. You can check out the entire release here but, in general, it opens the door to a new form of investment. Companies will be able to raise a maximum of… Read More... →

Atlanta-based cloud sales platform N3 has raised a new $45 million round from New York City-based RedBird Capital Partners. N3 creates and carries out large‐scale, outsourced sales and marketing campaigns for clients. The investment gives RedBird a minority ownership N3, the companies said. N3 says it needs the capital now to accelerate growth outside the U.S., particularly […]... →

On-demand home service provider Handy has raised $50 million for its Series C round of funding led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. The company says that this new investment will help solidify its position as a market leader in the home services space across the United States and the United Kingdom. Other investors in this […]... →

There has been consolidation, collapse and other troubles among some on-demand home services startups, but others seem to be cleaning up in their wake. Handy — a platform for on-demand housekeeping and other services like furniture delivery and assembly via an app that connects tradespeople with customers — is announcing today that it has raised $50 million in new funding… Read More... →

For years you’ve been able to find a room to rent online via classified sites such as Craigslist or more vertical offerings. But once you’ve found your prospective rental, the process quickly moves off-line. Nestpick — backed, though not founded, by Rocket Internet — wants to change this. Read More... →

Крупные иностранные IT-компании могут приостановить свои инвестиционные программы и вовсе уйти с российского рынка. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант» со ссылкой на Ассоциацию европейского бизнеса (АЕБ). По данным издания, АЕБ просит правительство РФ с перенести как минимум на полгода вступление в силу закона, обязывающего госорганы с 1 января 2016 года письменно обосновывать закупку иностранного программного обеспечения. Также усложнить работу иностранных IT-компаний может постановление правительства, которое д... →

Tokyo-based Monstar Lab, the company that provides crowdsourced offshore app development service Sekai Lab, announced today that it has fundraised 400 million yen (approximately $3.3 million) from Pasona Tech and DG Incubation.... →

Allocating startup capital is hard — but more importantly, it’s key to successfully raising your next round. Which tools are founders using to build a strategic financial plan? With cash in the bank, a founder’s job is to time growth, metrics and money to validate a thesis and raise another round. How strategic is this budgeting process in practice, and what are founders… Read More... →

Looks like investors approve of former Adobe digital chief David Wadhwani. Just weeks after it was announced that Wadhwani has joined seven-year-old, San Francisco-based AppDynamics as its new CEO, an SEC filing shows the company has raised a fresh $83.4 million in funding as part of a round that’s targeting up to $150 million. AppDynamics makes software to monitor the performance… Read More... →

(By Michael Erman) – U.S. securities regulators approved new crowdfunding rules on Friday, allowing start-up companies to raise money from mom-and-pop investors over the internet. Private companies were previously allowed to solicit only accredited investors – those with a net worth of at least $1 million, excluding the value of their homes, or annual income […]... →

Startup Monclarity announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding from Access Industries. And it recently unveiled Brainwell, a brain-training app available on iOS, Android, Kindle and the web. Now, there’s been a lot of skepticism around brain-training games like Lumosity, particularly after a recent study of the existing research found that these games may improve… Read More... →

The Event Last month we announced our partnership with Children's Miracles Network Hospitals to participate in Extra Life , an annual 24-hour gaming fundraising event to raise money for children's hospitals. Much like pledging to run a 5k for charity, Extra Life works by pledging to play games for 24 hours straight.... →

Наноиндустрия в России растет с темпом 12% в год, об этом в интервью «Коммерсантъ FM» сообщил глава «Роснано» Анатолий Чубайс. Он также отметил, что объем производства и продаж российской наноиндустрии к концу 2015 года составит 900 млрд рублей. За семь лет корпорация «Роснано» получила 130 млрд рублей в капитал и 180 млрд рублей госгарантии, на которую компания взяла кредиты. По словам Анатолия Чубайса, объем производства проектных компаний, в которые «Роснано» инвестировала составляет 300 млрд рублей. Пол... →

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For years, truckers have had to keep unwieldy paper log books in order to track their hours, which complicates fleet management for trucking companies because they have to sort through faxes and mailed documents. KeepTruckin is a San Francisco-based company that is trying to automate this with a pair of hardware and software solutions that will log hours in the background. They’ve… Read More... →

Food delivery startup Gobble is announcing that it has raised $10.75 million in Series A funding. Gobble does the measuring, chopping, mixing and (to a certain extent) cooking for its customers. So when you get a dinner kit, you should be able to turn it into a fully-cooked meal in 10 minutes, using a single pan. The company says it currently serves 1 million customers in California, so the… Read More... →

Японская корпорация FANUC, работающая в области промышленной автоматизации, робототехники и лазерных систем, вложит не менее 500 млн рублей в течение трех лет в строительство своего инжинирингового и НИОКР-центра в «Сколково». Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Соглашение между компаниями предполагает строительство на территории центра «Сколково» инжинирингового и НИОКР-центра площадью не менее 4,5 тыс. кв.м. Предполагается, что в центре будут задействованы 50 человек инженерного и исследовательского персонал... →

Эксперты Российской академии народного хозяйства и госслужбы при президенте РФ (РАНХиГС) предлагают в качестве меры поддержки инновационной отрасли в РФ учредить институт уполномоченного по вопросам инновационных предпринимателей и венчурных инвесторов. Об этом сообщают «Известия», со ссылкой на аналитическую записку «Экономическое развитие и инновационная экономика», направленной в правительство. Предполагается, что уполномоченный по вопросам инновационных предпринимателей позволит обеспечить максимальную ... →

Social media is officially eating Internet and where the people go with their eyeballs so do the brands. But the brands are – largely – all at sea, still trying to figure all this stuff out. One of the startups that has figured this out is Brandwatch — a social media monitoring firm that crawls over 80 million sites, including Facebook and Twitter, and then turns that… Read More... →

В Москве открылся международный финтех-кластер Future Fintech, целью которого является развитие инновационных технологий в финансовой сфере и привлечение иностранных инвестиций в российский рынок стартапов. Об этом Firrma рассказали организаторы кластера. Партнерами Future Fintech является гонконгский венчурный фонд Deep Knowledge Ventures, интерактивный банк iBank и Blockchain Сommunity. По словам старшего партнера Deep Knowledge Ventures Дмитрия Каминского, фонд рассматривает финтех-кластер как центр соср... →