Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Another month, another billion for Uber… The ride-hailing business is reportedly raising yet again — planning to raise close to $1 billion in new investment according to the NYT citing “people close to the matter”, with investors looking at a valuation of between $60 billion and $70 billion for the six-year-old startup. Read More... →

Often, off-grid rural villages in places like Africa have their electricity generated by energy devices, like solar panels and batteries, donated by non-profit organizations and charities. The problem, however is that model is not sustainable and relies of yet more charitable hand-outs. What’s required is to make clean energy scale in self-supporting way. Luckily the rise of the mobile… Read More... →

It’s easy enough for IT costs to get out of control. That’s where Numerify, a software service that helps large companies keep track of choke points and better manage their internal IT services, comes in. The company raised $37.5 million in venture financing led by Tenaya Capital, with Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners participating. Numerify’s goal is basically… Read More... →

In today's media climate of irrational entrepreneurial exuberance, it's all about raising that venture capital. Reality, however, is much different. Most businesses, especially of the freelance and solopreneur variety, will never raise money from investors, nor should they. Bootstrapping is even making a comeback that resembles a movement in reaction to the silliness of the venture world. In today's episode of Unemployable with Brian Clark,... →

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. Former Google exec raises $28M to start shipping his smart payment terminals Last year, Osama Bedier introduced what he deemed the future of payment terminals: a developer-friendly payment point of sale that accepts everything […]... →

Clutter, the storage service that uses professional movers to load and unload your stuff, has today announced the close of a $9 million in Series A funding, led by Sequoia. As a part of the deal, Sequoia partner Omar Hamoui, who led the round, is joining the Clutter board. Clutter operates under a simple premise. Instead of spending capital on it’s own storage facilities, it leases… Read More... →

Kinetic charging battery startup Ampy — which makes a wearable spare battery pack charged by human movement — has closed an $875,000 seed round. Read More... →

Last year, Osama Bedier introduced what he deemed the future of payment terminals: a developer friendly payment point of sale that accepts everything from Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay, to chip based credit cards. In order to deliver on the promise of the new payment terminal, Poynt needs to ramp up manufacturing. Today, the company is announcing […]... →

If you’re only going to buy one robot, then you might as well buy something that can be configured into 100 different robots. That’s the premise of CellRobot, a new modular robot designed and built by KEYi Technology of Beijing. The company has finished the product, and has now launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the […]... →

Венчурные инвесторы вложили 59,5 млрд рублей в компании российского интернета в 2014 году. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости» со ссылкой на аналитиков Ассоциации электронных коммуникаций (НП «РАЭК») и Высшей школы экономики (НИУ ВШЭ) по данным Фонда развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ). По данным исследования, за 2014 год прошло 282 сделки на различных стадиях — от посевного этапа до поздних раундов и выходов. На выходы пришлось 87% от всей суммы сделок. В частности, покупка Авто.ру и «Кинопоиска» «Яндексом». ФРИИ ... →

Венчурные инвесторы вложили 59,5 млрд рублей в компании российского интернета в 2014 году. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости» со ссылкой на аналитиков Ассоциации электронных коммуникаций (НП «РАЭК») и Высшей школы экономики (НИУ ВШЭ) по данным Фонда развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ). По данным исследования, за 2014 год прошло 282 сделки на различных стадиях — от посевного этапа до поздних раундов и выходов. На выходы пришлось 87% от всей суммы сделок. В частности, покупка Авто.ру и «Кинопоиска» «Яндексом». ФРИИ ... →

Разработчик автоматизированных программных решений по созданию 3D моделей методом 3D сканирования Cappasity и проект «Система кредитования интренет-магазинов» на днях получили инвестиции через инвестиционную площадку StartTrack. Об этом Firrma сообщили в StartTrack. Cappasity получил $500 тысяч, «Система кредитования интренет-магазинов» – 8,5 млн рублей. Имена частных инвесторов и бизнес-ангелов, вложившихся в проекты не раскрываются.  Также в этом году через площадку StartTrack привлекли средства следующие... →

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As data scientists continue to become an ever-prominent part of the IT team in any business (not just tech businesses), we’re seeing the emergence of more products and services that are built to cater specifically to them. Periscope Data is a startup that has built a platform for data scientists to create fast but highly detailed and customised visualisations — think Tableau, but… Read More... →

Posted by MarkTraphagenRecently, Google Webmaster Trends analyst Gary Illyes surprised many of us with a remark he made during his keynote Q&A with Danny Sullivan at SMX East in New York City. Illyes said that he recommended webmasters not remove the rel=author tag from their site content. Google had used rel=author as part of its Google Authorship feature that (potentially) displayed a special author rich snippet in search results for content using the tag. Google ended support of this feature in August 20... →

San Francisco-based fashion label Betabrand, the startup that brings to you the Dress Pant Yoga Pants, announced today that it has closed $15 million in funding from Morgan Stanley and Foundry Group. Betabrand is not your usual clothing brand; the startup crowdsources designs and then jumps into production, creating items like the Best Travel Pants and […]... →

Deploying an OpenStack cloud is still anything but easy. Solinea helps enterprises design and deploy their private clouds, both as a consulting firm and as a technology provider. The company today announced that it has raised a $4 million Series A round led by Translink Capital, with participation from its angel investors. TransLink Capital has strong ties to Asia and a background in… Read More... →

Despite a checkered history with online platforms, developers are always looking for the next big distribution model, and a small but growing number is betting that the popular group-messaging platform Slack is the way to go. One such startup, Austin-based Howdy, may be the first to nab venture funding based largely on that vision. Specifically, the company, which has developed… Read More... →

It can seem at times that job application sites for companies are a black hole and impossible to navigate. That’s why Phenom People, a service that customizes company job search pages for individuals, wants to try to fix that experience. The company, which said it raised $6 million in venture financing, basically keeps tabs on who is visiting a company’s application page —… 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. Uber may have a new rival in China, as Yidao Yongche to raise $700M China ride-hailing app Yidao Yongche said that a unit of Beijing-based technology company LeTV has agreed to invest $700 million […]... →