Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Body Labs, the company that turns your picture into a true-to-life 3D body scan, is announcing the close of an $8 million round of Series A funding led by Intel Capital, with participation from FirstMark Capital, Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH, Osage University Partners, and Catalus Capital. Body Labs technology is able to garner a fully realistic 3D body scan, complete with wrinkles and back… Read More... →

Like WiFi before it, could wireless charging be the next value-add for coffee shops and other public venues? One startup banking on that being the case is London-headquartered Chargifi, which is building out a wireless charging network. Read More... →

Last year Uniplaces, startup founded back in 2012 which runs an online booking platform focused on student accommodation, pulled in £2.2 million ($3.5 million) in Series A funding led by Octopus Investments. Today it’s announced that it has raised a $24 million Series A funding led by Atomico. The startups, launched in 2012 by three ex-university classmates, aims to be a trusted,… Read More... →

Content marketing startup SnapApp has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The Boston-based company offers online tools for building calculators, quizzes, infographics, interactive videos and other types of interactive content. Marketers, particularly marketers trying to sell to other business, can then use that content to connect with potential customers. “Interactive content is… Read More... →

After ten years without any outside investment, cybersecurity firm iboss is finally raising its Series A. The company’s CEO said that even now, the company, which has been profitable since it launched, really “didn’t need the money.” The cloud-based security platform just raised a $35 million Series A from Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Investing… Read More... →

Parents today can be overwhelmed when trying to keep up with their child’s online activity, and often fail to spot troubling behavior like bullying, threats, sexting, and even possible mental health issues. A new app called VISR, which launched publicly just in time for back-to-school, has now closed on a million in funding to help alert parents to safety issues involving their… Read More... →

Some say that email is bloated and dying, but Google has been using Inbox, its Gmail-based mobile email client, as a way to raise the bar on how to improve the experience and make it once again into a productive place to communicate with people, by implementing advances from Google’s machine learning and AI teams. Today, the company is taking the wraps off its latest feature: Smart Reply,… Read More... →

Affinio announced today that the company has raised $4 million in Series A funding, led by venture fund ​Whitecap Venture Partners​. Build Ventures —​ Affinio’s seed investor — also participated, along with SocialStarts, BRaVe Ventures, and several angel investors. The financing, which takes the total amount raised by Affinio to $5.55 million, will be used to fund its on-going […]... →

Right off the launch of Lumo Run, Lumo Bodytech, a smart sensors and software platform, has raised $10 million in Series B financing. Lumo came onto the scene a few years back with Lumo Lift, a wearable device that buzzed users when they slouched to help them improve posture. It since branched out with Lumo Back, for lower back posture improvement. The startup launched its first fitness… Read More... →

German startup ByeBuy, which offers a pay-as-you-go and on-demand alternative to gadget ownership, has raised a €1 million seed round. Read More... →

Генеральный директор краудинвестинговой платформы  StartTrack Константин Шабалин считает, что люди с деньгами устремились в венчур, и объясняет, почему это происходит.  Венчурный бизнес в России демонстрирует уверенный  рост, несмотря  на кризисные явления в экономике. Общий объем рынка венчурных инвестиций в 2015 году (включая сделки выхода) составил 34,8 млрд. рублей.  За 3 квартала этого года зафиксировано 256 сделок, что на 13% выше, чем за аналогичный период прошлого года (227 сделок). Позитивный рост ... →

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... →