Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

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 […]... →

Hardware accelerator Highway1 has opened up applications for its sixth batch, but this time there’s a twist: the organization is increasing its investment up from $50,000 to $100,000 for each participating startup. From now until November 16, startups can apply for a spot in this program run by Highway1’s Brady Forrest (the cofounder of the […]... →

Sometimes the best way to protect data is to make it appear as vulnerable as possible. Illusive networks, an Israeli cybersecurity firm launched just a few months ago, has captured the attention of investors and companies with its novel approach to protecting networks. An approach that illusive networks CEO Shlomo Touboul believes will leave hackers “caught with their pants down.”… Read More... →

Beijing (Paul Carste for Reuters) — China ride-hailing app Yidao Yongche said that a unit of Beijing-based technology company LeTV has agreed to invest $700 million in the firm in return for a 70 percent stake, according to an emailed statement on Tuesday. LeTV, which includes Shenzhen-listed Leshi Internet Information and Technology Corp Beijing, earlier […]... →

There’s major investment news for taxi-hailing apps in China, but for once it doesn’t concern Uber or the U.S. company’s well-backed Chinese rival Didi Kuaidi. Yidao Yongche, a three-year-old private car service, has received an investment that values its business at the magic $1 billion mark. Read More... →

Some very big companies, like Adobe, Oracle, and IBM, are trying to unify the data that will allow companies to easily hit the right customer with the right marketing message on the right device at the right time. And for many marketing people, they’re failing. The whole idea behind Josh Manion’s Ensighten platform is to […]... →

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. Ecommerce software TinderBox raises $7M for product innovation TinderBox closed a $7 million funding round led by Greycroft Partners and Allos Ventures, the startup announced today. The Indianapolis-based company said that the capital will […]... →

Российский проект Hudway Glass, разрабатывающий устройство для повышения безопасности на дорогах, в июле 2015 года привлек посевные инвестиции от австрийской WCW-Venture Holding в обмен на долю в 10%. Об этом Firrma рассказал основатель проекта Иван Клабуков. Сумма вложений не раскрывается. Известно, что оценка компании составила $3,2 млн. Hudway Glass также взял конвертируемый займ $280 тысяч на разработку программного обеспечения (значительное расширение линейки мобильных приложений), на производство перв... →

StreetHub, the U.K. startup that’s helping independent shops and boutiques be discovered and sell online, has raised a further $2.6 million in funding. It’a also launching a new brand and consumer-facing offering: Trouva is an e-commerce site that promises to curate and make available items to buy from its 350-strong network of independent shops and boutiques. Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Life.SREDA стал лид-инвестором раунда А mPOS-стартапа SoftPay Mobile. Общий объем раунда составил $1 млн. Как сообщил Firrma Владислав Солодкой, это первое вложение фонда в проект.  Сделка была проведена в рамках акселерации стартапа в InspirAsia. В раунде также принимал участие некий анонимный инвестор. SoftPay, зарегистрированный в Сингапуре, на данный момент стартап работает только на рынке Вьетнама. Инвестиции будут направлены на экспансию в Малайзию и Индонезию. Стартап был запущен в нач... →

IAC, home to a variety of dating startups like Tinder, Match.com, and OkCupid, has filed to go public under the ticker symbol MTCH. The company is hoping to raise $100 million. developing..... →

Developers spend a lot of time reviewing code (between 20%-50%), even today, when code reviewing can in fact be automated much of the time. Code reviews are described as “technical debt” and some say this ‘debt’ amounts to a trillion dollars globally. Lisbon-based startup Codacy wants to kill unnecessary code reviews. And to that end it’s now raised €1… Read More... →

Klook, a Hong Kong-based company that sells travel activities across Asia, has announced a $5 million Series A round led by US-Sino investment fund Matrix Partners. China Growth Capital and Francis Leung, chairman of CVC Capital, also took part. Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) при поддержке Минсвязи РФ, совместно с компаниями «РТ-Информ» и «Ай-Теко», запустил специализированный технологический акселератор в области информационной безопасности. Об этом было объявлено на пресс-конференции фонда. В течение ближайших двух лет ФРИИ и его партнеры вложат в перспективные проекты по информационной безопасности от 0,5 до 1 млрд рублей. Проекты, показавшие наилучшую динамику в акселерации, смогут рассчитывать на seed-инвестиции ФРИИ и партнеров на сл... →

Совместные инвестиции ФРИИ и компаний-партнеров в течение следующих двух лет составят до 1 млрд рублей... →

Earlier this week, Americans celebrated National Coming Out Day, a time to raise awareness of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, and queer identities and to fight homophobia. It was started in 1988 centered around the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In honor of this year’s celebration, Facebook has […]... →