Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

In-memory database platform MemSQL today announced that it has raised a $36 million Series C funding round. The round was led by new investors REV and Caffeinated Capital and existing investors Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures, Data Collective, IA Ventures and First Round Capital also participated. MemSQL, which graduated from Y Combinator back in 2011, is plays in the same real-time big… Read More... →

Fraud prevention company Forter today announced a $32m series C funding led by Scale Venture Partners and with follow-on funding from Sequoia and NEA. The company uses its Decision as a Service algorithms to help online retailers analyze their exposure to fraud at the time of check-out. It is so sure of its accuracy that it offers retailers a 100% guarantee against chargebacks after the fact. Read More... →

Online custom framing company Framebridge is continuing to take its market square on and is expanding growth with a Series B round of investment announced today. NEA and Revolution are back for a follow-up round, while SWaN & Legend Venture Partners are new in the picture for this round of funding. “We were attracted to how Framebridge has reinvigorated the custom framing industry… Read More... →

Инвестиционная компания Russia Partners совместно с фондом DCM Ventures вложила $20 млн в раунде C графического редактора PicsArt. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Инвестиции направлены на расширение базы пользователей в Китае и Японии. PicsArt планирует локализовать приложение на местные рынки путем добавления клипарта, шрифтов и наклеек и ищет партнеров для развития и роста в разных странах. Несмотря на существующие на азиатском рынке аналоги – редакторы Line Camera и Camera360, PicsArt рассчитывает на... →

Выручка онлайн-школы английского языка Skyeng в 1 квартале 2016 года составила 58,6 млн рублей, увеличившись по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года в 3,6 раза. Об этом говорится в отчете компании.  Чистая прибыль в марте 2016 года составила 4,5 млн рублей при выручке 23,6 млн рублей. По собственным данным, в марте 2015 года в школе одновременно училось 1220 человек, в марте 2016 – 4100 человек.  Рост прибыли относительно числа проведённых уроков связан с непрерывной оптимизацией бизнес-процессов ... →

Captiv8 announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. Created by the founders of mobile ad exchange Moblix, Captiv8 is one of a number of companies connecting marketers with influencers on social platforms like Instagram and Twitter. However, the startup says it uses a technology- and data-driven approach, examining things like geography and demographics to predict which… Read More... →

Scandy is aiming to make it easier to print full-color 3D prints of photographs, from sources such as depth aware cameras, and technology like Google’s Project Tango. Scandy today announced it raised a $1m angel/seed round from Callais Capital, in an effort to bring the technology to a broader audience. Read More... →

Американские компании HBO и Discovery купили доли в портфельной компании Юрия Мильнера OTOY, которая разрабатывает решения для обработки графических вычислений на стороне сервера и отправки результатов в виде аудио- и видеопотока клиенту на веб-браузер через сетевые соединения. Сумма сделки не раскрывается. Инвестиции пойдут на разработку и распространения «оригинального голографического контента», что позволит HBO и Discovery предоставить новые развлечения для пользователей. OTOY в настоящее время работает... →

Компания «ИнфоТранс» вложила 2 млн рублей в проект ServiceTraffic, который разрабатывает софт для экспедиторов. Доля инвестора не раскапывается. Участвуя в «Бирже стартапов», основатель проекта Андрей Шусталов предлагал 30–40% компании за 1,5–2,5 млн рублей. Это был первый транш, который получил стартап. Получив инвестиции, проект сменил название — сейчас он официально называется Logister. Количество и общий размер остальных траншей будут зависеть от результатов, которые покажет проект в ближайшие месяцы. О... →

DoorDash, for better or worse, has become an example of the 2016 VC funding environment. After reportedly failing to raise at a $1 billion valuation, the company had to settle for a flat round. So what happened, and how will it affect the company going forward — and other companies in the on-demand space, too? So we’re excited to announce that DoorDash CEO Tony Xu, along with… Read More... →

Mandatory drone registration and a massive national database of drone owners is already under way in the U.S. But simply knowing who owns what won’t stop unmanned aerial vehicles from collisions or becoming a public nuisance. A Raleigh, North Carolina company called PrecisionHawk Inc. has raised $18 million in a Series C round of venture funding to help companies use drones for… Read More... →

India’s pharmaceutical market is filled with generic options—but they don’t always save consumers money. In fact, some drugs are even more expensive than their branded counterparts. Created to give patients more power over their health costs, startup 1mg announced today that it has raised a $16 million Series B led by Maverick Capital Ventures, with participation from… Read More... →

Mark up one more sizeable round of funding for another regional startup that is rivalling Uber and other services in the world of on-demand transportation. Cabify, a ride-sharing app based out of Madrid and active in Spain and Latin America, has raised $120 million — money that it plans to use to continue building out its business on both sides of the Atlantic, starting first in Brazil… Read More... →

Barcelona-based Lodgify, which offers website builder software to enable vacation rental owners to build their own branded website and accept online bookings, has raised €1.4 million in funding. Read More... →

Two former Rocket Internet executives are out to beat Foodpanda, the food delivery startup backed by the German incubator-cum-investor, at its own game, and they’ve raised $800,000 to get to it. Read More... →

Rinse Inc. has raised a $6 million Series A round of venture funding to pick up and clean anything in its customers’ closets. According to Chief Executive Ajay Prakash, who cofounded Rinse in 2013 with Chief Operating Officer James Joun, “We never wanted to b Uber for laundry, and don’t consider ourselves an on-demand business.” The startup provides garment care services… Read More... →

Singapore-based Ninja Van today announced $30 million Series B round aimed at building it into the go-to partner for anyone selling online in Southeast Asia. Read More... →

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Betaout, a marketing automation platform for e-commerce companies, plans to expand in India, Southeast Asia, and the United States after closing $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding. Read More... →

Mobile ad startup Adtile is announcing that it has raised an additional $2 million in funding. That’s an extension of the $4.5 million Series A that Adtile raised back in 2014, and it comes from undisclosed investors. The San Diego-based startup focuses on a format it calls Motion Ads, allowing marketers to take advantage of smartphone capabilities like the GPS and accelerometer to… Read More... →