Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

DFJ, the 31-year-old, Sand Hill Road venture firm, is announcing a new, $350 million fund this morning — the firm’s 12th early-stage vehicle. We chatted with managing director Josh Stein yesterday about the effort, which he says took about two months from start to finish. The biggest takeaway: Expect more of the same from the firm, which typically plugs between $10 million and… Read More... →

ThinkingPhones, a communications startup for enterprises, announced today that it closed a $112 million financing round. The startup also announced that it has rebranded itself as Fuze, the name of a company that ThinkingPhones acquired back in November. Fuze says it offers enterprises “seamless business productivity” through its voice, video, text and collaboration apps. Summit Partners led the round, […]... →

Директор по продукту в стартапе ezhome и сооснователь бизнес-инкубатора МГУ Кирилл Клоков на прошлой неделе написал для Firrma колонку о том, как привлечь инвестиции в Кремниевой долине. Мы решили расспросить его о важных аспектах, которые он не отразил в своем тексте. Почему нельзя просить денег у инвестора из Кремниевой долины сразу? Инвесторы из Долины меньше всего хотят инвестировать в компании, которые просят деньги. Как это ни парадоксально, они хотят инвестировать в компании, которым все предлагают д... →

Российская компания генетических исследований Genotek привлекла инвестиции на сумму $2 млн. Основными инвесторами раунда выступили экс-глава администрации президента Александр Волошин и генеральный директор и совладелец агрохолдинга «Русагро» Максим Басов. Об этом сообщает РБК Подробности сделки и сумма инвестиций Волошина и Басова не разглашаются. Ранее Genotek привлекла $500 тысяч в посевном раунде. Инвесторами тогда выступили фонд RuStarsVentures и несколько бизнес-ангелов. Genotek оказывает услуги анали... →

Trifacta, a startup with software for cleaning up raw, messy data and getting it ready for analysis, is announcing today a $35 million round of funding that should help the company grow. Not that Trifacta hasn’t been growing. Joe Hellerstein, a cofounder and the chief strategy officer, told VentureBeat that in 2015 the company’s revenue […]... →

DataSift made a name for itself as a company that took large unstructured datasets — such as anonymised firehoses from social media services like Facebook (and previously, Twitter) and ordered them in a way for enterprises and brands to get a better idea of consumer preferences and other insights. Now Nick Halstead, the person who founded and led DataSift, has started a new company… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Pulsar Venture Capital и Инвестиционно-венчурный фонд Республики Татарстан начали отбор российских стартапов на акселерационную программу. Об этом Firrma сообщили в Pulsar Venture Capital. Проекты, прошедшие отбор получат инвестиции в размере до 8 млн рублей от орагинизторов. Кроме того, они смогут претендовать еще 1 млн евро от международных партнеров акселератора. Заявки на участие в программе будут приниматься до 3 апреля. В акселерации могут принять участие компании в следующих сферах: IT... →

Power Supply, one of the growing number of food delivery services, today announced that it has raised a $5 million seed round led by Upfront Ventures. Other investors include Hanson Li (Saison, Locol) , former Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen, heath expert Mark Sisson, former Fresh Direct CMO Drew Koven, Alan Bankier and The Motley Fool. The company says it will use the new fund to expand… Read More... →

Some of Africa’s best funded ecommerce startups just secured more capital. Read More... →

It’s a question on a lot of entrepreneurs’ minds: will the virtual reality space need replica networks for everything? Will the unique input and interface needs of VR lead to there being a Facebook for VR, a Twitch for VR and a Gmail for VR? Today, Wevr is launching a private beta of Transport, a video platform that may have the potential to be the YouTube for virtual reality… Read More... →

TalentSky, a startup that claims to “represent an evolution in the employment search,” announced today that it took in a $7.5 million series A investment from over 100 different angel investors. TalentSky also announced its official launch yesterday. TalentSky works as a professional network in which users can evaluate their skills and compare those skills to the […]... →

Wiper announced today that it has raised another $2 million, bringing its total seed round to $4.5 million as the messaging app expands into entertainment. The company has also launched a $4.99 monthly streaming service for independent films, along with an Apple TV app. The latest infusion of capital comes from the company’s existing investor […]... →

Медиахолдинг «Газпром-Медиа» создаст корпоративный инвестиционный фонд Gazprom Media Ventures для вложений в технологические компании, сообщает РБК со ссылкой на главу «ГПМ-Технологии» Вадима Федотова.  Gazprom Media Ventures будет создан в цифровом подразделении «ГПМ-Технологии», который объединяет интернет-проекты «Газпром-Медиа» –  продавца онлайн-рекламы «ГПМ-Диджитал», медиаплеер RuTube, онлайн-кинотеатры Zoomby и Now.ru. Первые сделки фонда могут состоятся уже в этом году. Gazprom Media Ventures не бу... →

Now firmly entrenched as a bi-coastal player in the U.S. venture market, General Catalyst has raised a whopping $845 million in fresh capital to deploy around the country. Read More... →

Mobile payment startup Fit Pay snagged a $3.1 million seed round led by security company Giesecke & Devrient, the startup announced today. Fit Pay said its technology “allows wearable device manufacturers to seamlessly add contactless payment capabilities to their products.” Plug and Play joined the round for the startup, which participated in the Plug and […]... →

ZenDrive today announced that it just raised $13.5 million in funding to support its effort to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to improve the company’s technology and add more talent to the team. Its valuation was not disclosed. A mission-driven company, ZenDrive uses data and analytics […]... →

Акционеры Ozon рассматривают возможность объединить туристический проект Ozon.Travel с одним из российских онлайн-сервисов по бронированию авиабилетов и гостиниц. Об сообщает RNS, со ссылкой на источник, близкий к одному из акционеров Ozon.  По данным издания, акционеры Ozon сделали предложение OneTwoTrip и Anywayanyday о слиянии с Ozon.Travel. Переговоры начались более года назад по инициативе фонда Baring Vostok. Однако определённых договорённостей пока нет. Руководитель Anywayanyday Кирилл Подольский дал... →

EXCLUSIVE: Totspot, a marketplace to buy and sell children’s cloths, announced today that it closed a $1.5 million seed investment led by Seven Seas Venture Partners. GGV Capital, 500 Startups and Structure Capital also participated. The mobile marketplace says it aims to help moms sell and restock their kids closet. However, as cofounder and CEO Vijay […]... →

U.K.-based startup Sonovate announced today that it closed a $22 million (£20 million) series A round. Dawn Capital led a $5.5 million investment for Sonovate, while Shawbrook Business Credit provided the remaining $16.5 million in debt. The startup, which offers “contract management for recruitment businesses,” said it will use the capital to further develop its product […]... →

Handshake announced today that it has raised a $10.5 million Series A round for its college career network. Led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), the investment will be used to help the company build additional university partnerships, as well as boost engineering and product support. Additional participants in the round include True Ventures, […]... →