Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

In a world where furnishings startup Fab.com ended up in a fire sale after raising over $336 million, proving that it’s “curation” business model simply hadn’t worked, Made.com has been a complete contrast. Based on working directly with designers of anything from sofas to bicycles, Made avoided the US and gradually built a significant European business. Today… Read More... →

Российский инвестор Юрий Мильнер вложит $100 млн из средств своего благотворительного фонда в проект по поиску внеземных цивилизаций. Идеологом проекта является физик Стивен Хокинг, координаторы исследований – ученые Фрэнк Дрейк и Джефф Марси. В рамках проекта будет организован сбор, обработка и свободный доступ к информации о возможных сигналах, поступающих на Землю из космоса. В приоритете исследований — 1 млн ближайших к Солнечной системе звезд, центральная часть Млечного пути (где наблюдается максимальн... →

On-demand house cleaning service Homejoy is shutting down, after talks of an acquisition by its biggest competitor and a failure to raise enough money to keep things moving. Read More... →

What if you could get rid of your driver’s license? We’re not there yet, but ShoCard just raised $1.5 million from Morado Ventures Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, Enspire Capital and Digital Currency Group to do just that. Read More... →

Because there exist only two kinds of watches – Apple Watches and all others – Chrono24 is addressing a pretty big market: high-end collectors of mechanical timepieces. The watch consignment and sales site just raised €21 million from Insight Ventures to open new offices in New York and Hong Kong and have even added a new feature called Trusted Checkout, a system that… Read More... →

Государство продолжает наращивать инвестиции в спортивные СМИ... →

Основатель проекта GloryBox Алексей Редькин рассказывает об истории и подводных камнях модели доставки по подписке на собственном опыте.  Модель доставки товаров по подписке уже давно зарекомендовала себя в Европе и США. Схема у подобных проектов простая: клиент оформляет подписку на определенные товары, которые ему регулярно (чаще всего раз в месяц) доставляют на дом – совсем как газеты и журналы.  Так же как и традиционный e-commerce, родилась эта модель в США. Первый подписной сервис Black Socks стартова... →

Brad Hargreaves, who co-founded General Assembly to re-think vocational education for a fast-changing and tech-laden job market, is switching from the world of work into housing. He’s started a new company, Common, that’s offering flexible shared housing by the room in major U.S. cities. They took $7.35 million from Maveron with participation from Lowercase Capital, Slow… Read More... →

If you live in New York City, you know that the cost of renting a place can be expensive. One company wants to make it more affordable in not only the Big Apple, but also throughout the U.S. through what it calls “community offering flexible shared housing.” Called Common, today it has raised a $7.35 […]... →

Social video and photo sharing app Flipagram today announced it’s raised a hefty $70 million round from heavy hitters Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures. Following the deal, Sequoia’s Michael Moritz and KPCB’s John Doerr will join the company’s board. Flipagram claims to already have “tens of millions of monthly users worldwide” despite flying relatively under-the-radar for the past […]... →

It’s a mix of Instagram and YouTube…maybe a bit of a old school RockYou component. No matter how you look at it, Flipagram has seen enormous growth and is a mobile juggernaut. Today, the company has formally announced that it has raised a $70M B round of funding led by Sequoia and including Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures. The company declined to talk valuation, but we reported… Read More... →

Фонд «Сколково» выделил мини-грант в размере 5 млн рублей компании Group-IB на развитие проекта защиты платежных систем Bot-Trek Intelligent Bank. Резидент кластера информационных технологий Фонда «Сколково» компания Group-IB получила от Фонда мини-грант в размере 5 млн рублей на развитие проекта защиты платежных систем Bot-TrekIntelligent Bank. Такую же сумму компания привлекла от частного инвестора, имя которого не разглашается. Средства пойдут на доработку существующей коммерческой версии продукта. Плани... →

London-based Entrepreneur First (EF) has come a long way since founders Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck came up with their idea for something entirely different in the startup acceleration space: Instead of backing teams with two or more co-founders who are already working on or have even launched an existing business, EF sources and invests in the best technical talent in Europe —… 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. Mailjet raises $11M Series B, primed to grow in a crowded email marketing space Mailjet, one of many email providers in an increasingly complex email landscape, is announcing an $11 million Series B funding […]... →

VTS, a commercial real estate management platform previously known as View The Space, has raised $21 million in new funding to help real estate owners, brokers and investors leverage data to make better decisions. OpenView Venture Partners led the Series B round, with participation from existing investor Trinity Partners, which values the company at around $100 million, according to… Read More... →

Last year busuu — the social network for language learning — signed a distribution partnership with Pearson English, a newly formed business unit of the world’s largest education company, Pearson PLC. It was rumoured that the startup, which has over 55 million users, then went on a hunt for new institutional funding. But it appears the company prefers to deal with these… Read More... →

It’s no surprise that every industry has some form of customer relationship management (CRM) tool, including the non-profit space. It’s here where keeping in touch with donors is especially important and one company that wants to take advantage of the market is Virtuous Software and to help it get started, it announced that it has […]... →

VB INSIGHT: Mailjet, one of many email providers in an increasingly complex email landscape, is announcing an $11 million Series B funding round today, bringing its total to $17.5 million from Iris Capital, Alven Capital, and new investor, Seventure. The company is using the funds to expand globally and continue adding to their suite of tools for […]... →

French startup Mailjet just raised $11 million (€10 million) from existing investor Alven Capital as well as Iris Capital and Seventure Partners. As a reminder, Mailjet is an email delivery service that works for both marketing campaigns and transactional emails. Read More... →

Mobikon, a Bangalore-based mobile developer that has its sights set on Asia’s food and beverage industry, has received $2.3 million in new funding led by returning investor Jungle Ventures. The startup, which makes cloud-based software to help restaurants manage almost all aspects of their business, is targeting growth in India, Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Dubai. Read More... →