Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

VB INSIGHT: Sales tech is so, so hot right now. In a new analysis by Spoke Intelligence, 317 inside sales startups over the last couple of decades have taken $9.7 billion in funding and turned it into $77 billion in exits, acquisitions, and current value. While ten figure exits have been relatively rare, the space is heating up. […]... →

Parisian video streaming startup StreamRoot announced today through a public filing that it raised just over $2.1 million for its most recent round. The startup says that its solutions help broadcasters deliver content at faster speeds and lower cost by retrieving “an intelligently selected list of peers, and establish a direct connection with them to […]... →

PRESS RELEASE: Contessa Health, Inc., today announced it has secured $3.5 Million in Series A Financing from BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Sandbox Advantage Fund and Martin Ventures. Contessa Health creates and manages home hospitalization...... →

Osaro, an early-stage artificial intelligence startup, is announcing today a new seed round totaling $3.3 million. The startup is boasting a few high-profile investors: Peter Thiel, Scott Banister, and AME Cloud Ventures. In the small world of AI startups, an approach called deep learning is currently in vogue. The method involves training neural nets on […]... →

Bluecore, the data marketing platform for ecommerce brands, has today announced the close of a $21 million Series B round led by Georgian Partners, with participation from existing investors like FirstMark Capital and Felicis Ventures. Bluecore offers data-based automation for ecommerce brands, letting them send more powerful emails at the right time to the right consumers to drive higher… Read More... →

Netsertive, the marketing intelligence platform, has completed a round of $24 million in Series C funding, led by River Cities Capital Funds. Originally planning to raise $15 million, an additional $9 million was added to the round, which also has participation from Babson Capital Management and Netsertive’s existing investors, including RRE Ventures and Greycroft Partners. North… Read More... →

Фонд Maxfield Capital принял участие в новом раунде финансирования британского медицинского стартапап Patients Know Best. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Объем раунда составил $5.3 млн. Лид-инвестором сделки выступил европейский фонд Balderton Capital. Средства пойдут на увеличение штата сотрудников и на международную экспансию, в частности, в России и Германии. Компания Patients Know Best создала облачную платформу для работы с медицинскими данными пациентов. Сервис позволяет подключаться к электронным си... →

Animoca Brands has raised $3.4 million in a private placement to expand its presence in branded mobile games such as Garfield. That shows there’s still interest in investing in mobile game companies in the crowded $30 billion mobile game business. Animoca Brands is already publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange, but in this case […]... →

News startup Stringr is announcing that it has raised $1.5 million in funding. Co-founder and CEO Lindsay Stewart previously worked as a TV news producer for CBS News, Bloomberg and Fox News, and she said the service was “really born out of this newsroom need of getting footage quickly, in a transparent way.” For example, if there’s a big tornado, TV stations are going to… Read More... →

Эдуард Тиктинский, президент петербурского инвестиционно-строительного холдинга RBI, вложился в сервис доставки еды «Партия еды». Как пишет «Деловой Петербург», 40% акций в стартапе стоили Тиктинскому 15-20 млн рублей. Остальные 60% акций принадлежат основателям сервиса Михаилу Перегудову (30%) и Елене Кривоносовой (30%). По мнению компании, доход от бизнеса в 2015 году превысит 50 млн рублей (400% роста), а к 2018 году оборот «Партии еды» превысит 1 млрд рублей.   Инвестиции в стартап будут направлены на о... →

Инвестиционная компания Digital Future, запущенная предпринимателем Алексеем Витченко на Украине, вложила $250 тысяч в сервис для анализа конкурентов Prodvigator. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Digital Future получит 15% проекта. Инвестиции пойдут на расширение функционала Prodvigator, занятие позиций на западном рынке, а также на расширение и запуск новых регионов. Продукт Prodvigator появился в январе 2013 года в агентстве Netpeak как внутренний сервис. В феврале того же года он был открыт для внешни... →

Last month, based on an SEC filing, we told you that seven-year-old, San Francisco-based AppDynamics had raised a fresh $83.4 million in funding as part of a round that was targeting up to $150 million. Turns out the company met that target and then some. CEO David Wadhwani, who joined the firm from a longtime post as Adobe’s digital chief, says the company has just closed on… Read More... →

When we first met the team building the LucidCam, they aimed to raise $100,000 on Indiegogo. They found their 264 backers to get them there. Their goal remains to bring the ability to shoot immersive virtual reality content with a camera that fits in your pocket. And at a reasonable price ($299). I caught up with Lucid’s CEO, Han Jin, to see what’s next. TC: You hit your goal.… 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. Japanese skills marketplace Coconala raises $4.4 million (Via The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Coconala, previously known as WelSelf, offers an online platform under the same name where you can buy and sell knowledge, skills and, […]... →

Australian financial tech company Tyro Payments plans to challenge the country’s leading retail banks after scoring AUD $100 million (about $72 million) in funding from Tiger Global, TDM Asset Management, and Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes. Read More... →

(Via The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Coconala, previously known as WelSelf, offers an online platform under the same name where you can buy and sell knowledge, skills and, experience from users who are willing to teach. The company announced on Tuesday that it has fundraised a total of 540 million yen (about $4.4 million) from Jafco, […]... →

Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.... →

GUEST: Y Combinator president Sam Altman recently published a post arguing that much of what is plaguing startups these days, and causing some to raise eyebrows at valuations, is poor unit economics due to low margins. What’s a low-margin business? Historically, you could argue that most tech-enabled businesses fall into this category — e-commerce, food delivery, vertical services, […]... →

Russia Partners, в лице своей материнской компании Siguler Guff & Company, инвестировала $10 млн в Mirantis, развивающий операционную систему для облачных платформ с открытым кодом Open Stack. Об этом Firrma сообщили в Russia Partners. В августе 2015 года компания Mirantis привлекла $100 млн от Intel Capital и текущих инвесторов August Capital, Ericsson, Goldman Sachs, Insight Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, WestSummit Capital. Всего компания привлекла около $220 млн в четырех раундах финансирования. R... →

Сервис бронирования отелей и билетов Skypasser.ru, привлекло более 19 млн рублей от иностранного венчурного фонда, как сообщает CNews с ссылкой на представителя стартапа.  Название венчурного фонда не раскрывается. Инвестиции будут направлены на развитие проекта. Как заявляется, отличием стартапа является доступные цены на билеты, большая партнерская база и предоставление дисконтных тарифов для летающих по одному направлению несколько раз. Сайт дает возможность позаботится о таких детялях поездки как путево... →