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Semantic Machines, a startup with speech recognition technology and talent from Apple and Google, disclosed today that it has raised $12.3 million in new funding. Investors from Bain Capital Ventures and General Catalyst Partners are listed in the filing the startup submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Last year Semantic Machines named Larry […]... →

With word that Foursquare is reportedly raising another down round of financing, it seems logical to bet that the company is reaching some kind of end game. According to Re/Code, Foursquare is trying to raise between $20 million to $40 million at a valuation of $250 million. That’s far below the $650 million valuation it […]... →

The Happy Home Company is aiming to eliminate the headaches of home maintenance and improvement, and it’s raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The company has been relatively quiet, at least in terms of talking to the media, since I wrote about it a year ago. CEO Doug Ludlow told me today that this was intentional — he wanted to work out the kinks in the model before making a… Read More... →

Posted by Alan_ColemanBy now, we're all pretty used to Knowledge Graph results in the SERPs. But what could it mean when Google offers the ability to make a purchase, a call, book an appointment, or otherwise convert customers within those results? In this video blog, Alan Coleman speculates about a potential 100% conversion rate in the SERPs and raises the question of Google's role in an increasingly app-centric world. Video transcript In this video blog, I’m going to talk to you about a key trend we’ve no... →

Интернет-магазин косметики и парфюмерии BeautyDiscountCenter, а также интернет-ритейлу для заказа расходных материалов для типографий Polystock удалось привлечь деньги при помощи краудинвестинговой платформы StartTrack. Об этом Firrma сообщил представитель сервиса. По его словам, BeautyDiscountCenter всего за один день собрал около 500 тысяч дополнительных инвестиций в дополнение к уже полученным с начала года через StartTrack 2,9 млн. рублей. Polystock за сутки собрал 1 млн рублей. Ранее инвесторы уже влож... →

India’s transportation app future isn’t just about Uber and billion-dollar homegrown rival Ola. That’s because Shuttl, an eight-month-old startup that provides air-conditioned minibuses, just raised $20 million from Lightspeed, Sequoia and Times Internet to develop its technology and expand its service. Read More... →

SAAS-сервис для автоматизации рекламы в социальных сетях HiConversion привлек инвестиции от фонда Altair Capital и группы частных инвесторов. Об этом Firrma сообщили участники сделки.  Сумма сделки не разглашается. Часть раунда была привлечена через со-инвестиционную платформу AltaClub.VC, которая принадлежит фонду AltaIR Capital. В частности, через нее в проект вложились три партнера венчурного бутика SmartHub, включая Богдана Ярового, а также бизнес-ангелы, среди которых Дмитрий Анчуткин. Деньги пойдут на... →

Lyft has authorized a Series F round in which it could raise as much as $1 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing a Delaware state filing. We hear that Credit Suisse is running the fundraise — the big banks are getting involved with some of these large rounds, sorting everything out amongst the many investors. Goldman has been handling Uber’s mega-rounds,… 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. Gusto, formerly ZenPayroll, raises $50M ‘opportunistic round,’ boasts 25,000 customers Gusto, the payroll and benefits service provider formerly known as ZenPayroll, has raised over $50 million in what its CEO calls an “opportunistic insider […]... →

Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll) is looking to raise $50 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange commission. That’s only natural for the startup, which is increasingly competing with the well-funded — and cash burning — Zenefits. So far, the company has raised about $22.2 million of its funding round, according to that filing. It looks like General… Read More... →

Московский технологический институт (МТИ) проинвестирует в три проекта-участника трека Robotics: сверхпроходимое шасси AnyWalker, нейрошлем виртуальной реальности NVR и лаборатория прототипирования в области бионейросигналов BiTronicsLab. О своих планах МТИ объявил на финале федерального акселератора технологических стартапов GenerationS.  Общий объем вложений составил более 20 млн рублей. К 2017 году институт планирует вложить еще 70 млн рублей. AnyWalker — сверхпроходимое шасси, может передвигаться в любо... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) и АО «Группа Т1», которая входит в ГК «Ренова», подписали партнерское соглашение по поиску и развитию новых проектов и команд в области «интернета вещей» (IoT). Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. T1 Group предоставит стартапам из акселератора ФРИИ доступ к своим технологиям и решениям. Эксперты компании будут принимать участие в развитии проектов, отслеживать их прогресс на различных этапах и делиться своей экспертизой. Решения T1 Group находятся на стыке телекоммуникац... →

One of Google X Lab’s former moonshots is raising cash as it looks to disrupt the architecture design space with its specialized collaborative service. Flux Factory, Inc. announced $29 million in Series B funding co-led by Temasek and Surbana Jurong Private Limited.  Far East Ventures, DFJ, South Park Ventures, Borealis Ventures, and Obvious Ventures also participated in the round.… Read More... →

CellSavers CEO Itai Hirsch was not a fan of driving to a local repair shop after he’d broken many of his phones and tablets. So he decided to take a run at building CellSavers, an on-demand repair service that’s like an Uber for smartphone repairs. To do that, CellSavers has raised $3 million in seed funding from Sequoia Israel. CellSavers connects users with technicians that will… Read More... →

(The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Whomor, the Japanese company offering a crowdsourcing platform focused on illustrations and 3D computer graphics, unveiled today that it has fundraised 200 million yen (about $1.6 million) from DG Incubation and DK Gate. DG Incubation is the investment arm of Japanese internet giant Digital Garage while DK Gate is a joint venture […]... →

Included within the FAST Act is a section, the Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (“RAISE”) Act, which codifies a previously unwritten means through which startup employees, ex-employees, early investors, and other shareholders have been legally allowed to sell their shares. Read More... →

Gusto, the payroll and benefits service provider formerly known as ZenPayroll, has raised over $30 million for in what its chief executive calls an “opportunistic insider round” and the amount could go up to $50 million. The company also disclosed that it now counts more than 25,000 businesses in the United States as customers, which makes up […]... →

Fresvii has raised $4 million from Japan’s Nissay Capital to expand its mobile gaming social networking service AppSteroid. The funding shows there is demand for bring social to mobile games, which have become a $30 billion industry worldwide. Fresvii’s cloud-based AppSteroid platform is integrated in the Q Universe game, which has been a big success in Japan […]... →

Rivigo, an Indian startup that wants to build a more reliable and safer logistics network, has raised a $30 million Series B led by SAIF Partners. The funding, which includes equity and debt financing, will go toward improving Rivigo’s proprietary hardware platform, which it uses to reduce driver fatigue, find the best traffic routes, and monitor the performance of its trucks. Read More... →

Компания Ru-Net Technology Partners Леонида Богуславского приняла участие в раунде финансирования индийского маркетплейса в сфере домашнего хозяйства Housejoy. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch. Общий объем раунда – около $23 млн. Вранду также приняли участие Amazon, Qualcomm, Vertex Ventures и Matrix Partners. Стартап оказывает услуги в сфере уборки, сантехнических работ, электрики и броьбы с вредителями. Как сообщает «Коммерсант», проект берет с партнеров комиссию за привлечение клиентов, в среднем она составля... →