Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Klook, a Hong Kong-based company that sells travel activities across Asia, has announced a $5 million Series A round led by US-Sino investment fund Matrix Partners. China Growth Capital and Francis Leung, chairman of CVC Capital, also took part. Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) при поддержке Минсвязи РФ, совместно с компаниями «РТ-Информ» и «Ай-Теко», запустил специализированный технологический акселератор в области информационной безопасности. Об этом было объявлено на пресс-конференции фонда. В течение ближайших двух лет ФРИИ и его партнеры вложат в перспективные проекты по информационной безопасности от 0,5 до 1 млрд рублей. Проекты, показавшие наилучшую динамику в акселерации, смогут рассчитывать на seed-инвестиции ФРИИ и партнеров на сл... →

Совместные инвестиции ФРИИ и компаний-партнеров в течение следующих двух лет составят до 1 млрд рублей... →

Earlier this week, Americans celebrated National Coming Out Day, a time to raise awareness of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, and queer identities and to fight homophobia. It was started in 1988 centered around the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In honor of this year’s celebration, Facebook has […]... →

Y Combinator has raised $700 million for a later-stage fund that will be run by now full-time partner Ali Rowghani. Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, this new investment vehicle will be used to fund select companies well after they’ve graduated from Y Combinator’s accelerator program. Basically it’s time to get picky on which ones […]... →

So you’ve shot some cool video footage — congrats! But if it needs any editing, you’ve still got a lot of work ahead of you. Or you could try out a startup called VidMob, which is building a marketplace for professional video editors. The company has been beta testing its products, with plans to launch an iOS soon, and an Android app later on. Read More... →

Emergent VR, a startup that promises full video capture for virtual reality headsets like the Gear VR, has raised $2.2 million from Accel Partners, Rothenberg Ventures and Google Ventures. Emergent VR’s play is that it can build a simpler experience for users who want to capture video that can be viewed through VR devices. The three Emergent VR demos Wilkins showed me indicated that… Read More... →

В сентябре 2015 года ведущий партнер инвестиционного фонда Deep Knowledge Ventures Дмитрий Каминский получил более 70% ООО «Интерактивный банк» (iBank). Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Сумма сделки не раскрывается. Изменения в учредительные документы еще не внесены и пока невозможно определить, чью долю выкупил Каминский. В июле-августе этого года он купил около 10% iBank через ООО «ЛАДА XXI век», которое полностью принадлежит ему. Ранее 70,1% банка принадлежал Олегу Говорухину, которого портал Banki.ru... →

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. Word processing app Quip raises $30M from Greylock and Benchmark Quip is a San Francisco startup that has built a mobile-friendly application for word processing, working on spreadsheets, and chatting with colleagues. Today Quip […]... →

Sales organizations have a new, business communications platform over which to get very excited. It’s less clear how employees will feel about it. The company, New York-based Mast Mobile, was founded in 2013 by several Virgin Mobile execs, along with DFJ partner and former Facebook product manager Bubba Murarka. It has a novel proposition, too, which is to provide each employee at at… Read More... →

I am writing this in Quip. And judging by the look of things, one day you might well be writing in Quip, too. Quip is a San Francisco startup that has built a mobile-friendly application for word processing, working on spreadsheets, and chatting with colleagues. Today Quip is announcing a $30 million funding round. Bret […]... →

It’s not easy being a solo entrepreneur. And if you’re a wedding photographer, wedding planner, interior designer, artisan pickle-maker, freelance web designer or developer, chances are you spend a significant amount of time simply managing the mundane tasks it takes to keep the business going. Think creating quotes for customers, keeping your books in order, and managing… Read More... →

Hatch Baby, whose Smart Changing Pad is due to ship soon, plans to conceive new tech-based services for parents after raising a $7 million Series A from True Ventures. Read More... →

Проект по изучению английского языка онлайн Puzzle English первые два года развивался на личные средства своего создателя Александра Антонова, а потом на уже сформированный продукт привлек инвесторов. В своей колонке Александр попытался проанализировать, в чем разница между жизнью на инвесторские и на собственные деньги и как это отражается на работе и на продукте. До инвестиций Идея проекта по изучению английского онлайн возникла в 2011 году, когда я решил выучить английский самостоятельно и создал для себ... →

Niantic, the Google-spawned company that created the popular mobile game Ingress, is spinning out on its own and it has raised up to $30 million from Nintendo, the Pokémon Company Group, and Google. Niantic makes “real world games,” or mobile titles that mix virtual gameplay with locations in the real world. Niantic has teamed up with […]... →

Just about two months ago, the maker of the popular-with-nerds game Ingress, Niantic Labs, was spun out of Google. Last month, the newly formed Niantic, Inc. announced that it had begun working on a project called Pokémon GO. Today? The company is announcing a $20M Series A round of funding with investments from Pokémon Company Group, Google and Nintendo. It could see $10M more if it… Read More... →

Kinnek, a 2.5-year-old, New York-based marketplace for small businesses to find suppliers and manage purchasing, has just raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Thrive Capital. It already looks like a smart bet. The company currently has 20,000 businesses and 2,000 suppliers using its marketplace, and they’re striking millions of dollars worth of deals every week, says… Read More... →

USM Holdings Алишера Усманова вложилась в развитие сообщества в сфере киберспорта Virtus.pro. Как указано на сайте сообщества «инвестиции USM и партнеров в развитие проекта могут превысить $100 млн». Как заявил совладелец и управляющий партнер Virtus.pro Антон Черепенников, деньги USM будут направлены на запуск новых турниров в различных игровых дисциплинах, а также создание медийных каналов для их освещения и постройку киберспортивных арен. О Virtus.pro Группа компаний и сообщество в сфере киберспорта. По ... →

OpenGov, aiming to transform how governments analyze and share financial data, has closed an “oversubscribed” $25 million round from top-tier VC firms. The raise values the company north of $100 million, a person familiar with the matter said. Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures, and Intuit’s Scott Cook, among others, participated in the round. With […]... →

After filing for an IPO on Euronext, music streaming service Deezer released its IPO documents in preparation of its public listing. The company plans to raise at least $343 million (€300 million). And yet, it is currently losing subscribers. Read More... →