Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Венчурные инвестиции в мире за три квартала 2015 года оказались выше, чем за весь 2014 год, при этом финансирование не показывает признаков замедления. В третьем квартале 2015 года самой крупной сделкой стало привлечение $3 млрд китайским сервисом онлайн-заказа такси Didi Kuaidi, говорится в исследовании консалтинговых компаний KPMG и CB Insights.... →

French music streaming service Deezer has announced that it plans to raise at least €300 million ($335 million) in a public listing that will take place in its native France this month. Read More... →

First Data priced its IPO tonight at $16 per share, beneath the expected range of $18 to $20, according to Bloomberg. Selling 160 million shares, the payments processing company will raise $2.56 billion in its flotation, making it the largest IPO of the year. The pricing news comes directly on the heels of Square, a competing payments company, which revealed its IPO filing after the bell.… 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. Lending platform Kabbage raises $135M to expand its technology Kabbage, a small business lending platform, has just landed $135 million in investor funding to give global businesses more access to its cash reserves. The new […]... →

There I stood, about a foot away from a mother and her newborn baby. The mother was talking to her daughter in a video captured in virtual reality for the child to see one day when she’s older. It was realistic. Almost scarily so. I was able to walk around a “room” and watch the mother speaking from every angle, including behind her. I’ve never seen that much human… Read More... →

Инвестиционная компания BlackRock возобновила вложения в российские активы, сообщает Интерфакс со ссылкой на портфельного управляющего по развивающимся рынкам и старшего стратега BlackRock Пабло Голдберга.  По его словам рубль «уже в значительной степени адаптировался» к новой действительности. Компания «осознала, что санкции никогда не достигнут уровня, при котором бы возникала угроза инвестициям».  В BlackRock предполагают, что дефолты развивающихся стран по долговым обязательствам в духе восьмидесятых-де... →

23andMe has raised a substantial $115 million in series E funding led by Fidelity Management and Research Company, with participation from new investors Casdin Capital, WuXi Healthcare Ventures and Xfund, as well as existing investors such as Google Ventures. The personal genomics and biotechnology company was founded in 2006 by Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, […]... →

With Lululemon brushing a $7.4 billion valuation in public markets, there’s no denying that so-called “athleisure” wear is a huge business. As with any multi-billion dollar industry startup investors are looking for a piece of that action, which is why investors are pouring $7 million into the new athletic and leisure wear company Outdoor Voices. Read More... →

Playing in the identity space, London-based Veridu is attempting to solve a problem as old as the Internet itself but also one that is increasing with the advent of the so-called sharing economy and peer-to-peer marketplaces. That is, how to ensure that an individual online is who they say they are. Read More... →

Kabbage, a small business lending platform, has just landed $135 million in investor funding to give global businesses more access to its cash reserves. The new round of funding is supported by major industry players including ING, Santander InnoVentures, and Reverence Capital Partners, as well as China-based Yuan Capital, Japanese Recruit Strategic Partners, and Scotiabank in Canada. […]... →

Kabbage — the online platform that loans money to businesses and individuals using a wide set of online data and algorithms to measure credit-worthiness — is growing once more. The startup based out of Atlanta has raised a Series E of $135 million, and expanded its credit facility — the money it has on hand to fulfil loans — to $900 million. Kabbage is not… Read More... →

Bracket Computing, a startup with software that companies can use to securely run their applications and store data on public cloud infrastructure, is announcing today a $46.4 million round of funding. New investors Fidelity Management and Research Co. and Goldman Sachs are participating in the round. Bracket pushes Computing Cell technology with a lightweight hypervisor […]... →

Highland Europe, which pitches itself as a “growth-stage” technology investor, has raised a new €332 million (~$379m) tech fund. ‘Highland Europe Technology Growth II’ will target startups in the internet, mobile and software space and who are at the “venture and growth-stage” with investments between €10m and €30m. Read More... →

WhatsApp is huge in India. The Facebook-owned messaging service has probably passed 100 million monthly active users in the country — it crossed 70 million in November of last year — and is used by families, merchants, media and more. But WhatsApp isn’t a platform — it will probably never be one — and that leaves opportunities for services that want to offer… Read More... →

The email and notifications marketing automation firm Boomtrain has taken another funding round, this time a $12 million chunk from Sierra Ventures, Cota Capital, and Lerer Ventures. Boomtrain uses machine learning to help businesses send customized emails and app notifications to customers. The company says it now holds 350 million user profiles and 7.3 trillion data points […]... →

Khosla Ventures famously backed Gripe.io, a startup which allowed disappointed customers to complain loudly on social media about service providers that had failed them (restaurants, hotels, airlines etc). After this barrage of criticism, the brand owner was supposed give in to this assault and settle with compensation. Unsurprisingly it didn’t work and Gripe closed. A number of other… Read More... →

Available for pre-order today, Nucleus is a connected home device that lets families have two-way audio and video conversations in the home, between homes, or with any mobile device. Here’s how it works: Homes using Nucleus will ideally purchase multiple units for different areas or rooms in the house. Once connected, Nucleus lets users communicate with other Nucleus’ by… Read More... →

SentinelOne, a startup security software provider that attacks security threats at the kernel of devices, has raised $25 million in a new round of funding to tackle the problem of endpoint protection at the core of computing. Read More... →

If you’ve been keeping up with the news, corporate security breaches are kind of a thing lately. Thus, it’s no surprise that Cybereason, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in thwarting major corporate cyber attacks, has garnered some interest from companies looking to protect their data from malicious hackers. Cybereason just completed a $59 million Series C round led by… Read More... →

Robot maker iRobot has long had two major lines of businesses: its famous disc-shaped vacuum cleaning robot called the Roomba; and another that robot that, well, disposes of bombs. Cofounder Helen Greiner says iRobot — now a publicly traded company currently valued at $940 million — “wouldn’t been able to have struggle through” without both. No wonder Greiner is… Read More... →