Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

В седьмой акселератор Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) вошли 24 проекта. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде.  Стартапы начали работу на площадке 24 сентября. На начальном этапе в 22 компании будет вложено по 800 тысяч рублей, а также профинансировано участие в программе акселерации в размере 600 тысяч рублей. В обмен ФРИИ получит долю в бизнесе финансируемых компаний в размере 7%. Стартапы SweetCard и Convead предпочли самостоятельно оплачивают свое участие без привлечения дополнительных инвестиций от ф... →

When it comes to transporting that new couch you bought from the store room to your living room, Dolly wants you to stop mooching off your friend with the truck. Dolly is basically an Uber for furniture and other large items. The service isn’t meant to help you move all of your stuff into a new place, loads are pretty much confined to a few items that can be transported in a single… Read More... →

As tech companies compete more ferociously for hires across Silicon Valley, a layer of third-party technical recruiting companies is emerging to help startups quickly sift through qualified candidates without spending lots of time on interviewing. One of them, Lytmus, has been in the works for more than two years and has raised $7.2 million from NEA and Accel. It was co-founded by Abhay… Read More... →

Today, educational startup General Assembly announced a series D round of funding of $70M. Here’s what CEO Jake Schwartz had to say about the news, including the addition of a new board member: Today we are announcing a new round of funding for General Assembly, representing over $70 million in capital from a group of leading investors. Our new investors are Advance Publications and… Read More... →

Managing a complex modern IT infrastructure is hard. NodePrime, a San Francisco-based startup that’s emerging from stealth today, wants to make it easier for companies to map, monitor and control their data centers. The company also today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round with participation from the likes of Menlo Ventures, NEA, Formation 8, Ericsson, Initialized… Read More... →

When I moved to Taiwan in 2007, I was struck by the large number of independent designers in the city—and how hard it was to find them. Most only sold at weekend craft markets and their online presences were scattered across different blogging platforms and social media sites. In just four years, however, Pinkoi has dramatically changed that, serving not only as an e-commerce platform… Read More... →

Farmigo, a startup rethinking the local farmer’s market, has raised $16 million in series B funding. Founder and CEO Benzi Ronen said the company started out by building software for farmers, but its focus has shifted to a consumer marketplace where you can order farm-fresh groceries, then pick them up from local “food communities,” such as a nearby school or office.… Read More... →

We’re terrible at managing our financial affairs. At least that’s why there’s a need for services like Mint, Level, and dozens of other companies — all eager to make it easier for us to save money and plan our day-to-day monetary affairs better. But aboutLife wants us to think about the bigger picture: the long-term. […]... →

French startup accelerator Numa started as a non-profit organization fifteen years ago. Since then, everything has changed in the French tech ecosystem. Numa doesn’t have the same name, office, business model and now shareholders. After successfully raising $1.1 million (€1 million) in a crowdfunding campaign, the organization has sold more equity to third-party investors —… Read More... →

Венчурная компания ru-Net Леонида Богуславского инвестировала в индийское мобильное приложение доставки продуктов из магазинов PepperTap. Объем раунда B составил $36 млн. В сделке также приняли участие Snapdeal, Sequoia India,  SAIF Partners, JAFCO, BeeNext. Средства пойдут на доработку технологии и экспансию в 75 городов Индии. На данный момент стартап работает только в 17 индийских городах и, по собственным данным, обрабатывает около 15 – 17 тысяч заказов в день.   Индийский стартап уже поднял два раунда ... →

Interviewed, a company that provides simulations for job candidates, has closed a $2 million seed round with participation from YC, SV Angel, Red Swan Ventures, and Jason Calacanis, among others. The company also announced that after six months it have given almost 100,000 job assessments, with that number growing from 240 assessments the first month to 43,500 assessments last month. Read More... →

Американский компания Airbnb, которая представляет сервис по аренде жилья, купила стартап Lapka, основанный российским предпринимателем Вадимом Мармеладовым, сообщается на сайте стартапа. Сумма и подробности сделки не раскрываются.  Как рассказал основатель проекта Вадик Мармеладов изданию Slon, Airbnb купил Lapka не из-за технологии, а из-за команды (так называемое, acqhiring). После поглощения Lapka будет делать новые продукты в составе Airbnb.  О Lapka Lapka разрабатывает предметы «интернета вещей». Стар... →

Justin Hefter wants world peace through games. And today, he is launching an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise money for Bandura Games, which is creating a mobile game called RunZoo that aims to bring together people from multiple cultures. As Hefter told us a couple of weeks ago, the aim of RunZoo, an endless runner game, is […]... →

PepperTap, a nine-month-old grocery delivery service in India, has closed its third round of investment this year after announcing a $36 million raise. Read More... →

В издательстве «Манн, Иванов и Фербер» вышла книга «Работа рулит!» автор которой – вице-президент Google по персоналу Ласло Бок – рассказывает о том, как работают с людьми в корпорации Google. Firrma публикует фрагмент книги, где рассказывается о принципах подбора персонала в условиях ограниченных ресурсов.  Мы в Google выдвигаем на передний план инвестирование в людей. Основная часть времени и средств, выделенных на нужды рекрутинга, уделяется привлечению, оценке и воспитанию новых кадров. В среднем мы тра... →

Yes, friends, the (not really) unimaginable has happened: the titan that is Facebook is down. We don’t usually raise our eyebrows too high when Facebook goes down for a minute, but it’s been in and out for a good 20 minutes no. For a company that makes millions in revenue per day, every minute is tens of thousands of dollars in ad revenue lost. We’ve hit up Facebook to try… Read More... →

Today, publishing platform Medium announced that it has brought in $54M in new capital in a series B led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz. That makes the total raised for Ev Williams’ Medium a hefty sum of $79M. From head of operations at Medium, Andy Doyle: We are pleased to announce that Medium recently raised $57 million in capital. The round was led by new partner Andreessen… Read More... →

uBeam’s getting ready to ship its wireless phone chargers, so its 26-year old CEO Meredith Perry has hired some hardware industry veterans to whip the business into shape. Former Apple and Palm finance leader Monica Hushen will be Ubeam‘s new CFO, and Cisco, Palm, and Nokia VP Jeff Devine is joining as COO. The firepower for the hires comes from a new raise. In April I reported… Read More... →

Triplebyte, a technical recruiting platform started by former YC partner Harj Taggar and two SocialCam alums Ammon Bartram and Guillaume Luccisano, just raised $3 million from a long list of investors in the YC family. Those backers include Initialized Capital (a fund originally started by Taggar, Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian), Ray Tonsing’s Caffeinated Capital, SV… Read More... →

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