Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Chef, a startup with devops software for automating the management of the infrastructure that applications run on, announced today that it has raised $40 million in new funding. The money will help Seattle-based Chef expand internationally, according to a statement. Chef’s software, which includes some open-source components, is widely used. Chef says it has more […]... →

Венчурный фонд под управлением Ильи Голубовича (на фото) I2BF и Российско-казахстанский фонд нанотехнологий (РКФН) вложились в американскую компанию Primus Power, которая работает в области технологий сетевого накопления энергии. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Объем раунда составил $25 млн. В сделке также приняли участие международные венчурные фонды и стратегические инвесторы, такие как Anglo American Platinum/PGM, Development Fund, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital и DBL Investors. По данным «Ведомостей»... →

Основатель интернет-магазина детских товаров Esky рассказал о том, с чего начинался проект, состоянии отрасли в кризис и трудностях для новичков на этом рынке.... →

Fresco News has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. I first wrote about the startup back in June, when founder and CEO John Meyer (pictured above) explained that the company was working an app where users could both browse breaking news content and also accept assignments to contribute photos and videos to professional news organizations. Read More... →

Selfies might be the social currency of our generation, but the companies based around them still kind of need cash. Shots, a selfie app made famous by high-profile celebrity supporters like Justin Bieber, just raised another $4 million in funding led by DCM Ventures, adding on to its $8.5 million Series A from this past April. The company has raised $15.2 million to date. For how simple… Read More... →

Eden, the on-demand tech help service launched out of Y Combinator, has today announced a new chunk of cash to be added to its previously announced (rolling) seed round. This brings Eden’s total funding to $3.3 million, with this most recent $2 million adding to the $1.3 million the company received in July. Eden is a service launched out of the most recent Y Combinator class that… Read More... →

Just days after the third fund of 500 Startups was officially closed with $85 million, the five-year-old Mountain View, Ca.-based firm has kicked things into high(er) gear, officially setting out to raise its fourth fund with a target of $200 million and, in a more meaningful shift for the firm, preparing to raise a growth fund for the first time. It’s a lot for 500 Startups —… Read More... →

Председатель совета директоров Группы «Сумма» Зиявудин Магомедов запустил венчурную компанию Caspian VC Partners (CVC). Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании.  Общий объем инвестиций CVC составит до $300 млн. Управляющим директором компании стал Уильям Шор.  Как сообщили в компании, в течение нескольких последних месяцев CVC проинвестировала пять проектов: Peek Travel, Uber, Uber China, Diamond Foundry и Hyperloop Technologies. Сумма вложений не раскрывается.  Компания инвестирует в высокотехнологичные стартап... →

Smile Telecoms plans to grow its broadband network in Africa after raising $365 million in debt and equity financing. The Mauritius-based company, which already operates LTE networks in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, says it will launch in the Democratic Republic of Congo early next year. Read More... →

BENGALURU, INDIA (Supantha Mukherjee and Abhirup Roy, Reuters) – The top three global PC makers would be able to raise market share in the next few years through consolidation amid shrinking sales of personal computers, Dell Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell said on Monday. Lenovo Group Ltd tops global PC shipment ranking with a 20.3 […]... →

Диана Молдавская, новый партнер 500 startups, приведет фонд в Россию, Восточную Европу и Израиль.... →

Restaurant search service Zomato has raised a fresh $60 million in funding, in a round led by new entrant Temasek Holdings, and existing investor Vy Capital. Founded in 2008, Zomato offers an online and mobile search service for 30 million restaurant-seekers in 20 countries. It serves up in-depth information including menus, photos, and locations, with […]... →

The car-hailing landscape in China is on absolute fire today, with reports coming in that both Uber and its main rival in the country, Didi Kuaidi, have together raised (or are very close to raising, in the latter’s case) a combined $4.2 billion in additional funding to fuel their all-out war. Uber founder Travis Kalanick […]... →

“The system is rigged!” says a video at Larry Lessig’s webpage announcing his run for the presidency. Lessig is using a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money for a “credible” run Democratic presidential primary. If the campaign hits its $1 million goal by labor day, he says, he will make running for president his full-time job. Right now he has […]... →

Корпорации «РусГидро», «Роснано» и Фонд развития Дальнего Востока создадут фонд для инвестиций в экономику Дальневосточного Федерального округа. Об этом Firrma сообщили в «Роснано». Соглашение о намерениях подписано в рамках Восточного экономического форума. Фонд будет создан в форме инвестиционного товарищества. Он будет инвестировать в проекты электроэнергетики и сопряженных отраслей. Приоритетные партнеры фонда — российские компании, ведущие бизнес или открывающие новое производство в ДФО, в том числе на... →

Государство в лице Минфин и Минэкономразвития окажут поддержку корпорации «Роснано». Как сообщают «Ведомости», ведомства предварительно договорились об условиях и форме господдержки на 2016–2018 годы. Сообщается, что корпорация получит госгарантии на общую сумму до 70 млрд рублей. На эту сумму «Роснано» сможет брать кредиты в банках начиная с 2016 года. Эти меры связаны с тем, что созданная в 2007 году госкорпорация за восемь лет исчерпала 182 млрд рублей. Изначально предполагалось, что корпорация по истече... →

Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? An company called letgo aims to find out. Its app, which lets users buy and sell items locally, has quietly grown to over 2 million downloads since its launch earlier this year. And today, the company is announcing having raised $100 million in Series A funding from South African media company and tech investor Naspers… Read More... →

Businesses of all sizes now have access to reams of data about their performance, but it can be difficult to read the story behind the numbers. Boston-based startup Databox’s goal is to make data relatable. Its mobile app draws in data from different analytic platforms, analyzes it, and then presents the results in customized reports. Read More... →

Spontaneous mobile experiences should be as effortless as possible, and the process of navigating the app store to download a company’s native app can often miss a user’s attention span. So goes the thinking with Wrap, which focuses on helping companies create highly interactive bite-sized mobile web experiences for its users to engage with. The company announced Thursday that… 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. Tanium raises another $120M and hits $3.5B post-money valuation Enterprise software company Tanium announced today that it took in $120 million more for its latest round from TPG, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), T. Rowe Price, […]... →