Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

BrightBytes, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) data-analytics company that meaures the impact of technology in K-12 education, has raised $33 million. This takes its total funding past the $50 million mark.... →

Сотни статей посвящены тому, как привлечь инвестора, и почти нигде не говорят о том, что делать дальше. Как правильно выбрать инвестора и грамотно выстроить сотрудничество с ним, рассказывают Евгений Легкий и Роман Нестер – сооснователи рекламной платформы Segmento, контрольный пакет акций которой в середине марта приобрел Сбербанк. Стройте сильный бизнес на базе сильной технологии. Никому не нужны агентства на чужих мощностях или слабые продукты, неспособные решать реальные задачи. Никому не нужны многочис... →

Often people think that you need to raise a lot of money to build a successful startup. However in this day of age, that's not true. The post How to Execute Your Startup Idea with $0 by @syedbalkhi appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Apprenda, an enterprise platform as a service (PaaS) player that originally launched back in 2007, today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series D round led by Safeguard Scientifics. Other participants in this round include New Enterprise Associates and Ignition Partners. This brings Apprenda’s total funding to $56 million. Read More... →

As Facebook continues to add more advertising features to Instagram, another photo-sharing platform is expanding in its commercial ambitions with a new round of funding. 500px — the Toronto-based startup where users post and share, as well as buy and sell photos, now with 55 million images in its catalog and 6 million users — has raised $13 million. The Series B is led by a… Read More... →

500px has raised $13 million in new funding to support its photo community and marketplace. It'll use funds to further product growth while also expanding internationally, including into the Greater China market.... →

Medallia, which makes SaaS customer experience management software, has raised $150 million in new funding from returning investor Sequoia Capital. This brings the startup’s total raised so far to $255 million. Read More... →

SuperAwesome's Awesome Ads platform shows child-appropriate ads on mobile.... →

Survata is a three-year-old, 10-person, San Francisco-based startup that creates consumer surveys for ad agencies, hedge funds, consumer packaged goods companies, and many others that are looking for feedback about their offerings. If Chipotle is thinking of introducing a new salsa concept, for example, Survata — which works with a network of publishers, from blogs to online magazines… Read More... →

British startup Revolut just raised $2.3 million (£1.5 million) from Balderton Capital to make you pay less exchange fees when you travel around the world. Also backed by Seedcamp, Revolut provides an app to seamlessly exchange or send money, and an optional debit card to pay around the world or online. Read More... →

SuperAwesome, the U.K.-headquartered ‘kid safe’ digital marketing platform that enables brands to put there wares in front of children, has raised a $7 million Series A — money it will use to “grow faster and reach more territories,” says founder Dylan Collins. Read More... →

In a world where furnishings startup Fab.com ended up in a fire sale after raising over $336 million, proving that it’s “curation” business model simply hadn’t worked, Made.com has been a complete contrast. Based on working directly with designers of anything from sofas to bicycles, Made avoided the US and gradually built a significant European business. Today… Read More... →

Российский инвестор Юрий Мильнер вложит $100 млн из средств своего благотворительного фонда в проект по поиску внеземных цивилизаций. Идеологом проекта является физик Стивен Хокинг, координаторы исследований – ученые Фрэнк Дрейк и Джефф Марси. В рамках проекта будет организован сбор, обработка и свободный доступ к информации о возможных сигналах, поступающих на Землю из космоса. В приоритете исследований — 1 млн ближайших к Солнечной системе звезд, центральная часть Млечного пути (где наблюдается максимальн... →

On-demand house cleaning service Homejoy is shutting down, after talks of an acquisition by its biggest competitor and a failure to raise enough money to keep things moving. Read More... →

What if you could get rid of your driver’s license? We’re not there yet, but ShoCard just raised $1.5 million from Morado Ventures Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, Enspire Capital and Digital Currency Group to do just that. Read More... →

Because there exist only two kinds of watches – Apple Watches and all others – Chrono24 is addressing a pretty big market: high-end collectors of mechanical timepieces. The watch consignment and sales site just raised €21 million from Insight Ventures to open new offices in New York and Hong Kong and have even added a new feature called Trusted Checkout, a system that… Read More... →

Государство продолжает наращивать инвестиции в спортивные СМИ... →

Основатель проекта GloryBox Алексей Редькин рассказывает об истории и подводных камнях модели доставки по подписке на собственном опыте.  Модель доставки товаров по подписке уже давно зарекомендовала себя в Европе и США. Схема у подобных проектов простая: клиент оформляет подписку на определенные товары, которые ему регулярно (чаще всего раз в месяц) доставляют на дом – совсем как газеты и журналы.  Так же как и традиционный e-commerce, родилась эта модель в США. Первый подписной сервис Black Socks стартова... →

Brad Hargreaves, who co-founded General Assembly to re-think vocational education for a fast-changing and tech-laden job market, is switching from the world of work into housing. He’s started a new company, Common, that’s offering flexible shared housing by the room in major U.S. cities. They took $7.35 million from Maveron with participation from Lowercase Capital, Slow… Read More... →

If you live in New York City, you know that the cost of renting a place can be expensive. One company wants to make it more affordable in not only the Big Apple, but also throughout the U.S. through what it calls “community offering flexible shared housing.” Called Common, today it has raised a $7.35 […]... →