Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

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. Security firm Zscaler raises $100M, led by TPG Zscaler has landed $100 million in an oversubscribed second round of funding. TPG Growth led this round of investment. While other security companies have been quickly buying […]... →

Some PPC agencies will promise the world or be very secretive about their strategies - these things may not be deal-breakers, but they should raise red flags as you try to find the right agency.... →

Some PPC agencies will promise the world or be very secretive about their strategies - these things may not be deal-breakers, but they should raise red flags as you try to find the right agency.... →

Zscaler has landed $100 million in an oversubscribed second round of funding. TPG Growth led this round of investment. The cloud-based security company focuses on making it safe for enterprise networks to connect to the internet by scanning and filtering traffic for possible malware, viruses, or advanced persistent threats — anything that indicates network information has leaked. In addition […]... →

BoardVitals is essentially a repository for hard questions. Aimed at doctors to be, the service wants to change the way medicine is taught and is beginning with the medical boards, test taken by doctors in specific fields to become licensed to bleed you to release the bad humours. The company raised $1.1 million in Series A from Rock Creek Capital after a small seed fund. The company has… Read More... →

Founders are often puzzled by how VCs derive valuations for competitive Series A rounds. A competitive Series A round is an equity round where a company generally raises greater than $5 million led by a top-quartile venture capital firm. During these Series A rounds, it is not uncommon for founders to receive multiple term sheets from lead investors at different valuations, and to feel… 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. Uber reportedly raises $1B at a $51B valuation from investors including Microsoft Uber has raised a new $1 billion funding round, which pushes the company’s valuation to $51 billion. The new investment money comes […]... →

Uber has raised a new $1 billion funding round, which pushes the company’s valuation to $51 billion. The new investment money comes from Microsoft and Indian media conglomerate Bennett Coleman & Co., according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The WSJ report points out that Uber has […]... →

Uber just closed a new round of funding that will value the company at more than $50 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper says that Uber has raised close to $1 billion in the round, which brings total equity financing to more than $5 billion. The WSJ reported that investors in this latest round include Microsoft and Indian media company Bennett, Coleman, and Company.… Read More... →

Klarismo, which takes existing MRIs and other kinds of body scans to build a 3D model of a person, has raised $2.1 million and launched out of Y Combinator. Klarismo is an online service where users are able to take a much deeper look at their body’s internal structure. It takes MRI scans and other kinds of scans that people are getting already and then uses that to build a 3D model of… Read More... →

Суммарный объем инвестиций корпорации «Роснано» в нанотехнологические проекты за первое полугодие 2015 года составил 6,46 млрд рублей, в том числе 5,26 млрд рублей прямых инвестиций и 1,2 млрд рублей через партнерские фонды. Об этом говорится в отчете компании. Выручка компании за 6 месяцев 2015 года составила 3,6 млрд рублей, что на 1,7 млрд рублей больше по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года. Как сообщается в отчете, прирост выручки связан, в том числе, с поступлениями от выхода «Роснано» из п... →

Какова ситуация с венчурным бизнесом в регионах? Каков профиль ангелов? Есть ли интерес к венчурным проектам, есть ли проекты вообще? Об этом в колонке Эдуарда Фиякселя – члена VentureClub, члена административного совета НАБА, президента Ассоциации бизнес-ангелов «Стартовые инвестиции», профессора, заведующего кафедрой венчурного менеджмента в НИУ ВШЭ. Наша ассоциация «Стартовые инвестиции» существует 10 лет – это старейшая ассоциация в России. Так как я участвовал в создании нескольких других региональных ... →

Cameras are standard in smartphones these days, but they’re still incredibly limited when compared to the average DSLR. Light, a startup developing multi-lens cameras for smartphones, wants to raise our expectations. The company announced today that it took in $25 million in funding to bring DSLR camera qualities to our phones. The round was led […]... →

Iwoca, one of the booming cluster of FinTech startups coming out of London, has raised a $20m series B round from the VC arm of Germany’s CommerzVentures, Acton Capital Partners, the Munich-based private equity and VC firm Redline Capital and other existing investors, in order to grow the lending platform’s European business. Iwoca offers flexible financing to Europe’s 20… Read More... →

UK-based crowd equity platform Crowdcube has raised £6m ($9.3m)from stockbroker Numis, Tim Draper, his London-based VC firm Draper Esprit and existing backer Balderton capital. As a result Crowdcube is now valued at £51m. The move will also now it to offer a way for investors to access companies which are about to go public, bringing IPO investment opportunities to the platform. IPOs will… Read More... →

Smartwatch underdog Olio has raised a $10 million Series A led by New Enterprise Associates. The cash will go to expand Olio’s manufacturing prowess and bring on new hires for the budding company. In addition to the raise, the company has announced a number of new models including a 24 carat gold model for $1,195 on a leather strap. We first met Olio last March when they announced the… Read More... →

Sales workflow startup PersistIQ has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. This is one of those stories where the startup says it raised the money months ago, got busy and only decided to announce the news now. Investors in the seed round include Point Nine, Salesforce Ventures, Y Combinator and undisclosed angels. (PersistIQ was incubated last year at Y Combinator.) Read More... →

The demographic of health-conscious consumers is growing rapidly, and yet there is no dominant online player that provides high quality, organic, natural products to those consumers. Thrive Market, an LA-based startup that just closed a $30 million Series A round, is looking to do just that. The company aims to be a hybrid of Whole Foods and Costco, where users pay $60/year for a membership… Read More... →

GoButler is launching its text-based personal assistant out of beta today, and announcing an $8 million series A. GoButler is “like an Amazon for the on-demand world,” says CEO Navid Hadzaad. The free service utilizes existing on-demand apps and e-commerce sites like Uber, Seamless, and Expedia to get you whatever you want just by sending a text […]... →

FreedomPop, the U.S. wireless carrier startup that has been building a business based on completely free voice and data services, has raised another $10 million in funding from two strategic investors, the pan-Asian mobile carrier Axiata and an unnamed tech investor based in the U.S., the company is announcing today. The deal with Axiata will mean that FreedomPop will be expanding its… Read More... →