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Как распорядилась деньгами компания, которая получила самые большие на текущий момент инвестиции на российском ecommerce-рынке.... →

GUEST: Many entrepreneurs looking to raise funding for their businesses first think of traditional venture capitalists or angel investors. They would be wise, though, to add corporate VCs to the mix they’re considering. My company, SundaySky, has raised three rounds of funding and is fortunate enough to work with two corporate investors along with several traditional […]... →

Futurefly, a startup that includes former Remedy Entertainment game veteran Oskari “Ozz” Häkkinen, has raised $2.5 million in funding for a new mobile game and app-messaging technology. Häkkinen, the former head of franchise development at Remedy (the maker of hit games like Alan Wake), joined the new company this summer in Helsinki, which is still a hotbed for mobile […]... →

Your profile picture is the message you send most. There’s no easier, more ubiquitous way to raise awareness for a cause then splashing your pic rainbow for gay rights or green to promote the Arab Spring. You can argue it’s a shallow way to support a cause, but it’s better than total apathy. Now Facebook is giving people a tool to leverage this tiny billboard. With its new… Read More... →

The fitness wearable space is becoming increasingly crowded and many users are feeling their excitement wane. Japanese startup Moff, however, believes the space still has plenty for innovation. Read More... →

Abra, a remittance service built on top of the Blockchain, has closed $12 million in Series A funding. Investors in the round include Arbor Ventures, RRE Ventures, and First Round Capital. Total funding to date by the company now totals $14 million. The company’s app, which will launch soon to the general public, lets users around the world transfer funds denominated in any currency at… Read More... →

France’s Triber thinks that everybody should create apps. And it has raised a seed round of $336,000 to create a service that enables any smartphone user to create an iPhone or Android mobile app, instantly. Paris-based Triber’s app takes you through a few steps that let you customize your app, using an app icon, name, […]... →

CartoDB, a company specializing in location data analysis and visualization, has raised $23 million in funding. The Series B round was led by new investor Accel Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures (also a new investor), and existing investors Earlybird Ventures and Kibo Ventures. This takes the company’s total funding to $31 million. Founded in […]... →

Unified is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, plus a $10 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank. That sounds like a nice chunk of change, but equally noteworthy is the fact that the equity funding was led by iHeartMedia (the radio and digital media company formerly known as Clear Channel). The two companies previously announced a strategic partnership… Read More... →

Sometimes ordering secondhand clothing online is a little sketchy. Is this shirt going to smell awful? Will there be inexplicable stains? ThredUP, a marketplace for used apparel, is hoping to offer consumers a more premium experience by individually vetting each item of used clothing sold through its site. The San Francisco-based company just raised an $81M Series E round led by Goldman… Read More... →

Second-hand marketplace ThredUp is announcing a large $81 million round of investor funding led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. The new money is aimed at growing the company’s consumer base. ThredUp is one of an increasing number of niche online marketplaces that offer a more curated experience than eBay’s giant store of used wares. ThredUp deals exclusively in used apparel, buying […]... →

OnlineTyari, which helps people prepare for job exams in India, has raised $5 million. The startup’s goal is to build its online and mobile platform and add all of the country’s top regional languages over the next year (it is currently available in Hindi and English). Read More... →

Лаборатория решений для роста и масштабирования бизнеса Uplift.Club провела расследование самых рейтинговых стартапов России, появившихся на рынке после 2010 года и работающих и по сей день. Основная цель – агрегировать опыт проектов рынка России за последние несколько лет существования, выявить необычные кейсы, закономерности, нетипичные ошибки, получить советы основателей. Основатели Uplift.Club Елена Луценко и Дмитрий Торшин поделились полученными выводами. Сегодня мы публикуем первую их часть.     Эта и... →

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... →