Good start: in the first three weeks of 2016, Yuri Milner made four new investments
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner simultaneously took part in the investment rounds of two startups at once. One of them - the American financial company LendUp , the second - the London Citymapper transport application.
Citymapper raised $ 40 million in investment round B, TechCrunch reports . Yuri Milner participated in it together with private investors Tom Stafford and Michael Linton and Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital funds.
Citymapper is a geolocation service that allows you to determine the location and provides information on how long it takes the road from point A to point B on any type of transport, including taxi, motorcycle, bicycle. The application also shows the nearest bus stops with timetables, metro and railway stations, bicycle rental points.
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The funds raised Citymapper management will send a significant expansion team. The company plans to hire workers in every major city in the world that has a subway. Citymapper also plans to improve its own database, which allows you to instantly pick up and save the latest changes in transport services, providing your users with operational information.
LendUp, a financial startup, raised $ 150 million in a round, according to The Pe Hub Network portal. In addition to Milner, investors were the funds of Susa Ventures, Data Collective, Google Ventures, Eagle Cliff, Bronze Investments, Victory Park Capital and others.
LendUp is a remote microlending service based on data from social networks, founded in 2012. Service with a client base of 80 million people working in 23 US states. LendUp provides an opportunity to get a loan to customers who have been refused in conventional banks.
The funds raised will be used to expand the startup team and develop the platform.
Yuri Milner personally invested in the Second World Coworking Network in London. This was reported by TechCrunch with reference to the co-founder of a startup, a former adviser to the British Prime Minister, Rohan Silva.
The total amount of the round of financing was £ 7.5 million (about $ 10.6 million). The venture fund Index Ventures and the head of Tencent Martin Lau also participated in the deal.
On January 20, Megamind wrote that the DST Global fund of Yuri Milner invested in the Chinese IT company Meituan-Dianping , which attracted $ 3.3 billion in a record financing round. Tencent Holdings Limited, a private investment company Trust Bridge Partners based in Shanghai, as well as the CDB Capital, Capital Today, Baillie Gifford, Temasek Holdings, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and others also participated in the round. After a record round of financing, Meituan-Dianping received a valuation of $ 18 billion.
Citymapper raised $ 40 million in investment round B, TechCrunch reports . Yuri Milner participated in it together with private investors Tom Stafford and Michael Linton and Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital funds.
Citymapper is a geolocation service that allows you to determine the location and provides information on how long it takes the road from point A to point B on any type of transport, including taxi, motorcycle, bicycle. The application also shows the nearest bus stops with timetables, metro and railway stations, bicycle rental points.
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The funds raised Citymapper management will send a significant expansion team. The company plans to hire workers in every major city in the world that has a subway. Citymapper also plans to improve its own database, which allows you to instantly pick up and save the latest changes in transport services, providing your users with operational information.
LendUp, a financial startup, raised $ 150 million in a round, according to The Pe Hub Network portal. In addition to Milner, investors were the funds of Susa Ventures, Data Collective, Google Ventures, Eagle Cliff, Bronze Investments, Victory Park Capital and others.
LendUp is a remote microlending service based on data from social networks, founded in 2012. Service with a client base of 80 million people working in 23 US states. LendUp provides an opportunity to get a loan to customers who have been refused in conventional banks.
The funds raised will be used to expand the startup team and develop the platform.
Yuri Milner personally invested in the Second World Coworking Network in London. This was reported by TechCrunch with reference to the co-founder of a startup, a former adviser to the British Prime Minister, Rohan Silva.
The total amount of the round of financing was £ 7.5 million (about $ 10.6 million). The venture fund Index Ventures and the head of Tencent Martin Lau also participated in the deal.
On January 20, Megamind wrote that the DST Global fund of Yuri Milner invested in the Chinese IT company Meituan-Dianping , which attracted $ 3.3 billion in a record financing round. Tencent Holdings Limited, a private investment company Trust Bridge Partners based in Shanghai, as well as the CDB Capital, Capital Today, Baillie Gifford, Temasek Holdings, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and others also participated in the round. After a record round of financing, Meituan-Dianping received a valuation of $ 18 billion.
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