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Nearly 80% percent of American adults have smartphones these days, according to Pew Research. And the kids are catching up, studies from the Kaiser Family Foundation suggest. Now, an education tech startup called Nearpod has raised $21 million in venture funding to help teachers turn mobile devices into a positive force for learning in the classroom, rather than a distraction they must… Read More... →

Победители конкурса технологических проектов в области медиа, маркетинга и рекламы GoToAdTech получили 500 тысяч рублей от компании АДВ. Об этом Firrma сообщил оператор конкурса GoTech. Первое место и грант в размере 250 тысяч рублей получила рекламная компания GetShop.TV. В апреле 2016 года проект привлек 15 млн рублей от The Unitled Retail Labs Константина Синюшина и синдиката инвесторов VentureClub.  GetShop.TV – технология интерактивной рекламы на SmartTV и Set to box, которая позволяет напрямую связать... →

Big data. Everyone has it. And no one has a way to organize, store, and access it in the most cost-effective manner. Well, GV (the former Google Ventures) is leading a $10 million round into Incorta, an analytics platform that purports to make the modern data warehouse a thing of the past. That new $10 million for San Mateo-based Incorta is cash to get its new product, a “direct data… Read More... →

Бывший член правления и исполнительный директор банка «Русский Стандарт» Иван Глазачев назначен директором «Яндекс. Денег». Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Ранее занимавшая эту должность Мария Грачева продолжит работу в компании директором по развитию. Она сосредоточится на новых финтех-проектах и исследовании новых рынков. Также изменился состав директоров «Яндекс. Денег». Теперь со стороны Сбербанка в него входят Лев Хасис, Елена Батурова, Владислав Крейнин, Ирина Швакман, а со стороны Яндекса — Алекс... →

Объём инвестиций в компании, работающие в России в сфере дополненной (AR) и виртуальной (VR) реальности, по итогам 2016 года вырос более чем в три раза и достиг 700 млн рублей. Такие данные приводятся в исследовании рынка, которое vc.ru предоставила Ассоциация дополненной и виртуальной реальности (AVRA). ... →

А число российских компаний в этом сегменте – в 3 раза, свидетельствуют данные Ассоциации дополненной и виртуальной реальности... →

There is plenty of enterprise software for the white-collar workforce, but there still isn’t an ideal way to communicate with employees who aren’t sitting at a desk. That’s the thesis behind WorkJam, which is announcing $12 million in funding from Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Founder Collective and NovelTMT. The Montreal-based startup, whose clients include… Read More... →

Pypestream is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. When the startup launched more than a year ago, founder and CEO Richard Smullen was pitching text messaging as the best way for customers to communicate with businesses — specifically, through the Pypestream app, where businesses can create their own accounts with a variety of different “pypes”… Read More... →

As LinkedIn continues to reign as the world’s largest social network for the wider working world, we are seeing the rise of alternatives that are besting and beating it in specific verticals. ResearchGate, a Berlin-based startup that provides a professional network for the scientific community to connect with each other to share and discuss research, is today announcing that… Read More... →

ФРИИ запустит многоуровневую программу развития стартапов в области виртуальной и дополненной реальности, старт которой привязан к набору проектов в профильный трек Акселератора. Об этом Firrma сообщили во ФРИИ. Подать заявку на участие в программе могут стартапы, имеющие готовые VR-продукты или прототипы в сфере кино и видеоигр, продаж, образования, недвижимости, медицины, проектирования или ВПК. Самые перспективные выпускники акселератора смогут претендовать на инвестиции ФРИИ в размере до 30 млн рублей и... →

PebblePost is betting that there’s a big marketing opportunity in printed postcards and catalogs. The startup is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The round was led by RRE Ventures, with participation from Greycroft Partners and Tribeca Ventures. RRE’s Jim Robinson is joining the PebblePost board of directors. PebblePost describes its offering as… Read More... →

Record labels refuse to allow streaming of remixes and hour-long DJ sets unless copyright owners get paid for every little sample. Dubset just raised $4 million to handle that legal mess so Spotify and Apple Music can offer these types of music which used to live illegally on SoundCloud. “This year will be huge in opening up this ecosystem” Dubset CEO Stephen White tells me.… Read More... →

Conversational AI is pushing deeper into enterprise with Workfit, a new startup promising to make conference call follow-ups and mid-meeting CRM updates as easy as playing a song or checking the weather on Google Home or Amazon Echo. Battery Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Salesforce Ventures and a number of angels joined together to finance a $5.5 million seed investment in the… Read More... →

Low-Earth orbit is a prime candidate for explosive commercial growth, but it’s also a space where the risk of actual explosions resulting from debris impact is a legitimate concern for businesses focused on the opportunity. That’s the problem LeoLabs aims to address, a startup spun out of SRI International to detect, map and help avoid collisions with debris and objects floating… Read More... →

Developing a software that tracks user behavior across apps and websites, and generates targeted marketing emails for those users has garnered the San Diego-based technology company Cordial $6 million in new funding. The San Diego-based company is founded by a team of longtime email marketing professionals and was backed by Upfront Ventures in this Series A round. The company is also a… Read More... →

Anyone who’s seen Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son give a keynote speech will know he rarely sticks to the standard industry conference playbook. And his turn on the stage at Mobile World Congress this morning was no different, with Son making like Eldon Tyrell and telling delegates about his personal belief in a looming computing Singularity… Read More... →

While there is much ink spilled over the hunt for VR’s “killer app,” over the past year a number of social apps have emerged out of the VR community that seek to highlight the unparalleled opportunities for collaboration offered by VR. One of the first to balance the potential for fun and productivity is Bigscreen. The company, which has achieved sizable popularity amongst… Read More... →

Layer, the messaging platform that won TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield back in 2013, is making two big announcement today: It’s raised $15 million in Series B funding, and it’s acquiring another startup, Cola. Layer makes it easy for businesses to add messaging capabilities to their  iOS, Android and web products — customers include Trunk Club, Staples and Udacity.… Read More... →

DevianArt gets acquired by Wix, AirMap raises $26 million, Airbnb buys Tilt, Google releases perspective for comment toxicity rating and more. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

The FCC ordered today to reduce the reach of a net neutrality rule that requires broadband providers to share data on their services. Originally, providers with less than 100,000 subscribers were exempt; the order raises that number to 250,000 — potentially allowing far more companies to escape complying with certain consumer protections. Read More... →