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An accelerator that backed for-profit, for-good ventures, Impact Engine, is abandoning the bootcamp approach and shifting its focus to investing in these startups as a seed fund, according to CEO and Partner Jessica Droste Yagan. Based in Chicago’s 1871 startup hub, Impact Engine also closed a $10 million fund to support this pivot. The fund is its fourth, but now Impact Engine will… Read More... →

Google started making investments in a number of undersea cables back in 2008, but one of its largest investments was the $300 million it invested in the FASTER cable between Japan and the U.S. West Coast. Back in 2014, Google announced that it was joining a consortium of six companies, including NEC, China Mobile, China Telecom, Global Transit and KDDI, to better connect the two countries.… Read More... →

ProducePay has raised $2.5 million to solve what CEO Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck said is a major issue for farmers — getting paid in a timely manner for their crops. Borquez Schwarzbeck explained that farmers usually have to cover the cost of not just growing the produce, but also shipping — and then they have to wait for it to get sold before they get paid themselves. And since… Read More... →

Some closure (literally and figuratively) for Move Loot, the furniture resale marketplace that we wrote earlier this month was up for sale. The startup — backed by nearly $22 million in funding from a list of top investors that included Y Combinator, GV, Index, Metamorphic and Sherpa — has shut down its business, and it has sold its customer list to Handy, the home services… Read More... →

If paparazzi have a right to take photos (they do) and newspapers are allowed to print photos taken by paparazzi (they do), it stands to reason that those in the brief spotlight of an eager photographer’s flash have a right to fight back, too (they do). Anti-paparazzi clothing has been around for a while, and if you’ve ever wondered how it works, oh boy have you come to the… Read More... →

So much for losing its mojo. Despite twists and turns in recent years that have sometimes rivaled those of a telenovela, and even with its most famous member no longer a general partner, Kleiner Perkins has raised two new funds totaling $1.4 billion, show newly processed SEC filings. The firm’s digital growth fund — its third — has secured $1 billion in commitments. The… Read More... →

So much for losing its mojo. Despite twists and turns in recent years that have sometimes rivaled those of a telenovela, and even with its most famous member, John Doerr, no longer a general partner, Kleiner Perkins has raised two new funds totaling $1.4 billion, show newly processed SEC filings. The firm’s digital growth fund — its third — has secured $1 billion in… Read More... →

Сервис объявлений о продаже автомобилей «Авто.ру» запустил в своих приложениях для iOS и Android функцию распознавания автомобилей. Эта опция позволяет найти марку и модель машины по фотографии, а затем изучить объявления о ней, опубликованные на сайте, рассказали vc.ru в компании.... →

Shasta Ventures is raising up to $300 million for a fifth fund, shows a new SEC filing that lists managing director Jason Pressman and Rob Coneybeer, who cofounded Shasta with fellow managing directors Tod Francis and Ravi Mohan in 2004. (Pressman joined the following year.) Shasta appears to be sticking with its knitting with its new fund. It saw an enormous return when its portfolio… Read More... →

The aptly named Ok-Google.io is the big ol’ massive list of “Ok, Google” commands that Google is too proud to build right into Android. It’s gorgeous, it’s easy to navigate, and it’s pretty much guaranteed to teach you at least one trick you didn’t know Google Now could handle. Read More... →

В приложении MSQRD появилась функция прямых видеотрансляций, работающая на основе платформы Facebook Live. Обновлённое приложение уже опубликовано в App Store.... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

An accelerator that helps tech non-profits develop their products and raise grant money, Fast Forward, has attracted $1.25 million in philanthropic funding of its own. Backers included big names in venture capital and tech. Omidyar Network, Google.org, and BlackRock donated the largest share, along with AT&T, The Nasiri Foundation and Rita Allen Foundation. Fast Forward will use the money… Read More... →

A few times every month I get an email from a CEO or investor that says something like this: “We are seeking a Bridge for our company. Since we already raised our Seed and you do Post-Seed, we thought you would be ideal to speak to about this.” I have concluded there is a lot of confusion over how a post-seed round differs from a bridge round. Read More... →

Cognovi Labs is a new analytics startup that relies on Twitris to take a sample of social media chatter to deduce real-time, large-scale, automated sentiment about specific topics. As a real-world example of the tool’s capability, the Cognovi Labs analyzed Twitter chatter leading up to the Brexit vote and predicted that polls leaning toward the “remain” camp were incorrect… Read More... →

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Менеджеры Crossss уже работают из офиса LeadHit... →

Агамирзян возглавит НИУ ВШЭ... →

Заместитель гендиректора Российской Венчурной Компании Евгений Кузнецов стал временно исполняющим обязанности гендиректора. Об этом Firrma сообщили в РВК. Совет директоров компании принял сегодня добровольную отставку Игоря Агамирзяна, занимавшего должность генерального директора и председателя правления компании с апреля 2009 года. На пост нового гендиректора РВК будет объявлен открытый конкурс. Игорь Агамирзян займет пост вице-президента Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономик... →

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