Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Ранее стартап уже привлекал $2,5 млн.... →

Online finance startup SoFi has lost yet another senior executive, TechCrunch has learned. Chief revenue officer Michael Tannenbaum is the latest exec to leave, following a string of departures in the company’s senior ranks. Read More... →

Облачный игровой сервис Playkey привлек дополнительные инвестиции в размере $2,8 млн от российского Фонда Развития Интернет Инициатив (ФРИИ). Полученные средства стартап направит на международную экспансию. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch. По словам генерального директора Playkey Егора Гурьева, в этом году прибыль компании увеличилась в три раза. По собственным данным, ежемесячная аудитория сайта составляет 1 млн человек, причем зарегистрированных пользователей уже 400 тысяч. Главный офис находится в Москве. Се... →

Aditya Agarwal, who came in to Dropbox from its acquisition of Cove way back in 2012 and was given the CTO role last year, will be leaving the company. He announced he would be departing in a Facebook post today. Agarwal held the CTO role for about 9 months and was previously the VP of engineering. That kind of five-year tenure at a startup in Silicon Valley alone is pretty long, to be sure… Read More... →

Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator is raising up to $1 billion for a new venture capital fund, Axios is reporting this morning. The fundraising comes less than two years after YC announced the close of its first big investing vehicle, a $700 million growth fund called the Y Combinator Continuity fund that it hired Ali Rowghani to oversee. Rowghani was once the COO of Twitter; he… Read More... →

О принципах и решениях, сохранивших в огромной компании дух стартапа.... →

Klarna, the Swedish startup that works with e-commerce businesses and retailers to provide financing and other payment services, today announced that it has picked up yet another large investment, its third inside of two months. Permira, the private equity firm and prolific late-stage tech investor, has taken a minimum 10 percent stake in the fintech business. Klarna and Permira are not… Read More... →

Венчурный инвестор Александр Румянцев вложился в сервис подписки на еду и аксессуары для кошек и собак «Шерстакович» в обмен на 10% компании. Об этом Firrma рассказали в стартапе. Полученные инвестиции будут направлены на привлечение новых клиентов, расширение ассортимента и улучшения сервиса для покупателей. Инвестор рассчитывает на 10-кратный рост выручки проекта в течение 3 лет. «Шерстакович» — сервис регулярной доставки корма для кошек и собак по подписке. Подписка позволяет клиенту сделать заказ всего ... →

Московская биржа запустит новый сегмент — «Сектор роста» — для компаний, существующих минимум год, с годовой выручкой 2-10 млрд рублей. Проект заработает с 24 июля, партнерами биржи по нему станут Фонд развития промышленности, Российский фонд прямых инвестиций, Корпорация МСП и Российский экспортный центр. Об этом пишут «Ведомости». Акции и облигации компаний будут включаться во второй и третий котировальные списки Московской биржи. В числе инструментов, которыми будут поддерживать таких эмитентов, — льготн... →

Совкомбанк открыл стартапу PimPay кредитную линию в размере 8 млн рублей сроком на год под залог оборотов по счету. Привлеченные средства направят на обеспечение клиентов необходимыми займами и на разработку продуктов для российской онлайн-торговли. Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе. Цель стартапа – помочь интернет-магазинам в логистике, в контроле службы доставки, финансировать закупки рекламы и товаров. Как рассказал изданию основатель PimPay Евгений Чернов, у компании расширяется клиентская база, котору... →

Alright, sub-Saharan African startups, if you want to get in on our inaugural Startup Battlefield Africa, the time to act is now. Seriously. Right now. Tomorrow is the last day to submit an application to the Battlefield, so be sure to get over to our application page right now and get your application in. Read More... →

How many times have you been in an Uber or Lyft and wanted a few Advil, or a 5-hour Energy? While some enterprising ridesharing drivers occasionally try to sell essentials (or non-essentials like tablets and digital cameras), there really isn’t a structured way to facilitate this… until now. Enter Cargo, a startup that wants to turn drivers’ vehicles into little mobile shops. Read More... →

Apple has yet to make any moves to expand the Apple SIM to devices beyond the iPad (despite occasional flurries of rumors to the contrary), but the number of carriers that work with the Apple SIM is growing, potentially laying the groundwork for a time when it might. Today comes the latest development on that front. Truphone, a UK startup that crafts low-cost calling and data plans for users… Read More... →

Drones are a threat to both military and public safety, whether flown by a terrorist or just a reckless pilot. SkySafe’s radio wave technology can detect and stop rogue drones from entering unauthorized areas like military bases, stadiums, prisons, and airports. SkySafe’s radio frequency signals are projected from a perimeter of nodes or even a Jeep, and force unapproved drones… Read More... →

Директор акселератора StartUp Chile и российский предприниматель об особенностях технологичного бизнеса в стране.... →

Unless you literally wear a mask all the time, it is almost impossible to completely avoid cameras and face recognition technology. Not only is this a privacy concern, but it also presents a potential liability for companies that need to protect personal data. D-ID, a startup currently taking part in Y Combinator, wants to solve the problem with tools that process images to make them… Read More... →

After raising $55 million last year to build its business beyond its existing help desk services, today Freshworks (the parent company of Freshdesk) has made an acquisition to help it fill out that strategy. The company has acquired Joe Hukum, a startup out of India that offers a platform for businesses to build their own chatbots. I’ve asked, but the companies are not revealing any terms… Read More... →

PebblePost, a startup that uses online data to target consumers with printed mail, has raised $47 million in a combination of equity and debt. That includes the $15 million, RRE Ventures-led Series B that the company announced in February. The equity portion of the funding has been expanded to $20 million, with another $27 million coming from a loan facility from Horizon Technology Finance, plus… Read More... →

Dynamic Yield, which uses machine learning to help online marketers personalize customer experiences on their site, has added $9 million to its Series C, bringing it to a new total of $31 million. Its new investors are DTCP (Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners) and La Maison. Read More... →

Messaging app Viber earlier this year made its first foray into shopping services with Instant Shopping, a feature that suggested items for sale based on your chats and a keyboard to help you navigate this. Today, the company is announcing some more e-commerce related news: it’s buying the startup that helped build that feature. Viber has acquired Chatter Commerce, maker of a service… Read More... →