Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Spotify made a few moves this week that could put them in a better position to join the stock market. On Thursday, it was revealed that the company added four people to its board of directors. The music streaming startup has brought on former Disney COO Tom Staggs; Padmasree Warrior, a Cisco vet who runs an electric car business; Shishir Mehrotra, YouTube’s former head of product… Read More... →

KidPass, a monthly membership program that gives parents access to a variety of kid-friendly activities across their city, has raised $5.1 million in Series A funding, the startup reported this week. Currently live in New York, the new funds will allow the service to expand to new markets including L.A., San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Chicago. The round was… Read More... →

Sprig, the on-demand food delivery service, is shutting down, The Information reports. TechCrunch has since obtained the copy of the email Sprig is sending to customers today. “It is with a heavy heart that my co-founders and I share that Sprig, Inc. will be shutting down the app today,” Sprig CEO Gagan Biyani wrote in an email customers will receive shortly. “We apologize… Read More... →

The startup insurance application processor Quilt has added a life insurance product to its portfolio and has begun pitching its digital enrollment in 37 states across the country. In partnership with Generation Life (a 50-year-old insurance company that was recently acquired by Swiss Re), Quilt is looking to make the process of applying for life insurance easier so that the under-insured… Read More... →

Businesses usually spend lots of time and money trying of attract potential customers. Now a startup called Riley aims to help them prioritize those sales leads. Riley was part of the winter class at Y Combinator. (In fact, CEO Daniel Ahmadizadeh said he and his co-founder Helson Taveras applied several times with different products and ideas before getting in.) The startup is announcing… Read More... →

The League, a a dating app that prides itself on selectiveness and requires members to be approved before joining, has traditionally taken expansion pretty slow. Originally launched in early 2015, the app is still only in 7 cities – New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C and London. But the startup just announced they are about to embark on a summer… Read More... →

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Основатель стартапа в сфере обеспечения безопасности движения автомобилей Neelar Роман Куликов написал о том, как искал подходящий международный акселератор для развития своего проекта.    После продуктивного зимнего касдева на CES-2017 (спасибо #GoTech и #Kaspersky lab – приз оказался весьма кстати) мы в Neelar, по совету Людмилы Голубковой (партнер фонда Starta Capital – прим. ред.), этой весной начали подыскивать подходящий акселератор на лето-осень. Наш предстоящий шаг – показать действующий прототип ря... →

Spruce, a new startup looking to speed up the mortgage, has raised $4.5 million in its series A financing from Bessemer Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, and Third Prime Capital along with a slew of private angel investors. Founded by two former employees of the robo-advisory wealth management company Betterment, the new startup is notable for a few reasons. First, it’s yet another… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) вложил 120 млн рублей в компанию Antilatency. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». ФРИИ получит долю в проекте 22,5%, контрольный пакет остается у основателей — Андрея Десятова и Петра Севостьянова. Таким образом, вся компания в ходе сделки была оценена более чем в 533 млн рублей.  Российская компания Antilatency внедрила механизм предотвращения запаздывания изображения в очках или шлемах виртуальной и дополненной реальности (VR/AR). В ближайшее время IT-компания намерена у... →

Another one of the co-founders of online lending startup SoFi is leaving the company, TechCrunch has learned. Dan Macklin, who served as VP of community and member success at SoFi, has announced internally that he’ll be stepping down from his position on June 6th. Read More... →

HBO confirmed today that Silicon Valley will indeed be returning for a fifth season, but one of its stars, T.J. Miller, who plays the ever moronic Erlich Bachman, will not be rejoining the cast. The Emmy-nominated show chronicles the pivots and pitfalls of startup life in silicon valley with a style that’s always current and sometimes a bit too real. Real life tech executives like… Read More... →

Binded aims to make it easier for photographers to protect their intellectual property by creating a permanent record of their copyright in a public database, namely the blockchain. The startup was previously known as Blockai, but it’s rebranding today — the new name is meant to focus less on technology and instead emphasize the idea of creating a legally binding record. Put… Read More... →

Target has reportedly rolled $75 million into Casper, the direct-to-consumer mattress startup you may have heard about in all those podcasts. The funding is a good chunk of what should end up being a more than $100 million round, according to a source at Recode, which first reported the news. Target has confirmed it gave a bunch of money to Casper but would not confirm the amount (sigh). Read More... →

Российский стартап Qlothes привлек $200 тысяч от венчурного фонда Артема Геращенкова Gekos Venture Capital. Об этом Firrma сообщил сооснователь Qlothes Александр Мясоедов и подтвердил Артем Геращенков.   Сделка состоялась в ноябре 2016 года. Другие подробности сделки не раскрываются.   Qlothes – российский сервис по персонализированному подбору гардероба. Компания основана осенью 2016 года Александром Мясоедовым и Романом Поповым. Пользователю достаточно загрузить фото в полный рост и указать параметры — ро... →

Two years ago payments startup Stripe launched a new product called Stripe Connect to serve a growing number of marketplace customers. Today the company is launching a new set of capabilities that will enable new marketplace categories and to help companies to sign up and onboard sellers and service providers to their platforms. Read More... →

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Mogees, the London startup behind the Mogees Pro and Mogees Play contact microphone and machine learning-based music and gaming devices, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding — capital it plans to use to embed its “gestural recognition tech” into new devices and applications. Read More... →

Фонд председателя совета директоров Mail.Ru Group Дмитрия Гришина – Grishin Robotics вложился в американский стартап Spin, занимающийся арендой велосипедов. Проект привлек $8 млн в раунде А. Помимо Grishin Robotics, возглавившего раунд, в сделке приняли участие Exponent.VC, CRCM и бизнес-инвесторы Мэтт Брезина и Чарли Чивер. Об этом сообщает Techcrunch. Spin (зарегистрирован как Skinny Labs Inc.) - транспортная компания, базирующаяся в Сан-Франциско. Основана в конце 2016 года. Разработала сервис по аренде... →

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