Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Сервис для поиска решений для дизайна и обустройства дома Houzz в очередном инвестиционном раунде привлек $400 млн при оценке в $4 млрд. Об этом сообщает Recode со ссылкой на представителя стартапа.... →

Сервис по подписке на натуральные продукты из деревни «Ешь деревенское» привлек $300 тысяч. Деньги в проект вложили бизнес-ангел Владимир Бакутеев и Игорь Ким, инвестиционный директор Inventure Partners через свою структуру Some Random VC. Об этом Firrma рассказал Владимир Бакутеев. Полученные в проекте доли не раскрываются. «Финально сделка была закрыта в конце апреля, вложили суммарно $300 тысяч, оценку не называем», – прокомментировал сделку Бакутеев. Собеседник Firrma отметил, что Игорь Ким инвестирова... →

Венчурный инвестор Александр Румянцев вложился в краснодарский сервис по доставке продуктов с рецептами gurmaniya.com в обмен на 10% компании. Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе. Сумма и другие подробности сделки не раскрываются. Известно, что сделка была закрыта 8 июня 2017 года. Привлеченные инвестиции будут направлены на маркетинговое продвижение сервиса, проработку каналов продаж и вывод бренда на широкий рынок. Gurmaniya.com – краснодарский сервис, основанный в ноябре 2016 года Никитой Выхристюком. П... →

Как крупному вендору выжить вместе со стартапами.... →

Milk deliveries may not sound like an industry in need of disruption, but that’s exactly what one startup in India is working to do. Supr Daily — the company in question — graduated the Y Combinator accelerator program this year and now it has raised $1.5 million from a range of investors to expand its service. The Supr Daily service is designed to bring formality and order… Read More... →

Uber is in late-stage talks to acquire Luxe, the on-demand car valet service, The Wall Street Journal and Recode report, citing sources. TechCrunch has since learned that the talks are indeed happening, but that the deal hasn’t closed and therefore could unravel. The plan is for Uber to acquire some of Luxe’s technology and engineering talent, according to Recode. This week, Uber… Read More... →

Hype hasn’t been an issue for Andy Rubin’s new hardware startup, Essential. Speculation has been circling the Android founder’s next move since he unceremoniously parted ways with Google. Funding, it seems, hasn’t really been a problem, either. Bloomberg is reporting that the nascent smartphone maker has raised $300 million to bring its technology to the masses. A… Read More... →

The augmented reality acquisition space is hot — Facebook, Snap, Apple and others are throwing money at teams and technologies that promise to increase user engagement. Spektral, a Danish startup, is the latest venture-backed visual effects company setting its sights on the massive space. Spektral is announcing a $2.8 million round today from Litecap and Amp Ventures to continue… Read More... →

Beauty parlors manage a lot of appointments, but about half of them are still using pen and paper, estimates Shedul. The startup is trying to change that, by offering scheduling software for the the salon and spa industry. And it’s been catching on because it’s free. Now they’re raising $6 million led by Dubai’s Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), with participation… Read More... →

Microsoft приобрела основанный в Израиле стартап Hexadite, который использует машинное обучение для обеспечения кибербезопасности компаний. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch.... →

Венчурный фонд и стартап-акселератор iDealMachine совместно с колледжем Tel-Ran запустил в Израиле первый русскоязычный акселератор. Программа ориентирована на IT и наукоемкие проекты новых репатриантов и рассчитана на четыре месяца — с июня по сентябрь 2017 года. Об этом Firrma рассказали в iDealMachine. Программа состоит из двух частей: предакселерационной и акселерационной. В течение первого месяца проекты проводят customer development и подтверждают спрос на свою идею деньгами. Следующие три месяца кома... →

Following allegations of the now-defunct job search startupWrkRiot scamming employees out of wages and its CEO Isaac Choi of misleading former employees about his credentials, the U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Choi, charging him with five counts of wire fraud. Choi allegedly lured several of WrkRiot’s former employees to work for him based on “false and misleading… Read More... →

Some consolidation is afoot in the world of virtual reality. MindMaze, a startup based out of Switzerland that has been building a VR platform to map and respond to brain activity for applications in healthcare and other fields, is making its first acquisition: Gait Up, a developer of motion analytics used in smart watches and other hardware. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed… Read More... →

Revolut, the rather noisy London fintech startup that offers a card and current account features that comes with low currency exchange, has taken venture debt from U.S.-based Triplepoint Capital, according to a regulatory filing. The amount remains undisclosed, though I understand the financing is to see the company through to a much larger Series B round currently in the works. Read More... →

Yet more activity in the world of cybersecurity. Today Microsoft confirmed that it has acquired Hexadite, an Israeli startup that uses AI to identify and protect against attacks. We and others reported that this deal was in the works last month, for a price sources tell us is $100 million. The idea is to expand Microsoft’s existing security portfolio with an infusion of new technology… Read More... →

French startup Algolia just raised a $53 million Series B round led by Accel, a couple of years after raising $18.3 million with… Accel also leading the round. So it looks like it’s a love story between the VC firm and the software-as-a-service startup. The reason is quite simple. Algolia is still growing like crazy with its annual recurring revenue doubling every year.… Read More... →

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In its short existence as a startup, London-based Roli has created two of the most compelling music making devices in recent memory. The Seaboard was a material rethink of the standard electric keyboard with a rubbery surface that allows played notes to be manipulated directly in a variety of ways. And the company went in an altogether different direction last year with Blocks — a system… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) договорился об инвестициях в российский стартап HoloGroup, которые разрабатывает решения для дополненной реальности на базе Microsoft HoloLens. Об этом vc.ru сообщили представители фонда.... →