Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Improbable, the London startup that has developed a platform for third parties to build vast virtual and simulated worlds, has landed a stratospheric round of funding to double down on its product and expanding its ecosystem of developers. The company, which also has offices in San Francisco, has raised $502 million in funding led by SoftBank, with previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and… Read More... →

Ben Jackson, whose résumé includes work at Vice Media and The  New York Times, is launching a startup advisory firm called For The Win. Jackson was most recently Vice’s director of mobile apps, where he said he created the mobile apps team and built nine apps, as well as the company’s first unified content API. He’s also worked at the iOS lead at Longform and as a… Read More... →

“Is that what they really look like?” “Did they Photoshop the pics of the house we’re renting?” “Is this actually what I’m buying or just a photo ripped off the Internet?” These are the questions Truepic wants to answer with the startup’s photo verification technology. Today Truepic unveils its SDK for embedding its tech in other products… Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you 500 Startups Demo Day today, May 11th at 12:00pm to 5:00pm PT. As a global seed fund and startup accelerator, 500 Startups invests in various technology around the world. 500 Startups is holding a Demo Day today for their Batch 20 companies. The theme for this batch is Summer of Love. This group of 41 companies comes from 10 countries representing over… Read More... →

Restaurants depend on the sale of alcoholic beverages for 60 percent of their revenue. This means that knowing what happens to liquor after it’s put on the shelf behind the bar is critically important to bar owners. Today, connected-device startup Nectar is launching a pour spout and stopper equipped with ultrasound technology to give bar owners eyes on this valuable inventory. To… Read More... →

With only four days left until disrupt NY 2017, we are more excited than ever. We have 19 unique companies competing in our Startup Battlefield competition which all culminates on Wednesday, May 17th at 11am during our Battlefield Finals. After making it through a prior competition round, 4-5 companies will be chosen to compete for the Disrupt Cup and $50,000. We have expert judges who will… Read More... →

A meal kit startup with a focus on healthful recipes and organic ingredients, Sun Basket, has just raised $9 million in series C-2 round of venture funding led by Unilever Ventures, with Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle Capital joining the round. The investment brings the startup’s total capital raised to-date to $52 million. Sun Basket delivers recipes and pre-measured ingredients… Read More... →

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This morning Cisco announced that it is buying MindMeld for $125 million. Founded in 2011, MindMeld helps businesses to build conversational interfaces with cloud-based services. MindMeld, originally called Expect Labs, was launched on the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012. At that time the startup wanted to build an iPad app that could listen in on your conversations and provide… Read More... →

We want to see you in New York for Disrupt NY 2017, our annual celebration of all things startup. It’s a great time. You get to meet great founders and VCs and I’d love to meet you personally when I run through the alley with our video team. Hardware is my favorite thing in the world and you’re some of my favorite people. Disrupt runs from May 15-17 and will be held on Pier 36… Read More... →

Twiggle, a Tel Aviv-headquartered startup focused on making searching for products online as simple as talking to a store clerk, announced today that it has raised $15 million led by MizMaa Ventures and Korea Investment Partners. Read More... →

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Как стало известно Firrma, венчурный фонд Target Global закрыл сделку по продаже своей доли в сервисе Clark. Источник, знакомый с деталями сделки, сообщил, что долю фонда выкупил один из действующих акционеров компании. Сумма сделки составила порядка 1 млн евро. Эту информацию Firrma подтвердили в Target Global. «Мы действительно совершили выход из Clark, но по-прежнему считаем insurtech одним из наиболее интересных сегментов на рынке, – рассказал партнер Target Global Михаил Лобанов. – В рамках сделки мы п... →

Проритет №1: Команда – Полноценная по компетенциям. Обычно, 2-3 человека с дополняющими ключевыми компетенциями. – Сумевшая сделать минимальную жизнеспособную версию начального продукта. Это единственное доказательство компетенций и мотивации. – Готовая учиться, менять себя, менять рынок, менять продукт. – Способная искать и находить новые решения проблем, в том числе и вылезать из жопы. Приоритет №2: Рынок – Понимание рынка в широком смысле этого слова – не по способам реализации, а по статье расходов. – Н... →

Пять крупнейших стартап-экосистем в деталях.... →

Пиар для стартапа: с чего начать и как эффективно действовать... →

Ontruck, a Madrid-based startup that has built an “on-demand logistics platform” to connect businesses directly with road freight carriers, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Read More... →

Сейчас отсмативаю много кандидатов на различные позиции в VC/PE фонд и просто невероятно, как некорректно кандидаты воспринимают суть деятельности VC. У большинства какие-то романтические представления о том, что венчурный бизнес это про «найти прикольный, перспективный стартап и дать им денег» и отчего большинству кажется, что главные навыки в VC - это «находить классные проекты» и умение строить финмодели. Как говорится, #ржунимагу aka LOL. Первое. Суть бизнеса VC заключается в том, что заработать для LP ... →

With an eye on providing banking services later this year, online lending startup SoFi is planning to apply for an industrial bank charter in the next month, according to CEO Mike Cagney. If approved, it would become the first company to receive new industrial loan company (ILC) charter in a decade. Read More... →

Tom Insel, the former head of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has left his position at Google’s life sciences company Verily to found his own mental health startup Mindstrong. First reported in Nature, the new startup will try to analyze a person’s mental health state using information on their smartphone. Note Verily is working on a similar program… Read More... →