Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Every year roughly 600,000 people in China die from lung cancer. Already the leading cause of death in the pollution-choked and chain-smoking prone nation, the incidence of lung cancer among China’s citizens is actually going to increase to 800,000 cases per-year by 2020. The situation has gotten bad enough that China’s state media has not only been forced to report on the spread… Read More... →

In order to run complex algorithms on data at any scale you normally need a lot of engineering resources and management. Like, a LOT. Over 50% of the total amount of money spent on processing that oft-remarked thing called Big Data is spent on engineering and developer operations. It’s a big problem to solve, and basically a sitting duck for a startup to attack. The problem is, it’s… Read More... →

As music streaming continues to grow in ubiquity, a company that’s built a platform to collect royalties on music played across billions of streams is cashing in on the opportunity. Kobalt, the European startup that has built technology and a platform to collect music royalties by tracking when even a sample of a song is played across multiple platforms, has raised another $75… Read More... →

Стартап DeepMap, основанный бывшими инженерами Google, привлёк $25 млн от группы инвесторов, сообщает Bloomberg. Компания разрабатывает технологии распознавания дорожных препятствий для самоуправляемых автомобилей.... →

Most at-home lab testing devices like Scanadu and Cor are still waiting for FDA approval, but simple lab testing can still be done in the confines of your own home and then shipped to a lab and that’s led to a handful of new startups offering services like STD or food allergy tests. Everlywell, an Austin-based at-home lab testing startup (and a Disrupt Battlefield company), aims to make… Read More... →

Обзор от журналиста и PR-специалиста Марии Лобановой.... →

Language learning service Babbel is one of Berlin’s quiet startup success stories. While it was once on the brink of shutting down, today it’s a thriving company with hundreds of employees who work in a sprawling office in the middle of Berlin — and it’s the market leader in large parts of Europe. Unlike competitors like Duolingo, though, Babbel is a paid service. Read More... →

With titanium 3D printers, electrostatic charge tables, and a giant slide, Playground Global lives up to it’s a name. Here we take you on a tour of Android operating system inventor Andy Rubin’s hardware startup incubator that’s backed by a $300 million fund. Check out how the whimsical space lets scrappy hackers compete with Facebook and Google to recruit top talent. If… Read More... →

Becoming a parent brings drastic change in the household budget. As such, new and expectant parents are a favored demographic among marketers. Startup founders and their backers have also taken an interest, applying technology and business model innovation to the increasingly tech-intensive art of watching, feeding, entertaining and transporting tiny humans. Read More... →

Владелец дизайн-завода «Флакон», «Хлебозавода №9» и корабля «Брюсов» инвестиционная компания Realogic инвестировала в проект для совместной аренды коммерческой недвижимости Office Sharing. О сделке vc.ru рассказал руководитель отдела маркетинга и инвестиций Realogic Сергей Романов, информацию подтвердила основательница сервиса Юлия Кривцова.... →

Инвестиционная компания Realogic Николая Матушевского приобрела 10% в стартапе Office Sharing. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Инвестиции в проект пойдут на доработку автоматизированной версии сайта, CRM систему, маркетинг и выход в новые города. «Мы сразу увидели потенциал проекта для Realogic. На дворе кризисная ситуация, компании оптимизируют издержки, молодым стартапам нужны помещения, а у нас еще и Флакон с Хлебозаводом №9 - отличная синергия!» – прокомментировал сделку Николай Матушевский. Ранее в... →

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Made in Space Inc. is known as the company behind the 3D printers on board the International Space Station. Astronauts have used the startup’s AMF, or Additive Manufacturing Facility on the ISS, to churn out everything from finger splints to tools, sculptures and even other printer parts. Now, the company is revealing a video rendering of its larger Archinaut system, a factory in the… Read More... →

Yard Club, a startup founded to make more efficient use of construction and other heavy equipment, has been acquired by Caterpillar. Terms were not disclosed, but Yard Club CEO Colin Evran confirmed the deal had closed earlier this week. Read More... →

Last night, at an event in San Francisco, I sat down with The RealReal founder and CEO Julie Wainwright, who is renowned in startup circles for a variety of things, including her role in winding down the e-commerce company Pets.com during the dot. com era; being one of the bigger personalities in the industry; and launching what’s become one of the fastest-growing consignment… Read More... →

Just six months into its life, Growlabs, a startup using machine intelligence to support outbound sales teams, has raised a $2.2 million seed round. Founded by Ben Raffi, the creator of ticketing app Universe, Growlabs helps businesses reduce their customer acquisition costs by enabling smalls sales teams to do more with less. From his past work with Universe, Raffi knows how difficult it… Read More... →

Мнение автора блога Startup Grind о падении рекламных доходов корпорации и конкуренции с Amazon.... →

Автопроизводитель Porsche открыл в Кремниевой долине офис на 100 человек, который займётся новыми партнёрствами, общением с венчурными инвесторами, а также сделками со стартапами. Об этом пишет Reuters.... →

Сооснователь компании Taiga VR Роман Поволоцкий вложится в пять проектов, ставших победителями хакатона «КиберРоссия». Каждый стартап получит до 500 тысяч рублей в течение месяца. Предприниматель, в свою очередь, приобретет доли в компаниях. Размер долей не раскрывается. Победителями хакатона стали:  1. Tilt Shift – образовательный VR-проект для детей, который в игровой форме учит программированию с помощью логических блоков. 2. Команда «Империум» с проектом VR Helper – приложение для реабилитации людей пос... →

Почему команда стартапа Zapier, который ожидает получить $20 млн за год, работает удаленно.... →