Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Verizon (disclosure: Verizon owns Aol, which owns TechCrunch) has invested in self-driving software startup Renovo, which wants to become an autonomous operating system provider to leading automakers and fleet operators. The investment comes as part of a new $10 million round led by True Ventures, the Wall Street Journal reports, and boosts the total funding raised by the company to $14.5… Read More... →

Australia-based cross-border payments startup Airwallex has closed a $13 million Series A round to expand its reach across Asia Pacific and into Europe. The deal was led by Chinese internet giant Tencent — marking its first investment in an Australian startup — with participation from Sequoia China, Mastercard and other undisclosed investors. Airwallex was founded last year… Read More... →

Africa’s startup boom is moving into the used-vehicle space. Nigeria based Cars45.com raised a $5 million Series A round from the Frontier Cars Group, a holding company whose backers include Balderton Capital,  EchoVC, TPG Growth, and NEA. Cars45 will deploy the capital to improve its platform that buys, sells, prices, and rates the condition of pre-owned autos. “The used-car… Read More... →

New parents are faced with many conundrums and one of the most nerve-wracking is how to check a diaper without waking a sleeping baby. Korean startup Monit’s new Bluetooth sensor wants to make sniff tests a thing of the past by alerting parents as soon as their baby’s diaper is soiled. Later on, the sensor can be turned into a portable air quality and temperature monitor, extending… Read More... →

Silicon Valley is a bubble. Go into any SoMa coffee shop and you’ll hear founders and investors alike singing the praises of Hyperloop and flying cars — sci-fi tropes reincarnated by billionaires with a god complex. This isn’t to say these technologies shouldn’t be pursued, but sometimes it’s healthy to remember that we are effectively pulling a Facebook… Read More... →

Gig, a new car-sharing app created by the emergency roadside assistance service AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah officially rolled out to the Bay Area today. A3 Ventures, AAA’s venture arm, announced earlier this month it would soon be launching the one-way car sharing service, starting with Oakland and Berkeley, California. Gig is similar to other temporary car share… Read More... →

Meet Tempow, a French startup that can make your Bluetooth speakers more versatile. The company has been working on a new implementation of the Bluetooth protocol in order to let you play music from your phone on multiple speakers and headphones at once. Bluetooth speakers have become a common gift and a hit item in consumer electronics stores. Most people now have multiple Bluetooth speakers… Read More... →

The government of Cameroon ended its internet blackout of parts of the country last week, according to news reports and confirmation from the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. The three month outage forced the hand of Africa’s largest telecom, halted operations of its leading e-commerce startup, and created digital refugees. Read More... →

Huge companies in fast-changing, technology-intensive businesses buy startups. After all, they have the money and need fresh entrepreneurial talent to tap new markets and stay abreast of disruption. That’s the collective wisdom about M&A in venture capital and startup circles. It’s also how the venture business survives. But what if the common wisdom isn’t true? Read More... →

60 стартапов из финансового и банковского сектора представили свои решения в Сан-Хосе на главной выставке финтех-рынка.... →

Честная история развития стартапа: от офлайна к онлайн и поступлению в акселератор 500 Startups... →

Фонд AltaIR Capital Игоря Рябенького вышел из портфельной компании ToutApp, которая занимается разработкой ПО для отделов продаж. Об этом управляющий партнер фонда сообщил на своей странице в Facebook. По данным из открытых источников, AltaIR Capital вложился в ToutApp в апреле 2013 года в посевном раунде инвестиций на общую сумму $920 тысяч. В сделке также участвовали фонды Scott Banister, 500 Startups, Founder Collective. Стартап была продана компании Marketo, которая разрабатывает программное обеспечение... →

Druva, CommVault and EMCRubrik, a startup that provides data backup and recovery services for enterprises across both cloud and on-premises environments, has closed a $180 million round of funding that values the company at $1.3 billion. The news confirms a report we ran earlier this week noting that the company was raising between $150 million and $200 million. IVP (as we noted sources told… Read More... →

On April 13, the state of California issued a cease and desist letter to RydenGo, saying that the company had to take its website down. The letter stated that the ride hailing startup was operating without a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The problem with the order, according to RydenGo CEO Michael Pappas, is that the company is not yet operating. It does have… Read More... →

По следам сделки с Gett основатели стартапа Juno Игорь Магазинник и Тальмон Марко дали интервью изданию dev.by.... →

VR theaters and arcades like Virtualities are starting to pop up in warehouses and other empty spaces around the U.S., including Burningham’s startup, located in what used to be a Hot Topic on the second floor of the Gateway Mall on Salt Lake City’s west side. The mall was built specifically to show off the fine dining and retail offerings of Utah as the world came to visit during… Read More... →

Deep Sentinel, a home security startup, today announced that it had closed a $7.4 million Series A led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Lux Capital and UP2398. Founded by serial entrepreneur David Selinger, Deep Sentinel is betting that its emphasis on user experience can provide needed differentiation in the crowded space. Over tea in the… Read More... →

Пермский предприниматель Дмитрий Сутормин продал компанию Skypark CDN, занимающуюся созданием и поддержкой CDN-решений, хостинг-провайдеру G-Core из Люксембурга. Об этом пишет «Коммерсантъ».... →

At Disrupt NY in May, we’re launching the Founder Spotlight, where startup founders will be able to tell the human story behind their company. We’ve already revealed a handful of those companies, and today we’re excited to tell you about the rest of them. Bowery Farming Bowery Farming is a startup looking to change the way we grow food. With the global population growing,… Read More... →

Не американским рынком единым живет индустрия стартапов.... →