Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Grocery delivery startup Instacart has raised approximately $400 million in a new round of venture funding at a valuation of $3.4 billion according to sources familiar with the deal. Axios broke news that Instacart was in talks to close this mammoth venture deal last week. Instacart executives declined to comment for this story. Over the past year, Instacart has weathered controversies… Read More... →

Heavy equipment makers Deere & Co., better known as John Deere, have forged a strategic alliance with drone-tech startup Kespry, the companies announced at CONEXPO, an international trade show for the construction industry in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The deal could prove a boon for sales of Kespry’s drones and data analytics software. It could help John Deere tap into a new, high-tech… Read More... →

Wrapify, the startup that will pay you to wrap your car with an advertisement, has raised $3M in seed funding. As a refresher, the startup provides a two-side marketplace that matches up drivers wanting to make some extra money with brands looking for a unique way to advertise. Eligible drivers will get their car wrap installed (and removed) for free, and on average are paid $450 a month for… Read More... →

Kuri, the smart home robot from Bosch internal startup Mayfield Robotics, won a lot of hearts when it debuted at CES in January. Now, the little domestic bot has gained some new abilities, which should help it win minds, too, when it launches officially to pre-order customers later this year. One of Kuri’s new powers is facial detection, which allows it to tailor its reactions and… Read More... →

A new startup called Indigo Fair is looking to change the way local retailers do business — specifically how they source and manage the inventory they use to stock their shelves. Founded by a team of former Square employees, the company is launching with seed funding from Khosla Ventures, YC and some angels. Read More... →

Doppler Labs got a strange sense of déjà vu when Bose announced the limited release of its hearing-assisting Hearphones late last year. The technology, the look, even the name hit a little too close for home for the headphone startup, so it filed suit earlier this month in Massachusetts, Bose’s home state. In a 16 page filing, Doppler accuses the audio giant of “unfair and… Read More... →

Scavenger hunts just got significantly more tactical with Descartes Labs’ new GeoVisual Search. Finding shipping containers, runways and even parking lots on a global scale is no problem with the free tool made available today. Descartes Labs is a geospatial analytics startup based in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The company specializes in analyzing satellite imagery and other global data… Read More... →

Streaming music service Spotify announced this morning it has acquired a company called Sonalytic, makers of an audio detection technology that can identify songs, mixed content and audio clips, as well as track copyright-protected material, and aid in music discovery. These features line up with services that Spotify offers, making Sonalytic a natural fit for the company, it seems. Spotify… Read More... →

Last week, GIF-finding platform Giphy revealed a new line of business offering artist-created stickers in Apple’s iMessage app. But what it didn’t announce was that it also made an acquisition to bolster this new sticker strategy. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Giphy quietly acquired imoji, a startup that had developed a popular platform for creators to build and… Read More... →

Are you sitting on campus but dreaming of the Big Apple? We’ve got the opportunity for you. TechCrunch is thrilled to announce that we will once again be giving college students the opportunity to purchase deeply discounted tickets to Disrupt NY 2017, so all you undergrad and graduate students can attend the best startup show in New York, even on a ramen budget. Student Disrupt tickets… Read More... →

A subscription commerce startup that sells its own brand of daily disposable contact lenses, Hubble, has raised $16.5 million in a new round of venture funding just five months after having launched its service publicly. One might say the deal happened in the blink of an eye for the startup, which is incorporated as Vision Path Inc. Co-founded by Ben Cogan and Jesse Horwitz, Hubble sells… Read More... →

Facebook в Италии приостановила работу своего геолокационного сервиса, позволявшего искать интересные места неподалёку от пользователя, пишет Fortune. Основанием для этого стал иск местного стартапа Business Competence, который обвинил соцсеть в копировании функций.... →

Fintech startup Qapital has raised $12 million in Series A funding from investors that include Industrifonden, Northzone, Rocketship VC and Anthemis Exponential Ventures to expand its capabilities. Read More... →

GeoPost, the international subsidiary of the French Groupe La Poste, has acquired “last-mile” delivery startup Stuart. Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис «ЗвониOnline», который предлагает пользователю возвращать себе часть суммы за непотраченные в месяц минуты разговора. На накопленные средства клиент может приобрести подарок с каталога сайта. Передаём микрофон.... →

Венчурный фонд Сбербанка SBVC вышел из компании iiko, разрабатывающей софт для автоматизации ресторанного бизнеса, сообщает РБК. Соснователь компании Максим Нальский купил у банка 27%, увеличив свою долю до 40,3%. Сделка состоялась в августе 2016 года. Точная сумму не раскрывается, она составила «несколько сотен млн руб.». Венчурный фонд Сбербанка владел 37% доли iiko. Эту долю в конце 2007 года за $3,7 млн купил первый инвестор стартапа — венчурный фонд Республики Татарстан, под управлением компании «Тройк... →

Венчурный фонд АФК «Системы» Sistema Asia Fund вложил в бангалорскую платформу по доставке мяса Licious. Об этом говорится в сообщении компании. В инвестиционном раунде В на общую сумму $10 млн участвовали и другие инвесторы. Ранее в этом же раунде участвовали фонд Mayfield India II и другие инвесторы. Инвестиции были направлены на расширение команды, ассортимента продукции, усовершенствование технологий и логистику. Licious – сервис по доставке мяса, бренд компании Delightful Gourmet Pvt. Ltd., (DGPL). Се... →

Еще один стартап представил систему искусственного интеллекта, способную писать качественную музыку... →

Kenya’s leading mobile provider, Safaricom, is teaming up with data collection startup, mSurvey, to launch Consumer Wallet―an online platform using mobile and SMS to map Africa’s cash-based economy. A beta version of the product goes live in Kenya this month. Safaricom and mSurvey are testing the app with potential clients and corporate partners, including McKinsey Consulting… Read More... →

Serial entrepreneur Justin Kan, best known for co-founding Twitch, Justin.tv and Socialcam, has left his position as a partner at Y Combinator to start his own startup incubator program. The venture is called Zero-F — think ‘zero to funding’ — and the idea, Kan told TechCrunch, is to take a very hands-on approach to building new startups in Silicon Valley.… Read More... →