Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Not even flexible, freelance jobs in the on-demand economy will be saved from the siege of automation. Starship Technologies is putting its self-driving delivery robots to work in the US. Specifically, its first US partners are the food delivery startup DoorDash, and courier marketplace Postmates, which are beginning pilot tests with Starship’s delivery robots in Redwood City, Calif.… Read More... →

Data governance and management startup Collibra — originally founded in Belgium but now based out of New York to help businesses in sectors like finance and healthcare to manage and comply with data retention policies — has raised $50 million in its latest round of funding. The company is not disclosing the valuation, but we heard that it is in the region of $650 million (which is… Read More... →

Весной 2017 года Facebook откроет в Париже свой первый стартап-инкубатор – Startup Garage. Он будет расположен в кампусе Station F. Об этом заявила операционный директор компании Шерил Сандберг. Facebook уже принимает заявки на участие в инкубаторе через страницу проекта в социальной сети. Компания планирует организовать для участников программы 80 рабочих мест и каждые полгода работать с 10-15 проектами. […]... →

Основатель и глава Facebook Марк Цукерберг во время дачи показаний по иску Zenimax против соцсети рассказал, что компания в общей сложности заплатила за стартап Oculus VR не $2 млрд, как было объявлено ранее, а $3 млрд. Дополнительный $1 млрд был потрачен на выплаты сотрудникам, пишет Business Insider.... →

Партнерский материал Самый активный частный инвестор 2016 года по версии «Рейтинга бизнес-ангелов» Firrma Александр Румянцев рассказывает о собственной методике оценки стартапов. На сегодняшний день в портфеле инвестора 15 проектов. Мой подход к оценке прозрачен: он основан на собственном анализе рынка, уже осуществлённых инвестициях и общении с другими инвесторами. Должен отметить,что я доволен большей частью своего портфеля – а это 15 стартапов, – и сейчас мы закрываем еще несколько сделок, которые оценив... →

Банк «Открытие» стал использовать в трёх своих московских отделениях идентификацию клиентов с использованием системы по анализу биометрии лица, говорится в сообщении кредитной организации. Партнёрами проекта стали российский стартап VisionLabs и компания Q-Systems.... →

Navigation and mapping company TomTom — which provides data to companies like Uber and Apple as well as for its own GPS systems — has made an acquisition to add more autonomous driving technology to its platform. It has acquired Autonomos, a Berlin startup that has worked in R&D consultancy for various self-driving projects out of Germany. Financial terms of the deal have not… Read More... →

Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart is in the midst of transition after it welcomed a new CEO this month, but that hasn’t stopped it from investing $2 million in parenting startup TinyStep. Read More... →

Zeotap, a startup that helps telecom companies sell their data to advertisers, announced today that it has raised €12 million in Series B funding (that’s just under $13 million). Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Projjol Banerjea told me that while there’s “decent data” available for online advertisers targeting desktop users, things are shakier on the mobile… Read More... →

How do local boutiques compete with the Amazons of the world? The easy answer is they don’t. When you shop for quality and design over cheap and easy, it’s a different market entirely. But the popularity of online retail has created a need for boutiques to have a presence online. London startup Trouva is helping small boutiques open up their customer base to the global community.… Read More... →

If you’ve spent time following companies like Orbital Insight and Descartes Labs, you might assume the geospatial analytics race has been won. But TellusLabs thinks, on the contrary, that the table hasn’t even started to cool. Armed with $3 million in new seed funding from IA Ventures, the Boston-based startup wants its trust in human intuition to be the ace that wins it a seat… Read More... →

As the fitness wearables market continues to climb, Lumo Bodytech, a startup making wearables focused on things like running and posture, has decided to further business revenue by licensing its platform. Lumo, valued at $41 million according to Pitchbook, now plans to open up its proprietary tech stack — including software, algorithms, applications, and hardware — to third… Read More... →

London-based startup Juro, which is applying machine learning to help businesses speed up authoring and management of their sales contracts, has closed a $750,000 (£615k) seed round, with investors including Point Nine Capital and Seedcamp. Read More... →

It’s 2017, and that means TechCrunch will bring TechCrunch Disrupt and Startup Battlefield to New York in a few short months — May 15-17 to be exact. This year the event will be back in Manhattan, at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side. Similar waterfront location to last year’s event in Red Hook, but in Manhattan, with easy access by car and public transportation. Already know… Read More... →

Fabletics, the workout clothing startup co-founded by Oscar-nominated mega star Kate Hudson, is launching an online workout platform for those who adhere to that fit and fabulous lifestyle. The online workouts are part of Fabletics’s extended community perks and will consist of new, high-profile workout partners each month from top studios such as Physique 57, Body by Simone and The… Read More... →

Measure may not be building the ultimate flying camera, or drones that drop burritos at your door. But the Washington D.C.-based startup has raised $15 million in a Series B round of funding to fly drones as a service for other businesses that want to do things like conduct inspections, capture videos, or gather other insights from on high. Measure CEO and cofounder Brandon Torres Declet… Read More... →

Selling a suite of online and mobile services for wealth managers and individual investors, Starburst Labs, a new New York-based startup has landed $6.25 million in its first institutional round of financing. A relatively new entrant into the market, Starburst Labs began working on its first product in 2013 and is targeting the independent wealth managers and armchair investors that account for… Read More... →

Berlin-based Neufund has raised €2 million from Christoph Maire’s Atlantic Labs, Klaas Kersting and a group of superangels. Neufund will use the funding to build an open platform for investors to acquire startup equity in the form of tradable crypto tokens. Read More... →

Социальный проект Sentimoto — в рубрике «Стартап дня»... →

Facebook планирует открыть в Париже весной 2017 года свой первый стартап-инкубатор, получивший название Startup Garage, заявила исполнительный директор Facebook Шерил Сэндберг. Об этом пишет Business Insider.... →