Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

One of the big HR startup stories of the last year has been the trials and tribulations of Zenefits, but news coming out today from another company in the space shows that there is still a lot of opportunity in the industry with the right approach. Namely, a New York-based SaaS HR firm that focuses on mid-sized (100 to 1,000 employees) companies offering an all-in-one human resources… Read More... →

Taboola, the startup that works with hundreds of online publishers to run carousels of recommended content and ads from their own and other publishers’ sites to grow engagement and revenues, has made another acquisition to grow the services it offers to its customers beyond the bottom of the page. Taboola has acquired Commerce Sciences, which had built a… Read More... →

Startups are taking over CES. While the Sonys and Samsungs of the consumer electronics industry are presenting their latest and greatest devices today, hundreds of companies are also making their way to Las Vegas to present some nifty hardware products. That’s the reason why TechCrunch is organizing the Hardware Battlefield. It’s just like the Battlefield startup competition at… Read More... →

Руководство командного мессенджера Slack назвало 11 стартапов, в которые вложил средства принадлежащий компании фонд Slack Fund. В июле 2016 года компания уже рассказывало о 14 компаниях, которые привлекли от фонда $2 млн.... →

It’s not the happiest new year at social publishing platform Medium, apparently. According to a blog post from its CEO Ev Williams, also co-founder of Twitter, the well funded startup is laying off fifty employees in non-engineering roles and shuttering its offices in New York and Washington D.C. Williams took the rosiest possible angle on changes happening at Medium, titling… Read More... →

Это третья волна инвестиций через Slack Fund... →

Российский чат-бот для аналитических сервисов Statsbot привлек инвестиции от фонда Slack Fund, принадлежащего мессенджеру Slack. Об этом сообщил TechCrunch. Сумма привлеченных средств не раскрывается. Инвестиции сделаны в рамках политики Slack вкладывать в экосистему. В ноябре Statsbot привлек $1,6 млн от Eniac Ventures, Betaworks и фонда председателя совета директоров Alphabet Эрика Шмидта Innovation Endeavors.  Slack Fund также вложил в 10 других стартапов, среди которых корпоративный финансовый бот SwayF... →

Babylon Health, the U.K. startup that offers a digital healthcare app via a mixture of artificial intelligence (AI) and video and text consultations with doctors and specialists, has scored a potentially significant trial with the National Health Service (NHS). Read More... →

Freskdesk announced today that it has acquired Banglaore-based startup Pipemonk for an undisclosed amount. Pipemonk helps companies move data between cloud platforms, which should come in handy for Freshdesk and its partners. Pipemonk, which was born as ZapStitch, had raised just over 2 million since it launched in 2014, with its primary funding round coming in May, 2015, when it landed $2… Read More... →

Издание Ars Technica опубликовало традиционный материал с прогнозами о том, какие компании и бренды погибнут в 2017 году. В список вошли Yahoo, анонимный мессенджер Yik Yak, медицинский стартап Theranos и другие. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод заметки.... →

Stealthy mixed reality startup Magic Leap has been having a bit of a tough time on the publicity front of late… which likely explains why CEO Rony Abovitz felt the need to leapt into 2017 by penning a blog post aimed at putting some positive puff back into Magic Leap’s image. Read More... →

Bicycle sharing services are primed to be a major focus for China’s startup scene this year. Now today, only the fourth day of 2017, comes the first mega-round for the space after Mobike announced its $215 million Series D funding. Read More... →

Firrma продолжает серию интервью с управляющими партнерами крупнейших российских венчурных фондов. На очереди итоги года и прогнозы от Александра Галицкого, Almaz Capital. Три важных итога года для вас лично. – Выход из Sensity (компания продана Verizon) – самый крупный выход в истории фонда. – Деятельное участие Сбербанка в финансировании глобальных и российских IT-стартапов, и, как итог, наша совместная сделка с компанией GridGain. – Формирование программы НТИ, работа над определением необходимой поддержк... →

It’s fair to say that HappyFresh, one of a number of startups working to make the business of on-demand grocery shopping viable in Southeast Asia, didn’t have a great 2016. Read More... →

Mayfield Robotics, a startup owned by Bosch, shows off the Kuri robot, Intel buys 15% of Here mapping business and electric bus company Proterra raises $140 million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

While plenty of companies are rushing to bring fully wireless earbuds to the market, the phenomenon is already old hat for Earin. The company launched its first product way back in 2015 to mixed reviews, following a success crowdfunding campaign. This CES, the startup is back for more with the M2, a pair of extremely small buds featuring built-in touch control. Of course, a lot has happened in… Read More... →

BitPagos, a bitcoin and digital payments startup that was a Battlefield finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2016, has raised $1.9 million Series A funding round to expand its services in its native South America. Read More... →

Mayfield Robotics is a startup fully owned and funded by Bosch, with a team of co-founders that have extensive experience in the field of robotics, but also in interaction design and machine learning. Their first product is Kuri, an intelligent home robot making its official debut at CES this year, with pre-orders beginning in the U.S. and a target ship date of sometime during the holidays… Read More... →

Monese, the London-based fintech startup that offers a mobile banking app for immigrants and expats who might otherwise find it difficult to open a bank account outside of their originating country, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Read More... →

Startup accelerators have become an integral part of helping early-stage companies build, fund and bring to market new products and ideas. Recently, we’ve seen museums look to the models of accelerators, incubators and coworking spaces to bring together entrepreneurs, hackers and cultural practitioners in hopes of driving innovation and generating new ideas. Is this a fad or new trend? Read More... →