Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

French startup Yomoni is a promising fintech startup operating robo-advisors. It means that you can give the company some of your savings, and the startup automatically manages a portfolio for you, buying and selling stocks, bonds and more. Yomoni just raised $5.4 million from existing investors Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and Iéna Venture (€5 million). The management team is also buying back some… Read More... →

Slack took a big step in its evolution as a startup yesterday when it launched Slack Enterprise Grid, the enterprise version of its popular messaging platform. For Slack to continue its growth trajectory, it had to move on from being a tool for discrete teams to one that could deal with substantially more users, and provide some security and governance as it connected to other departments… Read More... →

Everyone can recognize great interior design. But it’s much harder to actually design a space and pick out all the items you need to make it look great. Hutch, a Los Angeles-based startup, is aiming to fix this. Read More... →

DigitalBridge is a U.K. startup based in Manchester and backed by John Lewis via the 150 year-old apartment store’s accelerator. The company is taking a different and, on the surface at least, simpler approach to letting you “try on” home décor products before purchasing. Read More... →

Reserve, a startup offering table and customer management tools for restaurants, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding. When the company first launched in 2014, it billed itself as a “digital concierge” that would make it easier for diners to get reservations at top restaurants. Last year, it launched a new product called Reserve for Restaurants,… Read More... →

Emojis — not just a fun way to avoid writing actual words, but also an opportunity for  ? Well, Inmoji, a startup that creates emoji-focused marketing campaigns, is announcing that it has raised an additional $1.5 million, bringing its total funding to $9 million. This comes a week after announcing a self-serve platform that should make these emoji campaigns accessible to a… Read More... →

Popular video app Flipagram is getting acquired by Chinese company Toutiao for an undisclosed amount. Flipagram was once a social media darling but the startup has been quiet recently. Flipagram will remain an independent product for the time being and the team will stay in its own office in the U.S. Recode first reported that Flipagram was looking for a buyer. Flipagram had raised a big… Read More... →

Ripple – to some its delicious fortified wine. To others, one of the more accessible Grateful Dead tracks. To others still, it’s a Silicon Valley startup that makes milk out of peas. You can add yet another name to the list — Ripple Network Technology, which shares little more than a vaguely evocative name with those other parties. This Florida-based team has designed a… Read More... →

Частный инвестор Александр Румянцев учредил собственную номинации «Инвестиции от Александра Румянцева» в рамках стартап-акселератора GenerationS от РВК. Об этом Firrma сообщили в РВК. Общий объем номинации – до 15 млн рублей. Она расчитнана на 5 стартапов. Инвестор отдаёт предпочтение проектам на ранней стадии. Для участия в номинации предприниматели должны представить не только идею проекта, но также результат: технологию, прототип или готовый продукт. Кроме инвестиций победители номинации смогут получить ... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — профессиональная сеть и «умный» браслет Myco, с помощью которых пользователь может организовать и систематизировать базу деловых контактов. Передаем микрофон.... →

Couple of pieces of news out of Kickstarter headquarters this morning. First, the crowdfunding service has announced the acquisition of Canadian video streaming startup Huzza. The purchase follows a close collaboration between the two parties that led to the launch of Kickstarter Live back in November, a livestreaming feature with real time feedback designed to give creators a direct channel… Read More... →

Здесь в стартапе видят не выскочку, бросившего вызов системе, а реальные возможности.... →

Стартапу еще предстоит финал Global Mobile Challenge... →

Основатель акселератора Disruptive.vc Дмитрий Масленников написал для vc.ru колонку о том, как подготовить и довести до конца продажу своего стартапа на примере сделки «ВКармане» с «Тинькофф Банком».... →

Seoul-based startup AIM has closed $1.6 million in seed funding to bring its artificial intelligence-powered app for financial investments to market in Korea, and potentially other parts of Asia. The fintech company has developed a system which works alongside existing investment institutions to allow users in Korea to make trades and investments via their smartphone. So rather than a… Read More... →

The Italian company that makes Vespa scooters and Moto Guzzi motorcycles, Piaggio, revealed its newest development this week, a personal delivery device or “cargo robot,” called the Gita. The robot was designed by a new “startup” within the broader Piaggio group of brands, called Piaggio Fast Forward, in Boston. Gita looks like a carbon fiber take on the exercise ball… Read More... →

The American Civil Liberties Union will learn how to turn the $24 million it raised over the weekend into growth and progress with help from top Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator. The ACLU will be part of the winter batch of companies in YC, where it will receive mentorship, a network of powerful connections in tech, and chance to present itself to investors on Demo Day. Y… Read More... →

Группа компаний АФК «Система» передаст венчурному фонду Sistema Venture Capital 10,8% в российском интернет-магазине Ozon. Об этом сообщил RNS. В АФК «Система» надеются, что участие фонда усилит позиции Ozon на рынке электронной коммерции и поможет повысить капитализацию компании». Для фонда Sistema VC данный актив интересен «с точки зрения инфраструктуры, которую Ozon может предоставить стартапам фонда для технологических пилотов». Для будущих инвестиций фонду также интересны проекты, комплементарные бизне... →

Qvivr, a Silicon Valley-based FinTech startup originally known for building the SWYP programmable credit card, has raised $5M in Series A funding. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from a large multinational Asian bank. The startup was founded in 2014 and originally launched with a pre-order campaign for a hardware product that would let users program all of their… Read More... →

Компания с российским происхождением Alvega Technologies привлекла 0,8 млн евро от финской финансово-технологической компании Innovestor. Об этом Firrma сообщили в Innovestor. Innovestor стала лид-инвестором раунда финансирования, в котором участвовали бизнес-ангелы и семейные офисы из Финляндии и России. Полученные средства будут использованы для строительства опытно-промышленной установки и подготовки к коммерциализации технологии. Alvega Technologies развивает экологически-чистые технологии в области обр... →