Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

French startup Spendesk might be just a few months old, but the company is currently firing on all cylinders. Spendesk just raised $2.2 million (€2 million), just rebranded the company, and is about to launch mobile apps and corporate plastic cards for everyone. Let’s start with the funding round. The company started out as an eFounders startup. It is now ready to fly on its own and… Read More... →

If you think it’s frustrating trying to get that last drop of ketchup out of the bottle, or toothpaste out of the tube, imagine having to waste and clean valuable and sticky substances from pipes or tanks in a factory. A startup called LiquiGlide has raised $16 million in a new round of venture funding to bring its patented slippery coatings to manufacturers around the world. Co-founded… Read More... →

It hasn’t even been a year since EquipmentShare raised a Series A round of funding, but the “Airbnb of construction rentals,” has closed a $26 million Series B round. The Columbia, Missouri-based startup helps contractors rent out their under-utilized equipment, or rent safety tested equipment that they need from a fellow contractor. Last year, EquipmentShare also launched… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Александра Галицкого Almaz Capital оказался инвестором стартапа Octonion (PIQ) и платформы по подписке для бронирования путешествий FinalPrice. Об этом управляющий партнер фонда Александр Галицкий упомянул в интервью «Ведомостям».  Как следует из интервью, сделки были закрыты не раньше декабря 2015 года. В фонде отказались дать дополнительную информацию по этим инвестициям. PIQ – это носимые девайсы, которые настраиваются программно на определенный вид спорта (гольф, теннис, футбол, регби, лы... →

Посевной венчурный фонд Константина Синюшина и Игоря Лутца the Untitled ventures инвестировал в российский стартап в области распознавания образов для ритейла Inspector Cloud. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. The Untitled ventures получил в проекте долю в размере 14,4%. Сумма сделки не раскрывается.   Инвестиции пойдут на расширение коммерческих внедрений – решений на крупных торговых объектах. В 2016 году Inspector Cloud провел серию пилотных проектов с российскими компаниями в области трейд маркетинга.   ... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис GoWithKid.com, который помогает найти место для детского отдыха в любой точке планеты. Передаем микрофон.... →

Careship is a Berlin-based startup aiming to tackle the growing problem of how we care for our elderly. It’s a big problem in Europe in particular, where people are living much longer than they used to. Careship helps families find a home-based caregiver for their loved ones. It uses as matchmaking algorithm to find qualified personnel, while advising on insurance benefits and… Read More... →

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Meta на основе искусственного интеллекта ищет научные работы в области здравоохранения.... →

Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity startup based out of Israel that protects networks by building “deception” frameworks to identify and trap malicious hackers, has added Microsoft Ventures — the software giant’s young investment arm — as its newest strategic investor. In keeping with the startup’s name and purpose in this world, Illusive is not disclosing… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) объявил о старте одиннадцатого акселератора. Отбор прошли 28 компаний. В 23 стартапа нового набора ФРИИ вложит по 2,1 млн рублей в обмен на долю в 7%. Оценка каждой компании составит 30 млн рублей. Из полученной суммы каждая компания оплатит программу акселерации стоимостью 900 тысяч рублей. Пять компаний из нового потока акселератора самостоятельно оплачивают свое участие в программе без привлечения инвестиций от фонда. Следующие стартапы получили pre-seed инвестиции... →

Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — сервис Pitchbot, который помогает предпринимателям отточить своё выступление перед инвесторами.... →

Quiqup, a London-based delivery startup that offers an app and service similar to Postmates in the U.S., has partnered with take-out ordering service hungryhouse to let partner restaurants outsource delivery. Read More... →

Breathometer, a startup that quickly rose to prominence due to an appearance on Shark Tank, has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in which it will offer refunds for mobile-connected breathalyzer devices the company sold from 2013 to 2015. The two products — the Original ($49) and Breeze ($99) — were marketed as devices that could detect a user’s… Read More... →

Viant, the ad tech company acquired by Time Inc. last year, just announced an acquisition of its own. The company has reached an agreement to buy Adelphic, an ad startup focused on mobile and cross-device targeting. “Adelphic will bring superior media execution capabilities to Viant’s advertising cloud platform as one of the only DSPs built mobile-first,” said Viant… Read More... →

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search, read and tie together more than 26 million science research papers. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is acquiring Meta, an AI-powered research search engine startup, and will make its tool free to all in a few months after enhancing… Read More... →

Supersonic airplane startup Boom has just completed a key step on the way to building a production supersonic passenger jet; the startup finished its wind tunnel testing, verifying its first two years of aerodynamic design work and setting the stage for building the airframe that will eventually become the basis of it first flight-ready aircraft. I spoke to Boom CEO and co-founder Blake… Read More... →

Tricentis, a startup that helps enterprise development teams automate software testing, got a bushel of money today from Insight Venture Partners — $165 million to be exact. As part of the deal, Insight Managing Director Mike Triplett will join the Tricentis board. In a traditional software development cycle, developers took months to create and deliver a product. Testing involved… Read More... →

Here’s an interesting turn of events in the ongoing story of the streaming music industry. Today, Sprint, itself owned by Softbank, announced it would take a 33 percent stake in Tidal, the streaming music startup that was majority acquired by Jay-Z and relaunched in 2015. Sprint said that it plans to make the service available to its mobile users, which today number 45 million across… Read More... →

On the heels of hiring a new CTO from Yahoo and trying to position itself either as a stronger acquisition target or standalone entity, SoundCloud is getting a lot deeper into the business of advertising. Today the audio startup — which streams both licensed music tracks and is also a go-to platform for user-generated content (similar to YouTube) — announced that it would be… Read More... →