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Американский медицинский стартап Theranos сократит 41% персонала после нескольких месяцев внимания со стороны регуляторов, судебных исков и других сложностей. Об этом сообщает Bloomberg со ссылкой на заявление компании.... →

Some Sprig customers might be bitter about getting guilt tripped into tipping, but at least the startup is being sweet to its on-demand food servers. TechCrunch spotted that Sprig added a tipping feature to its freshly-made meal delivery app this week. Now Sprig has confirmed this is part of a wide-range of not-yet-announced perks for its servers, including a $1/hour wage increase to $14.50,… Read More... →

Finnish IoT device startup The Button Corporation has launched a lower cost version of its Internet-connected button (aka, bttn), aiming to expand its appeal to US small businesses. Read More... →

Newly-minted classifieds startup Carousell is officially on the prowl to eat up struggling startups in Southeast Asia. The Singapore-based company closed a $35 million Series B in August, and this week it acquired Malaysia-based rival Duriana in an undisclosed transaction that represents its third piecemeal M&A deal since that fundraising. Read More... →

Продолжая серию интервью с инвесторами, Firrma не могла обойти вниманием представителей самого крупного и самого активного российского посевного фонда. Сергей Негодяев, управляющий инвестиционным портфелем Фонда Развития Интернет Инициатив (ФРИИ), в нашем интервью говорит о самых перспективных для инвестирования направлениях бизнеса и делится впечатлением о том, как изменились российские предприниматели за минувший год.  Три важных итога года для вас лично. 1. Глобальный успех Prisma и MSQRD – очень важная ... →

The early cancer screening startup Grail plans to raise more than $1 billion in Series B financing today, possibly up to $1.8 billion. While the company doesn’t want to name investor names, only mentioning in a release the funding will come “primarily from undisclosed private and strategic investors,” Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google… Read More... →

In a blog post, Google announced that it will purchase Limes Audio, a Swedish company that focuses on improving the quality of voice calls. The 10-year-old company, headquartered in Umeå, Sweden, also has offices in Stockholm and Palo Alto. The acquisition isn’t Google’s first time shopping around in the Swedish startup community. In 2007, Google acquired Swedish communications… Read More... →

Posted by randfishLaunching a startup is a huge task all on its own. While it can be a challenge to factor SEO into the mix, it's an incredibly important consideration. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand shares a comprehensive plan to kick off your new SEO audit and grab a piece of that organic search pie from the get-go. Pro tip: For easy listening, this video is broken up into 9 chapters that correspond with the transcript below. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high-resolution version in a n... →

Razer, the billion-dollar startup that builds hardware and software for hardcore gaming enthusiasts, is today unveiling two of its latest products aimed at ramping up the immersive gaming experience. And — surprisingly, given how much else we’ve seen in this area this week at CES — Razer is not launching yet another virtual reality tool. Project Ariana is a new… Read More... →

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... →