Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

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... →

Two years here. Three years there. Another five somewhere else. Frequent job-hopping used to be a red flag, suggesting a candidate was unfocused and disloyal. That stigma seems to be gone. Changing jobs might be the best way to score a salary bump and move up the career ladder. And younger workers, those driving every startup machine, are more likely than older ones to switch employers. Read More... →

Фонд Билла и Мелинды Гейтс вложился в производство вакцин для развивающихся стран... →

Британско-российский стартап занимается маркетплейсом фото и видео из соцсетей... →

What does my crystal ball say about the outlook for venture capital in 2017? The building blocks of a better year are in place. Many venture capital firms are flush with cash, startup valuations have become more reasonable, technology industry M&A is robust and the technology IPO market is improving. Read More... →

New York City-based startup Uru is working on a new way for video publishers to make money. Imagine watching a normal-looking online video — except that on some of the surfaces (say, on the cabinet behind the stars of a cooking video), you’ll see logos or other art promoting a sponsor. Okay, that might actually sound a bit annoying, but Uru co-founder and CEO Bill Marino argued… Read More... →

Российско-британский сервис по продаже фото и видео из соцсетей Lobster привлек ... →