Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Стартап-ментор и инвестор Эрнест Свит опубликовал в своём блоге на Medium материал о том, почему фонды и бизнес-ангелы предпочитают не вкладывать средства в стартапы, которыми руководят основатели-одиночки. Свит привёл три основных причины. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод заметки.... →

Despite massive structural changes in the American healthcare system, proper care for the nation’s aging baby boomers remains out of reach for many people. Assisted living centers for our parents and grandparents suffering from dementia and Alzheimers can cost upwards of $5,000 per month and personal caregivers signed through agencies can easily cost considerably more. A new startup… Read More... →

Хедж-фонд Partner Fund Management обвинил стартап и его основательницу во лжи... →

В сентябре в Москву с двухдневной программой по корпоративному венчурному инвестированию Global Corporate Venturing Academy приезжал один из знаменитых теоретиков корпоративного венчуризма – англичанин Эндрю Гол*. Руководитель департамента коммуникаций РВК Егор Гоголев и издатель Firrma Дмитрий Фалалеев поговорили с Эндрю о том, как и зачем глобальные корпорации в поисках инноваций делают собственные фонды и какие вызовы им приходится преодолевать, чтобы этот механизм действительно работал.  Егор (Е): Скажи... →

TechCrunch Disrupt in London is on December 5-6. Think 3,000 crazy startup founders and investors talking for two solid days. And not to mention the hackathon on the weekend before! We’ve already announced many great speakers and we’re glad to say Steve Hilton is joining. He’s not just the co-founder and CEO of Silicon Valley political crowdfunding and data start-up… Read More... →

Everwise, a startup focused on how to make professional development scalable, has raised $16 million in Series B funding led by earlier backer Sequoia Capital, with participation from two other earlier backers, Canvas Ventures and Webb Investment Network. The now three-year-old, 80-person, San Francisco and New York-based company is also taking the wraps off a social learning software… Read More... →

Yes, you read that right. Applications for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London close this Thursday! Time to get going. You can do it. We loved being in London so much that we’re bringing Disrupt back to welcome an all-new slate of outstanding startups, influential speakers, guests and more to the stage. Most of all, we want the hottest companies to launch — for the first… Read More... →

Как стартапу выжить с ограниченными ресурсами... →

Are you an undergrad or graduate student looking to take part in the best startup conference in Europe? Student tickets to Disrupt London 2016 are still available at the deeply discounted rate of just £100 plus VAT. These tickets were previously only available to students currently enrolled in school, but we’re now expanding their availability to all of the recent graduates out there.… Read More... →

French startup Payfit wants to modernize the good old paychecks in France. After just a few months, the company just raised $5.6 million (€5 million) from Otium Venture and Xavier Niel. Payfit officially started in April 2016. And it looks like many companies were waiting for a product like this one given today’s funding round. Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, Jean-Daniel Guyot, Oleg… Read More... →

Zymergen, a Bay Area startup creating all sorts of materials from genetically altered microbes, just raised $130 million in Series B funding from Softbank. For those unfamiliar, the company makes crazy new materials out of genetically alter microbes. It was busy buying up a bunch of robots to make these microbes for mass production of various materials during its last round of funding. CEO… Read More... →

Partner Fund Management (PFM), a San Francisco-based hedge fund that wrote out a $96 million check to Theranos back in 2014, is now suiting the blood-testing startup and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, saying it was duped into its investment “through a series of lies, material misstatements, and omissions,” and accusing the firm of engaging in “securities fraud and… Read More... →

Cyanogen, a startup behind its own, alternative version of the Android operating system, now has a new CEO. In the wake of reports that the company exaggerated its success in terms of active users, layoffs, and difficulties scaling, Cyanogen’s co-founder and CEO Kirt McMaster will be transitioning into an “Executive Chairman” role, while Lior Tal, previously COO, will now… Read More... →

Дизайнер и предприниматель из США Марко Марандиз опубликовал на Medium заметку, в которой рассказал о том, почему в Кремниевой долине мало «меняющих мир» проектов. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

Как мы решили сделать customer development на выходе из кинозала... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — новостная рассылка Expresso, которая помогает людям оставаться в курсе событий и тратить при этом минимум усилий. Передаем микрофон.... →

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Редакция vc.ru публикует самые интересные ответы пользователей The Question. В этом выпуске — заметки о том, чем условия жизни на Марсе подходят для колонизации, какой стратегии можно придерживаться, чтобы в будущем получать большую пенсию, и сколько зарабатывают YouTube-блогеры и работники фастфуда.... →

Glisser, a London-based startup on a mission to end tedious presentations by letting presenters include real-time polls and Q&As, has closed a $1 million seed round. Read More... →

Для стартапов, желающих попасть в GenerationS.... →