Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Be honest: Have you ever spent an entire day working at a coffee shop, despite only buying a single cup of coffee? I’ve definitely been guilty of this, and I’ve also been to coffee shops that try to fight back by removing outlets, turning off their WiFi or outlawing laptops on certain tables. A startup called GoGoGuest is taking a different approach that could help coffee shops… Read More... →

LendUp was supposed to be different than the payday loan sharks that rip off the poor when they need emergency cash. But in its early days, LendUp charged customers illegal fees, miscalculated interest rates, falsely advertised loans nationwide that weren’t available there, and misled people that borrowing from LendUp would boost their credit score. Now LendUp will have to pay $6.3… Read More... →

Classpass, the subscription service for fitness classes, became a household name because of one simple innovation. The business model. Combining the breadth of a marketplace with a subscription pricing structure sparked a handful of similar startup launches (like Vive, which does the same thing with hair blowouts). But more importantly, it was the turning point for the company, putting it… Read More... →

The startup world moves at breakneck speed — what’s hot one minute is old news the next, and it can feel like the rules of the game change every day. For successful startups, rapid growth often attracts the attention of incubators and accelerators. However, there are other options. Namely, partnering with tech “titans” — bigger tech companies that used to be… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — бот Xor для Slack и Telegram, который позволяет указать пожелания к вакансии или к специалисту и связаться с потенциальным сотрудником или работодателем. Передаем микрофон.... →

A few months back Indiegogo and component provider Arrow announced a deal aimed at helping bring promising crowdfunding projects to market, providing hopeful campaigns with some much needed tools in those difficult months following funding. Smart Armor will be the first hardware startup to get that push for this morning’s launch of the Smart Cube, a smartlock system that to can be adapted… Read More... →

27 из них получат от фонда инвестиции по 2,1 миллиона рублей в обмен на 7% компании... →

22 сентября 2016 года стартовал 10-ый Акселератор ФРИИ, в который вошли 33 IT-компании из разных регионов России. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. ФРИИ инвестирует по 2,1 млн рублей в 26 стартапов, из которых каждая компания оплатит программу акселерации стоимостью 900 тысяч рублей. В обмен на инвестиции ФРИИ получит 7% долю в стартапах. Оценка каждой компании составит 30 млн рублей. Остальные 7 компаний самостоятельно оплатят свое участие в программе без привлечения инвестиций от фонда. Среди участников... →

Spanish startup Red Points has closed a €2 million (~$2.2M) funding round to grow usage of its piracy detection and removal SaaS by expanding from Europe into new markets, including North America. It’s also intending to broaden its customer focus. Read More... →

Посевной венчурный фонд Константина Синюшина и Игоря Лутца the Untitled ventures инвестировал в российский стартап в области новых форматов розничной торговли Bazzar. Как сообщил Firrma основатель стартапа Илья Лесничий, the Untitled ventures получил долю в размере 25%. Сумма сделки не раскрывается. Инвестиции пойдут на достижение операционной окупаемости проекта. Crowd-commerce cистема распространения товара через сеть агентов BAZZAR позволяет снизить операционные издержки бизнеса. Сейчас сервис присутству... →

French startup Zenly has raised $22.5 million over the summer from Benchmark and a few other investors. Business Insider first reported the round and TechCrunch got an official confirmation. Here’s what we know. Benchmark is leading the round with Peter Fenton joining the board of the company. Fenton has invested in a few social network companies and is also a board member of Twitter. Read More... →

TechCrunch first reported on Cognovi Labs back in June when the Dayton, Ohio-based analytics startup correctly predicted the Brexit outcome hours ahead of the final vote. Tonight, the company has set up a war room of 30+ political and technical experts to study the presidential debate, in real-time and track how Twitter chatter is expressing the emotional mood of the nation. Read More... →

Big media companies are backing newsletter startup theSkimm. Following an $8 million round led by 21st Century Fox that was announced in June, theSkimm announced today that it has raised an additional $500,000 from The New York Times, Yannick Bolloré (CEO of ad giant Havas Group), strategic advisory firm MediaLink and actress Mariska Hargitay. The company says it now has 4 million… Read More... →

Казахстанский стартап «Кредит24», специализирующийся на краткосрочных онлайн-займах, привлёк $2 млн на условиях конвертируемого кредита. Инвестором выступил британский частный фонд Finnams Management, сообщили vc.ru представители проекта.... →

Mobile ad startup AppLovin announced today it has agreed to sell a majority stake of the company to Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai Capital for $1.4 billion. We first reported that AppLovin was in talks with a Chinese company for a $1.5 billion acquisition back in August. In his blog post announcing the deal, co-founder and CEO Adam Foroughi wrote: While this deal is a tremendous… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Beepka, с помощью которого пользователи могут сообщить об эвакуации машины, указав ее номер. Если владелец зарегистрирован в сервисе, ему придет SMS-уведомление. Передаем микрофон.... →

Yahoo’s announcement last week that data from 500 million user accounts had been stolen in 2014 by what it called a “state-sponsored actor” certainly alarmed Yahoo’s users and its new bosses at Verizon. But now it seems that eyebrows were raised in the Senate as well. Senator Mark Warner, a co-founder of Nextel and a former startup investor, has called on the Securities… Read More... →

Деньги пойдут на экспансию сервиса в Азии... →

Inverse, a new-ish digital media startup founded by Bleacher Report’s Dave Nemetz, is announcing that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The Inverse site launched in August 2015 and covers a mix of science, technology and entertainment news — as I write this, the front page features stories on astrobiology, future cities and The Simpsons. Nemetz told me the goal is cover… Read More... →

6 акселераторов, которые официально объявили о намерении финансировать виртуальную реальность... →