Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Next Insurance secured a $13 million seed round led by Zeev Ventures, the insurance startup announced today. The startup said that it plans to use the funds to launch its insurance sales platform for small businesses this Spring, in a market in which “99 percent of small commercial insurance is sold offline through agents.” “Next […]... →

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Crate, the winner of our TechCrunch Disrupt Europe startup Battlefield in 2014, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed round for its open-source SQL database technology. The round was led by London-based Dawn Capital, which was joined by existing investors Sunstone Capital, DFJ Esprit and Speedinvest. In addition to these, Docker creator and CTO Solomon Hykes also participated… Read More... →

Fukuoka-based Sefuri, the Japanese startup that provides the Yamap app for mountain climbers and hikers, announced today that it has fundraised 170 million yen (about $1.5 million) in series A funding round. This round was led by Japanese mobile gaming publisher Colopl, with participation from Daiwa Corporate Investment and Fukuoka-based VC firm Dogan. Sefuri claims […]... →

Today Lyft and General Motors kicked off a rental car program that aims to make “car ownership optional” for both passengers and drivers, Lyft president John Zimmer said during a call with press. The initiative marks Lyft and GM’s first public project since the ride-hailing startup raised $500 million from GM in January. The two companies teased a rental […]... →

Two months after General Motors announced a $500 million investment in transportation startup Lyft to work on autonomous cars, the pair are launching their first service together. No, it’s not a self-driving car fleet (yet); it’s a short-term rental program called Express Drive: GM will provide all-in rental cars to Lyft drivers, who will pay between $99/week plus mileage… Read More... →

Finnish startup Blooming is aiming to help bouncing-off-the-walls-stressed office workers regain control of their lives by using wearable tech. The service includes monitoring and tracking stress levels, plus recommendation software and meditation advice to help give workers the space to stop and smell the roses. Read More... →

While most of the discussions around blockchain have focused on its possible uses in finance, startup Blockai is looking at something different — helping artists, photographers and other creators register their work so that they can protect it from potential copyright infringement. CEO Nathan Lands is pitching this as an intermediate step between registering your work with the Library… Read More... →

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Венчурный фонд Almaz Capital, IMI.VC Игоря Мацанюка и фонд Impulse VC вышли из компании AppScotch, которую основал бывший управляющий партнер Foresight Ventures Андрей Казаков. Американская компания App Annie, которая предоставляет приложения для бизнеса, приобрела AppScotch. Об этом говорится в сообщении App Annie. Подробности сделки не раскрываются. По ее условиям, 10 сотрудников AppScotch перешли в App Annie и присоединили к офису в Сан-Франциско. Технология AppScotch будет интегрирована в новые продукты... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Smetus, который помогает создать мини-проект ремонта, рассчитать необходимое количество материалов и затраты и выбрать исполнителя. К каждой сделке прикрепляется эксперт, который отслеживает качество и сроки выполнения работ. Передаем микрофон.... →

Alooma, an Israeli startup that helps companies process and work with big data in real time delivered as a cloud service, announced an $11.2 million Series A round today led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. The product focuses on the people working with data like data scientists and and users with advanced degrees in mathematics and machine learning, rather than… Read More... →

Another live streaming startup is hoping to grab its share of eyeballs. Tandem is a bootstrapping fitness-focused platform aiming to offer a low friction outlet where personal trainers, fitness teachers and so on can broadcast personal training sessions and other healthy lifestyle focused content. Read More... →

Создатель и руководитель школы изучения английского языка EnglishDom Максим Сундалов написал для vc.ru колонку о том, как он прошел путь от преподавателя английского до владельца одного из лидеров рынка — без привлечения внешних инвестиций.... →

Руководитель акселерационных программ ФРИИ Дмитрий Калаев написал для блога Алексея Калачникова (сооснователь проекта SaaS.ru) заметку о том, какой подход стоит использовать начинающим предпринимателям, чтобы создать востребованный продукт. Калаев дал пять советов, которые помогут в запуске бизнеса.... →

Фонд инфраструктурных и образовательных программ (ФИОП), входящий в состав «Роснано», увеличил долю в уставном капитале нанотехнологического центра «Т-нано» с 49,6 до 62,8%. Таким образом, уставной капитал «Т-нано» увеличился на 62,5 млн рублей до 238,8 млн рублей. Об этом сообщают «Ведомости». Привлеченные средства будут использованы на финансирование инвестиционных проектов компании, в том числе на разработку процессоров «Байкал». Как Firrma писала ранее, в августе 2015 года Фонд развития промышленности (... →

Редакция vc.ru продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях (выходят по понедельникам), а также вакансии компаний, которые ищут сотрудников (выходят по четвергам).... →

Future Finance — a startup based out of Dublin that provides loans to students using big data algorithms to asses their credit-worthiness — is today announcing a large round of funding of its own to build its business out in Europe. The company has raised £119 million ($171 million) — £19 million in equity and £100 million towards future loans made through the… Read More... →

Video news startup NowThis is partnering with FWD.us, the immigration lobbying group backed by Mark Zuckerberg and other tech executives, to tackle one of the biggest issues in this year’s election cycle. Last night at South by Southwest, the two organizations announced a partnership where NowThis is creating a video series focused on immigration. NowThis President Athan Stephanopoulos… Read More... →

GUEST: There’s been a healthy amount of chatter lately from analysts and tech writers that we are approaching a meltdown in startup financing. Unicorns, those startups valued at $1 billion or higher, are being downgraded at a rapid clip. The most recent victim is Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce firm devalued last month from $15.2 billion to […]... →