Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

ANALYSIS: If there’s one thing the world doesn’t need, it’s another social messaging app. From Facebook Messenger and Snapchat onto WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, and beyond, it’s safe to say that most bases are covered. Right? Well, maybe. A new startup launched out of stealth in the U.K. this week, with a mission to become the “next-generation […]... →

Fifteen miles away from where Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked out of their first office developing the technology that would become Google, a team of eleven engineers no older than 20 are hard at work on developing what they hope will be its replacement. Their adoptive home, for the moment, is the co-working space Tim Draper set up as part of his Draper University startup program,… Read More... →

Network security and visibility startup ThousandEyes announced today that it closed a $35 million investment led by Tenaya Capital. The startup said the investment will be used to expand in North America its technology, which “gives modern businesses the ability to see their now borderless network.” GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), Sequoia Capital, and Sutter […]... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Офлайн» — история студента медицинского университета Александра Севостьянова, который с первого курса начал заниматься биотехнологическими стартапами, а затем запустил несколько бизнесов и открыл в Новосибирске акселерационную программу «Инитиум». Материал подготовлен совместно с РВК и GenerationS.... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — платформа для фрилансеров и заказчиков Kwork с фиксированной ценой за все услуги. Передаем микрофон.... →

It’s a familiar pitch — taking an industry that relies on outdated technology and rethinking it with modern, web-based tools. The industry in this case is commercial real estate, and the startup trying to rethink the process is CREXi, whose name stands for commercial real estate exchange. To be clear, it’s far from the only online marketplace for these kinds of… Read More... →

The Bay Area is well-acquainted with boom and bust cycles, and while it’s too soon to declare that the tech economy has turned, recruiters see early indicators that it’s happening. Indeed, a handful of job placement executives confirms what recent headlines about layoffs already imply: The market is softening for numerous sectors of the startup world, as well as at publicly… Read More... →

Word processing app startup Quip is announcing today a redesign aimed at improving everyday usage. The team has cooked up an inbox to track updates to all of your documents, and it has new filters that can help you more quickly find what you’re looking for. Folders have also been revamped. The new inbox has […]... →

The hospitality industry has been drastically shaken up by entrants to the space like Airbnb and Hotel Tonight. But a new startup that combines the sharing aspect of Airbnb and the last-minute booking of Hotel Tonight is looking to shake things up even more. Overnight, an app that lets people book same-day spaces with local hosts, has today announced the close of a $2.5 million seed round, led… Read More... →

Мобильный геолокационный агрегатор акций и скидок Letmeget получил 3 млн рублей от частного инвестора, имя которого не разглашается. Как сообщил Firrma сооснователь сервиса Максим Кульгин, сделка состоялась летом 2015 года. Инвестор получил опцион на 30% компании. Продукт Letmeget существует пока на ранней стадии в виде MVP. Инвестиции в стартап будут использованы на дальнейшую разработку продукта, его продвижение на рынке и покупку технологии iBeacon. В данный момент компания приступила к подключению клиен... →

A startup comprised of a trio of ex-Google engineers is doing something Google has roundly failed to do: make Android compelling on larger screen devices like tablets and even PCs. Read More... →

Two European fintech startups are teaming up to give a glimpse of what the bank of tomorrow could look like. Number26, a Peter Thiel-backed German startup that’s setting out to create the bank account of the future, has announced a tie-up with London-based peer-to–peer money-transfer firm TransferWise. The partnership will give Number26 customers in-app access […]... →

Инвестиционно-промышленный холдинг GS Group и Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) до конца 2016 года откроют совместный акселератор для развития стартапов в области «интернета вещей» (Internet of Things, IoT). Об этом Firrma сообщили в GS Group. Акселератор интересуют проекты, которые разрабатывают мобильные приложения, интернет-сервисы, датчики, сенсоры, портативные устройства, информационные и аналитические системы. Цель акселератора – поиск и развитие IoT-проектов в приоритетных областях.  Компании, ... →

Интернет-сервис заказа такси начнет доставлять посылки... →

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).... →

EXCLUSIVE: PlayRaven announced today that it has released its Robocide free-to-play mobile game today as part of an effort to expand the genres of the PC to mobile devices. The Helsinki-based startup has created a “micro real-time strategy” (RTS) game. In doing so, it is trying to take a genre of games that have millions of fans […]... →

At Roger Lee’s last startup, he wanted to set up a 401(k) plan for his employees after they started asking for one — only to realize how frustrating and outdated the process was, which required stacks of paperwork and even faxing documents. That’s what prompted him to start Captain401, a service built for quickly spinning up 401(k) plans for small- to medium-sized… Read More... →

Andreessen Horowitz is announcing today that it has hired Martìn Casado — cofounder and chief executive of hot software defined networking (SDN) startup Nicira, which was acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion in 2012 — as a general partner of the prominent venture capital firm. Andreessen Horowitz backed Nicira when it was still a secretive […]... →

What if mobile applications weren’t standalone, isolated experiences, but could actually connect users to each other – or even to the app’s developers – with a push of a button? That’s the vision behind a startup called RevTwo, exiting from stealth today. Its mobile app SDK for iOS lets developers offer a range of in-app support services for an… Read More... →

Polish marketing startup SalesManago announced today that it closed a $6 million investment from Austria’s 3TS Capital Partners. The startup said that the round will allow it to further build its marketing automation technology and expand in Europe. SalesManago promises it provides ecommerce clients with “real-time website and mobile application analytics coupled with predictive and […]... →