Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

In its eighth year, Startup Turkey, a gathering of 600, is one of the country’s premier startup events. Read More... →

As SoundCloud — the audio streaming startup approaching 200 million users whose catalogue is based around user-generated content — struggles with mounting losses, label licensing, and new monetizing features, it has hired an exec to tackle those challenges head on. Today the Berlin-based startup is announcing that Alison Moore has joined SoundCloud as its first chief… Read More... →

After three years, Canada’s Execution Labs has decided to shut its game startup accelerator program. Now it is transitioning to doing fewer, more custom investments in independent game studios. The effort shows that making fewer bets on more advanced startups may yield better results in the maturing $90 billion game industry. The news isn’t good for […]... →

In any conversation I have about London’s fintech space, property crowdfunding platform Property Parter is almost certain to come up. The startup which lets you invest from as little as £50 in residential property — or the so-called the ‘buy to let’ market, as it’s called here in the U.K. — has, by all accounts, been growing at a clip. Launched just over a… Read More... →

Spanish multinational banking giant BBVA has acquired yet another online banking startup in the form of Holvi, a Finnish firm that specializes in providing online current accounts and related services for “makers and doers” — small businesses, freelancers, and entrepreneurs. The news comes just over two years after BBVA paid $117 million in the U.S. […]... →

GetLinks, a Bangkok-based startup focused on helping tech companies find and hire top talent, has closed a $500,000 seed round. Read More... →

Nick Triantos was on a mission to find a job where he could help build the next big thing. That’s what drew him to SRI where he’s the managing director of its venture arm. The non-profit research firm has a storied past in technology, from creating liquid crystal displays (LCD), to eye tracking technology, the […]... →

An Austin-based venture capital firm recently offered my company $400,000 for 40 percent of its equity. This was one week before their counterpart in the Bay Area offered $2 million for 20 percent of the same company. Nothing had changed in that week, and both received the same pitch and deck in the weeks prior. Read More... →

Бывший топ-менеджер Netflix Патти Маккорд написала для издания Harvard Business Review колонку о том, почему стараться удержать сотрудников в компании, предлагая им вкусные обеды и ежедневную выпивку, — не самая эффективная стратегия. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод заметки.... →

Один из пионеров мобильного видеостриминга — стартап Meerkat — откажется от своей основной функциональности и превратится в социальную сеть для обмена видеоконтентом. Об этом 4 марта 2016 года рассказал генеральный директор компании Бен Рубин.... →

What’s it like being the Founder of 2 wildly successful startups, advisor to Linkedin and Automattic and a prolific angel investor with Buffer and Mattermark? Hiten Shah shares a glimpse in our latest interview. We discussed the pros and cons of VC funding compared to bootstrapping your startup, the implications of financing and self-funding, how Hiten’s time in the startup world… Read More... →

Add this one to the bucket list….A startup called Cape Productions will capture you skiing with a drone. Stationed at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, the team provides aerial footage of you racing down the slopes, providing different angles than your GoPro. Because of its impeccable safety track record, Cape is currently the only FAA-approved company that’s allowed to fly drones in… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — приложение Fliqvil, которое в реальном времени показывает на карте города фото и видео из концертных залов, баров, ночных клубов и стадионов. Сервис работает в России, США, Европе и ОАЭ. Передаем микрофон.... →

When Slack announced new voice and video services earlier this week, the enterprise messaging startup signalled a move into territory dominated by the likes of Microsoft’s Skype. But it looks like this is not the only moment when the two company’s paths have crossed in recent times. Microsoft eyed Slack as a potential acquisition target for as much as $8 billion, TechCrunch… Read More... →

The big tech news is the recent torrent of capital to Africa Internet Group (AIG)—which owns online retailer Jumia and 9 other e-ventures. Yesterday AIG announced €300 million ($326 million) in funding from backers including Goldman Sachs and MTN. CEO Sacha Poignonnec confirmed the new financing brings company equity to €1.005bn ($1.08bn). This clears the hurdle for AIG to become… Read More... →

Фонд Fidelity инвестировал $175 млн в сервис обмена фото и видеосообщениями Snapchat, в который ранее вложился фонд Юрия Мильнера DST Global. Snapchat был оценён в $16 млрд как и год назад. Инвестиции являются продолжением раунда F, который компания начала собирать в прошлом году. По данным Reuters, в феврале 2016 года Fidelity купил акции компании по цене $ 30,72 за штуку (из оценки стоимости пакета) – по той же цене, по которой он приобрёл акции Snapchat в марте 2015 года. В третьем катале прошлого года F... →

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ICX Media, a Washington, D.C. startup promising to help video creators find an audience and make money, announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company was founded by Michael Avon, Tom MacIsaac, Steve McCord and Joey McCord (pictured above). Three of the four co-founders previously worked together at mobile ad company Millennial Media, where Avon was chief… Read More... →

With $6.5 million in funding from Crosslink Capital, Upfront Ventures, 500 Startups and others, Comparably is launching a platform for employment and salary information. The Santa Monica-based startup says its site will make it easier to find whether or not your salary is competitive amongst industry peers with the same level of experience. The self-reported data can also be sorted by… Read More... →

Docstoc cofounder Jason Nazar is back with a new startup called Comparably which focuses on providing transparency about what workers are paid and insights about company culture. The service breaks down compensation based on various factors including company size, location, money raised, and also by gender. The company has started out focusing on providing information to […]... →