Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

French startup Lydia has come a long way. When I first covered it two years ago, it wanted to become a sort of Venmo for France. Now, Lydia tries to cover a wide array of use cases when it comes to sending or requesting money. Today’s update goes one step further. Read More... →

Applications are now open for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt NY! That’s right, TechCrunch’s premier startup competition is headed back to the Big Apple. We’re looking for the best up-and-coming companies to launch on the most visible stage in tech and compete for a cash prize of $50,000 and the illustrious Disrupt Cup. Read More... →

Airport car service Wingz announced today that it closed an $11 million series B round led by Expedia. The startup also announced that it appointed Chris Brandon as its new CEO. The investment, Wingz says, will be used to “extend the company’s U.S. footprint,” which already operates in 18 airports, mainly in western America. Wingz, […]... →

In the five years since thousands of Egyptians filled Cairo’s Tahrir Square, startups in Egypt have multiplied as have he number of funds and startup accelerators. At this past Riseup, an annual Egyptian startup event, over 4,000 men and women from across the country came together in downtown Cairo, just a few short blocks from Tahrir Square, for workshops and two days of panels on… Read More... →

Last year, AOL launched One, a broader platform for its various programmatic ad technologies. Today it’s doing the same thing for its publisher tools, with the announcement of One by AOL: Publishers. The company (which owns TechCrunch and is in turn owned by Verizon) is also making a last-minute addition to the lineup with the acquisition of AlephD, a Paris-based startup that helps… Read More... →

В 28 января состоится финал конкурса Eurasia Mobile Challenge. В рамках подведения его итогов известные эксперты обсудят проблемы и перспективы мобильного рынка и стартапов, после чего состоится отбор проектов, которые отправятся на финал Global Mobile Challenge в Барселоне.... →

DataXu, a Boston-based startup that provides analytics and other tools for running programmatic ads, has picked up another round of funding. Sky, the UK-based pay-TV provider part-owned by 21st Century Fox, has made a $10 million investment in the company. It’s a strategic stake: Sky plans to use DataXu’s demand-side buying ad tech in its current services as well as work together… Read More... →

Бизнес-ангел Александр Бородич инвестировал 4 млн рублей в сервис по доставке порционного пятиразового питания для спортсменов на дом Growfood. В результате сделки Бородич получил 15% компании. Как сообщил Firrma основатель стартапа Даниел Гальпер, полученные средства были использованы «на закупку оборудования и переезд в новое пищевое производство, а также маркетинг и реализацию собственного ERP-решения по автоматизации процессов бизнеса».   По его словам, с конца ноября 2015 года компании удалось выйти на... →

French startup Aircall just raised a $2.75 million round led by Balderton Capital, with FundersClub and business angels also participating. As a reminder, Aircall was part of our Battlefield competition at Disrupt SF 2015, started at eFounders and attended 500 Startups’ acceleration program. It plans to reinvent how phone customer support works. Read More... →

CEO Ecwid Руслан Фазлыев рассказал, как пришлось жить с видом на пляж и на сколько человек выросла команда за год... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис FriendWork Recruiter, который систематизирует и автоматизировать деятельность рекрутеров. Передаём микрофон.... →

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).... →

Российский миллиардер вложился в самый дорогой в мире стартап... →

Back in September 2007 I attended a startup pitch event held in a London university lecture theatre. The surroundings weren’t plush. The slightly musty lecture theatre didn’t hint at the ambitions of the people present. But when Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype walked in, and joined in a panel of other seasoned tech entrepreneurs, everyone knew something important was happening. Read More... →

The last time I needed a doctor’s note was in elementary school. That was, until last September — I needed a note from my OBGYN proving I was only 31-and-a-half weeks pregnant so I could board a plane to San Francisco with fair odds I wouldn’t give birth to a mile-high baby. I was in the middle of raising a $1 million seed round for my startup, Honey. I was excited about… Read More... →

GUEST: In recent years, several Israeli cyber-security companies have made the transition into becoming market leaders by going public on NASDAQ, including such world renowned firms as Check Point, CyberArk, Imperva, and Varonis. At Jerusalem Venture Partners, we see some 90% of the startups in the local cyber-security space and have invested in 15 of them. […]... →

There are more than 300 cybersecurity companies operating in Israel, making it an industry second only to the U.S. in size. In 2014, exports by Israeli cybersecurity companies reached $6B, equating to approximately 10% of the global cybersecurity market. In 2015, we expect that percentage to increase as the number of startups grew almost 25% over 2014, with 81 new cybersecurity startups founded. Read More... →

Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million. There is now a compelling argument for ambitious programmers to live off hackathons: They can forget the long-term slog of building a startup and instead focus on the fun part — the first… Read More... →

You’d think that working in one of the world’s largest cities — especially one with a global rep for innovation and excellence — would make it pretty easy to get some traction. But that misses a vital point: London’s tech ecosystem is in its infancy. There’s a definite feeling here that working for a tech startup is cool — but that doesn’t mean… Read More... →

USM Holdings российского предпринимателя Алишера Усманова является инвестором американского сервиса заказа такси Uber. Об этом сообщает РБК, со ссылкой на источник, близкий к инвестхолдингу, и собеседника в самом Uber.  USM вошёл в Uber летом 2015 года. Тогда сервис привлек $1 млрд в раунде F и был оценён в $51 млрд. По данным издания, объем инвестиций USM составил несколько десятков миллионов долларов. На сегодняшний день Uber привлек всего $8,61 млрд в 13 раундах финансирования.  Последний раунд инвестици... →