Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

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... →

EXCLUSIVE: Kinvey, a startup that offers a mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) cloud that companies can use for building and running mobile apps, is today launching Rapid Connectors that can quickly and easily get data flowing from on-premises software from Microsoft into mobile apps. The new tools can work with SharePoint Server collaboration software and the SQL […]... →

We’re looking for pieces that explore the intersection of technology and aspects of society. Everything from the latest laboratory research, to surveys of the startup landscape, to the newest innovation in the arts and latest thinking from philosophers on the ramifications of it all — we want to read about all of it — and, apparently, so do you. Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис iDOevent, позволяющий выбрать площадку для проведения мероприятия, заказать ведущего, декор, кейтеринг и музыкальное сопровождение. Передаем микрофон.... →

FiveStars, a five year-old startup that has built a platform and app to run loyalty and rewards programs for small brick-and-mortar retailers, has received a reward of its own: the company has raised a round of $50 million, funding that it plans to use to continue its focus on “mom and pop shops” and building its brand and business across the U.S., CEO and co-founder Victor Ho… Read More... →

Сервис позволяет автоматизировать онлайн-опросы для маркетинговых исследований... →

Руководитель продукта мобильных приложений «Сбербанк Онлайн» Андрей Бакаленко перевел для редакции vc.ru текст венчурного инвестора Микаха Болдуина о том, почему владельцам стартапа важно получать материальное вознаграждение после раунда инвестиций.... →

Венчурный фонд Pulsar Venture Capital инвестировал в российский стартап AGELON — онлайн-конструктор маркетинговых исследований. Как сообщил Firrma представитель фонда, в планах AGELON – выход на международный рынок. Условия и сумма сделки не раскрывается. Ранее стартап получил инвестиции на сумму более $200 тысяч от Moscow Seed Fund и частного инвестора «Инновационная лаборатория». В августе 2015 года на GenerationS AGELON стал обладателем сертификата на «облачный грант» от Microsoft в размере $120 тысяч. В... →

Uber may have pulled its project to work with auto-rickshaws in India, but that isn’t stopping startup Jugnoo from zooming ahead with its plans to turn the iconic and budget transportation service into an on-demand one. Read More... →

4 совета стартапам от инвестора Аркадия Морейниса... →

Canvs is a startup measuring emotion on social media — but CEO Jared Feldman insisted that we shouldn’t think of it as a social sentiment company. He said that’s because existing tools for measuring sentiment have earned something of a bad reputation. Where those tools are usually limited to classifying social media posts as good, bad or neutral, Canvs can classify a… Read More... →

The jewelry industry is notorious for its insane markups on products and confusing array of terminology related to the metals used or gemstone grades – as with the “four C’s” of diamonds, for example. Now, a new startup – that’s managed to snag the old domain name Ice.com – is trying to change that. With its online jewelry marketplace, the company… Read More... →

There’s more to Switzerland than skiing, chocolate and endless beauty. Dr. Peter Vogel spoke to TechCrunch at Davos 2016 and argued that Switzerland is a great place to startup a company. But of course he would say that. Vogel is management and the Scientific Lead of a foundation dedicated to promoting startups in Switzerland. Vogal points out that Switzerland has a long history of… Read More... →

John Harthorne sat down today with TechCrunch at Davos 2016. And boy is he enthusiastic about startups. Harthorne is the CEO of MassChallenge, a large startup accelerator based in Boston and quickly expanding across the globe. As Harthorne explains, MassChallange is different from other accelerators as it does not take an equity stake in the companies that graduate from the program.… Read More... →

IBM announced today that it’s acquired Ustream, a video streaming service, to bolster its existing “portfolio of video services.” News of the deal first broke yesterday, when Fortune wrote that IBM paid $130 million for the company. IBM confirmed the deal today but has yet to confirm the price. This acquisition follows IBM’s purchase of Clearleap — a […]... →

Российский миллиардер Юрий Мильнер вложился сразу в два стартапа, один из них –американская финансовая компания LendUp, второй – лондонское транспортное приложение Citymapper. Мильнер принял участие в инвестиционном раунде B приложения Citymapper на сумму $40млн совместно с фондами Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital и частными инвесторами Томом Стэффордом и Майклом Линтоном. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch.  Инвестиции данного раунда пойдут на значительное расширение команды. Компания планирует нанять работников... →

Docker, the company that has popularized the use of containers for wrapping up application code, is announcing today that it has acquired Unikernel Systems, a small startup that focuses on the development of the unikernel, a technology that runs code just using the most essential operating system components. Docker founder and chief technology officer Solomon […]... →

Some more big news for the world of open source. MariaDB Corporation — the startup formerly known as SkySQL and building for-profit solutions on the SQL fork managed by the MariaDB foundation — has raised another $9 million in funding and announced a new CEO, Michael Howard, a veteran executive from the enterprise world. The funding brings the total raised by MariaDB to just over… Read More... →