Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Insurify, a startup that makes recommendations for auto insurance coverage, is announcing today a $2 million seed round and also launching Evia, a personal digital assistant that people communicate with in text messages to get quotes for the car insurance that’s right for them. Evia is available in a limited public beta. Insurify’s underlying system […]... →

When we think of Saudi Arabia, we don’t imagine startups popping out of the desert. Yet the Kingdom’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is beginning to boom thanks to newly launched initiatives. FalconViz, a Saudi-incorporated startup, is one example.  A 3D aerial scanning and modeling system, FalconViz utilizes multi-rotor copters and fixed wing UAVs with Aerial SFM, a proprietary… Read More... →

Atomico, the European VC fund founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennstrom, has recruited ex-Googler and previous co-founder of The Climate Corporation, Siraj Khaliq, as an investment partner. That’s quite a coup and particularly noteworthy given that The Climate Corporation was an early European ‘unicorn’ (or EUnicorn, that is a European startup valued at $1 billion or more),… Read More... →

Фонд AltaIR Capital инвестировал $600 тысяч в израильский стартап CrazyLister. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Сделка состоялась в четвертом квартале 2015 года. Доля, полученная инвестором, не раскрывается.  На данный момент команда платформы CrazyLister собирает деньги частных инвесторов на площадке AltaClub.vc. Сервис хочет привлечь $600 тысяч. На сегодняшний день платформа собрала 50% от необходимой суммы. Платформа CrazyLister анализирует, как интернет-пользователи реагируют на презентацию товара (выбо... →

A notable development for European multimodal travel planning platform GoEuro which has finally signed France’s national rail carrier, SNCF — with co-founder Naren Shaam dubbing this a “major milestone” for the startup still fresh from a $45M Series B funding round last December, led by Goldman Sachs. Read More... →

Компания Easy Ten, автор одноименного мобильного приложения для изучения иностранных языков, прошла отбор в акселерационную программу 500 Startups, которая проходит в Сан-Франциско. Об этом vc.ru сообщили представители компании. Также Easy Ten привлекла от акселератора $125 тысяч.... →

Стартап Easy ten прошел отбор в американский акселераторов 500 Startups и получил от него инвестиции в размере $125 тысяч. Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе.   По словам основателя проекта Дмитрия Зарюты, оценка компании составила $5 млн. Доля нового инвестора не раскрывается. «Полученные инвестиции мы направим на привлечение новой аудитории. Надеемся, что по окончанию акселерационной программы, мы не только выйдем на 6 новых рынков, но и получим еще один раунд от фонда», – прокомментировал Дмитрий Зарюта.... →

Один из крупнейших акселераторов мира также предоставил Easy Ten $125 тысяч инвестиций... →

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).... →

Can a smartphone messaging app replace the age-old CV in the service industry sector? That’s the premise driving European startup JobToday, which is targeting the fast flow of service and blue collar workers with a mobile app that aims to speed up and simplify the hiring process. It’s today announcing a $10 million Series A round, led by Accel, along with participation from… Read More... →

A fledgling European recruitment startup has scooped $10 million (€8.75 million) in funding to grow globally and help connect job-seekers with employers at short notice. Available on Android and iOS, Job Today is targeted at small businesses in the retail, hospitality, and services industries. It’s setting out to “revolutionize” the hiring process through a mobile-only […]... →

SprinkleBit, a startup that helps you invest with guidance from friends and experts, has raised $10 million in new funding from GTC. It’s not a new idea to tap into the wisdom of the crowds to do better on the stock market, but SprinkleBit offers a unique tool called the Value Prediction Index, or VPI — each stock gets scored based on whether the community thinks its price will… Read More... →

A newly launched startup called Shelf wants to make it easier for people to discover great products, without having to first read through tons of online research or consumer reviews. Instead, the company has built a social platform that lets users automatically keep track of their own inventory of purchases, and selectively share this information with friends. The idea is to bring… Read More... →

NextGenVest, a startup out of New York, is setting out to become a new kind of trustworthy financial entity. And to do that, it’s tackling a big problem. Every year in the US a staggering $2.9 billion goes unclaimed in students grants because the financial aid process has become tortuously complex. Furthermore, the ratio of guidance counselors to students is 500 to 1 nationally, with 20%… Read More... →

Fashion GPS, a software and services startup focused on fashion, said it is merging with Augure, a French-based global influential marketing company. Read More... →

On-demand staffing startup Wonolo announced today through a public filing that it has raised at least $5.7 million in its latest funding round. Backed by Coca-Cola Founders, Wonolo received a $2.2 million investment last year, setting its valuation at $7.5 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. Wonolo, which stands for work now locally, sends users notifications […]... →

Бывший вице-президент по развитию Yandex Data Factory и руководитель Tolstoy Summer Camp Ксения Ёлкина запускает проект SalesPitch. Об этом она сообщила vc.ru. Команда SalesPitch будет консультировать стартапы и разрабатывать презентации.... →

For young professionals, finding the right job at the right company can be difficult. They may take a job only to discover that it’s not for them or they aren’t able to make a huge impact. This happens because workers just don’t have all the right information. A new startup called 500 Miles has developed a data-driven recruiting platform that […]... →

Pivotal, the company launched by EMC, VMware and GE to help companies in their quest for digital transformation, announced today that it was bringing in Eric Ries, the man behind the Lean Startup movement, as entrepreneur-in-residence. Ries’ methodology, which he defined in a 2011 book by the same name, has received praise from a who’s who of technology folks from Geoffrey Moore to… Read More... →

В ноябре 2015 года создатели «нано-дрона» Zano, собравшего более $3,5 млн на краудфандинговой площадке Kickstarter, объявили о провале и закрытии проекта. Команда Kickstarter наняла журналиста Марка Харриса, которому было поручено разобраться в сложившейся ситуации.18 января 2016 Харрис опубликовал в своём блоге на Medium отчёт, посвящённый провалу Zano.... →