Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Greatist, a website promising “real facts and doable steps for your happiest life,” has raised $4.5 million in Series A funding. I wrote about the startup way back in 2012, when I said it was focused on “non-sucky health content” — in other words, it offered health and wellness advice targeted at millennial readers, presented with a distinctive editorial voice… Read More... →

Российский стартап «Всепобартеру», который позволяет частным лицам и представителям бизнеса обмениваться товарами и услугами, привлёк 3 млн рублей от  частного инвестора. Имя инвестора не раскрывается. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Сделка состоялась в ноябре 2015 года. Средства пошли на продакшн, привлечение первой аудитории и операционные расходы. По условиям сделки, как только на площадке появится 30 тысяч пользователей, будет обсуждаться дополнительное финансирование и распределение долей. Всего в ... →

Бывший генеральный директор Twitter Дик Костоло работает над новым фитнес-приложением, сообщает Wall Street Journal. Его партнером стал Брайан Оки, основатель компании Fitify, которая занимается разработкой программ фитнес-тренировок для корпоративных клиентов.... →

While there is no definitive guide to raising money, there are tactics entrepreneurs can use to make their idea more attractive for venture funding. Read More... →

Who would have thought there’s money in measuring how much food a professional kitchen throws away? But apparently there is. Don’t take my word for it, however, just point your attention to the VCs as news comes that food waste smart meter maker Winnow has bagged a further $3.3 million in funding. Investors in what the startup is talking up as an “oversubscribed” Series… Read More... →

Российская краудинвестинговая компания StartTrack запустила сервис для совместного кредитования компаний. Об этом представители площадки сообщили vc.ru.... →

Весной новосибирская компания собирается открыть свое представительство в США... →

Meituan-Dianping, China’s largest group deals site, confirmed that it has closed a colossal $3.3 billion round at a valuation of $18 billion. The company claims that this is the largest single funding round ever raised by a venture-backed Internet startup in China. Read More... →

Grain, a Singapore food tech startup, has landed funding to build out its “full-stack” approach to food delivers in the Southeast Asian city-state. The Series A round is officially undisclosed, but TechCrunch understands that it is SG$2.45 million, or US$1.7 million. Read More... →

Похоже, крупнейший раунд в истории финансирования стартапов... →

Happn, the hyperlocal dating app, has revealed that it has ten million members. The French-based app is growing fast and the startup says it is on track to reach 30 million users by the end of the year. The app works similarly to Tinder — users are able to quickly swipe users to find a match. The key difference is that Happn is hyperlocal — it shows you the people you walked by… Read More... →

With its latest update, Magzter is unveiling a more article-centric way to browse its library of digital magazines. Seems like a pretty obvious move, right? Sure, there are people who still read magazines cover to cover (says the guy whose apartment is filled with back issues of Wired and The New Yorker), but as Magzter co-founder and President Vijay Radhakrishnan put it, most of us… Read More... →

“Sure, that looks great on a model, but how will it look on me?” Now you can find out thanks to ModiFace, an augmented reality startup that’s quietly grown to power apps for 55 of the top makeup brands like Sephora, P&G, And Unilever. Fire up the camera on your phone or a store makeup counter’s tablet, choose different styles of lipstick, eye shadow, or whatever… Read More... →

Российский стартап Pochta.fi, с помощью которого можно было покупать товары в Европе и перевозить их в Россию, объявил о своём закрытии по «экономическим причинам». Об этом говорится в письме, поступившем в редакцию vc.ru.... →

Фонд российского миллиардера Юрия Мильнера DST Global проинвестировал в китайскую компанию онлайн-бронирования билетов в кино и мест в ресторанах Meituan-Dianping. Среди других крупных инвесторов раунда интернет-провайдер Tencent Holdings и сингапурская инвестиционная компания Temasek Holdings. Общая сумма вложений в этом раунде составила рекордную сумму $3,3 млрд. Таким образом, Meituan-Dianping – первый стартап в истории венчурных инвестиций, которому удалось привлечь такую большую сумму, пишет РБК со ссы... →

Hello, VentureBeat readers! I am thrilled to join your community as editor in chief. My first encounters with VentureBeat date to its infancy in 2006, a time when natural language processing promised to revolutionize search, when Yelp raised its first $10 million in venture capital, and when YouTube’s “two kings” sold their startup to Google […]... →

Hot on the heels of its $500 million investment in transportation startup Lyft, General Motors is pumping some more gas into its ride-sharing ambitions. The company has acquired select assets of Sidecar, a would-be Uber and Lyft competitor that went bust in December with a hint that this was not the end. The GM news, first reported by Bloomberg, was confirmed to TechCrunch directly by… Read More... →

Task management startup Trello is today launching a new Power-Ups Platform to make its app more powerful and useful through the integration of third-party tools. Meanwhile, the company also announced in a blog post that it now has more than 12 million users, up from 10 million in September. But the platform has strategic importance, […]... →

John Smedley, the former head of Sony Online Entertainment, has unveiled Hero’s Song, the first game from his new studio PixelImage Games. Smedley served at Sony Online Entertainment for 20 years and was its leader for 15. He spun the maker of massively multiplayer online games such as PlanetSide 2 out of its Japanese parent company […]... →

Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who stepped away from the big blue bird last June, has a new health and fitness platform startup in the works, focused on motivating people to make lifestyle improvements by drawing on the expertise of a range of “wellness professionals” to provide inspiring guidance. Read More... →