Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Cloudability, a startup with a tool that helps companies track their spending on public cloud infrastructure, is announcing today that it has acquired DataHero, a startup with an easy-to-use data-visualization service. The deal is interesting because both are cloud software startups that emerged at around the same time but have operated in different markets. Nearly […]... →

Александр Чачава, управляющий партнер венчурного фонда LETA Capital, рассказал об итогах уходящего года и дал свой прогноз на будущее. Важные итога года для вас лично? Великий шелковый путь вполне успешно действовал около 2000 лет вне зависимости от войн и политических передряг Центральной Азии, а было их там немало со времен Александра Македонского. Венчурный рынок продолжает работать даже у нас в стране, успешные, ориентированные на международные рынки стартапы неплохо развиваются, нивелируя недостатки ме... →

Xfers, a startup that wants to simplify bank transfers, announced today that it has raised a $2.5 million seed round. Based in Singapore, Xfers plans to use the funding to expand into Indonesia during the first quarter of this year before tackling other markets in Southeast Asia. The Y Combinator alum will also continue building its technology platform, which can be integrated with many… Read More... →

Avegant is showcasing its new product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Originally backed by Kickstarter, the startup is releasing its Glyph media player that doubles as a headset. Equipped with 3D capabilities, the wearable device can connect to a computer or smartphone via an HDMI connector, displaying movies and the Internet on a private viewing screen. When turned to… Read More... →

For those of you who count your carbs and calories, DietSensor is looking to make your life easier. The French-based startup has created a tool that scans your food and determines its nutritional value. The idea is that you can go out to eat at a restaurant or at someone’s home and still keep tabs on your diet…if you don’t mind holding up this gadget. A CES Innovation… Read More... →

We’re only in the first week of January, but already Southeast Asia has seen its first merger of significance. Female-focused e-commerce players Moxy, which is present in Thailand and Indonesia, and Bilna, an Indonesian startup from ex-Groupon Indonesia founders, have joined forces. Read More... →

ThirdEye, a startup started by four Penn sophomores that helps the blind “see” what is around them, launched its mobile apps this morning. The company’s product, previously only available for Google Glass, allows users to point at an object and get an audio description of what their mobile device is being pointed at. While ThirdEye’s initial product was well-received,… Read More... →

OhMiBod believes in combining tech and sexual health. So the startup is announcing today that it has created a Bluetooth-connected kegel exerciser so women can strengthen their pelvic floor muscles — and have more intense orgasms. The Lovelife Krush exerciser includes haptic feedback (both visual and vibratory) and voice-guided training programs to aid women with […]... →

OK, well, this one is optional. The burden is on iDevices, a startup in the smart home market, to convince us that we need to connect our wall sockets, light switches, and light bulbs to the Internet. It’s all part of the smart home market, which is expected to grow to $71 billion by 2018, […]... →

Cuvva, a burgeoning startup based in Scotland, is solving a problem that I didn’t know existed: the need to insure a car for as little as an hour. Read More... →

Electric vehicles may be the future of transportation, but they can travel only as far as there are places to charge them. Often called the “Tesla of scooters,” Taiwanese startup Gogoro is known for making sleek, battery-operated scooters. Gogoro has launched in Taipei City and Amsterdam so far and in both cities it has received government backing to build charging stations. The… Read More... →

Малазийский стартап с российскими сооснователями Bfab привлек посевные инвестиции от фондов 500 Startups, KK Fund и компании Captii. Сумма сделки не раскрывается, однако известно, что она представляет собой «шестизначное число». Валютой сделки были американские доллары. Сервис позволяет в режиме реального времени бронировать посещения салонов красоты. Клиенты могут посмотреть рабочий календарь салона и записаться в любое время суток. Как сообщается, в бета-версии продукта к сервису подключено 200 салонов кр... →

Трое русских попали в список предпринимателей не достигших 30 лет (30 under 30), который опубликовал журнал Forbes. Издание отметило Дмитрия Аксенова и Михаила Наумова, сооснователи компании DigitalGenius, а также Илью Сачкова – СЕО и основателя компании Group-IB. Дмитрий Аксенов и Михаил Наумов родились и выросли в России. Идея собственного бизнеса пришла к Аксенову во время обучения в колледже в Великобритании. DigitalGenius – стартап в сфере искусственного интеллекта, который помогает крупным компаниям а... →

Grofers, the Indian on-demand delivery service startup backed by top investors, confirmed today that it has stopped operating in nine cities as first reported in Inc42. Read More... →

Snapcart, an Indonesia-based startup that runs a service offering consumers rewards in exchange for scans of their shopping receipts, has closed $1.675 million in funding just four months after launch. Read More... →

FEATURE: Coconuts Media‘s founder describes the four-year-old news media startup as “a network of local city websites” that is now in eight cities across Asia — mostly in Southeast Asia, specifically — including Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Bali, and Yangon. All of these are available in English, with two of the eight available […]... →

Posted by randfishIt's that magical time where, once again, I examine my predictions for the year that's just ended, and make new ones for the one ahead. As is my personal tradition, I'm going to first look at the accuracy of what I've suggested would happen in 2015. Based on how I've done, you can get a sense of how seriously to take my ideas for the future. But, if you'd prefer, you can just skip right to the 2016 predictions. For posterity, here's my post from January 6, 2015, but I won't make you go thr... →

At the end of November, Google announced it was buying bebop, a cloud platform startup founded by former VMware CEO and co-founder Diane Greene. Today, the company filed paperwork with the SEC revealing the purchase price: $380,241,352 to be precise. The move was believed to be as much about bringing in Greene to lead its enterprise cloud effort as the bebop technology itself.  Little is… Read More... →

Some consolidation in the world of gaming and specifically e-sports. Today Activision Blizzard confirmed that it has acquired Major League Gaming, a specialist in live gaming events. The news follows reports over the weekend that Activision would be buying MLG for $46 million and shuttering the business. In the event, Activision is only partly confirming these details. No word on price, and… Read More... →

Google’s umbrella company, Alphabet, today disclosed that it paid $380.2 million to buy Bebop, the startup from VMware cofounder and former chief executive Diane Greene. Greene, who sits on Alphabet’s board of directors and is now in charge of Google’s cloud businesses as a result of the acquisition, isn’t keeping a huge percentage of the […]... →