Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — стартап Blendle, который предлагает онлайн-СМИ продавать доступ к своему контенту «поштучно».... →

Kreditech — the German startup that offers loans and other financial services to consumers who have little or no credit history by using some 20,000 data points online to assess their suitability — has added another $11 million (€10 million) to its Series C round of funding. This brings the total raised by Kreditech in this round to $103 million, after first announcing $92… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд AddVenture вложил ещё 250 млн рублей в онлайн-сервис заказа уборки Qlean, сообщает «Коммерсант». До этого AddVenture инвестировал 70 млн рублей в Qlean в прошлом году. Доля фонда в компании не раскрывается. Известно, что контроль остается у основателей. Средства пойдут на региональную экспансию в города-миллионникии маркетинг. Qlean также планирует консолидировать рынок уборки в России. Сервис предлагает клининговым компаниям присоединиться к нему в формате франшизы или M&A. Qlean также намер... →

GUEST: There are many reasons to found a startup — and many reasons to work at a startup. But there’s only one reason your company got funded: Liquidity. The good news To most founders a startup is not a job, but a calling. But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. Traditional lenders (banks) […]... →

Degreed, a startup promising to “jailbreak the college degree,” announced today that it has acquired Gibbon. Degreed offers tools for tracking lifelong learning and earning additional credentials. Gibbon, meanwhile, is supposed to help you learn by curating and sharing playlists of learning-related content. “Hands down, Gibbon has built the most elegant tool for curating… Read More... →

Tristan Walker is becoming, if he’s not already, a household name in Silicon Valley. He’s the founder and CEO of Walker & Company Brands, the startup behind the successful Bevel razor and shaving cream products for people of color. I first spoke with Walker in December 2013, when he launched his company, while writing for Business Insider. He was in the San… Read More... →

Have you heard about Boom? Boom is a relatively new startup that’s aiming to build something pretty crazy. They’re not building an app… or a social network… or even some new gadget for the Kickstarter crowd. Boom wants to build planes. Really, really, really fast planes. Specifically, they’re trying to design and build a supersonic passenger plane that goes 2.2x… Read More... →

Emergence Capital led a $20 million investment for BetterWorks, the startup announced today. BetterWorks’s software helps enterprises to manage and track their employees progress. Some of the startups’ customers includes AOL, Airbnb, and Shutterstock. The Redwood City-based startup said that the funds from this investment will be used to “further develop its operational suite and continue to expand […]... →

22 декабря 2015 года закрылся один из первых стриминговых музыкальных сервисов Rdio. Редакция издания The Verge выяснила, что послужило причиной провала стартапа.... →

Bob Messerschmidt knows a little about health and wellness tech, having spent three years helping architect the Apple Watch platform after Apple quietly acquired his spectroscopy company, Rare Light, in 2010. (The terms were undisclosed.) Messerschmidt also knew when he left Apple to found a new company that it would again in involve smartphones. After all, he reasoned, they’re… Read More... →

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Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — образовательная площадка Studyboom, где можно создавать и просматривать видеокурсы о дизайне, маркетинге и разработке. Передаем микрофон.... →

Back in October, we reported that Checkr — a San Francisco startup that runs employee background checks and vets potential hires by way of an API — was raising north of $30 million as it expanded its business beyond the 300,000 checks per month it already does for some 3,000 tech companies including Uber and Instacart. Today, Checkr is formally announcing that round: it has raised… Read More... →

Research marketplace Science Exchange is now $25 million richer. The startup hooking researchers up with service providers just pulled in that amount in Series B funding, putting the total raised at $40 million. Maverick Capital led the round, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, OATV, Collaborative Fund, YC Continuity Fund, TEDMED CEO Jose Suarez, Sam Altman, Steve… Read More... →

You don’t need to quit your job to start making money from playing games. Esports Hero is a fresh startup in the competitive-gaming space, and it has raised $1 million in financing to expand its real-money cash tournaments. Esports Mogul, an Australian investment group, led the round. With this influx of cash, Esports Hero is hoping […]... →

Американский сервис вызова такси Uber обвинил индийского конкурента Ola в создании 90 тысяч фейковых аккаунтов и заказе с их помощью 400 тысяч отмененных впоследствии поездок. По мнению истца, это было сделано, чтобы подорвать доверие к Uber со стороны таксистов. Иск подан в Высший суд округа Дели, слушания по нему начнутся 14 сентября. Кроме создания поддельных аккаунтов и ложных вызовов такси, Uber обвиняет Ola в рассылке сообщений с не соответствующими действительности новостями о компании. Ola отрицает ... →

European news startup Blendle has already attracted funding from two of the biggest names in the media business — The New York Times and German publisher Axel Springer. Today it’s launching in the United States. Blendle is betting that people are still willing to pay for journalism, but instead of charging them on a subscription basis, it’s charging per article. On… Read More... →

Blendle is looking to help online publishers monetize through charging for individual articles, and today the Dutch startup is opening for business in the U.S. Founded out of Utrecht in 2014, Blendle has generated a fair bit of buzz over the past couple of years with the promise of new mechanism to charge readers for […]... →

Скульптор Дженнифер Деволт — девушка, которая поставила перед собой задачу написать 180 сайтов за 180 дней. Сейчас она вместе со своим сервисом по управлению проектами Zube проходит акселерацию в Y Combinator.В блоге компании Деволт поделилась своим опытом разработки 180 сайтов и создания собственной компании. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

Ringier Africa Deals Group, a joint venture between Swiss Ringier Africa AG and South African Silvertree Internet Holdings Ltd., acquired Nigerian online shopping startup DealDey for an undisclosed amount. Read More... →