Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

ClearSky Data, a startup with a cloud service for storing companies’ data in various tiers based on customers’ needs, is announcing today a $27 million round of funding, with content distribution network Akamai participating. ClearSky Data’s service keeps companies’ primary, important data offsite in block storage on hardware that the startup maintains. ClearSky sticks less […]... →

Allocating startup capital is hard — but more importantly, it’s key to successfully raising your next round. Which tools are founders using to build a strategic financial plan? With cash in the bank, a founder’s job is to time growth, metrics and money to validate a thesis and raise another round. How strategic is this budgeting process in practice, and what are founders… Read More... →

Porch, one of the many companies positioning themselves to be the go-to place for “home services,” has laid off 90 members of its staff according to Geekwire. We’ve reached out to Porch for a statement. The company has raised $98.85M to date in 3 rounds. Their competitors include Amazon, Angie’s List, Pro.com and HomeAdvisor, just to name a few. We just covered… Read More... →

Ersatz Labs, a startup specializing in a trendy type of artificial intelligence called deep learning, has suspended development of its cloud service and application programming interface (API). The startup has dropped its headcount from around 13 to five, with three working part-time, in recent months. Earlier this month it began focusing exclusively on consulting, which […]... →

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Venture firm and startup accelerator program 500 Startups is holding its latest Demo Day today and over the next five hours, 34 early-stage and 9 post-seed companies presented in front of investors for a chance at receiving additional funding to get them to their next milestone. At the beginning, self-described “Sith Lord” […]... →

Startup Monclarity announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding from Access Industries. And it recently unveiled Brainwell, a brain-training app available on iOS, Android, Kindle and the web. Now, there’s been a lot of skepticism around brain-training games like Lumosity, particularly after a recent study of the existing research found that these games may improve… Read More... →

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The founders of Legion Analytics say they’re offering a better way for salespeople to find new customers. The startup is part of Y Combinator’s new fellowship system, an eight-week program for “very, very early” stage companies who receive a $12,000 grant and fly in for office hours and mentorship. What’s wrong with the current lead generation process? CTO… Read More... →

Наноиндустрия в России растет с темпом 12% в год, об этом в интервью «Коммерсантъ FM» сообщил глава «Роснано» Анатолий Чубайс. Он также отметил, что объем производства и продаж российской наноиндустрии к концу 2015 года составит 900 млрд рублей. За семь лет корпорация «Роснано» получила 130 млрд рублей в капитал и 180 млрд рублей госгарантии, на которую компания взяла кредиты. По словам Анатолия Чубайса, объем производства проектных компаний, в которые «Роснано» инвестировала составляет 300 млрд рублей. Пол... →

100% успешных российских ИТ-стартапов продуктового типа начинали бизнес не ради денег, а чтобы решить актуальную проблему, и 100% осознанно выбрали продуктовую модель после опыта работы по сервисной модели.... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Slamon, который обеспечивает в онлайн-режиме управление сетью связи удаленного офиса, контроль состояния доступа в сеть Интернет,круглосуточный мониторинг работы облачных сервисов.. Передаём микрофон.... →

Валентин Гриценко, создатель платформы для автоматизации размещения брендированного контента в онлайн-изданиях INFEEDL, проанализировал причины неудачи и предположил, что ждёт онлайн-медиа в будущем. Редакция vc.ru публикует текст с разрешения автора.... →

О бонусах жизни и работы над стартапом в Астане и Алматы.... →

Южно-Африканская Республика — это самая развитая страна в Африке. В ней происходит смешение множества культур и национальностей — только официальных государственных языков в ЮАР одиннадцать: английский, африкаанс, коса, зулу, сесото, свази, тсонга, венда, северный сото, южный ндебеле и тсвана. Обозреватель vc.ru изучил, что выделяет родину Элона Маска среди других стран и стоит ли перевозить в ЮАР свой бизнес.... →

Всего в финал вышло 10 проектов, призовые места получили 4... →

Shots has been pigeonholed since birth. First it was dismissed as just a startup funded by Justin Bieber. Then it was laughed at for being an app just for selfies. But after 2 years, $15.2 million raised, and almost 10 million sign-ups, Shots refuses to die. In fact, it’s branching out. Today the company released the first of a series of original video content it’s produced… Read More... →

Trident is a remote-controlled, camera-equipped underwater drone – and it’s the fastest machine yet from underwater robotics startup OpenROV. Trident can go “as fast as Michael Phelps,” according to co-founders David Lang and Eric Stackpole. For reference, Phelps clocks in at 4.4 mph if you factor his record for 50.77 seconds in the 100 m. So that’s faster than… Read More... →

Home services platform Porch.com has made its first-ever acquisition, snatching up the on-demand answers app Fountain for an undisclosed price. As a consequence of the deal, Fountain’s service will replace Porch’s Home Assistant program and will provide the Seattle, Washington-based company a beachhead in San Francisco, California to open up a new office. The brainchild […]... →

Bop.fm — a Y Combinator startup that had built a platform to share links for music tracks across a number of different walled-garden streaming services — has been acquired. But it’s not a buyer from the music industry: it’s LifeLock, the identity theft protection company. Bop.fm — whose motto had been “The music never stops on Bop.fm” —… Read More... →

Last week, when Helsinki-based Angry Birds publisher Rovio confirmed it would cut 213 jobs, it also said it would shut down its education division, with some of its education employees forming a spinoff. Today, an educational gaming startup called Lightneer is launching in Helsinki. It is not the spinoff Rovio had referred to. But that doesn’t make it any less infused with Rovio… Read More... →