Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Инвестору о проекте рассказал племянник из Великобритании... →

Акционеры фонда Prostor Capital приняли решение больше не поддерживать практику Media for Equity в связи с тем, что на ее развитие требуется гораздо больше времени и ресурсов, чем предполагалось в начале. Об этом Firrma сообщил Алексей Соловьев, управляющий директор Prostor Capital. «Мы несколько недооценили масштаб усилий, который необходимо приложить для того, чтобы запустить эту практику в жизнь, и одновременно переоценили степень готовности рынка к этому продукту, особенно со стороны медиа-партнеров. Не... →

Компания Fenox Venture Capital (FVC), одним из владельцев которой является белорусский бизнесмен Виталий Арбузов, вложила $3,3 млн в японского разработчика веб-сайтов по управлению активами Zuu. FVC приобретет допэмиссию акций Zuu. В результате сделки партнер Арбузова — Анис Уззаман станет внешним директором в разработчике. Сделка является частью программы фандрайзинга японских компаний в этом секторе. Средства пойдут на расширение бизнеса Zuu в США и Юго-Восточной Азии. В марте 2015 года Fenox Venture Capi... →

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Частный инвестор Александр Черняк и SMRK VC Fund вложили $1,5 млн в компанию Allset, основанную украинской командой. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании.  Средства пойдут на запуск в США, маркетинг и найм сотрудников.  Приложение позволяет предварительно забронировать столик в ресторане, заказать еду, оплатить счет. Сейчас Allset уже подключен к 12 ресторанам в Сан-Франциско и Пало-Альто. Стартап берет $1 с заказа в ресторане вне зависимости от количества человек, сделавших заказ. О компании Allset Allset – ... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис WindowsShare, который позволяет продавать и покупать рекламу на окнах жилых домов. Передаём микрофон.... →

Каждый день редакция vc.ru выбирает один свежий зарубежный стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — приложение Bravo, помогающее оставить официанту на чай, если у пользователя с собой нет наличных.... →

Meet Stampery, a startup that wants to replace notaries with bitcoin’s blockchain. The service can issue legally binding proofs for all your sensitive documents, and the company is presenting its next version on stage today at Disrupt SF. Read More... →

Not every employee, especially those at smaller businesses, can or should get a corporate credit card — but they still need to pay company-related expenses. That’s where Emburse, a startup that issues prepaid cards quickly to employees, is hoping to help. Emburse works with a card-issuer and a bank to help companies issue company cards with specific balances that it can manage… Read More... →

French startup Leetchi has been acquired by French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. While the startup isn’t giving any official number, Les Échos reported that Crédit Mutuel Arkéa spent more than $56 million (€50 million) to acquire 86 percent of the company. According to our information, it’s an all-cash deaL. Read More... →

FreedomPop, the startup that is stirring up the world of mobile carriers with free phone services, is announcing two new advances that will help the company spread its brand to new demographics and new geographies. The company is kicking off the commercial launch of its service in the UK — its first outside of the U.S. And to coincide with Apple’s launch of its new iPhone models,… Read More... →

A new startup, Rollout.io, launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2015 wants to put mobile app developers back in control of their software by allowing them to make code-level changes on the fly. This service aims to address a common problem app developers today face. That is, when there are critical bugs or other issues that need to be fixed, the process of actually getting an… Read More... →

Startups, it’s time to get your act together and apply for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London on December 7-8th. We’re looking for the most promising companies from London to Budapest, Madrid to Stockholm, and everywhere in between. Maybe you were out on vacation. Maybe you were focused on that key hire. Maybe you started but forgot to finish the application. Whatever the… Read More... →

Ross Mayfield said that at his new startup Pingpad, “We’re trying to build the next great productivity app.” Mayfield previously worked as director of business development at LinkedIn and co-founded collaboration company Socialtext. He created Pingpad with his wife Leila Al-Shamari — in fact, they said the idea first came to them when they were planning for their… Read More... →

MathCrunch, a mobile-focused math-tutoring startup that connects tutors with students, has announced a new subscription service, alongside a fresh round of funding from Stanford University. Founded in 2014, the San Francisco-based company raised a $3.5 million seed round just a few months back, but it has now nabbed cash from Stanford’s StartX Fund, which was […]... →

MathCrunch, a mobile-focused math-tutoring startup that connects tutors with students, has announced a new subscription service, alongside a fresh round of funding from Stanford University. Founded in 2014, the San Francisco-based company raised $3.5 million seed round just a few months back, but it has now nabbed some cash from Stanford’s StartX Fund, which was […]... →

CloudFlare has secured a $110 million round of private financing, led by Fidelity, and participated in by a cadre of technology giants, including Baidu, Google, Microsoft and Qualcomm. The company has raised more than $180 million to date. The quickly growing startup now operates in more than 30 countries, and, according to material provided to TechCrunch, processes around 5 percent of the… Read More... →

Quirky, the long-suffering startup that was once held up as a model for bridging the maker movement and corporate world, has filed for bankruptcy. Read More... →

WalmartLabs, the retailer’s Silicon Valley-based R&D group, announced this morning that it has acquired loyalty startup PunchTab, in order to better connect with and engage customers who shop at the company’s Sam’s Club stores. Terms of the deal were not revealed, but this is now WalmartLabs’ 15th acquisition since its formation in 2011, the company noted.… Read More... →

Visual storytelling app Storehouse is bucking the trend when it comes to tech companies these days. Instead of promoting social behavior, the startup has stripped its app of such functionality — no followers, likes, hashtags, republishing, and timelines are being shown. Storehouse 2.0 is now a private space for publishing photos. Previously, Storehouse empowered you […]... →