Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Today, educational startup General Assembly announced a series D round of funding of $70M. Here’s what CEO Jake Schwartz had to say about the news, including the addition of a new board member: Today we are announcing a new round of funding for General Assembly, representing over $70 million in capital from a group of leading investors. Our new investors are Advance Publications and… Read More... →

Кабир Хемраджани, основатель сервиса RiotVine, помогающего пользователям найти интересующую их информацию о мероприятиях в городе, рассказал о том, почему в 2010 году стартап вынужден был закрыться. По словам автора материала, основатели не смогли бороться со своими конкурентами, среди которых были такие крупные компании, как Facebook.... →

iRidium mobile разрабатывает софт для управления системами «умного дома»... →

Task management app Asana today is rolling out a major revamp to all users. “The news today is that we’re unveiling a new version of Asana that will empower more teams to do great things together more easily than what has ever been possible,” Asana cofounder and chief executive Dustin Moskovitz told reporters at an […]... →

Google today announced it has acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup known as the “cloud communications company for mobile operators.” Details of the deal were not disclosed. In fact, the acquisition news was shoehorned in beside the news that Google was working to add Rich Communications Services (RCS), a new standard for carrier messaging, support in […]... →

Color Genomics, a genetic testing startup from a few early Twitter veterans, is using its deep ties within the startup community to get more than a dozen startups and venture firms to cover half the cost of breast cancer testing for employees. The company, which tests for the breast and ovarian cancer risk genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, is offering tests at $249. That’s more than an order of… Read More... →

Managing a complex modern IT infrastructure is hard. NodePrime, a San Francisco-based startup that’s emerging from stealth today, wants to make it easier for companies to map, monitor and control their data centers. The company also today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round with participation from the likes of Menlo Ventures, NEA, Formation 8, Ericsson, Initialized… Read More... →

Have you ever wished you knew how many likes or shares a Facebook post would get before you pressed the blue button? 2014 Y Combinator-backed startup Naytev recently launched Spark, a tool that will allow media brands to test their best messages before posting them to their Facebook pages. The practice, commonly known as “dark testing,” allows publications (like TechCrunch) to… Read More... →

Nuzzel, the social news startup led by Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, is announcing a bunch of new investors today — including Matter, the Knight Foundation-backed incubator for media startups. Abrams didn’t say how much additional cash he’s raised, but he described the new funding as “relatively small in size compared to some of our tech-industry… Read More... →

Компания iRidium mobile получила грант фонда «Сколково» в размере 21 млн рублей. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде, чьим резидентом является стартап. Деньги будут направлены на создание платформы управления и автоматизации для систем «умного дома», интеллектуального здания, а также устройств интернета вещей. Продукты iRidium mobile направлены на рынок компаний-инсталляторов и интеграторов. На данный момент стартап уже создал ПО и среду разработки для управления решениями автоматизации, а также редактор, котор... →

Украинский стартап-инкубатор WannaBiz трансформируется в посевной венчурный фонд. Как сообщаетAIN.UA, инкубатор перестает принимать заявки от стартапов на стадии pre-seed. Запуск венчурного фонда должен произойти к концк года. Объем фонда составит от $5 млн до $10 млн. Партнерами фонда станут IT-предприниматели Вадим Роговский, Александр Борняков и Артем Бородатюк, которые были партнерами инкубатора. Фонд будет фокусироваться на стартапах с русскоязычными основателями по всему миру в сферах ad tech, fin tec... →

Italy headquartered startup ShopFully, which helps drive customers to physical retail stores with a digital alternative to the humble paper flyer, has raised a further €10 million. Backing comes from Highland Capital Partners Europe and brings total raised over the last three years to €20 million. Previous backers include Principia SGR, 360 Capital Partners and Merifin. Read More... →

Фонд GVA LaunchGurus Fund 1 вложил $250 тысяч в форме конвертируемого займа в экосистему мобильной разработки Apps4All. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании.   Деньги будут направлены на решение задачи расширения бизнеса стартапа на мировом рынке и прежде всего в США. Компания планирует привлечь новых сотрудников и разработчиков в Америке.  По данным Apps4All, компания сейчас уже собрала на своей платформе 3500 фирм-разработчиков. Вложения в платформу мобильной разработки стало второй сделкой фонда GVA Launch... →

Farmigo, a startup rethinking the local farmer’s market, has raised $16 million in series B funding. Founder and CEO Benzi Ronen said the company started out by building software for farmers, but its focus has shifted to a consumer marketplace where you can order farm-fresh groceries, then pick them up from local “food communities,” such as a nearby school or office.… Read More... →

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Adyen, a payment startup based in Amsterdam that provides services for companies like Facebook, Uber and Netflix, made waves last year when it announced a $250 million Series B that valued it at $1.5 billion. Now less than a year later, Adeyn is adding more to its coffers: it has closed another round of funding, this time with a valuation of $2.3 billion. This latest injection comes from… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис Tour Guide, который помогает туристам найти персонального гида в другой стране. Передаём микрофон.... →

There’s no shortage of services trying to drive traditional financial planners into extinction. Think Wealthfront, Personal Capital, Betterment and Intuit-owned Mint.com, among them. Today, another company personal finance tools company is waving its own flag: AboutLife, a three-year-old, San Francisco-based eight-person startup that quietly raised $3 million in Series A funding from… Read More... →

French startup accelerator Numa started as a non-profit organization fifteen years ago. Since then, everything has changed in the French tech ecosystem. Numa doesn’t have the same name, office, business model and now shareholders. After successfully raising $1.1 million (€1 million) in a crowdfunding campaign, the organization has sold more equity to third-party investors —… Read More... →

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