Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

EXCLUSIVE: A bold offer by an entrepreneur could stoke the debate about who wins and who loses when a once high-flying company is acquired for less than its perceived value. In an open letter to his former colleagues, which has been published by VentureBeat below, Ken Singer, cofounder of AppCentral — a startup acquired by Good […]... →

Swiss dating app startup Blinq is playing around with a little algorithmic hot or not catnip, with a plan to add a machine-learning powered attractiveness assessment feature to help its users pick the photos that show them at their best. Read More... →

Snapchat закрыл магазин Lens Store, который продавал фильтры, созданные на базе технологии украинского стартапа Looksery. Snapchat купил компанию в сентябре 2015 года, сумма сделки по неподтвержденным данным могла составить $150 млн. Магазин фильтров открылся для пользователей в ноябре, до этого у Snapchat были только бесплатные фильтры.... →

Редакция vc.ru продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях (выходят по понедельникам), а также вакансии компаний, которые ищут сотрудников (выходят по четвергам).... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис MSQRD, который позволяет изменять внешность во время видеочатов в режиме реального времени. Передаём микрофон.... →

In Saudi Arabia, a country known more for its vast oil reserves than its commitment to renewable energy, a small startup called NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions has developed a new way to clean up the process of solar energy production — literally. Even the Saudi kingdom realizes that despite the attractively low prices of fossil fuels, solar energy is gaining momentum. Solar panels are… Read More... →

While wandering the Eureka Park floor at CES, we ran into C-Way, a cool French startup that is making GPS-enabled smart watches for kids. So what exactly does a smart watch for kids do? Well first off, it helps parents keep track of their kid’s location. By embedding a GPS sensor in the device, parents can open C-Way’s app and see where your child is at all times, thanks to a… Read More... →

Yesterday on the CES TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield stage I sat down with Edward Mason, Founder and CEO of VR Headset startup GameFace Labs. Founded in London, GameFace Labs makes a self-contained VR headset, meaning it doesn’t need to be attached to an external computer like Oculus or other headsets that require a high-powered gaming rig. GameFace Lab’s first device will ship… Read More... →

AirCloset is an outstanding startup in the Japanese fashion rental industry. Launched back in February of 2015, the company has been providing a subscription-based fashion item rental service for females under the same name. Its users combined surpasses 70,000 for now, which rapidly grew from 65,000 users in October of 2015. AirCloset announced today that […]... →

Mixpanel laid off 18 people yesterday, representing less than 10 percent of its 230+ person team. “This is obviously a deeply tough decision,” said CEO Suhail Doshi. “By no means do we intend to hire people only to let them go … We’re very sorry that it happened.” The news was first reported in VentureBeat, which quoted Doshi as saying, “We just… Read More... →

Self-driving drone Lily has had quite the success in sales and it’s not even on the market yet. The startup pulled in a whopping $34 million in pre-orders by the end of 2015, with 60,000 units already sold. While that’s not as massive as Apple Watch pre-sales (1.2 million sold in the first day), it’s still a pretty good indicator Lily is onto something. The little flying bot… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Data analytics startup Mixpanel yesterday laid off nearly 20 employees, primarily in sales, VentureBeat has learned. The layoffs, which multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to VentureBeat, don’t spell doom for the company. One person familiar with the matter described the layoffs as a healthy cost-cutting effort. In total, Mixpanel let go of 18 […]... →

It’s that time of month again: micro meetup time. I’m holding two small meetups in Manhattan and Brooklyn: a mini pitch-off on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 and a BTC event on Thursday, January 14, 2016. These are informal affairs and to get the NYC startup world together in one place and eat pizza. You can RSVP here for the pitch-off and here for the BTC meetup. Attend one or both… Read More... →

Руководитель агентства Netpeak Артем Бородатюк написал для vc.ru материал о разработке маркетингового позиционирования для стартапов при ограниченности ресурсов — без траты времени и денег на масштабные исследования и отчёты.... →

After raising a $6.7M Series A round to bolster it’s position, health tracking startup Lifesum has added another quiver to its bow in the form of a new app called Movesum. You can download it here. After studying the health category, Lifesum tells me that they decide the classic pedometers and step counters (such as Pacer)have become to bloated with features and gone beyond what most… Read More... →

Сооснователь стартапа «Амплифер» и один из менеджеров проекта «Злые Марсиане» Нат Гаджибалаев в сентябре 2015 года перебрался в Долину с целью активно развивать эти компании на рынке США. Firrma поговорила с ним о причинах переезда, о переносе бизнеса в Штаты и сложностях адаптации.  Почему решили увезти проекты из России? Начнем с «Марсиан». В конце 2013 после поездки в Долину нам стало понятно, что в США проектов с нашим профилем больше, а в России – почти не осталось. Мы  решили, что на 2014 год наша зад... →

MyMusicTaste, a Seoul-based startup that gauges fan interest to help figure out where to plan concerts, plans to expand throughout Asia after landing a $10 million Series A led by Softbank Ventures Korea. Read More... →

Honestbee, a grocery delivery service backed by Formation 8, has launched in Taipei, its third city so far. Services are already available in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Niseko, Japan. During the first half of this year, Honestbee also plans to expand into Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, and Jakarta. Read More... →

Hudson’s Bay Company, the owner of department chain stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, said today it was acquiring Gilt Groupe for $250 million. The sale still represents a tough end to the story of Gilt. The startup was one of the original darling flash-sale sites coming out of New York. But that whole market has found itself challenged by slim operating margins, its initial popularity… Read More... →

At a San Francisco Halloween party this year, I ran into a man wearing nothing but bubble wrap, covered in glitter, waving a wand. “I’m a unicorn,” he explained. Anyone from the bankers on Sand Hill to the barista at Philz can tell you: A unicorn is a startup that reaches the rare and vaunted high-water mark of a $1 billion valuation. Except that it’s no longer that rare. Read More... →