Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Insensi has been working hard on a brand new device to make it easier to communicate with other family members. The device, Ily, is a modern take on landline phones that is so easy to use that children and grandparents don’t need directions. Ily is now available on Kickstarter for $149. The startup participated in our Hardware Battlefield competition in January. Ily isn’t a tablet or… Read More... →

Фредерик Маззелла, основатель и генеральный директор BlaBlaCar, написал в LinkedIn третий материал из своего цикла, посвящённого развитию стартапа — на этот раз о формировании предпринимательского духа и его влиянии на мотивацию и инновации.Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод материала.... →

Российская компания МУЛЬТиКУБИК, производящая персональные портативные проекторы с контентом внутри, собрала $83,4 тысячи вместо планируемых $75 тысяч на краудфандинговой площадке Indiegogo за две недели.  МУЛЬТиКУБИК представила на Indiegogo вторую версию портативного проектора под международным брендом CINEMOOD. Новая версия проектора отличается от первой улучшенным изображением, наличием WiFi, мобильного приложения и возможностью отправлять видеосообщения от родителей детям со смартфона на проектор. Такж... →

Американский стартап MegaBots привлёк $2,4 млн посевных инвестиций и решил создать лигу для боёв среди роботов, управляемых людьми. Создатели компании хотят создать спортивную ассоциацию, похожую на UFC или Formula 1, пишет TechCrunch.... →

Oakland, Calif. startup MegaBots Inc. has raised $2.4 million in seed funding to bring the robot-fighting stuff of manga and anime to a venue near you. According to MegaBots cofounders, Gui Cavalcanti, Matt Oehrlein, and Brinkley Warren, the startup aspires to follow in the footsteps of major sports associations like Formula 1 or UFC. With the seed funding, Warren said, MegaBots will be… Read More... →

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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).... →

A month before Disrupt, Yu Zhou sent us an email titled, “We want to help solve the Flint water problem.” WaterO’s CEO wasn’t claiming to have the catchall solution to the lead problem plaguing the Michigan city, but his company was in a unique position to lend a hand. Since then, the Los Angeles-based startup announced that it has teamed up with the charity Water is… Read More... →

Artveoli is a biotech startup that’s building an air purifying device that aims to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen in indoor environments by harnessing the photosynthetic properties of algae. The startup is officially launching on stage here at TechCrunch Disrupt New York. Read More... →

OverNest, a startup that was launched just over a year by several technology industry veterans, announced its first product called GitZero today at the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition in Brooklyn, NY — and it’s a pretty exciting product that makes encrypted code searchable. It’s widely known that you should be encrypting your data. It prevents prying eyes… Read More... →

As self-driving cars are not quite ready yet, bike accidents are still a thing, unfortunately. Sometimes, stupid monkey brains can’t see someone riding a bike. Lumenus wants to fix that with smart clothes and accessories for runners, cyclists and motorcyclists. The company is taking part in our Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Read More... →

The tech industry’s diversity problems are exasperated by its obsession with genius coders and brilliant founders, Carissa Romero, a partner at the diversity consulting startup Paradigm, said today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Romero, who took part in a panel of diversity advocates, said that the mentality that geniuses are born rather than created through experience and practice can… Read More... →

Giphy co-founder and CEO Alex Chung talked about Giphy’s current state at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Giphy now serves over a billion GIFs a day and has raised around $75 million. And yet, the startup doesn’t generate any money for now. But it doesn’t mean Giphy isn’t already thinking about it. Read More... →

TechCrunch is pleased to announce the 20 startups selected to participate in the Disrupt NY 2016 Startup Battlefield. Over the next two days, these companies will compete on tech’s biggest stage for $50,000 and the Disrupt Cup. Read More... →

MTV gave us a blast from the past last month when it streamed nonstop Prince videos as a memorial to the musician’s untimely death. But, as it turns out, we will start seeing a lot more music video programming on another platform very soon. Spotify — the music streaming startup with some 75 million users — today announced a line up of 12 new “concepts”… Read More... →

We’ve got a big day ahead of us, so buckle up! Live from Red Hook in Brooklyn, Disrupt NY is unfolding before our very eyes with badass speakers, awesome demoes and, of course, the world-famous Startup Battlefield. Read More... →

If anyone wants to text Ryan Leslie and have a one-on-one conversation with a big-deal rapper, here’s his number: 646-887-6978. That’s not a secret. Leslie shares the number publicly and encourages people to message him — it’s a way for him to develop a direct relationship with his fans. And now with his startup SuperPhone, he’s building tech tools to manage… Read More... →

Chinese tech giant Lenovo is investing $500 million in startups after it announced a new fund. Read More... →

These days, you can’t swing a bag of cats around without hitting some sort of social influencer. But how do these people make money from their content? RewardStyle, a Dallas-based startup, provides a platform for influencers and bloggers to get paid for all the sales they inspire out of consumers. Though the company has been operating under the radar, it has grown to generate more than… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Simile Ventures, связанный с Оскаром Хартманном, стал лид-инвестором раунда на $400 млн испанского стартапа Thingthing, который разработал стороннюю клавиатуру для iOS. В сделке также приняли участие фонды Saatchinvest, Pioneers Ventures, Seedcamp и ряд частных инвесторов. Thingthing — это  сторонняя клавиатура для iOS. С её помощью можно вставить фотографию из Instagram, Flickr, файл из Dropbox, Google Drive или OneDrive, статью из Pocket или событие из календаря в любом приложении. Thingthi... →