Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

 Firrma запускает новый пробный формат – мы будем освещать в еженедельном формате самые крупные и яркие сделки израильского венчурного рынка.  Делать это будет наш новый автор Анастасия Кошелева. Итак, неделя с 6 по 13 июля включительно.     FanZone получила $5 млн от Olive Tree Capital Ventures Компания FanZone (социальная сеть, которая объединяет фанатов музыкальных и спортивных мероприятий) объявила о закрытии раунда финансирования размером в $5 млн. Инвестором стала компания Olive Tree Capital Ventures.... →

Менеджер проектов VentureClub и редактор Angel Look Кристина Крыжановская написала колонку о том, на что стоит обратить внимание при выборе соинвестора.  Не так давно, в 2013 году, инвестор Навал Равикант, устав от личных утомительных встреч с фаундерами, задумал перенести первичный отбор проектов в онлайн и, тем самым, изменил мир венчурного бизнеса. На базе существующих отношений с ведущими бизнес-ангелами Сан-Франциско, Нью-Йорка и других городов он создал Интернет-площадку для стартапов и инвесторов. Си... →

Российский сервис по поиску концертов ConcertWith.me попал в 14-ю программу американского акселератора 500 Startups. По словам основателя сервиса Виталия Мышляева, из 6000 стартапов выбирают лишь 20 проектов, на процедуру отбора ушло 2 месяца. Теперь команда переедет в Сан-Франциско на 4 месяца.  Сообщать, на каких условиях стартап попал в команду и сколько проект привлек, Виталий Мышляев отказался, однако известно, что в основном, фонд инвестирует от $25 тысяч до $250 тысяч. О ConcertWith.Me Сервис по поис... →

AppThwack, a startup that developed a web service for testing out mobile sites and mobile apps on real iOS and Android devices, today announced that it has been acquired by public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The news comes a few days after Amazon showcased a new service, […]... →

Grand Central Tech, the startup hub and business accelerator now welcoming in its second batch of companies into its massive office space overlooking Grand Central Station in New York, is something of an odd duck in the wild world of incubators, co-working spaces and accelerators that stalk the early stage investment landscape. The year-long program invests no cash, takes no equity, and… Read More... →

Food delivery startup Zesty turned corporate last year and began an office catering program. The startup now plans to go beyond serving in San Francisco and recently pulled in $17 million in Series A funding to do that. Index Ventures led the round, with participation from Founders Fund and previous investor Forerunner Ventures. Zesty raised a healthy $3.7 million in seed money from Y… Read More... →

We’ve seen bike helmets with integrated front and back lights before. But Boston-based hardware startup Lumos is hoping to go one better by packing a front light, wireless indicator lights and an accelerometer-powered backlight into an otherwise pretty standard-looking cycle helmet. Rechargeable battery included. Read More... →

Ervington Investments Романа Абрамовича возглавила раунд инвестиций в израильский стартап AnyClip Media... →

Realty Mogul, a startup that connects investors with real estate projects, announced today that it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The company launched its online marketplace more than two years ago with a focus on equity deals funded by individual, accredited investors. (So it was offering a kind of real estate crowdfunding, but one where most people couldn’t invest.) Read More... →

A who’s-who of early stage investors are putting a $2 million bet that two young Northwestern grads can teach millennials a better way to eat with their new startup Spoon University. Founded by Mackenzie Barth (not a foodie) and Sarah Adler (total foodie), New York-based Spoon University is a crowd-sourced, would-be Food Network for millennials, according to Barth, who serves as the… Read More... →

Mobile shopping startup Wish — fresh off a $500 million round of funding — has made its first acquisition. The company has acquired Locket, a startup that makes lockscreen apps for Android handsets: an eponymous app that serves tailored news to your lockscreen; and lockscreen messaging app ScreenPop. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. A source estimates the price… Read More... →

Mobile shopping startup Wish — fresh off a $500 million round of funding — has made its first acquisition. The company has acquired Locket, a startup that makes lockscreen apps for Android handsets: an eponymous app that serves tailored news to your lockscreen; and lockscreen messaging app ScreenPop. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but a source close to the deal says that… Read More... →

Wish, a mobile commerce company that recently appears to have raised $500 million at a reported $3 billion valuation, has acquired Locket.... →

I’m trying hard to stay awake amid news that another new-fangled mattress startup has secured funding. This time it’s the turn of Leesa, which has raised $9 million from private equity firm TitleCard Capital, giving the young company a post-money valuation of $45 million, and off the back of $30 million in projected sales in its first year. Read More... →

В Mail.ru решили, что будет интересно попробовать поработать с молодым стартапом..... →

Affirm, the lending startup co-founded by Max Levchin, is breaking into student loans for coding, design and business bootcamps from General Assembly, Bloc, Kaplan’s Dev Bootcamp and Metis. The company, which raised $275 million this past spring, is branching out from its initial market in online retail. They were originally financing purchases at the point-of-sale online with… Read More... →

Unless you’re Jaqueline Voorheese from The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, chances are you’re not letting Uber drivers shuttle around your kids to and from school, practice, classes, etc. But that doesn’t mean there’s no need for a little transportation-based help with the little ones. HopSkipDrive, a startup that just received $3.9 million in seed funding, is looking to… Read More... →

Команда конструктора посадочных страниц «Купаж» написала для рубрики Growth Hacks заметку о том, как публикация в рубрике «Стартапы» и анализ обратной связи аудитории привели к росту проекта, а также дала несколько советов SaaS-командам.... →

EXCLUSIVE: Publicly traded human capital management software company Workday is announcing today that it has acquired Upshot, a startup that developed a mobile app that allowed users to make natural-language voice queries on data in customer-relationship management tools. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Upshot picked up attention in 2013. Founders Thomas Kim and Joseph Turian, […]... →

Создатели сервиса для краткосрочной аренды парковок Hello Parking Крис Хугверф и Нил Ханна после закрытия стартапа в 2011 году опубликовали материал о том, как развивался проект и почему он провалился. Спустя два года Крис Хугверф написал ещё одну заметку — на сей раз, по словам предпринимателя, взглянув на проблему под другим углом.... →