Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Verticly, a tech startup with offices in London and Newcastle, has raised over €1m (about $1.1 million) from Northstar Ventures, Greek VC firm PJ Tech and several angel investors. The company, which claims to help brands engage with both offline and online customers, says it will use the funds to continue its international expansion. Rick Charnley, […]... →

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).... →

“Ex-con” isn’t normally something you find on a founder’s resume. But Google employee Wael Ghonim went to jail for sparking the Egyptian Revolution. Now he might be wearing some golden handcuffs instead, as his startup Parlio just became Quora‘s first acquisition. Parlio’s goal was to spread knowledge — a similar mission to Quora. But rather than… Read More... →

Фонд сооснователей соцсети «Вконтакте» Льва Левиева и Вячеслава Мирилашвили Vaizra Investments и компания ТМТ Investments вложились в российско-американский сервис доставки парфюмерии по подписке Scentbird. Об этом Firrma рассказал директор по инвестициям TMT Investments Артем Инютин.  Для ТМТ Investments инвестиция стала повторным вложением в Scentbird. В новом раунде стартап привлек $2,8 млн. В сделке участвовали основатель Reddit Алексис Оганян, Майкл Сейбел (Seibel) из Socialcam, Тихон Бернштам из Parse... →

Expa, the startup studio led by foursquare cofounder Naveen Selvadurai and Uber cofounder Garrett Camp, has today announced the close of a $100 million fund that will go towards both Expa Studios and Expa Labs, a new incubator. Investors in the fund include Garrett Camp, TPG founder David Bonderman, Li Ka-Shing & Solina Chau, Google board member Ram Shriram, RIT Capital Partners,… Read More... →

Expa announced today that it has raised $100 million in funding that’ll be used to continue to ideate and build new companies. The investment round included investors such as TPG founder David Bonderman, Li Ka-Shing, Solina Chau, Google board member Ram Shriram, RIT Capital Partners, Sir Richard Branson, HP chief executive Meg Whitman, SV Angel, […]... →

Expa announced today that it has raised $100 million in funding that’ll be used to continue to ideate and build new companies. The investment round included investors such as TPG founder David Bonderman, Li Ka-Shing, Solina Chau, Google board member Ram Shriram, RIT Capital Partners, Sir Richard Branson, HP chief executive Meg Whitman, SV Angel, […]... →

Сервис для управления задачами Asana привлёк $50 млн от пула инвесторов, в число которых вошли президент стартап-инкубатора Y Combinator Сэм Альтман, глава Facebook Марк Цукерберг и представители других крупных компаний, а также венчурные фонды. Об этом говорится в официальном блоге компании.... →

Task management software startup Asana is announcing today a $50 million round of funding. Several known entities in the technology industry are participating in the new round, which is led by Y Combinator president Sam Altman. Other investors in the round include Joe Lonsdale’s 8 VC, Tony Hsieh’s VTF Capital, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, […]... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис для знакомств Belivl, в котором нужно отвечать на вопросы о своих взглядах, чтобы получить доступ к фотографии собеседника и личной переписке. Передаем микрофон.... →

Things seem to be turning around for Matt Joseph, the Y Combinator-backed startup founder who went on an epic tweet storm ahead of demo day about the elephant room — racism and raising money as a black founder. Post tweetstorm and demo day, is receiving offers from investors for Locent, an e-commerce platform powered by text messages. “A big reason why I did it, I was so… Read More... →

Бизнес-консультант и писатель Роберт Штраус опубликовал в университетском журнале Стэнфорда заметку о том, как он в конце 1990-х годов попытался открыть собственный бизнес по продаже брелоков для ключей с презервативами внутри. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) запустил сервис для поиска работы в стартапах Cofoundit. Как указано на сайте проекта, сервис запущен в рамках преакселератора ФРИИ. Сайт предлагает оставить контактные данные и профессию, для того чтобы сервис мог предложить вакансии в стартапах. Подробности работы над проектом на момент публикации новости представитель фонда не раскрыл.  О ФРИИ Фонд развития интернет-инициатив – российский фонд венчурных инвестиций, учрежденный в марте 2013 года Агентством стратегич... →

Группа российских бизнес-ангелов решила вкладывать в стартапы по 5 млн рублей с помощью формы на SurveyMonkey... →

MapD, a startup with a cloud-based data analytics service powered by a GPU-enabled database, is announcing today a $10 million funding round. Nvidia’s GPU Ventures participated in the round, as did Alphabet’s GV venture capital division, and Verizon Ventures. GPUs (graphics processing units) are not well-known for running databases. But MapD founder and CEO Todd […]... →

Scentbird, a startup that lets users try luxury perfumes for a month before they buy them, announced today that it took in a $2.8 million investment. Based in New York, Scentbird charges customers $14.95 a month for an 8 millilitre bottle of the scent of their choice. Carolina Herrera, Bvlgari, and Paco Rabanne are among the 450 designers […]... →

French startup Frichti is making the news again with yet another round of financing. This time, the company is raising $13.4 million (€12 million) from Idinvest, existing investor Alven Capital, as well as busin Read More... →

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Neurotechnology startup Rythm, based in France, has raised $11 million in funding and announced a new partnership with France’s biomedical research institute for research into sleep conditions. The new round of funding comes from biotech investor and entrepreneur Dr Laurent Alexandre, telecoms investor Xavier Niel, and public grants. The funds will be used to further […]... →

Cyan Banister, a renowned angel investor and startup founder, has joined Founders Fund. She’s the 11-year-old firm’s first female investing partner. According to a Bloomberg story, investors at the San Francisco-based outfit now include its billionaire cofounder Peter Thiel; cofounders Luke Nosek and Ken Howery; Brian Singerman; Geoff Lewis; Scott Nolan; and Banister. The… Read More... →