Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Shipster, a logistics startup that will ship practically anything on-demand for business clients, is launching today in San Francisco. After launching in New York in November, Shipster is currently shipping 11,000 packages per month for hundreds of businesses that range from tech startup Squarespace to high-end fashion brand Diane von Furstenburg. “If you’re a regular shipper… Read More... →

Clara Foods – американский биотехнологический стартап, который разработал технологию выращивания яичного белка из дрожжей... →

«На ранних стадиях стартапу лучше строить планы по развитию бизнеса, а про IPO забыть»... →

As crowdfunding sites like Tilt and GoFundMe and lending site Funding Circle raise large rounds to take their businesses to the next level, a startup that sits in the same area of web-based fundraising is trying a new approach. CircleUp, a crowdfunding platform for consumer brands to raise money from accredited investors, has closed a $22 million fund of its own to back a range of brands… Read More... →

Honor, a startup focused on caring for the country’s aging population, is giving away $1 million in free care to seniors and is opening across the San Francisco Bay Area today. At an event on aging at the White House this morning, Honor CEO Seth Sternberg is announcing plans to bring $1 million in free care to 10 cities across the United States. The company sends workers to homes of… Read More... →

“8 seconds to pick up, impossible to put down,” reads the strap-line of new mobile game startup 8sec. The company, co-founded by serial investor and entrepreneur Jérémie Berrebi, sits at the extreme end of casual gaming. Its business model feels extreme, too, promising to release a new mobile game each week. Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис для управления, парковки и продажи доменов Domainparking.ru. Передаем им микрофон.... →

Grishin Robotics — международная инвестиционная компания, созданная гендиректором Mail.Ru Group Дмитрием Гришиным для того, чтобы способствовать развитию массовой персональной робототехники по всему миру. Недавно компания сделала свою крупнейшую инвестицию — в американскую компанию littleBits, разработчика платформы для изучения электроники и прототипирования новых устройств.ЦП пообщался с директором по развитию Grishin Robotics Валерией Комиссаровой, которая рассказала о рынке робототехники, причинах его р... →

Startups around the world are snapping up funding to solve an important problem: how to eat healthy, delicious meals with the least possible amount of effort. The latest is Jakarta-based meal delivery service Berry Kitchen, which just raised a $1.25 million Series A led by Sovereign’s Capital, with participation from East Ventures. Read More... →

Rakuten — Japan’s answer to Amazon with e-commerce investments that stretch from digital media and e-commerce marketplaces through to social media and even transport apps — is making another acquisition to expand its holdings in the area of fashion. The company has acquired Fits.me, a startup founded in Estonia and now headquartered in London that develops “virtual… Read More... →

Каждый день редакция ЦП выбирает один свежий зарубежный стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — платформа DataWallet, которая платит пользователям за то, что они раскрывают личную информацию брендам.... →

Ameyo, a Gurgaon-based startup that makes software for customer support and sales centers, has raised a Series A of $5 million from Forum Synergies. The company, which already has customers throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, plans to use the capital to expand into the United States. Read More... →

Posted by Leveragist It was pure joy and exhilaration as I monitored the traffic in real-time. Traffic coming in from all over the world. It felt freakin' AWESOME! 5,680 visitors on that first day... on a site that was less than a year old. It almost felt like I'd won the lottery, except I'd known it was going to happen. Not with 100% certainty, but I'd had enough confidence it was going to happen that I upgraded my server at the last minute. I'd heard enough horror stories about sites crashing due to an un... →

U.S.-based VC firm 500 Startups is launching a new accelerator program in Southeast Asia that is designed to help companies in the region that have raised money take their business to the next level. Read More... →

Японский концерн Rakuten купил 100% акций эстонской компании Fits.me, которая занимается развитием виртуальных примерочных. Сумма сделки не раскрывается. Руководитель проекта Джеймс Гамбрел останется на посту генерального директора. Планируется, что Rakuten выделит работу Fits.me в отдельный сервис, который будет заниматься развитием технологий электронной коммерции. Компания будет работать с такими клиентами как Thomas Pink, Hugo Boss и QVC. В октябре 2014 года сервис виртуальных примерочных Fits.me привле... →

Начальник управления инновационного развития ПАО «РусГидро» – партнера стартап-конкурса GenerationS – Олег Калинко объясняет, как в корпорации устроен процесс управления инновациями.  Инновации для «РусГидро» – это не только производственные технологические решения, но и инновации в информационных технологиях, развитии человеческого капитала и бизнес-процессах. Эти четыре направления ключевые для нас, мы постоянно ищем новые решения в этих областях и готовы работать со стартапами, которые их разрабатывают. ... →

It’s no secret that most startups fail. What’s a bit less obvious is that most startup accelerators also fail. While a few top-tier programs get the cream of the crop unicorns of the future, the hundreds of others struggle to attract teams that will produce the investment-grade companies on which their models so depend. Read More... →

Believe it or not, it’s been 10 years since Google bought Android Inc., a startup that was quietly building software for cell phones. Rich Miner, a cofounder of Android Inc. and now a general partner at Google Ventures, tweeted early this morning that today is the 10-year anniversary of the deal. “People thought we were […]... →

The past three months have redefined the education technology market among startup companies. Concerns about free content from YouTube and educational nonprofits, as well as user engagement and retention, were beginning to sour investors on the opportunity afforded by providing for-profit education to the lifelong learning sector. Read More... →

U.S. startup Invi reckons there’s space for one more messaging app play. Not a little one either. Co-founder Iddo Tal sees a gaping hole in the market for a North America-focused messaging platform giant to flourish — and, he hopes, become a global marketplace for content distribution. Such stuff startup dreams are made on. Read More... →