Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

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... →

Apple has acquired Emotient, a startup with technology for recognizing emotions in people’s faces in video content, according to a report today. This is Apple’s latest in a series of recent acquisitions of companies well versed in artificial intelligence. In reporting the deal, the Wall Street Journal did not say how much Apple paid for […]... →

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Apple has acquired Emotient, an artificial intelligence startup. The company confirmed the move to the WSJ. The San Diego-based company was founded in 2012 and has raised $8M from investors like Intel Capital and Seth Neiman, and had been tinkering around with products like Google Glass and other wearables. Most recently the company was… Read More... →

Blinkist, a Germany-based startup that gives you the gist of well-known nonfiction books in 15 minutes or less, has raised €4 million ($4.3 million) to accelerate product development and expand in U.S. and across Europe. Founded out of Berlin in 2012, Blinkist uses human subject-experts to condense popular nonfiction titles into abridged versions, and includes […]... →

SPONSORED: Twenty years ago, South Korea pulled out of the Asian Financial Crisis in only three years—and its economy has been thriving ever since. With that same drive, South Korea has begun to position itself as the Asian startup hub, with the express intention of not only boosting the economy, but of sparking the interest of global venture capitalists.... →

В конце 2015 года мы расспросили самых активных бизнес-ангелов о том, в какие технологии верят. Сегодня своим видением поделится Виталий Полехин.  Какие направления для инвестирования вы считаете перспективными в интервале 3, 5 и 10 лет, соответственно?  5 лет – слишком большой срок для венчурной индустрии в наши дни. 10 лет – вообще фантастика и космос. А вот в течение 3 лет мы станем свидетелями того, как наша обычная жизнь очень сильно изменится под влиянием технологий. Поэтому наиболее перспективными, я... →

After closing a $3.5M seed round last month, Wiivv is officially launching today at TechCrunch’s CES Hardware Battlefield. The startup’s first product, BASE, is a custom, 3D-printed insole, that just launched for preorder on Kickstarter. BASE uses your smartphone’s camera to capture 5 photos of your feet, and turn those into a 3D printable model. And, before sending it off to… Read More... →

Pinterest has hired Candice Morgan, formerly of Catalyst, to work as the unicorn startup’s first-ever head of diversity. In her role, Morgan will “help build the programs and teams” Pinterest needs to reach its “creative potential as a company,” Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp said in a statement. This announcement comes shortly after Twitter hired Jeffrey Siminoff,… Read More... →

GoButler, the messaging­-based digital personal assistant that combines AI with human assistants to let you request anything on-demand, has exited the German market, where the startup first launched after being founded by ex-Rocket Internet employees. Since then the company has relocated to New York and expanded to the U.S., so in a way the move makes a certain amount of sense, even if it… Read More... →

We’re frequently told Brits don’t care a fig-leaf for online privacy. But one London-based startup is about to test that theory — it’s just launched an anonymous search engine, called Oscobo, initially serving up search results specifically for the U.K. market. Read More... →