Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

It may not surprise anyone, but Adyen’s European chief executive Pieter van der Does thinks that European startups and tech are ready for a comeback. And though Europe won’t reach absolute parity with the U.S. investment and startup scene, he expects European startups to throw more weight around on the global stage. Any European company that does, is, in some ways, following… Read More... →

A robotics company that teaches kids how to code, Codie Labs, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt London this afternoon to show off their fast, rolling and programmable robot, Codie, which is controlled via a mobile application for iOS or Android. The Budapest-based startup earned the opportunity to present on the big stage by winning the Wild Card position, which pulls a promising company out… Read More... →

О состоянии рынка венчурного капитала и о том, на какие инвестиции стоит рассчитывать стартапам... →

Talkdesk co-founder Cristina Fonseca spoke at Disrupt London on Tuesday. In an interview with TechCrunch’s Matt Lynley, Fonseca explained how the Portugal-based startup has been able to help businesses improve their customer service experience. Founded in 2011, in an effort to win a Macbook Air contest, Talkdesk has quickly scaled its call center business. Its software is used by… Read More... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — компания Painty, которая организует вечеринки, участники которых рисуют картины с бокалом любимого напитка в руке. Передаём микрофон.... →

Какой путь экономически выгоднее для стартапа... →

NowThis just announced that it has raised $16.2 million in Series D funding. The round was led by German media company Axel Springer — which, in addition to previously investing in the startup’s $6 million Series C, recently bought Business Insider and invested in Thrillist. Previous backers Oak Investments, NBC News Group and Softbank also participated. “We are increasing… Read More... →

Юлия Кожевникова из компании «Транио» продолжает изучать стартап-города мира. Пришла очередь Сингапура. По данным исследования The Startup Ecosystem, опубликованного Compass в 2015 году, Сингапур входит в десятку мировых локаций с самой развитой экосистемой стартапов. А в Юго-Восточной Азии это площадка № 1 для открытия бизнеса.  «Сингапур отличается идеальным симбиозом высокого качества жизни и предпринимательской активности, всплеск которой в последние годы был феноменальным. Стартап-экосистема Сингапура ... →

Alex Depledge is many things –  startup founder, mentor to women in tech, an advocate for a free and open market across Europe, and a trailblazer in the U.K tech scene. Her home cleaning platform Hassle recently “merged” with Rocket Internet’s Helpling (or was acquired, depending on how you look the deal) for a mix of stock and cash. Depledge spoke onstage at… Read More... →

Facebook is shuttering its internal R&D division, Creative Labs, launched nearly two years ago as an effort aimed at allowing the large company the ability to act more nimbly – and more like a startup. However, like many startups, the products emerging from the Creative Labs incubator had trouble finding traction and success. Along with the closure of the group itself, Facebook is… Read More... →

Российский фонд Titanium Investments повторно инвестировал в израильский стартап MUV Interactive. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». Фонд дал компании  $1 млн на запуск в серию сенсорного устройства Bird. Вложения представляют собой конвертируемый займ, который пойдет на выпуск промышленной партии гаджета размером около 1 тысячи штук. Согласно данным из открытых источников, Titanium Investments уже вкладывался в MUV Interactive в марте 2014 года. Всего стартап привлек более $5 млн. Устройство Bird — носимый гад... →

Деньги российского фонда пойдут на выпуск первой партии кольца Bird, которое сможет проецировать изображения с дисплеев и управлять дронами, презентациями и домашней техникой... →

Replacing a founder-CEO is no small matter. The founder-CEO is the core around which a startup grows. Replacing that “core” is a highly divisive and hotly debated topic in startup and VC circles. Ideally, the founder-CEO takes the startup to its exit — but history shows that most founder-CEOs are replaced, voluntarily or involuntarily, within the first 3-5 years. Read More... →

New York-based SocialFlow has raised $7.5 million in Series C funding, the company tells TechCrunch. The startup, which helps media organizations including The Wall Street Journal and BBC optimize their effectiveness on social media, has closed a round led by Gefinor Capital. A competitor of HootSuite, SocialFlow works with media outlets, including TechCrunch, to ensure that articles get shared… Read More... →

Today at the TechCrunch Disrupt London Startup Battlefield, EnergyElephant presented its “energy analysis” service to a crowded hall of investors, developers and entrepreneurs. The startup, bootstrapped to date, takes in a company’s energy use information — a bill, in other words — and then provides analysis that it expects the customer to leverage into savings. Read More... →

A robot with a unique personality might sound like an oxymoron. Or science fiction. But that’s the goal of London-based startup Emotech, launching on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015 today, with a plan to crowdfund its first product, a voice-controlled robot assistant called Olly, early next year. Read More... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Andreessen Horowitz leads $10M round for on-demand developer startup Gigster Andreessen Horowitz led a $10 million investment into Gigster to help fuel the startup’s on-demand software development service, Gigster announced today. Y Combinator, SV Angel’s […]... →

An Istanbul-based startup called Twentify took the stage this afternoon at TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015 to talk about their gig-finding app Bounty, which helps people find nearby small jobs they can do for extra cash. As the winner of the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Alley Wild Card position, the co-founders only had a few hours notice to prepare their presentation before today’s… Read More... →

Компания Dropbox объявила о прекращении работы email-клиента Mailbox и фотосервиса Carousel. Оба проекта были созданы из стартапов, которые выкупила Dropbox в 2012-2013 годах.... →

The commercial drone market is starting to gain traction. There are some obvious markets for drone usage, including real estate marketing, media and inspections. FairFleet, a Munich, Germany-based startup that’s launching out of private beta at Disrupt London today, brings together drone pilots and businesses for exactly these kinds of use cases. Read More... →