Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

China’s ecommerce giant Alibaba on Thursday named Gobi Partners its first investment manager for a new $1 billion not-for-profit fund aimed at Hong Kong entrepreneurs and startups. Alibaba chief executive Jack Ma — who yesterday took to a panel with U.S. President Barack Obama — first announced plans for the fund back in February, but it looks […]... →

Фонд AddVenture и анонимный частный инвестор вложили  $4 млн в сервис доставки продуктов с рецептами «ШефМаркет». Об этом Firrma рассказал партнер фонда AddVenture Павел Теретьев. По словам Терентьева, AddVenture инвестировал 95% от этой суммы, а 5% вложил частный инвестор, которому с начала 2015 года принадлежало 1,5% в проекте. Еще около миллиона долларов вложил основатель стартапа Сергей Ашин. Постинвестиционная оценка проекта составила $25 млн. AddVenture уже дважды инвестировал в стартап. Впервые – в д... →

Lyft is raising a half a billion dollar round, but its financials look wobbly. According to Bloomberg, the ridesharing startup took a net loss of $127 million in the first half of this year, off less than $47 million in revenue. It’s not clear if these numbers are GAAP or non-GAAP, but let’s presume those are cash numbers and do not take into account non-cash expenses. So on a… Read More... →

Российский сервис по доставке набором продуктов «Шефмаркет» привлёк для своего развития $5 млн от нынешних акционеров. Общая оценка стартапа составила $25 млн, сообщили vc.ru в компании.... →

Создатель контентного сервиса Pathfinder Руй Дельгадо опубликовал в своём блоге на Medium заметку, в которой рассказал об опыте запуска стартапа. Автор вспоминает, насколько тяжело ему далось построение собственной компании. Проект провалился, а у его создателя появились проблемы со здоровьем.... →

Chronext представляет собой маркетплейс люксовых часов... →

Wearable clothing may sound like an oxymoron, but it’s a real thing and it’s an expanding category with promise in the fitness industry. Athos, one of a handful of startups building out its wearable clothing brand, recently closed on $35 million in Series C financing from a number of investors, including Social+Capital. The startup faces some nominal competition from wearable… Read More... →

Российско-американский стартап Endurance, которое разрабатывает лазеры, граверы, роботизированные платформы для бизнеса и дома, привлек более 1,5 млн рублей в рамках pre-seed раунда. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Среди инвесторов Endurance частные лица: Михаил Зак, который является исполнительным директором, Газпромбанка и заместитель председателя индексного комитета ФБ ММВБ, Иван Подфигурный – ex-трейдер «Дойчебанка» (вложил 350 тысяч рублей), начальник планово-экономического отдела АО «ФорБанк» Евге... →

Основатель рассказал о том, как заработал первый миллион... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — устройство SmartSticker, которое представляет собой дополнительный информационный экран для смартфонов. Передаём микрофон.... →

A new startup called Oak Labs is bringing smart dressing rooms to Ralph Lauren and the broader retailer landscape ahead of the holidays. To compare Oak Labs mirror to character Cher Horowitz’s computerized closet in the movie Clueless is not only cliche, it’s a disservice. The mirrors are far more technologically advanced than Cher’s old white IBM. When a customer […]... →

Подразделение IKEA Centres Russia запустит акселератор стартапов в России. Проект создают, чтобы получить идеи для развития торговых центров «Мега», пишет газета «Ведомости».... →

If you weren’t convinced the on-demand delivery space was piping hot right now, wrap your head around this. TechCrunch has learned that Stuart, an on-demand, same-hour delivery startup that is currently pre-launch and operating in stealth, has raised €22 million in funding, largely off the back of an idea and based on the track record of its three founders. Read More... →

It hard to fathom that back in 2009 VCs were far from convinced that Airbnb was ever going to be a big enough business to pump venture into. Fast forward to 2015 and businesses are being created that effectively sit on top of Airbnb, meaning that the then tenacious startup is now arguably an ecosystem in its own right. Read More... →

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Goodbox, a startup based in Bengaluru, wants to give small retailers a chance to take part in India’s e-commerce boom by making it easy to set up a store on its marketplace app. The company, which just raised a $2.5 million Series A from Nexus Venture Partners, sets itself apart from other online marketplaces with low transaction fees and unique features like in-app messaging that… Read More... →

The same day that U.S.-based ridesharing startup Lyft said it’s on track to hit $1 billion in gross annual revenue this year, The New York Times is reporting that it’s also in talks to raise $500 million in a fresh funding round that would leave it valued at around $4 billion. That wouldn’t be a surprise given […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Cordova, cofounder and chief executive of IT monitoring startup Wavefront, has left the company, VentureBeat has learned. A few days ago Cordova joined Sutter Hill Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence, a spokesperson told VentureBeat. Cordova held that same role at the venture capital firm about six years ago. Earlier in his career Cordova […]... →

It’s not a converted industrial warehouse in Brooklyn. Or a stately, century-old building in the Flatiron. But YC-backed Regalii’s atypical office location up in the Dominican-heavy Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan has given it plenty of insights into its working-class immigrant customer base. The startup, co-founded by several Latino founders who personally knew… Read More... →

For three years, Cornell University has been promising New York City a technology campus to rival Stanford University. Today, the university and its partners revealed the first glimpse of Cornell Technion, the campus to come. During a press briefing, Cornell Tech’s senior director of capital projects, Andrew Winters, gave an overview of the campus and what […]... →