Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

The world’s most prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator published a guide to founding companies called The Startup Playbook. Here are the top tips from YC’s president Sam Altman. Read More... →

GUEST: According to the U.S. Small Business Administration and the last census, there are over 2.4 million veteran-owned business in the United States, employing 5.7 million people and generating over $210 billion in payroll. And while veterans like me are seven percent of the population, we own nearly 10 percent of American businesses. Even more interesting […]... →

With California on a precipice of a ballot initiative next year that could legalize marijuana recreationally, scores of cannabis startups are vying to capture what is the nation’s largest market in advance of such a big regulatory change. Meadow, a Y Combinator-backed startup, was one of the earlier ones with an ordering and delivery service for medicinal users that started about a year ago. 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. Udacity raises $105M at $1B valuation to fuel international growth Online education startup Udacity, whose students have gone on to join the likes of Google and Facebook, is now a $1 billion company. Today the education […]... →

Основатель платёжного мексиканского проекта Elepago Феде Торре опубликовал в своём блоге на Medium заметку о том, как он принял решение закрыть свой стартап. По словам автора, он не знал, как вывести продукт в прибыль — и решил отказаться от своей идеи.... →

Online education startup Udacity, whose students have gone on to join the likes of Google and Facebook, is now a $1 billion company. Today the education company shared that it talked its way into a $105 million investment from Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, media company Bartelsmann, and others in order to expand internationally. Udacity’s international plans aren’t exactly new […]... →

Компания занимается сервисом по подбору автомобилей... →

In little more than three months, the NFL’s historic 50th Super Bowl is coming to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Just when we were in the depths of planning our dip-to-chip ratio for our viewing party, the NFL came to us with an idea: A sports-themed pitch-off competition just before the big game named 1st and Forward. The concept is simple. The NFL wants to see… Read More... →

Heaps, an app that helps friend groups connect with other groups and find parties, is expanding beyond its home country of Denmark by launching in Los Angeles. The startup is also announcing that it has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from investors including billionaire Ron Burkle, musician and producer Steve Aoki, Vine star Logan Paul, Gary Vaynerchuk’s Vayner/RSE and… Read More... →

EXCLUSIVE: Getting a first customer is always a big deal for a startup. So game engine maker MaxPlay, which is pushing its software as a modern and cloud-based take on the game engine, is happily announcing that it has scored Canadian studio Finger Food Studios as its first customer. MaxPlay, which came out of stealth at our […]... →

Paintzen, having spent the last two years bringing paint into the on-demand economy, is today announcing a new partnership with Benhamin Moore. Benjamin Moore will now be the official paint supplier for the startup, which matches painting professionals with clients to offer a paint job — in a home or an office — on demand. “We saw that a lot of people have started to buy… Read More... →

Сервис по подбору автомобилей AutoSpot привлек $500 тысяч от своих акционеров, в число которых входят фонды SOL Ventures, Fastlane Ventures, интернет-предприниматель Сергей Габестро и частный инвестор Дмитрий Разоренов. Об этом Firrma сообщил управляющий партнер SOL Ventures Сергей Опарин. Сделка произошла летом 2015 года, деньги были проведены в два транша. Оценка компании и доля инвесторв не раскрывается. Средства были направлены на маркетинг, разработку продукта, а также на интеграцию дилеров и их баз ст... →

French startup CodinGame just raised $1.6 million from Isai for its innovative code learning platform. As the name suggests, CodinGame is all about games — not game development, not gamification, just plain games. The logic behind each exercise is tied to an actual game so that you get visual feedback and an actual reward when you solve an exercise. Read More... →

British tech startup Improbable is unveiling its SpatialOS software today that will enable even small companies to create massive, cloud-based simulations for online games, mobile devices, and virtual reality projects. SpatialOS creates a distributed computing environment that allows games to access the back-end infrastructure needed to create impossibly complex systems, like the simulation of an […]... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис HandyKPI, который позволяет контролировать показатели бизнеса. Передаём микрофон.... →

We gave you one extra week to get in on early bird tickets to Disrupt London, but if you still haven’t purchased your tickets to the hottest startup show in Europe, your time is quickly running out. You now have just two days left to save £400 off the full ticket price, so be sure to visit our ticketing page to secure your spot in the show. Read More... →

The Finnish economy, which has contracted for three years in a row, is still reeling, but the country’s rising startup scene is a careful indication that Finland – the land of a thousand lakes and talented engineers – is on its way up. Read More... →

GrabTaxi’s cofounder and chief executive Anthony Tan — who today announced the launch of its new peer-to-peer carpooling service in Singapore, and says the startup is now Southeast Asia’s “largest on-demand transport app” ahead of rival Uber — told VentureBeat at a press event that, “I don’t think about Travis.” Travis Kalanick is Uber’s outspoken and somewhat […]... →

Over the last 18 months, those of us following the venture and startup space have gone on a rollercoaster ride of mega rounds, unicorns, sky-high valuations and bubble fears. Look beyond the hyperbolic headlines and you’ll see that there is more than meets the eye to that shiny new unicorn valuation. Square’s recent IPO registration statement provides an opportunity to peel the… Read More... →

PeerSpace, a short-term meeting space reservations marketplace, has announced a $5 million Series A round of financing led by Foundation Capital to propel growth. Existing investor Structure Capital also participated in the round. The startup is a bit like Airbnb but for empty meeting spaces. The idea is to utilize creative spaces in the cities the platform operates instead of the same old… Read More... →