Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

We often forget that Twitter, more Web 2.0 media company than startup, is almost ten years old. We also forget that it has a global user base of just over 300 million people. But we can’t forget that Twitter is in trouble. Audience growth is at a crawl, which poses a threat to the publicly traded company as it tries to capture mindshare and advertising dollars in competition with… Read More... →

Team communication software startup Slack today today announced updates to its application programming interface (API) that will make it easier for users to do more with Slack’s slash commands, which can be triggered with the slash (/) character. And now slash commands “can post both privately and publicly into channels along with improved formatting,” Slack […]... →

Israeli chip design startup Sckipio — which is trying to deliver fast Internet bandwidth to the masses — has raised a new round of funding from Intel Capital, the investment arm of the world’s biggest chip maker. The investment shows that it’s still possible to raise money for the rarest thing in tech these days: chip startups. […]... →

Smart tone startup LISNR just raised a $10 million series B round led by Intel Capital to further advance the product as “a true protocol to connect devices across a number of different verticals,” LISNR co-founder and CEO Rodney Williams told TechCrunch. LISNR’s technology is an audio-based platform for communicating data across devices. Any brand or device that wants to use… Read More... →

Like WiFi before it, could wireless charging be the next value-add for coffee shops and other public venues? One startup banking on that being the case is London-headquartered Chargifi, which is building out a wireless charging network. Read More... →

Location-pinpointing platform what3words has closed a $3.5 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital. It brings the total raised by the U.K. startup, which was only founded back in July 2013, to $5 million, after it topped up its initial $500,000 seed with a further $1 million last year. Read More... →

Last year Uniplaces, startup founded back in 2012 which runs an online booking platform focused on student accommodation, pulled in £2.2 million ($3.5 million) in Series A funding led by Octopus Investments. Today it’s announced that it has raised a $24 million Series A funding led by Atomico. The startups, launched in 2012 by three ex-university classmates, aims to be a trusted,… Read More... →

Content marketing startup SnapApp has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The Boston-based company offers online tools for building calculators, quizzes, infographics, interactive videos and other types of interactive content. Marketers, particularly marketers trying to sell to other business, can then use that content to connect with potential customers. “Interactive content is… Read More... →

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In a world where products are increasingly bought or worn like a badge of honour — Android versus iPhone, anyone? — it could be said that you are what you advertise. One startup hoping to cash in on the steadfastness of brand loyalty is Barcelona-based Adictik. Read More... →

Right off the launch of Lumo Run, Lumo Bodytech, a smart sensors and software platform, has raised $10 million in Series B financing. Lumo came onto the scene a few years back with Lumo Lift, a wearable device that buzzed users when they slouched to help them improve posture. It since branched out with Lumo Back, for lower back posture improvement. The startup launched its first fitness… Read More... →

Белорусская игровая компания Wargaming поучаствовала в очередном инвестиционном раунде европейского стартапа Hitbox, который занимается разработкой видеоплатформы — аналога популярного стримингового сервиса Twitch. Общая сумма сделки составила $4 млн. Об этом 3 ноября сообщило издание VentureBeat.... →

German startup ByeBuy, which offers a pay-as-you-go and on-demand alternative to gadget ownership, has raised a €1 million seed round. Read More... →

Генеральный директор краудинвестинговой платформы  StartTrack Константин Шабалин считает, что люди с деньгами устремились в венчур, и объясняет, почему это происходит.  Венчурный бизнес в России демонстрирует уверенный  рост, несмотря  на кризисные явления в экономике. Общий объем рынка венчурных инвестиций в 2015 году (включая сделки выхода) составил 34,8 млрд. рублей.  За 3 квартала этого года зафиксировано 256 сделок, что на 13% выше, чем за аналогичный период прошлого года (227 сделок). Позитивный рост ... →

Общая сумма инвестиций в проект составила 3,5 млн рублей... →

Hitbox, a European startup that can stream gameplay at 4K resolution, has raised $4 million from World of Tanks developer Wargaming and others to further develop livestreaming service in competition with Amazon’s Twitch division. The deal shows that Vienna, Austria-based Hitbox is making progress in its effort to provide competition to Twitch, which has become […]... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — сервис City Renter, который помогает находить и реализовывать площади в бизнес-центрах. Передаём микрофон.... →

Will Quist has joined four-year-old Slow Ventures as a partner. Slow Ventures, managed by Facebook employees Dave Morin and Kevin Colleran, raised a $65 million fourth fund in April. At the time, it announced that Sam Lessin, another former Facebook employee, had been named a partner. Lessin was a VP product at Facebook, which he’d joined in 2010 when it acquired his startup… 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. China’s largest on-demand startup reportedly raising up to $3B at $20B valuation China’s largest online provider of on-demand services, Meituan-Dianping, isreportedly raising up to $3 billion in fresh funds, with Tencent expected to […]... →

Сооснователи Skype Янус Фриис и Ахти Хейнл запустили стартап Starship Technologies по созданию парка колесных роботов для доставки товаров. Об этом разработчики рассказали на своём сайте.... →