Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Scotland’s FanDuel has come a long way since it spun out from news startup HubDub back in 2010. The fantasy sports operator is announcing that it has raised a whopping $275 million Series A, bringing total capital raised to $363 million and valuing the company at “over $1 billion”. In other words, chalk this up as another U.K.-based ‘unicorn’. The round, which… Read More... →

За 11 лет в качестве публичной компании Google превратилась из поискового стартапа в ИТ-гиганта. Как утверждают источники WSJ, теперь корпорации присущи проблемы, свойственные любому «взрослому» проекту. На фоне замедлившегося роста доходов и стабилизировавшейся стоимости акций, в руководстве вынуждены задумываться о повышении собственной эффективности и сокращении издержек. Обозреватель ЦП Виктор Степанов собрал ключевые способы, с помощью которых Google в ближайшее время рассчитывает улучшить свои финансо... →

“If I can send you a photo on Whatsapp, why can’t I share money with you, too?” That’s the thesis behind Fastacash, a Singapore-based fintech startup that today announced a $15 million Series B funding round led by Rising Dragon Singapore. Read More... →

Israel-based BreezoMeter wants to give you a real time air pollutant map that tells anyone what the air is like on their street, and takes the quantified-self movement to another level. Read More... →

Каждый день редакция ЦП выбирает один свежий зарубежный стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — программируемый браслет Jewelbots.... →

Kato, a startup that built a business-focused chat app, announced in an email to users today that the app will shut down on Aug. 31. VentureBeat obtained a copy of the email (see below). In January the team behind the app pivoted to work on Sameroom.io, Kato cofounder and chief executive Andrei Soroker wrote in […]... →

As the Greater China Investment Partner for 500 Startups, I have been finding myself fielding an increasing number of questions about the manufacturing process in China, especially as we see more investments in the hardware and connected devices space. Based in Beijing, I have made numerous trips to southern China in the past year, specifically Shenzhen — I even shared in an… Read More... →

Delphix, a “data-as-as-service” startup, has received $75 million in new funding led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. Other participants in the round include Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, The Kraft Group, and returning investors Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Icon Ventures. Read More... →

What will happen now to both Greece and its place in the European Union and, in particular, the Euro itself is an open question. This uncertainty has Greece’s entrepreneurs worried – not only about their startups but their country’s nascent startup ecosystem. Read More... →

Tomorrow NASA’s New Horizons space probe will reach the finale of its 9-year journey to the outer reaches of the solar system. The mission, a 13-year study in marshaling resources, could be a lesson to any startup. And regardless of the outcome of tomorrow’s flyby, the probe has already revealed one hell of a planet. Read More... →

Okay, so the fact that MasterCard is hosting a series of hackathons might not seem terribly exciting — even if we grant that the name Masters of Code is kind clever, it seems like every big company is going after the startup/developer crowd with a hackathon of its own. What is impressive, however, is the scale of MasterCard’s efforts. Throughout the course of the year, the… Read More... →

Geoloqi cofounder Amber Case has teamed with Chris Dancy on a new startup app called Compass which is fixated on providing you with a healthy lifestyle and a friendly nudge.... →

Chris Gomersall has spent the past three years working with brands and agencies at Facebook Facebook, where he was the first creative strategy leader. Now he’s leaving to run his own startup, Atomized. Gomersall told me that he’s trying to solve a problem that he saw again and again in meetings with marketers — when they needed to bring out the creative assets for a… Read More... →

Бизнесмен Роман Абрамович инвестировал в платформу AnyClip Media, которая занимается распространением брендированного видео класса премиум посредством контент-маркетинга.   Помимо Абрамовича, в раунде приняли участие Limilight Networks, Jerusalem Venture Partners и GTI. Общая сумма раунда составила $21 миллион.  По словам президента и CEO AnyClip Media Орена Наумана, полученные средства пойдут на развитие стартапа и продолжение работ по созданию платформы по обеспечению издателей передовыми и безопасными ре... →

Венчурный фон Life.SREDA инвестировал в сингапурскую платформу платежей через социальные сети Fastacash. Проект привлек $15 млн в раунде В, который возглавил Rising Dragon Singapore. Также участие в сделке приняли  UVM 2 Venture Investments и несколько предыдущих инвесторов. Ранее компания привлекла $ 8,5 млн инвестиций. О Fastacash Fastacash выступает посредником между банками, которые хотят осуществлять платежи через платформы в соцсетях. Компания предлагает автономную услугу собственного и совместного бр... →

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. RedOwl secures $17M Security startup RedOwl Analytics announced today that it had closed a $17 million series B round led by Alleges Capital. Robert Ackerman, founder of the venture firm, joined RedOwl’s board.The company […]... →

Холдинг «Газпром-Медиа» собрался инвестировать в стартапы по модели Media for Equity... →

Редакция ЦП продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях, а также вакансии компаний, которые ищут сотрудников.... →

It’s hard to face the business of death when you are busy living. According to one survey, 51 percent of Americans aged 55 to 64 don’t have wills. Even if they have prepared estate documents, their adult children often have no idea where to find them. Fresh from the latest Y Combinator batch, Willing is a startup that takes on the $20.7 billion per year U.S. funeral industry by… Read More... →

Shipster, a logistics startup that will ship practically anything on-demand for business clients, is launching today in San Francisco. After launching in New York in November, Shipster is currently shipping 11,000 packages per month for hundreds of businesses that range from tech startup Squarespace to high-end fashion brand Diane von Furstenburg. “If you’re a regular shipper… Read More... →