Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

We weren’t alone in being impressed by Motiv. The startup helped flip the script on wearables by essentially cramming a fitness tracker’s worth of technology into a ring. This week, San Francisco ‘digital identity’ startup Proxy that it’s acquiring the company. The company’s site is littered in buzzwords, but Proxy specializes in digital key cards […]... →

A startup that’s hoping to be a contender in the very large and fragmented market of human resources software has captured the eye of a big investor out of the US and become its first investment in Spain. Barcelona-based Factorial, which is building an all-in-one HR automation platform aimed at small and medium businesses that manages […]... →

As global startup markets enter a slowdown -- more on that shortly -- we're starting to get notes on when growth-oriented firms are going to run short of cash.... →

Startup founders who are fundraising in this climate should expect venture investors to take a huge chunk out of their valuation expectations. “What we’re seeing across the board is discounts,” says Mike Janke, co-founder of early-stage cybersecurity investment firm Datatribe. Investors are still committing to new deals, he says, but they’re adding new terms and […]... →

Школа стартапов RUSSOL во главе с основателем Юрием Ярцевым переводит на русский язык 23 публичных письма Джеффа Безоса, в которых глава Amazon делится своим опытом с партнерами и сотрудниками. А пока команда борется за грант на публикацию этих материалов, Юрий проанализировал действия Безоса и Amazon во время нарастающего кризиса. И делится с Rusbase сделанными выводами.... →

Израильская компания Corsight AI, разработавшая алгоритм, позволяющий распознавать лица людей в масках, привлекла $5 млн инвестиций от канадской Awz Ventures, специализирующейся на технологиях в области безопасности. Corsight основана в 2019 году как поразделение израильской Cortica Group. Материнская компания стартапа привлекла в общей сложности  $70  млн на развитие технологий на базе искусственного интеллекта. Необходимость распознавать лица людей несмотря на наличие масок стала особенно актуальна в пери... →

И бизнес-ангел, и венчурный фонд (VC) инвестируют в стартапы. Оба нацелены на получение выгоды и в поисках проектов от которых могут получить максимальный ROI. Но за схожестью целей есть принципиальная разница, знание которой сохранит много времени и поможет найти идеального инвестора. Разобраться в нюансах помогает юрист-международник, CEO Invisible Keyboard и сооснователь Z-Robotics Ксения Мысак.... →

Several French VC firms want to remain available to support the tech ecosystem at large during the lockdown with virtual office hours. If you’re a startup and you’re currently struggling, chances are you’re having a lot of discussions with your investors. But if you’ve only raised from business angels who don’t necessarily have a lot […]... →

Being a supply chain merchant often means cobbling together different ways of keeping in touch with buyers, including emails, text messages and paper invoices. Tinvio wants to simplify the process with a communication and commerce platform designed especially for managing orders. The Singapore-based startup announced today that it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding, […]... →

French startup Shine is adding a new option today. If you think there’s a chance that a client is not going to pay your next invoice, you can insure that invoice to avoid any bad surprise. Shine is building a challenger bank for freelancers and small companies. It lets you send and receive money in […]... →

BuyMed, a Vietnamese startup that wants to fix Southeast Asia’s complex pharmaceutical distribution networks, announced today it has raised $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding. Investors include Sequoia Capital India’s Surge early-stage accelerator program, and Genesia Ventures. Returning investor Cocoon Capital also participated. Founded in 2018, BuyMed operates Thuocsi.vn, a pharmaceutical distribution platform in Vietnam. […]... →

I didn’t know what the term ‘freight forwarder’ meant until a year into starting the business.” Considering his shipping logistics startup Flexport was last valued at $3.2 billion, that quote from my first interview with CEO and founder Ryan Petersen back in 2016 seems even more surprising now. But it also hints at why he’s […]... →

[Editor’s note: Want to get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that startups can use by email? Subscribe here.]  Multiple liquidation preferences, full-ratchet anti-dilution clauses and pay-to-play provisions are some of the words that still haunt startup founders who survived downturns in decades past. So far in this downturn, though, investors seem to be sparing the […]... →

А также судьба проектов из обзоров прошлых лет.... →

Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. Founder and CEO Kevin Czinger […]... →

Объясняет венчурный инвестор Алексей Менн.... →

Почему российские стартапы часто проигрывают международным в привлечении инвестиций? Как пишет у себя в Facebook Алексей Менн, наши сильно отстают уже на уровне первого письма, которое отправляют инвестору. Мы публикуем этот пост с разрешения автора.... →

Платформа для удаленной работы команд Miro пермского препринимателя Андрея Хусида привлекла $50 млн от американского фонда ICONIQ Capital, который управляет капиталами Марка Цукерберга, Джека Дорси и других основателей крупных технологических компаний.  Проект Miro в 2011 году основали пермяк Андрей Хусид. До этого выпускник Высшей школы экономики владел компанией Vitamin, которая специализировалась на производстве рекламных роликов для соцсетей. Как руководителю дизайн-студии ему хотелось иметь удобный инс... →

Singapore-based Igloo, formerly known as Axinan, has raised $8.2 million as the insurance-tech startup looks to broaden its foothold in half a dozen Southeast Asian markets and Australia. InVent, a corporate venture capital arm of telecommunications firm Intouch Holdings, led Igloo’s extended Series A round, the startup told TechCrunch. Existing investors Openspace Ventures, a venture […]... →

Trying to raise money for a startup is never a walk in the park. Still, there are good times, there are bad times, and there is right now, a moment of uncertainty unlike anything that most of us have experienced in our lifetimes. Even if a startup breezed through a fundraise before the world was […]... →