Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Just Spices, the German-founded spice mix brand, is disclosing €13 million in Series B funding. The round is led by Five Seasons Ventures and Coefficient Capital, with Bitburger Ventures also joining. A direct to consumer play, Just Spices offers two main product lines: Spice Mixes and “IN MINUTES”. The first consists of various spice blends, […]... →

Scoodle, a U.K.-based startup that, in its own words, wants to help tutors become influencers, is disclosing $760,000 in pre-seed funding. Backing the round is Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, alongside Tiny VC, IFG Ventures and a number of unnamed angels. Scoodle is also the first ed tech company to join the University of Oxford’s accelerator, […]... →

PayU is acquiring a controlling stake in fintech startup PaySense at a valuation of $185 million and plans to merge it with its credit business LazyPay as the nation’s largest payments processor aggressively expands its financial services offering. The Prosus-owned payments giant said on Friday that it will pump $200 million — $65 million of […]... →

At CES 2020, one of the more well-represented gadget categories was definitely consumer robots — but none was more adorable than MarsCat, a new robo-pet from industrial robot startup Elephant Robotics. This robot pet is a fully autonomous companion that can respond to touch and voice — and even play with toys, and it’s hard […]... →

Кинокомпания Warner Brothers подписала договор с AI-стартапом Cinelytic. Компания разработала алгоритм, который помогает специалистам киноиндустрии управлять маркетингом и распространением фильмов. Об этом пишет «Коммерсантъ» со ссылкой на Hollywood Reporter.... →

Венчурный фонд Fort Ross Ventures инвестировал в калифорнийский стартап в сфере недвижимости Roofstock. Первым на это обратил внимание телеграм-канал Русский Венчур.... →

Ирина Яшина, управляющий портфелем фонда the Untitled ventures, в седьмом выпуске серии о построении стартапа подсчитала, сколько в среднем один портфельный стартап на ранней стадии выступает с питчем. Эта цифра приближается к трем выступлениям в месяц! Ирина рассказывает о том, как подготовить слайды, текст выступления и самого спикера.... →

Проект роботизированных пиццерий Zume Pizza, акционерами которого являются SoftBank и глава совета директоров Mail.ru Group Дмитрий Гришин, сократит 400 сотрудников и сменит направление бизнеса, пишет издание  Business Insider. В Zume Pizza работает около 500 человек — сокращение затронет 80% штата. Также Zume Pizza отказалась от собственного производства пиццы и создания роботов, пишет BI. Вместо этого она придумывает новые проекты в сфере биоразлагаемой упаковки для еды, а наработки систем для пиццерий по... →

Over the past year, startup banks have proven that they have a shot at disrupting retail banking. These challengers have amassed a war chest of funding, announced some ambitious international expansion plans and attracted millions of customers. And yet, building a bank has proven to be even harder than building a startup in general. Retail […]... →

TypingDNA, a four-year-old startup that was founded in Bucharest, Romania and more recently moved its headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, looks to be raising $7 million in funding for something interesting: AI-driven technology that it says can recognize people based on the way they type, both on their laptops and mobile devices. A new SEC […]... →

One Medical, a San Francisco-based primary care startup with tech-infused, concierge services filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. Internal medicine doctor Tom Lee founded the startup, now valued at well-over $1 billion dollars, in 2007. Lee exited his company in 2017, leaving it in the hands of former UnitedHealth group […]... →

The world’s forests are ablaze, under threat from illegal logging, and disappearing due to the less dramatic environmental degradation wrought by drought and other signs of climate change. It’s part of the negative feedback loop that seems to be accelerating climate change as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, but one startup company is trying […]... →

Space attracts a lot of attention as an area of frontier tech investment and entrepreneurship, but there’s another vast expanse that could actually be more addressable by the innovation economy — Earth’s oceans. Seafaring startups aren’t attracting quite as much attention as their spacefaring cousins, but 2019 still saw a flurry of activity in this […]... →

Pitch the wrong reporter or publication, and your story won’t see the light of day. Before you start seeking press, you’ll need to look for reporters who have reach, respect and expertise when you choose who to talk to. You’ll also need to be prepared to accept the truth about your business, even if it […]... →

Trussle, the online mortgage broker backed by the likes of Goldman Sachs, LocalGlobe, Finch Capital, and Seedcamp, has lost its founding CEO. Ishaan Malhi, who co-founded the fintech startup five years ago, has resigned with “immediate effect, according to a rather brief press release issued by Trussle this morning. The company is now searching for […]... →

After acquiring Ukraine startup Looksery in 2015 to supercharge animated selfie lenses in Snapchat — arguably changing the filters game for all social video and photo apps — Snap has made another acquisition with roots in the country, co-founded by one of Looksery’s founders, to give a big boost to its video capabilities. The company […]... →

According to newly released third-party data, TikTok has reason to dance. The famous, short-video application saw its in-app purchase revenue rise 310% on a year-over-year basis according to Apptopia, a startup that tracks mobile app revenue and usage. (The Boston-based startup has raised $8.2 million to date and competes with AppAnnie.) TikTok’s revenue gains are […]... →

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re taking a quick glance at the venture-backed insurance space. On the heels of ARR milestones set by the well-capitalized Lemonade, another startup in the space, Clearcover, announced a new funding round this week. […]... →

Tech reporters’ inboxes are filled with garbage pitches from misguided founders who assume that the smallest milestone warrants a write-up. Founders dream of seeing their company’s name in headlines without knowing how that might help or hurt them. But with the proper intentions, strategy and timing, they can score press that makes their imagined future […]... →

Mobility mavericks get ready to strut your stuff at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 on May 14. Don’t miss our second annual day-long conference devoted to technologies that move people and parcels around the world in new, exciting ways. More than 1,000 of the industry’s mightiest minds, makers, innovators and investors will converge in San Jose […]... →