Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Your startup may have the coolest tech, be in the biggest market and have the smartest team, but no matter what your board says, revenue is not the primary indicator.... →

Grove Collaborative, a four-year-old, San Francisco-based startup that sells household, personal care, baby and kids, and pet products, has been busy raising money in 2018, shows two new SEC filings that lists representatives from company’s earlier investors, including Mayfield, Norwest Venture Partners, and MHS Capital, as well as apparent new investor General Atlantic, represented by partner Catherine […]... →

Stickeroid AI — облачная платформа, которая позволяет конвертировать слова в стикеры при помощи машинного обучения, — продала технологию корейской группе компаний Naver, рассказал гендиректор Stickeroid AI Виктор Кох. Сумма сделки не раскрывается, как рассказал источник, знакомый с ситуацией,  речь идет о нескольких миллионах до 2020 года за использование технологий. Стартап Stickeroid AI был создан в октябре 2016 года. Его основателем и генеральным директором является Виктор Кох, сооснователь проекта — Кам... →

Across the globe, a clutch of companies from Oxford, England to Redwood City, Calif. are working to commercialize a new solar technology that could further boost the adoption of renewable energy generation. Earlier this year, OxfordPV, a startup working in tandem with Oxford University received $3 million from the UK government to develop the technology […]... →

РВК в партнерстве с EY, представила список самых активных российских венчурных фондов этого года. В него попали те, кто заключил больше всего сделок со стартапами в период с декабря 2017 года по декабрь 2018 года. Основной показатель ранжирования — количество проинвестированных проектов. В 2018 году общее число активных фондов увеличилось и составило 95 фондов, против 55 в предыдущем году. При этом в целом активность российских фондов не изменилась. Российские фонды провели в общей сложности 441 сделку, год... →

Academic exams are a big deal in China as they determine the kind of universities, high schools and elementary schools that students get into and to a degree, the future that awaits them. Parents are thus willing to invest generously to help their children get ahead in school. One startup capitalizing on this need is […]... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив инвестировал 100 млн рублей в стартап для обучения фармацевтов и провизоров Pharmznanie. Инвестиции пойдут, в частности, на масштабирование на российском рынке, где компания планирует занять 25%.  Это не первая сделка ФРИИ и Pharmznanie: осенью прошлого года фонд инвестировал в компанию 19,8 млн руб., приобретя долю в 15%. Pharmznanie работает на рынке цифрового здравоохранения и имеет два продукта: онлайн-платформу с образовательными курсами для сотрудников аптек Pharmznani... →

Жюри отобрало девять компаний, которые проходят в следующий этап... →

There are few things in this world more difficult than launching a successful startup. It takes talent, know-how, money and a hell of a lot of good timing and luck. And even with all of those magical components in place, the odds may still be against you. At TechCrunch, we take pride at covering the […]... →

India’s B2B supply chain is slowly shifting into the digital era. Following a $23 million investment for Moglix, which helps bring business and manufacturing procurement online, LetsTransport, a startup that brings increased efficiency to logistics and business transportation, has raised $13.5 million for growth. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kharagpur graduates Pushkar Singh, Sudarshan Ravi and […]... →

HQ’s expansion beyond trivia emerges from beta tonight, but the question is whether it’s different and accessible enough to revive the startup’s growth. HQ Words opens to everyone with today’s 6:30pm pacific broadcast within the HQ Trivia app after several weeks of closed beta testing of the Wheel Of Fortune-style game. The launch will be […]... →

A Juul is not a cigarette. It’s much easier than that. Through devilishly slick product design I’ll discuss here, the startup has massively lowered the barrier to getting hooked on nicotine. Juul has dismantled every deterrent to taking a puff. The result is both a new $38 billion valuation thanks to a $12.8 billion investment […]... →

Chatty gamers are apparently worth billions. Discord, the gaming chat startup with more than 200 million active users, announced Friday that it had secured $150 million in funding at a $2.05 billion valuation. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital with participation Firstmark, Tencent, IVP, Index Ventures and Technology Opportunity Partners. The company announced this […]... →

While more than 60 companies have received permits to test their driverless vehicles in California, Zoox has become the first permitted to actually transport people in those vehicles. The California Public Utilities Commission today granted Zoox a permit to participate in the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service pilot. During the testing period, Zoox must have […]... →

If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to pay for short-term storage at hotels, dry cleaners and other local businesses. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding […]... →

A new startup using AI to look after elderly people at home has raised a new round of funding to apply its platform to detect changes in gait or behavior, falls or stumbles. In other words, it could start to predict changes in long-term health. CherryHome, the home AI security system created by startup Cherry […]... →

The Consumer Electronics Show, like Burning Man, is a massive event in the middle of the desert. Also like Burning Man it is populated by some of the greatest minds in technology. But, unlike Burning Man, these people are all dressed and only a few of them are on hard psychotropic drugs. Also CES is […]... →

Стартап из Купертино Cherry Labs, основанный Максом Гончаровым, Стасом Веретенниковым и Николаем Давыдовым привлек $5,2 млн от пула инвесторов во главе с фондом GSR Ventures. Cherry Labs разработала систему умного дома Cherry Home, которая в числе прочего умеет определать, когда владелец дома упал. Это актуально в первую очередь для пожилых людей, живущих отлельно от родственников. В случае падения человека, система умного дома может самостоятельно оповестить его близких, или врача или социальные службы.... →

IBM Research and agtech startup Hello Tractor have developed an AI and blockchain-driven platform for Africa’s farmers. The two companies will pilot the product in 2019.... →

Israel is Startup Nation when it comes to innovation and development, but is behind in legislation that deals with dilemmas regarding the intersection of tech, human rights and democratic values.... →