Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Accion Systems, the startup aiming to reinvent satellite propulsion with an innovative and tiny new thruster, has attracted significant investment from Boeing's HorizonX Ventures. The $3 million round should give the company a bit of breathing room while it continues to prove and improve its technology.... →

Co-working today is a global game that’s played by many more than just WeWork, despite the company’s valuation surging to $20 billion. But, as WeWork increasingly globalizes its focus, the U.S. firm is coming into contact with smaller players who are highly localized in markets with the potential to grow significantly. One such market is […]... →

Основатель стартапа Qlean Александр Коровин запустил сервис “Близкие.ру” для организации ухода за пожилыми и маломобильными людьми на дому. Сумма личных инвестиций в проект составила 10 млн рублей. Частные инвесторы, среди которых сооснователь проектов CarPrice и Expload Эдуард Гуринович и Анастасия Олимпиева, вложили в сервис “Близкие.ру” ещё 10 млн рублей. «Близкие.ру» —  сервис по уходу и реабилитации пожилыx и маломобильных людей на дому. Компания начала работу в мае 2018 года и сейчас уже имеет более 1... →

Фонд Sistema_VC объявил о серии публичных бесед и митапов о технологиях, которые меняют жизнь человека. Каждое мероприятие серии будет посвящено интересной ситуации применения конкретной технологии или отдельному вопросу развития технологического стартапа. Мероприятия #public_tech пройдут в формате беседы экспертов. Гости программы — инженеры, предприниматели, ученые, инвесторы из России, Европы и США. Первое мероприятие программы #public_tech — […] Сообщение Фонд Sistema_VC запускает серию публичных бесед ... →

Основные средства поступили из Европы и Азии, в частности, Гонконга и Вьетнама... →

Tech startups have found all kinds of ways to lend money to people who have either too little or not very good credit. The approach of a nearly two-year-old, 15-person San Francisco-based startup called Divvy Homes is among the more creative we’ve seen, even while we question whether it’s good for potential customers. How it […]... →

Emmanuel Macron came to France’s ginormous startup campus Station F to talk to the French tech community. The event is organized by La French Tech, the government initiative to promote and foster the startup community in France. Station F director Roxanne Varza first took the stage to introduce the event. She announced that there will […]... →

Shipwell, a startup pitching a marketplace for domestic ground shipping and fleet and cargo management services for freight trucking companies, has raised $10 million in a new round of funding. A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the […]... →

Microsoft’s Powerpoint today has over 1 billion installs, 500 million users, and some 95 percent market share, making it the most ubiquitous presentation software in the world. But that doesn’t make it the most loved. Now, a new startup out of Berlin called Pitch is emerging from stealth with plans to challenge it, by making what CEO […]... →

Falling somewhere between a boutique hotel experience and an Airbnb, The Guild is launching today with $9 million in funding led by Maveron with participation from Convivialite Ventures and Corigin Ventures to provide travelers with tech-driven hospitality. The startup is also officially expanding into Miami, Cincinnati and Denver. Based in Austin, The Guild has a […]... →

Mapify, the Berlin startup that offers what it describes as a “social travel network,” has raised $1 million in seed funding from a mixture of U.S. and Europe-based funds and angel investors. The include Switzerland’s Ennea VC (led by Jan Valentin, who served as Senior Vice President at Kayak in Europe), Roland Grenke (co-founder of […]... →

Attention all early-stage startup founders — we’re looking at you, because Disrupt Berlin 2018 (29-30 November) is right around the corner. Even if you’ve been part of the startup scene for only a short time you know about Disrupt, the premier technology conference hosted by TechCrunch.com. But here’s the thing. Knowing about Disrupt and going to […]... →

Frontify, the Swiss startup that’s built a “brand management platform,” has raised a chunky $8.3 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Blossom Capital, the new London-based venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown. Frontify’s previous seed investors include Doodle co-founder Myke Naef, former Googler Thomas Duebendorfer, and Cédric […]... →

Epic’s gotta do something with the money it’s printing through Fortnite purchases. Acquisitions appear to be at the top of that list, starting with Kamu, the Finnish startup behind Easy Anti-Cheat. Epic has already deployed the anti-cheat software for its wildly popular sandbox survival game — it’s been a central piece of the gaming company’s […]... →

LinkedIn, the social network for the working world with close to 600 million users and now under the wing of Microsoft, has announced an acquisition as it continues to work on expanding the ways that people already on the platform use it. It has acquired Glint, a startup that provides employment engagement and retention services […]... →

В новом наборе 15 команд представляют Москву. По одной команде — из Краснодара, Перми, Санкт-Петербурга, Архангельска, Тулы, Иркутска, Екатеринбурга... →

London ‘proptech’ startup Goodlord, which offers cloud-based software to help estate agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental process, has raised £7 million in Series B funding. The round is led by Finch Capital, with participation from existing investor Rocket Internet/GFC, and is roughly equal in size to Goodlord’s Series A in 2017. However, it […]... →

В 22 компании нового набора ФРИИ суммарно инвестирует 50,8 млн руб.: 19 стартапов получат по 2,5 млн руб. каждая (в обмен на долю в 7%), три компании привлекли деньги только на программу акселерации в размере 1,1 млн руб. (за долю 3%). Еще три команды пройдут А16 без привлечения инвестиций от ФРИИ и самостоятельно оплатят программу. В новом наборе акселератора значительная часть стартапов — из Москвы (15 команд),  по одной из Краснодара, Санкт-Петербурга, Архангельска, Тулы, Иркутска, Екатеринбурга, Перми. ... →

По оценке  PwC, в январе—июне 2018 года общий объем венчурных вложений по всему миру достиг $99 млрд. В первую очередь инвесторов интересовали финансовые технологии, искусственный интеллект и цифровая медицина. В топ-10 крупнейших сделок семь были инвестициями в китайские компании, включая лидера списка — стартап Manbang Group (развивает приложение, которое работает по принципу Uber и помогает связывать поставщиков с водителями грузовиков), который во втором квартале привлек $1,9 млрд. По одной сделке пришл... →

A couple of years ago YC-backed RankScience, which offers AI-enhanced SEO split-testing, put a few SEO experts’ noses out of joint when the fledgling startup brashly talked about replacing human expertise with automation. Two years on its pitch has mellowed, with the team saying their self-service platform is “augmenting human SEO ability rather than replacing […]... →