Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Фонд I2BF Global Ventures и сооснователь «ВКонтакте» Лев Левиев инвестировали в стартап Mirror AI в раунде на $3,5 млн, который состоялся в первом квартале 2017 года. Об их участии в сделке Firrma рассказал сооснователь стартапа Евгений Курышев. Раунд возглавила японская корпорация SoftBank. В сделке также принял участие акселератор Y Сombinator, фонды SV Angel, Greylock Ventures, Data Collective, Valar Ventures, Social Capital, Graph Ventures, компания CAA Ventures, глава фонда X-Prize Питер Диамандис и ми... →

Joblift, a European job site in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, has raised €10 million in a funding round led by the London/Berlin VC DN Capital. The round was joined by Picus Capital and existing investors Cherry Ventures, btov and TruVenturo. The fundraising brings the total raised by two-year old Joblift to €12m. The Berlin-based startup aggregates jobs data from multiple… Read More... →

Target, America’s other favorite old-line retailer (the one that’s not Walmart, with the arguably better commercials), is buying the Alabama-based delivery startup Shipt in a $550 million all-cash transaction. The deal, announced today, is another example of how every single store in America is responding to the very real threat that Amazon will drink their milkshake and eat… Read More... →

EBay today announced another acquisition today that underscores the company’s current focus on building out better data tools for third-party sellers on its platform, to help it compete better with the likes of Amazon and other marketplaces to attract their business. It’s acquiring Terapeak, a Toronto-based startup that has built a platform that crunches data about supply, demand… Read More... →

You’re probably going to get a better deal when you buy consumer products — like paper towels — wholesale, but at the same time you’re also buying a very, very large package of said consumer products. So, they might not always fit in your apartment. Wholesale goods are the primary play for a startup called Boxed, a retailer looking to play the sort of… Read More... →

Перевод материала Леонарда Уиза — ментора из гонконгского бизнес-акселератора, специализирующегося на блокчейн-стартапах.... →

Заказать разработку фирменного стиля в студии Артемия Лебедева стоит баснословных денег. Однако в 2017 году дизайнер запустил программу, направленную на помощь в создании брендинга для стартапов и небольших компаний. Участники программы должны быть маленькими, но крутыми. За измерение крутизны отвечает лично Артемий Лебедев. Условия конкурса.... →

FreightHub, a Berlin and Hamburg-based startup that claims to be Europe’s first fully digital freight forwarder, has raised a $20 million Series A round, just 1.5 years since launch. The round is led by VC firm Northzone, with participation from existing investors. The latter includes Rocket Internet’s Global Founders Capital (GFC), Cherry Ventures, Cavalry Ventures, and La Famiglia. Read More... →

iZettle — the payments startup based out of Stockholm that competes against companies like Square, Paypal and SumUp to provide card transactions using smartphones and tablets as well as related accounting services — has raised another €40 million ($47 million), money that CEO and co-founder Jacob de Geer told TechCrunch would be used to expand into more markets beyond the 12 where… Read More... →

Upstream Security, a new startup founded by two cyber security industry veterans, announced a $9 million Series A today to help protect connected vehicles and eventually autonomous cars. Today, that probably means a car using a service like OnStar to connect over the internet to your manufacturer for a menu of in-car services such as automated crash detection and stolen vehicle assistance. In… Read More... →

Co-working startup Mindspace recently raised $20 million as it gears up to launch its first two locations in the U.S. While Mindspace is looking to go big or go home in the U.S., it’s starting off slow with its first two locations in San Francisco and Washington D.C. Mindspace started in Tel Aviv about four years ago and has since expanded to Germany, Poland and the United… Read More... →

Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный каждый день рассказывает о примечательных проектах.... →

Right before jumping on the phone Friday afternoon, Andrew Mason, who then ran a walking tour startup called Detour and ran Groupon, was hand-correcting a transcription of a speech by John F. Kennedy — which was transcribed by some new software he and his team built in-house. But Descript, Mason’s new startup that’s spun out from Detour, isn’t designed to just… Read More... →

Consignment startup thredUP is launching Goody Boxes, for people who want to try on clothes at home before making purchases. Customers will be able to order on-demand shipments, with personalized items sent to their home. If it sounds familiar, it’s because Stitch Fix, Le Tote, Trunk Club and others have similar offerings. ThredUP hopes to differentiate itself with lower cost… Read More... →

Компания казахстанского инвестора Кенеса Ракишева и израильского предпринимателя Моше Хогега Sirin Labs заявила о привлечении $50 млн за 4 часа ICO. Было продано 99 млн токенов. Об этом Firrma рассказали в компании. Ранее SirinLabs сообщала, что планирует собрать на ICO от $25 млн до $75 млн. Полученные средства компания намерена направить на разработку криптоустройств FINNEY. «Собранных к настоящему моменту средств хватит, как на разработку и запуск криптосмартфона, так и операционной системы. Устройство д... →

After twelve years working for banks and consulting firms on the digital transformation of financial services, Creditas founder Sergio Furio finally found a problem he felt he could build a business around while at dinner with his Brazilian wife. Over dinner in their New York apartment one night in 2011 she casually mentioned that consumers in her country were paying over 200% interest rates… Read More... →

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Регулятор признал токены проекта ценными бумагами.... →

Germany’s Penta is the latest European startup to throw its banking wares into the ring. The burgeoning company is launching a new digital bank account targeting SMEs. Read More... →

Фонд AddVenture вложил $500 тысяч в испанский онлайн-сервис химчистки MrJeff в обмен на долю 10%. Сделка была закрыта в начале этого года. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. MrJeff — онлайн-сервис прачечной, работающий в Испании и США. Клиенты могут воспользоваться услугами компании, заказав химчистку через веб-сайт и приложение Mr Jeff App. Как уверяют в компании, одежду возвращают клиентам менее чем через сутки. Работает по модели подписки. По собственным данным, у компании более 15 тысяч клиентов в Мадрид... →