Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Here we are in Nairobi, Kenya. For the first time, TechCrunch is hosting a conference in Africa. We have an amazing lineup of speakers who all share a ton of knowledge and expertise about technology in Kenya and Africa in general. But the real star of the show is going to be the Startup Battlefield. 15 startups are going to compete to win the Startup Battlefield competition and earn best of show. Read More... →

Новый венчурный фонд Exantech, созданный основателями инвестиционной компании Exante и хедж-фонда Bitcoin Fund Анатолием Князевым, Алексеем Кириенко и Гатисом Эглитисом, вложил $10 млн в компанию Comino — российского разработчика IT-устройства, способного обогревать дом и майнить криптовалюту. Среди других инвесторов раунда — основатели Comino. Об этом Firrma рассказали в стартапе. Привлеченные средства направлены на запуск продукта в серийное производство, создание новых поколений устройства и разработку ... →

Ежемесячно аппарат может приность 18 тысяч рублей дохода.... →

Фонд прямых инвестиций России и СНГ «Эльбрус Капитал» купил крупную миноритарную долю в онлайн-сервисе по доставке продуктов с рецептами в России «Шефмаркет». Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе. Контрольный пакет компании остается у основателя Сергея Ашина. Итоговая сумма сделки и доля фонда не раскрываются. По словам Ашина, вхождение «Эльбрус Капитал» в «Шефмаркет» произошло за счет размытия долей текущих акционеров, в числе которых, помимо Ашина, венчурный фонд Addventure и японская корпорация Mitsui & ... →

Unicorns are like buses for Hong Kong. After living in the shadow of other cities and waiting around for its first, it now has (almost) two billion-dollar companies within months… and in the same space. GoGoVan became the country’s first unicorn in September following a merger deal with China-based 58 Suyun, and now Lalamove — another Hong Kong company specializing in… Read More... →

Houzz is expanding its presence in India by partnering with Times Bridge, the investment arm of The Times Group. As a result of the deal, Houzz said its content will be integrated into The Times Group’s online properties, including the Times of India. A Houzz spokesperson said this will be “the authentic Houzz experience” with the full functionality of the platform, which… Read More... →

In slightly bittersweet news, startup HandUp is selling itself to the Detroit-based South Oakland Shelter for an undisclosed amount. This isn’t your typical Silicon Valley exit where the founders and investors made a bunch of money. HandUp CEO Rose Broome described it to me as a “primary philanthropic acquisition.” But it’s still a solid outcome for a startup that… Read More... →

Like a lot of firms, the 41-year-old venture firm Menlo Ventures has decided to jump into health care investing after a long hiatus, hiring a new partner Greg Yap, to lead the charge. A molecular biology major at Princeton, Yap was most recently the CEO of an early-stage medical startup called Pyrames, as well as an entrepreneur-in-residence with the year-old, life-sciences-focused venture… Read More... →

Deepgram, a startup applying machine learning to audio data, is releasing its machine transcription platform this morning for free. No more will you have to pay for other services like Trint to get the dirty work of automated transcription done. Hint: it has something to do with data. Machine transcription isn’t solved. In fact, machine anything isn’t solved. And it seems like… Read More... →

Carspring, the London and Berlin-based startup that makes it easy to buy a used car, has gone quiet, amid reports that its recent £5 million in Series B funding fell through. According to sources, Rocket Internet has pulled its investment in the company, which it co-founded with ex-McKinsey management consultants Peter Baumgart and Maximilian Vollenbroich. Read More... →

Location and mapping been two of the key features underpinning a wide array of smartphone services. Now a startup that has been at the center of building those location services for mobile devices has picked up a large round of funding to take its tech to newer frontiers in hardware, specifically in automotive and virtual / augmented reality. Mapbox, a company that competes against Google and… Read More... →

With a shortage of machine learning developers bearing down on the industry, startups and big tech companies alike are moving to democratize the tools necessary to commercialize artificial intelligence. The latest startup, Petuum, is announcing a $93 million Series B this morning from Softbank and Advantech Capital. Founded last year by Dr. Eric Xing, a Carnegie Mellon machine learning… Read More... →

Andela, a startup that trains developers in Africa and hires them out to global tech companies, has raised $40 million in Series C funding. Read More... →

Один из России и два из Украины... →

Microsoft Ventures today announced a new AI startup competition with a total prize purse of $3.5 million in investments into the winners. The firm is partnering with Madrona Venture Partners, Notion Capital and Vertex Ventures to host this competition, which is looking for (very) early-stage AI startups in North America, Europe and Israel. The Innovate.AI competition will award $1M in funding… Read More... →

При поддержке мирового бренда запустились три стартапа, которые разрабатывают новые технологии для продвижения продукции L'Oreal... →

Разработчик «умных» браслетов, позволяющих измерять массу тела — компания AURA Devices — привлекла 6 млн рублей на посевной стадии в виде конвертируемого займа от группы частных российских инвесторов. Каждый инвестор получит в среднем 10% акций стартапа. Об этом Firrma сообщил основатель и генеральный директор компании Станислав Горбунов. Полученные средства будут направлены на доработку прототипа до промышленного образца и первичный маркетинг продукта на ряде рынков. AURA Devices работает на основе биоимпе... →

Airbnb finally got serious about the Chinese market this year, and now its chief rival in the country — Tujia — has tapped investors for $300 million more to sharpen its focus on global markets. The new funding values Tujia at $1.5 billion, the startup confirmed. That’s a big jump on the $1 billion it commanded when it last raised in 2015, but the company is going to the… Read More... →

Проект занимается браслетом для отслеживания состава тела и других показателей для анализа в приложении... →

Сбербанк и управляющая компания FortRoss Ventures (бывшая УК MoneyTime) запустили венчурный фонд SBT Venture Fund II. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. На сегодняшний день размер обязательств SBT Venture Fund II составляет $75 млн долларов. Совокупный размер обязательств под управлением FortRoss Ventures — $175 млн. Максимальный объем фонда составит $200 млн, в свою очередь инвестиции в каждый новый проект будет равен $5-10 млн. «Сегодня к фонду присоединились уже более 10 инвесторов, — говорит Виктор Ор... →