Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders serving as judges for a chance to win $25,000 and an all-expense paid trip for two persons to San Francisco to compete in TechCrunch’s flagship event — Disrupt SF 2018. Our… Read More... →

MioTech, a financial tech startup with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, has raised $7 million in Series A funding to develop artificial intelligence based software for investment managers. The round was led by Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing, with participation from returning investor Zhenfund. Read More... →

Mattel’s been taking great pains to update its product lines for plugged in generation of kids. Last month, the toy maker teamed up with Osmo for an iPad-ready update to its popular Hot Wheels line, and now the company is enlisting the help of another tech startup, Dash Robots. The pair’s first collaboration  is Kamigami, a robotics platform that lets kids build their own… Read More... →

eShares wants to be the platform for all things equity. From cap table management to secondary transactions, eShares’ software helps businesses like Slack, Flexport and Funding Circle keep tabs on their shares. The startup is raising a $42 million Series C, led by Menlo Ventures and Social Capital. Matt Murphy from Menlo Ventures and Arjun Sethi from Social Capital will be joining the… Read More... →

Основатель компании Universa Blockchain Platform Александр Бородич объявил о наборе в децентрализованный блокчейн-акселератор. Организацию и проведение акселератора возьмет на себя команда YellowRockets. Об этом Firrma рассказали в Universa Blockchain. Акселератор примет стартапы, использующие технологию блокчейн в своих проектах, и специалистов отрасли. Первые получат инвестиции и возможность общения с экспертами, вторые — задачи с рынка и доступ к Universa Blockchain Platform для их решения. Акселератор п... →

Фонд Pulsar Venture Capital запустит новый фонд для инвестирования в IT-стартапы, в том числе в блокчейн-проекты. 30 октября блокчейн-фонд выйдет на ICO, которое продлится месяц. Об этом Firrma сообщили в Pulsar VC. Инвестиционная фокус нового фонда — блокчейн-технологии и криптовалюты, IT, интернет вещей и новые материалы. Отобранные компании смогут принять участие в акселерационных программах Pulsar Venture Capital. Больше всего Pulsar VC интересуют стартапы, привлекающие средства при помощи ICO. В ходе ... →

Партнер Hedge Fund 2.0 (основная деятельность фонда – инвестиции в криптовалюты) Арсен Авдалян написал для Firrma колонку о том, почему фонд перестал инвестировать в ICO.  Наш фонд инвестировал в ICO стартапов с апреля по июль. Вложения осуществлялись  исключительно в рамках спекулятивной стратегии. Мы входили преимущественно на пре-сейле. Однако затем, мы решили отказаться от инвестиций в токены.  Участие в ICO сейчас  – это фактически заморозка денег на продолжительный период. То есть, с момента покупки т... →

Withlocals, the the Netherlands-based startup that operates a marketplace for personalised travel experiences, has raised $4.2 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Inkef Capital, the Amsterdam-headquartered VC firm. Read More... →

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... →