Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Blood testing startup Theranos has reached a settlement with former customer Walgreens. According to the terms of the agreement, Walgreens will dismiss its lawsuit against Theranos “with no finding of implication of liability.” The terms of the settlement are confidential. Last November, Walgreens sued Theranos for $140 million, alleging Theranos breached its contract.… Read More... →

Стартап планирует впервые использовать пассажирские дроны в Дубае в конце 2017 года... →

Финтех-платформа по созданию финансовых продуктов и решений для привлечения капитала на основе блокчейн-технологий BankEx собрала $1,5 млн  в ходе pre-ICO. Об этом Firrma рассказали в стартапе. Проект реализовал токены на базе платформ Waves и Ethereum. Компания продала 6 млн PBKX токенов (по курсу на 1.08.2017 это около $1,5 млн).  В pre-ICO приняло участие около 70 покупателей из 12 стран: Канада, Япония, Австралия, Франция, Австрия, Швейцария, Нидерланды, Норвегия, Хорватия, Румыния, Россия, Латвия. Осно... →

Президент девелоперской компании «Инком» Сергей Козловский инвестировал 60 млн рублей в российский IT-проект «Бонусный клуб», который занимается разработкой и внедрением технических решений для программ лояльности. Об этом Firrma рассказали в пресс-службе девелопера. Привлеченные инвестиции были направлены на создание первого собственного продукта «Бонусного клуба» — единой бонусной карты «Сахар», позволяющей совершать покупки в 786 интернет-магазинах и конвертировать бонусы в рубли. Напомним, в феврале 2... →

San Francisco-based startup Juvo wants to help mobile users in emerging markets to improve their financial standing by combining data and identity to provide micro-loans. It’s an ambitious goal, and to help achieve it, the company has raised $40 million in funding led by NEA and Wing Venture Capital. Read More... →

Sawyer, a two-year-old, Brooklyn-based startup that aims to become the OpenTable of children’s activities, has raised $6 million in new funding led by Advance Venture Partners. Others who contributed to the round include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 3311 Ventures,  Female Founders Fund, and earlier backer Collaborative Fund,  as well as unnamed investors from the company’s $1.5… Read More... →

Plume Labs has been working on air pollution for a while. In addition to its mobile app and air quality device, the startup is launching a paid API called Plume.io so that anybody can add air quality to their own service. Think about it as Dark Sky’s API, but for air quality. Plume Labs has designed its own algorithm to predict air pollution around the world. The company relies on… Read More... →

LogMeIn, the company that provides authentication and other connectivity solutions for those who connect remotely to networks and services, has made another acquisition to expand the portfolio of services it offers to customers, specifically in its new Bold360 CRM platform, launched in June. The company has picked up Nanorep, a startup out of Israel that develops chatbots and other AI-based… Read More... →

Китайская Didi Chuxing, которой принадлежит крупнейший такси-сервис в стране и китайский бизнес Uber, инвестировала в эстонский стартап по заказу автомобилей Taxify, работающий на рынках Европы и Африки. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch.... →

Компания с российскими корнями Natural Synthetics LTD объявила о запуске собственной криптовалюты XRONOS. Единица валюты XRONOS называется XPO, она привязана к индексу среднестатистической зарплаты в мире — Global Average Wage (GAW). Об этом Firrma рассказали в компании. Natural Synthetics занимается разработкой программного обеспечения в сфере блокчейн индустрии и геолокационных систем. Основал компанию Михаил Палеха. Стартап разрабатывает следующие продукты: криптовалюту XRONOS, свой блокчейн (который по... →

Carspring, the London and Berlin used car buying platform founded by Rocket Internet, has picked up £5 million in Series B funding. Backing the round are Rocket Internet itself, along with Channel 4’s Commercial Growth Fund, which offers media in the form of TV advertising in return for equity. Read More... →

Facebook купил стартап в области искусственного интеллекта Ozlo. Приобретение призвано расширить возможности приложения Messenger и улучшить работу виртуального помощника M. Финансовые детали сделки не раскрываются. По данным Crunchbase, Ozlo – это платформа интегрированных знаний, которая помогает ассистентам и другим интеллектуальным системам понимать реальный мир. Благодаря Ozlo системы искусственного интеллекта способны более эффективно взаимодействовать с пользователями. […]... →

Fintech startup Klarna grew thanks to its e-commerce payment service, but now the startup is diversifying a bit. The Swedish company is launching Wavy, a free peer-to-peer payment app and service. After Cookies imploded, Klarna approached the team behind the German app so that they could join another fintech company. It turns out that this team has been working on another peer-to-peer payment app. Read More... →

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Facebook has gone ahead and purchased Charles Jolley’s conversational AI startup Ozlo. Jolley, formerly Head of Platform for Android at Facebook, will not be returning to the company. The Ozlo team is expected to join Facebook to work on natural language processing challenges. Ozlo launched with a consumer facing app back in October 2016. Jolley told me at the time that the… Read More... →

Noted venture firm Kleiner Perkins is getting a little leaner. General partner Mike Abbott announced Monday that he’s leaving the team for an undetermined startup role. Separately, its early stage “Edge” team is folding. The instances are unrelated, I am told. Abbott, who joined KPCB in 2011 from Twitter, wrote in a post, “my desire to discover and invest in the next… Read More... →

Large hotel chains are feeling the heat from Airbnb and other startups building digital marketplaces for travellers with a more flexible range of places to stay, and more flexible prices to match. And that is leading some of them to make acquisitions. RCI, a division of the Wyndham Hotel Group, has acquired Love Home Swap, a startup out of London that lets people book time to stay in other… Read More... →

Lost My Name, the London-based startup that uses tech to create and publish personalised story books for children, has raised $8.5 million in Series B funding. It is also revealing an upcoming tie-in with the Roald Dahl Estate, owners of IP such as Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Read More... →

A Japanese startup commercial rocket launch attempted to launch a 10-meter tall ‘Momo’ rocket to orbit on Sunday, but while the rocket achieved liftoff, it only made it about one-fifth of its total target altitude. The failure to reach orbit isn’t dissuading Interstellar Technologies, however – the company will try again, and should be able to improve its process… Read More... →

Ding, a London-based hardware startup, has raised more than £263,000 (~$345k) via the Seedrs equity crowdfunding platform as it works to get its first product — a wi-fi connected doorbell — to market this year. Read More... →