Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

Open Listings, the YC-backed startup that lets buyers purchase homes and get a 50% refund on whatever fee their real estate agent would normally make, has raised $6.5M in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners. Initialized Capital and Arena ventures also participated as new investors. As a refresher, Open Listings is an end-to-end real estate platform for buyers – meaning you can find… Read More... →

Segment has raised $64 million in Series C funding, with the Y Combinator Continuity Fund and GV leading the round. The continuity fund is the $700 million fund led by former Twitter COO Ali Rowghani. It selectively writes checks for YC startups as they raise bigger rounds of funding. As part of the deal, Rowghani will be joining Segment’s of directors. In the funding announcement, he… Read More... →

Micro-investing app Stash has raised an additional $40 million in Series C funding, the company announced this morning, following rapid growth in terms of sign-ups from new users – 86 percent of whom are first-time investors. The startup’s app is designed to help ease people into investing by allowing anyone to start with as little as $5, then build a portfolio you contribute more… Read More... →

We throw around the word disrupter a lot in the startup world, especially at TechCrunch. But Framebridge, a custom framing startup launched in 2014, is actually worthy of that title. And today Framebridge is announcing they’ve closed a $16.7M Series B round, with  Gordon Segal, co-founder of Crate and Barrel joining in as an investor. The round means that the startup has now raised… Read More... →

Google объявил о запуске венчурного фонда Gradient Ventures, который будет оказывать финансовую и техническую поддержку стартапам в области технологий искусственного интеллекта. Управляющим партнёром фонда станет вице-президент по инженерному обеспечению Google Анна Паттерсон. «Цель фонда – помочь портфельным компаниям преодолеть инженерные трудности, чтобы создать продукты, которые будут применять технологии искусственного интеллекта для решения современных проблем и […]... →

Saucey, an L.A.-based alcohol delivery company, has raised $5.4 million in Series A funding led by Bullpen Capital, with participation from earlier and new investors, including Blumberg Capital, Structure Capital and HashtagOne. Saucey, which has now raised $10.2 million altogether, is competing against a dizzying number of alcohol-delivery companies. In addition to direct rivals… Read More... →

Cisco has made another acquisition in the enterprise security space — underscoring the ongoing market demand for security services amid a growing threat of cyber breaches and malicious hacking among businesses that are moving to cloud-based infrastructures. Today, the IT giant announced that it has acquired Observable Networks, a company based out of St Louis that provides real-time… Read More... →

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Google купил индийскую компанию Halli Labs, которая специализируется на разработках в области технологий искусственного интеллекта. Стоимость сделки не разглашается. Halli Labs занимался созданием систем глубинного и машинного обучения. Команда стартапа присоединится к подразделению Next Billion Users, «чтобы помочь людям по всему миру получить больше технологий и информации». Команда Halli Labs сообщила о сделке в посте на […]... →

Glossier, the direct-to-consumer beauty startup that’s raised $34.4 million in funding so far, will kick off its international expansion this month. Read More... →

Bike-sharing is the year’s hottest tech trend in China. The two biggest startups in the space have pulled in more than $1 billion cumulatively from VCs this year alone, and at valuations that exceed $1 billion — yet their businesses, and the bikes themselves, are not well known in the U.S. and other parts of the world outside of China. During our recent TechCrunch China event… Read More... →

Grand Central Tech is kicking off the fourth year of its startup accelerator. As its name suggests, the organization is located near New York City’s Grand Central station. It’s not just an accelerator anymore — it also runs a coworking space, a “hub” for urban tech companies and is taking over the New York Venture Fellows program. But Managing Director Matthew… Read More... →

Dietary supplements aren’t regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, which means the industry is rife with dubious claims. Revere, a new startup that sells monthly subscriptions of its workout and energy drink powders, wants to cut through the buzz with straightforward mixes of plant-based ingredients, such as pea protein and sweet potato powder. The company announced today that it… Read More... →

Компания O2 Consulting, которая вела инвестиционные сделки c Facebook/MSQRD, Mail.ru Group/Prisma и Yota Devices, объясняет все тонкости инвестиций в России.... →

Британский финтех-стартап с российскими корнями Revolut привлёк $66 млн от нескольких инвестфонодов, включая Index Ventures, Balderton Capital и Ribbit Capital.... →

Some more M&A news in the world of artificial intelligence. Today it was announced that Google has acquired Halli Labs, a very young (its first public appearance was on May 22 of this year) startup based out of Bengaluru, India, that was focused on building deep learning and machine learning systems to address what it describes as “old problems.” The company says it will be… Read More... →

ZeroFox, a startup that helps companies manage social media risk including scams, malicious links and account hijacking, announced a $40 million Series C investment today. The round was led by Redline Capital Management and Silver Lake Waterman (which is Silver Lake’s late stage growth capital fund). Existing investors NEA, Highland Capital Partners and Core Capital also participated. Read More... →

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Российские и французские инвесторы запустили на Лазурном берегу интеграционную компанию CLMI Ventures. Cоветник департамента проектной и инновационной деятельности Университета ИТМО Константин Карчмарски рассказал Firrma о целях проекта и стартап-экосистеме юга Франции.  Расскажите о вашем проекте? Этот проект запустили я, Константин Синюшин, Игорь Лутц и три французских партнера. Получилась франко-русская компания, но инициатива наша. Наша ниша находится над существующими акселераторами и инкубаторами, пот... →

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