Статьи по тегу «Стартап»

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... →

Венчурный фонд Maxfield Capital инвестировал в британский food-стартап SimplyCook. Общий раунд финансирования составил ... →

SAIF Partners, one of India’s most active tech investment firms, has returned with a new fund of $350 million, its sixth to date. Unlike other firms, SAIF opted to keep its newest fund at the same size as its previous one because it allows it to be selective on deals, a number of partners told TechCrunch in an interview. SAIF has more than $4 billion in assets under management. Its… Read More... →

Банк ВТБ24 предоставил финтех-сервису PimPay кредит в размере 70 млн рублей. Об этом Firrma сообщили в стартапе. Полученные средства направят на развитие сервиса «Ускоренные Перечисления наложенных  платежей». Эта платформа позволяет интернет-магазинам сразу получать деньги за товары, отправленные наложенным платежом, избегая кассовых разрывов. Напомним, что в феврале этого года ВТБ 24 выдал PimPay кредит на год в размере 50 млн рублей на развитие банковских сервисов и кредитных продуктов для стартапов.   К... →

Fintech startup N26 is trying to build the bank of the future. It is slowly but surely adding features to provide everything you’d expect from a bank. N26 already offers consumer credit loans in Germany if you’re a creditworthy employee. And starting today, N26 users who are self-employed, freelancers, students and more can also request a loan thanks to Auxmoney. If you’re… Read More... →

Fintech startup Revolut just raised a ton of money. But grabbing $66 million from respected VC firms wasn’t enough (£50 million). For the second time, Revolut asked its user base to invest in the startup. Revolut was looking for $5.3 million on Seedrs (£4 million), but 40,000 customers said that they were interested in the investment opportunity. If Revolut took all the money, it… Read More... →

Carwow, a platform to that helps you buy a new car, has closed $39 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Vitruvian Partners, with existing investors Accel Partners and Balderton Capital also participating. At today’s exchange rate it brings total funding to approximately $62.6 million. Read More... →

Обучение e-mail маркетингу – это:  Карьерный и финансовый рост - стартовая заработная плата e-mail маркетолога в Москве начинается от 60 тыс. руб. Специалисты с опытом зарабатывают до 150-200 тыс. рублей. При этом на рынке – дефицит сотрудников.  Актуальная профессия - с каждым годом эффективность прямой рекламы падает. Растет востребованность в специалистах, умеющих вовлечь, удержать и сконвертировать аудиторию.  Рентабельный канал для бизнеса - любой бизнес нуждается в эффективных источниках прибыли. Даж... →

I’m gearing up for another trip, but instead of taking a sleep pod bus, I’m flying (like a normal person) to Berlin. I’m going with my mom, who has never been out of the country, so I want to make sure it’s a good trip. That’s where Journy, founded by Leiti Hsu and Susan Ho, comes in. Journy is essentially a travel startup for millennials that is designed to… Read More... →

Об инвесторах, профессиональных сообществах и бюрократии — создатель веб-приложения для графического дизайна HalftonePro Лариса Давыдова.... →

It was a great day for Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate site which finally went public after 13 years as a startup. After pricing above the range at $15 per share, the stock soared 45% before closing at $21.72. This gives Redfin a market cap of $1.73 billion, well above its last private round, which PitchBook estimates was $1.03 billion. Redfin raised over $167 million in equity funding… Read More... →

Startups are dying all over the place as last year’s investment cool-off leads many to run out of cash. But Whisper refuses to race into the graveyard like fellow anonymous social apps Secret and Yik Yak. A source told TechCrunch that Whisper experienced layoffs this week, and after requesting comment, the startup now confirms to us it’s let go of 20% of staff so it can become… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Flint Capital вложился в американский стартап WalkMe, разрабатывающий облачную платформу для бизнеса с интерактивным управлением и подсказками на экране в мобильных и веб- приложениях корпоративных клиентов. Как рассказал Firrma сооснователь фонда Дмитрий Смирнов, Flint Capital участвовал в новом раунде для сохранения доли. В фонде не комментируют финансовые подробности сделки. Общая сумма раунда составила $75 млн. Лид-инвестором сделки выступил Insight Venture Partners, который также инвест... →