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| 05.02.2026 | Why finding your way indoors is harder than mapping India’s roads | - |
| 02.04.2020 | Estimote launches wearables for workplace-level contact tracing for COVID-19 | Bluetooth location beacon startup Estimote has adapted its technological expertise to develop a new product designed specifically for curbing the spread of COVID-19. The company created a new range of wearable devices that co-founder Steve ... |
| 10.12.2019 | Polish-Chinese startup quietly tracking 1.1bn mobile phones raises $12m | Polish-Chinese tech-startup Cosmose, which has software tracking the exact location of a massive 1.1bn people around the world, has closed a $12m seed funding round to expand its operations into Japan and open a new office in Europe.
The li... |
| 25.04.2019 | There’s a New Venture Debt Fund in CEE. Here is Everything You Need to Know About it | Flashpoint Venture Capital reached out to us saying they are currently on the lookout for CEE companies to back and Bulgaria is also in the scope. Flashpoint has recently launched a dedicated venture debt fund for the CEE region with a targ... |
| 02.09.2017 | The product design challenges of AR on smartphones | With the launch of ARKit, we are going to see augmented reality apps become available for about 500 million iPhones in the next 12 months, and at least triple that in the following 12 months — as we can now include the numbers of ARCore-sup... |
| 21.01.2017 | A quick tour of Eastern Europe’s startup hubs | Startups in Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Tallinn, Riga, or Vilnius don’t attract as much capital as the ones located in the top hubs in Europe — London, Amsterdam, or Berlin — but these Eastern European tech hubs are on the... |
| 21.01.2017 | A quick tour of Eastern Europe’s startup hubs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Startups in Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Bra... |
| 02.01.2017 | Museums, startups and accelerators… oh, my! | Brendan Ciecko Contributor
Brendan Ciecko is the CEO and founder of Cuseum.
Startup accelerators have become an integral part of helping early-stage companies build, fund and bring to market new products and ideas. Countless startups wieldi... |
| 14.09.2016 | Estimote’s Mirror beacon enables any video screen to display personalized content | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If you’re late for your flight, Estimote‘s Mirror could guide you to the right gate by flashing it on a video screen at the airport.
Es... |
| 14.09.2016 | Estimote announces the Mirror, a dongle that turns any TV into a smart beacon system | Imagine walking into a store, picking up a pair of shoes, and seeing specs for the kicks appear on a TV next to the display. Or imagine standing in front of an airport departures screen and seeing your flight appear and then a map displayin... |
| 14.09.2016 | Estimote’s Mirror beacon enables any video screen to display personalized content | If you’re late for your flight, Estimote‘s Mirror could guide you to the right gate by flashing it on a video screen at the airport.
Estimote is introducing its Mirror video beacon today for hands-free — and app-free — interactions in retai... |
| 07.07.2016 | Next-gen Proximity Beacons with programmable NFC | Mere months after introducing Location Beacons, Estimote is now updating their Proximity Beacons with new hardware and firmware, as well! They added many new features. Programmable NFC, made it 30% more energy efficient and the most advance... |
| 02.03.2016 | New Beacons by Estimote | New Beacons by Estimote
Extended battery life, telemetry packets, Connection-less Sensor Data, Generic Advertiser, improved form-factor and more – these are what the new generation of Estimote’s beacons has to offer.
On February 24, 2016,... |
| 24.02.2016 | Get ready for Startup Backstage with Alex Gurevich | Estimote’s main investor, Alex Gurevich will be the main guest of the upcoming Startup Backstage in Krakow
On February 26, 2016 at Metaforma Cafe in Krakow, will be held Startup Backstage with Alex Gurevich, an event co-organized by Innova... |
| 23.02.2016 | These Are The Startups Pitching At Our TechCrunch MWC Meetup | TechCrunch is holding a Meetup and Pitch Off during Mobile World Congress, on the evening of Wednesday, Feb 24. The event is now SOLD OUT.
Attendees will see around 8 startups pitch to win tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt NY. These will be 2 m... |
| 19.02.2016 | Grab Your Tickets To The TechCrunch Meetup During Mobile World Congress | UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT
TechCrunch is holding a Meetup during Mobile World Congress, on the evening of Wednesday Feb. 24. Grab your tickets here.
Please add your email here to get news about the TechCrunch Meetup or to apply to p... |
| 15.02.2016 | TechCrunch Meetup @ Mobile World Congress — Last Call For Sponsors | TechCrunch is holding a Mini-Meetup During Mobile World Congress, Feb. 24. Please add your email here to get news about the TechCrunch Meetup or to apply to pitch. Grab tickets here.
There’ll be a chance to pitch TechCrunch writers as part ... |
| 05.02.2016 | Don’t Miss The TechCrunch Mini-Meetup During Mobile World Congress, Feb. 24! | We are planning on holding a mini-meetup in Barcelona during MWC, offering you a chance to pitch TC writers as part of a pitch-off. Winners get free tickets to Disrupt New York. PLEASE ADD YOUR EMAIL HERE to get news about the TechCrunch Me... |
| 19.01.2016 | Estimote Secures $10.7M Series A Round |
NEW YORK, NY, Estimote, a beacon company whose small, wireless sensors and accompanying software provide indoor location technology to some of the largest retailers has now closed on $10.7 million in Series A funding.
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| 16.01.2016 | Estimote, specialised in beacons raises $10.7 Million Series A | Estimote is a company specialised in beacon technology: they provide the small Bluetooth devices that help you locate things, in association with your smartphone or computer and the dedicated software.
“At Estimote […] we focus on streamli... |
| 15.01.2016 | Estimote Raises $10.7M in Series A Funding | Estimote, a New York City- and Kraków, Poland-based developer of an analytics and engagement platform based on sensors, raised $10.7m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Javelin Venture Partners with participation from Digital Garage,... |
| 15.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 15, 2016 | Huanxi invested $50M in Mubi; Taulia Inc.received $46M; Keyme secured $20M funding
The Wireless Registry, a San francisco, CA-based global registry for wireless names and identifiers, raised $1.7 million in funding. Backers included members... |
| 15.01.2016 | Beacon Technology Company Estimote Raises $10.7 Million Series A | Estimote, a beacon company whose small, wireless sensors and accompanying software provide indoor location technology to some of the largest retailers as well as 65 percent of the Fortune 100, has now closed on $10.7 million in Series A fun... |
| 03.09.2015 | Estimote Creates An Indoor Location System Using Beacons And “Nearables” | The dream of indoor location sensing has always been just that – a dream. The difficulty of Wi-Fi tracking and other technologies has made it hard for anyone – from businesses to regular users – to figure out where they were in a venue. But... |
| 05.08.2015 | Target Launches Beacon Test In 50 Stores, Will Expand Nationwide Later This Year | Target, the second largest general merchandise retailer in the U.S., announced this morning that it will start testing beacon technology in 50 of its stores nationwide. With beacon technology, the company says it will be able to send inform... |
| 14.07.2015 | Google Introduces New Open Format And Developer Tools For Working With BLE Beacons | Google today introduced a number of new products around Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons in an effort to challenge Apple’s iBeacon ecosystem.
These new products include a new open beacon format, tools and APIs for building apps and servic... |
| 24.06.2015 | Bitspiration Festival: Breaking through the noise | For two days in June, the Palace of Science and Culture turned into a techies paradise.
On 22-23 of June, world class speakers, pioneers, entrepreneurs, startupers, geeks, musicians, investors and Internet freaks gathered together for the ... |
| 08.05.2015 | YC Digest 5/1-5/7: Work at a YC Startup, SUS Radio and Zenefits | Top Stories from the YC World – May 1-May 7, 2015
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Work at a YC Startup v2 – Apply for a job at a YC startup without a resume.
Startup School Radio is now a podcast – Hear YC partner Aaron Harris get stories and practical advice fr... |
| 10.02.2015 | Top 10 Y Combinator Companies by Funding Stage | Mattermark just released a new report with Y Combinator‘s top startups to graduate from its program. Since it was founded in 2005, Y Combinator has put hundreds of startups through its program. The program offers entrepreneurs access to an ... |
| 27.01.2015 | Brooklyn Museum’s lobby to see tech-heavy makeover: iBeacons, apps, iterative design | Museums can be a slightly intimidating experience. The works inside them are often hard to comprehend and the architecture itself can be imposing.
The Brooklyn Museum says it wants to do better.
Not only does the Eastern Parkway institution... |
| 31.12.2014 | Ten Ways The World Changed In 2014 | David Hirsch Contributor
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In New York And LA, New Startup Communities Flourish
American Re-Urbanization Drives More On-Demand Innovation
Editor’s Note: David Hirsch is a founder of Metamorphic Ventures. The fir... |
| 24.09.2014 | Estimote Launches Indoor Location Service Using iBeacon Tech | Estimote, maker of hardware beacon devices and a platform for managing software that uses beacon connections, such as Apple’s iBeacon system, has just launched its Indoor Location features. The Indoor Location system that Estimote provides ... |
| 21.08.2014 | Estimote Wants To Pioneer ‘Nearables’ With New Stickers Beacon Hardware | The Internet of Things gets a lot of hype, but its rollout is slow and it will take a long time for consumers to upgrade existing, non-connected devices that still work fine into something that can communicate with computing gadgets like sm... |
| 07.07.2014 | We’ll See You Tonight At KrakowCrunch | Get your tickets printed and your networking pants on because tonight is KrakowCrunch, the first TC pitch-off in Krakow. As a reminder it’s happening today, Monday, July 7 at The Stage, ul. Lobzowska 3, from 6pm until 11pm.
We’ll be holding... |
| 01.07.2014 | Announcing KrakowCrunch On July 7 | When it rains in Central Europe it pours. I’m pleased to announce we’re going to hold the first annual KrakowCrunch Pitch-Off at on Monday, July 7 at The Stage, ul. Lobzowska 3, from 6pm until 11pm.
We’ll be holding a startup pitch off – ea... |
| 01.05.2014 | Apple's iBeacon now in Place at London's Heathrow Airport
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Search | Using iBeacon devices created by Estimote, a technology start-up building a sensor-based analytics and engagement platform, smartphones with Apple Passbook downloaded in range of a device, can receive communications from the beacon related ... |
| 21.03.2014 | iBeacons Aren’t Just For Retail: Placed Lets You Use Them As iPhone Quick Launchers At Home | There has been a lot of talk about iBeacons since they launched with iOS 7 last fall, but much of the focus has been on how they benefit retailers and add to the in-store shopping experience. They have a much broader range of potential use,... |
| 25.02.2014 | Apple Releases iBeacon Specifications Under Non-Disclosure Agreement | Apple has just released the iBeacon specifications for everyone who is a member of the MFi program, Apple’s program for hardware partners (“Made for iPhone program”, etc.). You’ll have to sign an NDA to read the specifications. BEEKn first ... |
| 09.02.2014 | The real promise of big data: It’s changing the whole way humans will solve problems | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Current “big data” and “API-ification” trends can... |
| 09.02.2014 | The real promise of big data: It’s changing the whole way humans will solve problems | Current “big data” and “API-ification” trends can trace their roots to a definition Kant first coined in the 18th century. In his Critique of Pure Reason, Kant drew a dichotomy between analytic and synthetic truths.
An analytic truth was on... |
| 11.12.2013 | Estimote Pulls $3.1M Seed Funding |
KRAKOW, POLAND, Estimote has received a $3.1 million seed funding to scale up its mobile advertising beacon sales business.
>> Click here for more funding data on Estimote
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| 10.12.2013 | Funding Daily: Jingle beacons & big data investments all the way | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Come for the adorable puppy photo, stay for all t... |
| 10.12.2013 | Funding Daily: Jingle beacons & big data investments all the way | Come for the adorable puppy photo, stay for all the gloriously compiled funding news announced today.
That’s right, it’s time for yet another classic VentureBeat Funding Daily!
vIPtela raises $33M to drop network costs between data centers
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| 10.12.2013 | iBeacon Pioneers Estimote Raise $3.1M Seed Round | Jakub Krzych, founder of Estimote, has announced a $3.1 million seed round raise from Innovation Endeavors, Betaworks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Birchmere Ventures, Valiant Capital Partners and others. The company is already shipping its s... |
| 08.10.2013 | Swirl raises $8M to hit shoppers when they are most vulnerable — in-store | We are in the midst of a beacon bonanza.
Swirl has raised $8 million for its beacon solution, which lets retailers reach customers when it matters the most — in-store.
Swirl uses beacons, bluetooth low energy (BLE), and mobile devices to de... |
| 08.10.2013 | Swirl raises $8M to hit shoppers when they are most vulnerable — in-store | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We are in the midst of a beacon bonanza.
Swirl has raised $8 million for its beacon solution, which lets retailers reach customers when... |
| 15.09.2013 | For Mobile Developers, iOS 7 Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Leading up to last week’s Apple event and the unveiling of the iPhone 5s, th... |
| 12.09.2013 | Estimote (YC S13) Wins Best Hardware Startup At TechCrunch Disrupt SF | Manufacturing and logistics giant PCH International alongside hardware incubator Highway1 have announced that Estimote, a tool for helping retail spaces interact with customers, has been chosen for Best Hardware Startup at TechCrunch Disrup... |
| 11.09.2013 | Estimote Wins Best Hardware Startup At TechCrunch Disrupt SF | Manufacturing and logistics giant PCH International alongside hardware incubator Highway1 have announced that Estimote, a tool for helping retail spaces interact with customers, has been chosen for Best Hardware Startup at TechCrunch Disrup... |
| 11.09.2013 | Estimote Details iOS 7 iBeacon Support For Its Contextual Proximity Shopping Devices | Estimote, a Y Combinator graduate and Hardware Alley exhibitor here at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013, was able to talk about something today that it’s never been able to before: how its product will work with Apple’s new iBeacon tech in iOS 7.... |
| 20.08.2013 | Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 2: Meet Meta, Lob, Amulyte, Weilos And More | Just as the wheels of time continue to turn, the 49 new startups out of Y Combinator continue to churn.
Batch One is now behind us, and a new group of startups are taking the stage. As per usual, TechCrunch is here to bring you complete cov... |
| 16.07.2013 | Estimote (YC S13) launches sensor-based analytics platform, with preorders now available | Founder Jakub Krzych on the Estimote vision:
Our primary area of interest at this moment is brick and mortar retail stores. More than 90 percent of transactions worldwide are still made in physical venues. More importantly, more than half ... |
| 16.07.2013 | Estimote Creator Talks About Building An “OS For The Physical World” | Estimote’s first prototype looked like a parrot. They designed it to sit in stores and count the humans entering and leaving the location and could register their paths through the aisles and even added analytics based on sex and purchasing... |
| - | Meet the 16 Startups in the Latest Accelerate Series - Y Combinator Summer 2013 Batch | We recently closed an additional fund in the Accelerate Series, our theme-based multi-company funds dedicated to the best startups in incubators and accelerator programs. The Accelerate Series II, our second fund dedicated to Y Combinator c... |
