| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.09.2024 | How Miros AI is solving the problem of product discovery in e-commerce | A little while ago, I chatted with Estonian co-founder Heikki Haldre, chairperson of Miros AI, at the Latitude 59 conference in Estonia, who told me something that highlights the value of conference-facilitated networking investors.
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| 10.11.2015 | Language learning platform Lingvist secures $8 million from Rakuten, Jaan Tallinn and others | Estonian-British startup Lingvist, which offers an online platform for speedy language learning, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, according to a report from Geenius (in Estonian).
The round was led by Japanese e-commerce and onlin... |
| 18.07.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 7/18/15 | Groupon bought OrderUp; Match Group acquired PlentyOfFish; Microsoft picks up FieldOne
Oculus, the virtual reality startup that was purchased by Facebook last year, acquired Pebbles Interfaces, an Israeli company that develops hardware and ... |
| 12.07.2015 | Rakuten Buys Virtual Fitting Room Startup Fits.Me In A Fashion Commerce Play | Rakuten — Japan’s answer to Amazon with e-commerce operations and investments that stretch from digital media and e-commerce marketplaces through to social media and transport apps — is making another acquisition to expand its holdings, thi... |
| 03.12.2014 | Companies Helping Consumers Find Fitting Clothes When Shopping Online, Fits.me And Clothes Horse, Complete Merger | Two companies tackling a problem with online retail – finding clothing that fit when you’re not able to try items on yourself – are today announcing a merger. London-based Fits.me, the developer of virtual fitting room solutions for e-comme... |
| 23.10.2014 | Virtual fitting room solutions provider Fits.me receives €4.2m from CEO and existing investors in management buy-in | Virtual fitting room solutions provider Fits.me has completed a first close of €4.2m [$5.34m] of a €7m 'top-up' investment from its new chief executive, James B. Gambrell, backed by its major investors. The management buy-in comprises new m... |
| 11.06.2014 | Virtual fitting room company Fits.me appoints chief executive to drive expansion and growth | London, UK – June 11th 2014 – Fits.me, the leading virtual fitting room solutions provider, has appointed a new chief executive, James Gambrell, to expand the company into a global solutions provider for the world’s top apparel retailers. H... |
| 06.06.2014 | Virtual fitting room data shows 7% increase in Average Basket Value - bucking general clothing sector trend | London, UK - June 6th 2014 - The basket value of online clothes shoppers who use a virtual fitting room while making their purchase is an average of 7% higher than shoppers who don't, more than offsetting the general 1% decrease in average ... |
| 19.05.2014 | Fitting Room Social Makes Online Shopping Fit for Customers | Will This Fit Me? This is one question we all ask ourselves when shopping online for that perfect outfit. Miami-based Fitting Room Social wants to help customers answer this question by solving the problem that many online shoppers deal wit... |
| 15.10.2013 | Using 3D Modeling, Threadmason Aims To Be A Solution For Badly Fitting T-Shirts | Today in t-shirt startups, a New York operation called Threadmason has launched a Kickstarter to use 3D modeling to create basic shirts that fit guys really, really ridiculously well. If Bonobos got its business of the ground by focusing on... |
| 07.10.2013 | Fits.me transforms virtual fitting room accessibility with technology breakthroughs | One-size garment measurement eliminates major deployment barrier
Virtual fitting room solutions provider Fits.me has made two major technology breakthroughs that dramatically reduce the retailer-side logistics of setting up a virtual fittin... |
| 02.10.2013 | As Robot Mannequins Fail To Scale, Virtual Fitting Room Fits.me Thinks It’s Found The Answer | When UK/Estonia-based virtual fitting room startup Fits.me first outed its solution to the try-for-size-before-you-buy problem of clothes shopping online, it was technologically eye-catching to say the least. Robot mannequins that can be ad... |
| 19.09.2013 | Fits.me converts investment to global | Austin Reed, Crew Clothing, M&Co, Musto, Savile Row Company and others sign deals
23 Fits.me Virtual Fitting Rooms now operating in 9 countries
Virtual fitting rooms have gone from nice-to-have to vital tool during 2013
September 19th 2... |
| 24.05.2013 | Fits.me weiß, was die Deutschen anziehen – und wie sie mehr kaufen | Daten aus virtueller Umkleidekabine zeigen: Biergarten macht nicht dick
München, 24 Mai 2013: Wer als Betreiber eines Online-Shops glaubt, in den Zentren der Biergartenkultur alles eine Nummer größer auf Lager legen zu müssen, liegt falsch:... |
| 18.04.2013 | Funding Daily: Brain booster | 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!
I’ll be honest with you, some of the companies th... |
| 18.04.2013 | Funding Daily: Brain booster | I’ll be honest with you, some of the companies that receiving funding today took some mental stretching to wrap my head around. Fabless semiconductors for flow processing, living web protocols, and holistic big data analytic solutions for t... |
| 18.04.2013 | Fits.me Closes £5M Series A Funding | Fits.me, a London, UK-based company that develops, markets and operates software-as-a-service (SaaS) virtual fitting room solutions for online clothing retailers, closed a £5m Series A funding round.
Backers include existing investor SmartC... |
| 17.04.2013 | Fits.me Closes $7.2M Series A To “Aggressively Expand” Its Virtual Fitting Room Tech In Europe, Start Prepping For U.S. Push | Try-for-size-before-you buy virtual fitting room startup Fits.me has closed a €5.5 million ($7.2 million) Series A round. It’s not all new money — we covered the first €1.5 million tranche, back in January 2012 — but the startup has now add... |
| 18.12.2012 | Birmingham men have UK’s widest waistlines – they say | Data from online clothes shoppers show big regional variations
London, UK, 18th December 2012 – At an average of just over 36” (91.88cm), the biggest male waistlines in the UK belong to folk from the West Midlands, according to new data fro... |
| 28.06.2012 | Fits.me Finally Shipping A New Robot That Makes It Easier To See What You’re Going To Look Like In That Suit | As a fat, lazy blogger, I find myself often buying clothes online only to discover that XXL for a designer in Spain is basically a XXS for babies in America. The resulting shape and return fees were enough to drive me to distraction – until... |
| 07.02.2012 | Fits.me Raises Series A Funding from Entrepreneurs Fund | Fits.me, a London, UK-based provider of virtual fitting rooms and associated technologies to the fashion
ecommerce industry, has raised a seven figure Series A funding round from Entrepreneurs Fund.
The company intends to use the capital to... |
| 07.02.2012 | Meanwhile, In Europe … (Fits.me, Appoxee, Heverest.ru, HitFox, Populis) | Here’s a roundup of recent stories on TechCrunch Europe:
— Internet publishing company Populis is expanding its network operations to South America with the acquisition of Cidade Internet, a popular Brazilian Web portal. Financial terms of ... |
| 07.02.2012 | Fits.me secures new funding to expand its fitting room robots | Fits.me, the Estonian “biorobotics virtual fitting room” startup for e-commerce clothing retailers and shoppers, has been around for a while. We first covered them in 2010 when they secured €1.3 million, taking their total cash to €2.6 mill... |
| 11.10.2011 | Startup Sauna Puts #estonianmafia to Test | Startup Sauna has nothing to do with a health spa. This is a non-profit accelerator from Finland, sponsored by Aalto University. Its goal is to kick-start tech entrepreneurship in Northern Europe and Russia.
To select startup teams for its ... |
| 14.06.2011 | Fits.me’s female robot helps you find the perfect fit online | 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!
Fits.me aims to increase clothing sales online an... |
| 14.06.2011 | Fits.me’s female robot helps you find the perfect fit online | Fits.me aims to increase clothing sales online and reduce returns by showing female shoppers clothing on a mannequin matching her exact dimensions. It does this by using robotic mannequins with artificial muscles that can simulate the shape... |
| 13.06.2011 | Fits.me launched a virtual fitting room for women | The Tallinn (Estonia) based startup Fits.me recently introduced a set of female FitBot robotic mannequins that promise to ease the challenge of purchasing clothes that fit. The female FitBot mannequin will launch at British retailer, Hawes ... |
| 23.09.2010 | The 2010 Bully Award winners are… Germany and the UK top the list | The winners of the 2010 Bully Award – all thirty of them – were announced last night at the White Bull Summit 2010 in Barcelona, honouring the leading European technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies. Germany and the UK top... |
| 22.09.2010 | Fits.me raises €1.3 million, lets you try on clothes before you buy – on the Web | Fits.me, the Estonian biorobotics and virtual fitting room company for e-commerce clothing retailers and shoppers, has secured a Series B round of financing to the tune of €1.3 million. The round was led by the Estonian Development Fund and... |
| 22.09.2010 | Fits.me Raises $1.75 Million, Lets You Try On Clothes Before You Buy – On The Web | - |
| 30.08.2010 | White Bull takes a snapshot of Europe's hottest tech companies | There’s a brand new tech awards in town called the Bully Award (no, it’s not for rewarding the big angry kid at school) and it’s being put together by the people behind a new European tech event organiser, White Bull Summits. Although you c... |
| 28.04.2010 | Afraid the clothes you buy online won’t fit? Get help from a robotic mannequin | Clothing is currently the largest single online retail sector, estimated to be worth $26 billion a year in the US alone; yet only 7% of clothing is bought online. The fact that consumers cannot try on clothes before buying also results in a... |
| 12.04.2010 | 25 Startups That Will Be Shaping The Next Web | April promises to be quite the busy month for European startups that are preparing to launch on stage. As Mike Butcher wrote earlier today, GeeknRolla will be rocking London on April 20, with a host of great speakers and fledgling tech comp... |
| 14.03.2010 | European startups, take note: Plugg 2010 in videos and pictures | Last Thursday saw the third edition of Plugg, a conference I started in my home country Belgium back in 2008 that essentially aims to launch and inspire European tech entrepreneurs and advance the startup ecosystem in these parts. The event... |
| 11.03.2010 | Fits.me wins startup prize at Plugg | Fits.me, a virtual fitting room for internet clothing retailers based on robots (yes really) has won the European startup competition in Brussels, Plugg.
It’s actually even cooler than it sounds. By creating robotic shape-shifting mannequin... |
| 11.03.2010 | Euro Startup Competition Plugg Names Fits.me Its Winner | Fits.me, a virtual fitting room for internet clothing retailers based on robots (yes really) has won the European startup competition in Brussels, Plugg.
It’s actually even cooler than it sounds. By creating robotic shape-shifting manakins ... |
| 01.03.2010 | The 20 European startups that will need to woo us at Plugg 2010 | Plugg, the annual conference organised by my TechCrunch colleague Robin Wauters, is due for next week on Thursday (11 March) in Brussels, Belgium. I’ll be there along with other European tech industry pundits, bloggers, venture capitalists ... |
| 09.07.2009 | The Europas Liveblog 2009 | 6:16 PM: The hordes descend! Champagne is flowing, the live stream is streaming, anticipation is high.
6:35 PM: Our roving reporter Mike Butcher has been Twitpiccing:
6:47 PM: Starting in one minute….
6:50 PM: So, here we go! We’re starting... |
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Всем известно, что в мире есть много различных систем размеров од... |
| - | Virtual fitting room provider Fits.me takes £5m in Series A funding | Previously, in May 2009 and August 2010, the company received total seed and early-stage investment of just under £1.75m from Smartcap and angel investors, and £0.5m in grants. |
| - | Список 100 самых перспективных стартапов со всего мира по версии Innovate!2010 | 3 декабря Guidewire Group анонсировала свой список самых выдающихся и быстроразвивающихся компаний Innovate!100.
Размещение в списке определялось сочетанием оценки G/Score компании, положения и темпов роста, а также делового потенциала комп... |
