今日のニュースチェック・ドローンを使ったセルフィーカメラが本当にやってきた

Who needs selfie sticks when this Hover Camera drone can follow you around? Link


いいですね。ギャグみたいな本当の話、大好きです。この手のプロダクトではLilyが先行してましたが、こいつは本当に持ち運べる大きさ(カバンに入れてるところがまたいい感じ)です。

日本のテック・業界が誇るインベスター、五嶋さんがたまにソーシャルにアップしている各種フード動画は実は小さいドローンで撮影しているのではという勝手な妄想をしておりましたが、本当にこいつで撮ってもらいたいところです。

調達関連

  • The Hover Camera, a selfie stick with wings, lands $25 million in funding Link
  • Invision acquires Easee, an animation tool for designers Link
  • With $25.5M in new funding, Trov launches on-demand insurance for individual items Link
  • StoryStream Secures $2.6M from MMC for its smart content platform Link
  • Philippine tech firm Xurpas raises over $25m in fresh funds Link
  • Europe’s Tado raises another $23M to grow smart thermostat and AC control business Link
  • Nokia enters the digital health realm with $192 million acquisition of France’s Withings Link
  • Lendix grabs $13.5 million to become a leading European P2P lending platform Link
  • Indian digital payments company TranServ gets $15M to launch new financial products Link
  • Alibaba spin-off Ant Financial gets $4.5b funding as China’s payments war escalates Link
  • Digital payments firm TranServ bags US$15M Series C to launch micro-credit products Link
  • Kaifu Lee’s Innovation Works gets $15m investment from the World Bank Link
  • Disney plans to create new VR experiences with this $60,000 camera — here’s how it works Link
  • Kamcord raises $10M and wants to livestream your Tinder sessions Link
  • SBI Leads Japanese Bitcoin Exchange’s $27 Million Series C Link
  • Unlockd nabs $12 million to lower your mobile phone bill in exchange for viewing ads Link
  • Helium raises $20 million for smart industrial sensors Link
  • Eminent investors in India come together to launch US$19M early-stage fund Link
  • Kamcord raises US$10M Series C led by Time Warner, launches Appcasting Link
  • Unlockd raises $12M to offer ad-funded discounts on your cell phone bill Link
  • Yahoo Japan and East Ventures want Code Republic to be the Y Combinator of Japan Link
  • Startup raises $72m in series A to engineer world’s first high-end smartphone Link
  • Sirin Labs nabs $72M to build the Rolls-Royce of smartphones: ‘Solarin’ goes on sale in May Link

VR・AR関連

  • 6 VR Talks To Watch For At Google I/O Link
  • HTC launches a $100M startup accelerator to show it’s really, really serious about VR Link
  • Cluster Will Connect Thousands to Events in VR, And It’s Got the Funding to Do It Link
  • ‘Dream Horse’ is VR’s First Shot at the Tween Market, Available Now Link
  • With a Kickstarter Nearly Complete, Opto Wants to be Your New Mobile VR HMD Link
  • Tribeca 2016 — The Best VR Experiences Link
  • This Is What Affordable Virtual Reality Looks Like Link
  • Augmedix nabs $17M to ‘rehumanize’ doctor/patient relations using Google Glass Link
  • Google Glass is still around — and it may be coming to more hospital rooms Link

その他の話題

  • This is how Google wants its drones to deliver stuff to you Link
  • Slack is 2016’s hottest startup, but can it make the leap to huge companies? Link
  • Furbo lets you catapult treats at your dog when you’re not around Link
  • Driverless Taxis Will Soon Come To Singapore Link
  • MakerBot will no longer manufacture its own 3D printers (seriously!) Link
  • Apple Watch again rumored to have cellular connectivity (and there’s evidence it’s true) Link
  • Xiaomi CEO shows off Mi Band 2 in smug Weibo photo Link
  • Silicon Valley’s fastest growing companies succeed because they aren’t focused on selling Link
  • Google will soon bring the Android Play Store to Chromebooks Link
  • China’s next Xiaomi? Link
  • Look Mao, no hands! China’s roadmap to self-driving cars Link

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