Sentences with phrase «as early investors»

As early investors in Uber, the venture capital firm was able to sell 40 % of their shares to SoftBank back in January (netting approximately $ 800M).

This situation can be explained simply by knowing that a lot of investors wanted to have the same ROI as the early investors in Bitcoin.

Just like we saw as early investors in Spotify within the music business, this will be potentially an even bigger game changer as television consumption moves online to mobile devices, computers and TV apps.»

As an early investor in E-Trade, Yahoo and China's Alibaba Group, and a bold risk - taker who recently bought 70 % of Sprint Nextel for $ 20 billion, you would never guess how Son grew up.

A lawyer who made a fortune as an early investor in the telecommunications firm Nextel and other high - tech startups, Warner has long advocated increasing the number of H - 1B skilled temporary worker visas and «stapling a green card to every Ph.D.» as ways of encouraging innovation.

As an early investor in EquityMultiple's platform, you have the potential for outsized returns.

Not only will you gain the protection of EquityMultiple's systems, you may profit as an early investor on the platform.

As an early investor in Oculus Rift, what opportunity do you see for that platform with your shooter?

Not exact matches

Last month, Wilson, who is also chairman of Tech: NYC (and an early investor in Twitter (twtr) and MongoDB (mongodb)-RRB-, published his top ten reasons as to why Amazon should come to his hometown.

He was also an early investor in one of the hottest companies in China at the moment called Meituan, a local services platform often referred to as the Groupon of China.

This is what this online course from the University of Maryland covers, as professor Michael R. Pratt explains what you need to do in the early stages of your business to prepare for funding, where to source funding, how to pitch investors and venture capitalists, as well as how to close funding.

You can check out which industries and regions these investors focus on as well as their top early - stage investments of 2014.

By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

The election of Donald Trump as president sparked an exodus from the US Treasury market in the final months of 2016 and early 2017 as investors prepared for the possibility that Trump's plans for a protectionist trade policy, tax cuts, deregulation, and massive infrastructure spending would bring inflation back to the US.

«The business was going to go nowhere as long as it stayed in its small, noble niche,» says early investor and former board member Don Barton.

A marriage or two among the Big Five was seen by many analysts and investors as inevitable in the early 2000s.

Even before the acquisition, Altman operated and still operates as an active investor, including his early stake in large testing company Optimizely, and has personally taken part in investments in huge companies such as Asana, Patreon and Change.org.

Early cryptocurrency investor Mike Novogratz hired Richard Kim from Goldman Sachs as the new COO of his crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, says a person familiar with the matter.

In August she was a top contender to replace Travis Kalanick as CEO of Uber, in which Whitman was an early investor — a job that could have teed her up to eventually lead an unprecedented third Fortune 500 company.

The road to IPO has gotten longer, he said, thanks to new funding from big foreign investors such as SoftBank, which earlier this year invested $ 9.3 billion in Uber.

As of early October, investors poured $ 42 billion into tech companies in 2015.

«As new investors, they know that the earlier you start, the better,» Porter said.

Authorities said Platinum operated «like a Ponzi scheme» by using new money to fund redemptions by earlier investors, which were referred to internally as «Hail Mary time.»

Apple's stock price, which had been on a tear ahead of the iPhone announcement event, has been little changed since as investors await more information on early sales.

«Gold is being slammed in early Asian trade on Friday, continuing to unwind as investors dump the perceived safe haven as fears over a Brexit continue to subside.

As with the earlier solicitations in the Fake Funds, investors were similarly misled by the purported involvement of the legitimate Firm - 5 Fund in this investment.

His company, Greylock Partners, was an early investor in a staggering number of top tier companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.

Toshiba said earlier it has chosen a consortium of Bain and Japanese government investors as the preferred bidder for its chip business, aiming to clinch a deal worth some 2 trillion yen ($ 18 billion) by next week as it scrambles for funds to cover massive losses.

What is known as the Match.com for early - stage startups and investors has rolled out an equity crowdfunding service.

The billionaire investor attended Trump's Tuesday night victory party as the election results rolled in, but left early to load up on more stock as Dow and S&P futures plunged in the middle of the night, according to CNBC.

«Recognizing the market was evolving, we were an early adopter and we've continued to embrace those tools that are made available to us, as well as kind of guide the strategy for building new tools as the needs of our investors change,» Cameron said.

The yield on the 10 - year Treasury fell below 2 % for the first time since May 2013 in early trading in Europe, while gold rose to a three - week high of $ 1.213.60 a troy ounce, as investors once again shunned anything that smelled remotely of risk.

My advice is to start your networking early with potential investors to establish a relationship before they see you as an entrepreneur asking for money.

The move comes as the Hong Kong - based trader aims to rebuild investor confidence after a brutal commodities downturn coincided with a questioning of its accounts in early 2015 by Iceberg Research, sparking a collapse in its share price and ratings credit agency downgrades.

Investors should buy Goldman Sachs stock as rising interest rates and rebounding revenue put the bank in the «early innings» of a new growth story, according to Bernstein.

Still, that's lower than the $ 15 to $ 17 a share price that the company had quoted earlier on in its IPO process, suggesting institutional investors just aren't as excited about the company as previously thought.

Nowadays, there are many online angel communities, such as AngelList and Gust, that provide early - stage companies with immediate access to accredited investors and vice versa.

Hootsuite also raised $ 20 million last year, but that was to buy back stock from early investors — for «a bigger win,» as Holmes explained it.

The correlation between U.S. yields and the dollar had broken down earlier this year as investors focused more on trade frictions and geopolitical issues.

Additionally, Tchir argues that European investors have shown a proclivity to rush into trades leading to what he calls «periods of violent indigestion,» pointing to the big swing in German bund yields seen early last year following the European Central Bank's announcement of more QE as a prime example.

Investors have been looking at some key data releases after strong PMI figures across Europe were released earlier this week as well as the most recent jobs data from the U.S.

It's using a «direct listing» on the New York Stock Exchange that will allow the company's early investors and employees to sell as many shares as they want whenever they want.

As an author and early - stage investor, he's opened the doors of productivity to millions with bestsellers like The 4 - Hour Workweek.

Heidi Messer, an entrepreneur who holds all - female poker games that have introduced early - stage female investors to female entrepreneurs, cautions those who write off these types of companies as niche players.

Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue won his election to the Senate as a Republican in Georgia, while founder of Capital Cellular, early Nextel investor and sitting Democratic Senator Mark Warner won a closer - than - expected election in Virginia.

It's called Costanoa Venture Capital, and Sands describes it as «an early - stage investor in cloud - based services.»

Earlier, he told investors on an analyst call that fewer consumers viewed the brand as being discount driven now than a year ago, citing company data.

Stuart Skorman, a former rock band manager who was an early investor in Whole Foods and has since earned a reputation as a serial entrepreneur, says that he thinks anyone who plans out their business before their marketing strategy is foolish.

As you can see, their price in early September dipped below 99.475, meaning investors believed then that fed funds rate would climb above 0.525 % by January 2015.

As a (now) early - stage investor, I invest in businesses when I believe that 1) the founder has the passion and fortitude to stick with it through the tough times; 2) I have experience that can be helpful in propelling the business to first revenue, cash flow positive or exit; and 3) I will be engaged throughout the early days of the company.