Sentences with phrase «early funding for»

In 2016, he was part of a team of reporters who won a Loeb award for their investigation finding that just 158 families had contributed half of the early funding for the presidential campaign.

Early funding for the study came from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and a major contribution of whole - project funding was from Cancer Research UK.

Many scientists who have received this early funding for their work in the past have used it to advance their research to stages where they have become eligible for significant additional funding from national, state and private organizations.

Since then he has co-founded the data analytics firm Palantir Technologies, made the first outside investment in Facebook, provided early funding for companies like SpaceX, LinkedIn, Yelp, and Spotify, and established and funds the Thiel Foundation, which nurtures tomorrow's tech visionaries.

In an interview with 60 Minutes, he explained the juggling act he had to do to raise early funds for the business.

Not exact matches

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.

Activist investment fund Jana Partners acquired a 5 % stake in Time Inc. earlier this year, and the fund is said to be interested in pushing for either an improvement in the company's financial picture or a sale.

• Floodgate, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based early - stage venture capital firm, raised $ 131 for its sixth fund, according to an SEC filing.

«The elimination of federal funding to CPB would initially devastate and ultimately destroy public media's role in early childhood education, public safety, connecting citizens to our history, and promoting civil discussions - all for Americans in both rural and urban communities,» Harrison wrote.

• YI Capital, a Beijing - based early - stage venture fund focused on China's internet - tech companies, raised $ 116 million for its debut fund.

• Resolute Ventures, a San Francisco - based early - stage venture capital firm, raised $ 65 million for Resolute III, a seed fund.

That may be fine for hedge fund managers or day traders who flip stocks early and often, but it's less positive for investors building a portfolio to retire on.

• Lemnos, a San Francisco early - stage hardware venture capital firm, raised $ 50 million for its third fund.

They were brought in by the federal and most provincial governments for labour - backed VC funds in the 80s and early»90s, as a way to stimulate badly needed investment in technology.

• Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha, Neb. - based early - stage venture capital firm, raised $ 30 million for its third fund.

Returns were lousy, the early - stage companies the funds invested in constantly needed more money, and Ontario had already decided to cancel its tax credit in 2010, which became a deal - breaker for many investors.

• Aspect Ventures, a San Francisco - based early - stage venture capital firm, is looking to raise up to $ 175 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing.

GDP inched upwards only 0.7 % in the third quarter from a year earlier, and the International Monetary Fund is forecasting mere 0.2 % growth for all of 2014.

Many of the best known investors, like Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, say they don't want to do early stage deals any more — small investments don't move the needle for their huge funds.

Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Handy, an entrepreneur who successfully funded his idea for a new type of card game on Kickstarter earlier this year.

Einhorn, fund manager for Greenlight Capital, accused Apple of cash hoarding earlier last week and is encouraging shareholders to vote against Apple's proxy because he thinks proposition two will kill the option of Apple issuing preferred stock.

This naturally pushes early stage investing to smaller investment sources; angels and government sources like SBIR's, economic development funds, and state focused specific funds for a start - up's first round of investment.

According to a report published by Morningstar in 2015, U.S. equity index funds account for about 37 % of the total market share of mutual - fund assets, up from 26 % five years earlier.

He touted the company's volunteerist culture and $ 25 million in funding for Boston public schools over five years announced earlier in the day.

Earlier Wednesday, prominent hedge fund manager David Einhorn said on a conference call that «the enthusiasm for Tesla... is reminiscent of the March 2000 dotcom bubble.»

Early on, when the need for that money is still a couple decades away, the fund will adopt a more growth - focused strategy.

The most recent round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.

As mentioned earlier, online lenders may provide funding (and quickly) if other alternatives fail, especially for those with bad credit.

Meanwhile, in May 2012 venture - capital fund Rho Canada announced the first closing of a $ 100 - million fund for early - stage investments in mobile apps, new media, wireless infrastructure, semiconductors and software.

Under an agreement announced earlier this year, Huahua Media and state - linked Shanghai Film Group were to provide Paramount with a $ 1 billion cash investment, giving the studio much - needed funds for growth.

Unquestionably, Lee - Chin has made a lot of people a lot of money, which will help win him early support for his new funds.

It's a bit like Mark Zuckerberg funding the early days of Facebook by offering you credit for free likes instead of common stock.

Exchange - traded funds are in the works, though skeptical regulators earlier this year rejected an application for one created by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

While still working for Honest, Yeom raised $ 5.5 million in seed funding from early Honest Company and Snapchat investor, Jeremy Liew.

Instead, CASPESEN used investor funds for purposes that investors had not authorized, including to make securities trades in his own brokerage account and to make periodic interest payments to earlier investors.

Save up for that vacation you always wanted to go on, contribute to your kids» college funds, or pay off your house early.

The startup, which has $ 51 million in funding from Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake Kraftwerk as well as Autodesk's Spark Investment Fund, now counts Ford as a customer in the company's early access program for its device, which isn't being sold to the general public as of yet.

This outdoor - adventure lover's paradise is one of the most educated metro areas in the U.S.. Also, the local Colorado Collaborative for Girls in STEM, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to get girls interested in science and technology careers early on.

Earlier this year, a company called Event Shares filed a prospectus for a Republican Policies and a Democratic Policies fund to invest in companies that will benefit from the respective parties» political agendas (neither has launched yet).

SAIL Venture Partners, the early - stage venture arm of SAIL Capital Partners, and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., have set up a $ 100 - million fund to invest in companies that have developed innovative products ready for market.

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.

«While the U.S. funded our very early growth, for a variety of reasons at this phase, we get better ROI with Canadian customers.»

The deal potentially takes a chess piece off the table for NRG Energy, the power producer that announced a transformation plan earlier this year under the guidance of billionaire hedge - fund manager Paul Singer and fellow activist investor Charles John Wilder.

CircleUp is an investment platform that coordinates funding for US small businesses in their early stages.

Phase III funding, the round where ideas are validated with up to $ 10 million in funding, is the very center of the valley of death, because it's the biggest test for early - stage companies.

And, if they write about your crowdfunding project and it gets fully funded (or way over funded), they look good for writing about it early.

«As we announced earlier this week, Valeant and Philidor have reached an agreement providing for the wind - down of their relationship, including allowing Philidor to retain funds otherwise due to Valeant,» said Valeant spokesperson Laurie Little.

Steve Cohen started the trend in the early 1990s when he hired the late psychiatrist Ari Kiev for his hedge fund SAC Capital, and Tony Robbins, the world's most famous performance coach, entered the financial world around the same time when he was hired by renowned investor Paul Tudor Jones.

Banerjee was 12 years old when he closed an early - stage funding round with Intel Capital, the company's venture capital arm, last month for his prototype for a low - cost Braille printer.

«All you're trying to do, whether it's a three - minute pitch or a six - or eight - minute presentation, is to whet the appetite for a follow - up and get an in - person meeting,» says Somak Chattopadhyay, principal at Greenhill SAVP, an early stage venture capital fund in New York, and a longtime Pace judge.