Sentences with phrase «economy fund venture»

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Steve Case's new $ 150 million venture fund dedicated to the flyover states is great, tangible proof of the tech world's interest in bringing the rest of the country along for the economic growth that comes from the innovation economy.

Chris also serves on the Steering Committee of the New Economy Initiative, the National Advisory Board of the University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer, and boards or advisory boards of Invest Detroit, the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan, University of Detroit Jesuit, and several venture capital funds, including the Procter & Gamble - led fund of funds, Cintrifuse.

And this deal appeals to venture funds, they say, because it offers an easy, introductory way for them to gain exposure to the crypto - economy without taking a risk on whether the currency will gain sufficient distribution.

Private Equity funds have been a major tool used in advancing the economy of many nations to help start - ups or high risk ventures get their footings in the market place.

«It's a blind spot in the economy and an opportunity for investors,» said Sara Brand, founding general partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early - stage venture capital fund investing in women - led businesses in the fields of consumer health and environmentally sustainable products and technologies.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

A private venture capital fund that invents, incubates and invests in sustainable green economy.

There are so many common - sense things we could be working on, from infrastructure to the training of our workers for a changing economy, and instead we're having this governmental shutdown,» said the 27 - year - old founder of a Hudson Valley venture capital fund and a major contributor to the new Advanced Manufacturing Center pioneering 3D imaging work at SUNY New Paltz.

To date, more than $ 330,000 has been invested in the regional economy through the Native American Venture Acceleration Fund.

When the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the New Schools Venture Fund, and the Broad Foundation asked my organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy, to design a new entity to train school principals, we decided to model it on the executive - education programs designed by corporations and business schools, while also drawing on the military's national war college system of identifying and training military leaders.

NISL invested $ 11 million from our parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy, and from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Broad Foundation, the New Schools Venture Fund and the Stupski Foundation, to support the research, design, development and field - testing of the Executive Development Program for School Leaders.

Don't forget, we live under a regime that considers employing people to reinforce and retrofit schools a wasteful drag on the economy, equivalent to shoveling cash into a furnace to burn, because such jobs are funded by taxation, not venture capitalists.

All eyes are on China's new economy, and winner of TMT Firm of the Year, Han Kun Law Offices, has positioned itself perfectly at the heart of the nation's TMT sector, sweeping up key investment and regulatory work and playing to its core strengths in M&A, private equity, venture capital and funds to help grow domestic startups and internet giants alike.

Given the current state of the global economy, many start - up businesses are finding it difficult to secure capital by way of a bank loan to fund new ventures.

The Waterloo, Ontario - based company is planning a crowdsourced initial coin offering or ICO, which lets startups mint their own digital money, raise funds outside the traditional venture capital world, and develop their own miniature economies.

ICOs represent a newfangled way for ventures based on blockchain technology — shared ledgers that power cryptocurrencies — to raise funds and create their own miniature virtual economies.

Mark Smargon is the VP Blockchain and co founder of Colu, a venture capital funded startup that uses blockchain technology to help people by creating local currencies and building local economies.