Sentences with phrase «focused startup funding»

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Perth's maturing startup community will soon have its first resources sector focused technology incubator, offering participants seed funding of $ 70,000.

The rapid development in this nascent field has spawned venture capital funds, like Data Collective and Bloomberg Beta, that invest with a focus on MI startups.

With that in mind, although a young startup has dozens of challenges they're trying to address (and $ 50,000 of free money can pretty much solve anything), we adapted our application to narrowly focus on using the grant funds to solve a very specific issue.

Equity funding of AI - focused startups reached an all - time high last quarter of more than $ 1 billion, according to the CB Insights research firm.

• AT&T (NYSE: T) and Coral Group, a Minneapolis - based venture capital firm, have teamed up to launch a venture fund that will invest in startups focused on connected services and platform technologies.

The two VC firms the Nexage execs decided were the best fit are Toronto - based BlackBerry Partners Fund and startup - focused GrandBanks Capital, based near Boston.

Just last month, financial powerhouses Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered PLC raised their investment in the operator of e-wallet MoMo by $ 28 million, while Silicon Valley - based venture capitalist 500 Startups announced a $ 10 million Vietnam - focused fund.

Tyson New Ventures already made an investment in plant - based food startup Beyond Meat, which also scored funding from General Mills» VC arm 301 Inc. «The reason Beyond Meat made sense to us is because we are focused not only on animal protein, but protein overall,» Hayes said.

Zimmer explained that when motivating employees of Lyft to work hard against Uber — which has six times the funding of Lyft, and is the highest - valued private startup in the world — he focuses on the company's «humanity:» the fact that it values person - to - person interaction.

That seed round also included Steve Case's Rise of the Rest fund, perhaps the best - known venture capital firm focused on startups outside of Silicon Valley.

«Startup Garage focuses on the seed - stage of funding — getting to the point where you can stand up in front of investors and ask them for $ 250,000 or half a million or maybe a million,» Zenios says.

For example, Hatteras Venture Partners, headquartered in Durham, N.C., is a $ 125 million fund focused on health and biopharm startups.

On Wednesday, Hawkins announced the release of an education - focused app through his new startup called If You Can, as well as a $ 6.5 million funding round from Greylock Partners and Almaz Capital.

Jessica Alba's startup The Honest Company, a subscription ecommerce service focused on providing parents non-toxic, eco-friendly family and baby products, has closed a $ 25 million funding round let by Institutional Venture Partners with participation from Iconiq Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners.

In April, HTC created a $ 100 million investment fund for VR - focused startups, and in July, HTC said it would open over 10,000 HTC Vive demo stores in China so residents could try out the devices.

• Extreme Venture Partners, a Canada - based venture capital firm and accelerator, raised just over $ 50 million for its third fund focused on immigrating international startups.

• Databricks, a San Francisco - based AI - focused software startup, raised $ 140 million in Series D funding.

The startup was able to receive the funding after Ajao and co-founder Brendan Wallace pitched the fact that despite LinkedIn and Facebook's fairly sophisticated search tools, «no one had focused on using data to identify what a person actually does,» Ajao says.

Unlike other well - known incubators and seed funds, 1776 solely funds startups that are focused on making a major impact in heavily regulated industries.

Charlie O'Donnell has raised his first fund focused on New York City startups.

Ideation Startup Fund is focused on early stage investments in education, healthcare and green energy.

Startups, in general, are facing it tougher to raise Series A funding as investors turn cautious and focus on profitability instead of quick expansion fueled by high cash burn.

In China, JMD Education Media's Future Works is the first seed round accelerator / angel fund to focus on ed - tech startups.

Fran Hauser is a long - time media executive, startup investor and author of The Myth of the Nice Girl.Best known for her role building PEOPLE.com — one of the biggest media brands online — Hauser made the leap to early stage investing in 2014, funding and advising consumer - focused companies such as HelloGiggles, Mogul, The Wing and Gem & Bolt.

Gurgaon - based artificial intelligence (AI) focused startup Staqu Technologies Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount of funding...

The New Orleans Startup Fund is a nonprofit venture fund focused on business creation and innovation in the 10 - parish Greater New Orleans regFund is a nonprofit venture fund focused on business creation and innovation in the 10 - parish Greater New Orleans regfund focused on business creation and innovation in the 10 - parish Greater New Orleans region.

It's mission: identify and fund promising startups focused on voice technology..

Fund I investments include cybersecurity providers Forescout Technologies, Cato Networks, and Exabeam, future of work - focused companies Crew, Gusto, Chime, and The Muse, and digital health startups such as Vida Health, Grokker, and Solv.

It's mission: identify and fund promising startups focused on voice technology innovation.

John Mannes is an investor at Basis Set Ventures, a $ 136 million early stage venture capital fund focused on supporting startups using machine learning to address big problems across industries.

Rose's comments focus on how public so much of startup funding raising has already been for some time.

Real estate developer Lodha Group has launched its maiden investment fund for startups focussing on smart city solutions and the...

The fourth Women Startup Challenge, in partnership with Craig Newmark of craigslist, the Craig Newmark Foundation, and sponsored in part by Fred and Joanne Wilson, showcased and funded innovative, women - led startups focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR) that are solving problems for people, businesses, and the planet.

And rarely, if ever, should the goal be the fast kind of «hockey stick» growth that is associated with the tiny slice of startups who receive the majority of coverage by tech - focused digital media covering startups: the extraordinarily rare company that obtains backing from a venture fund.

However, we work closely with Amadeus Ventures, our corporate venture capital fund focusing on early - stage investments in startups sitting at the crossroads of travel and technology, as well as select third - party investment groups.

A Nikkei Asia report in January had said that Japan - based Dream Incubator had launched a $ 44 - million tech investment fund focused on Indian startups.

Instacart, a fast - growing startup with funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, does something similar but focuses on groceries.

When thinking of startup costs, assume you have significant funds and focus on identifying all the things you should have, regardless of whether you think you can afford them.

On the surface, the deal makes some sense for eBay because it is likely the leading online seller in the U.S. of second - hand clothing already, but has lost some mindshare in the tech community in the last two years to well - funded startups that focus exclusively on this category.

More cash in the bag would help the Silicon Valley venture capital giant diversify its focus from early - and growth - stage investments to pre-IPO funding rounds, at a time when startup valuations are spiking partly due to money pouring in from SoftBank Group Corp's $ 93 billion Vision Fund.

SoftBank's tech - focused Vision Fund, the world's largest PE fund, has aided the spike in startup valuatiFund, the world's largest PE fund, has aided the spike in startup valuatifund, has aided the spike in startup valuations.

«We need to get more women starting funds and investing,» said Brand, founding general partner of True Wealth Ventures, an Austin venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early - stage, women - led startups in the consumer health and sustainable products sectors.

Kristian is an active angel investor and co-founder of Gravity Ventures, a seed - stage venture fund that invests in tech - focused startups.

About the Author: Shanelle Mullin is the Director of Marketing at Onboardly, a company focused on helping funded tech startups gain visibility and acquire more customers.

Austin - based SparkCognition, a startup focused on artificial intelligence, announced Monday that it has closed on $ 32.5 million in funding.

We are a cross-stage FinTech - focused venture fund, meaning that we invest in startups at the stage where close cooperation with financial institutions will trigger accelerated and significant growth.

The Accelerator Plus will accept start - ups who have already raised seed - level funding and have a roaster of atleast 50 clients (for B2B segment) or if it is a end - consumer focused startup, they need to have atleast 20,000 customers (B2C space).

She joined MaRS in early 2005, following her role as president and CEO of Primaxis Technology Ventures, a startup - stage venture capital fund focused on the advanced technologies sector.

In 2015, Allyson launched the Women Startup Challenge in partnership with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and the Craig Newmark Foundation, to help fund and showcase women - led startups focused on solving problems for people, businesses, and the planet.

The auther Alexander J. Davie, is a corporate & securities attorney based in Nashville, Tennessee, focusing on startups, technology, venture capital, M&A, and private fund work.