Sentences with phrase «u.s. tech fund»

Sources previously told Reuters the choice has narrowed to one bid from Broadcom and U.S. tech fund Silver Lake and another from Toshiba chip partner Western Digital and Japanese government - related investors.

Not exact matches

At Denver - based Inspirato, a critical part of its latest $ 20 million funding round, led by tech - savvy firms W Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners, was its plan to open five «experience centers» in upscale U.S. malls.

As Silicon Valley grapples with an uncertain political climate, Canadian startups are getting more attention than ever (tech execs even launched a fund to help foreign - born U.S. employees move north).

As a result of these moves, the city enjoyed the highest job growth in the $ 20 - billion global mobile app industry, and it was the only region in the U.S. to have an increase in tech venture - capital funding.

In the past few years, various Chinese companies and funds have made numerous bids for high - tech firms — some with military applications — in the U.S. and Europe.

That puts China well ahead of the U.S. in launching CRISPR trials; the first one in America, which will be conducted at the University of Pennsylvania and is being funded by tech billionaire Sean Parker, isn't set to begin until early 2017.

Much of the work on high - tech prostheses is funded by the U.S. military.

But then, amid fundraising troubles, the Japanese giant SoftBank — which is on a funding rampage in the U.S. tech sector — and Wag entered talks to triple that.

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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.

Behind these funds» impressive performances so far this year are a few different story lines: historically low volatility in the U.S. stock market; a mind - boggling rally in bitcoin prices; a forging recovery in emerging markets; and across - the - board strength in the tech sector.

Indeed, after putting together a proof - of - concept fund, then raising a $ 7 million fund, the pair says they've just closed on $ 18 million in capital commitments from a syndicate that includes institutional funds, family offices, corporations and tech execs, both in the U.S. and in Israel.

Back in October, before the U.S. Elections 2016, Softbank announced that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Funds (PIF) could be its lead partner in the huge $ 100 billion tech investments plus it could invest as much as $ 45 billion over the course of the next five years.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says the nation should increase funds for the development of high - tech sensors that can disable a car's ignition if its driver is drunk.

«Western New York is well positioned to grow jobs that embrace innovation and with this significant federal grant we can embark on a project to provide valuable support for tomorrow's thriving high - tech businesses,» said Rep. Brian Higgins, D - Buffalo, who worked on the funding package along with fellow congressional representatives Louise Slaughter, D - Fairport, and Chris Lee, R - Clarence, U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

And unlike the low - tech production and assembly jobs that U.S. companies have been outsourcing for decades, the new age of manufacturing will rely heavily on additive - manufacturing technologies and materials, which are slated to receive millions of dollars in funding to move them out of the lab and onto the factory floor.

Under the Ed - Tech program, the U.S. Department of Education provides grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) on the basis of their proportionate share of funding under Part A of Title I.

Technology funds buy stocks of high - tech businesses in the U.S. or outside of the U.S.. Most concentrate on computer, semiconductor, software, networking, and Internet stocks.

Technology funds buy stocks of high - tech businesses in the U.S. or outside of the U.S.. Most concentrate on computer, semiconductor,...

The fund had major equivalent positions in the aforementioned IWO, iShares North American Tech - Software ETF (IGV), iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (IHI), PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care Portfolio (PSCH), SPDR ® S&P ® Biotech ETF (XBI), and Global X Social Media ETF (SOCL).

The fund had just five equivalent positions: in the aforementioned VIG and IHI, as well as in the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF ™ (SCHD), iShares Morningstar Large - Cap ETF (JKD) and iShares North American Tech - Software ETF (IGV).

A small number of U.S. tech companies now make up 15 per cent of the S&P 500 and 50 per cent of the NASDAQ - 100, and are thus heavily influencing the direction of a myriad of Exchange Traded Funds that follow these indices.

Secretary Chu's statements suggest a special, heightened relationship between the U.S. and China that move beyond a typical tech transfer model between developed and developing countries in which technologies, capacity building, and funding normally flow one - way.

I am also relatively immune to needs for research funding; 12 months of my salary are supported by Georgia Tech (unusual in the U.S.) and I even have a small research fund from Georgia Tech; much of my research is actually subsidized from the overhead and meager profits of my company.

Reports show 14 green - tech firms that Gore invested in benefited from over $ 2.5 billion in loans, grants and tax breaks as part of the administration's push to fund U.S. renewable energy industry with taxpayer funds.

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Utah rated extremely high for short - term job growth, research and development funding and high - tech job growth among other positive indicators.