Sentences with phrase «venture points trade»

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Notable startups include WeLab, a leading Internet finance company that operates some of Mainland China and Hong Kong's largest lending platforms, the CompareAsia Group, a firm that provides financial comparison platforms throughout APAC, 8 Securities, a mobile trading and investing venture specializing in robo - advisory services, and iBox, a company that has developed a mobile point of sale terminal for businesses.

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

Okay, strictly speaking, it's not a Goldman Sachs trading desk, and the bank isn't a majority stakeholder in the venture, but as Quartz pointed out this week, Goldman Sachs was the lead investor in Circle's 2015 funding round, which raised $ 50 million for the fintech startup.