Sentences with phrase «with space ventures»

With space ventures typically defined as high risk, high reward investments, Space Angels found the companies attract valuations many times greater than a typical technology start - up.

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Meanwhile, the first half of 2016 saw the number of precision ag venture capital deals climb 7 % from the same period in 2015, with the number of new investors in the space up 52 %.

Andreeseen Horowitz and Accel Partners are the latest Silicon Valley funds to back space ventures, with the former investing in satellite start - up Astranis and the latter funding World View.

The deal came only days after Industrious, a co-working office space startup that competes with WeWork, raised $ 80 million in venture funding to grow its roster of corporate customers.

According to a statement, the event aims to benefit and be of interest to audiences composed of institutional investors, fund managers, and other regional players in hedge funds and private equity / venture capital space, with a view to advance the region's investment industry.

That expansion coincides with increasing interest from venture investors in real estate and technology related to physical spaces.

We hired fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group to run our businesses, which provided me with the space to think creatively and strategically about new ventures and as I worked to grow Virgin's business.

Food delivery was one of the most hyped spaces in 2015 with venture capital reaching a record high of $ 1.5 billion in the fourth quarter, according to CB Insights.

The latest rumors have Google in talks with Richard Branson's space - tourism venture, Virgin Galactic.

He owes some part of his undisclosed fortune to business partnerships with companies and individuals in the oil - rich Gulf, between his golf - course and hotel - building ventures and the Manhattan office space he reportedly rents to Qatar Airways.

Hartfield's new venture taps into that entrepreneurial spirit with the intention to bring investors directly to the most exciting companies in the legal marijuana space.

Combined with Google's recent development of contact lenses that monitor blood sugar levels for diabetics — but that are expected to eventually have all the capability of Google Glass — you may never know whether the person next to you on the bus is online or not, says Keith Gillard, managing partner of Pangaea Ventures, a Vancouver - based venture capital firm that's watching this space.

It joins several other Canadian ventures that similarly put career women in their sightlines, including Toronto's exclusive Verity Club and its luxury spa, the co-working and wellness space Shecosystem with its yoga classes and Madonna dance parties, and the pretty and perky penthouse space Make Lemonade.

In 2002, before the sale of PayPal even went through, Musk started voraciously reading about rocket technology, and later that year, with $ 100 million, he started one of the most unthinkable and ill - advised ventures of all time: a rocket company called SpaceX, whose stated purpose was to revolutionize the cost of space travel in order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next century.

Bigelow Aerospace is partnering with United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed and Boeing, to deliver inflatable habitats to space.

The fund I've invested in allows me to participate in the venture capital and private equity space in a lower risk way with a target 20 % + expected return profile per annum and a blue - sky target of 30 % +.

In June, Mr. Schneider returned to the United States to host a symposium with a roomful of bankers and venture capitalists, a vivid demonstration that private space investment has reached a tipping point of credibility.

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Our maiden Mission Approval establishes an important precedent for the private sector to engage in peaceful space exploration, bringing with it monumental implications for the advancement of technology, science, research, and development, as well as commercial ventures that expand Earth's economic sphere.

Housed in the MaRS Commons, JOLT will select up to 15 high - potential startups annually, providing them with space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry.

In May last year, global venture capital firm Matrix Partners» Indian unit tied up with realtor K Raheja Corp to launch a new co-working space in Powai (Mumbai) for startups.

In a recent interview with Business Insider's Frank Chaparro, Amy Nauiokas explained why venture capital investment within the financial technology space has seen...

On the heels of the biggest year in venture funding, the digital health space is starting off 2018 with a bang: record Q1 funding of $ 1.62 B, three $ 100M + mega-deals, and a massive exit.

The next twelve months promise to be an exciting time for anyone with an interest in the commercial space industry, as private ventures ramp up their efforts to pull off a crewed test mission in accordance with stated timelines.

In addition to offering free office space for six months, the incubator will also provide companies with hands - on mentorship from Panagoulias and his co-founder, Raza Khan, shared business resources and discounts, weekly sessions to help design, challenge, test and validate the business / concept and access to seed funding and venture capitalists.

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Parent STC is also involved in discussions with several e-commerce players, he added, but said the «space is now getting crowded» following the setting up of online shopping venture Noon and Amazon's acquisition of Souq.com.

Ms. Ying Wang joined Kinzon Capital in 2014, bringing with her 11 - years experiences in venture capital, especially in FinTech and consumer internet space.

Singapore is a global city with a government supportive of new ventures, and it's also chock - full of amazing cafes, meetups and events, as well as gorgeous coworking spaces.

They also shared the opportunity to invest in women as business leaders and entrepreneurs — with their leadership characteristics and with the economic blind spot, particularly in their own space of venture capital.

So - called «initial coin offerings» (ICOs) are the current rage among startups in the blockchain space, enabling new companies with a technology idea to skip banks and venture capital firms when raising capital.

One of the most exciting players in the fast - growing meal replacement space, Soylent built its business — and a highly engaged community — online, first on its own website, and later on Amazon, but has recently ventured into the bricks and mortar space via deals with 7 - Eleven, H.E.B. and Big Geyser.

Chas, because we lost four points against Palace and Sunderland, which shows we can still improve on beating teams that are set up not to lose in such a way that there is a minimum of space in front of their goal and they will only venture forward when absolutely safe and with just a few players.

Canine Commons is a joint venture between the Arlington Heights and Mt. Prospect Park District's and will offer 1.82 acres of lush outdoor space for dogs to run and play while pet owners mingle with one another.

Rep. Jim Bridenstine, an Oklahoma Republican with a record supporting both commercial space ventures and traditional manned exploration programs, appears to be the leading candidate to become the next NASA administrator.

In fact, an entire industry of nimble space - vehicle ventures has sprung up in recent years, including SpaceX, headed by PayPal founder Elon Musk; Armadillo Aerospace, started by computer - game developer John Carmack; Blue Origin, a pet project of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos; and SpaceDev, which came up with the novel rocket engine that powered SpaceShipOne.

Other behavioral tests examine sociability, giving the mice the choice to spend time either with other mice or with inanimate objects; risk - taking, in which the mice either venture out on to a high open ledge or hide in a dark enclosed space; and repetitive behavior, where the focus is on excessive grooming or jumping.

The four - part series starts close to home with a visit to Chankillo, Peru, site of one of the world's first solar calendars, but soon ventures out to deep space, tracing Mercury's unusual orbit, witnessing galactic collisions, and chasing the very first light back in time to the dawn of the universe.

With a budget the fraction of the cost of a mid-size astrophysics mission, and a planned launch by early next decade, this venture represents an ambitious leap forward in low - cost, high - impact space exploration.

The mission aims to launch a lightweight space telescope to directly image exoplanets around Earth's nearest star system, Alpha Centauri A and B. With a budget the fraction of the cost of a mid-size astrophysics mission, and a planned launch by the end of the decade, this venture represents an ambitious leap forward in low - cost, high - impact space exploration.

As I venture out with my own blog (bohemianwood.com), I've wondered if there is a space out there for a fashion blogger that isn't in her early twenties, blonde and thin.

A contemporary space with the charm of an old world pub, The Brisbane is a great place to venture for a meal, drink or entertainment this winter.

Paktor will venture into the offline space with a brand new offline business arm called GaiGai (èµ ° è ¡ ---RRB-, which offers a physical channel to bring users together through its one - to - one matchmaking services and social dating events.

Sure, this wouldn't be the first time that an artist has claimed to bare all prior to the release of a new album, but with both «Django Jane» and «Make Me Feel,» Monáe has already ventured into more personal spaces than ever before.

Without venturing into spoiler territory, there are some very big ideas in Arrival that make us question not just how we interact with our planet and each other, but the very ways we perceive space and time.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Additionally, in conjunction with an Aspen - based philanthropist, he developed edXchange, a Denver - based education shared space which fosters strategic collaboration, ideation, and joint ventures among the leading education policy organizations in Colorado.

After striking out with venture capitalists, they found a sugar daddy in multi-millionaire Elon Musk, cofounder of PayPal and CEO of the space exploration firm SpaceX.

We actually didn't feel the need to venture from our villa very much at all as it provided us with so much to do and such a relaxing space to truly enjoy each other's company.

Good rates are also to be had at Holiday Inn's Express venture at Canning Town (three stops from City Airport and two from ExCel) The four - star Crowne Plaza London Docklands is a stroll away from the ExCel centre, with tranquil waterside spaces (and an indoor pool), and just five minutes from London City Airport.