Sentences with phrase «arms fund from»

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Both included sizable contributions from OMERS Ventures, the VC arm of the Ontario municipal pension fund.

• Viela Bio, which spun off from MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, raised $ 250 million in funding.

• Ofo, a Beijing - based bike - sharing company, raised an undisclosed amount in funding, from Alibaba's financial arm, Ant Financial, according to TechCrunch.

• Purely Elizabeth, a Boulder, Colo. company that sells natural foods, including granola, oatmeal, muesli and cereal, raised $ 3 million in funding from 301 INC, General Mills» (NYSE: GIS) VC arm.

• D's Naturals, a Cincinnati - based healthy snacking startup, raised an undisclosed amount in funding from 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners and 301 Inc, General Mills» (NYSE: GIS) venture arm.

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.

They have received funding from Intel's venture arm among others to the tune of $ 6.3 million.

The new fund comes after Samsung (ssnlf) changed the name of its startup investment arm from the Samsung Global Innovation Center, and opened a Tel Aviv office in September.

The startup has raised a little under $ 40 million in funding with backing from Alphabet's venture capital arm GV, among others.

The custom clothing is based on 3 - D models and recently landed $ 3 million in seed funding from Stockholm - based Moor Capital, the investment arm of Kaj Hed, and Silicon Valley - based Founder.org.

Vox had previously raised $ 100 million in funding, including from the venture arm of NBC Universal's parent company, Comcast (CMCSA).

Over the years, he's raised more than $ 30 million in funding, most recently an undisclosed amount from Hearst Interactive Media, the media company's venture capital arm, in 2006.

Earlier this month, iDreamCareer.com, a career planning services portal, raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A funding from media company Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd's ad - for - equity investment arm Brand Capital.

In September, it raised an undisclosed amount of funding from PremjiInvest, the private investment arm of Wipro Ltd chairman Azim Premji.

Bengaluru - based relocation service provider Pikkol has received seed funding from a group of angel investors, including Ajay Nanavati, former chairman of 3M India, the Indian arm of US multinational conglomerate 3M Co. and Afsal Salu, co-founder of hyperlocal delivery company Delyver, which was acquired by BigBasket.

Mobile application development and distribution company Apps Daily Solutions Pvt Ltd has raised a Series B round of funding from Russian venture firm ru - Net Ltd, IndoUS Venture Partners (IUVP) and Qualcomm Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Qualcomm Inc, one of the investors told Techcircle.in..

Latest case in point comes from a NY Times report that de Blasio is trying to strong - arm trustees of NYC employee pension funds — who are supposed to be fiduciaries of their beneficiaries, not mayoral rubber stamps — into divesting from oil stocks:

Passion Capital has led the round, with participation from Rocket Internet's venture arm GFC, bringing total funding to - date to # 11 million.

«It reflects the direction of travel for Standard Life,» given the company's move in recent years to build up its asset management arm and move away from insurance, said Liontrust fund manager Jamie Clark, which holds shares in the firm.

SDTC operates at arm's length and receives funding from the Government of Canada.

In a departure from its existing strategy, the real estate arm of the Canadian life insurer is looking to deploy capital via pan-Asia core funds.

The company has raised $ 45 million in new venture funding from the venture capital arms of Alphabet, BMW, and Lowe's.

Macquarie's property arm has won a $ 100 million investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation for a new farms fund.

The proceeds, along with income from the kitchen's catering arm — Fresh Start Catering — help fund the kitchen's other programs.

But the potential disbursement of funds through an arm of SUNY Polytechnic comes as economic development projects throughout the state are coming under scrutiny from federal investigators over how contracts are awarded.

NWFs are quite different from Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), even though both are state - owned and managed at arms length from the state.

Do yourself favor and move away from lock boxes and all that crap, because unless you have an armed guard watching the lock box, the Albany politicians will steal the money fund that funds like thieves in the night, they are expert at it and do it ALL THE TIME!.

A Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani - Kayode has denied media reports linking him to the controversial $ 2bn arms purchase fund from the office of the ex-National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (reted) upon which he has been alleged to have received N1.7 billion from.

Republicans on Tuesday emerged from a closed - door conference to not rule out new gun control measures as well as backing funding for school security upgrades, such as metal detectors and armed resource officers.

State Sen. Jim Tedisco of Glenville is proposing that proceeds from the sale of what he is calling a «Guardians For Schools,» license plate be used to fund armed guards — and other security measures — at needy New York state schools.

The unique situation stems from the dual role of SUNY Poly as both an academic institution and an integral part of the state's economic development efforts, with arms spanning the length of the Thruway from Albany to Buffalo, bringing in hundreds of millions in state and private funding.

The businessmen, Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi of Syracuse - based COR Development, wanted to build a parking lot as part of their plans to redevelop Syracuse's Inner Harbor, a project that received $ 1.5 million in funding from Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm.

A major twist has crept into the prosecution of the alleged $ 2.1 b arms fund diversion charges as former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, his son Sagir Attahiru and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Ltd have applied for a separate trial from former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

Those documents came from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the fund - raising arm for House Democrats.

«Most of the figures being bandied were taken from the special funds meant for the purposes that they were spent and not on the so - called arm - deal» it said.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The announcement comes nearly a year after the Lake City received $ 10 million in DRI funds from the state, part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to give upstate cities a shot in the arm.

A new report from Florida's school superintendents warns that despite a nearly $ 100 million increase in funding, there may not be enough money to post an armed school resource officer at each school in the state.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- As the New York State Sheriffs» Association requests the state legislature to include funding for at least one armed resource officer at every grade school and high school in New York State, they're finding support from New York State Senator - and former Erie County Sheriff...

The January 20, 2015 memo in which Dr Okonjo - Iweala sought and received the approval of former President Jonathan for the release of part of the newly returned Abacha funds to the NSA for purchase of arms is totally separate from the $ 2.1 billion issue.

The EFCC had last week Tuesday allegedly frozen Fayose's account numbers 1003126654 and 9013074033 in Zenith bank for alleged money laundering running into N1.2 billion being money allegedly taken from the $ 2.1 billion arms fund in the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Bello Dasuki.

Anenih had on his own last writing to inform the EFCC that N260 million was paid into his bank account from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, explaining further how he shared the money, which was believed to have come from the alleged arms fund.

(d) A member of a defense force established under subsection (c) is not, because of that membership, exempt from service in the armed forces, nor is he entitled to pay, allowances, subsistence, transportation, or medical care or treatment, from funds of the United States.

Four Oscar - nominated films, including best picture nominee «Manchester by the Sea,» reaped taxpayer - funded benefits from New York, according to the state's economic development arm.

About 25 Wall Street executives, many of them hedge fund managers, sat down for a private meeting Thursday afternoon with two of the most powerful Republican lawmakers in Congress: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and John Cornyn, the senior senator from Texas who runs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, one of the primary fundraising arms of the Republican Party.

Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm, bought the Hotel Niagara in 2016 from JSK International Corp. for $ 4.4 million after previous attempts at restoring the hotel failed for lack of funding.

«Calls to arm our teachers are merely a distraction from urgently needed, common sense gun safety measures, increased funding for mental health services, and funding for hardening technology for our schools,» Kaminsky said.

The demolition and remediation process which began last fall has now received a shot - in - the - arm through a $ 6 million grant from the state - funded Restore New York Communities Initiative.

On Monday, McCain and Senate Armed Services committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D - Michigan) introduced an amendment to strip the funds from the bill.

The memo also acknowledged that Cuomo's Empire State Development Corp., the state's chief economic - development arm, was served with a subpoena that «requests documents relating to projects and activities that were funded from a particular funding source.»