Sentences with phrase «as more venture capital»

«I believe there is still a nontrivial chance Bitcoin goes to zero, but each day it does not, that chance declines as more venture capital flows into the Bitcoin ecosystem and more people become familiar with Bitcoin and buy it.»

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Yet that value may notch even higher this year, to more than $ 70 billion, as the company is reportedly in talks to receive more venture capital financing.

For example, on Wednesday, Joe Schoendorf, partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, and Mike Stankey, vice chairman of cloud - based human resources company Workday, will discuss what the plethora of private companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, known as unicorns, are doing to markets and marketplaces.

The number of venture capital deals declined sharply in the last quarter of 2015 as investors pulled back and got more cautious

«DEFINITELY NOT A BUBBLE:» China's digital revolution was bankrolled with dollars, and it has emerged as the world's second - largest destination for venture capital with more than 3,000 funds.

Uber riders also spend 12 times as much money as their Lyft counterparts, which helps explain why Uber is valued at more than $ 15 billion and how Kalanick has raised a reported $ 1.5 billion in venture capital.

Why have venture capital investments become ever more concentrated along a single stretch of Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, rather than diffusing out across the country as the industry has grown?

The company has raised more than $ 230 million in venture capital since its founding, from investors such as Sigma West and Ignition Partners, and is using that money to rapidly expand its business outside the U.S.. It's well on its way: DocuSign is available in 43 languages.

Always the riskiest level on the funding food chain, venture capital experienced its own mini-boom, as fund - raising became easier and more ideas and innovation could be supported at startups.

Nathan Gilliland was the founder of Boston - based biomass energy company Harvest Power and more recently served as an entrepreneur - in - residence with Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, one of the world's largest venture capital firms.

It's his personal experience, though, that such interactions between startups are more likely to occur within small, trusted networks such as that of Techstars or between a venture capital firm's portfolio companies.

Since its 2012 launch, the Toronto - based «virtual garage sale» site had raised more than US$ 34 million, including from heavyweight American funds such as Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

More than 500 digital technology startups around the world have raised funds by selling their own cryptocurrencies, or tokens, that sidestep banks or venture capital firms as intermediaries.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

Gobs of venture capital money have been tossed at the taxi - app space in the past few years, as various companies try to make the process of ordering a cab more convenient and efficient.

While women typically face gender - discrimination or bias in traditional sources of funding like venture capital or banking, crowdfunding «enables and empowers far more female decision - makers — as project backers and «micro-VCs» — than within traditional finance,» the report argues.

That may seem like a bold prediction, but consider that Gemvara, which is just more than a year old, had a $ 10 million run rate at the end of last year and, as of this spring, is venture capital funded to the tune of more than $ 25 million.

In 2011, NBA star Ervin «Magic» Johnson invested an undisclosed amount in venture capital firm Detroit Venture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general pventure capital firm Detroit Venture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general pVenture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general partner.

There are lots of dumb things you could do as a startup entrepreneur — like base your company out of Bakersfield, allow yourself to be acquired by Groupon in an all - stock transition, or pitch your growing U.S. - based startup to the Samwer brothers — but nothing could be more dumb than throwing your hard - earned venture capital money at a public relations firm.

Its other backers include the mutual fund giant Fidelity and the big private equity investor TPG, as well as prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has invested more money in Zenefits than in any other startup in its portfolio.

It has emerged as the world's second - largest destination for venture capital, with more than 3,000 funds.

But as these stories become more pervasive venture capital attracts more capital.

If venture investors across the spectrum could pull back just a little — resist investing in that marginal deal, maybe not stretch quite as much on valuation or perhaps provide a little less capital to a financing (giving the entrepreneur a chance to build a business with more capital efficiency); it certainly would be of significant help.

C100 Charter Members include some of the most successful Canadians working in some of the most important tech companies in the Silicon Valley, include startups CEOs, top executives of companies such as Apple, Cisco, EA, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle, and venture investors representing more than $ 8 billion in capital.

It has raised more than $ 4 billion in outside equity and debt financing; its investors include a Who's Who of Silicon Valley venture - capital firms (Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz) and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder Jeffcapital firms (Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz) and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder JeffCapital, Andreessen Horowitz) and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Peter's venture capital career began with Worldview Technology Partners in 2001 where he held roles as the director of investment operations and more recently as a senior associate.

In the venture capital community, he has served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association and currently serves as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the Chairman of the VCNetwork, an organization comprising more than 1,000 venture capitventure capital community, he has served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association and currently serves as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the Chairman of the VCNetwork, an organization comprising more than 1,000 venture capitcapital community, he has served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association and currently serves as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the Chairman of the VCNetwork, an organization comprising more than 1,000 venture capitVenture Capital Association and currently serves as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the Chairman of the VCNetwork, an organization comprising more than 1,000 venture capitCapital Association and currently serves as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the Chairman of the VCNetwork, an organization comprising more than 1,000 venture capitVenture Capitalists and the Chairman of the VCNetwork, an organization comprising more than 1,000 venture capitventure capitalists.

As more startups seek funds, the question of which is a better investor — tech giant or venture capital firm?

Bruce is a managing director at Blumberg Capital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atCapital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atcapital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney.

Before joining the Bay Area - based VC firm as an operating partner at the end of 2016, Ragatz held more traditional roles at investment firms including DAG Ventures and Steamboat Ventures, Disney's venture capital arm.

Venture capital firms with women decision makers are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the executive team.

How is it that Israel has, per person, attracted over twice as much venture capital investment as the US and thirty times more than Europe?

As an example, First Round Capital's office is new to town as we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEWAs an example, First Round Capital's office is new to town as we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEWas we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEWas Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW).

Nabbing Insight Venture Partners — a prominent venture capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for ReceipVenture Partners — a prominent venture capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for Receipventure capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for Receipt Bank.

For Casper, the new money gives it the funds to continue to expand into new products and invest in marketing as it tries to become known for more than just mattresses and break away from a pack of competitors like Leesa and Tuft & Needle, which have raised little to no venture capital but are still growing.

Pointing to the changing face of this industry, there is broad expectations that regulation and transparency will increase over time, as more mature professional and institutional investors and established venture capital funds and new infrastructure platforms that will provide technology to host ICOs for preliminary due diligence come into the market.

As is the case in venture capital, stronger teams will receive more funding.

More than 200 investors and entrepreneurs from around the globe will soon converge in Kansas City as part of one of the most highly - esteemed venture capital organizations in the world.

As young financial technology companies continue to attract increasing amounts of venture capital funding, investment bankers are expecting more mergers and acquisitions activity in the sector.

VC firms with female partners are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the management team (34 % of VC firms with a woman partner versus 13 % of VC firms without a woman partner), according to Diana Report Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital.

Formed as an independent corporation in 2008, Alberta Enterprise is a key component of the Government of Alberta's goal of building a more sustainable, diversified technology industry in Alberta, one where home - grown innovation is encouraged and technology entrepreneurs have greater access to venture capital.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

Women Investors: While only 4 % of venture capital partners are women, women VC's are 2x as likely to invest in a company with women founders, and 3x more likely to invest in a woman CEO.

Yes, the tax reform law is more advantageous to private capital strategies, such as venture capital and growth equity.

Now, as one of the world's largest venture capital firms, we have more than $ 20 billion in committed capital across 16 funds, including a $ 3.3 billion fund that closed in 2017.

It's no surprise then that so called «fintech» startups have emerged as one of the hottest and most innovative technology sub-sectors, with financial technology firms securing more than $ 23 billion in venture capital and growth equity over the past five year.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

As well as major capital projects, he cites Wyn Jones» new venture capital fund to help more small - and medium - sized businesses make progress; his ideas for «Copper Kingdom» and a red squirrel visitor centre to attract tourists; and the «exciting» recent geopark status granted by the EAs well as major capital projects, he cites Wyn Jones» new venture capital fund to help more small - and medium - sized businesses make progress; his ideas for «Copper Kingdom» and a red squirrel visitor centre to attract tourists; and the «exciting» recent geopark status granted by the Eas major capital projects, he cites Wyn Jones» new venture capital fund to help more small - and medium - sized businesses make progress; his ideas for «Copper Kingdom» and a red squirrel visitor centre to attract tourists; and the «exciting» recent geopark status granted by the EU.

As the Buffalo Niagara region tries to stimulate more startups, experts say venture capital and early - stage sources of funding for companies are necessary financial fuel.

At present there are more than 110 venture capital businesses using Singapore as their regional base.