Sentences with phrase «as venture capital industry»

The angel investment «industry» today is at about the same stage of development as the venture capital industry was in the mid 1980's.

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It's no secret that the venture capital industry, as an asset class, has seen spectacularly mediocre returns over the last 10 years or so.

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?

Explaining the industry and what's going on takes the form of several audiences; one being the overly - optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to get their company to a liquidity event, another being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final being ambitious MBA's switching careers and see venture capital as the preferred destination.

The Firm has been a diversity pioneer in its industry and was one of the first venture capital firms to hire women as partners.

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.

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.

Startups in the food and grocery ecommerce and delivery industry attracted almost $ 500 million in venture capital over the last year, a 51 percent increase from last year, while big players such as Google and Amazon continue to outdo each other with new delivery options.

And well, barring artificial genetic selection, those seeking gender equality in venture capital can at the very least rely on that as a steady undercurrent in the industry.

When initial coin offerings emerged as a new way for startups to raise money a few months ago, there was much speculation — and some doubt — about whether the cryptocurrency crowdfunding method could disrupt or even replace the traditional venture capital industry.

The fund comes during a tumultuous year for the venture capital and tech industries as they deal with sexism scandals that have resulted in the ouster of notable investors and executives at firms like Ignition Partners and startups like Uber and SoFi.

As the traditional venture capital industry continues to consolidate, CVCs are also playing an increasingly prominent role in venture commercialization — filling financing gaps, providing operational and market development support and enabling scale through M&A and other forms of investment partnerships and collaborations.

The five shareholders who demanded Mr. Kalanick's resignation include some of the technology industry's most prestigious venture capital firms, which invested in Uber at an early stage of the company's life, as well as a mutual fund firm.

The Creative Destruction Lab leverages the Rotman School's leading faculty and industry network as well as its location in the heart of Canada's business capital to accelerate massively scalable, technology - based ventures that have the potential to transform our social, industrial, and economic landscape.

Industry Ventures» hybrid fund - of - funds (known as Partnership Holdings) focuses on small, early - stage venture capital funds, less than $ 250 million in size, as well as direct venture investments.

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.

As the Director of Business Operations and Customer Relations, she was responsible for growing a stealth company into an industry - defining brand, driving new global business opportunities with strategic partnerships, and playing a critical role in securing Skybox's venture capital financing from leading investors and eventual acquisition by Google in 2014 for $ 500M.

Just as venture capital firms focus on specific industries (IT or healthcare) or investment stages (seed, early, development, or late), secondary funds are also organized by investment themes.

As the Midwest - based Network Partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the leader in seed and early - stage venture capital, we offer entrepreneurs and investors a host of benefits unrivaled in the industry.

ZeroFOX was founded in January of 2013 and has collected a number of industry awards including being recognized as the CRN's Top 10 Security Companies, 2013 Maryland Cyber Company of the Year, Winner of Chesapeake Regional Technology Council 2014 Rising Star Award, Winner of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Capital Connection TechBuzz show in Washington D.C., «Incubator Company of the Year» for the state of Maryland in June 2013, and Baltimore Business Journal's «Top 5 Cyber Companies to Watch», «20 Most Promising Security Companies» by CIO Review, and Daily Record's «Innovator of the Year».

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White Paper by Roland Reynolds & Ken Wallace September 2009 INTRODUCTION Two key trends have dramatically altered the venture capital industry over the last three decades: the rise of larger fund sizes and the decline of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) as an exit market for venture - backed companies.

JOLT offers these selected companies working space in the MaRS Commons, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to seasoned partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry.

In prior roles he reestablished Hartford Ventures as the leading corporate venture program in the insurance industry, led investments in ecommerce, security, and authentication for Visa's venture capital program, and co-founded the international division for one of the largest American collection agencies.

Start - up companies in other industries such as technology and biotechnology have had less traction in attracting venture capital investment in similar demographic proportions.

Bloomberg Television's Scarlet Fu spoke with him about his entrepreneurial journey, his work with his father, as well as predictions on the future of the media and venture capital industries.

Art has over 30 years of operating experience as a pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry executive and venture capital investor in life science companies.

Ms. Gouw and Ms. Fonstad — who met 25 years ago at Bain and Company, their first job out of college, and have spent two decades in the venture capital industry — said they wanted to return to hands - on investing in companies when they are just starting and as they mature.

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.

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

JOLT offers these selected companies working space at MaRS Discovery District, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to seasoned partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry.

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Anyone versed in the industry will be able to tell that increased litigation threats arising from portfolio company bankruptcies, dissatisfied investors, regulatory investigations and employment practices suits are now forming new levels of risk for venture Capitalists and venture capital firms, as well as the personal assets of their managers and employees.

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.

Increasing ethnic and gender diversity in private equity and venture capital, as well as in the entrepreneurial workforce in which managers invest, has been one of the hottest topics in our industry.

Earlier in his career, Scott served as the founding Executive Vice President at Solar Cells, Inc. (now First Solar), the President of Glasstech Solar, Inc. (a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment for the solar industry), and consultant to venture capital firms and state agencies on renewable technologies and markets.

Venture capital and private equity are both robust industries in the United States that offer competitive financing in parts of the market that are not as efficiently serviced by banks.

«Just as the formation of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach and mindset toward funding innovation within the private sector, impact investment has started to bring opportunities to harness entrepreneurship and capital markets to drive social improvement.»

«I've always known that CRV was one of the most respected venture capital firms in the country, and I'm thrilled to be working with Jon and the team as we scale Lola to become a leading mobile service for the travel industry.

«Supporting Australian industry — whether that be in agriculture or venture capital — is one of the enormous advantages that Australia has as a superannuation system.»

Crucially, the new organization will partner a host of other institutions such as Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, providers of mobile money services, cooperatives, Town & Country Planning Department, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, National Board for Small Scale Industries, GRATIS Foundation, Venture Capital Trust Fund, the commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, and of course, the District Assemblies themselves.

EDB's venture capital programme adopts a two - pronged approach that involves the promotion and development of industry as well as venture capital investment activities through its investment arm, EDB Investments Pte Ltd. (EDBI).

Since then, EDB has continued to develop the venture capital industry as an important means to promote innovation and enterprise development.

Thanabalasingam Yugarani provides an overview of venture capital industries in Singapore and profiles several scientists leading the way as entrepreneurs.

Technopreneurial initiatives are on the ascent and are attracting venture capital funds for new ideas, as well as fostering the creation of new companies and industries.

Art has over 30 years of operating experience as a pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry executive, and venture capital investor in life science companies.

TCG's investment strategy runs counter to the prevailing trend in life sciences venture capital toward assembling diversified portfolios of later stage, single product - orientated companies across multiple industry sectors, with proximity to value inflection points and the early identification of a Pharma «buyer» as key investment considerations.

The New York - based Joor, which has raised over $ 20 million in venture capital funding from the likes of Advance Publications and Forerunner Ventures, has emerged as an industry leader that offers a solution for both brands and retailers.

Mr. Pianko is a frequent speaker at industry events and conventions and his article «Venture Capital: Looking Outside the Education Sector» was recently published as part of an American Enterprise Institute series by Harvard University Press.

Venture capital has fueled amazing growth in the overall technology marketed, but is this form of funding as effective in the edTech industry?