Sentences with phrase «based venture capital company»

In its annual Internet Trends report, US - based venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers found that the average mobile user looks at their phone 150 times a day — checking social media, buying goods, paying bills, and increasingly, looking at jobs.

After years of angel investing and working with venture capitalists I also helped fund the first web based venture capital company, which today is experiencing outstanding growth and it's predicted return rate (IRR) is ranked amongst the highest rated venture capital firms in silicon valley.

Not exact matches

In the spirit of the series, rather than harping on the shrinking funding, I talked to a number of startup companies — Toronto - based Clickfree and SecureKey and Edmonton - based Empire Avenue — that have been successful in attracting venture capital money to find out how they did it.

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.

• Elsen, a Boston - based platform - as - a-service company for large financial institutions, raised $ 2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture Capital and was joined by investors including Accomplice and Launch Capital.

Tehrani's approach led the Vancouver - based firm to secure US$ 61.5 million in venture capital financing in January, one of the largest ever for a Canadian biotech company.

But as a company grows in revenue, customer base, venture capital and therefore executive teams members, things need to change.

In 2015, tech - based companies in Canada raised $ 3.7 billion in venture capital — the most since the dot - com bubble.

• YI Capital, a Beijing - based early - stage venture fund focused on China's internet - tech companies, raised $ 116 million for its debut fund.

• NumberAI, an Oakland, Calif. - based «smart landline» company, raised $ 1.6 million in seed funding from DFJ Venture Capital.

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.

Corporate venture - capital efforts also have the advantage of involvement with startups at the early stages, when they can most benefit from access to a large, established customer base, credibility through brand association and a larger network of partner companies and advisors.

With 60 employees and about $ 23 million in venture capital investment over the past three years, the Des Moines - based company has grown wiser from its investors, which include Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

The most recent round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.

Competition: Most of the venture capital for synthetic biology applications has gone to companies like Seattle - based Juno Therapeutics, which does genetic engineering to help patients fight disease.

In November 2012, the company raised a $ 1 million seed round of funding from Expansion Venture Capital, based in New York City.

To fund the development of the app, AVOS, the company behind MixBit, raised venture capital money in April last year from Google Ventures, the China - based incubator Innovation Works, Madrone Capital and New Enterprise Assocapital money in April last year from Google Ventures, the China - based incubator Innovation Works, Madrone Capital and New Enterprise AssoCapital and New Enterprise Associates.

In 2012, Spectra7 Microsystems (TSXV: SEV), an analog semiconductor company based in California, received $ 11 million in funding from three Canadian venture capital and private equity firms, Celtic House Venture Partners, Ventures West Capital Ltd. and EdgeStone Capital Paventure capital and private equity firms, Celtic House Venture Partners, Ventures West Capital Ltd. and EdgeStone Capital Pacapital and private equity firms, Celtic House Venture Partners, Ventures West Capital Ltd. and EdgeStone Capital PaVenture Partners, Ventures West Capital Ltd. and EdgeStone Capital PaCapital Ltd. and EdgeStone Capital PaCapital Partners.

Created in 2007 out of the venture capital arm of BCE Inc., Summerhill Venture Partners earned a huge payday last spring with the sale of Fredericton, N.B. - based Radian6, a company that monitors social media habits, to Salesforce.com for US$ 326 mventure capital arm of BCE Inc., Summerhill Venture Partners earned a huge payday last spring with the sale of Fredericton, N.B. - based Radian6, a company that monitors social media habits, to Salesforce.com for US$ 326 mVenture Partners earned a huge payday last spring with the sale of Fredericton, N.B. - based Radian6, a company that monitors social media habits, to Salesforce.com for US$ 326 million.

Synack, the Menlo Park, Calif. - based company started by former NSA agents Jay Kaplan and Mark Kuhr, announced this morning that it secured Series A funding from the storied Silicon Valley venture fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with Google Ventures, Allegis Capital, and Derek Smith (the CEO of another KPCB - backed company, Shape Security).

The Denver - based company, which vends hundreds of video tutorials in various crafting fields, now counts $ 106 million in venture capital.

Trenchard served as the CEO of three different companies before joining the San Francisco - based venture capital firm.

Entrepreneurs listened, at least to the second part: U.S. - based companies raised more venture capital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital Assocventure capital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital Assoccapital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital AssocVenture Capital AssocCapital Association.

«We've responded to the competitive environment by focusing on industries that are currently out of favor with the public - equity market, like biotech, medical devices, and early - stage information - technology companies,» says Patrick Boroian, a general partner at Sprout, which is the New York City - based venture - capital affiliate of financial - services giant Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Founded in 2013, the Kansas City - based company is currently seeking venture capital to create an app to compliment its online service.

In 2000, Westergren pitched the company as an e-commerce site that would recommend music based on the genome, and in March he raised $ 1.5 million in venture capital.

The company, based in Santa Monica, Calif., has raised more than US $ 20 million, with backers including the firm of Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Cuban, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, and a number of prominent venture capital firms.

«It would be great for a Los Angeles - based tech company to really build a meaningful business and Snapchat continues to prove that they're willing to and have the technical ability to do it,» said Dana Settle, founding partner of venture capital firm Greycroft in Los Angeles.

Of the U.S. - based companies that received a round of venture capital financing in 2010, only 6 percent had a female CEO, 7 percent had a female founder, and 10 percent had a female founder or CEO at some point, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.

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.

Chunyu, a Chinese mobile healthcare app company that connects patients and doctors, raised $ 50 million from China International Capital Corporation (CICC), Rushan Venture Capital under DunAn Holding Group, Pavilion Capital run by Temasek, and BlueRun Ventures, and HealthEdge, a provider of a cloud - based or on - site integrated financial, administrative and clinical software platform for healthcare payers focusing on medical claims and benefits management brought in $ 30 million

In March 2014, Saverin and seven other investors, including American venture capital firm, Bessemer Venture Partners, reportedly invested about $ 6.65 million in Singapore - based cloud computing start - up company, Nventure capital firm, Bessemer Venture Partners, reportedly invested about $ 6.65 million in Singapore - based cloud computing start - up company, NVenture Partners, reportedly invested about $ 6.65 million in Singapore - based cloud computing start - up company, Nitrous.

The Toronto - based company's backers include Canadian venture capital firm BDC Venture Capital, U.S. - based FundersClub and Y Combinator, and a dozen angel invventure capital firm BDC Venture Capital, U.S. - based FundersClub and Y Combinator, and a dozen angel invcapital firm BDC Venture Capital, U.S. - based FundersClub and Y Combinator, and a dozen angel invVenture Capital, U.S. - based FundersClub and Y Combinator, and a dozen angel invCapital, U.S. - based FundersClub and Y Combinator, and a dozen angel investors.

Sean is a Founding Partner of GrowthX, a Silicon Valley - based venture capital fund, market development training school and corporate advisory firm helping companies bring new products to market and reduce the innovation failure rate through capital, talent and know how.

Israeli sports technology company PlaySight Interactive has announced today that it has extended its Series C financing round to $ 21 million with $ 10 million in new investments from SoftBank Ventures Korea, a SoftBank Group early stage venture capital arm based and CE Ventures from Hong Kong.

Created in 1997 with support from the federal government and Alberta, AVAC Ltd. is a venture capital investor that provides investment funding for research and commercialization for Alberta - based companies in the areas of agriculture, renewable resources, and industrial technology.

Jerusalem - based biotechnology lab - grown meat company Future Meat Technologies has announced a $ 2.2 million seed investment round co-led by Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods.

The venture capital firm recently announced plans to put more than $ 6 million into SmartFoam and a second company based on UC San Diego technology called MouthSense.

RPM, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is an early - stage venture capital firm with a unique investing strategy and core platform that deliver repeatable, consistent value to portfolio companies and our investors.

Through regionally based retail venture capital funds, GrowthWorks identifies, analyzes, and structures investments in companies with high growth potential.

In addition, McKinsey & Company estimates that between 3 - 4 % of the limited partnership interests in the private equity and venture capital business trade on an annual basis, or approximately $ 1.2 B. Combining both of these figures, the secondary market for both LP and direct venture capital investments amounted to more than $ 2.45 B and represented 8 % of all venture investments in the industry.

That's the kind of deep thinking unearthed in the latest Ideas to Invoices podcast featuring Mike Smerklo and Tom Ball, co-founders of Next Coast Ventures, an Austin - based Venture Capital Firm that invests in early stage companies.

Early - stage venture capital fund New Crop Capital funds startups that develop cultured and plant - based meat, dairy, and egg products, along with service companies that facilitate the promotion and sale of these prcapital fund New Crop Capital funds startups that develop cultured and plant - based meat, dairy, and egg products, along with service companies that facilitate the promotion and sale of these prCapital funds startups that develop cultured and plant - based meat, dairy, and egg products, along with service companies that facilitate the promotion and sale of these products.

Plant - based meat companies have been seeing larger and larger rounds from venture capital and other types of investors.

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative technology - based Canadian companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players in their mVenture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative technology - based Canadian companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players in their mCapital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative technology - based Canadian companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players in their mventure capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative technology - based Canadian companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players in their mcapital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative technology - based Canadian companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets.

The venture capital database says it has selected from over 2,000 private companies in the AI field based on several criteria, which are: investor profile, tech innovation, team strength, patent activity, mosaic score, funding history, valuation, and business model.

According to Dow Jones, of the over 6,600 U.S. - based companies initially funded by venture capital from 2006 and 2011, 84 % are currently independently operated, 11 % were acquired or had an IPO, and 4 % went out of business.

Sherpa Capital is a San Francisco - based venture capital firm that supports the most promising emerging technology - enabled companies, helping them become global brands beloved by their cusCapital is a San Francisco - based venture capital firm that supports the most promising emerging technology - enabled companies, helping them become global brands beloved by their cuscapital firm that supports the most promising emerging technology - enabled companies, helping them become global brands beloved by their customers.

If the San Francisco - based company completes its offering, it would be only the second venture capital - backed technology or communications company to go public in the U.S. this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Fremont, California - based Intuity Medical, a diabetes management technology company, announced that it will be receiving $ 40 million in equity financing from several of its previous investors, including Accuitive Medical Ventures, Investor Growth Captial, KCK Group, affiliates of Luther King Capital Management, PTV Healthcare Capital, US Venture Partners, and Versant Ventures.