Sentences with phrase «big backers»

With big backers such as Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures Polychain definitely has added a whole new level of credibility for the Initial Coin Offering scene.

Other supporters include New Jersey hedge funder manager David Tepper, and Alan Fournier (reportedly big backers of Romney).

Why it happened: Guggenheim's big backers may have actually irked independent - minded Academy members.

Let's keep pols out of the marketplace, too — so they can't pick favorite industries to help, dictate wages, set up contracts for big backers or hand out subsidies to friends.

The union was one of de Blasio's big backers and Mark - Viverito was once an organizer for the group which represents healthcare workers.

However, they — and their Democratic member, Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder — are big backers of the education tax credit.

COR Development, meanwhile, is one of Cuomo's big backers.

The Senate Republicans are big backers of the tax credit, but do not support the DREAM Act.

There are plenty of teachers who are big backers of AQE, which, of course, is the foundation of Nixon's early support, though she has been branching out with other progressive groups of late.

The Koch brothers are known to be big backers of conservative causes.

Among its bigger backers are Mohr Davidow Ventures (16.3 % pre-IPO stake), Battery Ventures (16.2 %), El Dorado Ventures (13.9 %), BlueRun Ventures (12.7 %), and Crosslink Ventures (11.1 %).

The stock surged, making it a victory for big backer Carl Icahn... and loss for rival hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.

But should top shareholder Swire seek to sell, it now has a second party to play off against Air China, Cathay's other big backer.

The company's biggest backer was Torstar, which invested $ 6 - million and pledged another $ 12.4 - million worth of promotional support, giving it more than 20 - per - cent ownership.

A major figure in the Addyi saga is William A. Ackman, the hedge fund manager and one of Valeant's biggest backers.

While white evangelicals overall are among the biggest backers of Trump's efforts to restrict and better screen refugees, prominent evangelical leaders and institutions have consistently championed compassion toward refugees.

I would imagine the biggest backers for him around here don't consider him a top 5 QB.

I love Diaby, he is such a talent and I have been one of his biggest backers, I have always wanted us to give him chance after chance to get his fitness back as I think he is very very good when fit.

This immediate touched off a round of furious speculation as to the intentions of state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, who is Levy's biggest backer.

All this make sense since Levy's biggest backer, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, is a Faso ally.

The Democrats» «Great Freshman Hope,» California Sen. Kamala Harris, headed to the Hamptons this weekend to meet with Hillary Clinton's biggest backers.

Ben Bradshaw raises concerns over «foreign interference» and says there are questions over wealth of leave campaign's biggest backer

Collins, one of President Donald Trump's biggest backers on Capitol Hill, has advocated for the GOP tax plan.

One of the biggest backers of the Committee is the Real Estate Board of New York (Larry Silverstein has said «Our membership list and the Forbes 400 wealthiest individuals in the United States have an enormous commonality»).

Lavern's Law's biggest backer in the Senate is Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse).

Unite is Labour's biggest backer, having donated # 11m since 2007, about a quarter of the party's income.

A Labour constituency party has been placed in special measures after allegations that one of the party's biggest backers, the Unite trade union, tried to rig candidate selection for the seat.

The gun regulation bill still awaits approval by the NYS Assembly and Governor Cuomo, who is its biggest backer.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have been picked up by media across the world.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have prompted questions in parliament.

Banks was the biggest backer of the Brexit campaign, donating more than # 8m.

Public Advocate Letitia James - one of the biggest backers of Rep. Charlie Rangel's re-election - has endorsed Rangel's rival Adriano Espaillat in his own quest to hold on to his seat in the state Senate.

Meanwhile, CommUNITY's biggest backer, the AFT, has spent some $ 600,000 on the race.

Wall Street is one of the biggest backers of charter schools these days, because they're investing in — they make — there's something called the new markets tax credit, where they get — and Juan González wrote about this — they're able to make a tremendous return on their investment in charters, because of write - offs on federal taxes by investing in charters.

Ritz's biggest backer is the Indiana State Teacher's Association.

A Labour constituency party has been placed in special measures after allegations that one of the party's biggest backers, the Unite trade union, tried to rig candidate selection for the seat.

«I always cite Florida as, really, the furthest along in terms of providing the widest range of choices and the greatest access to those choices of any state in the country, and from a political standpoint, having real bipartisan support for these choices,» she said in an interview last year with Ed Pozzuoli, a South Florida attorney who's a big backer of charter schools.

[25] potential conflicts of interest for the legislation's biggest backer: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article84723537.html

Treasurer Janet Cowell warned of potential conflicts of interest for the legislation's biggest backer, a builder who stood to profit in facility - starved Robeson County, and swelling debt burdens for taxpayers in poor counties.

We look at his fascinating albums / End of an Era: France's motor industry before WW2 — In the first of a two - part article, David Beare examines the offerings from French manufacturers at the 1938 Paris Salon, the last before the outbreak of war / Clipped Wings: the Aerocar — Douglas Blain samples a rare survivor of the marque established in Detroit by Henry Ford's first big backer / Back on the Road — Michael Ware describes the long - term restoration of an historic Grand Prix Bugatti, the ex-Count Czaikowski Type 51

Bill Hill, one of the movers and shakers behind Microsoft's ClearType and a big backer of e-reading, was let go from Microsoft in 2009.

As president of what he called «Mummy's museum», Rockefeller was one of the biggest backers of Abstract Expressionism (which he called «free enterprise painting»).

A big backer is the Electric Power Research Institute, an arm of the utility industry.

The Kochs have been among the biggest backers of ALEC and the member organizations, think tanks, and advocacy groups that aid ALEC for decades.

One of the earliest and biggest backers of AGW financial games.

As this charger and Samsung's many compatible phones suggest, the company is one of the biggest backers of the Qi wireless standard.

Ensign, a former congressman, has been one of the biggest backers of an expanded low - income housing tax credit program, which NAR supports.

Not exact matches

Hillhouse, one of China's biggest investors, is led by chairman Zhang Lei, an early backer of Chinese Internet giant Tencent.

In what has been my biggest success to - date in raising $ 44,000 on Kickstarter to start ReKixx cool sneakers 100 % recyclable, my first statement is, thank you to my 496 backers for believing in me, understanding my mission, and liking my sneakers.

The duo's broader, pragmatic vision attracted big investors — including Goldman Sachs, Chinese Internet giant Baidu, and venture capitalist Jim Breyer, one of the earliest backers of Facebook.