Sentences with phrase «by angels in»

In 1855 the explorer David Livingstone stumbled upon the magnificent Victoria Falls which he was to name after the Queen, and described them thus; «scenes so lovely must have been gazed on by angels in their flight».

Oh god, do you see these rivulets of molten chocolate magnificence trickling down the walls of this leaning tower of blondie brilliance like liquid gold poured by the bucketful by angels in foodie heaven?

It was taught again by the angels in Acts 1:11 when they truly proclaimed, that Christ would come again.

The remaining title given the child by the angel in Luke was «Savior.»

Even funnier is that he converted to a faith «revealed by an angel in book form that only the leader and the closest followers could read».

It's an on - the - rails shooter where your character has been hit with an overcharged Cupid's Arrow - style bullet by an angel in training.

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By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

By allowing angels and VCs to invest small amounts of money in many companies at a very early stage, accelerators give investors the right, but not the obligation, to make additional investments in the most promising ventures.

The investment was in part fueled by a recent investment round by a small group of angel investors.

Backed by organizations such as Winrock International, a global nonprofit focused on economic opportunities for the disadvantaged, the Northwest Arkansas Entrepreneurship Alliance runs The Iceberg co-working facility in downtown Fayetteville and Gravity Ventures, an angel investment fund operating in Arkansas and Indiana.

The CEO and angel investor provides sensible thoughts about customer service in a world that's being flipped upside - down by social technologies.

Visiting Angels was rated # 1 in franchisee satisfaction among senior care franchises by Franchise Business Review (franchisebusinessreview.com; January, 2017).

According to a 2013 study by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, minority entrepreneurs accounted for just 7 percent of pitches made to angel investors (13 percent resulted in an investment).

Spurred on by that angel investment, ShopLocket went on to raise a $ 1 - million seed round in its first six months.

Start by attending as many events as possible, business clubs, angel investor meet - ups, chamber of commerce events, and any event someone might be interested in your business.

In a turn of events, Bailey is visited by his guardian angel, Clarence, who teaches him that life is wonderful — with or without the money.

Research from the Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and the Nesta Angel Investing study, compiled by Robert Wiltbank, have demonstrated that the average angel investor produced a gross multiple of 2.5 times their investment, in a mean time of about four years.

Sure, living in the City of Angels is expensive, but it comes with the opportunity to be surrounded by like - minded people — and of course, excellent weather year - round.

Ratings agency Moody's reported Monday that the rolls of «potential fallen angels,» or issuers with investment - grade debt currently in danger of becoming junk, swelled by 17 in the third quarter, while no companies fell into the opposite category, called «potential rising stars.»

Those restrictions, which are the subject of an op - ed in today's Journal and a blog post last month by Fred Wilson, would raise the net worth requirements for becoming an «accredited investor,» which could make it harder for start - ups to find willing angel investors.

Before taking questions from the audience at Inc.'s GrowCo conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Chris Sacca, the billionaire angel investor, was asked one last question by Inc. editor James Ledbetter: What does he think of presidential candidate Donald Trump?

So I spent the next months building a workable product by night and raising $ 780,000 in angel funding.

Backed by $ 50,000 from Spaly, $ 30,000 from Dunn and $ 750,000 from angel investors, Bonobos grew 23 percent month over month during its first year in business and generated revenue of $ 1.8 million in 2008 and almost $ 5 million the following year.

SQZ raised $ 1 million in seed funding from angel investors in 2014, followed the next year by $ 5 million in venture money from Polaris Partners, 20/20 HealthCare Partners, and two private offices.

For now, technology companies like ours — who lack the crucial support of venture capitalists — are forced to rely on angel investors and the generosity of companies like Google, which just partnered with Beit Issie Shapiro to grant $ 1 million in order to donate the Sesame Enable technology to every individual in Israel whose life could be improved by such a phone.

I was getting early enough into deals that I could share these opportunities with any potential angels that wanted to come in side by side.

There's even one angel team, Mixin Capital, that was started by the Y Combinator alums who sold Zenter to Google and invests almost exclusively in Y Combinator startups.

You might have created that value by slaving 18 hours a day, seven days a week for five years (in which case the value of the sweat equity is $ 8.70 Invested Interests Angels cash equity effort ownership startup sweat equity VCs MORE

Employee engagement platform inFeedo has raised $ 150,000 (Rs 1 crore) in angel funding led by Dheeraj Jain, managing partner...

You might have created that value by slaving 18 hours a day, seven days a week for five years (in which case the value of the sweat equity is $ 8.70 Invested Interests Angels cash equity effort ownership startup sweat equity VCs

Ideaspring was started in April by angel investors Naganand Doraswamy and Prashant Deshpande along with Arihant and Amit Patni.

Because angel investors assume a great deal of risk by investing in early stage companies, applicants should be able to make a compelling case for a 10x or better return on investment within 5 years.

Also participating in the round are an illustrious mix of angel investors including Cowboy Ventures, Crunchfund (which, for disclosure's sake, was founded by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington,) Yahoo chairman Maynard Webb, Facebook exec Mike Schroepfer, former Apple and J.C. Penney exec Ron Johnson, actors Jonah Hill, Lawrence Bender, and Jamie Kennedy, and rapper and investor Snoop Dogg.

The angel funding comes four months after the startup raised $ 347,810 (Rs 2.25 crore) from Prasad, who picked 6.54 % stake in the company as part of the transaction, going by VCCEdge, the data research platform of News Corp VCCircle.

In the context of an angel group with membership application standards consistent with those of the industry and approved by an industry group, things like a personal referral from an existing accredited investor member, automated background and identity checks, and the use of an expanded investor suitability questionnaire, might be deemed to satisfy the «reasonable steps to verify» test under Rule 506 (c).

We are primarily co-investors alongside the venture capital and angel communities in Techstars accelerator program graduates, new companies started by Techstars alumni, and companies formed by Techstars mentors.

Every angel, seed investor or VC is influenced by who else is talking with you, who else is investing in you and they (we) are all influenced by who introduced us to you.

So you need to find anchor tenants who have authority in your field and who are respected by other angel investors in order to maximize the benefits of social proof.

A convertible preferred share investment provides investors (VCs and angel investors) with an ownership position in the startup, at a price per share agreed upon by the company and investors.

In the case of angel investments, the term sheet can be prepared by the start - up or the angels.

Often people don't like to be the only person writing a check so they'll try to find safety in numbers by investing other angels to look at the the deal and «see what they think.»

Allos Ventures invests in early - stage companies, augmenting the capital provided by angel investors who have helped the companies reach a stage at which they are ready for their first institutional financing round.

You should seek to get people who are respected by others in your field and who will therefore make it easier to raise the rest of your angel round.

Your business could sponsor an organization throughout the season by featuring something like an angel gift tree in your store.

They were named one of Canada's «hottest innovative companies» at CIX 2010, and also received an initial round of $ 500,000 in seed money from the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), which helps grow new technology companies in Ontario and positions them for further investment by angels and VCs.

MAGNiTT.com, an intelligence platform and a startup directory connecting entrepreneurs and investors in MENA, has closed a fundraise of «close to US$ 1 million» in a seed round led by 500 Startups along with other regional VCs and angel investors including Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), KISP Ventures, Financial Horizon Group, and iNet.

The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) accelerates a thriving, early - stage investing ecosystem in Canada by connecting individuals, groups and other partners that support angel - stage investing.

With forward by Terry Matthews, other contributing authors include Angels, VCs, Founders and CEOs from an array of Technology companies that have grown up in Ottawa's Silicon Valley North.

By Lawrence Delevingne and Olivia Oran (Reuters)- Wall Street holiday parties this year took place in luxury venues like the Waldorf Astoria, featured women dressed as glowing angels, and had fine wine, scotch and bourbon on hand.

The same opinion piece (by Ezra Levant) pointed out that many of the companies participating in the boycott are not exactly angels themselves.