Sentences with phrase «by venture capital groups»

In states that have created commercial court dockets, there has been an increased level of capital investment by venture capital groups and angel investors into start - ups and other early - stage businesses — something Wisconsin desperately needs to help foster growth of the many entrepreneurs and startups seeking to grow in this state.

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6 Dimensions Capital and Curative Ventures co-led the round, and were joined by investors including Redmile Group, ArrowMark Partners, Hillhouse Capital Group, MiraeAsset Financial Group, Lucion Group, Sirona Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, MPM Capital, F2 Ventures and Cathay Fortune Capital Investment.

Salesforce Ventures led a $ 24 million round for IFTT and was joined by IBM, the Chamberlain Group and Fenox Venture Capital.

OpenView led the round, and was joined by investors including 8VC, Emergence Capital, Omidyar Technology Ventures, Chicago Ventures, and Pritzker Group Venture Capital.

Delta - v Capital led the round, and was joined by Madrona Venture Group, Columbia Capital, and Top Tier Capital Partners.

Founded only in 2008 but measured earlier this year as the third-most valuable venture capital - backed group in the world at over $ 25 billion, Airbnb also said it would help prevent its service from causing housing shortages by «ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short - term basis».

Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Levy Family Partners led the round, and were joined by investors including Chicago Ventures, Greycroft, BoxGroup and Irish Angels.

Paxion led the round, and was joined by investors including Intel Capital, WRV Capital, Lucas Venture Group, and Cota Capital.

• Costello, an Indianapolis - based deal management platform, raised $ 1 million in funding led by Dundee Venture Capital with participation from Elevate Ventures, M25 Group, and Service Provider Capital.

Pre-IPO, Blue Apron is backed 23.8 % by Bessemer Venture Partners, 10.5 % by First Round Capital, and 6.5 % by Stripes Group.

Boston Scientific Group led the round, and was joined by Hatteras Venture Partners, Synergy Life Science Partners, Lord Baltimore Investment Partners, Mountain Group Capital, and Sovereign's Capital.

Invus led the round, and was joined by investors including Redmile Group, Polaris Partners, Timothy Springer, ARCH Venture Partners, EcoR1 Capital, The Kraft Group, Fidelity Management and Research Company and Cormorant Asset Management.

The Rise Fund led the round, and was joined by investors including T. Rowe Price Associates, GT Healthcare Capital Partners, and existing investors Sofinnova Partners, KCK Group, Venrock, Pfizer Venture Investments, and Johnson & Johnson Innovation.

Like looking in a mirror: Last week we wrote about Confluent, a new open - source software startup launched by a group of LinkedIn engineers who raised first - round funding from both LinkedIn (GS) and venture capital firm Benchmark.

Hyperplane Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Draper, Qualcomm Ventures, and the Hub Angels Investment Group.

Instead, a joint venture by liquidators Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group won an auction for Bon - Ton's inventory and other assets.

The investment is being led by SoftBank Group and venture capital firm Accel, a previous investor, said the people, who declined to be identified.

4490 Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including JAZZ Venture Partners, and Pritzker Group Venture Capital.

A person familiar with the matter said WPP, owner of ad agencies JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, had been contacted by one private equity group and a venture capital firm expressing interest in the Kantar business if WPP ever decides to sell.

Formation 8 Hardware Fund led the round, and was joined by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and return backers First Round Capital and Lerer Hippeau Ventures.

And Ring's hot streak continues: On Wednesday, Ring announced it raised $ 61.2 million in funding from a group of investors led by the venture - capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, bringing in one of the most successful Silicon Valley VC firms as an investor.

Salesforce Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including IBM, Chamberlain Group and Fenox Venture Capital.

Wonder Workshop, which has already raised $ 15.9 million from investors including Madrona Venture Group, Maven Ventures, WI Harper Group and others, said the latest round of financing was led by WI Harper and Idea Bulb Ventures, along with Learn Capital and TCL.

Floreani's company has raised nearly $ 30 million in funding thus far, including $ 21.2 million in Series B venture capital funding last year that came from a group led by DCM Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, along with other investors including Discovery Communications and World Wrestling Entertainment.

Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners leads the investor group, and is joined by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, as well as Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.

Hulu just enhanced its ability to target programming to user preferences with the acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, of the Video Genome Project, which was backed by venture capital firm Segel Group Limited.

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

Shared - living space provider CoLive, owned by CoLife Advisory Pvt. Ltd, has raised $ 1.8 million (Rs 11.7 crore) in a round of funding led by Ncubate Capital Partners, a venture capital arm of SAR Group that engages primarily in water purifiers, clean tech and automotive batteries, the startup said in a press staCapital Partners, a venture capital arm of SAR Group that engages primarily in water purifiers, clean tech and automotive batteries, the startup said in a press stacapital arm of SAR Group that engages primarily in water purifiers, clean tech and automotive batteries, the startup said in a press statement.

SEATTLE, WA (March 29, 2018)-- Accolade announces $ 50 million in funding led by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Carrick Capital Partners, Madrona Venture Group and McKesson Ventures, with participation from...

A group led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is proposing that some virtual currencies not be regulated as securities.

The company is backed by Mickey Drexler, the chairman and chief executive officer of J. Crew Group Inc., as well as American Express Co., according to venture capital database CrunchBase.

Venturra Capital is a leading Southeast Asia - focused venture fund based out of Jakarta, founded by former Rocket Internet and Monk's Hill Ventures partner Stefan Jung, Google Indonesia CEO Rudy Ramawy and John Riady, Director of the Lippo Group, a diversified Indonesian super-conglomerate.

The Husseini Group, has over a decade of funding ventures that embrace social enhancement and ecological sustainability with numerous notable holdings, including Infenera (NASDAQ: INFN), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), Bloom Energy, Ethical Electric, Zep Solar (acquired by Solar City (NASDAQ: SCTY), Thrive Market, Kevita, Cornerstone Capital, Sites.com (acquired by Internet Brands (NASDAQ: INET) and many others.

A new study sponsored by TMX Group says Canadian growth companies face a $ 4 billion shortfall in venture capital compared with the United States.

Clayton's testimony is pretty convenient timing for Harbor, a new blockchain technology company that just raised $ 10 million from an interesting group of investors, including Chicago - based Valor Equity Partners; the real estate tech - focused venture firm Fifth Wall Ventures; the Dubai venture firm Vy Capital; and Craft Ventures, a new venture fund created by serial entrepreneur David Sacks — who also helped incubate Harbor.

Two companies backed by venture capital have been recent buyers: Halifax Media Group (buyer of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and a couple of others since its purchase of the New York Times Company's Regional Newspaper Group in 2012) and the new Gatehouse / New Media (recent buyer of the Providence Journal), which has announced a $ 150 - $ 300 million war chest for newspaper company purchases.

G2 Crowd, the leading B2B review platform, today announced the close of a $ 30 million series B funding round, led by Accel with participation from key industry executives, LinkedIn, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and G2 Crowd's founders.

Lisa Wu, Vice President, Norwest Venture Partners Michael Boshammer, Managing Director, T - Venture Jonathan Drillings, Principal, Comcast Ventures Rami Elkhatib, General Partner, Acero Capital Jenny Lefcourt, Partner, Freestyle Capital Jillian Manus, Founder, Structure Capital Steve Sarracino, Founder, Activant Capital Group Moderated by Shon E. Glusky, Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Panel: Fundable Deals: Making VCs Sit Up And Take Notice Panelists: Lisa Wu, Vice President, Norwest Venture Partners Michael Boshammer, Managing Director, T - Venture Jonathan Drillings, Principal, Comcast Ventures Rami Elkhatib, General Partner, Acero Capital Jenny Lefcourt, Partner, Freestyle Capital Jillian Manus, Founder, Structure Capital Steve Sarracino, Founder, Activant Capital Group Moderated by Shon E. Glusky, -LSB-...]

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, CognitiveScale has offices in New York, London, and Hyderabad, India, and is funded by Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital, IBM Watson, Microsoft Ventures, USAA and The Westly Group.

The recommendation is part of a comment letter signed by 58 people who are, in the words of the petition, «business persons; members of angel groups, trade associations and advocacy groups; partners and associates of venture capital funds; startup founders; individual angel investors; and other persons interested in the health and vibrancy of America's startup ecosystem.»

The round was led by Omers Ventures with participation from BDC Capital, Mistral Venture Partners and leading early - stage investor groups from both Canada and the United States, including Fundfire (Ottawa), BOLDstart Ventures (New York), Acadia Woods (New York), and Converge Venture Partners (Boston).

Lowell is also a core member of the Blockchain Technology and Digital Currency industry group where he focuses part of his practice on assisting Blockchain, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency clients raise money by maintaining relationships with key venture capital groups and other potential investors in the industry.

One - day conference sponsored by American Express, Union Square Hospitality Group, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., and OpenTable brings together leaders in hospitality, technology, and venture capital

«Private» venture capital is, as its name suggests, private capital, usually provided by a group of investors through a VC fund, which is invested in early - stage ventures.

The foundation is headed by Len Blavatnik, a major American and British entrepreneur and philanthropist and the founder and Chairman of Access Industries, a privately - held U.S. industrial group with global strategic interests in natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, real estate, and venture capital.

New investors include a group of highly successful dotcom entrepreneurs, as well as a venture capital fund managed by London - based E-Synergy Ltd..

The sales — to be held across the country — are being run by a joint venture group including Hilco Global, Gordon Brothers, Tiger Capital Group and Great American Ggroup including Hilco Global, Gordon Brothers, Tiger Capital Group and Great American GGroup and Great American GroupGroup.

Owned by a joint venture between Starwood Capital Group and Wasserman Real Estate, The Westin Snowmass Resort is ideally situated in the heart of Snowmass Village, adjacent to the slopes of Snowmass — one of Colorado's most sought - after ski mountains.

CopperWynd is a joint venture between Asset Capital Group, a Pinnacle Diversified Co. headed by Neil Ginsberg and Reginald Winssinger, and SportCorp Holdings, Inc..