Sentences with phrase «company raises funds for»

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an unregulated means by which a company raises funds for a new cryptocurrency venture.

The company raises funds for a charity of the month, which at least once a year is a local nonprofit.

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• Billie, a New York - based razor subscription company for women, raised $ 1.5 million in seed funding.

-- Ilya Rosenberg, co-founder and CEO of touch technology company Sensel, which has raised more than $ 10 million in funding and raised over $ 500,000 for its crowdfunding campaign last year

The company has raised $ 1.5 million in funding from various angel investors, but is looking for a total of $ 5 million to continue funding new showrooms.

Perth - based confectionary company Yowie Group has tapped investors for a $ 32 million capital raising to fund an expanded rollout of its product in the US market.

• Tessa Therapeutics, a Singapore - based biopharmaceutical company focusing on T cell therapy for solid tumors, raised $ 80 million in funding.

• NBK Capital Partners, the Dubai - based private equity and real estate investment arm of Watani Investment Company, raised $ 75 million for its real estate fund.

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

• Dubin Clark & Company, a Boston - based private equity firm, raised $ 74.85 million for its newest fund, DCCP Fund II,fund, DCCP Fund II,Fund II, LP.

• Myonexus Therapeutics, a New Albany, Oh. - based clinical - stage biotechnology company developing transformative gene therapies for limb - girdle muscular dystrophies, raised $ 2.5 million in seed funding.

Correction: The Riverside Company raised more than 312 million euro ($ 371 million) for its fifth Europe - focused fund.

Airbnb doesn't need the money, Chesky said — whether for ongoing operations or for M&A (the company just completed another $ 1 billion funding round and has reportedly spent less than 10 % of the $ 3 billion plus in equity it has raised), resources aren't a limitation.

For example, Palo Alto, California - based Cape Analytics, which raised $ 14 million in its first round of venture funding in November, applies computer vision and machine learning to automate property underwriting for insurance companiFor example, Palo Alto, California - based Cape Analytics, which raised $ 14 million in its first round of venture funding in November, applies computer vision and machine learning to automate property underwriting for insurance companifor insurance companies.

For the uninitiated, an initial coin offering (ICO) is an increasingly fashionable way for companies to circumvent traditional venture capital and raise funFor the uninitiated, an initial coin offering (ICO) is an increasingly fashionable way for companies to circumvent traditional venture capital and raise funfor companies to circumvent traditional venture capital and raise funds.

Ljung confirmed on July 12 that he's in the process of trying to raise more money for the company after he was asked about a rumoured $ 250 million (# 193 million) funding round.

Local company Prairie Mining has raised $ 15 million from UK - based CD Capital for the development of its Lublin coal project, with the potential for the private equity fund to invest a further $ 68 million.

Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.

Those stuck in any kind of silo risk missing opportunities, not only for growth, but also for quickly raising funds in times of emergency, finding the product idea that will turn your company around or hiring a leader with a different perspective who can pull your organization out of the mud.

Telecommunications company Norwood Systems says it still has enough funds to meet its development objectives for the coming financial year, despite failing to raise a minimum $ 1 million in a priority offer which it had previously said would be needed to fund those goals.

Medical marijuana company MMJ Phytotech has tapped investors for a $ 5 million capital raising to fund its entry into the Australian market.

Rubber recycler and manufacturer Reclaim Industries says it will raise $ 2 million to provide funding for its proposed $ 3.8 million takeover of cloud - based recruitment business Skills Connect and has placed a formal share sale agreement to the company.

For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit business incubator TechTown to help second - stage companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable businesses has raised $ 278,750 in funds, pulled in five new partners (including Kiva Detroit), and served more than 40 local entrepreneurs since June 2012.

In August, it raised $ 120 million from investors including Bill Gates to fund research like the kind being done with LCA, which Bosley told Forbes would be enough to keep the company running for at least three years.

Perth - based telecommunications company Norwood Systems has tapped investors for a $ 5 million capital raising to fund ongoing development of its products.

Nedlands - based pharmaceutical company PharmAust has raised about $ 3.1 million in an oversubscribed placement to fund clinical trials for its cancer drug.

Local company Talisman Mining has tapped investors for a $ 16.7 million capital raising to fund ongoing exploration at its Springfield copper - gold project in the Murchison region.

This contributor envisions initial coin offerings as the focus in 2918 of companies looking for a new fund - raising vehicle.

There was the founder who had a term sheet from an American investor canceled after the investor saw something on the Internet about a protest in Argentina; the founder who had given up 80 percent of his company to secure seed capital; and the founder who was so strapped for cash that he had had to raise an angel funding round just to go to a trade show in San Francisco.

For years, B Corp certification was rumored to hurt a startup's ability to attract investors, but recent deals have debunked this theory: San Francisco - based education company Altschool has raised $ 170 million from venture capitalists, and Data.world, an Austin - based tech startup, recently closed $ 19 million in Series B funding.

While still working for Honest, Yeom raised $ 5.5 million in seed funding from early Honest Company and Snapchat investor, Jeremy Liew.

Additionally, JetBlue Technology Ventures is investing alongside GGV and other venture firms in a $ 36 million series C round of funding for Gladly, bringing the company's total capital raised to $ 63 million.

More than 4.5 million people have signed up for Coursera's 400 - plus MOOCs, and the company has raised $ 43 million this year — bringing its funding to $ 65 million from backers including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the World Bank.

Many have put up their own shares or stock of companies they own as collateral for their loans and are increasingly copying the convoluted fund - raising strategies employed by American hedge funds and private equity firms in financing their global expansion drives.

The company does not disclose the amount of funding it has raised from investors, including CoachCEO and Chairman Lew Frankfort and Jillian Michaels, a fitness trainer best known for her role on NBC's The Biggest Loser.

The company has raised $ 133 million in venture capital funding for research and development, and counts Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg among its backers.

• Health IQ Insurance Services, a Mountain View, Calif. - based life insurance company for health conscious individuals, raised $ 34.6 million in Series C funding.

Already, the SEC is looking very carefully at crowdsourcing as a way to raise funds for smaller companies.

• Excision BioTherapeutics, a Philadelphia - based life science company focused on the development and commercialization of advanced gene editing therapeutics for the treatment of life - threatening disease caused by neurotropic viruses, raised $ 10 million in seed funding.

Royal Kingdom coin is being issued to raise funds for Royal Kingdom Enterprise, a company that aims to help blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses set up shop in Dubai.

Although not an official view, Valerie Szczepanik, head of the SEC's distributed ledger group, said at a bitcoin conference in May that companies creating and issuing tokens to raise funds are responsible for protecting their investors, according to a Reuters report.

Big - data startup Databricks has raised another $ 140 million in venture funding, it announced on Tuesday, bringing the total raised for the four - year - old company to $ 247 million.

Qualtrics, the Provo, Utah - based enterprise software company famous for bootstrapping in its early years, has raised $ 180 million in new venture funding, valuing it at $ 2.5 billion.

That includes things like working on initial public offerings and equity capital fund - raisings for listed companies.

• MedMen, a Culver City, Calif. - based company providing management services to licensed cannabis operators, raised $ 60 million for its cannabis - focused MedMen Opportunity Fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

In recent times, several investors have warned of impending unicorn deaths, and a tracker for down rounds — when a company's valuation falls when it raises new funding — has appeared online, courtesy of venture capital data company CB Insights.

• Salesforce raised $ 50 million for its Salesforce Impact Fund, the company's corporate investment group.

• BigID Inc., a New York - based company focused on enterprise data protection and privacy for personal data, raised $ 14 million in Series A funding.

What the company has done with the funding it has raised so far is build what amounts to a new - media studio for the creation of 5 - second or 10 - second video clips.

It was only last fall when Desktop Metal raised $ 45 million, but Desktop Metal CEO Ric Fulop says there is such «strong demand» for the company's 3D printers, the new funding «freezes us up to develop new products» and meet expectations.