Sentences with phrase «earliest financial backers»

Many of those developers, including the principals on the Hotel Syracuse project, were among Walsh's earliest financial backers when he decided to run — a point that has caused some grief from critics and opponents.

Not exact matches

The financial platform — which nabbed $ 17.5 million in funding earlier this year, with backers that include former Citigroup, PayPal and JPMorgan Chase execs — boasts a 98 percent customer - retention rate, Shinar says.

Some 33,000 backers have kicked in money for Crowfall's development, and ArtCraft — which has also raised money from traditional early - stage investors — likes the idea of offering them a stake in the game's financial outcome, said J. Todd Coleman, the company's creative director.

Getting their hands on a new product early or a shout - out on film credits is enough for backers although they have zero opportunity for a financial return.

Unlike the case of initial public offerings, where much of the value is already priced in at the IPO launch, or even the traditional venture capital system, an ICO allows investors to not only become financial backers but also early adopters, since the investment coin's long term value is in future products or services.

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

Any project looking to launch a crowdsale aimed at both financial backers and early adopters should build an online community.