Sentences with phrase «even venture capitalists»

Even venture capitalists were captivated.

There are even venture capitalist companies investing in people by offering entrepreneur scholarships.

Strategic investor can be able to accelerate and help a business in a way that even a venture capitalist cant

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The trend even sparked the grim venture capitalist saying: «IPOs are the new down round.»

Venture capitalists, who didn't even know what deep learning was five years ago, today are wary of startups that don't have it.

The hands - on star is very involved in her business and even pitched venture capitalists for funding.

But even that argument rings hollow when you realize that it's common for founders and venture capitalists to be non-technical.

Bloomberg reported on Tuesday evening that Trump would dine with Catz and the billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel.

[It's] even more important than institutional venture capitalists.»

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley says he recently made two health - care investments even though he says the sector is filled with perils.

A raft of technology companies, venture capitalists and even FCC commissioners added their voices to the now - strong opposition chorus.

Although even Hirschhorn concedes that some pet tech is nothing more than «silly gadgets» — think webcam - equipped treat - dispensing devices — many businesses have lately drawn the attention of venture capitalists.

All venture capitalists likely agree that curing cancer is a great idea; however, even sophisticated life sciences investors lack the scientific knowledge to assess which novel candidates are most likely to succeed medically or commercially.

Even though entrepreneurs and venture capitalists can seem worlds apart, Tellerman claims that looking at your business through the venture capitalist or investor lens can ensure your business grows strong.

That's young, even by the standards of Silicon Valley, where many venture capitalists unapologetically prefer to fund youth over experience.

Silicon Valley responded positively, and some established venture capitalists even created profiles.

One of the most interesting parts of the current research is that the venture capitalist group included both men and women, suggesting that even women may be influenced by negative gender stereotypes.

Since today's venture capitalists (even angel investors) mostly seeking robust technology - driven models from new ventures, it only makes sense to track UrbanPiper's models and how these were leveraged to obtain funding from Vembu and others.

Not content to run with the pack — or «blessing,» as a group of unicorns is sometimes known — venture capitalists have begun targeting even bigger game.

Take the private - equity marketplace, a broadly defined investment sector that includes venture capitalists, large and small angel investors, hedge funds, private investment pools, and even insurance companies and other institutional players that either participate through money - management funds or make direct capital investments in growth companies.

From Uber's toxic workplace, to reports of venture capitalists harassing female entrepreneurs, to that Google bro who posted that manifesto saying women tend to be more neurotic than men even as the company undergoes a federal investigation into whether it pays women less than men... none of this is good.

NuData and other fraud detection startups will remain in a good position for investment into the future, even with money from blue - chip venture capitalists and other investors growing scarcer in the tech sector, says Pascual.

True, this has led to an explosion in new companies far beyond the levels seen previously, which is entirely expected — lower barriers to entry to any market means more total entries — but this has actually made it even more difficult for venture capitalists to invest in seed rounds: most aren't capable of writing massive numbers of seed checks; the amounts are just too small to justify the effort.

I would say it probably wasn't until I was two years into the process that I even had confidence to write a check, to make a decision as a venture capitalist, because the first couple years all I learned was shocking and confusing and I'm realizing that was very different from a normal world.

Venture capitalists have deep pockets and as such they can provide more money to grow a business, even more than can be provided by other lending companies.

Compare that to real wealth generators, such as entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, the mobile and flexible self employed, or even artists, to push things to a provocative extreme.

Today's startups may take many forms: some are run as side hustles on shoestring budgets, while others may be backed by venture capitalists at multi-million dollar valuations even before a cent of revenue is generated.

Puliatti said that after recent events, he and his co-founder are now more seriously considering not raising money from venture capitalists at all — and said that even if they did, he has decided that he won't «ever sit down» with Benchmark.

These carefully curated guests — «we look for community builders, not lone wolves,» Mr. Agrawal said — included venture capitalists such as Mr. Farris and successful entrepreneurs who were expected to provide feedback, introductions and even funding to the startups.

I'm afraid that isn't Marxism and depending on the economic distribution, it may actually not even need to be considered a capitalist venture.

With big bets on high - risk companies, many without revenues or even business plans, venture capitalists anointed millionaires by the dozens, along the way adding millions to their own net worth.

The significance of venture investment to Next Wave's readership may not be obvious, but venture capitalists — who, by the way, still exist, even if you haven't heard much about them lately — have much in common with scientists - in - training.

For instance, your technical knowledge of a broad range of topics in your field, along with an ability to appreciate the potential applications of new ideas, may make you invaluable to investment firms, venture capitalists, and even patent lawyers trying to get a handle on the investment potential of new companies or technologies.

It might sound attractive, but «post vacant» ads — even more soberly worded ones — for would - be venture capitalists are rarer than hen's teeth.

With the exception of Tri Alpha, which secured $ 40 million in private funding (some of it from Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen) three years ago, fusion has proved too risky for even the most daring venture capitalists.

While venture capitalists backing an IT start - up may be able to get their money out in two to three years, investors in a biotech firm have to wait ten years even to find out whether a product will be approved for use.

When his venture capitalist big bro sweeps into town, Brooks belittles Max's house, brings up mortifying childhood memories and even makes fun of his brother's shampoo choices.

It might have something to do with the jealousy he feels toward his older, richer and even more competitive venture - capitalist brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler, giving good swagger), who pulls up in a shiny red convertible one night and invites Max, Annie and their buddies to a very special game night at his house the following week.

So it's hard to just dismiss venture capitalist Tim Draper and his latest fantasy of subdividing California into three smaller states, even as the know - it - alls of government and politics scoff at...

The prices at which the common stocks of IPOs which disappointed momentum investors are available frequently are no greater than that which a first stage venture capitalist would pay, even though the company is well financed and already public.

Last, even after taking all the precautions that one can take, our value - oriented venture capitalist might still wind up making a poor investment — that is true for every value investor, but I expect the frequency of poor results to be higher for a value - oriented venture capitalist than for a traditional value investor.

I would expect the venture capitalist to focus even more attention on the probability that on - going discussions with other customers will lead to the increase in revenues that the management team has described.

Usually the startups that attract the attention of venture capitalists are going into business on the basis of some innovation; technology, business model, or even a completely new invention.

In his TEDx talk, A simple and smart way to fix climate change, Dan Miller, clean technology venture capitalist and frequent climate speaker, confessed chatting about climate change can even be awkward for him.

Mainstream environmentalists, venture capitalists, labor unions, tech chieftains and even some Republicans have all made common cause to oppose the measure, which is backed by two Texas oil companies.

While private investors and entrepreneurs are jumping into alternative energy projects, they can not be counted on to solve such problems, economists say, because even the most aggressive venture capitalists want a big payback within five years.

Bringing new clean energy technologies to commercial scale for the first time can require hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars, and private investors are either unable to fund projects that require this much capital, as is the case with many venture capitalists, or are unwilling to lend money to projects that use first - of - a-kind technology not fully proven at commercial scale, as is the case with most banks.

It could, for example, form a company to sell the converted cars, finance that company in partnership with venture capitalists, and even hire a lobbyist to pressure Congress to pass legislation granting a tax credit to consumers who buy the cars.

Draper's 2014 Silk Road (SR) purchase of 30,000 BTC back in 2014 had confirmed the venture capitalist was a big believer, even when bitcoin's markets were quite bearish that year.

We're including DCG's director of development Meltem Demirors, even though she's not strictly a venture capitalist, because of the unique role she plays at the VC.