Sentences with phrase «financial backer of»

Robert Mercer, a billionaire investor and top financial backer of conservative causes, is stepping down as co-chief executive of Renaissance Technologies, as the giant hedge fund faces a backlash from some clients who resent Mr. Mercer's embrace of polarizing political figures.

Lightspeed is the main financial backer of HQ, and it is notable that Kroll, also the co-founder of Vine, is in the first batch of signatories of the letter.

General Mills is also represented by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a powerful lobbying group and major financial backer of the campaigns that defeated proposed GMO labeling laws in California and Washington.

The lecture was funded by Bank of America, the single largest financial backer of mountaintop removal.

Mercer was a key financial backer of Donald Trump's election campaign and Mercer's daughter, Rebekah, was a member of the committee tasked with shaping the new Trump administration.

Mr. Steyer, the founder of Farallon Capital Management, is the main financial backer of Greener Capital, a venture firm that invests in renewable energy start - ups.

In 2012, The New York Times reported, «Mr. Steyer, the founder of Farallon Capital Management, is the main financial backer of Greener Capital, a venture firm that invests in renewable energy start - ups.»

The Dodge Jones Foundation was the major financial backer of the renovation of the building and the revitalization of downtown Abilene.

The first thing the visitor sees on entering the SALT Galata building is Pierre - Joseph Proudhon's anarchist slogan Property is Theft, which is attached to the marble staircase in letters interlaced with the logo of Garanti Bank, the financial backer of SALT.

That brought outside fundraising for Tuck nearly even with outside fundraising by the California Teachers Association, the biggest financial backer of Supt. Tom Torlakson.

Monsanto is also the financial backer of a 15 - person company called Preceres, a kind of skunk works it established just off the campus of MIT, where robotic mixers are busy stirring RNA together with coatings of specialized nanoparticles.

«Has she seen the very worrying series of reports this week by openDemocracy, on the role of dark money in the EU referendum, including revelations of illegal donations to the DUP and new questions today over the real wealth of Arron Banks, the main financial backer of Leave?

A charity set up by Arron Banks, the biggest financial backer of Brexit, is being investigated by the Charity Commission, according to documents seen by our friends over at The Ferret.

The hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, a prominent supporter of charter schools and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused the African - American woman who leads the Democrats in the New York State Senate of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

(The powerful health care workers union was a big financial backer of the campaign, too, and it has long been a close ally of the governor).

Paladino rarely donates to black political candidates and was a major financial backer of Brown's opponents for mayor in 2005 and 2009.

Still, LPCiminelli, whose chairman and chief executive, Louis P. Ciminelli, is a financial backer of Mr. Cuomo's, was ultimately selected to construct the SolarCity factory.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had been a financial backer of the Senate Republicans» political efforts, received multiple mayoral control extensions during his time in office.

The hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, a prominent charter school supporter and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

You mean, «veteran Democratic consultant, rabbi, AND financial backer of the convicted former State Senator, Pedro Espada, Jr..

Lord Carnarvon, the financial backer of the work of excavation, was said to have been stung by something that darted out of the tomb when the closed opening was finally broken through.

Then, Thiel emerged as the secret financial backer of a controversial lawsuit by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media over a sex tape and took a victory lap for his successful attack and crowed that it was philanthropic.

The church was very small (only about 35 people), and I had made some pastoral decisions which had angered the main financial backers of the church, and so they stopped tithing.

The group also insists it isn't coordinating with Cuomo, but many of the NY - LEAD members are financial backers of the governor.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Michael Bloomberg is among the nation's top financial backers of the school - choice movement, topping the list of New York's political contributors by donating $ 1.8 million to ballot measures and political action committees focused primarily on school choice.

«Common Cause / NY advocates for a package of stringent disclosure requirements for independent expenditures, including the requirement that any mailer or advertisement include disclosure of the top five financial backers of the ad.»

Those same forces, big financial backers of Cuomo, are also huge players in the fight for control of the Senate and they are spending enormous sums of money to maintain or even strengthen Republican control of the chamber.

The Mercer family have been financial backers of efforts to aid President Donald Trump and are benefactors to Breitbart News, the website run by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.

To think that the financial backers of the film originally demanded that the Black Knight scene — in which he loses his limbs in a duel («it's only a flesh wound!»)

Part of the concern is due to her past support of charter schools and connections to Broad, as well as her connections to Bill Gates and the Walton family, who are also major financial backers of charter schools that directly threaten union teacher jobs.

Such programs receive public funding, and contract out services to for - profit providers, which in many cases are associated with the financial backers of the venture.

The people who were the financial backers of Achievement First then created ConnCAN and ConnAD, the two lobbying and advocacy groups designed to support the effort to shift more state funds to Achievement First and Connecticut's other charter schools.

As Zimmerman admits, they'd face an uphill battle for funding, as the major financial backers of the movement prefer supporting charter networks that can grow.

The Mercer family were key financial backers of Trump's successful presidential campaign, but were also key influencers in the makeup of Trump's administration.

Similarly, socially - minded financial backers of those and other food - tech start - ups — such as Beyond Meat, Modern Meadow, Unreal Candy, Nu - Tek Salt and Bright Farms — include Microsoft's Bill Gates, Peter Thiel of Founders Fund, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka - shing's Horizons Ventures, and twin brothers and serial investors Ali and Hadi Partovi.

Not exact matches

Its backers are financial markets insiders who have become frustrated by the state of affairs today and want to see more competition in securities trading.

Halifax Film was newer but had a studio, «strong financial backers» and a small library of animation titles.

BlackRock began in the headquarters of Blackstone, its first financial backer, which gave BlackRock a $ 5 million line of credit for a 40 % stake.

In the summer of 1999, Sequoia Capital, the legendary backer of Oracle, Apple, and Cisco, led an investment of $ 25 million in Musk's new financial services firm, X.com.

In a sense, a business plan used for seeking funding is part of a negotiation taking place between you and your prospective financial backers.

A search fund is typically composed of one operational partner supported by a few financial backers.

These models of crowdfunding basically break down into those that offer a financial return for backers and those that do not.

Even if backers fully understand the risks of investing in crowdfunded startups, they'll certainly be expecting — and entitled to receive — frequent updates and financial reports.

Until now, crowdfunding has come from backers who donate money with no expectation of a financial return, but that's about to change.

Guy Kawasaki, author of «Enchantment,» shares his views on the best way to win over financial backers.

Venture - capital investor Guy Kawasaki talks about the best way to hook the interest of financial backers.

Hughes became the owner, publisher and editor - in - chief of The New Republic in March and has also been a strong advocate and financial backer for same - sex union campaigns.

Vox Media, whose financial backers include NBCUniversal, operates a range of sites including The Verge, Recode, and the sports blog network SB Nation.

The defendants portrayed the bribes as an accepted part of the NCAA, according to an undercover agent pretending to be a financial backer for two defendants» sports - management business.

Many of the companies using crowdfunding today are actually organizations with their own substantial PR and marketing budgets — as well as a full back - office support staff of internal PR people, marketing experts and financial backers fueling and helping their campaign.