Sentences with phrase «first raised for»

«Chaplain Levovsky first raised it for me,» Thomas answered.

It will be the first raise for city officials since 2006.

Not exact matches

The U.S. is about to raise interest rates for the first time in eight years.

NEW FUND ALERT: General Catalyst raised $ 1.38 billion for its new fund, according to an SEC filing that was first reported by Axios» Dan Primack.

Pebble is one of the first breakout successes from Kickstarter, where companies raise money from fans and supporters often in return for early versions of the product.

• Pager, a New York - based mobile - first patient engagement and care navigation platform for large health plans and health systems, raised funding of an undisclosed amount.

In what has been my biggest success to - date in raising $ 44,000 on Kickstarter to start ReKixx cool sneakers 100 % recyclable, my first statement is, thank you to my 496 backers for believing in me, understanding my mission, and liking my sneakers.

In the first quarter of 2013, for example, U.S. venture capital firms raised $ 2.9 billion from 44 funds — a decrease of 33 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.

-- Mike Zivin, co-founder and CEO of Whittl, an online appointment booking platform for neighborhood businesses, which recently raised a $ 3.3 million Series A round with backing from GrubHub co-founder Mike Evans, as well as GrubHub's first VC, Origin Ventures in Chicago.

On April 27th, he is launching a campaign for Synergist to raise money for the company using their own platform, an industry - first for a socially driven company.Jared has also worked for 2 Silicon Valley start - ups and is currently writing a book about other inspiring young entrepreneurs and innovators.

Consciously trying to raise your EQ is only the first step, Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, also stresses in the article.

• Flying Fish Partners, a Seattle - based venture fund raised $ 27.8 million for its first fund, Flying Fish Partners I.

His exorbitant compensation has twice raised the ire of shareholders — first with an $ 11.9 - million signing bonus in 2013 and, most recently, with his $ 12.9 - million package for 2014, even though Barrick shares posted a double - digit decline.

Venture for America has pledged the first $ 100,000, conditional on Eltigani's raising the full amount.

He had taken some steps to curb demand during his first year in office, such as raising the minimum downpayment for homes priced higher than $ 500,000.

Baby's First Deal: In April, when Netflix raised $ 1 billion in new debt for content acquisitions, we noted that the streaming giant has never acquired another company in its entire history.

«No one from Jeb's campaign asked me if it was okay with me for Jeb to raise money off my first show.

• Phoenix Venture Partners, a San Mateo, Calif. - based venture capital firm, raised an undisclosed amount for its first fund.

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.

Total said it will raise first quarter interim dividend by 3.2 percent, while Scrip shares issued in January for the second 2017 interim dividend were bought back to prevent dilution.

They purchased the creamery for $ 69,000 and lived above the factory for the first seven years, raising their young family: daughter Frances, now a law professor, and son Ashley, a chef who joined the family business two years ago as a vice-president.

July was the seventh month in a row that the Fed decided to leave rates where they were, after raising them for the first time in years in December.

Buffett first started auctioning off meals to raise money for Glide 15 years ago after he was introduced to the charity by his first wife, Susan, who died in 2004.

The day after the election in November, a «Draft Franken» super PAC filed its first notice to the Federal Election Commission, though it hasn't raised any money for the Minnesota senator.

Eight years after a devastating recession opened an era of loose U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve was set on Wednesday to raise rates for the first time since 2006, in a sign the world's largest economy had overcome most of the wounds of the global financial crisis.

The Fed raised interest rates last December for the first time in nearly a decade, and at that time projected four more hikes in 2016.

The Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time this year on Wednesday, and the question is what it will say about the rest of the year.

«It's all about continuing to stay relevant and raising the bar for our guests,» says Jacob, who first joined Cineplex in 1987.

Founded in 2009 by three MIT students frustrated by the prototyping options they found outside their space in the MIT Media Lab, the company raised $ 2.94 million last October in a Kickstarter campaign for its first product, the Form 1 Printer.

GDP was so strong to start the year that the Bank of Canada likely will have to raise its growth estimates for the first quarter from the current 1 % to as much as 3 %.

The team is the first all - female team to enter Kari's Tour de Freedom challenge in which they will ride an average of 200 km per day for six days from Esperance to Perth - raising money for the drug rehabilitation program.

If the majority of private sector economists are correct, the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates on July 12 for the first time in nearly seven years.

Where were you when the U.S. Federal Reserve announced, at 2 p.m. Washington time on December 16, 2015, that it would raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine years?

The Bank of England Thursday raised U.K. interest rates for the first time since 2007, in an effort to support the pound and head off inflationary pressures caused by a slump since the U.K. voted to leave the EU 16 months ago.

EcoPeace Middle East, an international environmental group, organized the first - ever Dead Sea Swim to raise awareness of the issue and call for government action.

The Chicago - based company raised more than $ 400,000 on Indiegogo this year for what it says is the world's first rideable luggage.

But as overall deal flow slowed in 2016, investments for food delivery also dried up, and the sector raised just $ 159.6 million in the first quarter.

The former Dropbox executive raised $ 140 million for her first fund and says that while bigger funds have a clear advantage when it comes to leading the largest deals, her dual focus — A.I. and diversity — gives her a leg up.

Its first project, Drawing for Dollars, surpassed its humble $ 20 goal by raising $ 35, which came from three backers who bought artwork from an artist in Long Island City.

«We experienced strong Medicare Advantage enrollment growth and solid performance across all segments in the first quarter, with early positive indicators of medical utilization allowing us to raise guidance for the year,» said Brian A. Kane, Chief Financial Officer.

The IPO is expected to raise US$ 5 billion for the company later this spring, as investors rush to buy shares in the company available for the first time on the open market.

-- Mike Zivin, cofounder and CEO of Whittl, an online appointment booking platform for neighborhood businesses, which recently raised a $ 3.3 million series A round with backing from GrubHub co-founder Mike Evans as well as GrubHub's first VC, Origin Ventures in Chicago.

Sun Life also plans to raise its dividend for the first time since the recession.

In 2015, Power Corp. raised its dividend for the first time since 2008, and it did it again in early 2016.

At the end of 2015, the Fed raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade after they'd previously been near zero.

On July 12, the central bank finally did so, raising interest rates for the first time in seven years.

Some campaigns experience immediate and wild success — like the one for OUYA, a gaming console, that raised more than $ 2 million on its first day on Kickstarter — while others develop over time, reaching their goal only in the last few hours.

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

First of all, it started raising money for the first time and wound up with about $ 163 million in funFirst of all, it started raising money for the first time and wound up with about $ 163 million in funfirst time and wound up with about $ 163 million in funding.

Raising taxes to increase state revenue was not an option for Bredesen, who is the first Tennessee governor in modern times to complete two terms without raising the state salRaising taxes to increase state revenue was not an option for Bredesen, who is the first Tennessee governor in modern times to complete two terms without raising the state salraising the state sales tax.