Sentences with phrase «first venture capital»

But there was no such system in place at the first venture capital firm I joined.

Blockchain Capital recently raised $ 10 million for a venture capital fund, Blockchain Capital III Digital Liquid Venture Fund, LP, which it calls the first venture capital fund raised by a digital fund offering.

His firm, Blockchain Capital, recently became the first venture capital fund to issue digital tokens.

Lightspeed Ventures was the first venture capital firm to invest in Snapchat, and it owns a meaningful chunk of the company worth about $ 2 billion.

He is the author of VentureBlog, the first venture capital blog, and VentureCast, the first venture capital podcast, and is the founder and executive producer of The Lobby conference, an annual gathering of the thought leaders of the digital media ecosystem.

# 0.3 million, its first venture capital investment (# 30K in NOMAN Ventures Limited), and its first initial coin offering (# 6K in SingularDTV).

Singapore's first venture capital fund was established in 1983.

Wavemaker Partners, one of Singapore's leading venture capitalists and part of the Draper Venture Network, brings the first venture capital fund...

Wavemaker Partners, one of Singapore's leading venture capitalists and part of the Draper Venture Network, brings the first venture capital funding for Bambu.

Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley of hardware, has announced the official launch of its first venture capital fund focusing on blockchain.

Bart Stephens is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital, the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in the blockchain technology sector and the first to raise a venture fund through an ICO.

Interview with Ankita Vashistha - Founder of India's and Asia's first venture capital fund that promotes women entrepreneurship

The Firm has been a diversity pioneer in its industry and was one of the first venture capital firms to hire women as partners.

Not exact matches

And during the first meeting with an investor at Kleiner Perkins, the storied venture capital firm, the host showed up 10 minutes late, declared that he had to leave 10 minutes early, and radiated uninterest throughout.

To that end, Blue Ant — named after a fictional marketing company in a William Gibson novel — is in the midst of a two - year buying spree that began with the acquisition of GlassBox TV, the venture - capital - backed firm that first caught MacMillan's eye back in 2011.

Meanwhile, the first half of 2016 saw the number of precision ag venture capital deals climb 7 % from the same period in 2015, with the number of new investors in the space up 52 %.

Kimberly Trautmann, director of DRW Venture Capital, was first introduced to bitcoin during an investor meeting in 2013.

It's within this context that I present today's newsletter: a Q&A with Myrna Soto, who has just been hired as the first female partner at Trident Capital Cybersecurity, a San Mateo, Calif. - based venture capital firm focused exclusively on digital seCapital Cybersecurity, a San Mateo, Calif. - based venture capital firm focused exclusively on digital secapital firm focused exclusively on digital security.

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.

It will be one of the first finished offerings from Sporting Ranch Capital, the budding investment venture that Ellis started in 2012.

Notably, it's only Sequoia's second investment in a blockchain - related company in that venture capital firm's 45 - year history; the first was earlier this year, in Polychain Capital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also particventure capital firm's 45 - year history; the first was earlier this year, in Polychain Capital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also particcapital firm's 45 - year history; the first was earlier this year, in Polychain Capital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also particCapital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also particVenture Partners also participated.

At first, Al - Naji and his friends decided that they would use their own money to fund the business, but when investors like GV (formerly Google Ventures), Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Andreessen Horowitz began expressing interest, they reconsidered.

Lin later became Zappos» first COO, CFO, and chairman, and left in 2010 to join the prestigious Silicon Valley venture - capital firm Sequoia Ccapital firm Sequoia CapitalCapital.

She took her concept to venture capitalists and secured a total of $ 10.4 million in two funding rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.

A personal dissatisfaction with an old boys» club mentality in venture capital led Pocket Sun to co-found what she calls the first female - led millennial venture capital firm.

Owen Brainard, the managing director of Brainard Capital, responded: «First step to raising a venture fund is saying «if I ever raise a venture fund...»»

What started as a personal dissatisfaction with an old boys» club mentality in venture capital led Pocket Sun to co-found what she calls the first female - led millennial venture capital firm.

At venture capital firm First Round Capital's recent CEO Summit, Scott talked about how to make sure you're providing the right type of guidance to your team and being a goocapital firm First Round Capital's recent CEO Summit, Scott talked about how to make sure you're providing the right type of guidance to your team and being a gooCapital's recent CEO Summit, Scott talked about how to make sure you're providing the right type of guidance to your team and being a good boss.

Blockchain Capital, among the first crypto venture firms, is steering clear of the ICO.

Dogpatch Labs, for example, is funded by Polaris Venture Partners, a venture - capital firm that gets a first glimpse at startups that use its freeVenture Partners, a venture - capital firm that gets a first glimpse at startups that use its freeventure - capital firm that gets a first glimpse at startups that use its free space.

Obama would hardly be the first well - known politician to enter the venture capital or private equity market.

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Pre-IPO, Blue Apron is backed 23.8 % by Bessemer Venture Partners, 10.5 % by First Round Capital, and 6.5 % by Stripes Group.

«I wouldn't be surprised if Meg ended up the first female President,» says Bob Kagle, a cofounder of venture capital firm Benchmark, who helped recruit Whitman to eBay.

The first is John Jannarone's WSJ Heard on the Street article «Venture Capital Should Shrivel Away» and the other Steve Blank's «Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO's and VC's).»

Quantopian, which has members around the world building their own automated trading platforms, was first promised some $ 250 million in funding by the the venture capital arm of Cohen's family office, Point72 Ventures, back in July.

The company also hired its first chief financial officer Will Gaybrick, a venture capital investor in the company, formerly of Thrive Capital, and a software encapital investor in the company, formerly of Thrive Capital, and a software enCapital, and a software engineer.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

Meanwhile, in May 2012 venture - capital fund Rho Canada announced the first closing of a $ 100 - million fund for early - stage investments in mobile apps, new media, wireless infrastructure, semiconductors and software.

Soundpays co-founder Peter Misek first learned of sound - wave technology when he served as a venture partner and board adviser at London's DN Capital.

Then, in addition to running his own company, Cerilli joined New York City venture capital firm First Round Capital in 2014 as a venture pcapital firm First Round Capital in 2014 as a venture pCapital in 2014 as a venture partner.

Investment dollars from venture capital firms jumped nearly 40 percent in the second quarter to $ 13.8 billion, and the number of deals increased 11 percent compared to the first quarter.

Run through the venture capital firm First Round Capital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded stcapital firm First Round Capital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded stCapital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded startups.

Health care followed in second place with 17 percent of venture capital dollars, up two percentage points from the first quarter of 2014.

Sequoia Capital, among Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms, has hired its first female investing partner in tCapital, among Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms, has hired its first female investing partner in tcapital firms, has hired its first female investing partner in the U.S.

Andreessen Horowitz's first fund is only at 2.6 x, below the 3x that Marc Andreessen has said top - tier venture capital firm should return.

One of the start - ups to receive a no - action letter was FundersClub, a Y Combinator - incubated company that fashions itself as the world's first online venture capital firm — but doesn't bill itself as a crowdfunding site.

Like looking in a mirror: Last week we wrote about Confluent, a new open - source software startup launched by a group of LinkedIn engineers who raised first - round funding from both LinkedIn (GS) and venture capital firm Benchmark.

Both of those homegrown companies built a formidable strategic advantage by being first in the Latin American market, says Alan Colmenares, who worked for Intel's venture capital arm in Mexico and Brazil and now serves as a facilitator in his native Colombia for the Founder Institute, an incubator focused on tech start - ups across the globe.

Bright Health just wrapped up its first year selling into Colorado's individual market, after it raised more than $ 240 million in venture capital.