Sentences with phrase «first venture fund»

San Francisco About Blog The first venture fund dedicated to digital health.

Blockchain Capital's initial fund with 30 portfolio companies was the first venture fund dedicated to investing in the sector.

«Blockchain Capital is the first venture fund to offer its own digital tokens and it's expected to be a major disruption to the venture capital industry,» said Brock Pierce, Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital.

FinShi Capital is the first venture fund formed on blockchain technology.

San Francisco About Blog The first venture fund dedicated to digital health.

One of my colleagues replied and we worked with him on forming his first venture fund.

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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.

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 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.

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.

The Gawker founder has reportedly had talks in the past with billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban as well as eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, who already funds his own independent media entity, First Look Media.

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

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...»»

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.

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

Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist turned hedge fund manager who is also a former Facebook executive, has built up some credibility since his first appearance last year at the conference, which benefits pediatric disease research: Amazon stock is up some 34 % in the meantime.

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 companies.

One of the venture funds I work with specializes in seed investments: early - stage deals that are often made with young, bright, first - time entrepreneurs who've been working hard to get the chance to build their dream company.

Many of those donations likely came from first - time donors, some of which responded to matching fund offers from tech stars like venture capitalist Chris Sacca.

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.

That same year, Murphy and Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel inked their first deal with outside investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners invested $ 485,000 in a seed round, then participated in follow on funding rounds.

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.

If you are an entrepreneur launching your first venture, you might be tempted to fall back on the common misconception that «the customer is always right,» and make a decision that will pull funds from your hard - earned war chest.

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 startups.

Verold had won a number of competitions for startups, including the Toronto edition of the prestigious TIEQuest global business venture competition, and the $ 2 million Yaghi sought to close Verold's first round of funding was falling into place.

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.

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.

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

The fifth change is the New Structure of how startups get funded The plummeting cost of getting a first product to market (particularly for Internet startups) has shaken up the Venture Capital industry.

The state's first early stage venture capital limited partnership is one of three funds announced by Western Australian money managers this year, and one of two in a joint project by Cottesloe - based View Street Partners and Nedlands - based Mac Equity.

«While 45 percent of first - time ventures receive initial venture capital funding at an early stage, close to 60 percent of entrepreneurs receive initial venture capital funding at an early stage when it is their second or later venture.»

«The volume of investments is astounding,» says Phineas Barnes, a partner at First Round Capital, one of several venture capital firms that set up investment funds aimed at college entrepreneurs.

Innoventures, a $ 200 million fintech, or financial technology, venture capital fund set up by Santander, was one of a number of investors to participate in Ripple's first round of funding in 2015.

But they came to the U.S. in 2008 to raise their first round of venture funding.

Doriot died in 1987, but his ideas about venture funding can be seen to this day; Intel, Apple, and Cisco (to name a few) are some of the first companies to be funded by venture capitalists.

At first, it invested public funds directly in shipyards and factories because local businessmen and bankers, accustomed to quick returns from trading, shied away from such ventures.

The company just closed a $ 115 million round of venture funding to deliver its first batch of machines to customers within the U.S., founder and CEO Ric Fulop said Monday.

Since its first round of financing in January 2009, the company has raised $ 142 million in venture funding, completing its most recent round for $ 85 million, in February.

New Matter had raised approximately $ 6.5 million in venture funding from investors including Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, and Alsop Louie Partners.

• Brighteye Ventures, a Paris - based venture capital firm, raised $ 50 million ($ 58 million) for its first fund.

Investors included the Indian Angel Network, which made its first social venture investment, and Digital News Ventures, the seed - stage equity fund of the Media Development Investment Ffund of the Media Development Investment FundFund.

Formation 8 Hardware Fund led the round, and was joined by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and return backers First Round Capital and Lerer Hippeau Ventures.

Princeton Lightwave raised venture funding of an undisclosed amount from First Analysis.

Haven was born in 2014 after receiving venture capital funds from the likes of Spark, AITV, DataCollective, First Round and OATV.

First Round Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including You & Mr. Jones Brandtech Ventures, NYCA Investment Fund, Tessera Venture Partners, Auren Hoffman and Tod Sacerdoti.

If you truly believe in the venture, check your own pockets first before seeking outside funding.

As first noted by CNBC, the Massachusetts - based startup is also getting some healthy monetary support, adding $ 115 million of venture funds to its coffers this week.

Zaarly, an online bazaar aiming to facilitate commerce between buyers and sellers (think Craigslist meets eBay), announced its first round of funding Tuesday: a $ 14.1 million stake from venture capital powerhouse Kleiner Perkins.

Qualtrics has raised $ 220 million from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Insight Venture Partners over two rounds of funding, but the 13 - year - old company was bootstrapped for its first decade, taking institutional money for the first time in 2012.