Sentences with phrase «for venture backed»

Design and implement full life cycle recruiting and sourcing strategies to recruit, engineering, sales and marketing talent for this venture backed start - up.

As seen in the graph below, the sources of liquidity for venture backed companies have undergone a significant transition from the IPO market to M&A over the last three decades.

EqualLogic is the largest all cash acquisition for a venture backed company, according to VentureSource, and the sale resulted in proceeds of $ 195 million to TD Capital Ventures for a 22x gross investment multiple on the fund's $ 8.9 million investment.

Exit events today for venture backed companies are no longer IPO's and their typically $ 150 million plus exit values.

Not exact matches

-- Daniel Putterman, cofounder, co-CEO, and head of business for Kogniz, Inc. which recently released AICam, fully - autonomous surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence that identify people and threats in real - time, using video - based facial recognition and object detection; also having founded and run venture - backed technology companies over the last 20 years including MaxInfo, Inc. (acquired by NETM), EoExchange (S - 1), Mediabolic, Inc. (acquired by ROVI), and Cloud Engines, Inc..

Revlo is the kind of startup Lacavera wants to back for the long - term, especially now that he's turning his attention to venture capital investing.

They haven't worked at venture - backed businesses or had that experience modeled for them.

The firm will back companies developing technologies for industrial use, rather than the consumer and business software pursued by most venture capitalists.

No venture - backed companies successfully sold to an acquirer or held an initial public offering for $ 1 billion or more.

He was formerly CEO of Vantum Corporation, a venture - backed startup addressing the market for networked video for enterprise applications.

That point isn't lost on Steve Roberson, the co-founder and technical lead of Start - Up Hire, a new job site for venture capital - backed companies.

Venture - backed companies in Silicon Valley pay up for talent, not because they want to but because they know they are worth it.

The venture - backed startup path is such a big part of society in this zeitgeist right now that it's attracting people that it's not the right fit for.

FORTUNE: You've previously said that you believe the greatest untapped opportunity for venture capital lies in backing women.

Netscape created the modern Silicon Valley, where entrepreneurs and venture capitalists could meet at a table on Sand Hill Road and scribble out plans for a multimillion - dollar corporation on the back of a napkin.

Panelists like Netscape founder and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh had some salient advice for start - ups in search of VC - backing this week at the TechCrunch50 conference, reports GigaOm.

For example, this meant we couldn't hire as fast as a venture - backed startup.

Before there was bitcoin, a venture - backed startup called Flooz.com wanted to create a new kind of currency for online retailers.

And in the midst of its troubles throughout 2014 — Levi stepped back as president and CEO to become executive chairman in November — GrowthWorks was the recipient, along with BDC Venture Capital, of the «Deal of the Year» award from Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association following its sale of Layer 7 Technologies, a developer of security software for businesses.

In the U.S. alone, there are currently 19,550 venture - backed startups vying for those same massive valuations.

So if you find yourself forced to cut back on your compensation — or even to cash in some of your family's outside investments to raise capital for your venture — you'll need to delay diversification until conditions stabilize.

Aside from that, the only consensus is that the IPO market, at least for venture - backed IPOs, will be off to a slow start.

Corporate venture - capital firms that benefit from high cash flows might be willing to spread out their investments over a few similar companies and take a back seat in terms of driving their growth, while a venture - capital firm is typically motivated to take a more focused and hands - on approach for its portfolio companies.

That was the impetus for Houzz, a San Francisco - based, $ 200 million venture - backed site for home improvement and design.

Charles Birnbaum, Bessemer Venture Partners: «Valuations in the alternative - lending space were overly optimistic in our opinion over the prior five years, but we do feel that the pendulum has likely swung back too far in the other direction following the recent pullback» leaving the sector ripe for potential funding or M&A.

Last week, Comcast announced it cancelled plans to air the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageant — the network's joint venture with Trump — and that Trump would not be welcomed back at NBC for his TV show The Celebrity Apprentice.

Prior to TRUSTe, Bob served as the Vice President of business development at venture - backed YuMe, where he was responsible for building the largest video advertising network on the Internet.

Though obviously helpful, the move was considered unusual for a growing, venture - backed technology company.

What's more, Foursquare, which has been venture backed for some time, began having trouble attracting venture capital.

The venture will reportedly be backed by Job One, with Knockout Times, a media platform for female athletes, serving as its first advertiser.

NRW Holdings emerged from a trading halt this morning with its share price nearly tripling in value on the back of news yesterday that its joint venture with Salini Impregilo had been named the preferred contractor for the $ 2 billion Forrestfield - Airport Rail link.

The jury is still out on whether this will be a fruitful sector for venture capitalists like those backing Blue River Technology, since large exits have been thin on the ground since Monsanto's 2013 acquisition of the Climate Corporation for more than $ 1 billion.

But for venture - backed security companies that have yet to differentiate themselves and show a working business model, 2016 could be the end of the line.

The legal dispute follows a confession from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in a profile for Vanity Fair that when Lyft was making the rounds raising money from venture capitalists, Uber was unapologetically going back to the same VCs to pitch Uber.

More significantly, however, over 50 percent of venture - backed IPO exits went to health - care companies in the second quarter, the fifth consecutive quarter that health - care companies have topped technology companies for public exits, CB Insights reports.

One recent example: Stemcentrx, which rode an unproven approach targeting cancer stem cells to a summertime financing round of nearly $ 250 million and a $ 5 billion valuation, the most for a venture - backed drug maker and second to Theranos in health care.

It's the latest in a relentless parade of damaging news for the Silicon Valley upstart, which was valued last year at $ 9 billion, the most of any venture - backed company working in health care today.

After an unsuccessful run for Calgary's city council in 2011, he decided to embark on a far more unlikely venture — to help bring manufacturing back to Detroit.

Some prospecting entrepreneurs have been all over this trend, using innovative new business models to turn passion for exercise into thriving brands with venture backing and millions in annual revenue.

The decline in the startup rate hasn't cut the rate of formation of two categories of companies with very high potential for wealth creation and job creation: angel and venture - capital - backed businesses.

In fact, an increasing number of venture - backed startups are choosing to launch products on Kickstarter, in a symbiotic relationship that works for both the startup and the investors.

«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.

Victor Ho is the CEO and Co-Founder of FiveStars, a venture - backed startup building the first loyalty automation platform for local businesses.

Brad Feld, managing director of the Foundry Group, on how to approach venture capitalists for backing.

As for his dreams of starting a company, Fiance realizes now after a year of fundraising that he wants the House Fund to harken back to the old days of venture capital when the emphasis was less on the capital.

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Facebook has taken that approach for several years, snapping up venture - backed companies Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus.

Despite the bipartisan popularity of business - friendly proposals, including increasing the cap on H - 1B work visas for skilled workers and creating a visa category for venture - backed entrepreneurs, the public debate frequently devolves into shouting matches over whether people should be deported and how quickly.

Its stock, which surged for years despite narrow profits, has dropped 18 per cent in 2014 to about $ 326, in part because investors have been losing patience with its habit of plowing revenue back into new ventures.

Prominent venture capitalist and co-founder of Kholsa Ventures Vinod Khosla was back in the news this week after being sued over his privatization of a once - public California beach, which he purchased in 2008 for nearly $ 40 million.