Sentences with phrase «for venture capital for»

That's what I am up to now, aside from seeking for venture capital for a friend, and aiding other friends in their business pursuits.

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In August, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and a handful of venture capital firms led a $ 17 million Series A round of fundraising for Memphis Meat.

But it could also mean a windfall for partners in private - equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, unless Congress can figure out a way to block them from taking advantage of the new rate.

The study, titled «The Brand Influence Guide for the Venture Capital Industry» polled 158 CEOs and 229 investors online, and came to a couple of major conclusions.

Over the past decade, public stock markets have outperformed the average venture capital fund and for 15 years, VC funds have failed to return to investors the significant amounts of cash invested, despite high - profile successes, including Google, Groupon and LinkedIn.

Fast - growth companies like Airbnb and Uber have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funding in the past few years, which has pushed their valuations into never - before seen territory for startups.

Your deck should address your venture's team, market opportunity, need for the product and its value to the customer, its position relative to the competition, how much capital you'll need to build the company, and a financial plan.

For instance, for venture capital, where there is a significant risk that the technology will be worthless and the company may never develop, the expected return needs to be highFor instance, for venture capital, where there is a significant risk that the technology will be worthless and the company may never develop, the expected return needs to be highfor venture capital, where there is a significant risk that the technology will be worthless and the company may never develop, the expected return needs to be higher.

But newspapers seize on the bad news and ignore all the cool stuff, like the venture capital investment or the many possibilities for the technology.»

Still, there is some debate in the venture capital community about whether the overall need for capital is greater at the Series A stage (where rounds are typically between $ 5 million and $ 10 million) or at the next stage, Series B, where bigger amounts are required.

Unfortunately, for the average entrepreneur, the odds of their child getting into Harvard are significantly higher than the odds they will ever receive a venture capital investment.

For the past five years, venture capital firms have pumped 25 percent to 100 percent more than they've raised into a diverse array of investments, including clean energy technology, health care, and pharmaceuticals.

• Ventech Capital, a France - based venture capital firm, raised 140 million euros ($ 174 million) for its fifth fund, Ventech CapCapital, a France - based venture capital firm, raised 140 million euros ($ 174 million) for its fifth fund, Ventech Capcapital firm, raised 140 million euros ($ 174 million) for its fifth fund, Ventech CapitalCapital V.

Melinda Gates told The New Yorker men who «demean, degrade, or disrespect women» have been able to operate in industries like tech and venture capital, and that «the asymmetry of power is ripe for abuse.»

By many accounts, venture capital funding in Canada has been shrinking for years, which on the face of it is very bad news.

For example, on Wednesday, Joe Schoendorf, partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, and Mike Stankey, vice chairman of cloud - based human resources company Workday, will discuss what the plethora of private companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, known as unicorns, are doing to markets and marketplaces.

• Elsen, a Boston - based platform - as - a-service company for large financial institutions, raised $ 2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture Capital and was joined by investors including Accomplice and Launch Capital.

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.

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.

Tehrani's approach led the Vancouver - based firm to secure US$ 61.5 million in venture capital financing in January, one of the largest ever for a Canadian biotech company.

Salesforce Ventures led a $ 24 million round for IFTT and was joined by IBM, the Chamberlain Group and Fenox Venture Capital.

«For entrepreneurs, if they can pull it off and raise money without giving out equity, it's very attractive,» says Oivind Lorentzen, an analyst who follows bitcoin and fintech for venture capital firm Oak HC / For entrepreneurs, if they can pull it off and raise money without giving out equity, it's very attractive,» says Oivind Lorentzen, an analyst who follows bitcoin and fintech for venture capital firm Oak HC / for venture capital firm Oak HC / FT.

For all the hoopla surrounding the digital economy and virtual businesses, the success of many ventures still hinges on serious capital outlay; indeed, a recent benchmark report by the Business Development Bank of Canada identifies «significant» investment in fixed assets as a key variable that helps mid-size companies grow into large ones.

Canadians are often left grasping for venture capital.

• Activant Capital, a Greenwich, Conn. - based private equity firm, raised $ 129 million for its late - stage venture fund.

• Olympus Partners, a Stamford, Conn. - based private equity and venture capital firm, raised $ 3.04 billion for its seventh fund, Olympus Growth Fund VII.

«Probably for the foreseeable future, bitcoin is just a pure digital gold,» said the CEO, who is also a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a private venture capital firm.

Details about its follow - up are tightly under wraps, but the firm's potential was enough for Silicon Valley veterans to lead what was then the second - largest venture capital round in Canadian tech history.

Less than 20 in 1,000 companies that raise venture capital sell for $ 100M or more.

He has been outspoken about the state of venture capital on his widely read blog, «Above the Crowd,» where he advocated for rigorous vetting among start - up investors, and supported public accountability for technology companies.

• Altitude Life Science Ventures, a Seattle - based venture capital firm, is seeking to raise $ 125 million for its third fund, according to an SEC filing.

John Chambers, JC2 Ventures CEO and former Cisco CEO, discusses the volatility in markets and what it means for venture capital investment in start - ups.

• Energy Innovation Capital, a Kirkland, Ill. - based venture capital firm, raised more than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC Capital, a Kirkland, Ill. - based venture capital firm, raised more than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC capital firm, raised more than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing.

To boot, new venture capital funds, growth initiatives and a decentralizing tech sector are providing grounds for optimism.

By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

China's SenseTime said Monday that it had broken the record for the largest venture capital investment in the AI industry.

Boeing's venture capital arm invests both outside the U.S. and in a space company for the second time in less than a month.

Venture capital firms, in particular, have long been overwhelmingly averse to funding female - run enterprises, «and I don't see a trend line for any significant change,» added Trish Costello, CEO and founder of Portfolia, a platform designed to help women invest in entrepreneurial enterprises.

• Rally Ventures, a Minnetonka, Minn. - based venture capital firm, plans to raise $ 150 million for its third venture capital fund, according to an SEC filing.

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.

With economic and political uncertainties kicking off the New Year, many are asking what the outlook is for venture capital in 2017 and how the IPO market will evolve this year.

Earlier this week John Doerr, the illustrious investor and chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, proselytized his bible for business management — a system he calls «objectives and key results,» or OKRs — in a video conference call with several Fortune staffers (myself included).

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

• Eight Roads Ventures Europe, a U.K. - based venture capital and private equity firm, raised $ 375 million for its third fund.

The firm has been investing under - the - radar in a mix of venture and private equity deals since 2014, but had not raised a large fund of pooled capital for deals until this year.

One of The Flatiron School's investors, Antonio Rodriguez, a general partner at the venture - capital firm Matrix Partners, said «a lot of hammers looking for nails in this space.»

It was there that Zilis and her colleagues saw an opportunity for a traditional venture capital fund with business information giant Bloomberg LP as the limited partner.

«DEFINITELY NOT A BUBBLE:» China's digital revolution was bankrolled with dollars, and it has emerged as the world's second - largest destination for venture capital with more than 3,000 funds.

But, at least in the venture capital world, funding for companies focused on tackling heart disease, respiratory disease, and other mass population conditions — i.e., those that afflict millions upon millions of people — has dropped sharply in the last decade.

• Floodgate, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based early - stage venture capital firm, raised $ 131 for its sixth fund, according to an SEC filing.