Sentences with phrase «from leading venture capital firms»

Some of the startups on this list have received large investments from leading venture capital firms and technology companies (e.g., Google has invested in LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer).

After securing $ 67 million from leading venture capital firms and big companies, Rive Technology started to commercialize nanostructured zeolite catalysts for the production of diesel and gasoline.

The company, Desktop Metal, has raised nearly $ 100 million from leading venture capital firms and the venture units of such companies as General Electric, BMW, and Alphabet.

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On Tuesday, the food delivery startup hoping to reinvent frozen's reputation in the era of clean eating announced that it had raised some $ 43 million in a second round of funding, led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaunventure capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and ShaunVenture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaun White.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

The Series C funding round was led by venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, with participation from Passion Capital, Industry Ventures, and several capital firm Octopus Ventures, with participation from Passion Capital, Industry Ventures, and several Capital, Industry Ventures, and several others.

And Ring's hot streak continues: On Wednesday, Ring announced it raised $ 61.2 million in funding from a group of investors led by the venture - capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, bringing in one of the most successful Silicon Valley VC firms as an investor.

The company has raised $ 27 million in early stage financing from two leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms, and launched its service to the public in September 2011.

March 2, 2018 — SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Industry Ventures LLC, a leading investment firm for venture capital, today announced that Lindsay Sharma and Ira Simkhovitch have been promoted from Vice Presidents to Principals on its secondary investment team.

Financing led by the MaRS Cleantech Fund Kingston and Toronto, ON, October 24, 2013 — Sparq Systems Inc., a developer of advanced photovoltaic (PV) microinverters, announced today that it has raised $ 2.75 million from three Ontario cleantech venture capital firms.

Over the last seventeen years, the firm has evolved from being a pioneer in secondary investments to becoming the leading provider of flexible capital solutions for the venture ecosystem.

This first contract led to around $ 100 million in finance from venture capital firm KKR, enabling the construction of Sundrop's first fully operational 20 - hectare farm in Port Augusta.

New Zealand - based waste gas and syngas to fuels company LanzaTech (earlier post) has attracted US$ 18 million in Series B financing from investors led by China - focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures.

Taylor Wessing has hired corporate partner Angus Miln who joins the firm from Bird & Bird, where he founded and led their venture capital practice.

Data from CB Insights, a research firm that tracks the Venture Capital industry shows that seed investments, led by Internet startups, increased from mere one percent of all deals during the third quarter of 2009 to a whopping 11 percent of total deals a year later.

In fact, we're totally stoked to announce that these three partners from Index Ventures — one the world's leading international venture capital firms — will grace the main stage.

Japanese cryptocurrency management service provider and SmartCoin operator Orb has raised US $ 2.3 million in seed funding from leading Japanese venture capital firms and angel investors including SBI investment.

We serve thousands of institutions via our GDAX product, the leading digital currency exchange in the U.S.. We've raised $ 216M from venture capital firms and financial institutions like the NYSE / ICE, USAA, BBVA, Westpac, and MUFG,» wrote the company.

CryptoKitties, the Ethereum - based virtual collectible game developed by Blockchain startup Axiom Zen, has raised $ 12 mln in funding from a group of investors, led by two top venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, as reported by CryptoKitties» Medium account on March 21.

Last week, Cointelegraph reported on the Ethereum - based game CryptoKitties, which received $ 12 mln in funding from a group of investors led by two top venture capital firms, Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.

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Speakers come from Blackstone, CBRE Global Investors, Beacon Capital Partners, Insight Venture Partners, amongst several other leading firms.

At this summit, you will network with 200 + senior level representatives from leading specialty finance companies, private equity firms, BDCs, SBICs, hedge funds, marketplace lenders, senior lenders, institutional investors and venture capital firms.

At the upcoming summit, you will have the opportunity to meet and network with 200 + senior - level executives from leading: specialty finance companies, marketplace lenders, BDCs, SBICs, private equity firms, hedge funds, wealth management firms, senior lenders, asset managers, and venture capital firms.

NEW YORK CITY — Honest Buildings, the leading online marketplace and business development engine for building professionals, today announced that it has secured $ 4 million in Series A-1 Financing from a group of investors led by Thrive Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner that focuses on technology invesCapital, a private equity and venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner that focuses on technology invescapital firm founded by Joshua Kushner that focuses on technology investments.