Sentences with phrase «from such ventures»

The trouble is that, by stopping around the end of the 50s, the British Museum's collection misses out on the remarkable boost in ambition and quality of American printmaking that came from such ventures as June Wayne's Tamarind Lithography Workshop, which started in 1960, followed by the entrepreneurial ambitions of master printmakers such as Tanya Grossman in New York and Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles.

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.

In the churches we have almost palpably shied away from any such venture; indeed, we have offered the church as sanctuary from the cold winds of late 20th Century despair and the loss of purpose that informs nearly every creative work of art and parades itself visibly in the arena of politics.

I saw close to 50 movies at this year's festival, many were inconsequential and non-starters, but that's always been the case here, as Sundance is a festival which aims to give first - time filmmakers a shot, despite the rookie mistakes that may arise from such a venture.

Not exact matches

Draper Associates, the brand from which the venture capitalist now actively picks his investments, also holds other cryptocurrency - linked companies, such as exchange Coinbase.

The company has raised more than $ 230 million in venture capital since its founding, from investors such as Sigma West and Ignition Partners, and is using that money to rapidly expand its business outside the U.S.. It's well on its way: DocuSign is available in 43 languages.

Chamath has never been afraid of controversially calling it as it is within the venture world, such as in his late - 2015 piece on what's wrong with venture capital, and is even part of the Golden State Warriors ownership group, which he joined in 2011, during an abysmal 23 - 43 run which seems a lifetime away from two years of triumph.

In August, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that taxpayers who devote a «significant emphasis» to farming activity that is subordinate to their primary source of income are no longer limited to the $ 8,750 deduction limit under Section 31 of the Income Tax Act for losses from business ventures such as thoroughbreds.

«Venture investment into such companies was $ 11.9 billion in 2010, down 35 percent from $ 18.4 billion in 2006.»

Can such a company secure venture capital from private sources?

Since its 2012 launch, the Toronto - based «virtual garage sale» site had raised more than US$ 34 million, including from heavyweight American funds such as Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

In nine years since its founding, the company has raised $ 4.4 billion in venture capital from such investors as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia, pushing its market valuation to $ 31 billion.

Aside from the few who among us who had master's degrees in business administration, most of my classmates brought to the table the skills and experience specific to theor venture, such as backgrounds in fashion, architecture, medicine, food service and so forth.

So far, the company has raised $ 20 million from investors, such as Lightspeed Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.

Traction: The Los Angeles - based company has no investors but has garnered $ 13,000 from various competitions such as $ 5,000 from the University of Southern California's 2014 New Venture Seed competition.

Cathay reported a HK$ 792 million profit in the second half of 2017, but that was driven by earnings from «associates» such as its stake in Air China Ltd and a cargo joint venture rather than the airline's performance.

Bootstrapping and self - funding, loans, or backing from outside sources such as angel investors and venture capitalists?

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Putting aside businesses founded abroad ranging from Greek diners to easyJet, that entrepreneurialism has traditionally manifested itself in within Cyprus in ventures with relatively low start - up costs, such as food - based businesses and solopreneur plays.

Startups in the food and grocery ecommerce and delivery industry attracted almost $ 500 million in venture capital over the last year, a 51 percent increase from last year, while big players such as Google and Amazon continue to outdo each other with new delivery options.

The big, tantalizing exits in hardware from companies such as Beats, Nest and Oculus have kept venture investors, especially with seed - stage funds, interested in hardware.

Launched in April 2014, Casper has sold more than 50,000 mattresses and raised $ 70 million in total venture funding, including investments from celebs such as Ashton Kutcher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.

On one hand, the startup has managed to receive funding from Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Bezos» venture capital company, joining companies like Twitter that have been the recipients of such lofty attention.

Big - name venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates have been behind Coursera from the beginning and together have invested a little more than $ 146 million in the company.

The $ 6.1 billion deal, which would combine Xerox into an existing joint venture with Fuji, drew opposition from prominent shareholders such as Darwin Deason, Xerox's largest individual shareholder, who sued in New York state court saying the deal undervalues the American copier and printing company.

His latest venture, which he started in 2015, has $ 100 million in funding from illustrious investors such as Leonardo DiCaprio.

From a price perspective, «There are no longer deals to be had,» said Jeremy Liew, managing director at Lightspeed Venture Partners and an investor in companies such as Flixster and RockYou.

Ambiguities in the Outer Space Treaty currently create uncertainty over whether anyone can profit from such business ventures.

Portfolio Holdings for Non-US Funds / Non-US Advisers - From time to time Franklin Templeton Resources Inc (FRI) and its subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures and related and affiliated business entities («FTI») may provide you with a partial listing of portfolio securities including but not limited to top contributors and detractors to portfolio performance owned by one or more non-US domiciled funds that are registered or passported with local regulatory authorities and are sponsored by FTI (each a «Fund» and together «Funds») and any such additional information relating to the Fund (s) that may not otherwise be publicly disseminated.

«This will greatly benefit start - ups looking for raising venture funding not just for the money but for the other value addition that raising money from a venture capital firm brings such as direction and mentorship from seasoned investors and being able to package the start - up as an entity that has raised funding from a prestigious venture capital fund to boost investor confidence,» said Dhruva.

S.Advisers - From time to time Franklin Templeton Resources Inc. («FRI») and its subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures and related and affiliated business entities («FTI») may provide you with a partial listing of portfolio securities including but not limited to top contributors and detractors to portfolio performance owned by one or more non-US domiciled funds that are registered or passported with local regulatory authorities and are sponsored by FTI (each a «Fund» and together the «Funds») and any such additional information relating to the Fund (s) that may not otherwise be publicly disseminated.

Each session includes a panel of judges that includes angel investors, VCs and entrepreneurs from companies such as BDC, Whitecap Venture Partners, Extreme Venture Partners, Flow Ventures, GreenSky Capital, iNovia and MaRS IAF.

Ventures such as GoGo Truck, Moovo, BlackBuck, theKarrier, The Porter, Rivigo, Grab and Blowhorn have raised funds from venture capital investors.

Jalak Jobanputra, founding partner of Future \ Perfect Ventures, an early - stage venture - capital fund, visited Global Finance to discuss the state of fintech, the future of blockchain and digital currencies, and how corporations can extract more value from such technology.

Called TiZir, the joint venture was formed in 2011 with Limb's business contributing the mineral sands mine and initial processing infrastructure that separates the heavy metals extracted from the sand into materials such as zircon, rutile and ilmenite.

Sources said that while Wag had originally looked for $ 100 million from venture capitals, SoftBank's fund convinced the startup to accept $ 300 million and use the funds to expand globally and compete against rivals, such as Rover.

One of the key benefits of equity crowdfunding is the ability to raise from both traditional venture investors, such as angels, VCs, and family offices, along with investors from the crowd (i.e. regular people looking to diversify their portfolios with startup investments).

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

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.

In 2012, Wayfair raised $ 36 million in venture capital from such firms as Battery Ventures and Spark Capital as part of its effort to increase visibility and and grow its headcount.

Prior to the ICO, Filecoin raised $ 52 million from venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, the Digital Currency Group, and Sequoia Capital.

From the 13 shortlisted startups at 1st batch of the early stage tech Startup Accelerator program, about three or four selected startups would get acceleration fund from Z Nation Lab, while venture capital firms such as Matrix Partners, Accel India, Mumbai Angels will be part of the investor panel on the demo day and may invest in promising startFrom the 13 shortlisted startups at 1st batch of the early stage tech Startup Accelerator program, about three or four selected startups would get acceleration fund from Z Nation Lab, while venture capital firms such as Matrix Partners, Accel India, Mumbai Angels will be part of the investor panel on the demo day and may invest in promising startfrom Z Nation Lab, while venture capital firms such as Matrix Partners, Accel India, Mumbai Angels will be part of the investor panel on the demo day and may invest in promising startups.

According to the report: «Much of the AI innovation [is] happening at the university level, and the graduating students joining cloud AI providers such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft (with lofty salaries) or launching their own startups to take advantage of the feeding frenzy of investments from the venture capital community.»

As you begin raising money from outside investors such as a venture capital (VC) fund, you will need to use different communication tools to accomplish various goals.

Mumbai - based daily consumables startup Supr Daily has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by angel investors from Venture Catalysts such as Dr Apoorv Ranjan Sharma and Anil Jain.

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The conference features over 50 + expert speakers and mentors from companies and organizations such as Microsoft, IBM, TSX Venture Exchange, Blockchain Intelligence Group, RightMesh, Grow VC, AIBB.io, CoinPayments, Pegasus Fintech and TokenFunder.

Investments in the later financing rounds for companies jumped to $ 4.2 billion in the first quarter, up 50 percent from a year ago, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association, making it the biggest quarter for such investments since late 2000.