Sentences with phrase «from venture capital firms»

In fact, two years into the business, Back managed to raise $ 3 million in seed funding from a venture capital firm and angel investors.

Immediately afterwards, we raised a seed round of investments from venture capital firms and angel investors.

Also, the minimum threshold for angel fund investment in a start - up from venture capital firms has been reduced to Rs 25 lakh from the current threshold of Rs 50 lakh.

Not only is this comment inaccurate, but it also misses the fundamental point that the best entrepreneurs seek capital and guidance from individual venture capitalists and not from venture capital firms.

As an investment analyst, I've worked with everyone from venture capital firms to individual investors and can tell you the stock market basics work for everyone.

You'd think successful entrepreneurs would have no problem getting funding from venture capital firms that previously backed them... but you'd be wrong.

In April, the San Francisco startup raised US$ 22 million in funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

With funding and support from Chrysalis, Spectra7 (TSXV: SEV) went public via a QT on TSXV in February 2013, having raised funds from retail and institutional investors along with equity investments from venture capital firms such as Celtic House Venture Partners, EdgeStone Capital Partners and Ventures West.

Mumbai - based Cogo Freight Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates digital freight company Cogoport, has raised Series A funding from venture capital firm Accel Partners.

Rounds of Financing: startups raise money from venture capital firms in different rounds, typically called Series Seed, A, B, C, D, etc..

Hyperlocal logistics startup Pickingo has raised $ 1.3 million in funding from venture capital firm Orios Venture Partners and...

The funding comes from venture capital firms March Capital Partners and Ridge Ventures.

In August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

The 39 - year - old actor posted a series of questions on LinkedIn a few days ago with the intention of starting a «live open dialog about gender equality in the work place [sic] and in tech in general» with his partner from venture capital firm Sound Ventures, Effie Epstein.

Its completion may depend heavily on investment from venture capital firms like Andreessen Horowitz.

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.

Angel investors from venture capital firms, Qualcomm Ventures, and Techstars, as well as industry leaders in the technology security space.

Nevertheless, Dropbox has raised $ 600 million from venture capital firms BlackRock, Sequoia Capital, and others.

The company recently raised US$ 42 million from venture capital firms Atomico Ventures and Accel Partners, and its CEO is now contemplating taking the company public within the next few years.

The company has attracted $ 35 million so far from venture capital firms, including American Express, Prime Venture Partners and Social Capital.

Investment dollars from venture capital firms jumped nearly 40 percent in the second quarter to $ 13.8 billion, and the number of deals increased 11 percent compared to the first quarter.

Its clients include Shaw Communications, Quebecor and well - known advertising agency Cossette Inc. and it's received funding from venture capital firm Real Ventures and startup accelerator FoundFuel.

Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known for his early bet on Uber, said on Tuesday he was taking a leave of absence from his venture capital firm and the startup he co-founded to fight allegations of sexual harassment.

Follow this guidance from a venture capital firm.

As for Poe, she likes the control that working with smaller investors gives her and says her investors are more tolerant of slower strategic growth than what she would expect from a venture capital firm.

«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.

Ng announced Tuesday that he raised money from venture capital firms New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners as well as SoftBank Group Corp..

Coviu, a spinout of CSIRO's Data61, has raised $ 1m from venture capital firm Main Sequence Ventures to provide Australians with greater access to interactive medical treatment in the comfort of their own homes.

Wenhong also secured a $ 20 million investment from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers (KPCB) in April 2011, followed by a second round investment of $ 100 million with Warburg Pincus and KPCB in August 2011, marking the site as one of the top e-tailers offering foreign - made merchandise within the Chinese market.

Just three years and change after buying Author Solutions (ASI) from venture capital firm Bertram Capital, Penguin Random House has sold the company to an affiliate of Najafi Companies, another venture capital firm.

The Ouya Android games console is a proven success at raising money: $ 8.6 m on crowdfunding site Kickstarter followed by a $ 15m funding round from venture capital firms.

Swivl, a motion - tracking, iPhone - compatible camera dock that enables individuals to easily video record themselves, has raised $ 500,000 from venture capital firm Grishin Robotics.

Over the last few years over $ 1bn has been invested in digital currency startups from venture capital firms and institutional investors.

The US - based company, which provides bitcoin wallets and merchant services, is expected to take on investment from venture capital firm DFJ and is looking to raise $ 40 - 60m, according to Re / Code.

The investments injected into the business came from the venture capital firms Mandra Capital, Colbeck, and Pantera Capital.

Before the acquisition, Braintree was armed with $ 69 million in outside funding from venture capital firms Accel, NEA, RRE, and Greycroft, among others.

After my post Monday about Law Genius, a crowdsourcing site for posting and annotating legal documents, someone pointed me to this Betabeat piece from 2012 that provides further details on the site's origins as Rap Genius, its funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and its transition from a site for annotating rap lyrics to one for annotating virtually anything.

Saildrone started as a nonprofit endeavor with the Schmidts» philanthropic foundation, but in August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

Color has raised $ 150 million from venture capital firms like General Catalyst as well as Bay Area tech luminaries including Max Levchin, a PayPal co-founder; Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive; and Laurene Powell Jobs, a philanthropist - investor who is the widow of the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

The process has received eight patents and has 75 additional patents under review; 24M has raised $ 50 million in financing from venture capital firms and a U.S. Department of Energy grant.

Angel investors from venture capital firms, Qualcomm Ventures and Techstars, as well as industry leaders in the technology security space, including Cockroach Labs, Ionic Security, and Pindrop Security, are among the early backers.

Coinify announced a seed funding round in September last year, with investment from venture capital firm SEED Capital and startup accelerator Accelerace.

After my post Monday about Law Genius, a crowdsourcing site for posting and annotating legal documents, someone pointed me to this Betabeat piece from 2012 that provides further details on the site's origins as Rap Genius, its funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and its transition from a site for annotating rap lyrics to one for -LSB-...]

Lyft, the San Francisco - based ride - sharing start - up known for its pink mustache hood ornaments, announced today it has raised $ 60 million from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total capital raise to $ 83 million.

Each week in tech brings us momentous news (a major product release, a lawsuit development), inconsequential news (a startup that will never make it receiving funding from a venture capital firm that doesn't care if does), and even sad news (like last week's passing of former Intel (intc) CEO Paul Otellini).

The startup went on to raise a total of $ 13.6 million from venture capital firms in two rounds of funding to support it growth.

Attractiveness to investors — Business consultants and small business owners alike agree that ISO - 9000 certification can be a potent tool in securing funding from venture capital firms.