Sentences with phrase «funds fueled the expansion»

The Golden Age for Entrepreneurs and VC's The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot - com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms.

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Startups, in general, are facing it tougher to raise Series A funding as investors turn cautious and focus on profitability instead of quick expansion fueled by high cash burn.

Financing can be a valuable tool to help retail merchants» fuel growth, fund expansion, or meet everyday expenses.

on $ 2M Investment from Lowe's, IDEA Fund Partners to Fuel Raleigh Startup's Charlotte Expansion [paywall]

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced raising $ 32 million in funding in late 2011 — then a large sum for the company — to fuel its expansion across North America and into Europe and Asia.

The startup plans to utilise the funds to power up its technology infrastructure, strengthen customer support, develop new value - added services, and fuel expansion, Repaireasy said in a press statement.

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«Simply put, we have seen no evidence that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has fueled the opioid epidemic in Erie County, nor that Medicaid funding somehow fuels opioid addiction,» Poloncarz said in a statement.

In a new paper looking at the charter sector in California, Green and Joseph Oluwole, associate professor of educational leadership at Montclair State University, examine how the private entities that are fueling charter school expansion in the state are essentially robbing traditional schools in the neighborhood from state funding and resources.

Sales of the just - revealed XC60 will surely fuel this continual electrification — U.S. CEO Lex Kerssemakers said that Volvo's expansion has all been funded by its own cash flow, independent of parent company Geely.

Financing can be a valuable tool to help retail merchants» fuel growth, fund expansion, or meet everyday expenses.

Rob Arnott, a hedge fund manager and the editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, argued that because past equity performance was predominantly fueled by P / E multiple expansion and dividend payments, there's no clear reason why stocks should continue their dominance 1.

Mondottica International Ltd, the Nottingham - based designer and distributor of branded eyewear including Ted Baker, Cath Kidston and Benetton, has secured # 14.9 million funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial to fuel its UK and international expansion plans and develop its luxury eyewear division, Brando.

Clio says it will use the new funding to accelerate product development and sales and fuel international expansion.

The expansion will be fueled by a new $ 38 million round of funding from media mogul Barry Diller's IAC.

Four months after launching over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and fueled with US$ 1.6 million in funding from bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, BitKan is looking to kick off its expansion plans starting with the U.S.

Four months after launching over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and fueled with US$ 1.6 million in funding from bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain, BitKan is looking to kick off its expansion plans starting with the U.S. «The U.S. is a large and...

This funding, coupled with increased attention on brain development, has fueled an expansion of infant mental health programs throughout the Bay Area and the state.