Sentences with phrase «helped lead a funding»

The Winklevoss twins helped lead a funding round for bitcoin payment processor BitInstant in 2013 — a short - lived endeavor that came to a close when the company's CEO was arrested and charged with money laundering as the result of an investigation into the dark web market Silk Road.

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• Noodle Partners, a New York firm that helps colleges decrease the cost of online higher education, raised about $ 14 million in Series A funding led by Owl Ventures.

By June 2012 they had transitioned to the sports site full time, helped by a $ 525,000 round of funding led by Zappos founder Tony Hsieh and his Vegas Tech Fund.

In 2015, the viral «Ice Bucket Challenge» helped fund groundbreaking research that led to the discovery of a gene associated with the disease.

This leads to dozens of founders needing your help to raise funds or come to terms with the death of their startups.

With 80 per cent of Nova Scotia's publicly funded research, and as one of Canada's leading universities for industry collaboration, we're helping generate the talent, discoveries and innovations that will shape Atlantic Canada's future.

Funds will help company reach clinical validation for lead candidate in X-ALD, a rare neurodegenerative and life - threatening disease Mataró, Barcelona, Spain, October 14, 2015 — Minoryx -LSB-...]

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

TORONTO, January 25, 2017 - Today NextAI announced major partnerships with several leading Canadian companies to help fund and support the program and its participants.

For many borrowers, student loans can help fund an education that leads to a high salary.

Chime, the leader in mobile banking that helps members avoid fees and automate their finances, today announces $ 18 million in Series B financing, led by global venture fund Cathay Innovation.

They were instrumental in helping close enterprise customers and securing follow - on funding, which led to our eventual sale to Adobe.»

The support on the part of Chinese investors to help fund tech companies comes as some of China's leading technology players are seeing brisk business.

An expert in developing and executing strategies for high - growth businesses, Nicole helped Darktrace secure $ 75 million in Series D funding from Insight Venture Partners, KKR, and Summit Partners and led the company to $ 300 million in contract value.

These funds will help to position the high - profile startup to be one of the leading institutional investors in the rapidly expanding digital asset economy.

Our team is passionate about working with leading growth companies, their founders, and the venture fund managers that help finance their businesses.

Funds will help company reach clinical validation for lead candidate in X-ALD, a rare neurodegenerative and life - threatening disease

We're delighted to announce a new partner has joined Propel to help lead our international fund and an essential team member has earned a promotion!

We are passionate about helping outstanding entrepreneurs and fund managers turn promising ideas into market - defining and market - leading companies.

Previous investors were led by Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, which provided $ 1 million through a Transition to Scale investment and helped catalyze matching investments from a wide range of sources including Maple Leaf Angels, MaRS Innovation, the University of Toronto's Connaught Seed Fund, the Government of Canada through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC - IRAP) and the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED), and the Government of Ontario through investment by Ontario Centres of Excellence and support by MaRS Discovery District and ventureLAB / Genesis.

According to a report in Reuters citing Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, the capital it raised led by Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist, will help it reach its $ 250 million funding target for its crypto fund by the end of June.

Today NextAI announced major partnerships with several leading Canadian companies to help fund and support the program and its participants.

Prospa is Australia's leading online small business lender and is committed to helping small businesses access the funds they need to grow.

A serial entrepreneur himself, Gonçalo is only too aware of the long path leading to a successful funding round which is why he is so determined to help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential.

The company recently helped form a $ 100 billion tech fund with Saudi Arabia as the lead investor.

We are honored to help provide funding for this annual cycling challenge in hopes that it will ultimately lead to a cure for cancer.

Bostonpost is a leading software - as - a-service (SaaS) provider of affordable housing property management software designed to optimize compliance within the complex environment of funding programs and regulations, and to help property owners and managers reduce administrative overhead and costs associated with compliance.

Leading resources, angel clubs, venture captial funds, buyout funds, micro-loans funds, incubators and more to help fund your company's growth from startup to sale.

Mr. Jiwan has served on numerous boards of directors and advisors, including: (i) Future Finance Loan Corporation, a European private student lender that has helped students at over 130 universities fund their education, where Mr. Jiwan is a co-founder and non-executive Chairman; (ii) BFRE, a Brazilian private real estate finance company, which was subsequently sold to affiliates of BTG Pactual; (iii) GP Investimentos, one of Latin America's leading private equity firms, where he served on its shareholder advisory board; (iv) NewPoint Re, a Bermuda - based reinsurance business; and (v) Kaletra QD product development program with Abbott Pharmaceuticals, where he served on the Joint Oversight Committee.

In 2015, Allyson launched the Women Startup Challenge in partnership with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and the Craig Newmark Foundation, to help fund and showcase women - led startups focused on solving problems for people, businesses, and the planet.

«These were folks who took a courageous stand on healthcare reform, who led the fight to make sure there was no abortion funding in the bill» said Catholics United Executive Director Chris Korzen of the Democratic lawmakers his group is seeking to help.

An earlier price cut led to an $ 11.4 million funding package from the Victorian government and the industry and a $ 555 million low - interest federal loan scheme to help farmers adjust.

Sporting Lisbon would no doubt like to welcome in Nani on a perment deal but may struggle to find requisite funds to do so, which could lead to Carvalho's inevitable exit helping all parties.

There are also opportunities for sponsorships that can lead to cash and room rebates, and organizers can apply directly to Visit Concord for funding help.

The Democratic - led Assembly wants a $ 1.8 billion increase in education funding, the Republican - controlled Senate wants a $ 1.9 billion boost that helps end the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

The Information Tribunal has today ordered the Department for Education (DfE) to release two documents from 2010 that helped form the policy that led to the state funding of Steiner Free Schools to the British Humanist Association (BHA).

«This extensive package would help fix many of the issues that lead to corruption and the misuse of taxpayer funds and will create a system where sound investments will be better able to grow our economy and create more opportunities for all New Yorkers.

Among Slaughter's most recent legislative accomplishments in the Rochester area were helping to bring high - tech companies to Eastman Business Park, helping to create the federal photonics institute that led to AIM Photonics, and securing federal funding for the new Rochester train station and filling in the Inner Loop.

Holland, a minister, noted that he would be the first African - American man to lead the GOP ticket in New York and that his «historic candidacy» would «not only help with the funding gap by getting earned media but also... put together the winning coalition that is needed to win the statehouse as a Republican.»

Erie County's Health Department receives $ 244,000 a year from the CDC to help fund five full - time employees and three part - time employees who refer at - risk children for testing, investigate the causes of lead poisoning and conduct educational home visits.

In response, New York Democrat Charles Schumer is helping lead a fight in the Senate to force outside groups funding those ads to disclose their donors.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

Clinton has hired two political operatives from her 2016 presidential campaign to help manage Onward Together, the project she founded this spring with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean to fund and support a coalition of Democratic groups led by activists and organizers.

«This funding will help level the academic playing field for children in these underprivileged communities, giving them opportunity to succeed, thrive and ultimately lead in New York.»

I thank Congressman Brian Higgins for his great leadership on this issue by securing a number of federal grants to address lead poisoning, though I ask him and the rest of our Congressional and Senate delegation to do all they can to provide more federal funding to help us in our task.

For the past 16 years, the Working Families Party has led the charge for social and economic justice — and it has had a hand in nearly every major progressive victory in New York, from raising the minimum wage to winning paid sick days to passing the Millionaire's Tax that helps fund educational opportunities for all New Yorkers.

Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing for $ 100 million in funding to help schools test for lead in water supplies.

«The loss of these funds would lead to the closure of 65 facilities which currently help 6,000 vulnerable senior citizen who rely on them to receive essential nutrition, socialization and health promotions activities,» Diaz wrote.

Commenting on today's release of the Q3 Funding for Lending scheme data Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the BSA said: «Building societies and other mutual lenders have consistently led the mortgage market this year, helping people to buy for the first time or move house.

There's no mention of politics (i.e. the merits of the U.S. strategy of «leading from behind» in the effort to oust the longtime ruler) but a general sense that the death of the man who helped fund the deadly Pan Am bombing in 1988 is a good thing.