This government cash
helps companies fund the research for their next blockbuster drug as well as the expenses required to operate a growing healthcare company.
Proceeds from an IPO could also
help the company fund the «Angry Birds Movie 2,» planned for 2019.
Not exact matches
Among the wave of financial technology
companies attempting to challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms
help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded
funds, for fees in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per year.
The good news is the
funding is a good thing because it's meant to
help your
company become insanely successful.
He also hopes the
funding will
help Crypt make more merchandise, which is a small but growing revenue stream for the
company.
• Heptio, a Seattle - based startup that
helps companies Kubernetes open - source container management software, raised $ 25 million in Series B
funding.
• ENGAGE Talent, an Atlanta - based AI software
company that
helps companies identify and engage with candidates, raised $ 3 million in
funding.
Plus, the
company has a
fund that
helps pay for educating employees» children.
The latest batch of recommendations also includes a
fund of about $ 100 million to
help promising smaller
companies expand, and a suggestion that the federal government use its $ 18 - billion procurement budget to favour young
companies that need an anchor client.
• Pusher, a London - based realtime API
company that
helps developers add communication and collaboration features to their apps, raised $ 8 million in Series A
funding.
Resource extraction
companies are recognizing that
helping people in local communities to become entrepreneurs is better than
funding local schools or health centres.
The largest
companies in this space have secured several million dollars in
funding to
help expand their global footprint.
Capping off 2017, the
company say its stock jump 3.9 % when Metro Inc. began selling back the majority of its Couche - Tard shares — about $ 1.55 billion worth — to
help fund its purchase of sister drug store chain Jean Coutu Group Inc..
The
fund is reportedly being raised to
help Sequoia compete with Japanese tech giant SoftBank, which announced a huge new $ 100 billion (# 75 billion)
fund last year that is now being used to back promising tech
companies worldwide with tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars.
Van Espahbodi, managing partner of Starburst Accelerator LLC, a consulting and venture firm, added that the public - relations push behind Orion Span may be an effective way to
help the
company attract
funding, too.
When I was looking for
funding for my second startup, local VCs wouldn't return my phone calls, even though I'd previously
helped build a public
company with $ 120 million in annual revenue.
• L'Addition, a French fintech
company that
helps restaurants bill their clients, raised $ 5 million ($ 5.3 million) in
funding from Galia Gestion and CM CIC Capital Privé, according to Tech.eu.
In March last year, the
company had a successful debt offering that raised $ 14.5 billion to
help it
fund the acquisition of Salix Pharmaceutical.
In December of 2013, the OPES Impact
Fund made an equity investment in AFRIpads that will
help the
company meet its goal of reaching 500,000 women and girls by 2015.
The San Francisco
company, which is valued at $ 5.5 billion, hired Qatalyst Partners, an investment bank known for
helping tech
companies with mergers and acquisitions — or, sometimes, to locate and secure new
funding, according to reports.
The
company also donates 10 % of after - tax profits to
fund Profits for the Planet, initiatives that «
help protect or restore the earth.»
Baunach was one of the people who pushed to create Jumpstart, a nonprofit organization in Cleveland focused on
helping idea - stage tech
companies get access to
funds and resources in order to grow.
Otto Energy says the sale of its Galoc oil field assets in the Philippines to Singapore - based energy
company Risco Energy Investments for $ 113.4 million will
help fund exploration activities for two years and return capital to shareholders.
In a 2006 blog post, Musk wrote, «The overarching purpose of Tesla Motors (and the reason I am
funding the
company) is to
help expedite the move from a mine - and - burn hydrocarbon economy towards a solar electric economy.»
Engineering
company Monadelphous Group has provided its joint venture partner AnaeCo with a $ 4.6 million loan facility to
help fund the remaining cost of the
company's WMRC project in Shenton Park.
Local tech
company iWebGate has signed a $ US8.6 million ($ A11.4 million)
funding deal with an entity managed by US - based Lind Partners to
help grow its business.
For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit business incubator TechTown to
help second - stage
companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable businesses has raised $ 278,750 in
funds, pulled in five new partners (including Kiva Detroit), and served more than 40 local entrepreneurs since June 2012.
After PayPal:
Helped set - up another Thiel venture, hedge
fund company Clarium Capital before founding a restaurant group in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - A venture capital firm aiming to bring more U.S. startups to Russia has raised a $ 200 million
fund, hoping to use the fresh pool of money to
help Silicon Valley
companies deliver their services to Russia's biggest corporations and its millions of internet - connected consumers.
Outside of these benefits, the
company has also established a CarMax Associate Disaster Relief
Fund to
help employees who have been affected by a natural disaster or a financial hardship.
When it comes time to start a new enterprise, expand a
company, raise
funds or even find a co-founder, you'll be relying on the value of your network to
help you accomplish these milestones.
Walk around any floor of the
company's plus - sized headquarters in Seattle, and you'll see blackboards and posters touting the number of volunteer hours a particular team of employee volunteers has put in on a particular project, or the current level of the Partner (employee) Cup
Fund, an employee initiative whose value is in financially
helping partners in need, including this formerly homeless barista, whose story I tell here.
To
help make this discovery, the
company raised $ 10 million on the TSX Venture Exchange — it listed in December 2010 — and it's still fully
funded.
«The overarching purpose of Tesla Motors (and the reason I am
funding the
company),» he wrote in 2006, «is to
help expedite the move from a mine - and - burn hydrocarbon economy towards a solar electric economy, which I believe to be the primary, but not exclusive, sustainable solution.»
Darling said the new
fund's investments will consist of
companies that Dell Technologies might eventually want to acquire and startups that
help the broader data center ecosystem.
Here are five common investment scenarios that might
help your
company as its
funding needs evolve.
For example, the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed
funds created by Congress to
help transform government -
funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000
companies.
Awtani explained some of these
companies stayed afloat with the
help of additional borrowings but now «the
funding tap has dried up.»
Angel investors fill in a gap in startup financing, stepping in to
fund companies that need
help that they can't get from friends and family, or venture capitalists.
Royal Kingdom coin is being issued to raise
funds for Royal Kingdom Enterprise, a
company that aims to
help blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses set up shop in Dubai.
Green's firm, which is known for
helping to launch wildly successful e-commerce
companies like Warby Parker and Birchbox, provided seed
funding for Into the Gloss.
A less conventional but quicker and more effective solution to securing capital is through alternative options from
companies like PayPal, Fundbox and IndieGoGo, which provide products such as PayPal Working Capital, merchant cash advances, peer - to - peer loans and crowd -
funding to
help retailers
fund seasonal staffing and manage cash flow for increased inventory.
A VimpelCom subsidiary
helped fund Wind Mobile's entry into Canada's wireless industry about five years ago but the federal government blocked the European telecom
company from acquiring full control last year.
The
funding from Revolution Growth is also expected to
help Bigcommerce grow access new customers by arranging strategic partnerships with existing payments and software
companies.
The
company is chasing an at least $ 80 million IPO to
help fund the phase 3 studies that would be necessary for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clear the treatment (the
company has made modifications to the experimental, once - a-day pill that fights brain plaque buildup associated with Alzheimer's).
Yes, the 37 - year - old Honolulu native went east in her 20s, but in 2012, after starting two successful apps in Silicon Valley, she moved back home to mentor, coach and
help fund startup
companies — especially those helmed by other Hawaiian locals.
He got some financial
help from family and friends; he took out two SBA loans, found an Angel Investor and is seeking a Series II
funding round to expand the
company.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Apple chief executive Tim Cook, the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 1,000
company, is donating money to
help fund a gay rights initiative in his native Alabama and two other Southern states, organizers said Thursday.
Hunt down Osama Bin Laden with the
help of the CIA -
funded company Palantir Technologies?
The start - up founder had, it seems, conceived of his postings as a way to
help other
company founders understand what a
funding round looks like from the inside, and the effect was that the investment firms began bidding against one another.