Funds II and III both had similar strategies and
hit capital raising amounts of $ 102 million and $ 120 million respectively.
Not exact matches
While Luckey initially
raised capital for his company through a massive crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, his company
hit its stride in 2014 when Facebook [fortunes - stock symbol =» FB»] announced that it had acquired Oculus VR for $ 2 billion.
But a certain amount of burn rate in startups is often desirable if it comes with commensurate growth and if ones prospects for either
raising capital or failing that cutting costs and
hitting profitability seem achievable.
Failing to
hit its projections in its first few quarters as a public company would trigger shareholder lawsuits and cripple Spotify's ability to
raise further
capital, said Steve London, a partner in the securities practice of law firm Pepper Hamilton.
«
Raise a little
capital,
hit a few milestones, go back for more.»
The number of Perth - based technology companies pursuing a listing on the ASX this year has
hit 10, with Dreamscape Networks due to list in coming days after
raising $ 25 million and Secure2Go kicking off its
capital raising this week.
Genetic analytics company 23andMe last week reported via a regulatory filing that it had
raised $ 79 million in a Series E venture
capital round that could eventually
hit $ 150 million.
Flipboard is performing well enough — and, after
raising more
capital earlier this year, is at no risk of going out of business — but is no longer a breakaway
hit.
Canada's Largest Investment Crowdfunding Platform
Hits $ 10 Million of Combined
Capital Raised to Support Growing Canadian Businesses
The Nasdaq 100 has
hit higher levels than ever, and the IPO market
hit a seven - quarter high in terms of
capital raised, according to Renaissance C
capital raised, according to Renaissance
CapitalCapital.
Using the example of the cult
hit Friday Night Lights, Ari spoke about leveraging the show's 1.5 million Facebook fans and
raising the
capital necessary to produce the content.
Further falls in house prices in the UK (which I expect) will
hit our banks further, though I suspect the scale is now manageable after their
capital raising and / or government injections.
But when we
hit the point where we needed to
raise much greater
capital - the kind you need to turn to the VC community for - we
hit a wall.
Leaving aside the
Capital Gains Tax tweak, which only
raises # 1 bn (half the amount to be
raised in the Lib Dem plan), the main
hit is on VAT, both the higher and lower rates, to 20 % and 6 % respectively.
Monoline bond insurance companies, such as MBIA and Ambac Financial Group Inc., have been
hit the hardest as they scramble to
raise capital to cover possible defaults and to stave off a downgrade from the ratings agencies.
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raising large amounts of starting
capital.
The law also
raised the ceiling on the proportion of REIT stocks in which overseas investors can invest before being
hit with U.S.
capital gains tax, doubling it from 5.0 percent to 10.0 percent.