Sentences with phrase «in venture markets»

Crowdfunding combines technology, the internet and the power of the «crowd» to streamline the process of raising capital from a full spectrum of investors while filling an under - serviced funding gap in venture markets.

«We must tackle the underlying causes of deteriorating liquidity and the financing in venture markets soon,» says Russell, «or run the risk of losing the best source of capital to grow small - and medium - sized Canadian businesses into globally competitive enterprises that drive job creation, innovation and economic growth.»

Industry Ventures is seeking an intellectually curious Associate to join our growing secondary team and benefit from a cross-sectional position in the venture market.

While the venture capitalists who spoke to VentureBeat for this article were all enthusiastic about the role that Microsoft could play in the market, they each cautioned that the company still needed to prove it was playing a long game in the venture market.

The new firm will allow Fonstad and Gouw, whose successes include helping to create over $ 10 billion in public market value, 15 M&A transactions and over 300 rounds in follow - on capital raised for their portfolio companies, to combine their extensive experience and sector expertise to address an emerging opportunity in the venture market today.

Not exact matches

To that end, Blue Ant — named after a fictional marketing company in a William Gibson novel — is in the midst of a two - year buying spree that began with the acquisition of GlassBox TV, the venture - capital - backed firm that first caught MacMillan's eye back in 2011.

Many business opportunity ventures supply the buyer with print advertising slicks, radio ads, TV storyboards, etc., in order to provide a better marketing effort.

Peter Johnson is a vice president at Jump Capital, the venture arm of Jump Trading, which is known to trade in crypto markets.

Women in general have less access than men to capital (including venture and private equity investment and government loans), markets, and networks.

John Chambers, JC2 Ventures CEO and former Cisco CEO, discusses the volatility in markets and what it means for venture capital investment in start - ups.

Youthful naiveté and a keen eye for market gaps led Minhas and her brother to start making a private - label line of spirits for bars and restaurants, and then to move into budget beer; today their Calgary - based conglomerate includes one of the country's largest independent alcohol businesses, plus ventures in construction and media.

Also Munger weighs in on market bubbles, bitcoin and venture capital.

With economic and political uncertainties kicking off the New Year, many are asking what the outlook is for venture capital in 2017 and how the IPO market will evolve this year.

This is surely thanks to BRP's rollout strategy: It ventured into the smallest market segments first, so competitors didn't see the value in developing a competing product.

The potential global market helped Vollmar, CEO, and Koch, CTO, raise $ 15 million in venture capital, including a $ 10 million Series B round funded last winter.

Mahaney said the move to «heavy» brick - and - mortar assets in the grocery market was a «big acceleration» for Amazon, which had dipped into ventures such as bookstores in recent years.

There are some women marketing executives and human resource directors in these firms, but women venture capitalists are a rare commodity.

Evans, who previously ran a design and marketing agency in Montreal, was looking for a new business venture, and connected with Mansbridge a few years ago.

• Irfhan Rawji has joined Relay Ventures as a venture partner, where he will lead the firm's market development in Western Canada and the US Pacific Northwest

«TSX Venture Exchange is a vibrant, well - regulated market with an impor - tant mandate to mentor newly - public companies,» says TSX Venture Exchange President John McCoach, «and also provides a cost - effective stepping stone for international companies looking to list in a quality North American market.»

funBug was a venture - backed Web marketing company, and it went bust with the rest of the market in 2001.

Indeed, the once thriving labour - sponsored funds sector seems to be teetering on the verge of oblivion — a good thing, in the eyes of critics who claim it puts unsophisticated investors at risk and skews Canada's venture capital market toward technology sector long shots with little chance of payoff.

«The skill set of starting my presidential campaigns — and building the kinds of teams that we did and marketing ideas — I think would be the same kinds of skills that I would enjoy exercising in the private sector... The conversations I have with Silicon Valley and with venture capital pull together my interests in science and organization in a way I find really satisfying.»

«In venture capital, the same is true — we tap into the network aggressively to understand people's perspective on the market and the company.»

Venture capital certainly was one of the culprits driving up stock market prices in 1999 and 2000.

This has created an opportunity in the smaller side of the market that will help shape the contours of the venture landscape in 2016.

«They likely knew they were coming below their last private round, based on the price at which they marketed the IPO,» says David Erickson, a senior fellow and lecturer in the finance department at Wharton, and a former operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

To convince a venture investor that you can accomplish that, she said, you need to have a clear and massive market opportunity, or in VC - speak, total addressable market.

At present, the co-founders explain, the concept is an emerging market product, but with the brand becoming strong enough in the future, venturing into more developed markets is not off the table.

Given how so much in communications and human interaction now happens online, it's easier than ever to get a part - time venture going, find a market, close business, and get paid.

More than 10 years ago, we saw a boom in venture capital that would form the market today.

Amazon's latest venture with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co, announced in January, threatens to have a big impact on the US healthcare market.

«Market moves within a 10 percent band [don't] impact small businesses at all,» John Backus, founder and managing partner of New Atlantic Ventures, a venture capital firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says.

The joint venture, called Asia Internet Holding, will initially operate in 15 markets including Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Global investor confidence grew in the U.S. in the past year but cooled in some previously hot emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India, according to a report released today by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Deloitte's Emerging Growth Company Practice.

«Zynga is being punished in the public market,» says Jeff Clavier, a venture capitalist and managing partner of SoftTech VC, an early - stage venture firm that has invested in the social gaming industry.

Brian Wilcove, partner at Artiman Ventures, an early - stage venture fund in Silicon Valley that invests in companies aiming to disrupt multibillion - dollar markets, seconds this prediction.

Marketing isn't the only use of venture funds — the rest is invested in a major competitive differentiator: platform technology.

The nine - year - old company — a joint venture between Mississauga - based Mainline Elevators and DMG sPa, an Italian firm — has seen its client base of elevator contractors expand throughout North America, a market that contains about one million elevators in need of refurbishing.

So if you're going to raise venture capital and compete in large, growing, winner - take-most market, you had better be prepared for other people to want to knock you off your stool, steal your limelight, grab your customers and muck you up.

In nine years since its founding, the company has raised $ 4.4 billion in venture capital from such investors as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia, pushing its market valuation to $ 31 billioIn nine years since its founding, the company has raised $ 4.4 billion in venture capital from such investors as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia, pushing its market valuation to $ 31 billioin venture capital from such investors as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia, pushing its market valuation to $ 31 billion.

Since December, venture capitalists have invested more than $ 90 million in start - ups that mix marketing and social media, writes the Wall Street Journal, but questions remain about how much social media marketing is really worth.

In aggregate, these 50 companies have raised nearly $ 44 billion in venture capital at an implied Disruptor 50 list market valuation of about $ 239 billion, according to PitchBook datIn aggregate, these 50 companies have raised nearly $ 44 billion in venture capital at an implied Disruptor 50 list market valuation of about $ 239 billion, according to PitchBook datin venture capital at an implied Disruptor 50 list market valuation of about $ 239 billion, according to PitchBook data.

The market for technology stocks was robust as well, with more than 7.3 billion technology shares traded on TSX and TSX Venture in 2011.

Canada has strong ties with Latin American countries, and the country's major public equities markets, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), play an important role in growing these relationships.

The joint venture has exclusive rights to expand Dunkin' Donuts in new markets, including Beijing, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

SAIL Venture Partners, the early - stage venture arm of SAIL Capital Partners, and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., have set up a $ 100 - million fund to invest in companies that have developed innovative products ready for Venture Partners, the early - stage venture arm of SAIL Capital Partners, and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., have set up a $ 100 - million fund to invest in companies that have developed innovative products ready for venture arm of SAIL Capital Partners, and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., have set up a $ 100 - million fund to invest in companies that have developed innovative products ready for market.

In June, Smith announced a bold expansion plan that will see Vice launch new TV, mobile and digital services in 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media playerIn June, Smith announced a bold expansion plan that will see Vice launch new TV, mobile and digital services in 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media playerin 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media playerin Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media players.

Having 179 technology issuers and a combined market cap of $ 37.2 billion (as at January 31, 2012), TSX and TSX Venture together rank second in North America for number of listed technology companies.

Legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist and former Intel executive Bill Davidow said, «Marketing must invent complete products and drive them to commanding positions in defensible market segments.»