Sentences with phrase «investing in companies based»

One way to help diversify your investment portfolio is by purchasing shares in mutual funds that invest in companies based in countries outside the United States, or in multinational companies that do business around the world.

Some Canadian equity funds invest in companies based on, among other things, market capitalization (the market value of all outstanding company shares).

Over the last few years I've invested in companies based on strong fundamental performance, and then shortly thereafter Mr. Market becomes particularly cynical on these companies.

If people invest in a company based on current information, they have to be prepared to act on any changes to that information in a much shorter timeframe than most investors are prepared to do.

These funds can also have up to 30 % of their holdings invested in companies based outside of Canada.

Not exact matches

As Gluskin Sheff + Associates» David Rosenberg and Peter Mann put it in a note last week: «the real money will be made based on classic value investing that focuses more on company fundamentals than on Trump - onomics.»

Lebedev also said that the Independent will be investing more in digital and creating 25 new «content roles» for the company, as well a new subscription - based mobile app and new bureaus in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Shares in South Perth - based Noble Mineral Resources have surged more than 37 per cent on news Chinese group Zhongrun is to invest $ 87.7 million and take a 42 per cent stake in the company.

An Uber spokesman said in an emailed statement that the San Francisco - based company was pleased the investigation had ended, adding: «We've significantly strengthened our privacy and data security practices since then and will continue to invest heavily in these programs.»

Helena Morrissey of the London - based Legal and General is making a big push for sustainable investing, saying at a conference Monday that individual investors are becoming increasingly wary of putting their money in the market as they fear companies will act in ways that run counter to the investor's own moral beliefs.

Large oil companies like ExxonMobil, which in 2011 earned more than $ 40 billion, make no hiring or firing decisions based on government handouts, but startup green - energy companies will hire more engineers and technicians, more marketing professionals and managers if governments invest in them.

• Harley - Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) invested in Alta Motors, a Brisbane, Calif. - based lightweight electric vehicles company.

This is particularly worrisome during a period when passive investing is on the rise, and public companies are increasingly at a disadvantage in identifying their shareholder base.»

A decade ago, the 53 - year - old chairman and CEO of Toronto - based marketing holding company MDC Partners invested heavily in tech - savvy agencies staffed with creative entrepreneurs that scoffed at the lumbering dinosaurs of the traditional ad world.

Despite the fact that the company launched in the midst of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in funding from investors such as New York City - based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch of the eponymous, global entrepreneurship support network.

It has already invested in some companies that graduated from the Labs incubator, including Modern Meadow, a New Jersey — based startup that's biofabricating leather without the need for animals, and 3Scan, a company that enables 3D analysis of tumors and organs.

• Seacoast Capital invested $ 14 million in Cambium Limited, a Plano, Texas - based holding company consisting of two main units: building and construction services; and sustainable modular management.

Online media company BuzzFeed, best known for its list - based articles and quizzes, said Comcast «s NBCUniversal had invested an additional $ 200 million in the company.

Drayton is building the Seattle - based company with an emphasis on capital efficiency, utilizing existing infrastructure instead of opening up warehouses, and investing rationally in marketing.

O'Leary said that he had purposefully decided in the past two years to invest in more companies where women were in charge, based on «pragmatic financial data.»

Perhaps for this reason, many people who invest in start - ups tend to favor companies that are based on small, executable ideas over grand strategies like Martian colonization or the resurrection of the electric car.

The most recent round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.

Last year, Teten's firm invested in the Better Software Company, an enterprise resource platform based in Ottawa.

The MCNs behind some of YouTube's biggest stars have grown to become quite valuable to major media and entertainment companies: in just the last year, Disney bought Maker Studios for $ 500 million, German - based broadcaster Prosieben invested in Collective Digital Studio, Otter Media took a controlling stake in Fullscreen and Europe's RTL Group bought a majority stake in StyleHaul.

This Bangalore - based company courts businesses and financial institutions in India that are investing in smart applications and technology to connect with their customers.

DiCaprio has also invested in plant - based snack company Hippeas and sustainable seafood company LoveTheWild.

The Menlo Park, Calif. - based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New York City's Tiger Global invested a combined $ 26 million in Turkish e-commerce company Trendyol in 2011.

In one instance, a CEO told Marleau he should invest in his company because he, too, was Quebec baseIn one instance, a CEO told Marleau he should invest in his company because he, too, was Quebec basein his company because he, too, was Quebec based.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

There have been some small successes, like $ 25 million in commitments to Maiden Lane, a quasi-independent fund that primarily backs companies via AngelList's syndicates program, which allows well - known individual investors to create pools of committed capital that gets invested on a deal - by - deal basis.

Before he flew out to Silicon Valley to fundraise, the NYC - based CEO started sending emails to venture capitalists and made sure to ask if they were interested in investing in the company, not just asking to meet up.

McGowan joined Joliet, Ill. - based Microwave Communications in 1968, «investing $ 50,000 in the company that was trying to challenge AT&T for the long - distance business between Chicago and St. Louis,» according to the Los Angeles Times.

• One Thousand & One Voices agreed to invest funding of an undisclosed amount in TRUE Jerky, a San Francisco - based healthy snack foods company.

Fixed asset base: This is the long - term base of the company's operation strategy, represented by all the equipment, machinery, vehicles, facilities, IT infrastructure and long - term contracts the firm has invested in to conduct business.

The aim is to launch a Luxembourg - based fund in June that will invest in 25 - 30 emerging and frontier market companies, initially targeting high - net - worth individuals via private banks and family offices.

• LEAP Global Partners invested in Insikt, a San Francisco - based fintech startup specializing in «lending as a service» and Wizeline, a San Francisco - based AI - driven talent and software as a service company.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba invested in the San Francisco - based ride - sharing company, which plans to expand internationally.

• Golub Capital invested $ 675 million in PetVet Care Centers, a Wesport, Conn. - based operator of veterinary hospitals for pets and portfolio company of Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan.

• Verizon invested $ 10 million in Renovo Auto, a Campbell, Calif. - based autonomous vehicle company, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Private equity firm TPG [TPG.UL] invested $ 750 million in the New Berlin, New York - based company last year to save it from the cash crunch arising as a result of the problems at Idaho.

The Waterloo, Canada - based tech company announced today that Fairfax Financial Holdings, the investment firm that proposed the takeover bid but was unable to raise the necessary funds, will instead invest $ 1 billion in BlackBerry.

He has invested in companies such as Washington D.C. - based SweetGreen and Chicago - based predictive analytics SaaS company Uptake.

The Omaha, Nebraska - based company began investing in Wells Fargo in 1989, and quickly built a 10 % stake at a cost of $ 289 million.

Engie has invested in other related companies such as Colorado - based Tendril, a startup that has developed an open, cloud - based platform for managing energy.

«People invested based on Evan's product genius,» said Eric Kim, a partner at Goodwater Capital, a firm that specializes in consumer - company analysis.

Shortly after that conversation I got an email from Jordan Cooper about a company he was investing in called Soylent that was taking an open - sourced approach to developing science - based food products.

Based on his own experience investing in early - stage SaaS companies, Hamid came up with a rule of thumb that high - growth companies should

Angels and serial entrepreneurs in each of these cities will then invest $ 250K to $ 1M in each of 150 - 200 local companies that pass a base level of scrutiny from those that have actually been involved in building real businesses before.

Someone who would like to invest in the company, and expect a return based on profits, or some future payback, such as part - time software development, or other work, in the off season.

In March 2014, Saverin and seven other investors, including American venture capital firm, Bessemer Venture Partners, reportedly invested about $ 6.65 million in Singapore - based cloud computing start - up company, NitrouIn March 2014, Saverin and seven other investors, including American venture capital firm, Bessemer Venture Partners, reportedly invested about $ 6.65 million in Singapore - based cloud computing start - up company, Nitrouin Singapore - based cloud computing start - up company, Nitrous.