Sentences with phrase «investment venture with»

«Qatar's sovereign - wealth fund, which controls more than $ 100 billion of assets, plans to set up a $ 10 billion investment venture with China's Citic Group as it seeks to diversify from retail and property assets in Europe.

Investment ventures with «green» companies in early phases of product development and / or market exposure.

Not exact matches

A Babson College study reported that in 1999, fewer than 5 percent of venture capital investments went to companies with a woman on the executive team.

Only two years later, in 2013, companies with a woman on the executive team were attracting 18 percent of venture investments.

Increased venture capital investment in a number of provinces, along with lagging investment in European countries since the recession, has vaulted Canada from being one of the weakest to one of the strongest countries on this indicator.

Recent business news is slick with reports about startups, usually in the tech industry, getting millions of dollars in investment capital, typically from the gold - plated venture capital names.

While he regularly makes outside investments with a group of other investors for his own personal account, he made it clear that — even in an era when everyone is looking for strategic partners, joint ventures, and hoping to use OPM — when it comes to Morningstar, he prefers to own 100 % of the opportunity and go it alone.

Fast - forward to today, and the Aquilini Investment Group stands shoulder to shoulder with the Gaglardis» Northland Properties in the joint venture to construct the $ 5.2 - billion Garibaldi at Squamish resort, which would be the first greenfield ski hill built in Canada since 1980.

ENTREPRENEUR: You teamed up with prominent investment banker Bill Hambrecht to launch a venture capital fund based on your findings.

The school is also set to play host to the Stu Clark Investment Competition in March 2017, with teams of graduate students competing for cash prizes and a spot at the 2016 Global Venture Labs Investment Competition at the University of Texas at Austin.

The venture capital arm of Boeing has started off 2018 with several high profile investments, such as battery start - up Cuberg, Australian satellite company Myriota and British propulsion company Reaction Engines.

She spoke with Term Sheet about her investment strategy, the intersection of blockchain and consumer, and the top mistakes founders make early in the venture process.

With space ventures typically defined as high risk, high reward investments, Space Angels found the companies attract valuations many times greater than a typical technology start - up.

INovia Capital, where he is a partner, is one of Canada's most prescient early - stage venture capital firms, with investments in many of the country's most promising technology startups.

Tentatively dubbed «NewTV,» the venture is part of WndrCo, a holding company he announced in January 2017 with nearly $ 600 million in investment from a mix of 12 private investors.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with taking on investment capital from venture capitalists or angel investors, but I do think it's worth considering the alternative if you have the means to do so.

The venture fund is also disciplined with its own investments.

In addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capital.

Lewis & Clark Ventures and Prelude Ventures led the round, with participation from Fall Line Capital, S2G Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, Cultivation Capital, iSelect Fund, Mercury Fund, Middleland Capital, Missouri Technology Corporation, Prolog Ventures, and TechAccel.

According to a statement, the event aims to benefit and be of interest to audiences composed of institutional investors, fund managers, and other regional players in hedge funds and private equity / venture capital space, with a view to advance the region's investment industry.

But with the possible exception of investment firms tied to Peter Thiel, every single venture capital firm would welcome Obama with open arms, were the opportunity presented.

On March 13, Casares announced the launch of Xapo, with $ 20 million in venture capital from Benchmark, Ribbit Capital and Fortress Investment Group (fig).

One of the venture funds I work with specializes in seed investments: early - stage deals that are often made with young, bright, first - time entrepreneurs who've been working hard to get the chance to build their dream company.

While FundersClub may operate a platform for companies to seek investment, they only select a single - digit (1 to 2 percent) of startups to appear on the platform, with top venture capital firms such as Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz already investing nearly $ 1 billion in companies that they've funded.

The company, officially acknowledged by the SEC, focuses heavily on quality of investments, returns and trust with their investors, which flies in the face of the worrying statement by Fortune that «now anybody can try being a venture capitalist» under the new rules set by Title III of the JOBS act, allowing anyone to raise up to $ 1 million through crowdfunding.

Similarly, the SBA beefed up its Small Business Investment Company program, where the agency works with venture capital and private equity firms to provide capital to high - growth companies.

My company, Blue Cloud Ventures, with an enterprise software - focused late - stage fund, has successfully collaborated with corporate - venture capitalists in three companies: Resumator, with Salesforce Ventures; Vidyo, with Juniper Venture Investments; and Cloudbees, with Verizon Veventure capitalists in three companies: Resumator, with Salesforce Ventures; Vidyo, with Juniper Venture Investments; and Cloudbees, with Verizon VeVenture Investments; and Cloudbees, with Verizon Ventures.

What I have learned from many years of working with tech - enabled growth companies; on both sides of mergers and acquisitions; and angel, private equity and venture capital investments, is that accretion of IP value is the key element to supporting overall enterprise value — representing scalability in phases of rapid growth and supporting attractive multiples during the fundraising and exit phases.

With 60 employees and about $ 23 million in venture capital investment over the past three years, the Des Moines - based company has grown wiser from its investors, which include Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

Saildrone started as a nonprofit endeavor with the Schmidts» philanthropic foundation, but in August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

It was a strange formulation, given that the occasion for the reading was Etsy's acceptance of a $ 27 million investment led by Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist with Accel Partners who sits on the boards of Facebook, Dell, and, to the consternation of the Etsy faithful, Walmart.

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley says he recently made two health - care investments even though he says the sector is filled with perils.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

Founded in 2007 with venture capital backing, Socrata has raised $ 55 million of equity investments to date.

A JGC Corp and Fluor Corp joint venture has been selected to do the final engineering, procurement and construction for the LNG Canada terminal, with a final investment decision on the build still expected later this year, LNG Canada said.

Initially, he turned his attention to venture capital, and founded a private investment firm with a handful of former Janna executives who were also anxious to sink their teeth into something new.

Not surprisingly, Wylie's venture has angered affected publishers, and Random House has said it will do no new business with Wylie because, said a spokesperson, Odyssey «undermines our longstanding commitments to and investments in our authors, and it establishes this Agency as our direct competitor.»

Chris Arsenault, a venture - capitalist with iNovia Capital, a company with seven investments in the online - ad industry, says targeting technology can provide a better user experience than print or broadcast, despite concerns over privacy.

Chinese venture capital investment in Latin America jumped to $ 1 billion since the start of 2017, compared with about $ 30 million in 2015, according to data collected by Preqin.

Joining Google Ventures in the new funding round are Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner along with Reinet Investments S.C.A. Previous investors Sequoia Capital, Silver Lake Kraftwerk, and Northgate Capital also participated in the investment.

But while the attendees might opt to keep their fortunes out of the press, they are putting those funds to work; everyone at the gathering was a limited partner, tasked with allocating large amounts of private, family - owned capital into various investments, including many of Silicon Valley's venture capital firms.

In June, Uber closed more than $ 1 billion from a number of venture capital companies, led by Fidelity Investments, making it the priciest startup ever with a value or more than $ 18 billion.

The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts («NAREIT») defines funds from operations («NAREIT FFO») as net income / (loss) attributable to common shareholders computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States («GAAP»), excluding gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets and change in control of interests, plus (i) depreciation and amortization of operating properties and (ii) impairment of depreciable real estate and in substance real estate equity investments and (iii) after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures calculated to reflect NAREIT FFO on the same basis.

«We've had the pleasure of consulting with both the SAIL Capital Partners team and the investment banking team at Stifel Nicolaus in the U.S. on various deals,» says Rob Peterman, Head of Business Development for the technology sector for TSX and TSX Venture.

To account for external innovation, too, a company's portfolio of startup acquisitions is assessed for similarity with best - performing venture capital funds and share of tech areas with the strongest investment growth.

Private companies now have an unprecedented ability to raise late - stage venture and other private capital to finance their innovation and investment, often on equal or better terms than in the public markets and with less hassle.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

With a new trend of investments in startups now being in place, to actually address ground - level issues plaguing our society, a relatively new venture called UrbanPiper that offers software solutions and Omni - Channel ordering along with loyalty programs for the hotel industry has raised undisclosed venture capital from veteran investor Kumar VeWith a new trend of investments in startups now being in place, to actually address ground - level issues plaguing our society, a relatively new venture called UrbanPiper that offers software solutions and Omni - Channel ordering along with loyalty programs for the hotel industry has raised undisclosed venture capital from veteran investor Kumar Vewith loyalty programs for the hotel industry has raised undisclosed venture capital from veteran investor Kumar Vembu.

«Most new ventures have nondisclosure agreements that they'll get you to sign, but these typically allow the signer to share the business plan with a CPA, attorney, or investment adviser,» says Linda Gill, managing director of the Cincinnati office of SS&G Financial Services.

Software startup Slack Technologies is raising $ 250 million in a new funding round, according to people familiar with the matter, boosting the company's valuation as Silicon Valley companies enjoy a surge in venture capital investments.