Sentences with phrase «investment ventures over»

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That's when Schaaf and the scrappy Imgur team decided that the years of bootstrapping were over: They accepted a $ 40 million venture capital investment.

The list of companies receiving financing from venture capitalists increased from 1,160 in 1985 to 3,665 in 2014, and the number of VC investments rose from 1,352 to 4,361 over the same period.

What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

Lunar will take a portfolio approach, much like that of a venture - capital firm, setting return targets (30 % a year over five years for each investment).

Corporate venture - capital firms that benefit from high cash flows might be willing to spread out their investments over a few similar companies and take a back seat in terms of driving their growth, while a venture - capital firm is typically motivated to take a more focused and hands - on approach for its portfolio companies.

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.

Over the past two years, China's largest tech firms have made a slew of major investments in India and Southeast Asia, and bankrolled ambitious bike - sharing ventures in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

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.

Further, the study found that venture capital investment might have been $ 8 billion higher over the same time period, except for the litigation brought by frequent litigators.

«The fact that we have seen over # 1 billion worth of venture capital investment into London fintech companies since the EU referendum vote offers further proof that global investors still believe London will remain a leading fintech hub for many years to come,» Rajesh Agrawal, London's deputy mayor for business, said in a statement Thursday.

PROFITABLE VENTURE Over the long run, venture capital investments have outperformed the stock VENTURE Over the long run, venture capital investments have outperformed the stock venture capital investments have outperformed the stock market.

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If they take on investment over time from venture capitalists, angel investors, equity investors, or individuals, they usually give up a portion of the company, or shares, and those shareholders will have a say in any potential exit strategy.

Venture capital investment continues to pour into these states — California alone accounted for $ 78.4 billion of investment over the past three years, or 56 percent of all VC investment in the nation, according to the most recent Moneytree report.

Despite Palantir's nearly $ 9 billion valuation and close to a $ 1 billion in venture capital investment over the past decade, it holds its cards close to its chest, and rarely speaks to the media.

Jeb Miller joined Icon Ventures in 2009 as a General Partner, bringing over fifteen years of experience working with early - stage technology companies as a venture capitalist, operating executive and investment banker.

My venture debt investment consists of all new money I've saved over the past year and a half and represents roughly 15 % of all equity and fixed income investments and 3 % of my overall net worth.

In this report, we look at venture and seed investment trends in female - founded startups over the last five quarters.

We have been a Online Venture Capital Investment Platform for over 6 years, and in that time have offered over 250 investment opportunities, and facilitated over $ 100M in traInvestment Platform for over 6 years, and in that time have offered over 250 investment opportunities, and facilitated over $ 100M in trainvestment opportunities, and facilitated over $ 100M in transactions.

Flipboard, which is backed by some of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capitalists with over $ 160 million in investment, has its own growth problems.

The first layoffs occurred just one month after the company announced a $ 150 million venture capital investment, pushing total funding over $ 300 million.

Peter joined Icon Ventures in 2014 as a Principal, bringing over a decade of experience in venture capital transactions and investment operations, and is passionate about diving into new investment opportunities.

Venture investments in Canada have fallen over 70 % in the past 10 years, and are less than half the rate of the U.S. (as a percentage of GDP).

Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO / COO of venture - backed enterprise SaaS companies.

After reaching certain milestones in the acceleration program, we prepare the entrepreneurs for further funding by giving them access to our network of over 450 investors and venture capitalists that serve a variety of entrepreneurship sectors through key investment stages.

Seed investment activity has increased dramatically over the last three years due to fundamental changes in the dynamics of the venture capital industry.

Toronto, September 15, 2011 — MaRS client gShift Labs, the creator of a patent - pending search engine optimization (SEO) software system that allows marketers better control over their organic search campaigns, today announced a $ 1.1 million investment by GrowthWorks, one of Canada's leading venture capital managers.

The time scale over which an investor will obtain feedback from a seed stage investment is the longest in the venture capital business.

For over 25 years, he was the leader of a team of investment professionals involved in a wide array of investment activities including stock and bond investment, commodity hedging, merger and acquisition analysis, and venture capital investing.

Over the last seventeen years, the firm has evolved from being a pioneer in secondary investments to becoming the leading provider of flexible capital solutions for the venture ecosystem.

Vintage Investment Partners» management team collectively has over 100 years» experience in both the public and private equity markets, including venture capital and private equity funds.

MaRS client gShift Labs, the creator of a patent - pending search engine optimization (SEO) software system that allows marketers better control over their organic search campaigns, today announced a $ 1.1 million investment by GrowthWorks, one of Canada's leading venture capital managers.

Mumbai and Bangalore - based Orion Venture Partners has made over 35 seed and Series A type investments in Indian startups.

Prior to ENBALA, Dizy spent seven years as a Partner at Celtic House Venture Partners, where he opened its Toronto office, helped raise two venture capital funds (over $ 500M) and was responsible for all aspects of sourcing, selecting, negotiating and managing invesVenture Partners, where he opened its Toronto office, helped raise two venture capital funds (over $ 500M) and was responsible for all aspects of sourcing, selecting, negotiating and managing invesventure capital funds (over $ 500M) and was responsible for all aspects of sourcing, selecting, negotiating and managing investments.

How is it that Israel has, per person, attracted over twice as much venture capital investment as the US and thirty times more than Europe?

He has over 15 years experience working in venture capital, private equity, investment and commercial banking.

Those who participated in the ETH token distribution event have since seen their ownership stake increase by over 2000X in USD terms (which has greatly exceeded any venture capital investment in that time frame).

Over the course of his career, Mr. Kaushal has worked in senior roles with a number of Canadian investment banks, including Desjardins Securities Inc., Orion Securities Inc., Vengate Capital Partners Company, HSBC Securities Inc., Medwell Capital Corp. and Gordon Capital, and has held various roles within the private equity / venture capital industry.

Mike brings over 22 years of experience in investments, business management, IT and venture capital across Japan, the United States, India and Southeast Asia.

And venture capital investment reached over $ 300 million.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, SVC Venture Club is the largest U.S. - China investment network with over 200 partners in major global cities.

According to a report from Sohu, while the fund has been launched by Hangzhou - based venture capital firm Tunlan Investment, it will see over $ 400 million coming from the Hangzhou city government as a guided fund that will be used to invest in promising blockchain projects.

Over 200 leading investors from China and Silicon Valley gathered for the Global Capital Summit, an invite - only event about the future of cross-border investment in venture capital.

Director of Investments Rebecca Giffen has over fifteen years of experience in the Canadian venture capital industry.

Director of Investments Paul Godman has over 20 years» experience in corporate and venture capital finance, renewable energy, as well as leadership in corporate sustainability.

While she and Gouw would not disclose how much of their own capital they plan to pool for the new venture, they expect to make up to two dozen investments over the next two to three years.

The outcome: their software is now the technological foundation of over 1,000 investment organizations, across angel groups, venture funds, incubators, accelerators and business plan competitions.

He has completed over $ 40 billion in mergers and acquisitions advisory assignments, and as a principal investor over 30 private equity investments ranging from leveraged buyouts and growth equity to venture capital.

WCC members» terms of investment follow «standard» terms for financing developed over the years by venture capitalists and other sophisticated investors.