Sentences with phrase «largest venture capital company»

He is also currently Managing Director and a member of the Board of JAFCO Co., Ltd., Japan's largest venture capital company and the parent company of JAFCO Asia.

In addition, the parent company of JAFCO Asia is JAFCO Co., Ltd, the largest venture capital company in Japan.

Not exact matches

A sizable war chest would allow Globalive to have more influence with portfolio companies and within the venture capital scene in Canada at large.

• Elsen, a Boston - based platform - as - a-service company for large financial institutions, raised $ 2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture Capital and was joined by investors including Accomplice and Launch Capital.

Tehrani's approach led the Vancouver - based firm to secure US$ 61.5 million in venture capital financing in January, one of the largest ever for a Canadian biotech company.

For all the hoopla surrounding the digital economy and virtual businesses, the success of many ventures still hinges on serious capital outlay; indeed, a recent benchmark report by the Business Development Bank of Canada identifies «significant» investment in fixed assets as a key variable that helps mid-size companies grow into large ones.

As VC firms raise larger funds and pump capital into venture - backed companies at various stages, they allow them to stay private longer.

As we've noted before, VC firms are raising larger and larger funds, pumping capital into venture - backed companies at the various stages, and likely inflating already - inflated tech valuations.

Corporate venture capital also lets large companies operate on a smaller scale, which lets them innovate faster, conduct research on disruptive technologies and pre-empt competitors.

Nathan Gilliland was the founder of Boston - based biomass energy company Harvest Power and more recently served as an entrepreneur - in - residence with Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, one of the world's largest venture capital firms.

Corporate venture - capital efforts also have the advantage of involvement with startups at the early stages, when they can most benefit from access to a large, established customer base, credibility through brand association and a larger network of partner companies and advisors.

Elie Wurtman, managing partner at early stage VC fund Pico, highlighted that a number of Silicon Valley venture capital companies have shut down their Israel funds or folded them into their larger US funds in recent years.

A robust ecosystem requires excellent talent, both grown locally and attracted globally, sufficient capital, a larger corporate culture that's willing to embrace startups — whether that's licensing services, buying companies or joint ventures — and educational institutions willing to play a part in that mix.

While the San Francisco Bay Area, home of Stanford University and Google, may see the lion's share of venture capital, startups there don't receive the same support from large firms that early - stage companies in Cincinnati do, Mitchell says.

He co-founded gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) and now is a partner in Kleiner Perkins, the world's largest venture capital firm, where he currently heads up the company's US$ 250 - million sFund, focused on social applications and services.

(But the study found that gap widens as companies grow larger and accept venture capital funding.)

Meanwhile, many of the larger companies are flush with venture capital money, which allows them to endlessly experiment.

Most large Silicon Valley firms run venture capital arms as a way of keeping in touch with emerging tech companies.

This metropolitan area (which includes Oakland and Fremont, Calif.) saw the largest proportion of venture capital - backed business exits over the past year compared to other major cities, meaning there are a large number of what Kauffman identifies as «growth companies» in San Francisco and the East Bay.

I watch hardworking business owners give away large percentages of their ventures because they are raising capital too early when it is more difficult to assess the value of their companies.

Take the private - equity marketplace, a broadly defined investment sector that includes venture capitalists, large and small angel investors, hedge funds, private investment pools, and even insurance companies and other institutional players that either participate through money - management funds or make direct capital investments in growth companies.

But in the last five years venture growth capital has exploded, offering young companies the ability raise very large growth rounds while staying private.

David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif., told me in an e-mail: «For garage - dwelling entrepreneurs to crack the 1 % wealth threshold in America, their path almost always involves raising venture capital and then getting their start - up to an initial public offering (IPO) or a large acquisition by another cVenture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif., told me in an e-mail: «For garage - dwelling entrepreneurs to crack the 1 % wealth threshold in America, their path almost always involves raising venture capital and then getting their start - up to an initial public offering (IPO) or a large acquisition by another cventure capital and then getting their start - up to an initial public offering (IPO) or a large acquisition by another company.

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn't the decade to do it.

He also spent 3 years at KTB network, which is the largest venture capital firm in Korea and invested more than USD 5M into media, contents, and IT companies.

A healthy IPO market and the prevalence of large growth rounds for private, venture - backed companies at lofty valuations have signaled a renewed interest in venture capital within the LP community.

Now a consultant to venture capital firms, Bloom expects large companies to shift away from investing directly in R&D, focusing instead on acquiring startups and spinning off experimental projects that will be less constrained by bureaucracy and Wall Street demands.

GrowthWorks is currently the largest retail venture capital investor in Canadian «green technology» companies and is one of the largest managers of retail venture capital funds in Canada.

EqualLogic is the largest all cash acquisition for a venture backed company, according to VentureSource, and the sale resulted in proceeds of $ 195 million to TD Capital Ventures for a 22x gross investment multiple on the fund's $ 8.9 million investment.

We have deep networks in the industries we invest in — including the C - Suite of large tech and Fortune 500 companies, the greater venture capital industry and broader capital markets.

White Paper by Roland Reynolds & Ken Wallace September 2009 INTRODUCTION Two key trends have dramatically altered the venture capital industry over the last three decades: the rise of larger fund sizes and the decline of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) as an exit market for venture - backed companies.

Plant - based meat companies have been seeing larger and larger rounds from venture capital and other types of investors.

The company, based in San Francisco, is close to completing the raising of a $ 2.1 billion round of venture capital, according to people briefed on the company's plans, the company's single largest round to date.

Yet accessing the resources, connections, and guidance of top - tier venture capital still typically carries the requirement that founders accept large amounts of invested capital from their venture investors when building their companies.

Phase One is 85 % pre-leased and has attracted a strategic mix of researchers, start - ups, professional services, venture capital, and larger companies.

Large venture capital funds have hit out at the Australian Stock Exchange's relationship with technology companies in the wake of revelations about Big Un Limited and GetSwift.

Under the SBIR - STTR reauthorization, which is part of a larger bill setting priorities and policies for the Department of Defense, companies owned by venture capital partnerships and hedge funds would be eligible for the first time.

Prior to TCG, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Three Crowns Capital where he helped finance large parts of the venture capital for biotech companies such as Tularik, Rosetta, PTC, Chemocentryx, Rinat, Tercica, Somalogic, Infinity and FivCapital where he helped finance large parts of the venture capital for biotech companies such as Tularik, Rosetta, PTC, Chemocentryx, Rinat, Tercica, Somalogic, Infinity and Fivcapital for biotech companies such as Tularik, Rosetta, PTC, Chemocentryx, Rinat, Tercica, Somalogic, Infinity and Fiveprime.

Venture capital: Equity investment for a company not large enough to go public that is supplied by partnerships set up to pool funds and invest in untried companies, by wealthy individuals, or by large institutional investors.

Venture capital — These firms provide early - stage funding, but are typically looking to make relatively large investments and take a significant share of the company — often a controlling interest.

Venture capital in Silicon Valley seeks companies that will grow and quickly be sold to larger companies; the «exit» is the new goal.

Some of the startups on this list have received large investments from leading venture capital firms and technology companies (e.g., Google has invested in LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer).

Berry was also a partner at a large firm in Boston, where his practice focused on representing emerging technology companies and venture capital firms.

We represent small, medium and large public and private companies, banks, venture capitalists, and other investors in securities and venture capital matters.

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The variety of her experience is illustrated by her work with LOVEFiLM and a number of other companies on venture capital transactions, acting for both companies and Nomads on numerous AIM listings, advising recruitment group OPD Group on its proposed takeover offer of Imprint, acting for investment trust Throgmorton on a large scale restructuring, as well as providing general company law advice to many large and small private companies.

CLEVELAND, OH - March 21, 2005 - ComparisonMarket, Inc., which owns and operates Insurance.com, the largest online auto insurance agency in the United States, announced today that it has closed on a new round of venture capital to support future growth initiatives, including local expansion of the Solon - based company «s call center, information technology and marketing staffs and the launch of a national cable television advertising campaign to promote Insurance.com «s services.

Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC) is a joint venture of Reliance Capital of the Reliance Group and Japan's largest private life insurer Nippon Life Insurance Company.

At least two of these companies have required a massive amount of capital to scale up and reach commercialization — that can be a difficult strategy for venture capitalists, as early investments can get diluted during large later rounds.

Japan's leading Blockchain company, Tech Bureau, announces $ 15 Million investment by Japan's largest Venture Capital firm, JAFCO