Sentences with phrase «lead funding by»

The Bauman and Bryant Chair in Arts in Education was established with lead funding by Patricia Bauman and John Landrum Bryant, president and director of the Bauman Foundation, respectively.

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Viking Global Investors and KKR led the round, and were joined by investors including Perceptive Advisors, AIG, Aisling Capital, Cormorant Capital and Janus Funds.

April 11 (Reuters)- Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

TTV Capital based led the round and was joined by investors including ITC Partners Fund, Kinetic Ventures, and Real Ventures.

What's more, Crypt closed a $ 6.2 million round of funding on Tuesday, led by Lerer Hippeau, NBCUniversal, Advancit Capital, and Blumhouse Productions.

Ascent Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by Delancey Street Partners and Randstad Innovation Fund.

Founders Fund led the round and was joined by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Pantera Capital, as well as existing investors Craft Ventures, Vy Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.

The many ETFs, which are by nature more tradeable than traditional index funds, can lead investors to unnecessarily deviate from simple buy - and - hold behavior.

Culture Trip, an online travel magazine, raised $ 88 million in a series B round of funding led by the venture arm of PPF Group, a Netherlands - based conglomerate.

In March, the company announced a $ 35 million Series B round led by VC firm Playground Global, which brings the company's total funding to $ 45 million.

Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

The New York - based startup raised another $ 325 million in funding led by Wellington Management, Fidelity Investments, Kleiner Perkins, and True Ventures.

Like most VC firms, its goal is to make smart bets and earn strong returns — but that's exactly why 40 % of the portfolio companies in Aspect's first fund were led by women.

Elon Musk - led SpaceX Corp is raising $ 507 million in a new round of funding, valuing the company at around $ 26 billion, according to a filing seen by Reuters.

Harbert Growth Partners led the round and was joined by investors including TechOperators, Grotech Ventures, Idea Fund Partners, and Alerion Ventures.

MILAN, April 23 - A judge ruled in favor of an appeal by Telecom Italia and its leading investor Vivendi to block a vote on some board director replacements proposed by activist fund Elliott at an April 24 shareholders meeting, a court document showed.

The funding, led by prominent tech investor Accel, will bring it closer to its long term goal: using balloons to get people close to space.

• Nubank, a Brazil - based financial startup, raised $ 150 million in funding.DST Global Investment Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital LP and QED.

Benenson, who says he is a lead data engineer at Kickstarter, barely skated past his funding goal, scraping by with just $ 176 extra dollars.

Last summer the company raised $ 4 million in an early funding round led by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures.

April 11 - Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

SoftTech Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Maven Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Sound Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, Core VC, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator.

Besides bringing on a new, high - profile head of engineering, Drop also closed a $ 21 million series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates.

Temasek led the round, and was joined by investors including CITIC Private Equity Funds Management and Shunwei Capital.

In May, Soylent snagged a $ 50 million Series B financing round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), bringing total funding to $ 74.5 million.

New Enterprise Associates led the round, and was joined by investors including the AI Fund.

Poseidon Asset Management led the round and was joined by investors including Phyto Partners, Altitude Investment Partners, Arcview Investor Network, and Arcadian Fund.

Accion Venture Lab led the round and was joined by investors including Omidyar Network, Mulago Foundation, Choiseul Africa Capital, Mercy Corps» Social Venture Fund, and several angel investors.

In May 2013 the company announced a $ 15 million VC funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Silverton Partners led the round and was joined by investors including Female Founders Fund and Lakehouse Ventures.

River Cities Capital Funds led the round, and was joined by investors including Dell Technologies Capital, Sweetwater Capital, Meritage Funds and Charterhouse Strategic Partners.

They're already convincing investors — New Millennium just received close to $ 1 million in a round of financing led by Toronto - based venture capital fund Hedgewood Inc. — and a burgeoning array of early adopters, including pioneering chefs, adventurous retailers and corporate partners that could soon include Google.

Insight Venture Partners led the round and was joined by investors including Matrix Partners, Underscore VC, and Leaders Fund.

• Kespry, a Menlo Park, Calif. - based aerial intelligence solution provider, raised $ 33 million in Series C funding led by G2VP, and was joined by investors including Shell Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, and ABB Ventures

• Wonolo, a San Francisco - based staffing platform enabling businesses to fill their immediate labor needs, raised $ 13 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

Bain Capital Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Cervin Ventures, Gradient Ventures and Randstad Innovation Fund.

He's taken a stake in TYT Network, one of the top online - video political news networks, as part of $ 20 million in funding led by growth equity firm 3L Capital with participation from Greycroft and e.ventures.

• Pilotworks, New York City - based a community of food entrepreneurs formerly known as FoodWorks, raised $ 13 million in Series A funding led by Techstars Ventures and Acre Venture Partners.

She took her concept to venture capitalists and secured a total of $ 10.4 million in two funding rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.

Madrona Venture Group led the round, and was joined by investors including X Factor Ventures, Brilliant Ventures, The Helm, PLG Ventures, Portland Seed Fund, Founders» Co-Op, and Start It Labs.

Foundry Group led the round, and was joined by investors including Industry Ventures, Chicago Ventures, and Kickstart Fund.

Revolution Growth led the round and was joined by investors including IVP, Data Collective, Lowercase Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Female Founders Fund.

• Noodle Partners, a New York firm that helps colleges decrease the cost of online higher education, raised about $ 14 million in Series A funding led by Owl Ventures.

OSCAR HEALTH SURPASSES $ 3 BILLION VALUATION, DRIVEN BY EMPHASIS ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS: US - based insurtech Oscar Health secured a $ 165 million funding round led by Brian Singerman and Founders Fund, with participation from 8VC, Google's health - focused sister company Verily Life Sciences, and Fidelity, among otherBY EMPHASIS ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS: US - based insurtech Oscar Health secured a $ 165 million funding round led by Brian Singerman and Founders Fund, with participation from 8VC, Google's health - focused sister company Verily Life Sciences, and Fidelity, among otherby Brian Singerman and Founders Fund, with participation from 8VC, Google's health - focused sister company Verily Life Sciences, and Fidelity, among others.

500 Startups led the round, and was joined by investors including Asahi Medialab Ventures, DG Lab Fund (of Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group), Mobile Internet Capital, and Septeni Holdings.

Shasta Ventures and August Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Y Combinator and Funders» Club.

Sozo Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Marc Benioff, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Social Capital, AME Cloud Partners and Rethink Impact.

Ford Motor Company led the round, and was joined by investors including Future Fund.

In fact, the company just announced $ 60 million in Series C funding led by August Capital.

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.