Sentences with phrase «leading firms including»

It has only recently become apparent, for example, that in 2015, hackers broke into computer networks at leading firms including Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Leading firms including Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills have funded lawyers, primarily in competition, to register in Ireland.

The Society of Merchant Venturers has helped the academy forge links with Bristol's leading firms including Bank of Ireland and Hargreaves Lansdown.

Not exact matches

The firm (which owns Canadian Business) has made a number of major moves leading up to and since then, including shutting down video service Shomi, paring down their print magazine portfolio and shaking up their management structure.

• Stateless, a Boulder, Colo. - based firm allowing network functions to be consumed through the «as a service» model, raised $ 1.4 million in a seed round led by Speedinvest and was joined by investors including Techstars, EVO Venture Partners, PV Ventures, and Service Provider Capital.

The lead in a four - man firm that he says mostly uses Apple gear — including the iconic iPhone — Gillott knows what it's like to navigate a mobile device purchase.

The District of Columbia was ranked fourth on that list, with 11 female - led companies in the area, including the cyber security and IT government services firm A Prentice Ray & Associates (ranked No. 86 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list).

VC firm Revolution Growth led the investment, which also included participation from Stonyfield Farm founder Gary Hirshberg, Behance's CEO Scott Belsky, restaurateur Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, the founder of Shake Shack and a number of other restaurants.

Adapting services to include new digital platforms is a key focus for the major players in Perth's communications sector led by Cannings Purple, which has maintained its top spot on the Business News ranking of the state's largest public and investor relations firms.

DST Global, a company that was early investors in Facebook and Spotify, led the funding round, which included other high profile venture capital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.

Kim Ki - nam, 59, was appointed to lead the Device Solutions division which makes components including memory chips, the major driver of the firm's record third - quarter profit of 14.5 trillion won ($ 12.91 billion).

These activities, which included writing a book and hosting podcasts, have led to millions of dollars in revenue and helped Likeable, my global social media firm, establish itself as a company to watch in the realm of marketing.

Bahrain's list of fintech companies will also include cryptocurrency - led firms, who want to establish a proper infrastructure in Bahrain

Participants in the latest round include Allegis Capital, a venture capital firm, which led the raise, as well as Blackstone Group (BX), the private equity firm, and angel investor Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of sales - tool giant Salesforce (CRM).

• Prevoty, a Los Angeles - based autonomous application protection firm, raised $ 13 million of Series B funding led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity and was joined by investors including USVP.

• AVORA, a London - based machine learning firm, raised # 1.5 million ($ 2 million) led by Crane Venture Partners, and was joined by investors including Peter Simon, founder of retailer Monsoon, and Steve Garnett, former chairman of Salesforce EMEA.

And there are traders, including smart (or lucky) ones like Mr. Blankfein, as well as less fortunate ones like Richard S. Fuld Jr. of Lehman and Jon S. Corzine of MF Global, who led their firms down the road to perdition.

That said, as the economy gains momentum and approaches full capacity, greater investment — including through new firm creation — could lead to potential output growing faster than we assume in the base case.

In his role as President of Cerberus, Mr. Zames will have broad responsibilities across the Firm's global businesses and will lead a number of strategic investing and operating initiatives, including overseeing all investments in the financial services industry.

On Deck Capital is financed by some of the nation's leading venture capital firms, including SAP Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, RRE Ventures and Village Ventures.

The Series E round is led by asset management firm Old Mutual Global Investors, and Silicon Valley VC firm IVP, and I understand also includes some secondary share dealings, meaning that not all of the cash will register on its balance sheet.

OnDeck is backed by some of the nation's leading venture capital firms, including Google Ventures and Institutional Venture Partners.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has received a rival takeover bid worth about $ 14 billion from a group of investors led by a Chinese firm that's been quite active in buying up U.S. hotel properties, including the Waldorf - Astoria.

This spring, tech manufacturer Intel will lead several partner firms, including Johnson & Johnson, in testing a simulated version of a blockchain platform designed to track drugs across the supply chain.

Investors include heavyweights like Disney — which recently led a $ 65 million round in Jaunt VR — as well as Legendary, 20th Century Fox, and venture capital firms like Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Highland Capital Partners, and others.

«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R. & D., even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions,» concluded the study, which was conducted by a team of three economists that included a former Bush administration official.

Some of the sales and marketing highlights for VA Partners include helping a transportation firm grow from 2 to over 50 clients; closing new revenue of $ 300,000 for a software firm; finding over 200 leads a year through social media for a design firm; and managing an inbound marketing strategy that consistently generates 40 leads a month.

The failed deal led to the resignation of CEO Ron Sargent, which forced the firm to begin exploring options that include a sale.

Himself and entrepreneur, financier and member of the tech cognoscenti, Schroeder sees much cause for optimism as home - grown talent cross-pollinates with the venture investors and leading global technology firms that have made sizable commitments there, including Google, Cisco Systems and LinkedIn.

Mark has almost 20 years of sales and marketing experience, including work with a leading Fortune 500 technology firm and one of the world's largest moving and relocation companies.

Ms. Jones brings significant experience to the firm with over 40 years in the Canadian investment industry, holding presidential and executive roles at numerous high - profile companies including GBC Asset Management, AGF Private Wealth Management, TAL Private Management, CIBC Trust Company, and First Interstate Bancorp — where she was Canada's first female to lead a Schedule II bank.

The CEO of Foxconn told Reuters on Monday the Taiwanese firm was leading a group including Apple Inc, computing giant Dell Inc and Kingston Technology Co..

Led by new CEO Jeff Maggioncalda, the company is reportedly valued at around $ 800 million and backers have included top Silicon Valley venture firms like Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and NEA.

Not surprisingly, there are several notable standouts in our 2017 list, including Nehal Raj who leads TPG's multi-billion-dollar technology investing practice globally to Alex Soltani who embraced a bold approach to deal making when successfully starting his own firm in his late 20s to Dominic Ang who purpose - built a fund to dramatically accelerate portfolio company growth through his proven operating model.

In addition, he led many of the firm's private investments in a range of technology companies, including eHarmony, Trulia, eGain, Avantgo, Astro Gaming, and Uplogix.

The lead investors are Hyde Park Venture Partners and Hyde Park Angels; others include New World Ventures, the I2A Fund, Amicus Capital and product - development firm IDEO, where Food Genius was a startup in residence.

Prior to Monogram, Oliver was with Leonard Green & Partners, a leading private equity firm, where he focused on investing in and supporting consumer and retail companies, including Union Square Hospitality Group / Shake Shack, Savers, Activision Blizzard, Animal Health International, DSW, and 99 Cents Only Stores.

In addition to the lead authors» work, several other firms contributed to this report by providing data and support including AceTech Ontario, BDC, Canadian Venture Capital Association, and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.

The round was led by Australian VC firms Main Sequence Ventures and Blue Sky Venture Capital and included Boeing HorizonX Ventures, Singtel Innov8 and... Read More

Sectors where women - owned firms are leading growth include real estate, finance / insurance, and wholesale trade.

The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.

Nevertheless, we remain optimistic about the firm's other business lines, which include consumer electronics, water filtration, healthcare, and separators in traditional lead - acid batteries.

The firm has become one of the leading immigration law firms in Panama and the practice includes relocation related services such as legal assistance on the purchase and sale of real estate, setting up foundations and corporations for asset protection and estate planning.

Led by MaRS and Esplanade, this unique cross-sector group of supporting organizations includes leading foundations, financial institutions and financial services firms.

ESOP Builders Inc. is the leading independent Canadian firm that specializes in providing comprehensive ESOP services including:

David is the chairman and cofounder of an artificial intelligence company with customers that include over 50 major firms on Wall Street; a seed investor in Broadcom, Access 360 (IBM), Fulcrum Microsystems (Intel); and the lead investor for Innovent (BRCM).

Airbnb's latest financing round is being led by private equity firm General Atlantic, and includes Hillhouse Capital Group, a Chinese fund manager, and Tiger Global Management, which just led a big $ 80 million financing for Postmates.

The Tencent - led group includes major retailer Suning Commerce Group, e-commerce firm JD.com Inc and rival developer Sunac China, which bought some of Wanda's theme park assets last year.

The Dallas - based firm, which manages $ 23 billion, said the investor - led plan was approved by about 86 % of Highland Crusader Fund clients, including the Houston Municipal Employees Pension Scheme, which sued Highland in May, accusing it of looting the fund.

During his consulting career, he led the Vancouver investment practice of a multinational actuarial consulting firm providing advice on investment strategy, including the matching of bond assets with liabilities.