Sentences with phrase «leading venture capital companies»

With my background, finding a job was not so difficult: IMH Venture, one of the leading venture capital companies in Germany, was the first firm I applied to and they offered me a position.

The Digital Currency Group is arguably the leading venture capital company in the blockchain ecosystem.

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• 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.

That point isn't lost on Steve Roberson, the co-founder and technical lead of Start - Up Hire, a new job site for venture capital - backed companies.

The company has raised more than $ 20 million in venture capital, led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from NEA and Khosla Ventures.

Invus led the round, and was joined by investors including Redmile Group, Polaris Partners, Timothy Springer, ARCH Venture Partners, EcoR1 Capital, The Kraft Group, Fidelity Management and Research Company and Cormorant Asset Management.

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 Ccapital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit CapitalCapital.

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 capital was raised through a Series B round, the second stage of financing for a company, and was led by European venture capital firm Draper Esprit.

Venture - capital funding increased slightly in the second quarter from the previous quarter, with software and biotechnology companies leading the pack, according to a report released today.

«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.

Co-founder and executive chairman Hoffman, who is also a partner at Greylock Partners, the venture capital firm that led a $ 10 million funding round in LinkedIn in 2004, started the company in 2002 in his living room.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

On Wednesday, the company announced $ 100 million in new funding led by new investor Founders Fund, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Jefferies participating.

With a biotech startup, it may seem the potential is all in the science, but investor Amy Schulman, a venture capital partner at Polaris Partners, which led SQZ's $ 5 million funding round, says the main reason she decided to put money in SQZ is because of Sharei, even though he's young and had never started a company before.

These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas.

Cypher is the CEO and co-founder of Oak Labs Interactive, the company behind the interactive mirrors, which just announced it has raised $ 4.1 million in a seed round led by Wing Venture Capital to bring refine the technology and bring it to more retailers.

According to Bloomberg and research by Lesa Mitchell and Professor Vivek Wadhwa, women - led high - tech startups are more capital efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and generate 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned companies when venture - backed.

Professional investors are scrambling to pour millions of dollars of venture capital into the leading companies.

Insight Venture Partners is a leading global private equity and venture capital firm investing in software, eCommerce, Internet, and data - services comVenture Partners is a leading global private equity and venture capital firm investing in software, eCommerce, Internet, and data - services comventure capital firm investing in software, eCommerce, Internet, and data - services companies.

Floreani's company has raised nearly $ 30 million in funding thus far, including $ 21.2 million in Series B venture capital funding last year that came from a group led by DCM Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, along with other investors including Discovery Communications and World Wrestling Entertainment.

The company has raised $ 27 million in early stage financing from two leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms, and launched its service to the public in September 2011.

Office commute automation platform MoveInSync has raised $ 8 million (Rs 52 crore) in a Series B round of funding led by homegrown venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners, a company statemenventure capital firm Nexus Venture Partners, a company statemenVenture Partners, a company statement said.

TORONTO, July 13, 2016 — Today, Morgan Solar Inc. announced $ 10 million in funding led by ArcTern Ventures, a venture capital fund developed in partnership with MaRS Discovery District that provides early - stage capital to companies in the cleantech sector.

«The equity investor, New World Ventures, is a leading Chicago venture capital / private equity firm that backs companies with sustainable technological advantages like SMS.

Israeli deep learning and computer vision company Allegro.ai has raised $ 7 million in a Series A financing round led by Mizmaa Ventures and with the participation of Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Dynamic Loop Capital.

Along with partner, MPWM Theresia Gouw Ranzetta, her company, Aspect Ventures, is one of the few women - led venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.

To help support and guide startups to market entry, JOLT has attracted more than 70 experienced entrepreneurs and executives from many of Canada's leading startups, and venture capital, technology and entertainment companies, including: Polar Mobile, Spark59, Virgin Gaming, Google, Zynga, Kobo, and more.

As the Director of Business Operations and Customer Relations, she was responsible for growing a stealth company into an industry - defining brand, driving new global business opportunities with strategic partnerships, and playing a critical role in securing Skybox's venture capital financing from leading investors and eventual acquisition by Google in 2014 for $ 500M.

While at ENBALA, Ron raised over $ 20 million in venture capital and established ENBALA as the leading, real - time demand management company in North America.

Women - led private technology companies are more capital - efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and, when venture - backed, bring in 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned tech companies.

Naspers Ventures led the round, joined by the company's earlier backers Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angel and individual investors including Y Combinator president Sam Altman.

Ysios Capital is a leading Spanish venture capital firm that provides private equity financing to early - and mid-stage human healthcare and life science companies with a special focus on pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical dCapital is a leading Spanish venture capital firm that provides private equity financing to early - and mid-stage human healthcare and life science companies with a special focus on pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical dcapital firm that provides private equity financing to early - and mid-stage human healthcare and life science companies with a special focus on pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical devices.

«We are pleased to share this vision with the unique blend of crossover funds, pharmaceutical companies, and venture capital investors participating in our Series B, and look forward to advancing our position as the leading biotech with a dual focus on synthetic lethality and immuno - oncology.»

Today, Morgan Solar Inc. announced $ 10 million in funding led by ArcTern Ventures, a venture capital fund developed in partnership with MaRS Discovery District that provides early - stage capital to companies in the cleantech sector.

The round, led by Israeli venture capital fund Firstime, brings the total amount raised by the company to $ 5 million.

The company, Desktop Metal, has raised nearly $ 100 million from leading venture capital firms and the venture units of such companies as General Electric, BMW, and Alphabet.

Sundaresan is CTO and co-founder of Trusted Key, which on May 2 also announced it raised $ 3 million as part of a seed funding round led by Founders Co-Op, an early - stage venture fund, with participation from Pithia, Inc., the venture capital company of The RChain Cooperative.

Represented venture capital fund in its investment and purchase of preferred stock of various life science companies in which it is lead investor.

OurCrowd is the leading hybrid venture capital equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors who wish to invest in Israeli and global early stage companies.

Three organizations led the round, Horizons Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, and Digital Garage, a number of the company's current investors upped their exposure with additional allocation, including AME Cloud Ventures, Blockchain Capital and Seven Seas Venture Partners.

SPARQ Systems today announced $ 11 million in funding led by ArcTern Ventures, a venture capital fund that provides early - stage capital to companies in the cleantech sector.

What's more, women - led startups last year obtained just 2.2 percent of all VC funding, Brand said, citing statistics from PitchBook, a Seattle company that tracks mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital.

Having recently received a $ 250,000 federal grant and made its first investment in a female - founded Austin business, True Wealth Ventures is one venture capital fund that's ready to lift the under - funded sector of women - led companies in Austin and across the nation.

In Part I of our series, we talked about the value of women investing in women - run VCs as a first step towards fixing the gender imbalance of the 99 % male «true VCs» in venture capital — and thereby unlocking the higher financial returns of women - led companies.

Mr. Elliott is a recognized international conference speaker on entrepreneurship, venture capital, and emerging technology trends and has also led venture capital investments into clean tech, gaming, blockchain and fintech companies.

Prior to joining BPC, Kurt spent 4 years working as a consultant and corporate development executive with several technology and marketing companies, including NewView Technologies, Inc. (formerly eSteel, Inc.), a supply chain software company backed by $ 100 million in funding from leading venture capital investors (Goldman, Sachs & Co., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bessemer Venture Partners), and CM Media Inc., a leading new media cventure capital investors (Goldman, Sachs & Co., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bessemer Venture Partners), and CM Media Inc., a leading new media cVenture Partners), and CM Media Inc., a leading new media company.

Brand, whose venture capital firm invests in companies led by females, had a high - profile 2017 as an ABJ Profiles in Power winner, ranking among the top female executives in Central Texas, as well as being a featured guest in one of ABJ's monthly Face 2 Face interview events.

With more than 140 years of venture capital, entrepreneurial, operating, and industry experience among its investment professionals, Zero Stage Capital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company invescapital, entrepreneurial, operating, and industry experience among its investment professionals, Zero Stage Capital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company invesCapital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company investments.