Sentences with phrase «leads tech investments»

Nehal Raj, a partner at TPG who leads tech investments, said that EverFi's business meshes well with the firm's investment thesis, which involves homing in on an outdated process in a market featuring relatively few competitors.

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Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

Investors in these start - ups run the gamut, but leading the pack are Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, DST Global (the VC firm led by Yuri Milner, the Moscow - based tech entrepreneur) and Andreessen Horowitz.

«Despite the sell - off, tech is still one of the only two sectors with positive returns this year, after leading the market last year with a 38 percent return,» said Neena Mishra, director of ETF research at Zacks Investment Research.

The firm is leading a major investment in gaming in an effort to reach young, tech - savvy internet users.

And women - led private tech companies that are able to secure funding achieve 35 % higher return on investment than male - led tech companies.

Gideon Yu is president and co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers and a tech investor who has played an important financial role at several notable tech companies: He has served as CFO of Facebook and YouTube; he's also been a venture capitalist and led Khosla Ventures» investment in Square.

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.

The round was led by Softbank's Vision fund and also included investments by tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt.

The «search for yield», i.e. for better return on financial investments than the declining interest rate, thus led to the series of bubbles & bursts: deregulated savings & loans (immediately), high - tech stocks (late 90's), mortgage derivatives — > house prices (2000's).

In addition, in the last two years there has been a steep rise in investment from Asia into North American high - tech companies — led by China.

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.

Earlsfield Capital is led by founding partners Sumeet Pillai, Meraj Alam and Dishang Patel, and make early - stage investments in Indian tech startups, according to its website.

Women Who Tech has hosted six previous Women Startup Challenges, connecting women - led startups with more than $ 1 million in prizes, crowdfunded dollars, and investments.

Fresh from a $ 258 million investment led by Google Ventures and TPG, tech - powered transportation service Uber today is announcing a key deal that speaks to a few ways that it's hoping to grow in the future.

I would love to see an increase in dividends, but also investments by the companies into the business for new products that lead these tech companies into the future.

Ms. Nan Zhou is responsible for Baidu's newly established growth fund Baidu Investment Partners, leading the fund overseas investment with a focus on AI core tech and AI enabled vertical application, such as healthcare, transportation, industrial, fintech, logistInvestment Partners, leading the fund overseas investment with a focus on AI core tech and AI enabled vertical application, such as healthcare, transportation, industrial, fintech, logistinvestment with a focus on AI core tech and AI enabled vertical application, such as healthcare, transportation, industrial, fintech, logistics, etc..

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.

Back in October, before the U.S. Elections 2016, Softbank announced that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Funds (PIF) could be its lead partner in the huge $ 100 billion tech investments plus it could invest as much as $ 45 billion over the course of the next five years.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- Dalian Wanda Group's commercial property arm has snagged a $ 5.4 billion investment from a group led by tech giant Tencent Holdings, one of the Chinese conglomerate's biggest deals aimed at easing financial strains and streamlining operations.

The Austin - based investment firm raised $ 19.1 million, which it will use to back women - led health tech ventures and sustainable consumer brands.

We are backed by leading global institutional investors from all over the world and provide long - term, world - class returns by identifying and pursuing attractive investment opportunities in Israel's vibrant tech industry.

Ying leads Fosun's high - tech investments in the US, including FinTech, pioneering technology, digital health, and consumer internet.

TOKYO — August 10, 2017 — Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, announced that leading Japanese VCs vow over $ 9 million investment in COMSA's Initial Coin Offering (ICO).

That probe, widely expected to conclude that China is treating U.S. companies unfairly, could lead to new restrictions on Chinese investment in high - tech U.S. industries, several analysts said.

Launched in 2017, Seattle Food Tech has already raised $ 1 million in seed round investments, led by Fifty Years and Blue Horizon.

«New York has made incredible strides in securing a clean energy future for this state with our nation - leading clean energy standard, off shore wind development, and aggressive investment in the clean tech economy, yet the Common Fund remains heavily invested in the energy economy of the past.

Concurrently, it enables leading - edge research and development to serve the needs of industry while firmly establishing the state as a magnet for the attraction of high - tech jobs, companies and unparalleled private investment that will benefit the Mohawk Valley and all New Yorkers.»

Kaloyeros has parlayed hundreds of millions of dollars in state government grants and capital investments into R&D partnerships with leading tech companies, including IBM, Intel and Samsung.

A few of the leading U.S. tech companies have already made hefty investments in clean - sourced data centers.

«JigTalk Secures Investment From UK's Leading Mobile Tech Group Main In The Era Of Dating Apps, Craigslist's Missed Connections Lives On»

MM: In one sense, my entire life's experiences led to Build UP — my train - conductor dad who invested in real estate in his spare time; high school boredom that led to two years of tech school to work on my ’83 Camaro; buying a duplex as my first house that eventually led me into real - estate investment on the side.

That investment has led to new tech at the facility, including a roller hemming process for the RDX's panoramic moonroof, high - performance structural adhesives, sound - deadening spray foam, and a new multi-layer paint system.

Leading TNR organizations now use both low - and high - tech solutions to keep traps in circulation while safeguarding their investment.

A veteran dealmaker who has been leading Korea's M&A charge since the 1990s, Seo impressed the judges with his deep involvement in two seemingly disparate worlds of Korean corporate activity: the nationwide reshuffle among the traditional conglomerates, and the strategic investments by the new generation of tech firms.

Marks Baughan, based in Philadelphia and London, is the leading boutique investment bank serving high - growth software and tech - enabled solutions companies in the legal, risk and compliance sector.

The New Zealand branch of leading Asia - Pacific law firm MinterEllison, known as MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has launched a joint venture with tech investment platform Goat Ventures to develop a...

The investment was led by private venture firm Talis Capital, while Invoke Capital, Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch's tech investment business, also contributed.

Tech Bureau Corp, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, announced that leading Japanese VCs pledged over $ 9M investment in COMSA's ICO.

IBM is leading the tech industry when it comes to blockchain investment as it is currently developing blockchain solutions for its internal operations and possible commercial offerings in the future.

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

MGT Capital Investments, the John McAfee led tech and Bitcoin mining company announced today that it has executed a new purchase order with China's Bitmain Technologies for an additional 2,000 S9 Antminer mining rigs, with shipment expected by the end of fourth quarter 2017.

Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, announced that leading Japanese VCs vow over $ 9 million investment in COMSA's Initial Coin Offering (ICO).

Polymath plans to announce its first batch of Polymath - powered issuers, which currently include a top Canadian venture capital fund, a leading tech private equity firm and a high yielding Real Estate Investment Trust.

The dot - com crash led many companies to shift their tech investments away from the B2B or business - to - consumer companies and into their internal systems.

We became a part - owner of Moxi Works, a real estate tech company, in 2015, and that investment positions our company and our agents on the leading edge of real estate tech — a place you'll find many millennials.»