Sentences with phrase «local venture capital firms»

But it can also become a source of deal flow for existing clients who are local venture capital firms looking for deals.

Without local venture capital firms — particularly firms that know biotech — it can be difficult for startups to get off the ground.

Not exact matches

Dan Gilbert, CEO of Quicken Loans, for example, moved his company's headquarters to downtown Detroit to bolster the population numbers and help jumpstart the local economy, then provided further sustenance to the commercial ecosystem by opening a new start - up incubator and venture capital firm.

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Whitman told local media that HPE plans to work with the Singapore Economic Development Board, local universities, and venture capital firms to identify Singapore - based startups that specialize in areas in which HPE is also investing.

The CPV Valley Energy Center, a 650 MW Gas - Fired power plant is now under construction by Maryland based venture capital firm Competitive Power Ventures despite intense local opposition and a lawsuit pending in the State Supreme Court of New York.

His venture capital firm has helped fund the startup or expansion of about 20 local small firms.

Many private equity firms, and some local hedge and venture capital firms, get around the UBT by exchanging the 2 percent management fees they receive from investors, which are taxable, for a percentage of profits, which are not.

Weissman asked one of his employees, who also worked for a local venture - capital firm, to assess the market for a dog - breed test.

As a result of these angel groups, local and international venture capital firms, funding for African startups — of which over 70 per cent are generating revenues — jumped by 51 per cent to US$ 195 million in 2017,

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