Sentences with phrase «many big investors»

Hillhouse, one of China's biggest investors, is led by chairman Zhang Lei, an early backer of Chinese Internet giant Tencent.

«I'm a big investor in people's enthusiasm,» he says.

His counterintuitive philosophy was apparent this year in his expressed openness to the idea of acquiring the troubled Home Capital while other big investors shied away.

CNBC's Scott Wapner and Institutional Investor's Michael Peltz ask big investors why so many managers are underperforming in today's market.

From Bezos to Walton, Big Investors Back Fund for «Flyover» Start - Ups.

ure out a way to say this,» starts entrepreneur Peter Thiel, who was Facebook's first big investor, thanks largely to Parker, and who later brought on Parker at his VC firm, Founders Fund.

Telegram has already raised institutional capital in what's called a presale, luring big investors who are willing to commit at least $ 20 million.

The reason: The biggest investors, like mutual funds and pension funds that held more than half of all outstanding shares, showed no interest in quibbling with boards» compensation committees.

In 2010, as the dust from the financial crisis settled, three women working in disparate parts of the economy noticed that startups in «hard science» (think biology or chemistry rather than tech) weren't getting the attention they deserved from big investors.

Sequoia Capital, the company's biggest investor, has in recent weeks held deal talks with potential buyers for the Atlanta - based startup.

Seven years later, those same three women want to be the big investors whom they used to court.

He also clashed with Benchmark, one of the company's earliest and biggest investors, which is also selling part of its stake.

The Montreal - based firm is RIM's sixth biggest investor (10.2 million shares at the end of the first quarter, worth about $ 361 million yesterday), and just sold over half its holdings.

Big investors including State Street and BlackRock, which together hold about 9 percent of Exxon shares, recently have made clear they are now giving more attention to climate issues.

Big investors are losing patience with IBM chief Ginni Rometty, who remains one of the highest - paid CEOs in not just the tech industry, but among all S&P 500 companies, despite IBM's relatively poor performance under her lead.

(Andreessen Horowitz is also a big investor in Soylent, a liquid meal replacement.)

The duo's broader, pragmatic vision attracted big investors — including Goldman Sachs, Chinese Internet giant Baidu, and venture capitalist Jim Breyer, one of the earliest backers of Facebook.

The new service, Coinbase Custody, will offer a raft of extra security measures and hand - holding in order to persuade big investors to put their money into assets like bitcoin.

23andMe is a seven - year - old company run by Anne Wojcicki, a biotech entrepreneur who is married to Google (GOOG) co-founder Sergey Brin, who is, in turn, a big investor in 23andMe.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who famously battled Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook's origins, are big investors in the digital currency and say it's worth 100 times its current value.

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, among the world's biggest investors, said it was turning cautious and expected returns to slow over the next decade, given high valuations, uncertainty over monetary policy and modest economic growth.

Uber is less valuable without Travis Kalanick as CEO than it was with him at the helm, according to some of the ride - hailing company's biggest investors.

Bain Capital plans to be the biggest investor in Toshiba's chip unit, as part of a consortium that also includes Japan government investors.

Even the biggest investors were once small investors.

Nikhil Kalghatgi, a venture capitalist and early digital currency investor, believes the cryptocurrency market is hindered right now by a shortage of ways for big investors to deploy hedging strategies.

Indeed, at least one big investor believes Uber shares have actually increased in value in the past few months.

We won the prize money, developed the site and were able to recently secure $ 1.7 million in funding from some of the biggest investors in the world.

NEW YORK, April 18 - A start - up launched by three Princeton University graduates for a new cryptocurrency has raised $ 133 million from a slew of big investors in a private placement, Intangible Labs Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Nader Al - Naji said on Wednesday.

Bain Capital plans to be the biggest investor in Toshiba's chip unit, providing 850 billion yen ($ 7.7 billion) in equity as part of a consortium that also includes Japan government investors, three sources briefed on the matter said.

Investments are normally performed in stages, allowing a big investor to cut off the tap to minimize a loss.

His biggest investor was abandoning him and he had just agreed to settle a legal claim that chipped at his reputation, Reuters reported in March.

No matter how smart you are or how great you startup idea is, one big investor says the elevator - style pitch doesn't work.

The most recent quarter's investment activity could provide insight into how the world's biggest investors are approaching their portfolios ahead of the Fed's impending rate hike.

Those included a court challenge over how much of Wind Mobile was foreign - owned; struggles to negotiate tower - sharing agreements with Rogers, Bell and Telus (Rogers owns Canadian Business); and doubt about Wind's future when its biggest investor, Dutch carrier VimpelCom, revealed it was exploring «strategic alternatives» for its stake.

Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against much bigger investors in the global market such as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of investments.

The new venture is known internally as a «long - term private capital» vehicle and it's seeking capital from sovereign - wealth funds, pensions and other big investors, the report said.

If you're a trader or a big investor on Wall Street, you're probably on IB.

Big investors are shaping transportation in 2039 by betting on relatively boring fixes to bridges, airports and roads.»

The ban, implemented last July in an attempt to stem the rush of capital out of China's market, was due to lift tomorrow, and was expected to trigger a market exodus by big investors.

Instead, the epicenter will shift to Aspen, Colo., where Fortune will be hosting Brainstorm Tech, our annual technology conference filled with big - name executives, big thinkers, and big investors.

Carlson hopes to leverage his low - cost gas into partnerships with downstream end - users without having to be a big investor: «If we're going to recover a large portion of the value generated from our natural gas production, we're going to have to take our value further down the supply chain.»

Small - caps aren't just shunned by the media and analysts, but also by the big investors like mutual funds.

Through OBOR, China intends to become an even bigger investor — with strings attached — throughout Asia and beyond.

Benchmark was the biggest investor in Springsource, which raised a total of $ 15 million in two rounds of financing prior to the acquisition.

Will Uber sell to Google, which is one of its big investors, asked Re / code's Kara Swisher.

In a show of good faith, Musk, who is the chairman and biggest investor in both companies, recused himself from voting on the deal at the Tesla board meeting.

He is also IBM's largest shareholder, with almost 20 million more shares than the next - biggest investor.

However, if you're a bigger investor, you may want to consider other options to avoid the added cost for automation that you don't need.

Founders Fund, a VC firm backed by billionaire Peter Thiel has invested in a Tagomi System, a new startup that helps big investors trade bitcoin.

And the investors involved don't consider this charity — pension funds and sovereign wealth funds are expected to be among the biggest investors.