Sentences with phrase «more venture capital investment»

It is a crucial American ally not only because Israel is the leading military power in the Middle East and a technological powerhouse with more venture capital investment than the whole of Europe (the instrumental dimension of Augustinian realism) but also because of the deep ties between the American founding and the Jewish religion and the strong bonds between Israelis and America's 6.4 million Jews (the moral dimension).

Israel has more venture capital investments per capita than any nation on earth, including the United States, and boasts the most non-U.S. companies listed on the Nasdaq after China.

Not exact matches

For the past five years, venture capital firms have pumped 25 percent to 100 percent more than they've raised into a diverse array of investments, including clean energy technology, health care, and pharmaceuticals.

Why have venture capital investments become ever more concentrated along a single stretch of Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, rather than diffusing out across the country as the industry has grown?

What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

Venture - capital investment activity is more concentrated in Silicon Valley today than it was in the late 1980s, when personal computers were all the rage, Mark Zuckerberg was but a toddler, and the web browser hadn't yet been invented.

The new normal requires significant revenue traction on this level of investment, and if that is achieved the two comma capital investments (meaning millions of dollars) will flow from sources that are typically angels and smaller, more focused venture funds that are still scratching out a living.

What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other cities, to begin offering venture capital in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial investment.

Corporate venture - capital firms that benefit from high cash flows might be willing to spread out their investments over a few similar companies and take a back seat in terms of driving their growth, while a venture - capital firm is typically motivated to take a more focused and hands - on approach for its portfolio companies.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

Bannister says venture capital firms on both sides of the border are taking more time to make investment decisions, adopting a wait - and - see approach before diving in.

More generally, other Chinese companies will look at strategic investments in tech startups, much the way Google and Intel do now through their venture capital arms.

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.

Of that $ 3.3 billion, more than $ 800 million came from venture capital and angel investments in space startups — that's more VC funding than in the previous 10 years combined.

He has more than 14 years» experience in venture capital, investment banking and strategic consulting, and has managed numerous private equity investments.

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.

One of the most notable celebrity tech investors, Kutcher has invested in more than two dozen companies through his venture capital fund A-Grade Investments, including mattress maker Casper, and e-commerce company Fab.

Jasper had raised about $ 205 million in venture capital investments from Sequoia Capital and Benchmark and more recently from the private equity fund Tcapital investments from Sequoia Capital and Benchmark and more recently from the private equity fund TCapital and Benchmark and more recently from the private equity fund Temasek.

Examine the reasons why so few women choose to enter or stay in venture capital roles and call on the venture capital industry to do more to recruit and promote women investors to partner level roles in order to increase the number of women investment professionals

Peter's venture capital career began with Worldview Technology Partners in 2001 where he held roles as the director of investment operations and more recently as a senior associate.

Bruce is a managing director at Blumberg Capital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atCapital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atcapital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney.

Before joining the Bay Area - based VC firm as an operating partner at the end of 2016, Ragatz held more traditional roles at investment firms including DAG Ventures and Steamboat Ventures, Disney's venture capital arm.

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.

In addition, McKinsey & Company estimates that between 3 - 4 % of the limited partnership interests in the private equity and venture capital business trade on an annual basis, or approximately $ 1.2 B. Combining both of these figures, the secondary market for both LP and direct venture capital investments amounted to more than $ 2.45 B and represented 8 % of all venture investments in the industry.

«EIB manages the EIF which currently accounts for more than a third of investment in UK - based venture capital funds.

A March survey of 500 institutional investors showed that 48 percent planned to increase their allocation to venture capital and private equity, while 28 percent said they would invest more in hedge funds, according to the investment firm Commonfund.

How is it that Israel has, per person, attracted over twice as much venture capital investment as the US and thirty times more than Europe?

Cherokee Ventures began investing in startup and venture - stage companies in 1984 and has since completed more than 80 investments, using internal capital.

Seed stage venture capital investment in startups has dropped by more than 70 percent since its peak in 2000.

One in six institutional investors, in another survey, projected gains of more than 20 % annually on their investments in venture capital — even though such funds, on average, have underperformed the stock market for much of the 2000s.

More cash in the bag would help the Silicon Valley venture capital giant diversify its focus from early - and growth - stage investments to pre-IPO funding rounds, at a time when startup valuations are spiking partly due to money pouring in from SoftBank Group Corp's $ 93 billion Vision Fund.

«Allowing charities to invest in limited partnerships will remove an unnecessary roadblock to foundation impact investments, opening up more opportunities for foundations to align their investment strategies with their public benefit mandates, and ultimately unlocking more capital for ventures and initiatives that support Canadian communities.»

Some venture capitalists argue that scalability is not present unless the business has the ability to grow revenue to $ 100 million or more which can justify a venture capital investment.

Also because of regulations, smaller retail investors have effectively been blocked from participating in higher - yielding investments — namely, private equity and venture capital, whose 10 - year compound annual growth rates have averaged 11.8 and 11 percent, quite a bit more than Treasuries, equities and other common asset classes.

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.

As young financial technology companies continue to attract increasing amounts of venture capital funding, investment bankers are expecting more mergers and acquisitions activity in the sector.

Women receive only 3 percent of venture capital, so we hope to provide an on - ramp for more women to become more familiar with the fundraising process and get a sense of how venture capitalists evaluate potential investments.

Through having more women use their investment power to invest in the types of fund managers, leadership teams, financial returns companies they want to see more of in the world, we believe, it will drive the initial impetus to change the gender - gap in venture capital.

For investors looking for future growth, that many investors documented in the company's investment ownership record or «cap table» could also be off - putting to angel investors or venture capitalists looking for a more simple capital base.

The general partners of True Wealth Ventures want to see more female led companies get venture capital investment.

Our funds» investments may include venture capital for emerging growth companies, growth capital for more established companies, and leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations for growth - oriented companies with strong cash flows.

California is home to the transformative innovation of Silicon Valley, home to more than 100 universities and colleges, more than a quarter of U.S. venture capital investment and six of the top 10 patent - producing U.S. cities.

Venture capital investment, which supports the commercialization of emerging technologies, totaled more than $ 130 billion globally in 2016.

While the U.S. attracted the most investment (nearly $ 70 billion), accounting for slightly more than half of the global share, 26 percent of total venture capital funds went to China.

Venture firms initially poured capital into basic dating sites before moving towards more social media - based offerings, such as 360 Capital Partners» $ 2M investment in Smartdate, a Facebook - integrated dating platform, icapital into basic dating sites before moving towards more social media - based offerings, such as 360 Capital Partners» $ 2M investment in Smartdate, a Facebook - integrated dating platform, iCapital Partners» $ 2M investment in Smartdate, a Facebook - integrated dating platform, in 2010.

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Last Friday, on the eve of the re-launch of the flagship Rock Band franchise, independent developer Harmonix revealed the sources of more than $ 15 million in venture capital investment.

We would have been better off if the Fed had allowed prior minor crises (LDCs, Continental Illinois, Commercial Real Estate, RMBS, Mexico, 97 Asian Panic, LTCM, Tech Bubble) to break ugly, so that bad investments would be liquidated, and capital released to more profitable ventures.

After having been in the investing world for more than 25 years from private banking and investment management to private and venture capital; Lance has pretty much «been there and done that» at one point or another.

Speakers and investors already confirmed for this year's GameHorizon Investment Summit include London Venture Partners, Initial Capital, Nintendo of Europe, SCEE XDev, Standfast Interactive, Pollen VC, MakieLab and Creative England — with more big names to be announced soon.