Sentences with phrase «name investors in»

The syndicate entered the top 10 in February, and also includes other big - name investors in the bitcoin space such as SilkRoad Equity co-founder Matthew Roszak and 500 Startups partner Sean Percival.

Cai's disclosure makes him one of the few big - name investors in China to have openly disclosed their bitcoin holdings.

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It's not a name that most would recognise — but EOS had been formally announced that week in New York, and would go on to raise a staggering $ 185 million (# 143 million) from investors in just five days in an unconventional crowdsale known as an «ICO.»

ATHENS, April 19 - Greece has accepted a 535 million euro offer from a consortium led by Italy's Snam for a majority stake in gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the «preferred investor,» its privatization agency said on Thursday.

One of the investors, who wished to remain anonymous but who used the screen name ShayJo, showed CNBC an exchange with Larionov over messaging app Telegram, in which he told the same story.

· Marque players (The big name brands in your marketplace who are your customers, investors, advisors, suppliers, etc. and from whom you can get a «halo effect»)

Figure 1 — named one of Canadian Business's 15 most innovative companies of 2015 — has raised more than $ 10 million from investors in North America, and currently has 26 employees.

First, what our choice for Company of the Year is not: We're not trying to predict the company that will give investors the best return or be a household name in 100 years.

Still, Demirors thinks the survey data underestimates the actual number of women who invest in Bitcoin; after all, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin keeps users pseudonymous, meaning the names and genders of investors are hidden (other than to the operators of certain digital currency exchanges).

Given the lollygagging, in the name of investor protection, the SEC should walk the documents over to Robbins Geller post haste.

Also driving the trend is a collective cultural disgust with «obscene comp programs — the Monopoly money, the pay schemes that screw the little investor» — that have been proffered in recent years, says Charles A. (Chuck) Coonradt, author of The Game of Work and CEO of a consulting company by the same name in Park City, Utah.

Arrington, who says over 10 % of his own net worth is now in crypto - currency, did not name specific investors but suggested that many of them are those who have already made a lot of money of the incredible boom in bitcoin and other digital currencies, and want to branch out.

Mackey — whom Inc. named an entrepreneur of the decade — slashed his salary to $ 1 in 2007, when company results disappointed investors.

Of course, it includes a lot of assets that an average investor can't easily buy — including big stakes in privately held companies and infrastructure facilities like toll roads and airports, to name just a couple.

Backus and Fubini note that there's definitely room for further downward momentum, particularly as investors abandon unprofitable startups in a flight to safety with more established, profitable names.

The effort, code named Kalamata, is still in an early developmental stage, Bloomberg reported, but it has spooked Intel's investors.

But while investors» faith in lots of high - flyers is wobbling, they're convinced that these golden names deserve the tiniest of haircuts.

In 2010, the company was sold to a group of private investor, and it's name was later changed to Academi.

The company, which had made its name providing investors with a steady income from its oil and gas wells, cut its dividend in half as capital spending rose and energy prices fell.

Investors should consider watching these names over the next week with care and caution; if these stocks don't stabilize, a more substantial market rout may be in store.

It was only two months ago that a Reuters report emerged stating that Slack Technologies, the San Francisco software company behind the app of the same name, was in the process of raising $ 250 million from an all - star list of investors.

They are angel investors in 52 different companies through Winklevoss Capital, but almost none are big names.

Investors in Hong Kong will be able to buy Shenzhen - listed stocks, including many prominent technology and consumer names in the mainland.

Lowe's has recently faced pressure from activist investor D.E. Shaw & Co. to make greater strides in catching Home Depot and named new directors to its board in January.

The company, started in 2010 by former Microsoft executive Hardeep Walia, has attracted $ 126 million from some big - name investors, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Chinese social networking company Renren.

«In order to carry out his scheme to defraud investors, CASPERSEN incorporated entities with names closely resembling those of legitimate private equity funds (the «Legitimate Funds»).

Founding a company is a sheer act of will and tenacity in the face of immense skepticism from everyone — investors, customers, friends, family, and employees, to name a few.

Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are embracing the digital currency, including Fundstrat's Tom Lee and value investor Bill Miller, who is running a fund with nearly a third of its assets in bitcoin.

CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports the annual Allen & Company Conference is underway in Sun Valley, Idaho, drawing media moguls, tech titans and big name investors.

Rather than being an investor in name only, he said that he plans to be actively involved in the development and operations of the resorts.

During the Dot - com boom, companies added dot.com to their names in a bid to attract investors.

Recently named No. 2 in the Top 50 Online Marketing Influencers list in Entrepreneur, Rampton has made a name for himself not only as an expert marketer, but also as a savvy investor.

In the thread of ongoing comments, readers are sharing and celebrating achievements of names like bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, investor Peter Lynch and analyst Meredith Whitney.

As the Moscow - born founder of Digital Sky Technologies, he's made a name for himself in Silicon Valley as an investor willing to make huge bets.

Back in 2010 it paid $ 550 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it mislead investors into buying a so - called synthetic collateralized debt obligation named Abacus, which was made up of a bundle of financial instruments tied to subprime mortgage bonds, many of which plummeted in value shortly after the deal was sold.

The program came under scrutiny earlier this year after it was revealed that Nicole Meyer, the sister of senior White House aide Jared Kushner, who is the son - in - law of President Donald Trump, name - dropped Kushner while giving a presentation to Chinese investors.

, Michael Dell in February led a group of investors in a $ 24 - billion takeover of the personal - computer maker he founded in 1984 and still bears his name.

It also named a new CEO who took over in May, but the change did little to appease investors, who have continued to sell the stock.

In 1988, along with Bob Steel and some other future Goldman leaders — former co-presidents John Thornton and John Thain, billionaire investor J. Christopher Flowers, hedge - fund manager Frank Brosens, and Gary Gensler, now head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — Blankfein was one of thirty - six men (not a single woman) named general partners.

By contrast, Vanguard, whose name is synonymous with index funds, attracted more money from investors in 2016 than all mutual funds and exchange - traded funds combined, preliminary data from Morningstar earlier this month showed.

Shkreli has also been named in four other lawsuits filed by Retrophin investors in New York's Southern District between September 2014 and December 2014.

Shares dropped to $ 90.25 in the middle of May, which caused big - name investors like George Soros and David Einhorn to sell off some or all of their holdings.

Going in with Jurvetson was a lineup of household - name investors that includes Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Jack Welch; their money will be used to build up Memphis Meats» already formidable trove of intellectual property and to fine - tune the process of combining cells to produce the tastiest steaks and patties, and drive down the cost.

Investors listed on its website include some big names in Chinese business today, such as Wei Dai, founder of bike sharing company ofo.

Big name investors like Dan Loeb and David Einhorn helped raise $ 6 million to fight poverty at a charity event in New York City.

But investors are still huddling in the same high - growth technology names like FANG stocks with the S&P 500 roughly flat so far this year.

The deals, praised by investors who sent shares up nearly 15 % in after - hours trading, splits the troubled casual - dining restaurant chain from the faster growing and more profitable packaged foods business that sells sausages, macaroni and cheese, and other foods under the Bob Evans, Owens and Country Creek brand names.

(This investor has no stake in Dropbox or its competitors but asked us not to use his name.)

ATHENS, April 19 (Reuters)- Greece has accepted a 535 million euro ($ 662 million) offer from a consortium led by Italy's Snam for a majority stake in gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the «preferred investor,» its privatization agency said on Thursday.

Why follow Agarwal: Named to Forbes» Midas List of top tech investors in both 2012 and 2013, he's also an active member of the VC community on Twitter.