Sentences with phrase «of leading investment firms»

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But the school Wednesday got a hint of validation to the tune of $ 5.5 million in investment in a round led by Cambridge - based venture - capital firm Charles River Ventures and New York City - based Matrix Partners.

Don Thompson, formerly of McDonald's, joined the board of Beyond Meat in 2015, and then his VC firm, Cleveland Avenue, led its $ 55 million investment round in 2017.

Doug Mackenzie, a fan of Edmark's products and a partner at the prestigious venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, obliged by leading a round of equity investment that put $ 5.5 million into Edmark's coffers, paying the market price of $ 10 a share.

It's been enough to attract the attention of famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which today led a $ 10 million Series A round of investment in Gigster.

VC firm Revolution Growth led the investment, which also included participation from Stonyfield Farm founder Gary Hirshberg, Behance's CEO Scott Belsky, restaurateur Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, the founder of Shake Shack and a number of other restaurants.

In the summer of 1999, Sequoia Capital, the legendary backer of Oracle, Apple, and Cisco, led an investment of $ 25 million in Musk's new financial services firm, X.com.

Friedman notes that leading investors such as Ray Dalio, founder of investment firm Bridgewater, called Bitcoin a «bubble,» while Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, has criticized non-flat cryptocurrency, which is currency not backed by a government.

Alibaba plans to acquire a one - third stake in Ant, which operates Alipay, while Singaporean state investment firm Temasek Holdings wants to be the lead investor ahead of Ant's anticipated IPO.

«This was not Stanford, not Silicon Valley, where leaving (a prestigious university or a good job) to start your own company is a badge of honor,» said Technology Crossover Ventures partner Woody Marshall, who led his firm's early investments in Netflix, Spotify and Airbnb.

This would also lead to effective management of lifestyle disorders,» stated Anoop Pollavaram who is Operating Partner at Bengaluru - based Aspada Investments which is an early - stage venture capital firm.

In a separate announcement on Thursday, Intel Capital said that it was leading an investment round of $ 9 million in the cloud - based mobile applications firm called FeedHenry.

Dell today announced the completion of its acquisition by Michael Dell, Dell's Founder, Chairman and CEO, and Silver Lake Partners, a leading global technology investment firm.

A Thursday New York Times story revealed that investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has a stake in Instagram, just led a $ 5 million funding round for the parent company of competitor Picplz — which in turn caused a blogger at Business Insider to wonder whether the apparent conflict of interest indicates that Instagram has been sold.

In his role as President of Cerberus, Mr. Zames will have broad responsibilities across the Firm's global businesses and will lead a number of strategic investing and operating initiatives, including overseeing all investments in the financial services industry.

Our access to institutional capital enables us to make investments in middle and larger capitalization companies as either a lead sponsor or in partnership with many of the world's leading private equity firms.

Fairview Capital Partners is a leading private equity investment management firm specializing in dynamic segments of the market.

CVC Capital Partners is one of the world's leading private equity and investment advisory firms.

«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R. & D., even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions,» concluded the study, which was conducted by a team of three economists that included a former Bush administration official.

Led by firms like Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp., the industry has argued that costlier regulations would take away options for smaller investors, who would lose access to advice as well as investment choices.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

Chicago — June 24, 2011; City Capital Advisors, a results - oriented investment banking firm serving the middle market, announced today that it advised the owners of Zenith Cutter Co. in the sale of the company to the Fisher Barton Group, a transaction led by Tim Coleman and Matt Phillips, both City Capital Managing Directors.

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is one of the world's leading private investment firms.

«With an initial $ 25 - million investment from OMERS and his old associates at Ventures West Capital in 1995, Mark Leonard has built Constellation into a world - leading consolidator of vertical market software (VMS) companies — firms that create products to help run businesses in specific industries.

In addition, he led many of the firm's private investments in a range of technology companies, including eHarmony, Trulia, eGain, Avantgo, Astro Gaming, and Uplogix.

It is time for asset managers to take their lead from those progressive firms and investors who are embracing the low carbon transition, and prepare themselves for a future of greener investment patterns.

Over the last seventeen years, the firm has evolved from being a pioneer in secondary investments to becoming the leading provider of flexible capital solutions for the venture ecosystem.

With over 30 years of investment experience, David co-founded the leading Baltimore - based growth investment firm Camden Partners in 1995 after spending more than a decade investing in small cap companies with T. Rowe Price.

Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms.

New Energy Capital Partners, LLC («NEC»), a leading alternative asset management firm focused on debt and equity investments in small - and mid-sized clean energy infrastructure projects and companies, today announced that it held a final closing for the New Energy Capital Infrastructure Credit Fund (the «Fund») with total capital commitments of $ 325 million.

BlackRock Investment Management LLC is a leading investment firm with a comprehensive range of products and services across asset classes, geographies, and investment sInvestment Management LLC is a leading investment firm with a comprehensive range of products and services across asset classes, geographies, and investment sinvestment firm with a comprehensive range of products and services across asset classes, geographies, and investment sinvestment strategies.

Prior to founding TVV, Mr. Byrd was a Director and Executive Vice President of GenCap America (1987 - 94), a Nashville - based management buyout firm where he was responsible for leading the investments of four successful lower middle - market companies.

Kraken announces a multi-million dollar agreement with SBI Investment, one of Japan's leading and most respected venture capital firms, to invest in and lead the Series B round of financing in Kraken.

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PJT Partners Inc. (the «Company» or the «Firm»)(NYSE: PJT), a leading advisory - focused investment bank, today issued the following statement regarding the Company's termination for cause of Andrew Caspersen, formerly a Partner in the Park Hill Group:

Prior to Monogram, Jared was with Golden Gate Capital, a leading private equity firm, where he was a member of the firm's consumer and retail team and led investments in and supported six market - leading retailers.

He is on the boards of UpWind Solutions and Choose Energy, a board observer at OSIsoft, and led the firm's investment in ServiceMax.

Wander joined CSIM in 2011 and is responsible for all aspects of the firm's fixed income and money market portfolios, leading a team of more than a dozen investment professionals.

This expertise is complemented by our connectivity with the significant investment and operating resources of TPG, a leading global private investment firm, and TPG Sixth Street Partners («TSSP»), the credit and special situations platform of TPG.

The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.

He is responsible for all aspects of the firm's fixed - income and money market portfolios, leading a team of more than a dozen investment professionals.

This expertise is complemented by our connectivity with the significant investment and operating resources of the TPG platform, a leading private investment firm.

Fast forward and Tusk, who'd accepted his Uber pay in equity and today oversees both a political strategy firm as well as a venture fund, tells us that he's cashing out his shares as part of the new investment being made by a SoftBank - led consortium of investors who are buying both primary and secondary shares.

Mindspace is Europe's leading coworking provider, currently maintaining a community of over 10,000 professionals from enterprise innovation teams, startups, small and medium businesses from all industries, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and freelancers.

Menlo — whose 2011 investment was led by a Kalanick ally, Shervin Pishevar, who has since left the firm — is likely to sell at least some of its holdings, sources said.

He was one of the first major investors to realize that railroad firms had been making badly needed infrastructure investments that would eventually lead to robust growth and solid cash flow.

San Francisco (July 19, 2005)-- Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading independent investment research and global proxy advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Robert McCormick, Esq., as Vice President of Proxy Research and -LSB-...]

Ezra served as a principal at Chicago Ventures for six years, focusing on all facets of the firm's consumer facing investments and has helped lead investments into Blitsy, Gunslinger, Havenly, Kapow, Luxury Garage Sale, M1Finance, Pluto.tv Shiftgig, SpotHero, Sunbit, and Wiseapple.

San Francisco (January, 2005)-- Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent proxy advisory and investment research firm, announced today the formation of an Advisory Board and the appointment of Arthur Levitt, the 25th -LSB-...]

San Francisco (Dec. 19, 2005)-- Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading investment research and proxy advisory firm, today announced that a majority of the nation's top institutional investors subscribe to the Glass Lewis proxy research service.

NBK Capital, a leading investment firm in the MENA region, announced today that it has successfully completed the sale of a stake held by the Kuwait Investment Opportunities Fund in Elaj Medical Services KSCC («EMS»), which owns Taiba Hospinvestment firm in the MENA region, announced today that it has successfully completed the sale of a stake held by the Kuwait Investment Opportunities Fund in Elaj Medical Services KSCC («EMS»), which owns Taiba HospInvestment Opportunities Fund in Elaj Medical Services KSCC («EMS»), which owns Taiba Hospital in...

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