That might sound like a lot of companies getting funded, but in terms
of the number of deals it's actually quite a steep drop — 19 percent from a year earlier — and the lowest number since the first quarter of 2012.
From Intelsat's $ 13 billion deal for OneWeb to Cisco's $ 3.7 billion deal for AppDynamics, the firm's tech, media, and telecom mergers and acquisitions team had its busiest start to the year in terms
of number of deals since 2000, announcing 18 deals in the first two months of the year valued at nearly $ 30 billion.
2017 is crashing in terms
of the number of deals closed, with dollar amounts off significantly — but not as much.
This year's roundups gave various tallies
of the number of deals in» 96, from fewer than 500 to as many as 850.
In the past three years, there has been a six-fold increase in the total dollars invested by venture capitalists in the space and a tripling
of the number of deals.
Trend line: Digital health venture fund Rock Health notes in its half - year report that corporate investors outpaced traditional venture funds in terms
of the number of deals during the period.
His signing is one
of a number of deals organised by Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes ahead of the transfer deadline.
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of yours are hot at various times.
It's a paltry
number, but a noticeable improvement from 10 years ago, when female founders were involved in just 2.95 %
of deals.
If you want your audience to fully grasp the proportions
of the
numbers your business is
dealing with, try using a line graph or a bar chart.
But Indigo's
deal shows the strength
of budget airlines are gaining worldwide as record
numbers of travelers take to the skies.
Meanwhile, the first half
of 2016 saw the
number of precision ag venture capital
deals climb 7 % from the same period in 2015, with the
number of new investors in the space up 52 %.
Due to the
number of seasonal workers in Canada, there is naturally a great
deal of seasonality in the data, so it is helpful to look at year - over-year
numbers.
That massive disparity is due both to the differences in the
number of deals and the average
deal size by gender.
The
number of venture capital
deals declined sharply in the last quarter
of 2015 as investors pulled back and got more cautious
The contract, whose total value is still unclear but will likely
number in the hundreds
of millions, was awarded in a no - bid
deal.
A potential
deal for Tribune, first reported by Reuters, could come as soon as Monday, just weeks after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to reverse a 2016 decision that limits the
number of television stations some broadcasters can buy.
Asset managers say they've seen a notable
number of companies fail to close dollar - denominated bond
deals of late.
In addition, an HTML programmer may have difficulty
dealing with a large
number of HTML and graphics files at once.
Seeing those
numbers is great and the kind
of success you remember, but it's the consistency on the days that aren't such a big
deal that builds your audience to the level that they crash your site after an awards show.
Calls on executives to use capital more constructively could yet have a bearing on a
number of deals in the pipeline, particularly if shareholders withdraw support in favour
of more organic investment, the investors said.
Tal says his unscientific research into the subject — consisting mainly
of a recent dinner with over 20 real estate brokers and agents who
deal exclusively with foreign buyers — led him to believe the
number of «pure» foreign purchasers in the Canadian real - estate market is «probably much smaller than perceived by many.»
«You can see it in the
number of deals being struck but also in the
number of conferences, books, and articles on the subject and in the cocktail - party interest I get when I tell people what I do.»
But while the
numbers are certainly big enough to justify the billing, the
deal is almost certainly not what it appears at first sight — and the still - murky reality
of it most likely has as much to do with geopolitics as with business.
Toys «R» Us was optimistic at the start
of its bankruptcy proceedings that it would only close a limited
number of locations, but is now reportedly planning a liquidation
of its U.S. operations after failing to find a buyer or reach a debt restructuring
deal with lenders.
He hires a bunch
of economists and finance gurus to run the
numbers on prospective
deals while he spends more time talking because he receives a higher return for public appearances (and continues to increase the value
of his «brand»).
One analyst called the
deal «very rich» for workers at Verizon, the
number - one U.S. wireless provider, which reached the tentative pact with the Communications Workers
of America (CWA) on Friday.
When you require that your team members visit a certain
number of new prospects each month, you may be discouraging them from spending time doing the follow - up visits that lead to actual
deals.
In the past, a good
number of pets were put down for behaviours that their owners couldn't
deal with, such as uncontrollable urination, for example.
We used to consider total
number of deals in the pipeline as a standard measure for evaluating sales progress — it turns out, a different metric, pipeline velocity, was actually a much better predictor
of monthly and quarterly
numbers.
Microsoft's
deals in India and Singapore come at a time when a
number of large companies are making big commitments relating to renewables.
A
number of daily -
deals websites have emerged since Mercata's demise.
Similar to the situation with Beats, a
number of other prominent apparel or beverage brands have been effectively banned by the NFL because a competitor brand has an exclusive
deal.
Those findings jibe with just - reported data from the National Venture Capital Association, which reports 36 venture - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by
number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter in 2013.
The problem is that the
number of deals are flat, so the average size
of the
deals has increased but the amount
of deals getting done is down from 2014.
On May 13th various garment industry activist organizations announced that a
deal had been reached between several, mostly European brands and a
number of Bangladeshi and international unions including IndustriALL.
So the trouble is that we've got a mountain
of dry powder, but we've got a flat
number of deals and an increasing value per
deal, so you quickly come to a situation where the industry is becoming much more competitive for each
deal that is done.
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deals that provide exclusive access to the field, court, broadcast booth, locker room, athletes and coaches from a growing
number of professional and college sports teams, including the Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers.
The
number of U.S.
deals fell by close to 200 over the same time period, to 981.
Most large cities have a
number of mezzanine lenders on the lookout for
deals.
But these
deals, called tax - equity
deals, are relatively expensive to structure and only a small
number of companies appear interested.
Using splashy big
numbers of capital market debt
deals is foolish when those
deals are refinancing previous ones at rates hundreds
of basis points cheaper.
Bradley said she wanted some clarification following a
number of representations that has been made to it aout Ofcom's finding in favor
of the
deal.
In 2006, she joined the game show «
Deal or No
Deal» and became part
of a group
of women whose job was to wear matching outfits and hold
numbered suitcases.
In the U.S., however, the last quarter
of 2015 saw a drop
of almost US$ 6 billion in investment over the previous quarter, while the total
number of deals fell 13 %.
Growth: In 2016, the
number of U.S. startups related to autonomous vehicles that landed VC
deals nearly doubled to 14, and the total dollar amount invested shot up to $ 459 million from just $ 59 million the previous year, according to Pitchbook data.
You might be working on gaining an essential contract or be just about to close a
deal and your client asks for your company registration
number — At this point
of course you can register a new company but, how much easier would it be to use a readily available genuine company
number.
(Neither league has confirmed those
numbers; Bettman said at the news conference that early reports «on the economics
of this
deal» were wrong.)
Google is putting more effort into its online store
of late with several expansions, including a move into Canada with its music portion plus a
deal with PayPal across a
number of other countries.
The state government has unveiled a
number of initiatives aimed at boosting tourism in Western Australia, including changes to cruise ship gambling rules and a $ 7.2 million promotion
deal with Qantas.