Sentences with phrase «of raising more money»

«We are interested in selling equity to a VC, fund or strategic partner instead of raising more money with the previous networks.»

In his note Monday, Michael said he was not only proud of raising more money than any other tech company in history but also of building a diverse business team within Uber.

Not exact matches

Nearly a third of those sales came through a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 that raised more than $ 635,000, but Kraft didn't turn to crowdfunding for the money.

An offer of that sort would make it more difficult to say the Trudeau government only is looking to raise more money.

In the conversation reviewed by CNBC, Larionov said Giza offered to pay 60 percent of the total contract, with the rest coming later on in 2018, once they had carried out another part of the ICO to raise more money.

The Federal Reserve's decisions over the past 12 months to continuously raise interest rates from the near zero percent level of the past few years have made it more profitable for big banks to lend money.

The picnic - ready frozen drink machine was a hit at outdoor parties — and it inspired a product that, as of today, has raised more money on crowdfunding site Kickstarter than any other product ever.

Alternative ways of raising money are increasingly available, and crowd - funding has for instance raised more than # 1 billion for UK small and medium - sized enterprises last year.Of course, don't forget to inquire about the regulation in place in your country, and get professional advice to mitigate risk.

The firm found that space companies tend to raise more money during early stages of investment, until the Series B round.

WSJ notes that, of 294 startups that raised more than $ 50 million in the easy money years, 216 are still private and haven't raised more money since.

Retirement should come first, but you can divert money into these other goals by saving more when you get a raise, stashing away windfalls and taking advantage of changing expenses.

«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy confidence and make it harder for small business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»

While O'Leary managed to raise a massive amount of money from investors initially — the company's assets totalled more than $ 1 billion within two years — the performance took a dive in 2011.

Ljung confirmed on July 12 that he's in the process of trying to raise more money for the company after he was asked about a rumoured $ 250 million (# 193 million) funding round.

Investors get a pledge of double - digit returns within a few years, while producers can raise productivity without spending more of their own money.

One option that intrigues more than a few entrepreneurs is the prospect of raising money outside the U.S..

If a start - up went public, consistently operated at a profit, or was sold for more money than it raised, it was deemed successful for the purposes of the research.

We have raised more money with my 50 For 50 campaign and the recent weekend's Unstoppable Gala than in the history of the nonprofit's existence.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - A venture capital firm aiming to bring more U.S. startups to Russia has raised a $ 200 million fund, hoping to use the fresh pool of money to help Silicon Valley companies deliver their services to Russia's biggest corporations and its millions of internet - connected consumers.

A Justice Department official told reporters on Monday that the merger would raise prices for consumers and potentially block creators of media content from distributing their product without paying more money.

«When I made the difficult decision to cut expenses at Fab in mid-2013 I had essentially two options in front of me: keep growing at the pace we were growing and hope I could raise even more money down the road, or scale back and control our own destiny.

Although the lack of jurisdiction over Bitcoin and its links to money laundering and illicit marketplaces have raised more than a few eyebrows, the currency offers a simple way for legitimate businesses such as small retailers and professional service providers to accept payments for international sales without facing onerous credit card fees or exchange - rate surcharges.

An ugly mantra ran through his head on repeat: «I had raised a bunch of money from people and they aren't going to have any faith in my any more.

Cruz's campaign committee raised more than $ 20 million in the fourth quarter, and more than half of pro-Cruz money in 2015 came from the real estate industry, the CRP said.

Furse noted that money raised from initial public offerings on the LSE and its secondary market AIM, totaling 29 billion pounds ($ 57.4 billion), was the highest in the world and more than that of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq combined.

In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

It means that they've run out of the money they raised in their Series A, and they've either got to raise more or pack it up and go home.

Commercial real estate in Calgary was at the top of its market cycle between 2005 and 2008, but even then Concrete routinely raised more money than the buildings actually cost and failed to return the difference to investors.

One bank exec who oversees US IPOs said this was «not a replacement for an IPO» since Spotify wasn't raising any money, one of the traditional purposes of an offering — to sell a portion of the company to the public to finance more growth.

The foundation, which operates a range of philanthropic projects around the world and pulled in more than $ 200 million in revenue in 2014, has raised around $ 2 billion since its founding — but that money has come with a cost.

The arch, worldly tone of the Bureau's editorial — «more John Cleese than Gawker» — is «the reason we were able to raise any money at all,» Moskowitz says.

Goodbye and good riddance to that outdated, monstrosity of a tax code that took too much of your money, sent our American jobs overseas, and kept our economy so slow many workers didn't see a pay raise for a decade or more.»

Speaking to a variety of women about their experiences raising money, Sarah Mishkin also reported some more cheerful numbers.

The market for initial public offerings, it seemed, was heating up to a historic high, and companies that were losing lots of money could raise lots more of it from the public.

This stubborn problem has remained for years despite more women joining the ranks of investors and increased awareness of the blatant sexism and sexual harassment female founders sometimes face when raising money.

What's more, many of the campaign expenditures on Trump businesses may have been made before Trump began raising outside money in earnest, an effort which didn't begin until late June.

Turns out, getting rid of one set of subsidies meant to lower poorer Americans» out - of - pocket health costs can actually raise premiums significantly — and consequently cost the government way more money to help subsidize the premium increases, to the tune of 23 % more spending relative to the cost savings.

The 14 - person company has raised a total of $ 3.4 million in seed and Series A financing, as well as received a $ 2 million grant from the Department of Energy's SunShot Incubator Program, which funds up to $ 12 million in grant money to small businesses and entrepreneurs working on both hardware and software technology that makes solar more accessible for Americans.

Having said that, a lot of hobbyist investors will stop if the markets crash and that will make it more difficult to raise money for sure.

01:06 — Jason explains the Startup Tuneup: Six companies from Australia will pitch to Jason and he will provide honest feedback about their chances of raising money, the challenges they face, more.

If you believe the outlook will make funding more difficult (in time and price) you owe it to yourself to keep your burn rate in check so you can last longer until you need money and either «grow into your valuation» or at least get through a period of time where raising capital is more difficult

This feature in a note says that if I gave you $ 25,000 and you sold the company without raising more money or before maturity (i.e. my note didn't convert) then I get $ 50,000 out of the proceeds of the sale.

Giuliani insisted the money wasn't related to the campaign, but his statement only raised more questions — and directly contradicted the past statements of Trump and his associates.

For example, FundRazr may be more handy for project - based campaigns, like raising money for a specific product and offering rewards, like a preorder of that product, when the funding stage wraps up.

It is often far more difficult to raise money, foster an environment of economic efficiency, promote technological and operational change, and measure success in the charitable sector.

TechCrunch understands that at least half a dozen companies who raised money via ICOs and each have $ 500 million or more in total coin market cap — i.e. the total value of all of their crypto coins — have plans to invest in other blockchain projects via seed - or early - stage style deals.

Remember, if the government gives us a tax cut they'll still have to make up the budget shortfall somehow, chiefly by selling more bonds to American citizens (who happen to be the same people getting the tax cut) or foreigners (who will raise the money by selling us more of their goods and services, or buying less of ours).

Uber, which has collected billions of dollars in venture capital and is in talks to raise more money at a $ 50 billion valuation, is now operating in more than 300 cities across six continents.

More specifically, investors are putting their money to work in markets outside the U.S. Of the $ 97.2 billion of net new assets raised in the first quarter, over $ 70 billion went into equity funds with international exposurOf the $ 97.2 billion of net new assets raised in the first quarter, over $ 70 billion went into equity funds with international exposurof net new assets raised in the first quarter, over $ 70 billion went into equity funds with international exposure.

While she and her female partners were fund - raising in March, one investor told them that they should marry for money, that he liked it when women fought back because he would always win, and that they needed more attractive photos of themselves in their presentation.