Sentences with phrase «of venture capital firms»

Or, maybe the ideas women are presenting aren't viable investments and therefore not backed by the majority of venture capital firms.

But she believes changing the gender makeup of venture capital firms will still take some time.

The graph below shows how these trends have led to the phenomenal growth in the size of venture capital firms over the past 30 years.

One way to assess the quality of the venture capital firm backing the start - up is to look at its track record.

«Online and offline payment worlds are blurring with the growth of mobile and smart phones,» said Dana Stalder, general partner of venture capital firm Matrix Partners, which invested in Zong.

Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, says he's a big fan of Bezos» letters because they serve as a reminder to keep a long - term view, while keeping things simple.

«Zynga should be an example of entrepreneurship at its best,» Roger McNamee, co-founder of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners, told the publication.

The founder of venture capital firm Greycroft told CNBC he's not surprised by the heightened interest in privately held Boxed.

The new offering was created by a group of Silicon Valley investors, led by Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital.

An Orrick trial team led by Lynne Hermle achieved a complete and resounding victory on March 27 on behalf of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins...

No, poses Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and early web pioneer.

Next Coast Ventures was born in 2015 with a simple vision to create a different kind of venture capital firm focused on «Next Coast» businesses.

In the US and the UK, a number of venture capital firms focus on investing in socially - responsible start - ups, and this type of investment firm is starting to emerge in Ontario.

In August, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and a handful of venture capital firms led a $ 17 million Series A round of fundraising for Memphis Meat.

By Ellen Chang Nov 15, 2017 3:56 PM EST The number of venture capital firms led with female partners or by women is rising, a positive -LSB-...]

«It would be great for a Los Angeles - based tech company to really build a meaningful business and Snapchat continues to prove that they're willing to and have the technical ability to do it,» said Dana Settle, founding partner of venture capital firm Greycroft in Los Angeles.

Green helped Weiss raise $ 2 million in seed funding, which she used to assemble a small team, including creative director Helen Steed, a beauty industry vet who'd helped build Bumble & Bumble, and COO Henry Davis, who came from the London office of venture capital firm Index Ventures.

The protectionist policies of President Donald Trump will be bad for technology companies, Roger McNamee, co-founder of venture capital firm Elevation Partners, told CNBC's «Fast Money» on Wednesday.

Previously, she served as Executive Director of the venture capital firm Global Silicon Valley (GSV) and Senior Advisor of the U.S. Department of Education.

Ridlr, which last raised funds in July 2016, saw the full exit of venture capital firm Matrix Partners through the deal.

As a seasoned veteran of venture capital firm operations, Peter brings a strategic, data - driven approach to identifying and processing investment opportunities.

Those institutions have been rushing into the arms of venture capital firms of late, and any disruption in the VC universe will be felt by average investors as well.

In response to the startling statistics, the U.S. has seen an influx of venture capital firms founded by women to invest in startups with female executives.

Gin Lane had never taken equity before, but Harry's had backing from a number of venture capital firms Shine knew well, and one of the Harry's co-founders had helped launch online eyewear company Warby Parker.

The co-founder of a venture capital firm shocked many by comparing wealthy Americans to Jews in Nazi Germany, Re-code reports.

«This is a stunt, and I don't think of it as a cryptocurrency,» Chris Burniske of venture capital firm Placeholder told Bloomberg.

Earlier this week John Doerr, the illustrious investor and chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, proselytized his bible for business management — a system he calls «objectives and key results,» or OKRs — in a video conference call with several Fortune staffers (myself included).

«But in the course of the last three years, we've seen a dramatic explosion,» says Fortino, who now leads the Ann Arbor office of venture capital firm Mercury Fund.

And this year's edition of Consensus, a three - day trade show in New York, promises to be the splashiest yet with big names like IBM and Microsoft appearing alongside a long list of venture capital firms.

«I wouldn't be surprised if Meg ended up the first female President,» says Bob Kagle, a cofounder of venture capital firm Benchmark, who helped recruit Whitman to eBay.

Case helped make the internet a part of our everyday lives, and is now the founder of venture capital firm Revolution.

«This changes with the stage of the company,» says Robert Roeper, managing director of venture capital firm VIMAC.

Tony Tjan, CEO of venture capital firm Cueball, recently spoke about optimism in an interview with the New York Times.

Other stockholders offering shares include early investors such as James Breyer of the venture capital firm Accel Partners, who's offering 38.2 million shares.

Nir Liberboim, founder of venture capital firm Uprise Ventures, which focuses on lifestyle brands, questioned if consumers would actively go online to shop for a toothbrush.

One of the venture capital firms behind Leap Motion, a company that has developed a 3 - D gesture - control technology, is offering entrepreneurs $ 25 million to create apps and other technology for the platform.

Then in July 2011, after a Series A round of $ 4.5 million funding, she went on to close a $ 19 million Series B round of funding with participation from Accel Partners — one of the venture capital firms invested in Facebook.

On the playa, Kittay introduced them to Shervin Pishevar, managing partner of the venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.

My take is that we are watching an entirely new category of Venture Capital firms emerge.

Two years later, Camp, Smith, and a group of venture capital firms, including Accel Partners and First Round Capital, bought the company back for a reported $ 29 million.

Benchmark Capital will end up selling about $ 900 million of its Uber stock to SoftBank and other buyers, or about 14.5 percent of the venture capital firm's holdings in the company, according to people familiar with the transaction.

At SeedInvest, we host private investor breakfasts to give our entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch to a room of venture capital firms, family offices and accredited investors.

SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest sexual harassment scandal to shake Silicon Valley, the co-founder of a venture capital firm resigned this week after six women accused him of making unwelcome advances ranging from late - night texts to groping.

The graph below shows how the amount of venture capital firm money in an average US VC - backed company has increased over the past ten years.

What is the name of the venture capital firm that Romney ran, and around which there's now this make - believe controversy?

► Jeremy Reichberg - The owner of a venture capital firm accused of providing NYPD bigwigs with gifts in exchange for favors.