Sentences with phrase «of venture capital funding led»

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They're already convincing investors — New Millennium just received close to $ 1 million in a round of financing led by Toronto - based venture capital fund Hedgewood Inc. — and a burgeoning array of early adopters, including pioneering chefs, adventurous retailers and corporate partners that could soon include Google.

She took her concept to venture capitalists and secured a total of $ 10.4 million in two funding rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.

«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.

She put together a report, called Project Diane, to show just how much venture capital goes to women of color, and the results are bleak: Of 10,284 venture deals funded from 2012 to 2014, just 24 were with startups led by black womeof color, and the results are bleak: Of 10,284 venture deals funded from 2012 to 2014, just 24 were with startups led by black womeOf 10,284 venture deals funded from 2012 to 2014, just 24 were with startups led by black women.

At Denver - based Inspirato, a critical part of its latest $ 20 million funding round, led by tech - savvy firms W Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners, was its plan to open five «experience centers» in upscale U.S. malls.

Last September, the federal government set aside $ 400 million to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector, and also promised to give the Business Development Bank of Canada another $ 100 million to reinforce its venture - capital activities.

In April, VideoSurf raised $ 16 million in a round of funding led by Israel's Pitango Venture Capital.

Similarly, Box, which is led by Aaron Levie, Inc. magazine's 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year — is about to close a new round of venture capital funding.

On Tuesday, the food delivery startup hoping to reinvent frozen's reputation in the era of clean eating announced that it had raised some $ 43 million in a second round of funding, led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaunventure capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and ShaunVenture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaun White.

Lead author of the study and Babson professor Donna Kelley points to studies that show women are less likely to receive venture capital funding.

With a biotech startup, it may seem the potential is all in the science, but investor Amy Schulman, a venture capital partner at Polaris Partners, which led SQZ's $ 5 million funding round, says the main reason she decided to put money in SQZ is because of Sharei, even though he's young and had never started a company before.

And Ring's hot streak continues: On Wednesday, Ring announced it raised $ 61.2 million in funding from a group of investors led by the venture - capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, bringing in one of the most successful Silicon Valley VC firms as an investor.

Zephrin Lasker is CEO of lead - generation marketplace Pontiflex, which raised a $ 6.25 million venture capital funding round in April.

Cendana founder Michael Kim was amongst the earliest and certainly the most focused LP to spot the changes in venture capital leading to seed stage funds and has backed many of the best in the industry so it's always a pleasure to come and share thoughts with all of these great peers.

Since its founding in 2010, the eyeglass retailer has raised $ 115.5 million in venture - capital funding (most recently taking in $ 100 million in a round of funding led by T. Rowe Price in April), opened 16 storefronts in nine cities and become a «unicorn» with a valuation of $ 1.2 billion.

Then in September, Oscar closed another $ 32.5 million round of venture funding led by Google Capital, pushing its valuation up to $ 1.75 billion.

The startup is valued at about $ 400 million, and raised $ 40 million in January in a series B round of funding led by General Catalyst Partners and Thrive Capital, bringing its total amount of venture capital raised to $ 54 million since its launch iCapital, bringing its total amount of venture capital raised to $ 54 million since its launch icapital raised to $ 54 million since its launch in 2013.

Office commute automation platform MoveInSync has raised $ 8 million (Rs 52 crore) in a Series B round of funding led by homegrown venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners, a company statemenventure capital firm Nexus Venture Partners, a company statemenVenture Partners, a company statement said.

Singapore - based Kristal.AI, an artificial intelligence - powered digital asset management platform, has raised $ 1.85 million (about Rs 12 crore) in a seed round of funding led by venture capital firm IDG Ventures India.

Shared - living space provider CoLive, owned by CoLife Advisory Pvt. Ltd, has raised $ 1.8 million (Rs 11.7 crore) in a round of funding led by Ncubate Capital Partners, a venture capital arm of SAR Group that engages primarily in water purifiers, clean tech and automotive batteries, the startup said in a press staCapital Partners, a venture capital arm of SAR Group that engages primarily in water purifiers, clean tech and automotive batteries, the startup said in a press stacapital arm of SAR Group that engages primarily in water purifiers, clean tech and automotive batteries, the startup said in a press statement.

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Israeli deep learning and computer vision company Allegro.ai has raised $ 7 million in a Series A financing round led by Mizmaa Ventures and with the participation of Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Dynamic Loop Capital.

Bill Reichert is Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a leading seed - stage and early - stage venture capital fund, based in Silicon Valley.

Chris also serves on the Steering Committee of the New Economy Initiative, the National Advisory Board of the University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer, and boards or advisory boards of Invest Detroit, the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan, University of Detroit Jesuit, and several venture capital funds, including the Procter & Gamble - led fund of funds, Cintrifuse.

Financing led by the MaRS Cleantech Fund Kingston and Toronto, ON, October 24, 2013 — Sparq Systems Inc., a developer of advanced photovoltaic (PV) microinverters, announced today that it has raised $ 2.75 million from three Ontario cleantech venture capital firms.

MaRS client Wave Accounting Inc., creators of free online accounting software for small businesses, has announced the closing of its seed round of financing, led by OMERS through INKEF Capital, the venture capital investment alliance of pension funds OMERS (Canada) and ABP (the NetherCapital, the venture capital investment alliance of pension funds OMERS (Canada) and ABP (the Nethercapital investment alliance of pension funds OMERS (Canada) and ABP (the Netherlands).

Venturra Capital is a leading Southeast Asia - focused venture fund based out of Jakarta, founded by former Rocket Internet and Monk's Hill Ventures partner Stefan Jung, Google Indonesia CEO Rudy Ramawy and John Riady, Director of the Lippo Group, a diversified Indonesian super-conglomerate.

«We are pleased to share this vision with the unique blend of crossover funds, pharmaceutical companies, and venture capital investors participating in our Series B, and look forward to advancing our position as the leading biotech with a dual focus on synthetic lethality and immuno - oncology.»

Only 1.9 % of Venture Capital (VC) funding went to women - led startups in 2017.

Her research and experience lead her to advise aspiring entrepreneurs against falling victim to these common myths about venture capital: (1) It's the primary source of start - up funding.

Sundaresan is CTO and co-founder of Trusted Key, which on May 2 also announced it raised $ 3 million as part of a seed funding round led by Founders Co-Op, an early - stage venture fund, with participation from Pithia, Inc., the venture capital company of The RChain Cooperative.

Represented venture capital fund in its investment and purchase of preferred stock of various life science companies in which it is lead investor.

Hyde Park Venture Partners, the leading early - stage technology venture capital fund in the Midwest, is recruiting a top - talent individual for the role of AVenture Partners, the leading early - stage technology venture capital fund in the Midwest, is recruiting a top - talent individual for the role of Aventure capital fund in the Midwest, is recruiting a top - talent individual for the role of Analyst.

early stage women - led venture capital funds in the United States investing with a gender - lens, all of which are on the East and West Coasts (there are none in the Central U.S.!).

According to a report in Reuters citing Kyle Samani, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, the capital it raised led by Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist, will help it reach its $ 250 million funding target for its crypto fund by the end oCapital, the capital it raised led by Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist, will help it reach its $ 250 million funding target for its crypto fund by the end ocapital it raised led by Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist, will help it reach its $ 250 million funding target for its crypto fund by the end of June.

Still, there are currently only 6 early stage women - led venture capital funds in the United States investing with a gender - lens, all of which are on the East and West Coasts (there are none in the Central U.S.!).

What's more, women - led startups last year obtained just 2.2 percent of all VC funding, Brand said, citing statistics from PitchBook, a Seattle company that tracks mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital.

Having recently received a $ 250,000 federal grant and made its first investment in a female - founded Austin business, True Wealth Ventures is one venture capital fund that's ready to lift the under - funded sector of women - led companies in Austin and across the nation.

«We need to get more women starting funds and investing,» said Brand, founding general partner of True Wealth Ventures, an Austin venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early - stage, women - led startups in the consumer health and sustainable products sectors.

A Texas - based micro venture capital fund called TrueWealth Ventures has been launched to take advantage of what the founders believe is an underfunded, high - performing opportunity segment, female - led startups, and is raising a $ 20m fund.

«It's a blind spot in the economy and an opportunity for investors,» said Sara Brand, founding general partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early - stage venture capital fund investing in women - led businesses in the fields of consumer health and environmentally sustainable products and technologies.

G2 Crowd, the leading B2B review platform, today announced the close of a $ 30 million series B funding round, led by Accel with participation from key industry executives, LinkedIn, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and G2 Crowd's founders.

Dr. Treurnicht is currently President & CEO of Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc., one of Canada's leading seed stage venture capital funds.

Wavemaker Partners, one of Singapore's leading venture capitalists and part of the Draper Venture Network, brings the first venture capital funding forventure capitalists and part of the Draper Venture Network, brings the first venture capital funding forVenture Network, brings the first venture capital funding forventure capital funding for Bambu.

US - based Pantera Capital, a bitcoin investment firm, has shown interest in taking part in the funding round that will be led by an Indian venture capital firm, Saurabh Agrawal, chief executive and co-founder of Zebpay, told TechCapital, a bitcoin investment firm, has shown interest in taking part in the funding round that will be led by an Indian venture capital firm, Saurabh Agrawal, chief executive and co-founder of Zebpay, told Techcapital firm, Saurabh Agrawal, chief executive and co-founder of Zebpay, told TechCircle.

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GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

Nasadiya Technologies» run self - publishing platform Pratilipi announced on Monday that it had raised $ 4.3 million in Series A round of funding led by Omidyar Network with participation from existing investors, Nexus Venture Partners, Atul Goel, Contrarian Capital and Times Internet Limited and new investors Shunwei Capital and WEH Ventures.

Venture capital firm CFP & Founders Investments, advised by Corporate Finance Partners (CFP) led the funding round and is also responsible for the $ 150 mm sale of Germany's largest online shopping club Brands for Friends to eBay.

Throughout this period Mr. Lotan had led the company into various areas of investments, from financial services, technology companies, venture capital funds as well as real estate.