Sentences with phrase «of venture capital money»

The purchase price for investors in this type of investment is set in the future when he would raise his first round of venture capital money.

Naturally, the trend hasn't ruffled too many feathers in Silicon Valley, as tech companies are staying private longer — benefitting from the seemingly endless streams of venture capital money in search of the next Facebook or Google.

So one of the reasons there is a flood of venture capital money into the space is because investors see an opportunity for innovation to solve some of these hard problems that exist out there.»

«There's an absence of venture capital money in Canada, and it's quite pronounced for biotech, so the venture exchange provided an alternative source and investor base.»

By crowdfunding, CEO and founder Brian Bordainick may give his lawyers a bit of anxiety, but he is also protecting his company's vision from the profit - obsessed grip of venture capital money.

«I felt trapped, unable to simply shut the site down — I had employees counting on me for their livelihoods, and I had spent a lot of venture capital money with the expectation of a return on investment.»

Currently, the amount of venture capital money that's being invested in Bay Area startups is growing at a rate of about one percent per year — meaning that Silicon Valley will only take a bigger share of startup money.

Gobs of venture capital money have been tossed at the taxi - app space in the past few years, as various companies try to make the process of ordering a cab more convenient and efficient.

California, New York and Massachusetts attract 76 percent of all venture capital money, according to the National Venture Capital Association.

Funding your dream: How to sink your chances of venture capital money for your startup (Peggy Wallace of Golden Seeds)

So what was once a fairly fraught business model, in which HQ funneled millions of venture capital money straight into its players» pockets in the hopes that it could build a big enough audience, has rightfully transformed into a viable new media platform.

According to a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal, nearly half of all of the venture capital money in the U.S. went to Silicon - Valley based startups.