Sentences with phrase «of venture capital raised»

Last year was a digital gold rush for ICOs, as crypto offerings raised over $ 3.8 billion, doubling the amount of venture capital raised by traditional internet companies.

And the industry is contracting: After peaking in the late 1990s, the number of active VC firms fell from 744 to 526 in the decade 2001 — 2011, and the amount of venture capital raised was just under $ 19 billion in 2011, down from $ 39 billion in 2001, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).

Additionally, this year's total accounts for more than three - quarters of all venture capital raised for bitcoin startups since the start of CoinDesk data in 2012.

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 in 2013.

Not exact matches

ZirMed raised venture funding of an undisclosed amount from Sequoia Capital and Poplar Ventures.

This is at the heart of much of the excitement around ICOs: It's a totally new way of raising capital that does away with the traditional gatekeepers, financiers, and venture capitalists.

«Only about 1 percent of all small businesses will raise venture capital.

Investors in Bugcrowd's latest round of funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million, including the new funds raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks venture capital deals.

The 12 - year - old company, which calls itself «the front page of the internet» and boasts more than 300 million monthly users, has raised an additional $ 200 million in venture capital funding that gives Reddit a valuation of nearly $ 1.8 billion.

For the past five years, venture capital firms have pumped 25 percent to 100 percent more than they've raised into a diverse array of investments, including clean energy technology, health care, and pharmaceuticals.

In the first quarter of 2013, for example, U.S. venture capital firms raised $ 2.9 billion from 44 funds — a decrease of 33 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.

Boulder, Colo. - based Ubooly has raised $ 2.5 million in venture capital money and just recently blown its second Kickstarter campaign out of the water.

• Catalyst, a New York - based developer of an integrated software platform, raised $ 2.4 million in venture capital.

The firm has been investing under - the - radar in a mix of venture and private equity deals since 2014, but had not raised a large fund of pooled capital for deals until this year.

There's no definitive answer as to why female founders raise less venture capital than male founders, but one of the main theories is the lack of female VCs.

Owen Brainard, the managing director of Brainard Capital, responded: «First step to raising a venture fund is saying «if I ever raise a venture fund...»»

His project grew through word of mouth until it grew so big, he moved the company to San Francisco and started taking on venture capital investments, eventually raising $ 259 million at a valuation of $ 1.5 billion.

Term Sheet typically focuses on one very specific kind of entrepreneurial success study: The kind where startup founders raise giant piles of venture capital to fuel hypergrowth, and then ride said hypergrowth to an IPO or sale.

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.

LivingSocial, another dailty deals website, has raised almost a billion dollars in venture capital funding, but it's laid off hundreds of people and is now half the size it used to be.

Lots of positive feedback on this column, but the most common criticism went something like, «Actually, you're not including startups that failed before they could raise venture capital!

• Three partners from Black Coral Capital, a Boston - based venture firm, are raising up to $ 400 million for an inaugural fund as partners of a new firm, Spring Lane Capital, according to an SEC filing.

We got the idea of raising seed venture capital so we could fund the early stages of projects and then introduce the ideas to funding sources.

«There were a slew of women starting companies who were having a hard time raising venture capital,» Lyne told Fortune.

He had no trouble raising venture capital, to date amassing a total of $ 14 million.

Pirch has raised a total of $ 127 million in venture capital, including $ 62.8 million from L Catterton, who also previously invested in Restoration Hardware.

In August, Casper raised $ 13.1 million in a Series A round of funding from Kevin Colleran, Slow Ventures, Vaizra Investments, Crosslink Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Cendana Capital, Silas Capital, Consigliere Brand Capital, SV Angel, A-Grade Investments, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and New Enterprise Associates.

Explaining the industry and what's going on takes the form of several audiences; one being the overly - optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to get their company to a liquidity event, another being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final being ambitious MBA's switching careers and see venture capital as the preferred destination.

So if you find yourself forced to cut back on your compensation — or even to cash in some of your family's outside investments to raise capital for your venture — you'll need to delay diversification until conditions stabilize.

In the case of Dr. Finian Tan and Vickers Venture Partners, we did a share sale and not a capital raise, something not very common at all in the VC world.

The startup has raised a total of $ 110 million from investors including Institutional Venture Partners, Maveron, Learn Capital Venture Partners and others according to the Wall Street Journal.

• Weathergage Capital, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based venture capital firm, said it raised $ 296 million for a fourth fund ofCapital, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based venture capital firm, said it raised $ 296 million for a fourth fund ofcapital firm, said it raised $ 296 million for a fourth fund of funds.

The startup has raised a total of $ 110 million from investors including Institutional Venture Partners, Maveron, Learn Capital Venture Partners and others

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 iVenture 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 iventure - 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.

Of the roughly $ 25 billion in venture capital raised in 2006, only about $ 5 billion went to businesses under development or just beginning operation, according to separate surveys by Dow Jones (NYSE: DJ) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Percentage of the 2001 Inc 500 that raised additional financing from Bank lines of credit: 80 % Commercial loans: 52 % Personal assets: 45 % Assets of family and friends: 26 % Venture capital: 18 % Other cofounders» personal assets: 17 % Strategic partners or customers: 13 % Grants from the government or nonprofits: 3 %

To date, Eventbrite has raised more than $ 78 million of venture capital from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and capital from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and Capital and others.

Ironically, Gurley's venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 bcapital firm, Benchmark Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 bCapital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 billion.

• Fort Washington Capital Partners Group, a Cincinnati, Ohio - based private equity and venture capital firm, raised $ 350 million for its ninth private equity - fund - of - funds, Fort Washington Private Equity InvestCapital Partners Group, a Cincinnati, Ohio - based private equity and venture capital firm, raised $ 350 million for its ninth private equity - fund - of - funds, Fort Washington Private Equity Investcapital firm, raised $ 350 million for its ninth private equity - fund - of - funds, Fort Washington Private Equity Investors IX.

A 2007 Y Combinator graduate, Dropbox, has reportedly raised $ 250 million in venture capital at a valuation of more than $ 4 billion.

New York City - based Casper is known for delivering fluffy mattresses in boxes the size of golf bags, and has raised $ 70 million in venture capital funding since launching in 2014.

The CNBC Disruptor 50 companies have raised nearly $ 44 billion in venture capital at a combined implied valuation of $ 239 billion, according to PitchBook.

Slack's $ 2.8 billion valuation, attained when it raised $ 160 million from Social Capital and other top - shelf venture capital firms last May, puts it on the list of Silicon Valley unCapital and other top - shelf venture capital firms last May, puts it on the list of Silicon Valley uncapital firms last May, puts it on the list of Silicon Valley unicorns.

Contently raised $ 9 million this week in its second round of venture capital funding.

Founded in 2007 with venture capital backing, Socrata has raised $ 55 million of equity investments to date.

Female Founders Fund estimates that even before the very recent venture capital slowdown, an entrepreneur's chances of raising an A round to follow a seed funding were only about 30 percent.

Before co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer honed the concept of ride hailing at Lyft, which has 1,000 employees, operates in 200 cities, and has raised more than $ 2 billion in venture capital, they built its predecessor, a ridesharing upstart called Zimride.

The subject of a seven - year - long campaign by the association, its elimination removed administrative hurdles for foreign investment and raised hopes that venture capital from private and sovereign wealth funds would soon stream across the border to buoy Canadian startups.

In November 2012, the company raised a $ 1 million seed round of funding from Expansion Venture Capital, based in New York City.

Additionally, JetBlue Technology Ventures is investing alongside GGV and other venture firms in a $ 36 million series C round of funding for Gladly, bringing the company's total capital raised to $ 63 million.