An early test may be provided by the recently - announced proposals to
offer stakes in state - owned companies to investors.
This is, for instance, why KickStarter couldn't
offer stakes in the venture to contributors, and why crowdfunding will not scale beyond certain level.
In return, you can
offer them a stake in your profits.
Siemens plans to
offer the stake in the first half of 2018.
Some 33,000 backers have kicked in money for Crowfall's development, and ArtCraft — which has also raised money from traditional early - stage investors — likes the idea of
offering them a stake in the game's financial outcome, said J. Todd Coleman, the company's creative director.
But instead of
offering you a stake in the business, he promises you a bunch of gift certificates that you can use to buy ice cream.
If the business doesn't succeed, the optionee hasn't lost any investment, but the company has saved money in the interim by
offering a stake in the company's success rather than a higher salary or other compensation.)
According to the newspaper, AGL is
offering the stake in order to free up capital but plans to continue to operate the farm, saying it had already changed the financing for its stake in five other major Australian wind farms.
Now, with the backing of deep - pocketed institutions, the platforms themselves can fund transactions upfront, then turn around and
offer a stake in the deals to investors online.
Not exact matches
BENGALURU / MUMBAI, May 2 - Amazon.com Inc has made a formal
offer to buy a 60 percent
stake in Flipkart, CNBC - TV18 reported on Wednesday, threatening to complicate Walmart Inc's bid to buy a majority
stake in the Indian online retailer.
ATHENS, April 19 - Greece has accepted a 535 million euro
offer from a consortium led by Italy's Snam for a majority
stake in gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the «preferred investor,» its privatization agency said on Thursday.
May 2 (Reuters)- Amazon.com Inc has made a formal
offer to buy a 60 percent
stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart
, CNBC - TV18 reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Flipkart had vetoed an approach from Amazon for a 51 to 55 percent
stake in the company two years ago, a source told Reuters, judging its
offered price as far too low at the time.
The Andreessen Horowitz backed company with $ 2.57 million
in publicly stated funding was unable to interest any of the Sharks
in its
offer of a 5 percent
stake for $ 2 million.
Its distribution partner
in China and investor, internet giant Tencent Holdings, saw Riot Games» meteoric rise and wanted to buy the company,
offering $ 400 million
in early 2011 for a 93 percent
stake.
What probably will make a difference is whether the board — which last fall paid out a $ 300 million special dividend to shareholders — accepts the
offer by Arthur T. Demoulas to acquire the 50.5 percent
stake in the $ 4.6 billion company now controlled by his cousin Arthur S. Demoulas and other family members.
The deal
offers possible synergies thanks to SoftBank's
stakes in ride - hailing services
in international markets.
Billionaire philanthropist and entrepreneur Laurene Powell Jobs has submitted an
offer to buy a significant
stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, one of the largest sports and entertainment companies
in the U.S.
In February, Reuters reported that Chobani rejected an offer from investors including PepsiCo to buy a majority stake in the company, because «independence remained a key asset to the company and the brand.&raqu
In February, Reuters reported that Chobani rejected an
offer from investors including PepsiCo to buy a majority
stake in the company, because «independence remained a key asset to the company and the brand.&raqu
in the company, because «independence remained a key asset to the company and the brand.»
Harkins suggested
offering Intel a minority
stake in the company — very small (less than 10 %), but enough to keep Intel interested.
An associate of Sechin's, the dossier claims, «said that the Rosneft President was so keen to lift personal and corporate Western sanctions imposed on the company, that he
offered Page and his associates the brokerage of up to a 19 percent (privatised)
stake in Rosneft.»
It's difficult to find firm numbers -; many of the estimates are
offered by those who have a
stake in the industry.
It may surprise some to learn that he ultimately decided not to take the $ 460,000 that he was
offered, as he didn't want to give up a 50 percent
stake in his business.
Perhaps Kevin O'Leary might
offer financing for a 30 %
stake in your company — «but you're going to need more financing,» says Kopke.
What's more, Alibaba has been around for decades, and Yahoo's sizable ownership
stake also bolstered its presence
in the U.S. and confidence
in its
offering.
GV, Alphabet Inc.'s venture capital firm,
offered up significantly less than half of its
stake in Uber even though Alphabet's self - driving car subsidiary Waymo is suing Uber for stealing trade secrets.
If you've seen Dragons» Den (or its American equivalent Shark Tank) you'll know that it involves entrepreneurs
offering a
stake of their company to the Dragons
in exchange for financing and connections.
Alibaba Group invested
in the company
in 2013 and is expected to hold a 32 per cent
stake in the company following the
offering.
IAG said on Thursday it had bought a 4.61 percent
stake in Norwegian as a platform for starting talks, and that could lead to it making a full
offer for the airline founded by former fighter pilot Bjorn Kjos.
Rox Resources has received a competing
offer for its
stake in the Reward zinc project
in the Northern Territory, with Marindi Metals saying its
offer will expire at 5 pm today if it is not accepted.
Perth - based Rox Resources accepted a revised
offer from Marindi Metals for its
stake in the Reward zinc - lead project
in the Northern Territory, with the new cash - and - scrip deal worth $ 21 million.
U.S. officials blocked a $ 2.9 - billion bid by Chinese investors to buy a controlling
stake in a California - based unit of Dutch electronics firm Phillips last year, while another U.S. semiconductor firm rejected a lucrative
offer from Chinese investors
in favour of a lower bid from an American company because of concerns the deal would not win regulatory approval.
Meanwhile, Baidu, which bought its 80.5 %
stake in iQiyi
in 2012, has been rumored to be considering spinning off the streaming company
in an initial public
offering that could raise as much as $ 1 billion.
Typical initial coin
offerings sell digital tokens
in companies but do not imply any ownership
stakes like stocks.
Complicating matters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has amassed an 8.7 percent
stake in Dell, is leading a charge with major shareholder Southeastern Asset Management against the buyout with an
offer of his own.
China is reportedly moving to avert a trade war, by speeding up the finalization of new rules that would let foreign financial groups take majority
stakes in Chinese securities companies, and by
offering to buy more semiconductors from the U.S. as opposed to South Korea and Taiwan.
Yahoo is expected to reap an enormous windfall from its ownership
stake in Alibaba, following its public
offering, one of the largest
in history, which will take place
in the next few months.
Romanian state - owned power producer Hidroelectrica expects to finally exit its insolvency process by next month, and aims to sell a minority
stake in an initial public
offering by November, its manager told Reuters on Sunday.
Trema International, which currently owns 69 % of Rovio's shares, will retain a 36.6 %
stake in the company after the flotation, assuming that the final
offer price falls at the midpoint of the preliminary price range.
The report said that Verizon would be willing to make an
offer for Yahoo's core internet business and its
stake in Yahoo Japan.
Starting Monday, entrepreneurs will be able to
offer equity
stakes to non-accredited investors for amounts of up to $ 1 million, as a result of new crowdfunding rules put into place by the Securities and Exchange Commission
in October.
EMC already owned an estimated 80 %
stake in VMware, which had its own business - focused cloud
offerings in vCloud Air.
Unlike an initial public
offering, the token implies no
stake in the company.
In 1996, Rowe made a calculated
offer and swapped 30 % of his own stock for Teleglobe's 50 %
stake inIDB.
Business accelerator programs
offer start - ups low cost space, business services, talented employees, and contacts who can help find customers and partners
in exchange for a small
stake.
The bid formalizes an
offer first made
in February and puts pressure on Fox, which already has a 39 - percent
stake in Sky, to raise the 10.75 pound per share cash
offer it first announced
in December 2016.
Among our findings,
offering a retirement plan is merely table
stakes in the talent game: 90.3 percent of applicants have one.
Italso
stakes a claim to be the first and onlyschool to
offer an MBA concentration
in internationaldevelopment management.
There are some basic decisions you must make like will you
offer seller financing; will you sell the entire business entity or just assets; will you keep any assets; will the buyer likely retain or replace staff; will you maintain a minority
stake of the ownership; will you be expected to put
in a year of transition time after the business is sold.
I liked the fact that Robert Herjavec jumped
in,
offering Sparks $ 125,000 and a controlling
stake in the business.