Sentences with phrase «on earlier ventures»

Professor Igor Semiletov, of Tomsk Polytechnic University returned on a Russian research ship, finding «significantly» more methane escaping than measure on earlier ventures from 2011 to 2014.

Building on early ventures into performance art, Howard's work during the 1980s, including his staged project «Win a Trip to Paris Sweepstakes», was of a piece with the Fluxus movement.

Not exact matches

«Despite the headlines from Silicon Valley, the truth is the vast majority of early - stage companies are not securing venture capital,» Rep. Patrick McHenry said on the House floor while introducing the bills.

The project is a typically finicky downtown venture: the early - 20th - century structure occupies almost the entire property it sits on, so the materials and heavy equipment have to be shoehorned in via a narrow alleyway or, in the case of massive new roof joists and pipes, through the roof.

Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

Kirsten Green formed Forerunner Ventures, an early - stage venture capital firm focused on commerce, in 2010 when she noticed a shift in commerce.

«I don't want to say this is a great day — because it will have a negative impact on human beings, and I want to be compassionate,» says Linkner, the founder of Detroit Venture Partners, a $ 50 million venture capital firm that invests in early - stage start - ups in thVenture Partners, a $ 50 million venture capital firm that invests in early - stage start - ups in thventure capital firm that invests in early - stage start - ups in the city.

VC 100: U.S. venture capital firms ranked based on capital invested in U.S. early - stage deals in 2014 (in USD millions *).

• YI Capital, a Beijing - based early - stage venture fund focused on China's internet - tech companies, raised $ 116 million for its debut fund.

Founded only in 2008 but measured earlier this year as the third-most valuable venture capital - backed group in the world at over $ 25 billion, Airbnb also said it would help prevent its service from causing housing shortages by «ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short - term basis».

Twitter's moneymaking potential has minted the company with an estimated market value of $ 10 billion, based on the appraisals of venture capitalists and other early investors.

With a listing on TSXV, an early - stage company benefits from a marketplace — including the exchange, professional advisors, regulatory model and investor base — that understands venture companies.

The early - stage venture capital's focus on early - stage agriculture has led Ankur Capital to invest in two other agriculture - focussed startups AgricX and CropIn.

«Dataminr feeds are like table stakes right now: Most hedge funds need to have it,» says Santo Politi, a founder of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm that was an early backer of Twitter and has a majority stake in a two - year - old hedge fund, Tashtego, that trades on signals from social media and other nontraditional data.

We focused on investing in, and building, early - stage ventures, eventually completing our transition to a startup studio.

An early stage company raising a venture round at a very high valuation means that VCs / Angels are willing to bet long on the business.

Consider attending venture capital fairs early on.

A friend of mine recently missed out on raising venture money because of a mistake he made in the early days of forming his business.

The startup had several connections to Branson: Giegel briefly worked for Virgin Galactic in 2014; fellow co-founder Shervin Pishevar, a high - profile venture capitalist, was an early reservation holder on Galactic's celebrity - studded list of customers waiting to take a flight into space.

Some 11 % of Wharton's graduating full - time MBA class of 2013 spent the summer between their first and second year either at an early - stage venture or working on their own.

Backed by blue - chip venture capitalists, including Accel Partners (an early investor in Facebook), Wonga looks destined to go public at some point, either on the Nasdaq or in London.

Less than a year after their Indiegogo campaign, Whirlscape has also nabbed $ 500,000 in seed funding from BDC Venture Capital (a Canadian venture capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant in its accelerator program earlier thiVenture Capital (a Canadian venture capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant in its accelerator program earlier thiventure capital fund), a U.S. - based fund, and California's renowned Y Combinator incubator, which took Whirlscape on as a participant in its accelerator program earlier this year.

Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known for his early bet on Uber, said on Tuesday he was taking a leave of absence from his venture capital firm and the startup he co-founded to fight allegations of sexual harassment.

«I'm very excited about Ethereum,» says Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley that got into the Bitcoin game early on.

Earlier on Monday ABB said it is putting its turnkey projects arm for the oil and gas industry into a joint venture majority owned by Saudi Arabia's Arkad Engineering & Construction.

The Darden School of Business offers one of the top MBA entrepreneurship programs among b - schools, awarding over $ 1 million in scholarships annually and offering highly specialized training like Venture Capital Bootcamp, a three - day workshop focused on early - stage investing.

Case in point: Arlan Hamilton, the founder of Backstage Capital, an early stage tech investment fund that focuses on three underserved markets in the world of venture capital: black, female, LGBTQ company founders, or any combination of the three.

Another great group of candidates to consider are former startup founders who have moved on from their earlier ventures.

When you invest in a Bitcoin company, you're taking a risk not only on that startup but also on the overall Bitcoin space, said Pamir Gelenbe, partner at Hummingbird Ventures, a European early - stage venture fund, during Tuesday's panel.

Speaking at the Post.Seed Conference on Tuesday, the PayPal co-founder and Founders Fund principal offered what amounted to a critique of the generally accepted model for funding startups, wherein seed and venture investors make lots of small investments in early - stage companies in the hopes that a few will yield big payoffs.

«We've responded to the competitive environment by focusing on industries that are currently out of favor with the public - equity market, like biotech, medical devices, and early - stage information - technology companies,» says Patrick Boroian, a general partner at Sprout, which is the New York City - based venture - capital affiliate of financial - services giant Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

The early smartwatch pioneers raised more money on Kickstarter than any prior campaign, then raised $ 59 million in venture funding, only to sell off assets to competitor Fitbit in 2016 in a deal reportedly valued between $ 34 million and $ 40 million.

Kim is the general partner of Forerunner Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early - stage investments in companies that want to take the world of retail and ecommerce by storm.

First Contact Several weeks earlier, Nielson had posted his company's business plan on one of the many websites that purport to connect entrepreneurs with angel investors and venture capitalists.

In 2011, NBA star Ervin «Magic» Johnson invested an undisclosed amount in venture capital firm Detroit Venture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general pventure capital firm Detroit Venture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general pVenture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general partner.

«Only a small portion of early - stage investment is going to women entrepreneurs, yet our data suggest that venture capital — funded businesses with women on the executive team perform better on multiple dimensions.

Previously, she worked on improving educational equity at organizations such as NewSchools Venture Fund, where she raised funds to support early - stage education entrepreneurs.

Venture capitalist Fred Wilson, who founded NYC - based Union Square Ventures, has signed on as an early contributor, The New York Times reports.

The START program advises ventures on generating early revenue, attracting seed - stage capital and building a strong team.

Angel investors and venture capitalists are the earliest stage investors followed by private equity investors and then public investors once the company goes IPO on the NYSE, NASDAQ, or AMEX.

CarDekho had ventured into the auctions business, where it holds an event to auction pre-owned luxury cars on its app, earlier this year.

Earlier in her career, Lynne worked at Apax Partners with a focus on software venture capital investing.

HOUSTON, April 25 An international arbitration court has ordered Venezuela's state - run oil company PDVSA to pay ConocoPhillips $ 2.04 billion for early dissolution of two joint ventures for producing oil in the OPEC - member country, the U.S. firm said on Wednesday.

Before joining Icon, Ben began his venture capital career with Crystal Ventures, where he focused on a wide variety of early - stage technology investments.

Traditionally, companies target angel investors in the early stages of a new business, and later look to venture capitalists, eventually culminating in an initial public offering (IPO) on a stock exchange.

Tech startup entrepreneurs should seek professional legal advice when setting up or making changes to their capitalization structure, choosing legal counsel with experience in setting up early - stage ventures and working on investment rounds for their clients.

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People in the venture capital world estimated that they were in modest amounts, perhaps $ 50,000 to $ 200,000 — on par with what other early - stage investors would be putting in.

We are a seed to early stage venture capital firm focused on commercializing university research and advanced technologies.

The Hyperion fund is a syndicated venture capital fund focused on early - stage investing through SAFTs, private and public pre-sales and ICOs.