While most of these groups will frequently call for increased transparency in government, some refuse to make public their
own financial backers.
The next major steps will be to
find financial backers — people with capital to support the initiative — and to line - up buyers.
It's primarily the fans that have supplied the funds for the project, and in doing so proven a viable audience for any other potential
future financial backers.
In 2012, The New York Times reported, «Mr. Steyer, the founder of Farallon Capital Management, is the main
financial backer of Greener Capital, a venture firm that invests in renewable energy start - ups.»
«Has she seen the very worrying series of reports this week by openDemocracy, on the role of dark money in the EU referendum, including revelations of illegal donations to the DUP and new questions today over the real wealth of Arron Banks, the
main financial backer of Leave?
Part of the concern is due to her past support of charter schools and connections to Broad, as well as her connections to Bill Gates and the Walton family, who are also
major financial backers of charter schools that directly threaten union teacher jobs.
Its name comes from the combination of «long - feathered raptor» and the name of one of the Chinese
financial backers who funded the research.
Those same forces,
big financial backers of Cuomo, are also huge players in the fight for control of the Senate and they are spending enormous sums of money to maintain or even strengthen Republican control of the chamber.
James Hunt, an angel investor and adjunct professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, shares his secrets on getting attention
from financial backers.
There are, surely, only a handful of
financial backers in the world who would be willing or able to finance such an ambitious project, and to such a preposterous degree of finesse.
The Mercer family were
key financial backers of Trump's successful presidential campaign, but were also key influencers in the makeup of Trump's administration.
Vox Media,
whose financial backers include NBCUniversal, operates a range of sites including The Verge, Recode, and the sports blog network SB Nation.
Less often, but not infrequently, a family member with leadership or business experience, or someone suggested by an
important financial backer for the campaign, is brought on to fill that role.
Robert Mercer, a billionaire investor and
top financial backer of conservative causes, is stepping down as co-chief executive of Renaissance Technologies, as the giant hedge fund faces a backlash from some clients who resent Mr. Mercer's embrace of polarizing political figures.
When financial backers (and brothers) Glenn (John Lithgow) and Wade (Dan Akyroyd) Motch pull their support from Cam's campaign, they begin to search for an unsuspecting candidate to breed for success (and put their plan of selling the 14th district to China into action).
IMO is majority owned by Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) which provides it with an incredibly
strong financial backer with well diversified operations.
BlackRock began in the headquarters of Blackstone, its
first financial backer, which gave BlackRock a $ 5 million line of credit for a 40 % stake.
Sky News has learnt that Vice is in discussions with «a handful» of prospective
financial backers about raising approximately $ 500m (# 397m) to plough into its international expansion and a move into scripted programming.
The former prime minister recently used his dissolution honours list to
reward financial backers such as Andrew Fraser, a hedge fund manager who had given # 2.5 m to the Tories.
Bharara has subpoenaed the offices of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino about dealings with de
Blasio financial backers Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, who have been linked to recent city pay - to - play scandals.
He has subpoenaed the offices of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino about dealings with de Blasio
financial backers Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, who have been linked to recent city pay - to - play scandals.
The rift between the WFP and some of its most
powerful financial backers began in 2014 when party activists wanted to back little - known Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout over Cuomo, who they felt was not progressive enough.
Brown's biggest
financial backers during the recent six - month period come from the local business community and include the Buffalo Niagara Partnership as well as the 43 x 79 political action committee formed by some of the city's top business leaders.
The Serbian - born, London - based designer had a busy summer, opening her first store in London, taking on a
new financial backer and rebranding her eponymous label as simply «Roksanda.»
«We should be clear that the deep -
pocketed financial backers of Vergara have an anti-union track record and that this lawsuit is part of that long - term agenda,» CFT President Joshua Pechthalt, said in a statement.
That includes LPCiminelli, which is building the main $ 750 million site, RiverBend — whose owner, Louis Ciminelli, is a big
Cuomo financial backer — and the gov's own economic - development agency.
Their role as major
Trump financial backers emerged after the election as did Rebekah Mercer's purported role as a Trump advisor, getting...
Two sitting Republicans, Maryland Representative Andy Harris and Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie, also remain
minor financial backers of Moore's campaign.
Many of the companies using crowdfunding today are actually organizations with their own substantial PR and marketing budgets — as well as a full back - office support staff of internal PR people, marketing experts and
financial backers fueling and helping their campaign.
However, Uber has received around $ 5 billion in support from
different financial backers, including the Qatar Investment Authority, New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark and Fidelity.
Then, Thiel emerged as the
secret financial backer of a controversial lawsuit by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media over a sex tape and took a victory lap for his successful attack and crowed that it was philanthropic.
When it matters, the proposal has more than enough detail to signal to President Trump and the Republican Party's coterie of
oligarch financial backers that their personal taxes will be slashed, not by a few hundred or thousands of dollars, but by millions and millions.
Unlike the case of initial public offerings, where much of the value is already priced in at the IPO launch, or even the traditional venture capital system, an ICO allows investors to not only
become financial backers but also early adopters, since the investment coin's long term value is in future products or services.
This mayo is deelish and with
financial backers like Bill Gates, expect HCF to be changing the way we think of vegan food in the very near future.
When I asked about the paradox of condemning the Tea Party but receiving large amounts of money from one of the Tea Party's most
prominent financial backers, David Koch, Lhota responded strongly.
«During this election we have seen some extraordinary statements, in many cases very, very unpleasant statements by
Ukip financial backers and candidates,» he said.
And she voted against GOP conservative orthodoxy on reauthorizing the Export - Import Bank, which she saw as a
helpful financial backer for North Country businesses seeking to export products.
Many of those developers, including the principals on the Hotel Syracuse project, were among Walsh's
earliest financial backers when he decided to run — a point that has caused some grief from critics and opponents.
The Challenge, «a start - up competition for early - stage high growth companies,» provides participants with the resources, mentoring, and connections to potential
financial backers start - up companies typically need to grow.