Sentences with phrase «other backers on»

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«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.

Of course, the Securities and Exchange Commission frowns on companies offering equity to the public without filing with the government to do so, so when it comes to crowdfunding backers always get something other than equity.

More than 1,000 other people had the same problem David and Paul had — that's how many backers they had on their Kickstarter campaign to develop the Power Pot.

He was one of the earliest backers of the president's political ambitions, and during the 2016 campaign served as a prominent adviser and spokesman, despite disagreements with others on the campaign.

Others are based on a system where the backer gets a gift or some form of other perk as reward for their contribution.

Thus, when they support crowdfunding campaigns with their money, backers get not only promises (as on other crowdfunding platforms) but also a real valuable asset - KickCoins in the amount of up to 20 % of their contribution as a bonus.

Blackpool, on the other hand, have made a brighter start even though the majority of their opening fixtures have been on the road, while they should have won their only home fixture to date had it not been for Fulham's late equaliser, so there's plenty to be positive about if you're a Tangerines backer.

The Working Families Party spends millions of dollars on statewide and local campaigns through funds provided by labor unions and other left - leaning backers.

On the other side Momentum, with help from the Unite and the TSSA transport union, is planning rallies and its own street stalls and has organised a series of «emergency phone banks» to accumulate backers for its candidate.

In her acceptance speech, Nixon, 52, voiced the view of her nearly 200 backers who gathered in the ballroom at the basement of the Albany Hilton: Cuomo's move to the left on free college tuition, minimum wage and other policies was too little, too late.

In the District of Columbia, the Catholic church and other backers of traditional marriage have lobbied the city's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the year.

Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.

Madison (AP)-- Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.

But backers of the law contend Felder and other opponents haven't offered any alternatives on how to deal with the billions of plastic bags that wind up in landfills every year.

Kickstarter Backers of the Wii U version of Yooka - Laylee will be able to move their pledge to any other version available on April 11, or they may wait and upgrade to the Switch version at a later date.

In 1995, with TFA on the ropes from financial instability and a scathing attack by influential professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who argued that TFA teachers were ill - prepared for the challenges of today» s classrooms, founder Wendy Kopp needed the Carnegie Corporation and other influentials to convince TFA» s backers not to turn off the funding spigot.

Rhee, like other ideologues in this overheated debate on public education, has wealthy backers, many of whom have an agenda to privatize public education.

Backers of the project received an advance copy of the album earlier this week, among other goodies depending on how much they contributed.

Wanting the same treatment as the other consoles doesn't make backers / potential fans rotten, especially since that was the whole point of an entire stretch goal to begin with and they're going back on it.

I understand that the Ultimate Edition giveaway to backers is Steam only, but will the formerly exclusive costumes and dance be available on other platforms as a purchase?

To discuss this update's new tweaks / features with other backers make sure to leave us a comment on the official forum thread.

Every other article and forum thread I can find on the topic of the altered armor suggests that the changes came in response to concerns of Kickstarter backers, which is not an unreasonable thing to do when you rely directly on your fans for funding the creation process.

On the other hand, backers of the Kickstarter and early adopters of Descent: Underground will certainly have the advantage.

Check out our other campaigns and read the comments on our project updates to hear from our happy backers.

We Kickstarted our other projects, reached our goals, shipped our rewards, and successfully delivered on what we promised in a timely fashion while keeping our backers fully in the loop.

But the unsolicited return of funds has led a number of other backers to wonder if they're also eligible for refunds: A poll posted on the RSI forums earlier today indicates that roughly 30 percent of the more than 800 respondents believe a refund option should be available to all backers.

On a personal note, I think that using excess funds to apply to other projects would be a gross breach of trust with backers unless that plan was clearly stated at the project's beginning.

Please let us know what your favorite is in the poll below; the winner will be Star Citizen's third starter... and the others will go back in the vault for future reference (I can already see backers writing in to ask if we might ever see the runner ups again; we don't have space on the schedule for multiple new starters at the moment, but never say never!)

As a backer you have the opportunity to actively participate in the development of the game and collaborate with others on our homepage www.battle-worlds.com.

I would also like to mention that if you add a «Closed Alpha Test» add on (eligible for backers who already have Closed Beta Test access), I'd throw another 20 - 25 USD your way, and I am sure many other backers would as well.

Thanks for this games guys, and my thanks to all the other backers so now we will be able to play Battle world: Kronos on ours tablets, great, great news!

The explanation for this, though, rests on an understanding of wider political and economic interests — could it be, perhaps, that this is the result of the billions of pounds pumped into the economy by professional denialist foundations such as Nigel Lawson's Global Warming Policy Foundation and the legions of right wing Tory backers (not to mention the combined, and substantial efforts, of the global oil industry and other vested interests) which influence, through their ownership, most of the mainstream media?

The new format's backers said that since new Blu - ray releases supporting UltraViolet began to roll off replication lines late last year, roughly 750,000 consumers have signed up for the program, which puts a DRM - steeped digital version of the movie they just bought on physical disc in the cloud and available for viewing on other devices.

On the tech side, a cell phone controlled airplane project with 21,000 supporters and the Sense rest tracker with 19,000 backers likewise pulled in a moderately high number of supporters against other projects on the crowdfunding platforOn the tech side, a cell phone controlled airplane project with 21,000 supporters and the Sense rest tracker with 19,000 backers likewise pulled in a moderately high number of supporters against other projects on the crowdfunding platforon the crowdfunding platform.

Some backers of the idea say that because the Petro is backed by oil production, that makes it less volatile than the other cryptocurrencies currently trading on the markets.

Gamers are also Kickstarter's most frequent backers: people who first back a Games project have backed 2.43 projects on average, compared to 1.78 projects for all other backers.

I think the founders and backers are very experienced, and we are going to see some other projects launch on it.»

The money is intended to build on DLT being developed by blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, of which it is a financial backer, along with other infrastructure investments.

Backers of the protocol, which included miners, startups and other market participants, cancelled the fork on Nov. 8, citing a lack of consensus.

Some lenders and backers, like the FHA, will give you more latitude on other criteria if they see that you have a cash cushion.

After the foundation signed on, other nonprofits and corporate backers got on board as well.

Depending on the size of the gap, insert of piece of backer rod just on the other side of the gap.