Sentences with phrase «other portfolio companies»

According to Forerunner Ventures founder Kirsten Green, whose other portfolio companies have included Dollar Shave Club, Glossier and Bonobos, investors see more than a marketplace for after market footwear and apparel in Stadium Goods.

Speak to other portfolio companies about their governance and working relationship.

Does the person have any experience (or any other portfolio companies) in your industry?

Talk with the CEOs of the firm's other portfolio companies and ask if the partner is accessible, how much he or she adds to boardroom discussion, and whether the CEO has received constructive help in dealing with company problems.

Aspect's second fund was raised, Gouw says, on the strength of the ForeScout exit and the higher valuations its other portfolio companies have reached, including Cato Networks, Crew, Exabeam and The Muse, as well as healthcare startup Vida and wellness video company Grokker.

Cultivation Capital helps businesses achieve pivotal milestones with the help of our general partners, investors, and other portfolio companies.

«There are so many synergies within the group that we need to organize,» Claure said, citing the example of closer cooperation over chip designs between SoftBank subsidiary ARM Holdings and other portfolio companies.

Other portfolio companies will be created from scratch by the CAVU team itself.

Donovan refused to name the firm or say which investor recommended the service, except that it also had done work for some of the investor's other portfolio companies.

(Netflix is among Foundation's other portfolio companies.)

Some of Forerunner's other portfolio companies include Birchbox, Bonobos, Glossier, Hotel Tonight, Warby Parker, and Outdoor Voices.

Not exact matches

About half of our portfolio is enterprise software businesses, and the other half is consumer - facing companies.

«We are working with clients who want to exclude from their portfolios weapons manufacturers or other companies that don't align with their values,» BlackRock spokesman Ed Sweeney told CNBC.

The other reasons Cramer could discern were that the new company still wouldn't stack up to old - line competitors like Coca - Cola and PepsiCo, and that Dr Pepper's carbonated - drink - heavy portfolio didn't offer strong enough prospects.

That's generally a reflection of how well investors think Berkshire's stock market portfolio, still over 85 % managed by Buffett and his long - time partner Charlie Munger, as well as the businesses they have bought over the years — including railroad company Burlington Northern, See's Candies, and dozens of others — are doing.

Maybe they have a specific expertise, other related portfolio companies, etc..

The food industry is not a small one, and many private equity firms and other capital providers have a great deal of capital invested in portfolio companies in this industry.

Note: A Structure Capital spokesperson declined to share the number publicly, clarifying that each partner gives out their number to portfolio company founders who can then share it with colleagues or others in the industry.

He goes on to say that they meddle in the marketing of their portfolio companies because «we can fake it far more convincingly than in other areas...» As I always say, marketing is like sex; everyone thinks they're good at it.

«We are working with clients who want to exclude from their portfolios weapons manufacturers or other companies that don't align with their values,» he said.

The Danish company said it would pay 28.00 euros per share in cash for Ablynx and an additional 2.50 euros in a so - called contingent value right (CVR) if certain conditions related to other drugs in Ablynx's research portfolio were met.

As a registered investment adviser, or RIA, the company can now offer portfolio recommendations and other investment advice — and charge for them.

If other investors have come in, funded competitors, and screwed up the cap table, why aren't their own portfolio companies navigating the changing landscape better?

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Ask the entrepreneurs at portfolio companies what their venture firms have done for them and others at your stage.

Lightspeed says it will hold itself to the same standards it is asking of its portfolio companies, but other VC firms need to apply the Rooney Rule to themselves, too.

The companies settled that case later that year, agreeing to license parts of their patent portfolios to each other.

Amidi, who is also a co-founding partner of seed investment firm Amidzad Partners and founder of 14 other companies, says Plug and Play started the accelerator to help make Bitcoin more widespread and easier to use, and to add strong Bitcoin - related companies to its investment portfolio, which includes PayPal and Zoosk.

Design a portfolio with any combination of Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs; other companies» funds; individual stocks and other ETFs; and CDs and bonds.

And other companies have even higher minimums, such as FutureAdvisor ($ 3,000), Schwab Intelligent Portfolio ($ 5,000), Personal Capital ($ 25,000), and Vanguard ($ 50,000).

Other companies have even higher minimums, such as FutureAdvisor ($ 3,000), Schwab Intelligent Portfolio ($ 5,000), and Personal Capital ($ 25,000).

He is personally involved in all acquisitions, dispositions and other material transactions, and maintains a hands on management approach with The Khoshbin Company with a commercial real estate portfolio in excess of 2,200,000 Square Feet in 6 states.

Andreessen, 41, and Horowitz, 46, are making waves in Silicon Valley not just for their investments (they've backed Facebook (FB), Skype, and Instagram, among others) but also for the institutional support they provide their portfolio companies.

Anthemis has a portfolio of 27 smaller companies, including the likes of eToro, an online social investment network, as well as cross-border payments company Azimo, online - only Fidor Bank, Moven, The Currency Cloud and many others.

He is personally involved in all acquisitions, dispositions, other material transactions, and maintains a hands on management of The Khoshbin Company, which has a commercial real estate portfolio in excess of 2,200,000 Sq. ft. in 6 USA states.

TechAtlas provides RA Capital's investment team and portfolio companies (see Beyond Capital) with strategic intelligence, market research, and other resources.

We focus on NYC and the Northeast, leveraging proximity to closely support our founders and connect portfolio companies to each other.

Interesting criteria for a list of unique stocks I don't have any of those names in my portfolio but I have other companies within the same industries such as the mega cap Chevron Corp Which has a forward P / E of 11.4 x so it's more expensive relative to Noble or CNOOC but I hold it in my hedge fund for hedging purposes.

The new location enables the firm to work more closely with entrepreneurs based in San Francisco and to better serve Norwest's existing portfolio companies headquartered in the city, including Lending Club, Bluenose Analytics, Extole, IFTTT, Lumosity, Madison Reed, Modcloth, Threadflip, Udemy, Zirx and others.

The quotes and case studies set forth herein are from members of current and former Sapphire Ventures» portfolio companies and other third parties with whom Sapphire Ventures interacts.

Check here for news about the latest breakthroughs, successes and innovations made possible by Pappas Capital, our portfolio companies and other partners.

Chris Fralic, Managing Partner at First Round Capital, makes sure that his portfolio companies form a constructive community and share value with each other.

Other buyout funds which do not have a presence in the consumer and healthcare industries and would not be able to use existing portfolio companies as an acquisition vehicle have been advised against entering the process, they said.

Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google's patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.»

Private equity firms have had to lengthen their investment horizons to create value with their portfolio companies, from 4.5 years in 2006 to 6 years in 2016; Blackstone, Carlyle Group and others have recently launched funds with longer target holding periods.

Investors have little way of knowing in advance when a sell - side brokerage firm will initiate coverage of a company, however, adding the risk that it may be a long time before other portfolio managers recognise a company and boost its shares.

The large - cap managers stated that they may consider well - diversified, large - cap, mining stocks like BHP Billiton for inclusion in their portfolio, but that they couldn't consider other mining companies solely focused on gold or silver production because their smaller - cap size and share prices didn't meet their fiduciary mandate.

Fidelity ® Select Environment & Alternative Energy Portfolio A sector fund investing in companies with a business focus on alternative and renewable energy and other environmental support services

Now if one of your stocks outperformed the others and ended up representing say 25 % of your portfolio, instead of just 10 %, then you would rebalance by selling some of your shares in that company until it represented 10 % of your total portfolio.

An increasing number of Angels are leveraging investment into their portfolio companies by syndicating with other Angel investors (61 %) and Venture Capital funds (32 %)