Sentences with phrase «other than venture capital»

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Funding is also critical, but entrepreneurs are finding it easier to secure funding than ever before through venture capital and other traditional means.

Venture capital, no matter what the stage, is nothing other than stack ranking.

To date, Eventbrite has raised more than $ 78 million of venture capital from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and capital from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and Capital and others.

In a recent valuation, the company became the only venture - capital - backed startup other than Facebook to ever reach a $ 50 billion valuation.

raise late - stage venture and other private capital on equal or better terms than in the public markets — and with less hassle.

Private companies now have an unprecedented ability to raise late - stage venture and other private capital to finance their innovation and investment, often on equal or better terms than in the public markets and with less hassle.

In fact, there are more unicorns now than at any other time in the past four years, thanks in part to free - flowing venture capital, and investors seeking big payoffs for companies they hope will be the next Facebook or Google.

Entrepreneurs listened, at least to the second part: U.S. - based companies raised more venture capital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital Assocventure capital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital Assoccapital in the fourth quarter of 2014 than they did in any other quarter over the prior 13 years, according to the National Venture Capital AssocVenture Capital AssocCapital Association.

Its other backers include the mutual fund giant Fidelity and the big private equity investor TPG, as well as prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has invested more money in Zenefits than in any other startup in its portfolio.

There are other issues to settle, including the explosive lawsuit filed by Benchmark Capital — which owns more than 10 percent of the company and has a board seat held by Matt Cohler — against Kalanick, whom the venture firm helped oust and has been trying to restrain.

Traditional information technology focused venture capital firms have also been active, though some much more than others.

New York City has twice the number of corporations than other metropolitan areas in the US and the third - highest density of venture capital after San Francisco and Boston.

Rather than develop the platform for its own proprietary advantage, NFX is opening it to other firms with the idea that venture capital is itself a network effects business.

The venture capital industry is a more honorable than some other areas of finance.

Also because of regulations, smaller retail investors have effectively been blocked from participating in higher - yielding investments — namely, private equity and venture capital, whose 10 - year compound annual growth rates have averaged 11.8 and 11 percent, quite a bit more than Treasuries, equities and other common asset classes.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

Because these venture capital firms want higher return rates than other investments such as the stock market provide, they typically invest in promising startup or young businesses that have a high potential for growth but are also high risk.

«Because the ecosystem has become more transparent you are always competing with other firms,» says Ross Fubini, a partner at Canaan, who adds startups are still likely to choose the best venture capital firm, rather than the highest valuation.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

For consumers who spend less than $ 7,500 on travel and dining annually, or those who put other types of expenses on their credit card, the Capital One ® Venture ® Rewards Credit Card will be the better replacement for the JetBlue card.

In this case, using a bank card that allows you to buy a ticket on virtually any airline using points — such as a Capital One Venture or a Barclaycard Arrival card — is going to make less sense than it might in other situations, because the airfares are relatively high this time of year, and redemption levels for flights on in those cards» programs are based on the dollar price of the flight.

The combination of the bonus categories and the ability to redeem for up to two cents per mile makes this card more valuable than other fixed - value currencies, such as Barclaycard Arrival miles or Capital One Venture miles.

There are other cards that operate similarly, such as the Capital One Venture (annual fee: $ 59, waived first year) and Barclaycard Arrival (annual fee: $ 89, waived first year), both of which are offering higher sign - up bonuses than PNC's version.

In less than a year of existence, one U.S. - focused company, BlueGoGo, and a number of China - based companies have filed for bankruptcy, merged with other companies, or ceased operations.4 The extreme degree of venture capital funding, coupled with generally low ridership, brings questions as to the overall sustainability and volatility of the dockless bike share market.

For more than 20 years, Foley Hoag's Fund Formation attorneys have helped clients form all types of private investment funds, including hedge funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, small business investment companies (SBICs), timber funds, funds of funds and other alternative investment funds.

The firm's global investment management practice intersects with our securities enforcement and white collar practices in a client portfolio that includes more than 780 venture capital, private equity; hedge and mutual funds; banks and trust companies; insurance companies; pension consultants; accounting firms; trade associations; transfer agents; and other businesses in the investment management sector.

OK, venture capital may be slightly more sophisticated than this — but I have trouble with VCs who nobly claim that their business has more risk than any other, and in the very next breath hammer you with their big - brained analytics for consistently discovering winners.

ICOs let startups and other companies raise capital much more easily and quickly than, for example by selling shares or bonds or getting loans, since the market is still largely unregulated and they don't need to deal with venture capitalists or banks.

Venture capital also showed a clear preference in Q1 for startups that are offering blockchain - based services for technologies other than the bitcoin blockchain.

The inalienability of Aboriginal land held does not necessarily significantly restrict the capacity of Indigenous people to raise capital for business ventures or to make commercial use of inalienable freehold land, as there are a number of methods of raising finance and securing loans against the land other than mortgages.137 In addition, land use agreements, similar in concept to Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), could be used to establish unique agreements within communities covering many issues.138 Government attention is more appropriately directed to assisting Indigenous people to overcome any difficulties they have in meeting financial obstacles to such solutions than to overturning legislation that has done simple justice to a people who have been deprived of their land without their consent and without compensation.

In a deal valued in excess of $ 1 billion, Beacon Capital brought in Singapore's GIC and others as joint venture investors in more than 2.1 million sf of office assets in the Washington, DC metro area.