Sentences with phrase «owned venture capital company»

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Explaining the industry and what's going on takes the form of several audiences; one being the overly - optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to get their company to a liquidity event, another being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final being ambitious MBA's switching careers and see venture capital as the preferred destination.

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Its investors include media company Condé Nast, which once owned Reddit and later spun it off, as well as venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia...

Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

According to Bloomberg and research by Lesa Mitchell and Professor Vivek Wadhwa, women - led high - tech startups are more capital efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and generate 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned companies when venture - backed.

These companies are unlikely to get venture capital funding, but they can easily create their own coin or token by using cryptocurrency platforms like Ethereum.

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.

Women - led private technology companies are more capital - efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and, when venture - backed, bring in 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned tech companies.

Through its investment in top tier venture firms that are active in Michigan, as well as its own co-investments in emerging Michigan companies, the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund is helping to drive forward both innovation and growth of emerging companies in the venture firms that are active in Michigan, as well as its own co-investments in emerging Michigan companies, the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund is helping to drive forward both innovation and growth of emerging companies in the Venture Capital Fund is helping to drive forward both innovation and growth of emerging companies in the region.

Hortonworks, backed by venture capitalists including Benchmark Capital's Peter Fenton, completed its own IPO on Dec. 12 and is a week away from reporting its first quarterly results as a public company.

If you read between the lines on this Caisse / Lightspeed deal; or, if you can find the video interview with CEO Dax Desilva talking about this deal; it is obvious to me that this was a clear instance where the US - based venture company was trying to force an exit strategy to support their own exit methodology and x-return on capital goals; and likely with little concern for Lightspeed's long term goals as a stand alone company.

Founders wind up with punishingly low stakes in their own venture and growth stunted by lack of capital to scale — this causes death by atrophy or ugly exits that likely bring no treasure to founders and typically involve the company and / or technology disappearing or being assimilated into a better financed competitor.

And now we add this: One of tech's most prestigious venture capital firms is publicly and legally pummeling the former CEO of its own portfolio company with 38 pages of gnarly allegations.

At Plug and Play Tech Center we realize this and have created ways for our startups to have structured access to Venture Capital Companies, Angel Investors and Plug and Play's own investment arm, Amidzad Partners.

Mumbai - based Cogo Freight Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates digital freight company Cogoport, has raised Series A funding from venture capital firm Accel Partners.

He is a director of companies, including Investec, a venture capital company, his own private equity company, and is chairman of the Entrepreneurs Investment Scheme (EIS) Association of lawyers and accountants, a trustee and Vice President of the Elgar Foundation, a Member of the Advisory Boards of the Centre for Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Affairs and Financial Services Forum.

The support comes in various sizes and shapes: campus competitions to solicit commercially viable ideas, universities establishing their own venture capital funds and «incubators» to nurture startup companies, and programs such as the Innovation Corps at the National Science Foundation.

Under the SBIR - STTR reauthorization, which is part of a larger bill setting priorities and policies for the Department of Defense, companies owned by venture capital partnerships and hedge funds would be eligible for the first time.

Our first speaker, the director of business development at GlaxoSmithKline, was interesting and insightful in his own right, but he also put us in touch with the company's venture capital arm to provide a possible future speaker.

This forward - thinking concept can prove transformational for the faculty, staff and students who start their own companies, for their research organizations, for Foundation Venture Capital group and most importantly, for patients who will ultimately take advantage of the newest products or services to be developed.

Finally, a weird tidbit from our own Robot 6 concerning Rush Limbaugh, who supports the theory that Bane is a left - wing conspiracy, comparing the villain's name to the homophone Bain — the venture - capital company co-founded by Mitt Romney.

So when publishers give an advance to someone without their own audience, the publisher finds itself in a very high - risk, venture - capital type model, but they are venture capitalists for individuals rather than companies.

It may sound strange that founders, who own the company, voluntarily agree to a vesting schedule, but investors require it to provide an incentive for the founders to stick around through the likely term of the venture capital investment.

Landa notes that some «family - owned» manufacturers are really venture - capital - backed and / or venture - capital - founded and run, and certain companies that complain about «big name pet food» competitors are billion - dollar entities themselves.

The round was led by Canvas Ventures, an early - stage venture capital firm whose partners, prior to forming Canvas, have invested in leading technology companies such as Siri (now owned by Apple), Evernote and Nuance Communications.

Her clients include entrepreneurs, companies financed with venture capital, and family - owned enterprises.

A partner in a venture capital firm with investments in autonomous vehicle development says he expects «grocery store margins» for companies who take on their own fleets.

This consists of private company equity securities and made by privately owned equity firms, angel investors, or venture capital organizations.

CLEVELAND, OH - March 21, 2005 - ComparisonMarket, Inc., which owns and operates Insurance.com, the largest online auto insurance agency in the United States, announced today that it has closed on a new round of venture capital to support future growth initiatives, including local expansion of the Solon - based company «s call center, information technology and marketing staffs and the launch of a national cable television advertising campaign to promote Insurance.com «s services.

Lightspeed Ventures was the first venture capital firm to invest in Snapchat, and it owns a meaningful chunk of the company worth about $ 2 billion.

The Waterloo, Ontario - based company is planning a crowdsourced initial coin offering or ICO, which lets startups mint their own digital money, raise funds outside the traditional venture capital world, and develop their own miniature economies.

New blockchain ventures can raise working capital by minting their own tokens based on more liquid currencies like Ethereum, and those who purchase these tokens can use them to engage in these companies» services and speculate on their relative value.

Tezos is owned by DLS (Dynamic Ledger Solutions), a company owned by the Breitmans and a number of venture capital partners.

Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in blockchain technology companies, in collaboration with digital finance investment bank Argon Group, is about to issue its own Ethereum - based digital tokens calleCapital, a venture capital firm that invests in blockchain technology companies, in collaboration with digital finance investment bank Argon Group, is about to issue its own Ethereum - based digital tokens callecapital firm that invests in blockchain technology companies, in collaboration with digital finance investment bank Argon Group, is about to issue its own Ethereum - based digital tokens called BCAP.

An initial coin offering lets a young company raise money — in addition to venture capital, angel investors and others — by selling tokens that can come in the form of its own cryptocurrency.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004 to Present: Scroll Capital Partners LLC, Ann Arbor, MI Extensive capital and consulting expertise to acquire financial backing and manage controlling positions in companies with sales of $ 5M to $ 50M with extensive expertise in joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions — owning and directing the following companies: 2008 to 2010: Owner — Primary Physicians Research, Inc.. Clinical Trials company boasting 22 locations, and placing 24,000 patients into more than 200 vaccine and pharmaceutical Capital Partners LLC, Ann Arbor, MI Extensive capital and consulting expertise to acquire financial backing and manage controlling positions in companies with sales of $ 5M to $ 50M with extensive expertise in joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions — owning and directing the following companies: 2008 to 2010: Owner — Primary Physicians Research, Inc.. Clinical Trials company boasting 22 locations, and placing 24,000 patients into more than 200 vaccine and pharmaceutical capital and consulting expertise to acquire financial backing and manage controlling positions in companies with sales of $ 5M to $ 50M with extensive expertise in joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions — owning and directing the following companies: 2008 to 2010: Owner — Primary Physicians Research, Inc.. Clinical Trials company boasting 22 locations, and placing 24,000 patients into more than 200 vaccine and pharmaceutical trials.

First Mile, owned byNortel Networks and other venture capital companies, provides bundled technology services in new home communities.