Sentences with phrase «planning a funding round»

Ant Financial Services Group, the Chinese fintech giant, is planning a funding round that could fetch a valuation similar to the world's biggest and oldest banks: The digital payment company is raising as much as $ 5 billion in equity that may value it at more than $ 100 billion, according to Reuters.

Not exact matches

The company is reportedly planning another billion - dollar raise — marking the eighth round of funding it has sought in the past five years.

• Grab, a ride - sharing company serving Southeast Asian markets, plans to raise more than $ 1.5 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank, according to Bloomberg.

Round B funding: At this stage, you've reached the milestones of your Round A plan and are in growth mode, on your way to market leadership.

«We also plan to complete the second round of pre-Series A funding within next two months,» states More.

It plans to use the money it raised in its latest funding round to expand to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and, eventually, internationally.

At Denver - based Inspirato, a critical part of its latest $ 20 million funding round, led by tech - savvy firms W Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners, was its plan to open five «experience centers» in upscale U.S. malls.

With this round of funding, it plans to move into additional U.S. markets in 2016.

April 10 - Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's online payments business Ant Financial now plans to raise $ 9 billion in its next planned round of funding, potentially valuing the company at $ 150 billion ahead of an expected stock market flotation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

April 10 (Reuters)- Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's online payments business Ant Financial now plans to raise $ 9 billion in its next planned round of funding, potentially valuing the company at $ 150 billion ahead of an expected stock market flotation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

With this latest round of funding, the company plans to expand to 100 metro areas within the next year.

At Kaltura, we recommend treating regular board meetings as mockup funding rounds by preparing detailed and transparent «plans vs. actuals» and detailed key - performance - indicator analysis.

With this new round of funding, the company plans to invest in product enhancements that will continue to allow organizations to provide more personalized guest services and marketing as well as merchandise experiences like chef tasting packages.

He has arrived at our meeting with a thick textbook on venture capital and is planning to raise a round of funding for his newest project, Ardefact, a luxury shopping site that has a crowdsourced procurement element baked into the mix.

When they first stumbled upon the plan, which allows approved employees to set aside part of their salaries to fund an extended leave of absence from their jobs, the Wheelers planned to take a year - long round - the - world - trip.

So, 2016 was a busy growth year for us — we raised US $ 120M in a Series B funding round, made some key executive hires, opened our first U.S. office in San Francisco, and opened a new 50,000 - sq - ft manufacturing facility in Waterloo, with plans to continue hiring aggressively in both locations.»

Along with R&D, this latest funding round will go a ways toward increasing that staff and reach, with plans to extend to more markets, including Europe and Asia.

Lyft announced on Monday that General Motors is one of the companies to invest during its $ 1 billion round of funding, with the companies planning to develop an Autonomous On - Demand Network.

Angling to be the go - to marketplace for these gene - based businesses, Helix, the spin out from genetic testing research and technology giant Illumina, has held a first close on a planned $ 200 million funding round led by new investor DFJ Growth.

After this round, the following round of fundraising is aimed at netting between 1.2 billion euros to 1.4 billion euros, which NorthVolt would need to fund the plan's first phase.

Minimal month - to - month funds for this plan through the promotional interval would be the financed quantity of the acquisition divided by the promotional interval and rounded as much as the closest $ 5 (minimal $ 5).

Appropriate for: Companies and individuals planning on multiple rounds of funding, companies who do not want to part with equity

Agolo has raised a number of smaller seed rounds of funding before now, but with its latest cash injection the company said it now plans to «transform the way financial service analysts do their jobs» by expanding its platform to cater to asset managers and investment banks.

Rather than being caught in a he - said, she - said game on minute technical issues, there were massive funding rounds, tales of user growth and grand plans to reinvent the financial system.

Ubtech founder and CEO Zhou Jian said the new round of funding has brought in invaluable investors and the investment will be dedicated to facilitating Ubtech's future commercialization plans.

After reportedly turning down Kroger's $ 400 million acquisition offer, Boxed plans to seek a new funding round to stay private, Bloomberg reported.

Whereas traditionally a start - up with a promising idea would sell its business plan to interested angel investors, later commit to sequential funding rounds in which venture capital investors would provide scale - up financing in return for a slice of equity, before eventually pursuing an initial public offering (if very successful) to sell some or all of its shares to the general public, the ICO can offer a novel and much faster approach.

Your initial email should include a brief overview of the business, telling us in no more than one page about: - Your technology, any IP, and why it's better than the competition - Traction so far / planned route to market and your business model - Team - Funding until now, how much you're raising and at what valuation - Whether you envisage further funding rounds being necessary in the future You can include links to a business plan or any other documents with the email if yoFunding until now, how much you're raising and at what valuation - Whether you envisage further funding rounds being necessary in the future You can include links to a business plan or any other documents with the email if yofunding rounds being necessary in the future You can include links to a business plan or any other documents with the email if you wish.

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has closed a US$ 1 billion funding round, with plans to raise an equal amount over the next few months, says a Bloomberg report quoting unidentified sources.

Last week, the Department of Education announced a new round of Promise Neighborhood funding, including some new planning grants as well as the first implementation grants.

Park District officials, after struggling to find funding sources for the aquatics center, said this spring that they might change their plans and possibly try to build a year - round facility.

Gov. David Paterson's plan to re-open state parks by sweeping EPF funds didn't pass muster with the Legislature, instead falling victim to the latest round of «budget brinksmanship.»

The Legislature approved nearly $ 485,000 in funding as part of the Spring 2018 round of Tompkins County Tourism Grants, as recommended by the County's Strategic Tourism Planning Board.

Rounding out the plan is a large section focused on workplace issues, including previously announced proposals to combat sexual harassment in the workplace and urging the state pension fund to prioritize investments in companies that have «adequate» women and minority leadership.

Governor Andrew Cuomo rounded out the top three, as he's pushed Albany to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital budget plan, rebuild the Tappan Zee Bridge and undertake an ambitious plan for a Queens convention center to replace the Javits Center.

The government had originally only planned to make # 250 million of funding available in the first round.

He pledged the city will ensure women get the healthcare and family planning assistance if there are cuts to federal funding for Planned Parenthood, and will provide any undocumented New Yorkers with lawyers to protect them and their families if the federal government attempts to round them up and remove them.

Funding which the city proposed for expanding The Queensbury Hotel, establishing a Glens Falls film commission, constructing a catwalk at Charles R. Wood Theater and projection equipment at facilities that host the Adirondack Film Festival were not specifically approved as «winning projects,» but might qualify for funding under other broad categories in the plan, and city also can seek funding in the next round of regular state regional economic development grants, BartholomeFunding which the city proposed for expanding The Queensbury Hotel, establishing a Glens Falls film commission, constructing a catwalk at Charles R. Wood Theater and projection equipment at facilities that host the Adirondack Film Festival were not specifically approved as «winning projects,» but might qualify for funding under other broad categories in the plan, and city also can seek funding in the next round of regular state regional economic development grants, Bartholomefunding under other broad categories in the plan, and city also can seek funding in the next round of regular state regional economic development grants, Bartholomefunding in the next round of regular state regional economic development grants, Bartholomew said.

George Osborne got away with his dubious plan to fund the IHT cut with a raid on non-doms - largely because most economists see a # 1bn or # 2bn tax cut as a rounding error - but other similar devices must be more able to withstand scrutiny.

The two pols also weighed in on yet another round of fighting over funding mass transit between Cuomo and de Blasio: new MTA Chairman Joe Lhota asking the state and city to split the costs for funding his $ 836 million short - term subway rescue plan.

Some transit advocates have pinned their hopes for more transit funding on the latest congestion pricing plan to make the rounds in Albany — Sam Schwartz's Move NY, which would levy tolls on East River bridges and along 60th Street, and lower them on outer - borough crossings.

Next year, as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Budget, Borough President Katz plans to use additional capital funds to provide tech funding to all of the Queens public elementary and intermediate schools that were not included in this year's round of funding.

The agency will find most of the savings by canceling its first of two rounds of 3 - year research grants planned for 2002, forcing researchers on as many as 50 projects to seek funding elsewhere.

He and his team are planning to use their most recent round of NASA funding to refine their design and start testing super-thin electronics.

SNAP Interactive plan to take AYI.com into non-English speaking markets, as they announce a new round of funding.

People Group plans to raise a big round of PE funding later this year.

ECONOMIC TIMES - Aug 25 - Online wedding planning platform Shaadisaga has raised a pre-Series A round of funding from investors including Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal, Freecharge founder Kunal Shah, and ah!

Internet startup Academia.edu is moving forward with plans to change the way scientists publish papers, thanks to a second round of funding the...

It plans to post its proposed application and guidelines for the second round of funding in the Federal Register, the daily newspaper of the federal government — and then field the public's response.

Internet startup Academia.edu is moving forward with plans to change the way scientists publish papers, thanks to a second round of funding the company has recieved.