Sentences with phrase «raise any venture capital with»

Just don't expect to raise any venture capital with that attitude.

Bill Gate's best investment of his innovation fund would be to set up benchmark prizes which would in practice act like matching grants for inventors to raise venture capital with the prize as the investor pitch for the early return on their investment.

Not exact matches

This is at the heart of much of the excitement around ICOs: It's a totally new way of raising capital that does away with the traditional gatekeepers, financiers, and venture capitalists.

Launched in 2013, Cohesity has already raised $ 70 million in just two rounds, with a $ 350 million valuation, backed by A-list venture - capital firms Sequoia, Qualcomm Ventures, and others, according to PitchBook.

That's fine with Casper, which has raised $ 15 million in venture capital to date.

• Qiming Venture Partners, a China - based venture capital firm, has set out to raise a $ 900 million sixth venture fund, according to a filing with tVenture Partners, a China - based venture capital firm, has set out to raise a $ 900 million sixth venture fund, according to a filing with tventure capital firm, has set out to raise a $ 900 million sixth venture fund, according to a filing with tventure fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

The go - getter attitude that landed her positions at McKinsey, Aeropostale, and Google is evident in her approach to grow the brand, which has partnered with department store giant Bloomingdale's and raised $ 13.6 million in venture capital funding.

• Breakout Ventures, a San Francisco - based venture capital firm affiliated with Peter Thiel - founded Breakout Labs, raised $ 60.1 million for a maiden venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

• Costello, an Indianapolis - based deal management platform, raised $ 1 million in funding led by Dundee Venture Capital with participation from Elevate Ventures, M25 Group, and Service Provider Capital.

Those findings jibe with just - reported data from the National Venture Capital Association, which reports 36 venture - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter iVenture Capital Association, which reports 36 venture - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter iventure - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter in 2013.

The company has raised more than $ 20 million in venture capital, led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from NEA and Khosla Ventures.

Recently renamed Carnegie Clean Energy has launched a $ 5 million capital raising to prepare itself for opportunities that may come up through its joint venture with developer Lendlease.

Rare earths miner Peak Resources plans to restructure its funding arrangements to increase its stake in the Ngualla joint venture, with a $ 7 million capital raising put forward to investors.

Saildrone started as a nonprofit endeavor with the Schmidts» philanthropic foundation, but in August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investmentcapital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn InvestmentCapital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn InvestmentCapital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

Founded in 2007 with venture capital backing, Socrata has raised $ 55 million of equity investments to date.

The startup has raised a little under $ 40 million in funding with backing from Alphabet's venture capital arm GV, among others.

On Tuesday, the food delivery startup hoping to reinvent frozen's reputation in the era of clean eating announced that it had raised some $ 43 million in a second round of funding, led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaunventure capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and ShaunVenture Partners, with participation from VMG Partners, M13, actress Haylie Duff, Bobby Flay and Shaun White.

Five months later, the Pebble team went on to raise $ 15 million in venture capital from Charles River Ventures, a traditional VC house with more than two decades of traction.

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

«I felt I could have raised venture capital for Open Systems, but I had a long talk with my brother - in - law, a lawyer in Wichita.

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.

With a new trend of investments in startups now being in place, to actually address ground - level issues plaguing our society, a relatively new venture called UrbanPiper that offers software solutions and Omni - Channel ordering along with loyalty programs for the hotel industry has raised undisclosed venture capital from veteran investor Kumar VeWith a new trend of investments in startups now being in place, to actually address ground - level issues plaguing our society, a relatively new venture called UrbanPiper that offers software solutions and Omni - Channel ordering along with loyalty programs for the hotel industry has raised undisclosed venture capital from veteran investor Kumar Vewith loyalty programs for the hotel industry has raised undisclosed venture capital from veteran investor Kumar Vembu.

Software startup Slack Technologies is raising $ 250 million in a new funding round, according to people familiar with the matter, boosting the company's valuation as Silicon Valley companies enjoy a surge in venture capital investments.

Launched in 2007 with millions of members, New York - based Ideeli has raised $ 107 million in venture capital funding since its founding, so being sold for less than half of that appears to be a loss for investors.

The growth of the venture capital industry — VCs raised $ 28.5 billion last year, up from $ 3.8 billion in 2002 — coupled with a tepid market for initial public offerings has made the competition among VCs for good deals more intense than ever.

In a perfect world, an excubator model would have raised its own venture fund, or would partner with existing seed - stage venture funds, to help fund these early stage entrepreneurs who may have a great idea, but not the capital to afford the collective services which are required to launch the startup with maximum odds for success.

She also says funding isn't a problem, at least in the near term; the company raised $ 13.4 million in a round of financing in 2007 — the Australian government chipped in, along with three venture capital firms.

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.

Mars Petcare, a pet food distributor, raised $ 100 million for a new venture capital fund, Companion Fund, in partnership with Digitalis.

When sitting in my dark gray cell with my books, newspapers and magazines, while writing, reading and researching the tech sector, I would visualize myself in Silicon Valley at partner meetings, with my new startup, raising capital from prominent venture capitalists.

Wonder Workshop, which has already raised $ 15.9 million from investors including Madrona Venture Group, Maven Ventures, WI Harper Group and others, said the latest round of financing was led by WI Harper and Idea Bulb Ventures, along with Learn Capital and TCL.

The company, based in Santa Monica, Calif., has raised more than US $ 20 million, with backers including the firm of Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Cuban, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, and a number of prominent venture capital firms.

Tulip.io Inc., whose mobile software allows sales associates and retailers to engage more effectively with customers, has raised $ 40 million in a new round of venture - capital financing led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Since its founding in 2010, the eyeglass retailer has raised $ 115.5 million in venture - capital funding (most recently taking in $ 100 million in a round of funding led by T. Rowe Price in April), opened 16 storefronts in nine cities and become a «unicorn» with a valuation of $ 1.2 billion.

Floreani's company has raised nearly $ 30 million in funding thus far, including $ 21.2 million in Series B venture capital funding last year that came from a group led by DCM Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, along with other investors including Discovery Communications and World Wrestling Entertainment.

On a recent Ventured podcast, I spoke with KPCB general partner Randy Komisar about whether or not there's a tech bubble and the consequences of raising too much capital.

The GROWTH program helps emerging ventures with revenue growth, new customer acquisition and talent recruitment, and supports them in raising Series A capital.

I'm writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios.

Companies with only female founders accounted for only 3 % of the total dollars raised by startups in 2016, according to data from venture - capital tracker PitchBook Data Inc..

Mitch Kapor raised nearly $ 5 million of venture capital in 1982, enabling Lotus to launch 1 -2-3 with the software industry's first serious advertising campaign.

By eschewing the capital, resources and expertise that come with raising venture financing, these entrepreneurs forego a chance to maximize their earnings from the venture.

Israeli deep learning and computer vision company Allegro.ai has raised $ 7 million in a Series A financing round led by Mizmaa Ventures and with the participation of Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Dynamic Loop Capital.

The company was founded with an undisclosed amount of seed money and has since raised $ 4.5 million in venture capital.

Greycroft is Alan's venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($ 130 million) with offices in both New York and LA.

Prozo.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling study material, has raised its pre-Series A round of funding from a London - based venture capital firm and two affluent individuals, a person familiar with the development told TechCircle.

While every capital raise introduces new relationships, we have built a broad network of contacts with reputable venture capital firms, capital raising groups, mezzanine funds, and senior lenders, many of whom view Croft & Bender as a proprietary source of deal flow for quality middle - market opportunities in the Southeast.

The types of capital raising transactions we look for include venture capital for emerging growth companies, growth capital for more established companies, and leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations for growth - oriented companies with strong cash flows.

It competes with a rival service, Scribd, that offers a similar value proposition and that has raised about $ 25 million in venture capital.

Escalier Biosciences, with offices in Encinitas and the Netherlands, said Tuesday that it has raised $ 19 million in venture capital financing.

Let's say the company was worth $ 1 million when I met them and I've helped them with both my Rolodex and my cash and they can now raise a round of venture capital at a valuation of $ 6 million.