Sentences with phrase «raised dollar funds»

It joins a list of Chinese private equity firms, which includes Hony Capital and FountainVest Partners, that have raised dollar funds since last year.

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.

ICOs are booming — repeatedly raising hundreds of millions of dollars and overtaking mainstream funding sources.

In 2011, he formed a company, raised his own funding, and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money to bring the Hensler Bone Press, as it's called, to fruition.

The fund is reportedly being raised to help Sequoia compete with Japanese tech giant SoftBank, which announced a huge new $ 100 billion (# 75 billion) fund last year that is now being used to back promising tech companies worldwide with tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

LivingSocial, another dailty deals website, has raised almost a billion dollars in venture capital funding, but it's laid off hundreds of people and is now half the size it used to be.

The ride - hailing startup raised several billion dollars in recent years, including $ 3.5 billion from a Saudi Arabian investment fund and $ 2 billion in the form of a leveraged loan.

The company has the funding to go head - to head with tech giants, and is on target to raise a billion dollars by the end of 2017, she said.

Growth: Alternative - protein startups have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding as entrepreneurs try to find a healthier and more environmentally friendly way to provide protein - rich foods.

The funding rate says that for every 1 percent of your income you share with your backers, you can raise X dollars.

The window cracked open earlier this year when billionaire Peter Thiel's investment firm Founders Fund made a multimillion - dollar investment in Privateer Holdings, which raised $ 82 million for its cannabis businesses, including Marley Natural (in partnership with the family of the late reggae singer Bob).

Leading companies including major defense contractor Raytheon, secure - password - solution provider SQRL and security - analytics startup Rapid7 call the Boston area home and continue to raise millions of dollars in funding.

Health IT VC funding reached $ 956 million in 212 deals in Q3 2014, a decline of 46 percent in terms of dollars compared to the massive $ 1.8 billion in 161 deals raised in Q2 2014, according to a new Mercom Capital Group report.

And for the Chinese private equity groups, raising funds in dollars instead of yuan enables them to target overseas investments without getting entangled in Beijing's capital controls, while international investors often wish to avoid taking local currency risk.

Companies selected for Illumina's seed investment program, receive backing fro accredited investor through a convertible note and dollar - for - dollar matching funding through the company's $ 40 million Illumina Accelerator Boost Capital, (if they raise between $ 1 million and $ 5 million of qualifying capital).

College tuition is very inflated and misdirected to overhead expenses and million dollar salaries for fund raising.

When you do a convertible note with a cap that converts into the next round of funding one of the unintended consequences is that if you're successful and raise at a larger price than your cap the early angels often get «multiple liquidation preferences» on their dollars in.

The CEO demonstrated willingness to bite the hand that feeds by ridiculing representatives of Wall Street's biggest banks, some of which have helped the company raise billions of dollars to fund his other - worldly ambitions.

One dollar of every room night booked through April will be donated to the El Yunque Rainforest Restoration Fund, with the goal of raising $ 10,000.

Did we want to raise a billion dollar fund and jump on the «ever bigger» band wagon?

Over the past few years, green bonds have raised billions of dollars to help fund environmental and other sustainable development projects: rapidly growing from $ 1 billion issued in 2012 to more than $ 30 billion in 2014 globally.1

In May, The Farmer's Dog raised $ 8.1 million in Series A funding led by Shasta Ventures, which has backed such startups as Dollar Shave Club and TaskRabbit.

(Benchmark has for years raised funds in the $ 425 million range after raising a single billion - dollar - fund during the dot.com days and deeply regretting the decision.)

But it's important to note that it's difficult to compare venture capital and ICOs by dollars raised, as ICO dollar amounts vary widely by market conditions as well as the value of the underlying currency it accepted as funds.

Maxwell Health has gone on to raise over 69 million dollars in funding.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- NIO Capital, an investment firm founded by leading Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO, is in talks with prospective investors to raise up to $ 500 million in a dollar fund aimed at the country's auto sector, people with knowledge of the plans said.

Given the high cost of producing one Bitcoin in the UK, which apparently is about 8,400 dollars, the majority of the funds raised will cover the cost of electricity, as the company plans to 1280 Bitcoins.

DeePhi Tech (深鉴科技), a 1 - year - old, Beijing - based AI firm that provides deep learning solutions, has raised tens of millions of US dollars in Series A funding from investors including Xilinx (赛灵思), MediaTek (联发科), Tsinghua Holdings (清华控股), Sigma Square (方和资本), GSR Ventures (金沙江创投) and Banyan Capital (高榕资本).

Earlier this year, the Internet erupted over the fact that televangelist Creflo Dollar was raising funds to buy a $ 65 million private...

I tried a church a few months ago where the pastor said they need to raise over half a million dollars for their building fund.

After 3 weeks of fund raising, the everyone ended up donating a 4 + million dollars.

«While World Vision proudly raises millions of dollars from the American people each year, government funding enables us to expand our programs and increase their sustainability.»

The couple has raised more than a half - million dollars to fund free student heart screenings.

The NMCA has successfully raised dollars to further fund research on chile varieties, pest and disease control, mechanization, and other issues.

US platforms such as IndieGoGo, GiveForward and KickStarter have helped artists, musicians and others raise tens of millions of dollars, mostly in small donations from large numbers of individuals, to enable them to make music videos, write books, fund travel and a host of other projects.

Honored guest chefs, Chris Cosentino, Rick Moonen, Bryan Voltaggio, Susan Feniger, and Trevor Bird, along with world class Pinot Noirs producers, selected by the organization's wine chair, Daryl Groom, lent their talents to raise serious funds for Share our Strength and local Sonoma County charities and organizations, topping Pigs & Pinot's total charitable funds raised since the event's inception to over one million dollars.

«The first year we raised five or six thousand dollars, but over the following years it raised over half a million dollars for scholarship funding.

Seventy five percent (75 %) of the net dollars raised through local events, including the annual Race for the Cure ®, stay in Broward, Miami - Dade and Monroe Counties to fund breast cancer screening, education and treatment initiatives.

Krispy Kreme is proud of its Fundraising program, which for decades has helped non-profit organizations raise millions of dollars in needed funds.

The remaining 25 % of net dollars raised, $ 2.5 million since its inception, goes to the Komen national breast cancer research fund.

The fund raised over 14 million dollars in just over two weeks.

With limited tax funds available for park improvements, the Park District increasingly has become dependent on private donations to raise the millions of dollars necessary for new park projects.

Between August 1, 2013, and July 31, 2014, the dollars raised for the School Nutrition Foundation's Annual Fund tripled the sum raised in the prior twelve months; with over $ 22,000 raised, the School Nutrition Association has decided to extend the... Continue reading →

You can create your own fundraising page to share with other members to raise awareness, and dollars; you can also use the SNF Annual Fund resources we've provided online, such as Talking Points, a Pledge Form, and fliers, among others.

In the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schools.

Between August 1, 2013, and July 31, 2014, the dollars raised for the School Nutrition Foundation's Annual Fund tripled the sum raised in the prior twelve months; with over $ 22,000 raised, the School Nutrition Association has decided to extend the 2014 Annual Fund drive through the end of this year — December 31, 2014.

I successfully raised 9 million dollars for one major research university to fund underrepresented minorities to study graduate level science.

As now - President Obama's 2008 campaign showed, an online army can be a powerful source of funds — he raised close to over half a billion dollars online, two - thirds of it directly from someone clicking the «donate» button in a campaign email.

The Biss phenomenon illustrates another way the Internet is shaking up politics and changing the way races are run this year: online fund raising is now filtering down to low - dollar state and local races, where a little bit of extra money goes further than it would in a national race.

What we got this weekend was our first hint that it might be joined by an actual, intentional EFFORT to raise money from small - dollar donors and join the modern campaign - funding world.