Sentences with phrase «stage funding opportunities»

NACO's newest research initiative covers the broader early - stage funding opportunities for entrepreneurs in Canada.

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• The Maryland Venture Fund, a Columbia, Md. - based early - stage, evergreen venture capital fund, raised $ 25 million for the Maryland Innovation Opportunity FunFund, a Columbia, Md. - based early - stage, evergreen venture capital fund, raised $ 25 million for the Maryland Innovation Opportunity Funfund, raised $ 25 million for the Maryland Innovation Opportunity FundFund I.

The judges will advance one or more winners to a final evaluation, at which stage TOMS Social Entrepreneurship Fund will review the investment opportunity.

Techstars supports every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, from early - stage grassroots community development to more formal opportunities that provide education, experience, acceleration, funding and beyond.

Vertex Ventures Israel is one of the pillars of the Vertex Group's network of Funds focusing on early stage opportunities in the Information Technology sector in Israel.

The Hyperion Fund provides investors access to a diversified portfolio of professionally vetted early stage investment opportunities

Rather than raise two separate funds, as we had done before (an early stage fund and a special opportunities fund), we decided to raise a single fund that would focus on spectacular entrepreneurs independent of stage.

Arab Angel Fund is an early stage venture capital firm focused on «Seed» and «Series A» investment opportunities with companies that have international expansion potential.

In contrast, venture capital investors, particularly those in later - stage funds, require substantially higher growth potential for the investment opportunities they evaluate.

Firstly, ICOs provide efficient and low cost funding to promising start - ups or early - stage projects that is accessible to any participant across any geography reducing their entry barriers; secondly, they provide an investment opportunity in a new and disruptive technology to gain on future potential of blockchain while allowing the participants to diversify their current exposures in cryptocurrencies along with high liquidity.

However, Smallknot only approves established businesses that are out of the idea stage, and do not require more than a small monetary boost to get going, in certain way Smallnot's funding opportunity is very similar to angel rounds in the startup world.

Techstars supports every stage of the entrepreneurial journey — from early stage grassroots community development to more formal opportunities that provide education, experience, acceleration, funding, and beyond.

EDMONTON, July 19th, 2012 — Alberta Enterprise Corporation today announced that it has invested $ 10 million as a limited partner in 32 Degrees Energy Technology Fund, a Calgary - based venture capital fund that invests in early - to - later stage Canadian energy technology related opportunitFund, a Calgary - based venture capital fund that invests in early - to - later stage Canadian energy technology related opportunitfund that invests in early - to - later stage Canadian energy technology related opportunities.

This provides additional opportunities for ZNL Fund to invest in a startup at an early stage and in most cases the first investors into the company.

«It's a blind spot in the economy and an opportunity for investors,» said Sara Brand, founding general partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early - stage venture capital fund investing in women - led businesses in the fields of consumer health and environmentally sustainable products and technologies.

Sequoia Capital, the top - tier venture firm, has just closed on a $ 180 million new fund called Sequoia Scout III that's focused exclusively on seed - stage opportunities.

Even if the firm is thoughtful in the allocation of opportunities between funds, our view is that it takes a very different skillset to invest the later stage sidecar fund than it does the early stage main fund.

Bruce has turned his attention to addressing the market opportunity created by the lack of funding available to growth stage digital companies in Canada.

We provide a platform for high net worth individuals, family offices, and Venture Funds to make direct investments in a curated selection of high - growth, early - stage investment opportunities.

This funding opportunity will underpin and rapidly develop a new research area across the interface of chemistry and biology at a vital stage of my career and provide a welcome platform for my future research.»

Under his leadership, the ECIDA also launched a minority entrepreneurship loan / scholarship program aimed at creating entrepreneur opportunity in the minority community, oversaw creation of a venture fund that targets early - stage investment in the technology sector, and helped shape the organization's adaptive reuse policy.

Specific opportunities arising directly from this first Energy Summit are still «at an early stage,» according to a spokesperson for the EPSRC, but researchers have a pretty good idea which research areas will be funded.

The policy fellowship database is intended to provide physician scientist of all stages from training to late - career a listing of available programs and funding opportunities to pursue policy related research.

This call for increased government funding comes shortly after Jeremy Corbyn's outline for a national education service, designed to offer learning opportunities at every stage of life and close the growing productivity gap.

Speaking to The Stage, Samuel West, National Campaign for the Arts chair, said that «Scotland is showing England the way forward» and called on education funders and policy makers to provide more opportunities for young people to experience live art.

After the initial six opportunity areas, there will be a further four to be announced at a later stage, with the 10 areas sharing funding of # 60m.

In a written statement to parliament, Greening said the first stage of the consultation on plans to address concerns about the fairness of school funding had shown a «strong sense» that the policy represents a «once in a generation opportunity for an historic change», and said the government «must get it right».

Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national average.48 However, research on their effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50

Five funds use Schroders» business cycle approach, which combines a clear macro view with bottom - up stock selection, which helps fund managers capture investment opportunities by identifying the companies that are most likely to outperform as the economy moves through each stage of the cycle.

Such a portfolio would offer the same dynamics / economics as a traditional seed / early stage venture capital portfolio — a ground - floor opportunity to invest in startups which might only require millions in funding, but which might ultimately offer investors (despite the inevitable failures) the huge long - term upside potential of a unicorn (or even decacorn).

The latest funding opportunity, offered under the DOE's Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), reflects a priority shift from later - stage commercialization to early - stage research.

The latest funding opportunity puts an emphasis on early - stage research and improving solar integration on the grid.

He's worked extensively with early stage technology startups, from stints at Detroit Venture Partners, Mercury Fund, and Invest Detroit to several consulting engagements to identify commercialization opportunities for University research.

While making investments in private companies is something that was a part of the day - to - day business for hedge funds and private equity funds in the past, we can pinpoint this moment in time as a turning point that created a displacement in the minds of many other investors who started viewing the late - stage private tech market as a high - growth investment opportunity.