Sentences with phrase «tech venture»

The food delivery space has become increasingly crowded over the last few years, with tech venture capitalists pumping billions of dollars into the market.

While tech ventures are individually risky, a sufficiently large number of them close to each other makes the experience of working in start - ups safe for any one individual.

In a body that can't even make its microphones work most of the time, this high - tech venture sent off all kinds of warning lights.

They account for around a third of the funds invested in hi - tech ventures over the past five years.

Are there any ed - tech ventures today that especially intrigue or excite you?

Here's how three women are changing tech venture capital funding to be more inclusive and bring more women to the table.

There's a lot of talk about the package at this forum, considering it is a gathering all about clean tech ventures, and this address starts off the day's discussions.

Total funding of African tech ventures grew by 51 per cent as compared to 2016, while the number of funded startups also increased by 8.9 per cent.

In the business of love, there are high - tech venture capitalists, psychologists and software engineers.

Relativity is a leader in the legal tech industry and an important reference point in legal tech venture capital trends.

GUEST: Jennifer Fonstad Founder / Managing Partner Aspect Ventures Discussing outlook for tech venture capital heading into 2017, including cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

In the meantime, some on the Left are having fun with Para Bellum's name, which as Gawker noted today, the new tech venture shares with 9 mm ammunition designed for the German Luger pistol often used by Nazis in war movies.

As a result of these moves, the city enjoyed the highest job growth in the $ 20 - billion global mobile app industry, and it was the only region in the U.S. to have an increase in tech venture - capital funding.

Lisagor's first product spot in 2009 featured his own tech venture, a Twitter accessory called Birdhouse.

Its latest tech ventured produced the Q Founder, though it seems that Fossil wants to go beyond or away from the mainstream Android Wear platform.

He is both chairman and co-founder of Singulariteam, a prominent Israeli tech venture capitalist vehicle.

Nextlaw Labs, the innovative legal tech venture development company launched by global law firm Dentons, today announced its investment in Beagle

The San Jose, California - based company began by serving fruit processing plants in the Silicon Valley before pivoting in the late 1960s to work with tech ventures.

Below is a map of global tech venture capital activity, by the Martin Prosperity Institute last year, ranked by the amount of capital raised:

He also has investments in U.S. tech ventures, including the Virgin One Hyperloop project,

-- Craig Howe, CEO of sports digital strategy and tech venture firm, Rebel Ventures

In addition to pursuing socially conscious ideas, Millennials and Gen Zers are more likely to develop tech ventures.

Sam Altman, the famous Silicon Valley - based tech venture capitalist, was asked to leave a bar at The Ritz because he was wearing sneakers.

When asked about Carpool Arabia's methodology when choosing its investors, de Terssac candidly admits that it wasn't a walk in the park, saying, «Choosing is maybe a luxury you have in Silicon Valley, but here, it's more about who is crazy enough to invest in an early stage tech venture, rather than buying another apartment in Dubai Marina.»

In February, Agricxlab, an agri - tech venture using smartphone imaging to assess the quality of agri produce, had raised $ 500,000 in a seed round led by early - stage venture capital firm Ankur Capital.

Now, to explain: the «Business Growth Fund» has # 2.5 billion of capital, while BGF Ventures is the # 200 million tech venture part of the organisation.

Aimed at closing the gender gap in the tech sector, the startup challenge featured 10 finalists pitching their emerging tech ventures before a panel of prominent investors including Nisha Dua, Partner at BBG Ventures, Iana Dimkova, Director on Healthcare Investing Team at GE Ventures, John Ason, Angel Investor, and Erica Duignan Minnihan, Managing Partner, 1000 Angels.

The Austin - based investment firm raised $ 19.1 million, which it will use to back women - led health tech ventures and sustainable consumer brands.

When you think of Seattle, Washington, you might at first think of coffee and grunge, but Seattle is rapidly evolving into a serious competitor for Silicon Valley in its ability to attract tech ventures.

Additional cast announced today include Wayne Knight («Seinfeld») who plays Benedict Blush, a wildly successful entrepreneur with blue collar sensibilities; and Aaron Yoo (21, «Blacklist») who plays Alex Bell, a premiere tech venture capitalist that everyone wants in their corner.

RH: Adam, you had substantial success with Yammer, a previous tech venture that you founded in 2008.

Sometimes cage - busters believe they can do their best work in their current school or system, and sometimes they feel like the better course is to launch a charter school, a new organization, an education tech venture, or something else.

Multinational testing corporations, publishing companies, ed - tech ventures rushed in with their wares: software for administering tests, test preps, pre-tests, post-tests, tests scoring, lesson plans, teaching modules, assessment devices; entire new industries sprang into being.

The company swiftly paid $ 360 million for an educational tech venture called Wireless Generation, which had been a contractor for the city schools on two high - profile projects.

Detroit auto show mulls move to Oct.; AIADA, Global Automakers decry tariff plan; Toyota AV tech venture; At the Oscars: Red carpet debut for Cadillac ads, Partying with Genesis.

In a year when Amazon sold more e-books than dead trees and publishers poured precious funds into actual tech ventures, a few hazy harbingers of the Future of Publishing began coming into focus.

Kutcher studied biochemical engineering before starring in Hollywood programmes like Punk'd, That 70s Show, Two and a Half Men, Dude Where's My Car and Jobs, and he even co-founded tech venture capital group A-Grade Investments.

Judges for this live event are Hannah Telfer, group director of consumer and digital development at Penguin Random House UK; Dan Kieran, founder and chief executive of Unbound; and Eileen Burbidge, partner at Passion Capital and one of the UK's most influential tech venture capitalists.

The positive uptick in the market today could be attributed to major tech venture capital investor and crypto enthusiast Tim Draper's reaction to the news that India's central bank would end relationships with crypto - related accounts, a move that Draper called a «huge mistake.»

If you know of interesting legal tech ventures out there that might be good candidates for an NYCLTM demo day, please drop us a note or encourage them to fill out this form.

It was also a shortlisted contestant for the Singapore Legal Tech Venture Slam Pitching Competition and a speaker at the Tech Talk stage.

A classic West Coast tech venture, the company has raised about $ 23 million to date in a number of financing rounds from the likes of DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Ignition Partners.

Top tech venture capitalist and Benchmark partner Bill Gurley thinks Silicon Valley unicorns are growing up and realizing they need to be profitable.

Also, with your comments and suggestions we hope to create a clear overview of the people and organisations that influence and shape South Africa's tech venture space.

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With its deep pockets and promising business model, MerchantWired seems likely to avoid the pitfalls of other tech ventures.

Law firms are creating expert systems, hiring data scientists, starting legal tech venture funds, and structuring their data for better analysis.

GUEST: Jennifer Fonstad Founder / Managing Partner Aspect Ventures Discussing outlook for tech venture capital heading into 2017, including cybersecurity...