Sentences with phrase «testing company raised»

The regulator says that the blood - testing company raised more than $ 700 million from investors by making false and exaggerated statements about its technology and performance.

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Companies can also «test the waters» using the new provisions of Regulation A — meaning that you can let the world know you are thinking of raising investment dollars.

WSJ writer John Carreyrou reportedly spoke to four former employees, none of whom are named in his story, including one who «accused the company of failing to report test results that raised questions about the precision» of their tests, which could be «a violation of federal rules for laboratories,» the Journal article said.

They also recently announced that the company has raised $ 2.5 million in seed funding, resources that will be used to further develop user growth, as they test out models that would bring in revenue going forward.

• Terran Orbital, an Irvine, Calif. - based nanosatellite design, development, manufacturing, testing and launch company, raised funding of an undisclosed amount from Lockheed Martin Ventures.

It has raised more than $ 30 million to date and even though Snapchat has raised nearly $ 1 billion, it might not want to drop $ 100 million + to buy a company it just wants to test out.

Top executives at Uber used the encrypted chat app Wickr to hold secret conversations, current and former workers testified in court this week, setting up what could be the first major legal test of the issues raised by the use of encrypted apps inside companies.

-- Fred Stevens - Smith, co-founder and CEO of QA testing company Rainforest QA, a Y Combinator company that raised $ 25 million in funding earlier this year with a team spread across 16 countries on five continents

«It turns out 4 to 5 percent is enough of a discount for shoppers,» CEO Marc Lore said, discussing the results of tests the company ran over the past few weeks by raising the prices of some products.

The company previously raised $ 2.2 million through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, and it received a $ 750,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct tests in 2011.

In 2013, the FDA ruled that genetic - testing company 23andMe, which has raised a total of $ 233 million, could no longer sell one of its signature services: test results that indicate a person's propensity to develop inherited diseases.

The Fix Crowdfunding Act, sponsored by Rep. Patrick McHenry, (R. - North Carolina), and introduced into Congress in March, seeks to raise limits on the money companies can raise, let companies test investor interest prior to a sale, and create a better vetting process for businesses that want to sell shares.

Theranos was once praised for its fast, less - invasive blood testing technology but the company has found itself in the spotlight after media reports raised questions about the accuracy of its proprietary tests.

Theranos was once praised for its fast, less - invasive blood testing technology, but the company has found itself in the spotlight after media reports raised questions about the accuracy of its proprie...

The company announced that it achieved a new record speed in its test loop in Nevada, raised another $ 50 million, and made Richard Branson its new Chairman.

Suki, a company that has built and tested a voice - operated digital assistant for physicians, has raised a new round of capital, an...

In addition, I interviewed experts on the newest prototype methods, licensing managers at big and small companies, patent attorneys on the current issues, professors and successful entrepreneurs on time - tested marketing techniques, packaging designers, and investors on methods to raise money.

Ducey said in a letter to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the company's ability to safely test its technology in Arizona.

So rounds tend to be «range bound» where prices at the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies test the top end of the range, and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) test the bottom end of the range.

Ducey told company CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the company's ability to safely test its technology in Arizona.

The discussions may become tests of whether high - profile private companies can continue to raise new capital, even as some big names — like Snapchat and Dropbox — have seen their valuations marked down by mutual fund investors.

Canadian products often need to be tested for the US market and once again — or more than once, depending on provincial and territorial requirements — for the Canadian market, raising prices for Canadian consumers and reducing profits for companies.

From the San Fran Chronicle: Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp. and other major financial companies that came up short in government stress tests took quick steps Thursday to shore up capital and confidence, most notably announcing plans to raise billions of dollars through common stock offerings.

On the issue of how to support Canadian content when fewer Canadians are purchasing cable TV subscriptions, the government tested four options to raise new money for Canadian content: making telecom companies divert some smartphone and Internet revenue; requiring «foreign companies like Netflix and iTunes» to devote a portion of revenues; giving consumers the option of making a voluntary $ 2 contribution on their telecom or Netflix bill; or making telecom companies add an app to every smartphone sold in Canada that would provide access to Canadian music, TV and film for between $ 5 and $ 15 a month or a flat charge of $ 3 on the sale of all smartphones.

Last year a Monterey Calif. — based company called Ambrosia launched the first U.S. clinical trial to test the anti-aging effect of young blood in people, but participants had to pay to participate, raising ethical questions.

Companies have reported that skylights and windows enhance worker productivity and sales, and some studies suggest that daylight raises students» test scores.

Building on the discovery that fragments of fetal DNA are present in a mother's plasma, the company and other scientists are working to develop prenatal DNA tests as an alternative to amniocentesis and other invasive ways of collecting DNA from a developing fetus that raise the risk of miscarriage.

The project hopes to raise funds by charging companies to test new oceanographic instruments on the NEPTUNE network, and to sell parts of their data - management system.

That might mean that DTC companies would need premarket clearance from the FDA to sell their tests — a rule that would raise the barriers to entry, possibly discouraging startups or driving them overseas.

So the lack of quality studies may raise an eyebrow, but unless there's a drug being tested by a company with deep pockets, it's hard to get the best quality for studies in education.

We have made textbook companies and test publishers prosperous while we engage in a rigorous debate over a 2 % raise for a teacher.

A fifth publisher, HarperCollins, limits library lending to 26 check - outs per e-book, after which libraries may repurchase the title to continue lending it.15 The firm recently ended its relationship with OverDrive and is testing a new lending system with the 3M company.16 And the sixth major publisher, Random House, places no restrictions on its digital titles.17 At the same time, Random House recently raised its prices for e-book sales to libraries so that the cost for some titles as much as tripled.

He said, «If a company is able to raise its dividend over 25 years in a row, then it certainly has the chance to withstand the test of time.»

Thus, the notion that the 2008 - 2009 recession constituted some sort of definitive test of the safety of dividends of companies that continued to pay and raise dividends throughout this particular recession exhibits great historical ignorance by those that make these sorts of arguments.

[UPDATE: An Australian company with a different technique for boosting plankton growth — adding urea to the sea — has evidently gained permission from the Philippines to do a field test in the Sulu Sea, raising objections from some private groups and bloggers.]

In applying the Howey Test to The DAO, the SEC report concluded that digital coins or tokens issued by an individual or entity for the purpose of raising funds for projects may be considered securities under federal law, regardless of whether done so using a traditional company or decentralized autonomous organization.

The Wall Street Journal recently covered Aceable Drivers Ed, noting that the company «has raised $ 4.7 million in seed funding to make driver's ed course work and tests something students can do whenever they want via mobile apps or on the Web» Read the full story here

To test our hypothesis on capital efficiency, we turned to CrunchBase and examined how much capital companies were raising per year of operations.

The Associated Press reports that, in a letter to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Arizona state Governor Doug Ducey said that footage of the crash raised concerns about the company's ability to safely test its tech in Arizona, and that it failed to comply with his expectation of prioritizing public safety above all else in these operations.

On Monday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suspended Uber's self - driving vehicle testing privileges, stating in a letter to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the San Francisco - based company's ability to safely test its technology in Arizona.

Ducey, a Republican, said in a letter to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the company's ability to safely test its technology in Arizona.

Ducey said in a letter to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the San Francisco - based company's ability to safely test its technology in Arizona.

The new rules allow companies considering to raise capital under Reg A + to «test the waters» to see if investors... Read More

Passing pre-employment tests without preparation has become next to impossible, because company have lately raised the level of their tests, hoping, with their help, to recruit only the best experts in their fields.

Meticulous in the filtration, leaching and preparation of 3,000 yearly samples tested for organic and inorganic matter throughout the laboratory Led laboratory studies in the leaching process of samples, writing scientific reports, and maintaining research lab operations Reached company budget goals earning a paid bonus by specializing in the analysis of contaminants in aqueous solutions, soils, biota, and hazardous waste Managed resources and fostered innovations that raised levels of health and well - being within the company, yielding unnecessary spending by 25 % Achieved fast results to satisfy the business needs of more than 20 clients increasing company profits and the cost - effectiveness for analytical measurements and services.

Experienced in IT security compliance and would like to guide companies raise their cyber security standards relating to network perimeter security, Amazon (AWS) virtual private cloud security, application and database security using vulnerability scans and non-intrusive penetration testing.