The public stock markets are increasingly about capital return rather
than capital raising.
Not exact matches
The company has
raised $ 45.5 million in venture
capital and its tech reaches more
than 1.3 billion consumers across more
than 3.3 billion devices globally.
• Braavo
Capital, a New York - based integrated financing platform for mobile app businesses,
raised more
than $ 70 million in debt and equity.
The 12 - year - old company, which calls itself «the front page of the internet» and boasts more
than 300 million monthly users, has
raised an additional $ 200 million in venture
capital funding that gives Reddit a valuation of nearly $ 1.8 billion.
For the past five years, venture
capital firms have pumped 25 percent to 100 percent more
than they've
raised into a diverse array of investments, including clean energy technology, health care, and pharmaceuticals.
But the company's
raised more
than $ 1 billion in venture
capital — and those investors need a way out, even if it takes a bit longer
than expected.
When it comes to financing business growth, the stats are grim: «Women
raise 50 % less
capital than men do,» explained Geri Stengel, president and founder of digital media and market - research agency Ventureneer and a Forbes columnist whose writing focuses on successful female entrepreneurs, during a breakout session, «And, often,
capital means success.»
Less
than 20 in 1,000 companies that
raise venture
capital sell for $ 100M or more.
• Energy Innovation
Capital, a Kirkland, Ill. - based venture capital firm, raised more than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC
Capital, a Kirkland, Ill. - based venture
capital firm, raised more than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC
capital firm,
raised more
than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing.
This year, the sector is on track to
raise $ 2 billion in funding, with average deal sizes higher
than ever, suggesting companies, at least in more instances, are attracting the
capital they need to not just innovate, but scale.
• Alidade
Capital, a Bloomfield, Michigan - based private equity firm,
raised more
than $ 117 million for its fourth fund, according to an SEC filing.
Pappas
Capital has raised more than $ 500 million in capital and has guided the launch or development of more than 70 com
Capital has
raised more
than $ 500 million in
capital and has guided the launch or development of more than 70 com
capital and has guided the launch or development of more
than 70 companies.
• Mediterra
Capital Partners, a Turkey - based private equity firm,
raised more
than $ 185 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing.
There's no definitive answer as to why female founders
raise less venture
capital than male founders, but one of the main theories is the lack of female VCs.
Uber riders also spend 12 times as much money as their Lyft counterparts, which helps explain why Uber is valued at more
than $ 15 billion and how Kalanick has
raised a reported $ 1.5 billion in venture
capital.
While she did have $ 1.6 million in freshly
raised equity
capital, a cash - flow crisis that only a little more
than a year before had forced her to cut salaries and staff was still fresh in everyone's mind.
The company has
raised more
than $ 230 million in venture
capital since its founding, from investors such as Sigma West and Ignition Partners, and is using that money to rapidly expand its business outside the U.S.. It's well on its way: DocuSign is available in 43 languages.
In summary, make sure to get a consultation regarding the
raising of
capital and multi-member LLCs when you have «silent partners» or more
than five partners.
Slacker Radio
raised more
than $ 70 million in venture funding from investors including Centennial Ventures, Rho
Capital Partners, Austin Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds.
RedOwl had
raised more
than $ 21 million in venture funding from investors including In - Q - Tel, Blackstone, Conversion
Capital, Allegis
Capital, and TCP Venture
Capital.
Unomy had
raised more
than $ 2 million in venture funding from investors including AltalR
Capital, Janvest
Capital Partners, LETA
Capital, and ValueShine Ventures.
The startup has now
raised more
than $ 80 million in total venture
capital.
Veracode
raised more
than $ 110 million in VC funding from investors including Wellington Management, Founders Circle
Capital, and Starvest Partners.
In total, the company has
raised more
than $ 51 million in venture
capital.
Attila Szigeti, COO of Drukka Startup Studio, recently crunched the numbers on 42 of the biggest and best companies to emerge from startup studios and accelerators: He discovered that startups that had partnered with accelerators
raised more
capital and employed more people
than their studio brethren.
His company went on to
raise more
than $ 60 million in venture
capital.
Adchemy had
raised more
than $ 120 million in VC funding from August
Capital, Mayfield Fund, Hellman & Friedman and Microsoft.
This means the lifetime
capital raise for the company must be less
than $ 5 million given the exit value will be under $ 50 million.
The company has
raised more
than $ 20 million in venture
capital, led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from NEA and Khosla Ventures.
It's ultimately a negotiation between the entrepreneur and the investor, and typically the terms are not any different
than they would be from
raising capital offline.
In the late»90s, David Neeleman told me he needed $ 160 million in startup
capital for JetBlue — a huge sum, far more
than most entrants to the industry manage to
raise.
To date, Eventbrite has
raised more
than $ 78 million of venture
capital from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and
capital from Tiger Global, Sequoia
Capital and
Capital and others.
Ironically, Gurley's venture
capital firm, Benchmark Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 b
capital firm, Benchmark
Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 b
Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has
raised more
than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 billion.
So far, Phononic, with 110 employees, has
raised more
than $ 160 million from Oak Investment Partners, Venrock Associates, Tsing
Capital, and GGV
Capital, among others.
A 2007 Y Combinator graduate, Dropbox, has reportedly
raised $ 250 million in venture
capital at a valuation of more
than $ 4 billion.
Since its 2012 launch, the Toronto - based «virtual garage sale» site had
raised more
than US$ 34 million, including from heavyweight American funds such as Sequoia
Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan has described the results of the iron ore miner's
capital raising as an immense vote of confidence in the business, despite achieving just less
than half of its $ 180 million target.
-- Olivier Reza, CEO of luxury watch membership platform Eleven James, which has
raised more
than $ 40 million in
capital since its founding in 2014
Perth - based Swan Gold Mining has completed a one - for - 10 share consolidation as part of a restructuring of the company that it proposes including a
capital raising of up to $ 20 million and debt to equity conversion of more
than $ 29 million.
Before co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer honed the concept of ride hailing at Lyft, which has 1,000 employees, operates in 200 cities, and has
raised more
than $ 2 billion in venture
capital, they built its predecessor, a ridesharing upstart called Zimride.
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capital inflows become
capital outflows and funds become harder -
than - ever to
raise.
At Harvard, Grab, the Singapore - based taxi hailing app that has
raised more
than $ 680 million in venture
capital backing, has its roots in the Rock Summer Fellowship program.
And, he admits, he might have been able to get more
than the $ 2 million he is looking to get from this upcoming crowdfunding
raise if he had decided to go the venture
capital route.
More often
than you would expect, a manager of a private equity fund looking to
raise capital tells us a story about a business that, in the words of the fund manager, does no marketing.
Failure to meet targets and pressures on funding prompted the downgrade last week by Moody's, which said Tesla was likely to
raise more
than $ 2 billion in new
capital, partly to cover about $ 1.2 billion in convertible bonds due by March 2019.
With a total market capitalization of more
than $ 24 billion, these 116 companies have
raised more
than $ 1 billion in equity
capital for five consecutive years.
More
than 500 digital technology startups around the world have
raised funds by selling their own cryptocurrencies, or tokens, that sidestep banks or venture
capital firms as intermediaries.
Bright Health just wrapped up its first year selling into Colorado's individual market, after it
raised more
than $ 240 million in venture
capital.
Since then, she's gone on to build a subscription makeup service, which has
raised more
than $ 100 million in venture
capital.
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.