Sentences with phrase «than venture capital investors»

Angel investors typically invest earlier in the life of a business than venture capital investors and also consider medium - growth potential businesses.

Not exact matches

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.

The investors at New York City - based venture capital firm FirstMark Capital, for example, receive more than 1,000 inquiries from entrepreneurs eaccapital firm FirstMark Capital, for example, receive more than 1,000 inquiries from entrepreneurs eacCapital, for example, receive more than 1,000 inquiries from entrepreneurs each year.

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.

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 Cventure funding from investors including In - Q - Tel, Blackstone, Conversion Capital, Allegis Capital, and TCP Venture CVenture Capital.

Unomy had raised more than $ 2 million in venture funding from investors including AltalR Capital, Janvest Capital Partners, LETA Capital, and ValueShine Ventures.

More than 100 heavyweight angel investors and venture capitalists are backing the act, including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Mobius Venture Capital's Braventure capitalists are backing the act, including LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Mobius Venture Capital's BraVenture Capital's Brad Feld.

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 bcapital 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 bCapital, 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.

Generally, angel investors are a more approachable, accessible source of capital than venture capital firms or the super-wealthy.

At the height of the dotcom boom, although I had grown my company, Palo Alto Software, to more than $ 5 million in annual sales without outside investors, I partnered with a Silicon Valley venture capital firm to build it faster.

Launched in 2007 with millions of members, New York - based Ideeli has raised $ 107 million in venture capital funding since its founding, so being sold for less than half of that appears to be a loss for investors.

BigBasket raised more than $ 290 million in venture funding from investors including Trifecta Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, and Abraajventure funding from investors including Trifecta Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, and AbraajVenture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, and AbraajVenture Partners, and Abraaj Group.

In fact, there are more unicorns now than at any other time in the past four years, thanks in part to free - flowing venture capital, and investors seeking big payoffs for companies they hope will be the next Facebook or Google.

Affectiva went on to raise more than $ 30 million from investors including the Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Kleiner Perkins, and grew to 20 - some employees in the U.S. and another 20 in Cairo, who manually code facial expressions to feed into the company's machine - vision algorithms.

In fact, many venture capital investors evaluate potential partners on how they reacted to a failed business, seeing it as a test of character rather than a mark against them.

One of the most notable celebrity tech investors, Kutcher has invested in more than two dozen companies through his venture capital fund A-Grade Investments, including mattress maker Casper, and e-commerce company Fab.

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn't the decade to do it.

Its other backers include the mutual fund giant Fidelity and the big private equity investor TPG, as well as prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has invested more money in Zenefits than in any other startup in its portfolio.

Venture capital and private equity investors have pumped billions of dollars into the Indian startup ecosystem over the past few years, producing more than a dozen unicorns in the process.

C100 Charter Members include some of the most successful Canadians working in some of the most important tech companies in the Silicon Valley, include startups CEOs, top executives of companies such as Apple, Cisco, EA, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle, and venture investors representing more than $ 8 billion in capital.

It has raised more than $ 4 billion in outside equity and debt financing; its investors include a Who's Who of Silicon Valley venture - capital firms (Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz) and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder Jeffcapital firms (Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz) and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder JeffCapital, Andreessen Horowitz) and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Bruce is a managing director at Blumberg Capital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atCapital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atcapital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney.

A seed round investor like Lee has different numbers to work with than a venture capital firm like Kleiner.

Nabbing Insight Venture Partners — a prominent venture capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for ReceipVenture Partners — a prominent venture capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for Receipventure capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for Receipt Bank.

Historically, the knock on e-commerce investments from the venture capital community has been that the upside for investors is typically much lower than in, say, a software or messaging startup.

Benchmark even intruded itself into staff recommendations made by Holder, urging — contrary to the CEO's wishes — that Holder recommend that the General Counsel be retained, rather than offered a promotion, lest that be seen negatively; yet another inappropriate intrusion by a venture capital investor, this time in an independent investigation

One in six institutional investors, in another survey, projected gains of more than 20 % annually on their investments in venture capital — even though such funds, on average, have underperformed the stock market for much of the 2000s.

Lyft has already raised more than $ 1 billion from investors like the billionaire activist Carl C. Icahn, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and the hedge fund Coatue Management.

Also because of regulations, smaller retail investors have effectively been blocked from participating in higher - yielding investments — namely, private equity and venture capital, whose 10 - year compound annual growth rates have averaged 11.8 and 11 percent, quite a bit more than Treasuries, equities and other common asset classes.

With more than 140 years of venture capital, entrepreneurial, operating, and industry experience among its investment professionals, Zero Stage Capital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company invescapital, entrepreneurial, operating, and industry experience among its investment professionals, Zero Stage Capital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company invesCapital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company investments.

More than 200 investors and entrepreneurs from around the globe will soon converge in Kansas City as part of one of the most highly - esteemed venture capital organizations in the world.

If a company accepts financing from venture capital investors, the minimum exit valuation per share has to be 10 - 30 time more than the price the VCs paid.

Why angel investors are much better aligned with entrepreneurs than traditional (big) Venture Capital funds.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

If there's any question that digital mortgage firms are gaining attention from larger fintech players and investors, then look no further than venture capital firm Santander InnoVentures «investment in Roostify, a startup that digitalizes the mortgage application process.

Private equity and venture capital can be much higher - yielding investments than common asset classes such as Treasuries and equities, but for the most part, only accredited investors can participate.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

Venture capital investors are notoriously more risk - averse in Europe than in the United States.

It's since branched out to mobile, the most rapidly - growing sector of the dating market, and has raised more than $ 60 million from investors including ATA Ventures, Canaan Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital.

Most value investors, control investors, distress investors and venture capital promoters think, and act, more like TAVF than like market participants affected vitally by near - term securities price fluctuations.

Last year, more than 700 investors from over 300 venture capital funds attended, resulting in 3,800 pre-booked meetings with startups.

This week, five Bitcoin startups, including Chronicled, Chain, Abra, Case and Coinalytics, have raised more than $ 45 million in funding from Wall Street investors and banks, Silicon Valley venture capital firms and angel investors.

We might have seen a glimpse into the future this week, as smart home thermostat maker Ecobee announced that it received more than $ 60 million in funding from several investors, including from the Amazon Alexa fund, a $ 100 million venture capital arm of the company that invests in voice technology innovation.

Phillips Edison - ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., a partnership of Phillips Edison, a Cincinnati, Ohio - based owner and manager, and American Realty Capital, a New York City - based real estate advisory firm, formed a joint venture with discretionary clients of CBRE Investors» (CBREI) global multi manager group to acquire more than $ 200 million in grocery - anchored neighborhood and community centers throughout the United States.

In a deal valued in excess of $ 1 billion, Beacon Capital brought in Singapore's GIC and others as joint venture investors in more than 2.1 million sf of office assets in the Washington, DC metro area.