Sentences with phrase «through early investment»

The good news, says Paulson: «The most severe risks can still be avoided through early investments in resilience and other immediate actions we can take now to reduce the pollution that causes global warming.»

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Besides contributing capital, the Google Assistant Investments program will connect start - ups with the company's engineers and product people, provide early access to upcoming Smart Assistant features and support them through free marketing and Google Cloud credits.

According to The Wall Street Journal, they are hoping their numbers continue to improve through early 2014, when they may be finally willing to consider an acquisition or investment.

Bing data from early returns on 2018 show year - over-year investment in voice search has grown by 24 percent, sustaining the momentum from the back half of 2017 and increasing through the holiday season.

«Optum Ventures is uniquely positioned to help develop and grow start - ups and early - stage companies through capital investment, Optum's decades of experience in health care, and our access to the health - care marketplace,» said Renfro.

He made an early investment of a half a million dollars into Facebook in 2004 and owns 3 % of the company through Clarium Capital.

And while the bank grew through mergers and by adding new business lines throughout the 2000s — acquiring Canadian Direct Insurance and Valiant Trust Company in 2004, Adroit Investment Management in 2008 and National Leasing Group Inc. in 2010 — «these initiatives are still in early stages,» Chan notes.

All of our distressed debt investments since early 2011 have been made through our fund business where we had already recalibrated our thinking about the timing and cost of resolution.

The study contrasts with earlier research which concluded that companies that repatriated foreign earnings following the 2004 legislation tended to be those with rather limited investment opportunities both at home and abroad, a paucity, it was argued, that explains their failure to fund domestic investment through debt financing before the tax holiday.

Larger, more established companies will continue to utilize Regulation A + to raise $ 5 - $ 50 million through small investments from lots of people, but today the door opens for earlier - stage startups and small businesses.

In a nutshell this means that early stage startups and small businesses will be able to raise up to $ 1 million through investments as low $ 100 per person.

I believe in the early evolution of crowdfunding, cannibalization of investment from this group through private placement or offering memorandum will be disguised as crowdfunding to demonstrate the success and adoption rate of crowdfunding.

As 2012 began, despite the steep bear market of 2007 through early 2009, the value of that initial investment has actually continued to grow — to $ 550,134.

In another development earlier this month, the government - affiliated China Investment Association announced its plans to launch the International Blockchain Investment and Development Center to support the growth of the country's blockchain sector through investment and other sInvestment Association announced its plans to launch the International Blockchain Investment and Development Center to support the growth of the country's blockchain sector through investment and other sInvestment and Development Center to support the growth of the country's blockchain sector through investment and other sinvestment and other strategies.

The Fund has developed a unique early - stage investment model through its partnership with MaRS Cleantech.

Let's have a clear understanding: the majority of equity crowdfunding (or crowdinvesting) platforms that have recently flooded the market, are registered broker - dealers companies (or have to work through registered broker dealers) and fundamentally is an alternative form of online investment banking for start - ups and early stage companies where as of now not a crowd — but only accredited investors are entitled to invest, just like in the good old days.

For those of you not familiar with the SAFT, or «Simple Agreement for Future Tokens,» this is an option agreement modelled after something called a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) used by Y Combinator to reduce the complexity of early - stage raises (say, $ 2 million - ish), staking out a position in a investment prospect's cap table in a legally - binding way without going through the trouble of doing a full - bore Series A process of diligence, docs & raise.

This is solely to diversify our retirement investments even more with the hopes of early retirement through passive income.

These investments join the $ 80 million that accredited investors have already invested through OurCrowd in 55 companies since launching in early 2013.

The capital angel investors provide may be a one - time investment to help the business propel or an ongoing injection of money to support and carry the company through its difficult early stages.

In response to the wash out and cram - down rounds the angels (and entrepreneurs) suffered through in the early 2000's, early - stage investors started looking for a better way to structure their investments.

The company aims to gain relevant financial licenses either through fresh applications or equity investments in domestic firms, JD.com CEO Richard Liu told staff earlier this year.

Through a post by Brad Feld I came across a very informative site on early stage investment, angel financing and venture capital.

The problem is even more serious for those early - stage companies that hit a rough patch in their development and must obtain much - needed investment through a highly dilutive down - round.

During the signup process the SeedInvest platform also guides users through a series of questions about their current investment portfolio and asset allocation to help investors think through the most appropriate investment strategy for approaching early - stage investments.

Icahn «came to me» through investment bank Jefferies Group with a proposal in early August to «cover my short» position, Ackman said on «Squawk Box.»

The Fund has developed a unique early - stage investment model through its partnership with one of the largest innovation centers in world, MaRS Discovery District.

Through his review of nearly 2,000 investment opportunities every year, Eric has developed a prudent view of what drives success in early stage companies.

Yet, in spite of this, most of those users are either those who acquired the cryptocurrency in the early days of the network through individual mining or some other venture, or they are wealthy individuals who decided to get into the digital currency domain as a way of diversifying their investment portfolio.

Earlier this year, California regulators alleged that from June 2007 through September 2015, Mata had managed and controlled seven entities «while using investors» funds to pay for his,... Kayatta's and [another associate's] personal living expenses, fund startup companies he owned and controlled, and expand his unlicensed investment advisory business,» according to FINRA BrokerCheck.

David is a member of the Board of Directors for the Irish Angels; a Notre Dame inspired angel group dedicated to furthering startup growth through early stage investments.

AX Ventures investment opportunities will be identified through a corporate accelerator program called Xcelerate, which will be run by Mr Sullivan's team and start - up accelerator BlueChilli and which will seek applications from entrepreneurs and early - stage companies to build a pipeline of investable businesses.

It is easy to use, made with quality and well worth the investment to help your baby sleep through the early months.

Research shows that high - quality early childhood programs can yield a 13 percent annual return on investment through better outcomes in education, health, social behaviors and employment — reducing taxpayer costs down the road.

The author has followed some of urban America's poorest young people through their secondary school careers over some years, tracking their rocky road towards higher education and revealing how their teachers are compensating for the missing investment in their early years by fostering what Tough sums up as «character».

North Carolina's investment in early child care and education programs resulted in higher test scores, less grade retention and fewer special education placements through fifth grade, research from the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy finds.

The work supported through this investment will address key early - stage technical challenges for fuel cells and for hydrogen fuel production, delivery, and storage related to hydrogen infrastructure.

(DE-FOA-0001874) The work supported through this investment will address key early - stage technical challenges for fuel cells... Read more →

Our report from last week also revealed that Chinese property and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Legendary Entertainment, news which was confirmed through a press release sent out earlier today.

Maybe they're just coasting through the early years of this generation, shifting their major investments into a mid or late - mid gen release of a console that will perform significantly better than competitors, while timing it so Sony / Microsoft can't respond well?

Our objective is to change the nature of the public debate from whether we should be investing in early childhood education to howwe can maximize the return on that investment through evidence - based teaching.

All of these schools received financial support through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Next Generation Learning Challenges, the earliest and most significant philanthropic investment in personalized learning to date.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the TriEarly Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the TriEarly identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Triearly support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

From a public investment standpoint, $ 1 invested in high quality early childhood education returns between $ 7 to $ 13 through stronger academic and life outcomes.

... The recent federal investment through the [Reading Excellence Act] and its successor programs, Reading First and Early Reading First (totaling more than $ 5 billion over the next five years), will be lost unless the knowledge base on reading comprehension is further developed.

The availability of new money for student achievement from Initiative 728 accelerated school district investment in early education in 2001 through 2003.

State leaders have prioritized early reading through the Read to Achieve program, though investment in the nationally recognized NC Pre-K program still lags pre-recession levels.

This paper explores the wide range of ways in which school districts are using Title I funds for early education through Kindergarten and examines how the implementation of NCLB has impacted those investments.

The main federal investment in early education is through the Head Start program, but Head Start services reach less than half of eligible children.