Sentences with phrase «time raising funds for»

With so many traditionally appealing snack foods prohibited during the school day, students are having a hard time raising funds for their extracurricular activities.

Not exact matches

Erica Zidel knew that trying to raise funds for her startup would be a full - time job.

«Given the economic outlook, and recognizing the time it takes for policy actions to affect future economic conditions, the committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 0.25 to 0.50 percent,» the FOMC's post-meeting statement said.

Whether you're raising seed funding for your business or you're bootstrapping, spending the time to research and build a better business plan with appropriate forecasting will save you money — and will likely save your business.

So when I had to terminate all employees, and ask 12 of them to volunteer their time for three months (on the hopes of me raising a new round of capital and getting their volunteered back - pay funded), that was a monumental ask.

Those stuck in any kind of silo risk missing opportunities, not only for growth, but also for quickly raising funds in times of emergency, finding the product idea that will turn your company around or hiring a leader with a different perspective who can pull your organization out of the mud.

Whether it's raising a new round of funding, beating our monthly forecast, setting new records for daily sales, onboarding a new hire, or reading a glowing review from one of our athletes — it's really important to take the time to celebrate these wins.

In other words, Canadian firms have a harder time raising funds than U.S. counterparts, even though it would, on average, make more of a positive difference for them.

ONE TIME I WANTED TO RAISE MONEY for one of my funds.

Expensive funds raise the bar for outperformance and eat away at your returns over time.

First of all, it started raising money for the first time and wound up with about $ 163 million in funding.

All of this raises questions about support for a critical line in the Fed's statement where it says: «The federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.»

• GeoQuant, a New York - based platform for measuring political risk in real time, raised $ 4 million in seed funding.

In recent times, several investors have warned of impending unicorn deaths, and a tracker for down rounds — when a company's valuation falls when it raises new funding — has appeared online, courtesy of venture capital data company CB Insights.

• Kaszek Ventures, a Buenos Aires, Argentina - based venture capital firm, raised $ 200 million for its third fund, according to the New York Times.

Earlier this month, rumors surfaced that Slack is raising funding again, this time to the tune of $ 150 million for a valuation of $ 4 billion.

By the time Bhakta went to raise funds from investors, he says he was transparent about his intentions to hold on to the company for the long term.

When it comes time to raise funds for your next round, your VC can be your best advocate.

The platform, which hit the App Store in April and raised a small seed funding round in September told users in December that «the challenges of operating our business in NYC prompt us to end this chapter for the time being.»

Qualtrics has raised $ 220 million from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Insight Venture Partners over two rounds of funding, but the 13 - year - old company was bootstrapped for its first decade, taking institutional money for the first time in 2012.

«The Fed has not raised interest rates in such a long time, that it should really do it for good, not give it a try and then have to come back,» International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde said at a press conference in Ankara.

She raised funding for a startup for the first time in 1998 at age 24, when she was the first outside hire at the company.

Our funds may be affected by reduced opportunities to exit and realize value from their investments, by lower than expected returns on investments made prior to the deterioration of the credit markets and by the fact that we may not be able to find suitable investments for the funds to effectively deploy capital, all of which could adversely affect the timing of new funds and our ability to raise new

Additionally, many firms who are raising second - time funds, 27 % of the opportunity set in 2017, entered the institutional market for the first time following first funds often structured as smaller, «proof - of - concept» vehicles.

There is the possibility that the Federal Reserve could raise rates this year as many as four times, taking the short - term federal funds rate above 2 % for the first time in a decade.

And of course, any other unexpected event will be interpreted for how it might impact the Fed's move to raise interest rates for the first time since taking the fed funds rate to zero in 2008.

Aspect Ventures announced on Tuesday it has raised a $ 181 million second fund for investing in early - stage startups, this time with the backing of Melinda Gates and Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins.

Since its inception in 2010, the fund has invested $ 1.75 million in 25 local companies that in turn have raised over $ 24 million — for a multiple of over 13 times the original NOSF investment.

On March 31st the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate for the sixth time in 3 years and signaled its intention to raise rates twice more in 2018, aiming for a fed funds target of 3.5 % by 2020.

Rose's comments focus on how public so much of startup funding raising has already been for some time.

By the time the bank started raising money for 1MDB in earnest three years later, corrupt officials had already sucked around $ 1 billion from the fund, the legal documents show.

For the first time, entrepreneurs will be able to Crowd Fund — that is raise equity by selling shares of their businesses through dedicated internet portals.

ICOs generally happen when a new cryptocoin needs to be launched or a new blockchain - based project needs to take off; at such times, the raised funds are necessary for technical development.

For many founders, raising funds and promoting their products / services at the same time are tough to pass up.

At the end of 2015, Fed officials announced they would raise the federal funds rate for the first time in years.

In a related statement, Fed officials said: «Given the economic outlook, and recognizing the time it takes for policy actions to affect future economic outcomes, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1/4 to 1/2 percent.»

This article focuses on yet another challenge for first - time micro venture capital fund managers who seek to grow a successful and durable business — deploying the raised capital prudently with an eye towards subsequent, larger funds.

Clayton's testimony is pretty convenient timing for Harbor, a new blockchain technology company that just raised $ 10 million from an interesting group of investors, including Chicago - based Valor Equity Partners; the real estate tech - focused venture firm Fifth Wall Ventures; the Dubai venture firm Vy Capital; and Craft Ventures, a new venture fund created by serial entrepreneur David Sacks — who also helped incubate Harbor.

As listed on its website, initial funds for the project were raised on the Ethereum platform, which means the ITC token is an ERC20 token for the time being.

Last summer Extell and Brookland raised a combined $ 305.5 million through on bond offering on the Tel Aviv exchange, the first time U.S. - based developers went to the Israeli market seeking funding for domestic projects, as The Real Deal reported.

The best time to raise growth capital, assuming you are ready for it, is when the market conditions are ripe, market views your sector favorably, key competitors are being funded, or there is inbound interest.

European Central Bank raises emergency funding cap for Greece by $ 500m, as the central bank reveals details of its $ 1.1 trillion QE blitz ECB will buy $ 60bn - a-month for an unlimited period of time to lift inflation

The DeRosa Group was raising for a Trenton - based fund at the time.

Indeed, as reported by the New York Times, states have promoted these tax credit programs to raise funds for private schools, even though the number of AMT filers is relatively small, approximately five percent of all filers.

Sales rep Chuck Magnus crossed nine provinces, five time zones and dipped his toes in two oceans in 18 days to raise funds for kids with cancer.

Delhi - based Golflan Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs a subscription - based service for golfers to book tee times through GolfLAN without club membership, has raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from early - stage investor YourNest Angel Fund, a company executive told Techcircle.in.

For giant buyout funds raised in 2006 and 2007, at the height of the bubble, time is short.

While crowdfunding as a way of publicly raising funds has been in existence for quite some time, the modern Crowdfunding boom started in 2008, as a result of a combination of a number of factors.

The Federal Reserve uses both rates as a proxy for the fed funds rate, which was raised for the first time in nearly a decade on December 2015.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.