Sentences with phrase «time the fund giant»

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This isn't the first time that the tech giant has jumped into the funding ecosystem under the Microsoft Ventures moniker.

More cash in the bag would help the Silicon Valley venture capital giant diversify its focus from early - and growth - stage investments to pre-IPO funding rounds, at a time when startup valuations are spiking partly due to money pouring in from SoftBank Group Corp's $ 93 billion Vision Fund.

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

For some time now, the teams behind two rival megaprojects — the $ 1 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), led by the University of California, and the $ 700 million 24 - meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), led by Carnegie Observatories — have been wooing prospective partners overseas to help secure the funding needed to build each of the behemoths.

«This research quite possibly marks the first time we have documented this experimental transformation from nano - sized giant tetrahedral to supramolecular lattices,» said Joe Akkara, a materials science program director from the National Science Foundation, which funded the research.

Currently, even when there's funding and momentum to develop a new GMO in the lab, public sector efforts often wilt in the face of the cost, time and political will needed to gain approval — leaving the successes to the giants, Qaim notes.

Organized by Public Art Fund, the exhibition will feature bronze works that «may first look like giant, tactile lumps,» as Carol Vogel of The New York Times writes, «but on closer inspection each has a form reminiscent of human features.»

Marina Abramovic's former lover and partner ULAY will perform in New York for the first time since 1986, Martin Creed's giant neon sculpture will illuminate Brooklyn Bridge Park for the Public Art Fund, and Duke Riley will entice Creative Time fans with a flock of LED equipped pigeons that will fly over the East River in a special performatime since 1986, Martin Creed's giant neon sculpture will illuminate Brooklyn Bridge Park for the Public Art Fund, and Duke Riley will entice Creative Time fans with a flock of LED equipped pigeons that will fly over the East River in a special performaTime fans with a flock of LED equipped pigeons that will fly over the East River in a special performance.

Coinbase has raised $ 75m as part of a Series C funding round backed by a host of impressive first - time bitcoin investors including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Fortune 500 financial services group USAA, Spanish megabank BBVA and Japanese telcom giant DoCoMo.

The joint venture, VinCal LLC — 90 % equity from CalSTRS, 10 % from Vintage — marked the first time the giant retirement fund had created a partnership focusing solely on seniors housing.