Sentences with phrase «use of funds raised»

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• Chronext, a Switzerland - based online platform that is used for buying, selling, and maintenance or overhauling of watches, raised $ 34 million in funding, according to TechCrunch.

In the rare instances in which venture capitalists used to invest in women, they'd promptly replace them with men, says Amy Millman, co-founder and president of Springboard Enterprises, which mentors and coaches women to raise venture funding.

• Nuritas, a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and use of bioactive peptides through artificial intelligence and genomics, raised $ 20 million in Series A funding.

The company is set to use the funds raised from the ICO - which is kind of like a crypto - twist on the initial public offering process - to build a protocol to rival the Ethereum platform.

The fund is reportedly being raised to help Sequoia compete with Japanese tech giant SoftBank, which announced a huge new $ 100 billion (# 75 billion) fund last year that is now being used to back promising tech companies worldwide with tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

• Darktrace, a U.K. - based cybersecurity startup that uses artificial intelligence to identify and block digital attacks, raised $ 75 million in Series D funding at a post-money valuation of $ 825 million.

Many land at Haxlr8r, an accelerator that has graduated more than 50 companies using a now - familiar model: Learn the basics of manufacturing and develop a prototype; raise funds (and build buzz) in the United States through Kickstarter; manufacture the product; and drop - ship it anywhere in the world through the Pearl River Delta's unparalleled logistics networks.

Green helped Weiss raise $ 2 million in seed funding, which she used to assemble a small team, including creative director Helen Steed, a beauty industry vet who'd helped build Bumble & Bumble, and COO Henry Davis, who came from the London office of venture capital firm Index Ventures.

LivingSocial, another dailty deals website, has raised almost a billion dollars in venture capital funding, but it's laid off hundreds of people and is now half the size it used to be.

• INSIGHTEC, an Israeli medical device company specializing in non-invasive treatment of brain conditions using MR - guided focused ultrasound, raised $ 150 million in Series E funding.

• Lofelt, a Germany - based developer of haptic technology for use in gaming, AR, VR, automobile, consumer electronics, toys, medical, and entertainment, raised $ 5.4 million in Series A funding, according to TechCrunch.

Looking ahead: Moveline recently raised a $ 1.5 million seed round of funding, which it will use to expand the company to other major cities, add more staff and enhance the product.

With its latest raise, what3words plans to put the funds to use for further global expansion, to launch a new voice recognition product, develop its unique address system in several Asian languages, and support the growth of its team.

Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.

Musk has long used a strategy that relies on funding growth by raising lots and lots of capital.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - A venture capital firm aiming to bring more U.S. startups to Russia has raised a $ 200 million fund, hoping to use the fresh pool of money to help Silicon Valley companies deliver their services to Russia's biggest corporations and its millions of internet - connected consumers.

Britton served as an advisor of the on - demand participation network, which went on to raise more than 12 million in funding and is used by more than 100 of the largest brands and marketing agencies in the U.S.

The 29 - year - old founder of beauty blog Into The Gloss recently raised $ 8.4 million in funding; she plans to use the capital to scale her new skincare line Glossier.

That tax would fund half - priced MetroCards by using $ 250 million of the revenue that the tax would raise.

• Silk Technologies Ltd, a Plymouth, Minn. - based biotech company that uses silk protein to develop drugs that treat eye disease, raised Series A funding of an undisclosed amount from Skyview Ventures.

The company has raised a total of $ 2.5 million in funding, and the platform is now being used in 53 schools nationwide.

The funds raised will be used for the acquisition of two properties and to reduce group borrowings.

Ripcord, a startup that's using robotics, machine vision, and artificial intelligence to create what it calls the «truly paperless workplace,» has raised $ 40 million in a series B round of funding led by Icon Ventures, with participation from...

McKelvey helped organize the Families of Freedom fund after the September 11 attacks, headed by Bill Clinton and Bob Dole, which raised more than $ 100 million to be used toward college scholarships for the children of the attack's victims.

The funds raised now will be used for technology development, research and development, and expansion of operations within and outside India, it said in a statement.

«Liquid Story used its technology and strategic insight to guide Jamstack to connect with our target consumer to our first Crowd Funding Campaign on Kickstarter resulting in achieving over 300 % of our fund raising goal.

The raised funds will be used for new vehicle procurement by the leasing enterprises in order to expand the transportation capacity of DiDi's platform.

Equity Crowdfunding is an evolving method of raising capital that has been used to raise funds through the Internet for a variety of projects.

Lofelt, a Berlin - based startup that is developing «next - generation» haptic technology for use in a range of products — including gaming, AR, VR, automobile, consumer electronics, toys, medical, and entertainment — has raised $ 5.4 million in Series A funding.

TPG made the investment using capital from its flagship buyout fund, for which it finished raising $ 10.5 billion in 2016, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Global.

This has the effect of raising both the Use of Funds and Source of Funds by $ 5.5 billion in 2017 - 18 and beyond.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue River Technology, a leader in the use of computer vision, machine learning and robotics for agriculture, today announced it has raised $ 17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech).

The funds raised will be used to complete the team, especially in R&D, to move lead project MIN - 102 to clinical validation and to further develop a pipeline of non-competitive pharmacological chaperones identified through the company's innovative proprietary platform, SEE - Tx.

CIFF has indicated a significant interest in funding up to 50 % of Living Goods» costs for 2015 - 2018, with the condition that Living Goods raises approximately $ 1 for every $ 1 CIFF contributes.152 Regardless of CIFF's decision, Living Goods is actively seeking funding from new and existing donors to fill its funding gap and plans to use these funds to support scaling up in Uganda and its partnerships and advocacy team's efforts to help organizations replicate the model in other places.153

The emails with the bank official were sent using Cohen's official Trump Organization email, raising questions about the source of the funds.

Disclose Company's Own Political Spending If a company chooses to use its own funds for direct campaign spending, the issue raised in many shareholder proposals is whether such corporations should — in addition to the governance procedures noted above — issue a comprehensive report which lists in one place all the recipients both of such direct spending and of contributions made from the company's employee PAC.

Enerkem, which uses a thermochemical trash - to - syngas process, was already awarded a $ 50 million Department of Energy grant, and also raised funding from trash giant Waste Management (s wm), Cycle Capital, Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and BDR Capital.

Filecoin and Bancor raised more than $ 200 million and $ 150 million in the same year, respectively.The amount raised was revealed in an SEC notice of securities exemption, which also indicates that the firm aims to use the funds for «the development of the TON Blockchain, the development and maintenance of Telegram Messenger and the other purposes described in the offering materials.»

A lot of startups use cryptocurrencies to raise funds, and get people to invest in the company.

The demand for Ethers will always be on the rise for as long as it allows blockchain startups raise funds for their projects through the use of Smart Contracts in Initial Coin Offerings

There is a monthly fee of $ 39.99 to use this crowdfunding engine; but, it allows you to avoid the fees encountered on 3rd party sites, normally 5 - 10 % of final funds raised.

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has noticed an increase in the use of initial coin offerings (ICOs) to raise funds in Hong Kong and elsewhere.

The Australian department of children's charity Unicef has created a novel way to raise funds using in - browser cryptocurrency mining.

It may surprise you that you can raise a huge fraction of the funds you need using this method.

ICOs, in general are used to fund - raise via the use of Blockchain, typically on top of Ethereum's.

Work with Investors and Raise Capital They are also able to always clearly answer the key questions: ▪ How much capital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectationsRaise Capital They are also able to always clearly answer the key questions: ▪ How much capital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectationsraise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectations are.

Giving up a large portion of the raise in fees is not the best use of funds.

The funds raised from token sale will be used for the development and benefit of the WPR in the below listed manner: -

Whether using the online system or portable report, data may be filtered by founding status, region and industry and viewed by funding round / capital raised, annual revenue, number of employees, development phase and company value.