Sentences with phrase «use of venture capital»

We've done it without the use of Venture Capital or Angel Funding.

The authorities are actively encouraging the use of venture capital funds to launch local technologies.

Not exact matches

One of a handful of women to be a general partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Barr uses her influence to bolster emerging Canadian tech firms.

«Soylent is a community of people who are enthusiastic about using science to improve food and nutrition,» Chris Dixon, who works at venture - capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, wrote in a 2015 blog post after the firm invested $ 20 million in Soylent.

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.

In addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capital.

If you want to use your plan to seek millions of dollars in seed capital to start a risky venture, you may have to do a lot of explaining and convincing.

Initial Coin Offerings, a fundraising mechanism for companies using cryptocurrencies as a mechanism to buy their service, seem to be upending the world of venture capital.

Draper, founder of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ, reiterated his bullish call for bitcoin to hit $ 250,000 within four years and elaborated on use cases.

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.

It also offers specific policy recommendations including providing tax credits to promote venture capital investments in minority businesses, as well as tax credits for new low - income entrepreneurs, and encouraging the use by credit rating agencies of alternative data such as rent and utility payments in establishing credit histories.

Most venture - capital firms — Sequoia included — are used to the old equity model in which investors purchase private shares of a company, often while mentoring the founders to help the company reach its full potential.

More than $ 45 million raised thus far would imply Relativity's valuation is in excess of $ 100 million, using traditional venture capital measurements.

The study ranked urban centers — excluding the larger metro areas — using three factors: local business environment (length of the average workweek, revenue growth, industry variety), access to resources (financing and the amount of venture capital investment made per capita), and costs (office space affordability, labor costs, corporate taxes, and cost of living).

Taiwanese giant HTC bought a majority stake in the venture for $ 309 million in 2011 (Beats bought back half of HTC's investment in 2012 and now owns the controlling stake) and Adams used a portion of his proceeds as seed capital for the i.am +.

«I thought it was good idea, but when I spoke with a lot of prospective LPs, nobody believed me,» he recalled, using finance jargon for «limited partner,» the investors who put money in venture capital funds.

Troy says 5 years ago he had never heard of «venture capital» yet when I've seen him be interviewed before or even in our discussions he uses industry terms in technology and venture that display a sophisticated understanding of the way our industry works in a way that only a truly engaged and curious person could master in a short period of time.

Companies use corporate venture capital as a compelling means to drive outside - in («open») innovation for: access to new and disruptive technologies, the development of new business models and participation in emerging markets, all of which may provide meaningful contributions to corporate growth.

We take the best parts of Venture Capital (connections, research, deal flow, mentoring) and combine it with the best aspects of Equity Crowdfunding (open access, ease of use, diversification) to give investors the best of both worlds.

Andra Capital created Silicon Valley Coin (SVC), which investors can use to back a collection of late - stage venture capital (VC)Capital created Silicon Valley Coin (SVC), which investors can use to back a collection of late - stage venture capital (VC)capital (VC) firms.

Given the dynamics of early - stage companies, venture capital investors use a hybrid funding mechanism, convertible debt.

In February, Agricxlab, an agri - tech venture using smartphone imaging to assess the quality of agri produce, had raised $ 500,000 in a seed round led by early - stage venture capital firm Ankur Ccapital firm Ankur CapitalCapital.

Agricxlab, an agri - tech venture that uses smartphone imaging to assess the quality of agri produce, has raised a seed round worth $ 500,000 (Rs 3.2 crore) led by early - stage venture capital firm Ankur Ccapital firm Ankur CapitalCapital.

Driven by innovative apps, inexpensive cloud computing and the widespread use of mobile devices, the Sharing Economy has captured both the imagination of the public and the investment dollars of venture capital investors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

The CVCA also lists their current investment classifications (similar to those used in U.S. publications) and the breakdown by sector of venture capital investment.

We have applied discount rates that reflect the risks associated with our cash flow projections and have used venture capital rates of return for companies at a similar stage of development as us, as a proxy for our cost of capital.

The document paints a vivid picture of potential investors who are seeking to raise the necessary capital to continue operations, or at least use whatever remains of Mt. Gox's brand value to begin a new venture.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

I thought the decision to use of crowdsourcing to raise money was somewhat surprising given the startup could have easily raised venture capital.

ICOs are also known as Initial Coin Offering or Initial Public Coin Offering (IPCO) and are used by startups to avoid other painstaking and regulated ways of raising capital, which are required by banks or venture capitalists.

This type of venture capital model, a hybrid between initial public offerings and crowdfunding, has been used to finance many virtual currency projects.

When the term «venture capital» is used, people often think of the TV show Shark Tank.

In summary, because of the «use the capital once and return it» structure, high up - front losses and tax exempt investors, the best fund structure for an institutionally backed venture fund has traditionally been a limited partnership.

When the term «venture capital» is used, people often think of the TV show

'' [T] he salient feature of a securities transaction is the public solicitation of venture capital to be used in a business enterprise... this subjection of the investor's money to the risks of an enterprise over which he exercise no managerial control is the basic economic reality of a security transaction.»

But for those who understand, broadcast advertising hasn't disappeared entirely and venture capital firms are making use of the broadcast media to do specific aspects of their marketing and creating a platform for their firms.

The DAO (confusing name, I know) was the first Ethereum - based decentralized venture capital fund designed to allow participants to pool their funds, collectively vote as to whether to use The DAO's funds to invest in Ethereum network projects looking for funding, and then reap the future returns of those investments.

Through having more women use their investment power to invest in the types of fund managers, leadership teams, financial returns companies they want to see more of in the world, we believe, it will drive the initial impetus to change the gender - gap in venture capital.

The roots of venture capital lie in using money and markets to support and spread innovative ideas created through public institutions.

In fact, a Kaufmann Foundation study showed that venture - backed companies with a woman CEO showed 35 % higher ROI and 12 % higher revenue growth, while using 1/3 of the capital.

Unlike traditional venture capital funding raising measures, the use of initial coin offerings (ICOs) provide young businesses with the means of raising money quickly.

A Kaufmann Foundation study showed that venture - backed companies with a woman CEO showed 35 % higher ROI and 12 % higher revenue growth, while using 1/3 of the capital.

London Food Link is bringing together some of the capital's best social ventures using food for good, at its flagship Urban Food Fortnight event, Wednesday 13 September.

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency is poised to reactivate a dormant venture capital fund and, the agency hopes to use the pool of 43North applicants as a base for reviving the fund.

Scientific narratives used to be cast in the past tense, about what had been accomplished; now the storytelling is in the future tense to raise venture capital (or, in the case of «Heroes,» in what might be called the past imperfect to advance a patent claim).

In return, True & Co. — which raised just $ 13 million in venture capital, a relatively small amount compared to some of its competitors — will be able use PVH's network of suppliers to make better products more cheaply.

Use of these digital books is still limited (Kinetic Books, funded by a Florida venture capital firm, doesn't disclose how many schools are enrolled in its program), but Jacobsen and his team are working hard to reach more teachers and students.