Sentences with phrase «valuing the firm at»

• Xiaomi, the Beijing, China - based smartphone maker, is speaking with investment banks about an IPO that could value the firm at at least $ 50 billion, Bloomberg reports citing sources.

Biotech Moderna, a company focused on creating treatments based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, has raised a monster $ 500 million from private investors in a Series G funding round, valuing the firm at a whopping $ 7 billion.

Imperial Tobacco (up 8.70 %) Imperial said today it had made a cash bid approach for Altadis at 45 euros a share, valuing the firm at 11.53 billion euros ($ 15 billion), and sending both companies» shares soaring.

(Reuters)-- Chinese Internet company Meituan - Dianping, akin to a mix of Yelp, GroupOn and food delivery, said on Tuesday its latest funding round raised over $ 3.3 billion, valuing the firm at more than $ 18 billion.

One of the sources said the recent trades were at a record - high of $ 4,200, valuing the firm at $ 19 billion or more.

The round comes shortly after WeWork raised $ 760 million (# 579 million) in financing earlier this month, which valued the firm at $ 20 billion (# 15.2 billion).

HNA planned to float Gategroup in Zurich around March or April in a deal valuing the firm at about 2 billion Swiss francs including debt, sources close to that deal said.

Advanced Cell's stock price has risen 170 percent during the last year, valuing the firm at $ 285 million based on Tuesday's stock price.

Capital markets investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has been instructed by Gateley to work on a listing set to value the firm at around # 130m to # 140m, it is understood.

Not exact matches

Vivint and Ancestry.com are just down the street: Both were unicorns — startups valued at $ 1 billion or more — before being acquired by private equity firms.

The San Francisco — based ride - sharing firm, currently valued at $ 41 billion, is widely perceived to be cavalier toward local authorities.

For example, on Wednesday, Joe Schoendorf, partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, and Mike Stankey, vice chairman of cloud - based human resources company Workday, will discuss what the plethora of private companies valued at $ 1 billion or more, known as unicorns, are doing to markets and marketplaces.

The firm attributes 30 % to 40 % of its profits to the U.S., and trades at a bigger - than - average 75 % discount to tangible book value.

According to the research firm Evercore ISI, the tech industry's giants have allotted more than $ 9 billion toward mergers and acquisitions so far this year — including the MuleSoft deal, valued at $ 6.5 billion alone.

According to Bloomberg, the private equity firm is purchasing 7.5 % of Masan Nutri - Science, the company's meat - producing business, for $ 150 million, which values the unit at $ 2 billion.

In 2015, private equity firms Silver Lake and General Atlantic invested $ 250 million into the business, valuing it at more than $ 1 billion.

Employees at participating firms are surveyed on engagement (whether they feel motivated at work), performance culture (whether success is rewarded), leadership (whether executives treat their team as valued assets) and employment brand (whether they are proud to work at the company).

At Denver - based Inspirato, a critical part of its latest $ 20 million funding round, led by tech - savvy firms W Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners, was its plan to open five «experience centers» in upscale U.S. malls.

«The rate at which e-mails prompt purchases is not only estimated to be at least three times that of social media, but the average order value is 17 % higher,» the consulting firm reports.

Ironically, Gurley's venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 billion.

Perth gold exploration firm Enterprise Metals has completed a capital raising of $ 1.2 million, which was achieved through the placement of 24 million shares valued at 5 cents per share.

For Joel Espelien, a senior analyst at research and advisory firm The Diffusion Group, the problem with most smart home products isn't the category, but the value of the service they provide.

Even when two valuators do agree on the methodology, they may vary on the assumptions used in that model and then arrive at very different values for the firm.

According to research firm CB Insights, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is worth $ 46 billion and app - based taxi service Uber is valued at $ 41 billion.

In the past 10 to 15 years, values have become increasingly important in customer decisions, according to Wendy Salomon, vice president of corporate reputation at market - research firm the Harris Poll.

The firm, valued at $ 50 billion this year, was banned in Delhi as a result and has only recently regained the right to operate after tightening driver checks.

Unicorn If you were wondering why crazy successful tech startups — ones that are valued at more than $ 1 billion — are called unicorns, you can thank Aileen Lee, a venture capitalist and the founder of the firm Cowboy Ventures.

With factoring, the financier is looking at the value of the firm's receivables, not necessarily the company's credit history or risk.

On March 28, after a seven - year investigation, the RCMP's commercial crime section filed criminal charges against three of the firm's principals: former CEO Daniel Potter, who built the software developer into a TSE - listed firm with a market value of $ 100 million at the height of the dot - com bubble; Halifax securities lawyer Blois Colpitts, 48, a former director and the firm's legal adviser; and Bruce Elliott Clarke, a 65 - year - old former broker with National Bank Financial.

Some market watchers buy that line, noting the two firms have used only about a quarter of the US$ 400 billion put at their disposal after Washington seized them in September 2008 due to losses from rising home foreclosures and falling home values.

The transactions are structured so as to spare institutional backers of the ride - hailing firm the pain of marking down the value of their investments, while at the same time offering staff an exit well below what they may have been hoping for before the company was hit by a string of governance scandals.

Private - equity firm Roark Capital's majority - owned Arby's Restaurant Group will buy Buffalo Wild Wings in a deal valued at about $ 2.9 billion.

British retail billionaire Philip Green on Thursday sold a 25 percent stake in Topshop and Topman to U.S. private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners in a deal that values the popular high street chain at 2 billion pounds.

That's a stunning fall from grace for a firm that was trading at more than $ 200 per share just two years ago and puts Valeant's market value at about $ 3.2 billion — a more than 95 % cut since April 2015.

British firm Imagination Technologies said on Friday CBFI Investment will buy the company for a price of 182 pence per share, valuing it at about 550 million pounds ($ 742.5 million).

Donors can open accounts at many brokerage firms or large foundations, and then make gifts of cash, marketable securities, and even hard - to - value assets.

Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade policy, told a conference in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value of U.S. government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American companies secure in Canada and Mexico.

Increased corporate spending on programs to improve employee focus has helped boost an industry that research firm IBISWorld values at $ 1.1 billion in the U.S. App - based training is bringing the practice to an even broader audience.

The best way to predict churn and increase lifetime value is to have a firm grasp of the health of every customer at all times.

«When the same people are controlling pay at a number of companies, that can cause a direct ratcheting up of pay,» says Eleanor Bloxham, who heads The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance, a board education and advisory firm, and is a regular contributor to Fortune.com.

The deal is valued at US$ 49 - billion, and comes with backing of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian firm 3G Capital.

Th round catapults the firm into «unicorn» territory, the swelling ranks of private firms occupied by young guns valued at $ 1 billion or more.

LONDON, March 27 - Global oil traders Vitol and Glencore are in talks to financially back Nigerian firms racing to buy assets owned by Brazil's Petrobras valued at up to $ 2 billion, several sources familiar with the matter said.

The global market for artificial intelligence was valued at $ 900 million in 2013, according to the market research firm Research and Markets.

Private equity firm Berkshire Partners LLC said on Wednesday it would acquire a significant minority stake in Kendra Scott Design Inc, in a deal that sources said values the Austin, Texas - based jewelry company at more than $ 1 billion.

Dell and investment firm Silver Lake Partners» previous offer of $ 24.4 billion would have valued the shares at $ 13.65.

Here's how the tax situation should work: «Let's say the value of your company is $ 5 per share and you've given an executive 1,000 options with an exercise price of $ 3,» explains Ralph Anderson, a partner at the Florham Park, N.J., office of accounting firm Richard A. Eisner & Co..

Shares in HelloFresh gained as much as 4 % on their first day of public trading, valuing the German meal - kit delivery firm at more than double Blue Apron, the U.S rival from which it is rapidly seizing market share.

While T. Rowe Price doesn't build a stock portfolio based on potential takeover candidates, Umbarger says, that possibility has lately become a bigger part of the investment discussion at the firm, in terms of «How could you value it in the eyes of other beholders?»

According to research firm Nielsen, rosé table wine sales are now valued at more than $ 207 million annually, growing about 50 % from a year ago and outpacing the overall market's more modest 4 % increase.