Sentences with phrase «venture capital backed startups»

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Revlo is the kind of startup Lacavera wants to back for the long - term, especially now that he's turning his attention to venture capital investing.

Currently, only 3 % of America's venture capital - backed startups are led by women, and only about 4 % percent of US - based venture capital investors are women.

In a recent valuation, the company became the only venture - capital - backed startup other than Facebook to ever reach a $ 50 billion valuation.

Now, many of those venture capital - backed media startups are struggling to eek out profitable business models.

This UK venture capital firm invests in all types of technology - backed startups.

The startup has raised a little under $ 40 million in funding with backing from Alphabet's venture capital arm GV, among others.

The decline in the startup rate hasn't cut the rate of formation of two categories of companies with very high potential for wealth creation and job creation: angel and venture - capital - backed businesses.

It is a rare startup that has the backing of venture capital fund, so forget about wooing investors and concentrate on wooing customers with your unique selling proposition.

The company also has backed a venture capital fund and has invested in startups like meal kit company Chef'd and nutrition test kit company Habit.

The group will also work with the venture capital firms that back and mentor the startups.

A savvy investor, Li and his venture - capital fund Horizon Ventures have backed companies like Facebook, Skype, Spotify, and the egg - replacement food startup Hampton Creek.

According to Bloomberg and research by Lesa Mitchell and Professor Vivek Wadhwa, women - led high - tech startups are more capital efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and generate 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned companies when venture - backed.

Temasek - backed venture debt firm InnoVen Capital India Pvt. Ltd has invested Rs 110 crore ($ 16 million) in 13 startups including...

Angel investors in the country have kept funds flowing for startups at a time when venture capital investors seem to be holding back.

«We'll look back and say this is the year where people rallied together to start down the irreversible path of becoming less dependent on oil,» says Samir Kaul, a partner in venture capital firm Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park, California, which invests in energy and other tech startups.

Jennifer Carolan, co-founding partner of Reach Capital, a $ 53 million venture fund that backs education technology startups, writes in Education Week about such differentiation, trying to liken it to personalized learning.

Some of these firms are startups backed by venture capital firms, while others are new offerings from large and established players within the financial services industry.

These platforms are backed by serious venture capital money, and operating well beyond startup stage.

The fuel cell startup with strong venture capital backing is reportedly trying again for a market debut.

We help individual entrepreneurs and businesses ranging from startups backed by venture capital to multinational entities build strong brands and exploit and maintain their existing assets in today's rapidly evolving marketplace.

As CB Insights pointed out recently, the startup was among the first bot startups to raise venture capital backing from a major investor.

The firm led Coinbase's $ 25 million funding round back in 2013, with the startup raising more than $ 200 million in venture capital to date.

Just as with any other venture capital firm, the way this one works is people invest in the company through the purchasing of tokens (as compared to buying shares or holding fiat with the fund, as might be the case in a more traditional VC entity) and the return comes on the back of the funds successful allocation towards startup blockchain companies.

Mediachain has joined the likes of OpenBazaar and Blockstack and joined the community of Blockchain startups backed by some of the most powerful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley including Union Square Venture, Andreessen Horowitz, and RRE Ventures — as well as Digital Currency Group, LDV Capital, Alexis Ohanian, William Mougayar, Kanyi Maqubela, David Lee, Mathieu Drouin and Brian Mventure capitalists in Silicon Valley including Union Square Venture, Andreessen Horowitz, and RRE Ventures — as well as Digital Currency Group, LDV Capital, Alexis Ohanian, William Mougayar, Kanyi Maqubela, David Lee, Mathieu Drouin and Brian MVenture, Andreessen Horowitz, and RRE Ventures — as well as Digital Currency Group, LDV Capital, Alexis Ohanian, William Mougayar, Kanyi Maqubela, David Lee, Mathieu Drouin and Brian Message.

Ujo Music, a startup backed by Consensus Systems» blockchain venture capital studio, aims to create what British singer - songwriter Imogen Heap called a «fair trade» music industry.

More impressive again, the investment round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures (USV); two world - renowned venture capital firms which are best known for having backed then - startups like Facebook, Twitter, and Coinbase.

Most recently, Cuende co-founded Stampery, a Blockchain data certification startup backed by renowned venture capital firm Draper Associates, buyers in companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Skype and Baidu.

Most recently, Cuende co-founded Stampery, a Blockchain data certification startup backed by renowned venture capital firm Draper Associates, investors in companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Skype and Baidu.

Executive resume sample written for a senior executive seeking a position as a Senior Executive, Interim Chief Operations Officer or Executive Vice President for private equity and venture capital - backed startups.

Startups backed by top - tier venture capital firms require that level of performance to scale a company.

The Good Search recruits board and senior - level executives for clients that range from Fortune 500 companies to startups backed by top - tier venture capital firms.

This year's class is composed of companies graduated from top accelerators such as Y Combinator and backed by well - known venture capital firms such as Intel Capital, Javelin Capital, 500 Startups Crest Capital and Menlo Venture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director ofventure capital firms such as Intel Capital, Javelin Capital, 500 Startups Crest Capital and Menlo Venture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director ofcapital firms such as Intel Capital, Javelin Capital, 500 Startups Crest Capital and Menlo Venture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director ofCapital, Javelin Capital, 500 Startups Crest Capital and Menlo Venture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director ofCapital, 500 Startups Crest Capital and Menlo Venture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director ofCapital and Menlo Venture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director ofVenture Partners,» said Constance Freedman, managing director at SCV and founder and managing director of REach.

An announcement two weeks ago that venture capital firm CSC Upshot raised $ 400 million to invest in startups on AngelList suggests a tipping point in crowdfunding, as it will allow small investors to mingle with angel investors, or those who back small startups or entrepreneurs, she said.