Sentences with phrase «venture deals in»

San Francisco led the way for cities that originate venture deals in the quarter, with 96 deals worth $ 2.3 billion, compared to 61 in New York, which came in second, with $ 860 million of financing.

Not exact matches

While starting a new venture can be exciting, you may fall victim to certain mistakes that could end up costing you a great deal in the long run.

Meanwhile, the first half of 2016 saw the number of precision ag venture capital deals climb 7 % from the same period in 2015, with the number of new investors in the space up 52 %.

In a complex deal, Fuji Xerox would buy back Fujifilm's 75 percent stake in their joint venture before Fujifilm would then purchase 50.1 percent of new Xerox shareIn a complex deal, Fuji Xerox would buy back Fujifilm's 75 percent stake in their joint venture before Fujifilm would then purchase 50.1 percent of new Xerox sharein their joint venture before Fujifilm would then purchase 50.1 percent of new Xerox shares.

Investors in Bugcrowd's latest round of funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million, including the new funds raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks venture capital deals.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

The number of venture capital deals declined sharply in the last quarter of 2015 as investors pulled back and got more cautious

He launched the venture through a $ 150 million deal with Live Nation in 2008.

VC 100: U.S. venture capital firms ranked based on capital invested in U.S. early - stage deals in 2014 (in USD millions *).

The deal came only days after Industrious, a co-working office space startup that competes with WeWork, raised $ 80 million in venture funding to grow its roster of corporate customers.

Zilis, who just turned 30 this year — she appeared in Forbes magazine's «30 Under 30: The Top Young Investors of Venture Capital» in 2015 — has co-led between 15 and 20 of the 68 deals Bloomberg Beta has closed since its founding in 2013.

The firm has been investing under - the - radar in a mix of venture and private equity deals since 2014, but had not raised a large fund of pooled capital for deals until this year.

Andreessen agreed to invest $ 50 million of his venture firm's money in the deal on the bold assumption that he and Durban ultimately would win the founders» trust.

Organizations that typically invest $ 3 million in a single early - stage venture deal, as venture capitalists do, are not designed to evaluate and assist 120 ventures that each receive $ 25,000.

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.

Venture capitalists invested $ 48.3 billion in 4,356 deals last year, with Internet - specific companies nabbing a huge chunk of the pot.

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According to a story last month in Recode, big - name venture firms including Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are participating in the deal.

Data from the National Venture Capital Association — the industry's trade group — show that 23 percent of venture - capital deals and 28 percent of venture - capital dollars went to Silicon Valley companies in the second half of theVenture Capital Association — the industry's trade group — show that 23 percent of venture - capital deals and 28 percent of venture - capital dollars went to Silicon Valley companies in the second half of theventure - capital deals and 28 percent of venture - capital dollars went to Silicon Valley companies in the second half of theventure - capital dollars went to Silicon Valley companies in the second half of the 1980s.

And in the midst of its troubles throughout 2014 — Levi stepped back as president and CEO to become executive chairman in November — GrowthWorks was the recipient, along with BDC Venture Capital, of the «Deal of the Year» award from Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association following its sale of Layer 7 Technologies, a developer of security software for businesses.

• Costello, an Indianapolis - based deal management platform, raised $ 1 million in funding led by Dundee Venture Capital with participation from Elevate Ventures, M25 Group, and Service Provider Capital.

One of the venture funds I work with specializes in seed investments: early - stage deals that are often made with young, bright, first - time entrepreneurs who've been working hard to get the chance to build their dream company.

Those findings jibe with just - reported data from the National Venture Capital Association, which reports 36 venture - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter iVenture Capital Association, which reports 36 venture - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter iventure - backed companies went public, raising $ 3.3 billion, a 50 percent increase by number of deals and nearly 40 percent increase from the fourth quarter in 2013.

Since 5,753 venture - capital transactions worth $ 48.5 billion occurred in 2013, corporate ventures comprised nearly 20 percent of all deals and 40 percent of transaction value worldwide.

Mittal's FundersClub, founded in 2012, isn't to be confused with AngelList or other equity crowdfunding platforms, instead functioning as an online venture capital firm where high - quality deals are sourced for over 17,000 accredited investors.

Given all these advantages, why isn't a larger proportion of total deals in the venture - capital space taken up by corporate funds?

Venture capital firms invested $ 29.5 billion in 4,041 deals in 2013.

Right from the start, the founders of San Franciscobased nonprofit Social Venture Network wanted a «safe harbor» where social - activist entrepreneurs could meet to commiserate, coinvest in deals, and share best practices.

In 2015, corporate venture participated in about one out of five deals in the United States or Europe, and one out of three deals in AsiIn 2015, corporate venture participated in about one out of five deals in the United States or Europe, and one out of three deals in Asiin about one out of five deals in the United States or Europe, and one out of three deals in Asiin the United States or Europe, and one out of three deals in Asiin Asia.

On Thursday, Starbucks announced plans to buy out its East China joint venture for $ 1.3 billion, the biggest deal in the company's history.

A joint venture comprising BGC Contracting and Laing O'Rourke has won a contract to deliver the second stage of the Northlink WA roads project, with the deal believed to be worth in excess of $ 400 million.

Perth miner Galaxy Resources has announced plans to merge with joint venture partner General Mining Corporation to create a larger lithium - focused company, in a deal worth $ 216 million.

Stratum Metals has become the sixth Western Australian company to cancel a backdoor listing deal in the past year, with the Nedlands - based business reviewing its future options, including plans for the East Menzies gold project, after walking away from a planned reverse takeover of a US technology venture.

Venture capitalists have done their part to fuel the madness, plunging $ 3.8 billion into 332 security deals last year, up from $ 2.8 billion and 299 transactions in 2014, according to CB Insights.

That same year, Murphy and Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel inked their first deal with outside investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners invested $ 485,000 in a seed round, then participated in follow on funding rounds.

Gold Road Resources has entered into a joint venture agreement with South African mining giant Gold Fields for its Gruyere project near Laverton, in a deal worth $ 350 million plus royalties.

Canadian startups are enjoying more and bigger venture capital deals (in the first quarter of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.

Although the country's venture capital ecosystem is slowly improving (Canadian firms invested $ 2.3 billion in 2015, compared with $ 1.9 billion in 2013), VCs are still not equipped to participate in blockbuster deals.

Indigenous contractor Yurra has formed a joint venture with BGC Contracting to provide services to Rio Tinto's rail work in Cape Lambert and Dampier, with the value of the deal undisclosed.

According to CB Insights, between 2012 and 2016, $ 486 million was invested in the global pet tech sector across 172 venture capital deals.

Phosphate explorer Minbos Resources has entered into a new agreement to merge with joint venture partner Petril Phosphate, in a scrip and royalties deal valued at about $ 20 million.

A joint venture between mining services companies Ausdrill and Barminco has been named the preferred contractor for work at AngloGold Ashanti's Geita gold mine in Tanzania, with the deal worth about $ US70 million ($ A99.5 million).

Investment dollars from venture capital firms jumped nearly 40 percent in the second quarter to $ 13.8 billion, and the number of deals increased 11 percent compared to the first quarter.

For years, B Corp certification was rumored to hurt a startup's ability to attract investors, but recent deals have debunked this theory: San Francisco - based education company Altschool has raised $ 170 million from venture capitalists, and Data.world, an Austin - based tech startup, recently closed $ 19 million in Series B funding.

Taking a detour from her usual celebrity haunts, Lopez made an unusual appearance Wednesday at a venture capital conference in San Francisco to talk about potential business deals with the tech industry.

But as with many a business venture announced in China with much fanfare, it's hardly a done deal — more of a memorandum of understanding.

«We've had the pleasure of consulting with both the SAIL Capital Partners team and the investment banking team at Stifel Nicolaus in the U.S. on various deals,» says Rob Peterman, Head of Business Development for the technology sector for TSX and TSX Venture.

According to venture capital database CB Insights, Chicago companies raised a total of $ 4.6 billion in 368 investment deals between 2009 and 2014.

In her current role as head of new ventures at Sultan Ventures, a startup catalyst and boutique venture firm, James leads a team tasked with identifying and recruiting potential portfolio companies; provides mentoring and support to make portfolio companies investor - ready; and works with local companies to provide business - development and deal - structuring strategies.

Being acquired by a bigger company early in your venture's life cycle can be a sweet deal in its own right.