Sentences with phrase «venture firm called»

Former media chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. is starting a venture firm called Waverley Capital with longtime investor Daniel Leff, reports Bloomberg, which says the two are looking to raise up to $ 100 milli

Kim has also cofounded a new venture firm called Builders, which we reported on last month.

Not exact matches

Anu Duggal took what she learned as an ecommerce entrepreneur to launch a venture capital firm called Female Founders Fund.

A personal dissatisfaction with an old boys» club mentality in venture capital led Pocket Sun to co-found what she calls the first female - led millennial venture capital firm.

Earlier this week John Doerr, the illustrious investor and chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, proselytized his bible for business management — a system he calls «objectives and key results,» or OKRs — in a video conference call with several Fortune staffers (myself included).

What started as a personal dissatisfaction with an old boys» club mentality in venture capital led Pocket Sun to co-found what she calls the first female - led millennial venture capital firm.

In this regard, an early - stage venture called Carmel Organics very recently wooed leading VC firm Ankur Capital to raise undisclosed Series A funds.

«It's like a venture capital firm without a profit motive,» says Russell Shilling, a former Darpa program manager who now develops educational tech at a nonprofit called Digital Promise.

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.

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.

FastCompany's Ellen McGirt has the scoop on a move by Chris Hughes, a Facebook founder who most recently worked with president Obama on his digital campaign, to a venture capital firm called General Catalyst.

Investors are increasingly unable to meet VC's capital calls and are unloading their investments at «deep discounts,» raising the prospect of the shutdown of weaker venture firms.

Earlier this year Naval Ravikant, a serial entrepreneur and the founder of HitForge, an early - stage VC firm, co-founded a site called Venture Hacks.

Soon thereafter, a venture firm came calling, this time waving a term sheet and «trying to take a deal off the table preemptively,» says James.

Then we went to an accelerator program in China called Hax, to get a pre-seed fund through an accelerator venture capital firm.

James NEWELL: I'm a VP at a firm called IVP, Institutional Venture Partners.

Previous disclosures by the United States Office of Government Ethics showed that Mr. Kushner had divested his interests in several entities, mostly partnerships connected to a venture capital firm run by his brother, Joshua, called Thrive Capital, that invests in technology firms like Instagram.

These higher valuations might have led Binance to balk at the Sequoia deal, which called for the venture capital firm to acquire 11 percent in Binance, while providing the exchange with an approximately $ 80 million valuation.

One of those people calling for Kalanick to go was one of the company's biggest shareholders, the venture capital firm Benchmark, which has one of its partners, Bill Gurley, on Uber's board.

The venture capital firm recently announced plans to put more than $ 6 million into SmartFoam and a second company based on UC San Diego technology called MouthSense.

Fosun RZ Capital (formerly called Fosun Kinzon Capital) is a leading China based venture capital firm that is part of the Fosun Group which is based in Shanghai.

Sequoia Capital, the top - tier venture firm, has just closed on a $ 180 million new fund called Sequoia Scout III that's focused exclusively on seed - stage opportunities.

So - called «initial coin offerings» (ICOs) are the current rage among startups in the blockchain space, enabling new companies with a technology idea to skip banks and venture capital firms when raising capital.

Venture capital firms often now take pains to potray themselves as founder friendly, offering simpler term sheets and perhaps a suite of operations, marketing or financial services that founders can call upon to boost their products.

It's no surprise then that so called «fintech» startups have emerged as one of the hottest and most innovative technology sub-sectors, with financial technology firms securing more than $ 23 billion in venture capital and growth equity over the past five year.

New NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling for an end to what he describes as a tax loophole that allows New York City private equity firms, hedge funds and venture capital firms to keep several hundred million dollars a year in their coffers instead of giving it to the tax man.

In other words, we may need to see more schools take what Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture - capital firm, calls the «full - stack start - up» approach — the idea that a start - up builds a «complete, end - to - end product or service,» and controls even the nontechnology components of a solution if those will perform better when integrated with the technology.

The cutting - edge buoy, called the NJORD (New Jersey Offshore Research Device), was developed by GSOE, a joint venture established between Deepwater Wind and PSEG Global to develop offshore wind farms off the New Jersey coast, and built by SeaRoc, a marine engineering firm based in the United Kingdom.

Brad also makes reference to a DLA Piper sideline called Venture Pipeline through which the firm helps startups find venture cVenture Pipeline through which the firm helps startups find venture cventure capital.

The new firm, which will be called «Signature Litigation», will be led by Huntley - Hogan Lovells» former investment banking and funds dispute resolution chief - and Brannigan as principals, with several associates from Hogan Lovells also joining the new venture.

One example of this is a product called ComplianceHR, a joint venture with US law firm Littler Mendelson.

Many of my clients, both individuals and firms, have expressed a desire for such assistance, so I have started a new venture, called «What's Next,» to provide these needed services.

The venture is to be called Jomati, and «aims to provide firms with practical advice on planning, developing, testing and implementing their overall business strategies».

While the main site for Stanbury's law firm is unique in itself — promising «the best representation on Earth» and featuring a photography of Country Joe McDonald performing at Woodstock — Stanbury's companion site ventures into some territory that Jones calls «disturbing,» explaining, «Stanbury's site features such things as a mock traffic sign stating «Warning: Muslims nearby» in which there is a silhouette of a person with a knife in one hand and a severed head dripping blood in the other.»

Research firm the Cleantech Group called 2006 a «watershed period» for cleantech venture investing.

One of his earliest successes came in 2002, having quit the tax firm to launch his first notable company, a wireless telecommunications venture called Sinotel Technologies.

In this way, he called ethereum blockchain tech's «Netscape moment», crediting the phrase to venture capitalist Fred Wilson, whose firm Union Square Ventures is a Coinbase investor.

Called Pantera ICO Fund LP, the fund intends to raise $ 100m, with $ 35m already raised in support from the firm's existing investor base, undisclosed new investors, and according to the company, unnamed venture capital firms.

Even Ether's debut was marred by the spectacular bust of a much - hyped project, a decentralized venture capital firm called The DAO, built atop its network.

Previous disclosures by the United States Office of Government Ethics showed that Mr. Kushner had divested his interests in several entities, mostly partnerships connected to a venture capital firm run by his brother, Joshua, called Thrive Capital, that invests in technology firms like Instagram.

The venture capital firm's new digital liquid venture fund recently raised funds through a digital token offering called BCAP token.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), a Silicon Valley venture capital firm best known for its investments in Google, AOL, Twitter, Uber and Amazon, has introduced a fund called the Edge Seed Fund, which is set to focus on helping early stage Bitcoin - and blockchain - based startups.

A bitcoin startup called Blockchain just raised $ 40 million from Google Ventures, billionaire Richard Branson and venture capital firms like Lakestar.

Paul Singer, founder of investment management firm Elliott Management called cryptos «one of the most brilliant scams in history» whereas Tim Draper, a prominent venture capital investor, has held on to his Bitcoin, and, when asked if he is going to sell them, said: «Why would I sell the future for the past».

Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in blockchain technology companies, in collaboration with digital finance investment bank Argon Group, is about to issue its own Ethereum - based digital tokens called BCAP.

The Chasm Group, LLC and Chasm Institute, LLC (San Bruno, CA) 1997 — 2008 Business Operations Manager • Managed all daily operational tasks for leading multi-million dollar high - tech market strategy consultancy, while providing executive administration to C - level executives and venture capital partners • Developed and managed the firm's annual budget, proposing and implementing expense cuts, producing monthly reports and financial statements, and coordinating with CPA firm for accurate and timely filings • Oversaw all client relationship management efforts while cultivating new business efforts from concept to implementation, providing high - quality service in sales efforts while utilizing new lead tracking system • Negotiated and managed all contracts, stock grants, and financing arrangements, working closely with outside counsel to draft legal documents and resolve LLC - and proprietary - related issues • Led three office space build - outs and two office relocations, managing all aspects of each process under aggressive timeline and budget expectations • Reduced firm telecom expenses by 22 % by streamlining IT objectives, including migration to VOIP phone system, software / hardware purchases, domain renewals, and outsourced technical support • Directed all phases of staff recruitment while creating and implementing all HR policies and programs, including comprehensive employee benefits plans • Supervised multiple administrative staff members, conducted performance appraisals and wage / salary surveys in comparison to incentive program guidelines, and maintained HR files in accordance with legal mandates • Produced all out - going client invoices in an accurate and timely fashion to increase, cash flow and reduce aging receivables, providing consistent attention to overhead costs and vendor arrangements • Administered all company insurance policies, including E&O, general liability, bonds, partner life and disability, conducting annual benefits reviews and employee / company insurance audits • Obtained necessary certificates for consulting contracts while processing federal, state, and local business reporting requirements to maintain licenses and incorporation status • Directed all marketing efforts and oversaw logistical aspects of national educational workshop series, utilizing sponsorship arrangements to offset production costs • Transformed «brochure» website into a dynamic tool to better illustrate company opportunities through relevant case studies, as well as maintaining all other promotional media, including press kits and video Association of California School Administrators (Burlingame, CA) 1993 — 1997 Issues and Planning Committee Coordinator • Executed all phases of event planning and implementation for a membership - driven organization including 23 state committees, 5 task forces, 6 strategic planning conferences, and a conference of 1,500 attendees • Focused on facility evaluations, bid requests, site visits, contract negotiations, and all pre - and post-conference planning processes • Produced statistical and financial reports, including budget projections and cost monitoring for developmental training efforts • Oversaw all participant - level responsibilities, including inquiries, eligibility, registration, correspondence, and billing statements • Managed all legal professional standards calls for Northern California regions, including the processing of attorney authorizations, the preparation of legal assistance letters, and liens on cause of action • Served as second point of contact for computer inquiries and troubleshooting efforts as well as provided back - up executive administrative support for Executive Director, Committee Chairs, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Held responsibility for software installation and hardware configuration while performing weekly AS / 400 backup and report generation

At the center of the program are special venture capital firms, called community development entities (CDEs), which are approved by the CDFI Fund to allocate federal tax credit authority to investors.

Macerich Co.'s latest joint venture — a deal with real estate investment management firm Heitman announced last week — is further proof that the regional mall REIT made the right call by deciding to forego equity offerings to pay down debt, according...

This past January, the firm announced a new partnership with Bank of New York Mellon Corporation to form a conduit operation called IH Capital; BNY Mellon allocated $ 500 million of its balance sheet to the new venture.

Plus, many of these closely - held firms often team up on so - called «club deals,» joint ventures which give them even more debt - drenched dollars to play with.