Sentences with phrase «venture fund supporting»

Most recently, Rachel spent two years at NewSchools Venture Fund supporting the office of the COO and managing other operations related projects.

In addition to angel groups, these venture funds support growing startups in the Charlotte area.

Not exact matches

Always the riskiest level on the funding food chain, venture capital experienced its own mini-boom, as fund - raising became easier and more ideas and innovation could be supported at startups.

The startup has since expanded to other neighborhoods in Los Angeles County and San Diego, and on Tuesday it announced it had raised $ 15 million in venture - capital funding led by Craft Ventures to support its expansion throughout the US.

On Tuesday, Freshly announced a new Series C funding round that also was supported by existing investors including Highland Capital Partners, Insight Venture Partners, and White Star Capital.

The startup went on to raise a total of $ 13.6 million from venture capital firms in two rounds of funding to support it growth.

The Turkish government remains committed to continue supporting entrepreneurship as evidenced by their plans to form a new venture - capital fund of funds to provide additional capital to early - stage companies.

In 2009, it was able to get $ 13.75 million in initial funding, supported by the Canadian government's Sustainable Development Technology fund, led by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital.

For now, the firm is supported by venture funding, including an unspecified investment from Google Ventures last October.

Requiring the reduction of carbon emissions will make coal - based energy more costly, while solar and wind technology are expected to be priced more competitively, thereby supporting those alternative energy industries, says Jason Blumberg, chief executive and managing director of Energy Foundry, a Chicago - based cleantech impact venture capital fund.

Previously, she worked on improving educational equity at organizations such as NewSchools Venture Fund, where she raised funds to support early - stage education entrepreneurs.

As first noted by CNBC, the Massachusetts - based startup is also getting some healthy monetary support, adding $ 115 million of venture funds to its coffers this week.

Farmers Business Network has raised $ 110 million in new venture funding to support a business that may sound boring to some Silicon Valley technologists but which appears to have addressed a very real need: it's a social network for farmers that...

Our team is now supporting and funding new startups through Highline BETA, a new venture creation firm.

Saint Elizabeth was also the first healthcare organization to implement SoapBox, an employee idea platform and Canadian startup that has received support through MaRS Venture Services and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund.

Created in 1997 with support from the federal government and Alberta, AVAC Ltd. is a venture capital investor that provides investment funding for research and commercialization for Alberta - based companies in the areas of agriculture, renewable resources, and industrial technology.

Being both a limited partner in venture funds and a co-investor, we offer unique support to GPs over the life - cycle of the fund.

He has held positions specializing in Customer Relationship Management, Marketing Automation and sales support systems at both venture funded and privately held businesses, working with clients such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce.com.

Other startups that have recently raised large rounds of funding to make customer support less painful for everyone involved include Intercom, which according to Crunchbase has received $ 115.8 million so far from investors like Bessemer Venture Partners and Social Capital, and Helpshift, which has raised $ 38.5 million from Nexus Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and others.

He was responsible for analyzing private equity, venture capital, and real estate funds in support of the firm's clients and consultants.

John Mannes is an investor at Basis Set Ventures, a $ 136 million early stage venture capital fund focused on supporting startups using machine learning to address big problems across industries.

Rigontec is supported by a consortium of experienced life science investors including Wellington Partners, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, NRW.BANK, High - Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Forbion Capital Partners, Sunstone Capital and MP Healthcare Venture Management.

The fundraising was also supported by a substantial syndicate of new investors including Kurma Partners, Roche Venture Fund, Idinvest Partners and Chiesi Ventures.

Currently active issuers include: The Active Impact Fund (AIF) supports early stage social ventures with both funding and part - time, interim senior operational support to provide capacity building.

Some firms still supported transformational technologies (e.g., search, mobility), but venture investing shifted away from funding transformational companies and toward companies that solved incremental problems or even fake problems (e.g., having Kozmo.com messenger Kit - Kats to the office).

As part of that work, Microsoft made a massive commitment to provide startups with funding and support through a venture capital arm.

Individually there are differences between how they incubate, structure the program, operate, support / fund and accelerate the ventures.

A venture capitalist is an investor who either provides capital to startup ventures or supports small companies that wish to expand but do not have access to funds.

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategfund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategFund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

Founded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is an early - stage venture capital fund that takes a value - added, hands - on approach to support its portfolio companies.

In addition, Young Founders Fund, the equity investor supporting all ventures, can provide up to $ 50K in equity funding during the program to purchase up to 6 % equity in the business, plus up to $ 30K in matching funds from FedDev.

Since launch, SVX in Ontario has supported 28 ventures and funds, helping them to raise over $ 3.5 million on the platform.

The purpose of the Competition is to be part of an overall program aimed at systematically generating more tech start - up enterprises in Atlanta by (i) facilitating applied research and development and enhancing mentoring and other supports for aspiring entrepreneurs, (ii) supporting early - stage firm growth and (iii) attracting more venture funding.

This funding recognizes startups with the greatest impact potential, while also providing financial support to ventures bringing their innovations to market.

Since 2008, over 100 women investors have been involved in supporting angel investing and 519 women - led ventures have inquired about angel funding, with 80 companies moving forward for investor presentations.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

We've invested in companies revolutionizing industries like microfinance and women's health, published some of the only research into the state of female - founded venture funding, and continued to support our entrepreneurs with differentiated and valuable resources.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Hawaiian coffee company KonaRed has closed a «significant capital raise» from venture capital fund Venice Brands, which will be directed towards supporting sales, marketing and distribution of the brand's range of coffee products.

He also called on university authorities to form joint ventures with the private sector through agribusiness and entreated traditional rulers to establish education endowment funds to support needy but brilliant students.

In his State of the State address, Cuomo also made proposals to support technology transfer in the state by setting up ten high - tech incubator hot spots, creating an Innovation NY Network and an Innovation Venture Capital Fund.

And Cuomo wants the state's venture capital fund to invest at least $ 20 million to support women - owned businesses.

He spoke of a new venture capital fund, the commercialization of academic research and providing support for startups.

«We have had a venture capital fund at ECIDA for 16 years,» Culliton said, «and we have consistently watched businesses fail because they lack capital, they lack experience and they lack support.»

They offered tight - knit and relatively unstructured work environments and supported their research through venture capital funding, government seed money, or private and / or public investment.

Avidis is supported by the Medical Research Council and le Groupe SOFIMAC, which will lead the first round of funding with other international venture capitalists.

The support comes in various sizes and shapes: campus competitions to solicit commercially viable ideas, universities establishing their own venture capital funds and «incubators» to nurture startup companies, and programs such as the Innovation Corps at the National Science Foundation.

ICRAR is a joint venture between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia with support and funding from the State Government of Western Australia.

In one scenario, they provided funding to proposed ventures, in another awards to under - appreciated volunteers, in another endorsements of product reviews, and in yet another signatures of support to social or political campaigns.

The trials are supported through funding from CRI's venture philanthropy fund, and sponsored by one of CRI's clinical trial management partners.