Sentences with phrase «venture funds for»

Ethereum startup and incubator ConsenSys has announced a $ 50 million venture funds for any startup working involving Blockchain technology.

These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas.

But despite more than $ 900 million in recorded venture funding in 2017, and more than $ 375 million in known venture funding for the first two months of 2018 so far, traditional VC rounds — convertible notes seed, angel, Series A, Series B, etc. — now pale in comparison to ICOs in terms of dollar volume.

Following AOL, Brad helped raise $ 40M in venture funding for a contextual online advertising network.

Venture funding for tech companies in New York City increased by 240 % from 2003 to 2013, and more than 85 % of the sector's current companies and 86 % of its current jobs were created during this time.

Another fund is the $ 250M Emerging Technology Fund (OETF), a co-investment venture fund for technology startups in digital media, information and communication technologies (ICT), clean tech, and life sciences.

That's why venture funding for digital businesses is critical.

This video, created by New Schools Venture Fund for the 2017 NSVF Summit, explains more about Valor's three anchors.

«We are grateful to NewSchools Venture Fund for supporting Purdue's vision of creating a bridge for center - city students in Indianapolis to obtain a world - class, rigorous education and prepare themselves for success in college and career,» Jordan said.

David Einhorn, president of Greenlight Capital, contributed to a second venture fund for his father and brother's firm.

Such developments include a venture fund for crypto startups, withdrawal support for more Bitcoin forks, and entering talks with the SEC to become an officially licensed broker.

Orchid labs has received a total of at least $ 4.7 m in venture funding for the development of a truly private internet.

Coinbase is set to launch an early - stage venture fund for crypto and blockchain startups.

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But it could also mean a windfall for partners in private - equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, unless Congress can figure out a way to block them from taking advantage of the new rate.

NEW YORK, April 25 - Venture capitalist Peter Thiel on Wednesday abandoned his effort to buy the irreverent news website Gawker.com, as part of a settlement freeing the billionaire from possible lawsuits for having secretly funded litigation that led to its demise.

Over the past decade, public stock markets have outperformed the average venture capital fund and for 15 years, VC funds have failed to return to investors the significant amounts of cash invested, despite high - profile successes, including Google, Groupon and LinkedIn.

Fast - growth companies like Airbnb and Uber have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funding in the past few years, which has pushed their valuations into never - before seen territory for startups.

Yet Silicon Valley investors, paid millions for their Midas touch, still give male - led startups about 34 times the venture funds.

• Ventech Capital, a France - based venture capital firm, raised 140 million euros ($ 174 million) for its fifth fund, Ventech Capital V.

By many accounts, venture capital funding in Canada has been shrinking for years, which on the face of it is very bad news.

The venture arm, which just raised $ 36 million for its debut fund, acts more as a traditional investment vehicle.

In the first quarter of 2013, for example, U.S. venture capital firms raised $ 2.9 billion from 44 funds — a decrease of 33 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.

Steve Case's new $ 150 million venture fund dedicated to the flyover states is great, tangible proof of the tech world's interest in bringing the rest of the country along for the economic growth that comes from the innovation economy.

• Activant Capital, a Greenwich, Conn. - based private equity firm, raised $ 129 million for its late - stage venture fund.

• Olympus Partners, a Stamford, Conn. - based private equity and venture capital firm, raised $ 3.04 billion for its seventh fund, Olympus Growth Fund fund, Olympus Growth Fund Fund VII.

This is what this online course from the University of Maryland covers, as professor Michael R. Pratt explains what you need to do in the early stages of your business to prepare for funding, where to source funding, how to pitch investors and venture capitalists, as well as how to close funding.

• Altitude Life Science Ventures, a Seattle - based venture capital firm, is seeking to raise $ 125 million for its third fund, according to an SEC filing.

This pet insurance company looked to a non-profit venture development organization for funding in this series exploring options for startups outside Silicon Valley.

• Energy Innovation Capital, a Kirkland, Ill. - based venture capital firm, raised more than $ 130 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing.

The real numbers are eye - opening: Venture capitalists (VCs) fund only 0.05 percent of startups, and angel investors are responsible for funding just 0.91 percent.

To boot, new venture capital funds, growth initiatives and a decentralizing tech sector are providing grounds for optimism.

Venture capital firms, in particular, have long been overwhelmingly averse to funding female - run enterprises, «and I don't see a trend line for any significant change,» added Trish Costello, CEO and founder of Portfolia, a platform designed to help women invest in entrepreneurial enterprises.

• Section 32, a San Diego, Calif. - based venture firm, has set out to raise $ 250 million for a second venture fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

• Rally Ventures, a Minnetonka, Minn. - based venture capital firm, plans to raise $ 150 million for its third venture capital fund, according to an SEC filing.

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

• Eight Roads Ventures Europe, a U.K. - based venture capital and private equity firm, raised $ 375 million for its third fund.

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.

• Flying Fish Partners, a Seattle - based venture fund raised $ 27.8 million for its first fund, Flying Fish Partners I.

It was there that Zilis and her colleagues saw an opportunity for a traditional venture capital fund with business information giant Bloomberg LP as the limited partner.

«DEFINITELY NOT A BUBBLE:» China's digital revolution was bankrolled with dollars, and it has emerged as the world's second - largest destination for venture capital with more than 3,000 funds.

But, at least in the venture capital world, funding for companies focused on tackling heart disease, respiratory disease, and other mass population conditions — i.e., those that afflict millions upon millions of people — has dropped sharply in the last decade.

The regulations get much stricter for entrepreneurs seeking to invest their own retirement funds in their ventures.

• Floodgate, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based early - stage venture capital firm, raised $ 131 for its sixth fund, according to an SEC filing.

• YI Capital, a Beijing - based early - stage venture fund focused on China's internet - tech companies, raised $ 116 million for its debut fund.

• March Capital Partners, a Santa Monica, Calif. - based venture capital firm, is seeking to raise $ 150 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing.

• Joy Capital, a China - based venture capital firm, is seeking to raise $ 300 million for its second fund, Joy Capital II, according to an SEC filing.

• EnCap Investments, a Houston, Texas - based venture capital and private equity firm, raised approximately $ 6.2 billion for its energy fund, EnCap Energy Capital Fund XIfund, EnCap Energy Capital Fund XIFund XI LP.

• Resolute Ventures, a San Francisco - based early - stage venture capital firm, raised $ 65 million for Resolute III, a seed fund.

• EMH Partners, a Germany - based private equity and venture capital firm, raised $ 350 million ($ 400 million) for its debut fund.