Sentences with phrase «which venture firm»

It wasn't clear which venture firm will lead the round.

Second, we wanted to explore which venture firms have the strongest track record of supporting startups with at least one female co-founder.

So it's come to the point at which venture firms appear to be reaping a larger share of the money set aside for alternative - asset investments.

Not exact matches

Launched by the Los Angeles venture - capital firm Science's mobile studio, Wishbone shows you two options and lets you vote on which one you like more — a spin on the popular «Would you rather?»

Notably, it's only Sequoia's second investment in a blockchain - related company in that venture capital firm's 45 - year history; the first was earlier this year, in Polychain Capital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also particventure capital firm's 45 - year history; the first was earlier this year, in Polychain Capital, in a $ 200 million round in which Andreessen, Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners also particVenture Partners also participated.

Green helped Weiss raise $ 2 million in seed funding, which she used to assemble a small team, including creative director Helen Steed, a beauty industry vet who'd helped build Bumble & Bumble, and COO Henry Davis, who came from the London office of venture capital firm Index Ventures.

If the advisor is from a venture - capital firm, does it have portfolio companies in your niche which could be tapped?

In an industry in which 89 % of partner - level investors are men, a venture capital firm run by three women is rare.

It's been enough to attract the attention of famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which today led a $ 10 million Series A round of investment in Gigster.

To be sure, Irish venture capital firms have their own trouble raising money, which often makes it difficult to invest in startups for the long - term.

Ironically, Gurley's venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 billion.

DST Global, a company that was early investors in Facebook and Spotify, led the funding round, which included other high profile venture capital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.

Ideally, benefits of this special 8 (a) program to the protà © gà © firm — which can have only one mentor at a time — will include technical and management assistance; options to enter into joint - venture business agreements with mentor firms to compete for government contracts; financial assistance in the form of equity or loans; and qualification for other SBA assistance programs.

-- Gordon Ritter, founder and general partner of Emergence Capital, an enterprise cloud venture firm which was recently named Venture Capital Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital Assoventure firm which was recently named Venture Capital Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital Associafirm which was recently named Venture Capital Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital AssoVenture Capital Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital AssociaFirm of the Year by the National Venture Capital AssoVenture Capital Association

Whitman told local media that HPE plans to work with the Singapore Economic Development Board, local universities, and venture capital firms to identify Singapore - based startups that specialize in areas in which HPE is also investing.

«We learned that there's a gap on prototyping mass productions,» says founder Lucas Wang, who is also the CEO and co-founder of Taiwan - based venture capital firm, TMI, which works with a number of international original design manufacturers.

Its investors include media company Condé Nast, which once owned Reddit and later spun it off, as well as venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia...

Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

Rethink Impact is the largest venture capital firm in the U.S. focused on woman founders, according to Forbes, which is incredibly impactful for female founders who aren't being recognized by most venture capitalists.

That puts AngelList at an annual run rate of $ 127 million, which would theoretically rank it among the country's more active venture capital firms.

Can you guess which venture capital firms made the list?

Most venture - capital firms — Sequoia included — are used to the old equity model in which investors purchase private shares of a company, often while mentoring the founders to help the company reach its full potential.

Before running Earn, which lets users send and receive digital currency for replying to emails and completing tasks, Srinivasan was a general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

WHO: Joan P. Neuscheler, principal at Tullis - Dickerson & Co., a venture - capital firm in Greenwich, Conn., and board member of AmericasDoctor, which (among other things) offers a health - information Web site for consumers RATING: 4 «I think they have strong management and a good board of directors — and that's usually the first place I look for flaws.

For the venture capital world, which has hardly been a cradle for gender equality with 72 % of firms never having had a female investor, the effects of having a daughter then can not be overstated.

The more selective the accelerator, the more likely they will accept the «hottest» start - ups — which have the greatest odds of yielding a bidding war among the most prestigious venture capital firms.

This would also lead to effective management of lifestyle disorders,» stated Anoop Pollavaram who is Operating Partner at Bengaluru - based Aspada Investments which is an early - stage venture capital firm.

They have also taken pains to keep the names of all the venture firms with which they are speaking under tight wraps.

The venture - capital firm, with offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park, Calif., has invested in more than 200 growth companies over the years, which gives Cogan some degree of authority.

Participants in the latest round include Allegis Capital, a venture capital firm, which led the raise, as well as Blackstone Group (BX), the private equity firm, and angel investor Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of sales - tool giant Salesforce (CRM).

Looking out over five years, the percentage drops to twelve percent and twenty - nine firms, which suggests that the creation of female - founded venture firms is accelerating, albeit off a very low base.»

It was especially refreshing to be able to steer away from the clichés and get into some very practical tips about what he and his team look for in considering a deal and how that differs from many other venture firms, which are constrained by the requirements of their limited partnership agreements and other considerations like IRR (as opposed to ultimate return on capital) as well.

If it can't, it will ultimately buy the leader,» says Jeremy Levine, a partner at venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, a shareholder in Quidsi, which Amazon purchased in 2011 (and shuttered in venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, a shareholder in Quidsi, which Amazon purchased in 2011 (and shuttered in Venture Partners, a shareholder in Quidsi, which Amazon purchased in 2011 (and shuttered in March).

In 2011, NBA star Ervin «Magic» Johnson invested an undisclosed amount in venture capital firm Detroit Venture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general pventure capital firm Detroit Venture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general pVenture Partners, which has invested in more than a dozen early - stage tech companies, and signed on as a general partner.

The new cash comes as more venture firms raise funds of more than $ 1 billion, including Greylock Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and New Enterprise Associates, which this year raised a $ 3.3 billion fund.

In 1981, Digital Research had revenues of $ 6 million; for 1982, it forecasts revenues of $ 20 million.The company, which now employs 75 people, has acquired two other software firms and was one of the first in the industry to accept venture capital.

Seiff went on to found a venture capital firm, Beanstalk Ventures, which launched on the same day in 2013 as Brickwork, and became Brickwork's initial investor.

Hulu just enhanced its ability to target programming to user preferences with the acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, of the Video Genome Project, which was backed by venture capital firm Segel Group Limited.

Its other backers include the mutual fund giant Fidelity and the big private equity investor TPG, as well as prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has invested more money in Zenefits than in any other startup in its portfolio.

Understand your company, competitors, and the venture firm from which you are seeking investment.

Portfolio Company: a company in which a venture capital firm has invested, thus, making that company part of the VC firm's portfolio.

The Filipino - Canadian mining firm of TVI - Resources Development Philippines Inc. has announced that it plans to invest C$ 27 million for a mining venture in Zamboanga del Norte which will produce gold, copper, silver and zinc.

There are other issues to settle, including the explosive lawsuit filed by Benchmark Capital — which owns more than 10 percent of the company and has a board seat held by Matt Cohler — against Kalanick, whom the venture firm helped oust and has been trying to restrain.

Another startup is Prozo.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling study material, which raised its pre-Series A round of funding from a London - based venture capital firm and two affluent individuals.

Andra Capital created Silicon Valley Coin (SVC), which investors can use to back a collection of late - stage venture capital (VC) firms.

He also spent 3 years at KTB network, which is the largest venture capital firm in Korea and invested more than USD 5M into media, contents, and IT companies.

The five shareholders who demanded Mr. Kalanick's resignation include some of the technology industry's most prestigious venture capital firms, which invested in Uber at an early stage of the company's life, as well as a mutual fund firm.

The proposed IPO will also provide exit to the venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), which with few other investors, will be selling 1.66 million venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), which with few other investors, will be selling 1.66 million Venture Partners (BVP), which with few other investors, will be selling 1.66 million shares.

As more startups seek funds, the question of which is a better investor — tech giant or venture capital firm?

Of those 51 firms, 23, or 45 percent, have at least one female investing partner, which is very close to the 44 percent we found for the top 100 venture firms.