Sentences with phrase «with than a venture capital»

A seed round investor like Lee has different numbers to work with than a venture capital firm like Kleiner.

Not exact matches

A Babson College study reported that in 1999, fewer than 5 percent of venture capital investments went to companies with a woman on the executive team.

In 2016, women got just 2.19 % of venture capital funding — a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 2012.

«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.

Average five - year growth rate among the 2001 Inc 500 that had Venture - capital funding at start - up: 4,619 % CEO with an M.B.A.: 2,542 % CEO who took 5 days or fewer of vacation yearly: 2,385 % Open - book management: 2,283 % CEO who took more than 10 days of vacation yearly: 1,983 %

The company has raised more than $ 20 million in venture capital, led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from NEA and Khosla Ventures.

«I think the impact of machine learning on society will be larger than the impact of mobile on society,» Khosla said Tuesday, during a fireside chat with Vator CEO Bambi Francisco at the Post-Seed venture capital conference in San Francisco.

Over the past decade, Toronto has become the undisputed capital of Canadian innovation, with more than 600 startups, the country's largest cluster of universities and colleges pumping out research, and the deepest venture capital pockets in the land.

With that many cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder that Israel, with aquarter of our population, attracts more venture capital funding than all of CanWith that many cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder that Israel, with aquarter of our population, attracts more venture capital funding than all of Canwith aquarter of our population, attracts more venture capital funding than all of Canada.

Chris Arsenault, a venture - capitalist with iNovia Capital, a company with seven investments in the online - ad industry, says targeting technology can provide a better user experience than print or broadcast, despite concerns over privacy.

He recently wrapped up a new round of funding with more than $ 10 million from Star Avenue Capital, a joint venture between CAA and Irving Place Capital.

That's because, rather than handing the capital over to any one of 17 government agencies with a finger in the innovation pie, or giving the money to the Business Development Bank of Canada, which deployed just $ 408 million of its $ 18.4 billion balance sheet to the venture capital industry, the Conservatives have decided to invest that money directly in entrepreneurs.

In June, Uber closed more than $ 1 billion from a number of venture capital companies, led by Fidelity Investments, making it the priciest startup ever with a value or more than $ 18 billion.

The infographic below, generated by Pulp PR, highlights 13 U.S. venture capital firms, each with a total fund size of less than $ 150 million, as well as their particular area of interest.

Five months later, the Pebble team went on to raise $ 15 million in venture capital from Charles River Ventures, a traditional VC house with more than two decades of traction.

raise late - stage venture and other private capital on equal or better terms than in the public markets — and with less hassle.

A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms with female partners are more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.

At the height of the dotcom boom, although I had grown my company, Palo Alto Software, to more than $ 5 million in annual sales without outside investors, I partnered with a Silicon Valley venture capital firm to build it faster.

Private companies now have an unprecedented ability to raise late - stage venture and other private capital to finance their innovation and investment, often on equal or better terms than in the public markets and with less hassle.

Launched in 2007 with millions of members, New York - based Ideeli has raised $ 107 million in venture capital funding since its founding, so being sold for less than half of that appears to be a loss for investors.

While much of the venture capital activity in the United States is concentrated in Silicon Valley, in recent years a sector of the economy with closer ties to Washington, D.C., than San Francisco has been upping its investments in start - up technology companies — America's defense industry.

The growth of the venture capital industry — VCs raised $ 28.5 billion last year, up from $ 3.8 billion in 2002 — coupled with a tepid market for initial public offerings has made the competition among VCs for good deals more intense than ever.

While venture capital partners have more sons than daughters, about 125 boys for 114 girls, its roughly in line with the national demographic of 51 % boys.

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.

These more general biases and hurdles, along with the issue of male confusion at women's needs and problems, help explain why femaleentrepreneurs take home a pathetically small share of venture capital — less than 5 percent.

The company, based in Santa Monica, Calif., has raised more than US $ 20 million, with backers including the firm of Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Cuban, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, and a number of prominent venture capital firms.

It has emerged as the world's second - largest destination for venture capital, with more than 3,000 funds.

Playsight does not publish its revenue but Norman's venture capital fund only invests in companies with annual revenue less than $ US25 million.

Bruce is a managing director at Blumberg Capital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atCapital with more than 25 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate atcapital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney.

Venture lenders (individuals or groups with a pool of money, or specialized banking organizations)-- they may provide term and short - term loans to technology businesses earlier than these loans would become available from traditional financial institutions; however, these loan facilities are usually reserved for businesses that have received venture capital investment and / or can demonstrate their ability to make loan payments from casVenture lenders (individuals or groups with a pool of money, or specialized banking organizations)-- they may provide term and short - term loans to technology businesses earlier than these loans would become available from traditional financial institutions; however, these loan facilities are usually reserved for businesses that have received venture capital investment and / or can demonstrate their ability to make loan payments from casventure capital investment and / or can demonstrate their ability to make loan payments from cash flow.

Historically, early - stage venture returns for small funds — defined as those with less than $ 250 million of committed capital — have outpaced those of their larger peers.

This paper will suggest that fund size segmentation yields important insight into the debate about the viability of the venture model and that smaller funds with less than $ 250 million of committed capital are the answer to better alignment and outsized returns.

Venture capital firms with women decision makers are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the executive team.

He believes public venture capital is a great opportunity for small business to get access to funds at lower cost and with fewer regulations than their U.S. counterparts.

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Nabbing Insight Venture Partners — a prominent venture capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for ReceipVenture Partners — a prominent venture capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for Receipventure capital (VC) firm with more than two decades experience — as its sole series B investor is a major coup for Receipt Bank.

Rather than develop the platform for its own proprietary advantage, NFX is opening it to other firms with the idea that venture capital is itself a network effects business.

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But it will take more than wealthy individuals to fund venture capital funds with women general partners.

With more than 140 years of venture capital, entrepreneurial, operating, and industry experience among its investment professionals, Zero Stage Capital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company invescapital, entrepreneurial, operating, and industry experience among its investment professionals, Zero Stage Capital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company invesCapital is the lead investor in more than 80 percent of its portfolio company investments.

VC firms with female partners are more than twice as likely to invest in companies with a woman on the management team (34 % of VC firms with a woman partner versus 13 % of VC firms without a woman partner), according to Diana Report Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture Capital.

Why angel investors are much better aligned with entrepreneurs than traditional (big) Venture Capital funds.

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

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.

«Because the ecosystem has become more transparent you are always competing with other firms,» says Ross Fubini, a partner at Canaan, who adds startups are still likely to choose the best venture capital firm, rather than the highest valuation.

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.

It is a crucial American ally not only because Israel is the leading military power in the Middle East and a technological powerhouse with more venture capital investment than the whole of Europe (the instrumental dimension of Augustinian realism) but also because of the deep ties between the American founding and the Jewish religion and the strong bonds between Israelis and America's 6.4 million Jews (the moral dimension).

GFI reports that as their scientists investigate further, they have become more optimistic — because clean meat is so much more efficient than animal - based meat.102 One of their senior scientists, Dr. Liz Specht, has met with venture capital firms and other venture investors to present technology plans of specific clean meat companies and their pathways to commercialization.103 GFI further reports that, based partly on her analysis, many leading venture capital investors and firms have become much more interested in clean meat companies.

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Only 4 of the 30 venture capital funds with committed capital of more than $ 400 million delivered returns better than those available from a publicly traded small cap common stock index.