It was designed as a tax efficient way for parents to save, without the government kick-starting the pot with seed money - as it did with with the previous scheme, the Child Trust Fund.
She did it by being as resourceful and imaginative as the entrepreneurs she backs--raising seed money, living on no salary, dealing with repeated rejection, surviving the loss of two initial partners.
's efforts will focus on providing seed money to start-ups working on new technologies in the education arena.
Manganello, who oversees an internal venture capital fund that provides engineers with seed money to chase their half-baked ideas.
We used the Recovery Act to provide seed money that sparked private investment -- private investment in new industries like solar and wind, advanced batteries, high-efficiency lighting, high-speed rail.
Facebook with early seed money, earning him a one-third stake.
But the question is whether or not the seed money will flow into the non high-tech areas.
Chesapeake Energy (nyse: CHK - news - people ) boss Aubrey McClendon provided much of the seed money for the foundation, and serves as its chairman.
For example, today the Rockefeller Foundation announced it will provide seed money for a new RE.invest initiative, a public-private partnership that will help selected cities to leverage private financing for sustainable storm water and sewer systems.
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For example, last week the Rockefeller Foundation announced it will provide seed money for a new RE.invest initiative, a public-private partnership that will help up to eight cities leverage private financing for sustainable storm water and sewer systems.
Paul Singh, a partner at the seed stage firm 500-Startups, effectively articulates the market forces driving this investment strategy in his Money Ball presentation.
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All of this is "democratizing entrepreneurship" for hardware makers, said Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList, a website where young companies can apply to seek "seed" money.
Sibblingz is a five-person startup founded last year in May, with a few hundred thousand dollars in seed money.
The biggest firms now have so much money to manage that they are turning some investors away, and doing less early-stage seed investing.
Started with seed money from sponsors, APAC has 190 registered members, a full volunteer executive board, its first full-time hire, and is on track towards financial sustainability.
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