Archive for the ‘Fund’ Category

September 18th, 2011

GREEN ENERGY PR

For companies of the environmentally friendly persuasion, it's tempting to want to shout about those efforts from the rooftops in hopes of attracting positive attention. That can be a great move – as long as it's done correctly. Green energy PR is a specialty honed by many communication professionals who are well-equipped to help your business make the most of your environmental friendliness initiatives. Some of those professionals have made a career out of green energy PR, while others have worked for organizations that inadvertently helped them develop the specialty because of in-house environmental friendliness initiatives. Lots of interesting sustainable energy projects are going on around the world right now. In New York, for example, there's work being done to reach the goal of having 30 percent of all energy used statewide come from renewable sources. All over the country, schools are switching to more environmentally friendly bulbs and reworking policies to ensure that lights are turned off when they're not being used. Schools with the resources to do so are even installing the kind of lights that switch off automatically when motion sensors don't detect anyone in the room. Green roofing is also becoming more and more popular, especially on ...
July 10th, 2011

A GREEN TEA ANTIOXIDANT PREVENTS SKIN CANCER

A green tea antioxidant that prevents skin cancer is the result of scientific research into the polyphenols of Camellia sinensis.?A polyphenol is a compound that is a metabolite of a plant and it just so happens that green tea antioxidants are in fact polyphenols.The main polyphenol that is responsible for providing protection to the skin against the UV radiation that comes from the sun is called epigallocatechin-3-gallate.?It therefore is able to shield you against skin damage and skin cancer.Skin cancer is not the only thing that green tea antioxidants can defend you against.?Another really common form of cancer among women is breast cancer and again research has shown that the green tea antioxidant can be beneficial in reducing the risk of breast cancer.The research has also shown that another advantageous area in which green tea can help is protection from colon, gastric and prostate cancers.?It is very powerful and very useful to our bodies in helping us not to contract those nasty conditions.A lot of people like to drink as cup of green tea daily which is fine however I know people that hate the taste of it and therefore need to take green tea as an extract instead.I was ...
July 9th, 2011

WHAT IS VENTURE CAPITAL? WHAT IS CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK FUNDING AND FINANCING?

What is venture capital?Venture capitalists provide venture capital to startup, high growth companies usually with a prospect of achieving an IPO within a number of years (e.g., 3-5 years). Venture capitalists generally invest in the form of funds that are privately held limited partnerships (LP).A venture capital fund is a substantial pooled investment. It may consist of institutional investors such as pensions funds, endowment funds, insurance companies, foundations and corporations. Wealthy individuals may also participate in a venture capital fund. In a Series A financing, it is not unusual for a venture capitalist to invest into a company with capital from more than one fund.What is a Series A round or Series A financing?A Series A round or Series A financing refers to the a round of venture capital or private equity investment where certain investors (e.g., private equity funds and/or individuals) invest in a company by injecting capital, and the company issues certain (convertible preferred) shares (known as Series A shares) to the investors in return.A second round of financing is called Series B financing, and a third round is called Series C financing, and so on.What are Series A convertible preferred shares?Series A - Shares issued in a ...