Sentence examples for activity venture from inspiring English sources

For gentler activity, venture to the Valley of Butterflies in Petaloudes (€3), to follow paths past streams, pools and dancing butterflies.

Delivered in conjunction with Neil Doherty, a Barrow football legend who now runs an adventure activity venture, and overseen by recently retired head teacher Jill Byrne whose school was judged outstanding at four consecutive inspections, we are asking for big contributions from local businesses.

If Google and others slow acquisition activity, venture dollars will dry up too.

According to an October 2009 report by Clean Edge, a West Coast research group, clean tech has benefited greatly from infusions of federal government stimulus money, state activity, venture capital investment and moves by traditional industrial corporations and utilities to improve their efficiency, cut pollution and bolster renewable energy.

He also cites the desire for "direct engagement in charitable activities, venture philanthropy and an interest in maintaining a greater sense of philanthropic or family legacy" as the top motivations for establishing a private foundation.

Since then, West Berlin students have carried out other Scarlet Pimpernel activities — ventures that have come to light only, as a rule, after being discovered by East German security officials.

"The rate of change in activity in venture capital has been larger in Austin than probably anywhere else in the country," Thornton told me.

WHAT compels actors whose work is customarily an ensemble or collective activity to venture out onto an empty stage and face an audience quite alone, and often with material personal and personally devised?

They describe their activities as "venture philanthropy," modeled on their business experiences, and some promote the concept of "e-philanthropy," which involves finding ways to make charitable giving easier.

Charitable activities and venture capital investing have been a mainstay for some Indian business families like the Tatas and for technology entrepreneurs like Aziz Premji of Wipro, the Bangalore outsourcing firm.

On the back of that activity, Index Ventures raised a new fund of $550 million this year, while Balderton Capital raised $305M earlier this year.