There is political and religious backing for the venture among the beleaguered Sunni minority -- which dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein -- particularly those who live in Shiite-dominated parts of the country.
It nevertheless encountered difficulty in finding financial backing for its venture into a mostly unsettled wilderness until the Philadelphia banker Jay Cooke undertook to raise $100,000,000.
The filmmakers say that they could probably have lured recognized actors just as they could have gotten backing for their venture.
Chuck Lacy, former president of Ben & Jerry's and now the head of the Barred Rock Fund, an investment group that supports sustainable agriculture initiatives, was one of the first people Murphy went to for backing for his venture.
Caradog James and John Giwa-Amu of Red and Black Films will be using the networking event, which usually attracts 400 companies from across the world, to try to fix international backing for their latest venture The Tunnel.
I lost the financial backing for a business venture and felt a failure in every role -- mother, girlfriend, businesswoman.
The idea is to form a financial alliance that might give Creative Artists backing for new ventures, whether in sports, video games or the sort of investment activities it has fostered through Evolution Media Capital, a satellite that represented the Weinstein-Burkle bid for Miramax.
The only way a company like this can reach scale is with the financial backing of for-profit venture investments.
Food Fortunes In the premiere of this new unscripted series, entrepreneurs seek backing for their culinary ventures, including an all-natural toffee, a gelato shop that turns ice cream into spaghetti; a device to help carry grocery bags; a new spring water that's black; and a grab-and-go breakfast line.
In the 1990s, venture capitalists saw a parade of celebrities make their way to Sand Hill Road seeking backing for their online ventures.
As well as Blood's two failed attempts to seek backing for major business ventures from Lewis, some minority investors in M&B are concerned about how he came to be selected as a director.
