backer

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Run-A-Muck has also raised $10 million in a seed round led by Atreides Management, the investment firm founded by early SpaceX backer Gavin Baker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Saudi Arabia, which supports the government, and the United Arab Emirates, the RSF’s top backer, have both become re-export hubs for gum, processing it into goods exported to Asia and Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Farage has said he was under "no obligation" to declare the gift from billionaire Reform backer Christopher Harborne because it had been given before he was an MP.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Inspire could also be targeting a hefty market capitalization as well; private-equity backer Roark Capital has sought a valuation of around $20 billion, according to CNBC.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik