backer
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SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Enterprise software company Salesforce is the only new backer in the transaction, with the remaining capital coming from prior investors, including Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer Venture Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
According to Gryseels, the fund’s backers include family offices, as well as corporate and strategic investors from Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Private-equity firm Blackstone was one of Bumble’s early backers and bought a majority stake in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The company's backers include Nvidia and major investment firms Blackstone and Jane Street.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Citing documents shared with OpenAI's financial backers, the FT said the company put its annualized revenue at close to $50 billion as of the end of September.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
