backer
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As the company surged in value and secured Nvidia as a backer, other miners quickly moved to follow its playbook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
And so you’d expect, given that the company is a major backer and promoter of artificial-intelligence and technology companies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Google’s roughly $75-million contribution in A24 is in line with other investments made into the studio in the past by other financial backers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Other backers include investment firms Liquid 2 and Critical Frontier, and AMP, a public-benefit corporation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
“They’re like company-specific AI labs,” with the ETFs holding shares of their partners or backers, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Roy’s backers include the Carpenters Council, hotel employee union Unite Here Local 11 and the Smart Justice California Action Fund, which backed prosecutor George Gascón during his race for L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Loomis had ninety ideas a minute,” one of their financial backers observed.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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