Subject: Dirt Flies as Kleiner Perkins Trial Proceeds
From: "Katie Mouallek | Trusted Insight" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:01:08 +0000
List-Id: 77a3cd097df7557022fbc4906mc list <77a3cd097df7557022fbc4906.724697.list-id.mcsv.net>

Hi Hunter,

Here's what's happening in Venture Capital
https://thetrustedinsight.com/webinars/649/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525

What is Snapchat and is it worth $19B?

An overview of the app that could now be worth $19B.
Watch (https://thetrustedinsight.com/webinars/649/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

Dirt Flies as Kleiner Perkins Trial Proceeds (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/silicon-valley-dirt-flies-as-kleiner-perkins-trial-proceeds/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

A jury will pass judgement on Silicon Valley in the trial that is said to last four weeks. Ellen Pao seeks $16M in damages and lost wages, Kleiner Perkins continues to deny claims of exclusion, harassment, and unequal compensation. Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/silicon-valley-dirt-flies-as-kleiner-perkins-trial-proceeds/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

Xiaomi Founder Raises $160M VC Fund (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/xiaomi-founder-raises-160m-vc-fund/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

The round gives Shunwei Capital, co-founded by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s chief executive Jun Lei, a total of $910M under management. The firm has existing investments in both early and growth stage startups. Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/xiaomi-founder-raises-160m-vc-fund/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

Austin Ventures Has Raised Final Fund (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/austin-ventures-has-raised-final-fund/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

"Austin Ventures has formally decided to stop being… well, a venture capital firm. Instead, some of its general partners will head out to raise a mid-market buyout fund, while another plans to launch his own early-stage “pledge fund,” which will include another general partner as an investor" Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/austin-ventures-has-raised-final-fund/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

Cloud Communications Startup, Twilio, Ready for an IPO (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/cloud-communications-startup-twilio-ready-for-an-ipo/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

The company has reached a revenue run rate of $100M placing them in a strong position financially, though no official IPO date has been set. Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/cloud-communications-startup-twilio-ready-for-an-ipo/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

"Silicon Valley Bets on European Money-Transfer Companies" (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/silicon-valley-bets-on-european-money-transfer-companies/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

"London-based WorldRemit plans to announce on Wednesday it has raised $100 million in funding from investors including Silicon Valley-based Technology Crossover Ventures...the investment marks the third-largest round of funding for a European financial-services startup in the last year" Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/silicon-valley-bets-on-european-money-transfer-companies/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

Accel India and Blume Ventures Backed TaxiForSure to Merge with Matrix Backed Ola (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/accel-india-backed-taxiforsure-to-merge-with-matrix-backed-ola/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

"The deal is being signed at about $200 million in mostly stock-swap with a swapping ratio of about one Ola share for seven TaxiForSure shares," an investor in TaxiForSure said Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/accel-india-backed-taxiforsure-to-merge-with-matrix-backed-ola/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3cf2569acf-VC_to_GP_23_February_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-3cf2569acf-325125525)

Copyright © 2015 Trusted Insight, All rights reserved.

Trusted Insight · 336 W. 37th Street · Suite 1160 · New York, NY 10018 · USA

Terms (#) | Privacy (#) | Unsubscribe (http://thetrustedinsight.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=77a3cd097df7557022fbc4906&id=cb5b02aee3&e=563f3285d7&c=3cf2569ac