Subject: Which VC Firms Invest Early in Tech's Unicorns?
From: "Katie Mouallek | Trusted Insight" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:30:02 +0000
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Hi Hunter,

Here's what's happening in Venture Capital
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Alibaba Plans $316M for Taiwan Startup Fund

The announcement follows the February introduction of a $129 million fund for Hong Kong startups, and comes on the same day that Taiwan ordered Alibaba to stop doing business in the country within six months.
Watch (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/webinars/655/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

SEC Charges Fraudulent VC Fund Manager with Ponzi-like Scheme (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/sec-charges-fraudulent-vc-fund-manager-with-ponzi-like-scheme/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

"Operating in a Ponzi-like fashion, Gregory Gray Jr. and his firms, Archipel Capital LLC and BIM Management LP, have allegedly defrauded a number of investors who were supposedly purchasing Twitter and Uber shares." Read more » (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/sec-charges-fraudulent-vc-fund-manager-with-ponzi-like-scheme/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

Airbnb Raising a Monster Round at $20B Valuation (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/airbnb-is-raising-a-monster-round-at-a-20b-valuation/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

"The company is believed to be in the process of raising a war chest of close to $1 billion — with about half of that secured. We’ve heard that Airbnb has been courted by investors out of Asia, as well as larger private-equity groups. We’ve not been able to confirm the exact names yet." Read more » (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/airbnb-is-raising-a-monster-round-at-a-20b-valuation/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

SpaceTech: "Venture Capital’s Final Frontier" (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/spacetech-venture-capitals-final-frontier/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

"Venture-backed companies like SpaceX, Skybox, Planet Labs,and O3B disrupt the aerospace industry with faster, cheaper, better products. Unencumbered by government bureaucracy, this new breed of enterprise can move quickly, attract the best talent with equity ownership, and take calculated design risks that government contractors cannot afford to" Read more » (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/spacetech-venture-capitals-final-frontier/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

PacWest to Acquire Square 1 Financial (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/pacwest-to-acquire-square-1-financial/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

"PacWest Bancorp and Square 1 Financial, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of merger whereby PacWest will acquire Square 1 in a transaction valued at approximately $849 million. The Square 1 lending operations will continue to do business under the name Square 1 as a division of Pacific Western Bank." Read more » (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/pacwest-to-acquire-square-1-financial/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

Which VC Firms Invest Early in Tech's Unicorns? (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/which-vc-firms-invest-early-in-techs-unicorns/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

"The US billion dollar valuation club currently has 53 companies in it. If these companies all deliver upon their lofty valuations, which investors stand to gain the most?" Read more » (https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/which-vc-firms-invest-early-in-techs-unicorns/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=d198988637-VC_to_GP_2_March_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-d198988637-325125525)

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