Subject: How Google's $400M VC Fund is Managed
From: "Katie Mouallek | Trusted Insight" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 15:29:45 +0000
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Hi Hunter,

Here's what's happening in Venture Capital
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Finance and Tech Entrepreneurs Make Move into Impact Investing Space

Big players like Bain Capital and Blackrock alongside entrepreneurs Marc Benioff and Marc Andreessen have stepped off the sidelines into the impact investing game, while other traditional investors still hesitant.
Watch (https://thetrustedinsight.com/webinars/728/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

The Challenge of Balancing Attractive Returns and Positive Effect (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/balancing-attractive-returns-with-positive-effect/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

Interview with Josh Cohen, Managing Partner, City Light Capital: "I think the seminal moment for me and my partners was probably 9/11. The market meltdown and global uncertainty post facto really was a call to action for our team. We thought about what the world would have said about us if we were in the buildings and didn’t think we had good enough answers." Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/balancing-attractive-returns-with-positive-effect/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

Is Over-exposure Hurting LP Gains? (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/is-over-exposure-hurting-lp-gains/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

"Limited partners in venture capital funds regularly fret over rising valuations, as once-mythical unicorns keep evolving into overgrown pigeons. But a related worry has yet to get much public attention: Over-exposure." Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/is-over-exposure-hurting-lp-gains/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

How Bill Maris Manages Google's $400M Venture Fund (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/how-bill-maris-manages-googles-400m-venture-fund/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

"When Google’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, decided to set up a venture-capital fund back in 2009, they chose a relatively little-known neuroscience graduate, entrepreneur, and biotechnology investor to run it."Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/how-bill-maris-manages-googles-400m-venture-fund/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

Chinese Drone Maker Sees $75M From Accel, Valued at $8B (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/chinese-drone-maker-raises-75m-from-accel-valued-at-8b/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

"The deal values DJI, which is based in Shenzen, China, at about $8 billion, according to one person briefed on the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity. It is one of Accel’s largest investments ever." Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/chinese-drone-maker-raises-75m-from-accel-valued-at-8b/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

Brazil's VC Investments Endure Despite Economic Slow Down (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/brazils-vc-investments-endure-despite-economic-slow-down/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

"The Prequin research group estimates that Brazil’s share of Latin American venture capital deals is on the rise, reaching 53 percent last year and expected to hit 67 percent in 2015." Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/brazils-vc-investments-endure-despite-economic-slow-down/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

Cloud Software Startup Zenefits Raises $500 Million at $4.5B Valuation (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/cloud-software-startup-zenefits-raises-500-million-at-45b-valuation/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

"The investment brings Zenefits’ total capital raised to north of $581 million and comes only two years into its life. Investment firms Fidelity Management and TPG led the round." Read more » (https://thetrustedinsight.com/news/show_news/cloud-software-startup-zenefits-raises-500-million-at-45b-valuation/?utm_source=GP+Trusted+Insight+Newsletters+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=52c4debd26-VC_to_GP_8_May_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cb5b02aee3-52c4debd26-325125525)

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