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low-ons Cost basis by sector: • Fintech • Software • Marketplaces • Other Cost basis by geography: • US & Canada • Europe • Australia/New Zealand • Other VALAR EFTA00810242 Results Fund Inception Capital Commitments Current FMV Gross/Net Multiples Gross/Net IRRs DPI % of Fund

0254 "IVIAVERICK" EFTA00810255 Great tech companies are being started in lots of lUir-'114ft places. Our New York base allows us to: • Avoid Silicon Valley bias • Identify and work with companies anywhere — from SF to Berlin — at a much earlier stage than Bay Area firms. • Compare opportunities across

eter, and ultimately spinning out as a stand-alone strategy with significant capital commitments from outside investors: 2010: Valar Ventures LP, a New Zealand partnership (the "New Zealand Fund), made Valar's if rst investments in New Zealand. Approximately 40% of the capital commitments to the New Zealan

tners and available talent at all stages of the company's lifecycle. Valar believes that, in the Western World, these dynamics are most prevalent in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Berlin and Paris, and to a lesser extent, in the smaller cities that feed into the larger tech hubs (e.g., Provo, Boulder, Portl

00144feabdc0.html#axzzlNAtRLmxP>) Vietnam inflation surges 19.78% in May (highest in Asia) (adding pressure on officials to raise rates further) New Zealand company executives raises inflation expectations to the highest in almost 3 years (NZD +0.95%) Leading European Sectors: Autos/Parts +1.47%, Chemic

h (NY), MS Cloud Computing (NY), Wells Consumer (Las Vegas) Conferences: Stephens Spring Investmen (NY), UBS Global Specialty Pharma (London), BMO Silicon Valley Conferences: Citi Global Consumer (NY), UBS Oil & Gas (Austin), Barclays Communications/Media & Tech (NY) Analyst/Investor Days: CKSW, EP, HRC, BA

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as Vegas), Think Equity Healthcare (NY), GS Basic Materials Conferences: Stephens Spring Investmen (NY), UBS Global Specialty Pharma (London), BMO Silicon Valley, Wolfe Transportation (NY) Conferences: Citi Global Consumer (NY), UBS Oil & Gas (Austin), Barclays Communications/Media & Tech (NY), Macquarie Glo

• Secretary Blinken meets with young alumni of U.S. exchange programs in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 1:20 PM. • Secretary Blinken meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 1:40 PM. • Secretary Blinken meets with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Ma

Battered City • Around the World in 235 Days • Colleges Face Major Change as Humanities Fall, Tech Rises • Al's Potential for Mayhem Is Polarizing Silicon Valley Financial Times • Jay Powell Says Rates 'May Not Need to Rise as Much' Due to Bank Stress • Biden Urges Republicans to Ditch 'Extreme' Stance as D

f the evening's honorees — the singer responded, 'Maybe when you stop enabling Donald Trump.- Five dead, several injured after volcanic eruption on New Zealand island THE NEW WORLD ORDER: -- At least five people died and many more remain unaccounted for after a volcano erupted on an island off the coast o

Hill). ... The leaders of the tech industry's most prominent advocacy groups in Washington are increasingly female, a trend some hope to see spread Silicon Valley tech companies that are still male-dominated (The Hill). —> Minimum wage: The pending Raise the Wage Act sponsored by congressional Democrats woul

ieved enormous success in World War II in using computers to crack the German Enigma cipher. This alliance expanded to include Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the so- called Five Eyes Alliance. Because over 80 percent of international phone calls and Internet traffic passed through fiber-optic cables in

d tools for cyber espionage were superior to those of China or any other adversary nation. For example, inves- tigators from FireEye, a well-regarded Silicon Valley security firm, found that in 2007 Russian hackers had developed a highly sophis- ticated virus that could bypass the security measures of the servers

d War II had achieved enormous success in using computers to crack the German Enigma cipher. This alliance expanded to include Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, in the so-called Five Eyes Alliance. Since over 80 percent of international phone calls and Internet traffic passed through fiber-optic cables in th

ted tools for cyber-espionage were superior to those of China or any other adversary nation. For example, investigators from FireEye, a well-regarded Silicon Valley security firm, found that in 2007, Russian hackers had developed a highly- sophisticated virus that could bypass the security measures of the servers

fore dawn to make calls to the United Kingdom, handle the U.S. during the normal 9-5 day, and then work until near midnight making calls to Japan and New Zealand. I was stuck on a runaway freight train with no brakes, shoveling coal into the furnace for lack of a better option. Faced with certain burnout or gi

ustees in November. A self- described “naturally shy kid,’ Marrinan said he would never have dared to randomly e-mail two of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley if it weren’t for Tim Ferriss, who offered a guest lecture in HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013832 Professor Ed Zschau’s “High-Tech Entrepreneurship” class. Ferr

own virtual law practice and then joined forces with my old boss. My U.S. number rings through to me wherever I am in the world (originally I’m from New Zealand so I travel back there a lot, too), and all my U.S. mail is delivered to Market Street, San Francisco, and scanned so I can view it online. If I need

plan on vacationing a LOT more than I will be working. — MARK CAFIERO, Photographer HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014020 VIRTUAL LAW I used to work at a large Silicon Valley law firm, but one day I woke up and decided that I wanted to travel for a year and learn a foreign language. Six weeks later I was living in Cali, Co