Epstein Secrets

r, the pool of talent abroad is deep — interestingly, many of the top founders in Silicon Valley are immigrants or children of immigrants, including Max Levchin (PayPal), Larry Page, Sergei Brim (Google), and Elon Musk (Testa, SpaceX). By investing abroad ahead of an entrepreneur's or company's arrival in t

ntly outperformed common public market index references, such as the S&P 500.' Of the five major portfolio companies in Valar Fund 1, two (Xero and TransferWise) have already achieved valuations close to or in excess of a billion dollars. B. Team Dynamic & Experience The Founding Partners have a long, vari

of the world has become a much more fertile place for start-ups as the success of companies like Skype, Spotify, Zendesk, Atlassian, Shopify, Xero, TransferWise, Klama, HootSuite and others demonstrate. Moreover, the pool of talent abroad is deep — interestingly, many of the top founders in Silicon Valley ar

erWise • N26 al6z IVP Accel Matrix Capital (f)breather STASH Horizons Battery Menlo Google Ventures kalo Coatue Jim Breyer SciFi VC (Max Levchin) VALAR I 14 EFTA00810252 Investment Discipline VL AP EFTA00810253 Strict Investment Discipline All investments must pass 3 key tests: TE

y Valuation at Time of Exit: $2.0B Other Key Investors: Accel, Matrix Capital, Fidelity, Blackstone, TCV VALAR I EFTA00810262 /7TransferWise TransferWise is a peer-to-peer currency exchange service that brings institutional pricing to retail customers by coordinating transfer needs within countries

2,500,000 0 Kalo (Seed) Kalo (Seed Extension) Kalo (Series A) Kalo (A-2) ■ Valar Cost Basis ■ Valar Current FMV VALAR I EFTA00810282 '7 TransferWise Finally, while only 24% of our current Transferwise profits are attributable to follow-on investments in the company, those additional investmen

Partners entry into venture capital and directly yielded some of the firm's best investments to date, including Transferwise (an introduction from Max Levchin), Stash Invest (an introduction through Andrew's San Francisco network) and Octane Lending (an introduction from James' former colleagues at Skadde

references, such as the S&P 500.1 Out of a total 15 portfolio companies where Valar has invested at least $5 million since inception, two (Xero and TransferWise) have already achieved valuations in excess of a billion dollars and three (Breather, N26 and Stash) have already achieved valuations in excess of