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Fund Investment Overview
The following represents existing ideas about the deployment of the first $250mm in an activist growth
fundfocused primarily on the disruptive intersection of technology and media
Company Specific Pipeline
Estimated
Equity
Company Sector Status Description
Investment
(S hi mm)
Purchase stake of existing investor in growing and
Vesta Corp Payment Solutions Active highly profitable micropayment processing 90 (N
company
Invest with consortium to take this public
ValueClick Ad network Exploratory SO
company private
Content Related, Ad Invest with consort) um to take this public
Yahoo Exploratory 50
Network company private
Selectively creating our own startups that would
Content Realted, Mobile,
benefit from the group's experience and industry
Incubator Co Search, Social Media, Exploratory 35
knowledge in terms of trends and market
Special Opportunity
opportunities
Social network game developer representing one
Upcoming round, of the internet's fastest growing companies. Long-
Zynga Video Games 35
Secondary market standing relationship with founders and
executives.
Ticket Factor Event Ticketing Active Capital raise for ticket factoring business 30
Franchise Potential to co-invest in a fund specializing in
Special Opportunity Active 25
Devco franchise financing
Invest in institutional round for this innovative,
Autumn Games Video Games Upcoming round 25
global video game publisher
Bump Angel investor in rapidly growing company
Mobile Upcoming round 12
Technologies specializing in mobile apps
Angel investor in this cutting-edge alternative
Blekko Search Upcoming round 12
search engine
Mobi le, Content Related,
Howcast Active Series B Investment in online video company 10
Ad Networks
Endgame P & A Potential to co-invest in a Promotional and
General M&E Active 10
Fund Advertising (P&A) fund for the film industry
Angel investor in this social, stock micro-blogging
StockTvnts Social Media Upcoming round 7
service
Financing for spin out of existing marketing
Marketing Co Special Opportunity Active company specializing in globally recognized 5
brands
Uncommon Funding for next generation publishing company
Content Related Active 5
Media focused on internet/mobile content
Total Pipeline 401
Median Investment Size 25
Avg Investment Size 27
(A) Investment could represent a large allocation percentage of the fund. However, we believe the attractiveness of the sector
and opportunity with the specific company warrant consideration of a large allocation.
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Sector Descriptions
Ad Networks — Advertisers are shifting rapidly from traditional media over to online, video and mobile.
In the first six months of 2010, they spent $627 million on video ads, up 31% from the same period in
2009, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Online and mobile advertising will continue to
proliferate as more advertising dollars are spent on the web, and as new technologies are developed to
deploy, target and track ads. We believe the investment opportunities in this sector are substantial.
Content Related - User engagement via the mobile Internet will increasingly be driven by firms that
succeed at making it easier to cope with the problem of exploding content (e.g. websites, services, Apps,
commerce, etc.). Opportunities in this arena will be both horizontal and vertical. As mainstream users
spend more time interacting with online media, monetization through advertising, direct marketing,
subscriptions & commerce will create a $100 billion-plus marketplace over the next 5-10 years. Video
content and related distribution platforms in particular present a wide range of opportunities. While
legal downloading of video only started in 2008, PWC estimates that by 2014, 15% of all TV viewing will
be Video on Demand. This will force media firms to develop new revenue models employing new
technologies as content is delivered via broadband (wired and wireless), to TVs, computers and mobile
devices.
Event & Ticketing - The market for mobile ticketing transactions will double by 2012 to an estimated
$100 billion worldwide, according to Juniper Research. The main drivers of this blistering growth are
travel, entertainment and sporting events. We believe firms developing new technologies and business
models in this sector can offer attractive returns for investors.
General M&E —This sector represents investments in more traditional business models in the media and
entertainment space. With our collective sector experience and expertise, we have superior access to
the best new and existing media and entertainment companies. Our team members are immersed in
the game-changing trends that are shaping the future of this still highly profitable sector.
Mobile - The mobile Internet is poised to vastly expand user engagement through a wide range of new
services. The breakout potential for new software applications & services is huge, especially in video
entertainment, gaming, shopping, health care, travel, education & location-based social networking.
Morgan Stanley predicts mobile Internet will grow to double the size of the desktop Internet in 6 years,
with accelerating array of monetization opportunities.
Payment Solutions — Almost overnight, digital goods have become a $16 billion-a-year business. The
micropayment industry supporting this new form of commerce will grow substantially as media
companies and traditional industries revamp their business models and mobile devices transform into
digital wallets. In 2009, PayPal alone processed $2 billion in micropayment transactions.
Social Media - The remarkable social media phenomenon continues to build, with estimated advertising
revenues for the sector expected to reach $3.3 billion in 2010 — up 31% from just a year ago. Shares of
Facebook trading on the secondary market indicate a company valuation of more than $30 billion. A
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large network of specialty and targeted social media sites will proliferate as this sector continues its
staggering growth.
Search - While Search continues to be one of the web's biggest growth categories — dominated by
Google — it remains an area of dynamic change and opportunity. Meanwhile, underlying technologies
continue to drive new use patterns. As hundreds of millions of users shift from PCs to mobile, their
activities and interests are creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs to redefine and reinvent the
search process. Our team's intimate involvement with many of the leading companies in every phase of
Search over the last 15 years means we will have access to some of the sector's best, new investment
opportunities going forward...opportunities such as Blekko.
Video Games - Americans bought an astonishing $21.33 billion worth of video game systems, software
& accessories in 2008. Video and computer games now outpace the movie industry in annual revenues.
Videogames are on pace to be the entertainment industry's fastest-growing segment over the next 3-5
years. The potential both for traditional game "publishers" and Internet-based gaming companies
remains vast and investment opportunities will be significant.
Special Opportunities — We will selectively take on special opportunities that will be symbiotic to the
core media/technology focus of the fund.
Status
Active — We are in active discussions with companies about current financing needs
Exploratory — Preliminary investment thesis for further exploration with leverage of fund in place
Upcoming round — We are in active discussions with the Company and are reviewing possible
participation in an upcoming equity financing round
Secondary market — As new media and online companies mature and achieve substantial valuations,
there is a growing market to purchase equity of founding members and employees in the secondary
market prior to anticipated IPOs
Longer-Term Capital Deployment Strategy (the next 12-24 months)
Our team has a wide network of top-line relationships spanning the worlds of business, technology,
academia, philanthropy and government. This, combined with our innovative approach of forming
strategic investment partnerships with leading firms in fast-growth sectors, positions us to deploy
capital efficiently and profitably over the next 24 months. Our approach, along with the team's
extensive management and turnaround experience, will enable us to maximize returns and minimize
risks going forward.
A partial listing of the strategic relationships/networks that we will leverage in our investment work
includes:
• Jerry Yang & David Filo (Yahoo!)
• Pierre Omidyar & Meg Whitman (eBay)
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• Marc Andreessen (Netscape, Andreessen Horowitz)
• Steve Case (AOL, Revolution)
• Eric Schmidt (Google)
• Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)
• Marc Pincus (Zynga)
• John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins)
• Mike Moritz (Sequoia)
• Danny Rimer (Index)
• Ron Conway (SV Angel)
• Josh Koppelman (First Round)
• Donald Graham (Washington Post, Kaplan Inc.)
• Hank Greenberg (CV Starr)
• David Rockefeller
• Mort Zuckerman (Boston Properties)
• James Tisch (Loews Corp.)
• Ken Langone (Home Depot)
• Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg LP, City of New York)
• Dick Parsons (CitiGroup)
• Randi Weingarten (American Federation of Teachers)
• Benno Schmidt (Yale University)
• Rudy Giuliani (Bracewell & Giuliani)
• Vernon Jordan (Akin Gump)
• Ken Feinberg (Feinberg Rozen & Obama Admin)
• Robert Morgenthau (Wachtel Lipton)
• Katherine Lapp (Harvard University)
• Bruce Ratner (Forest City Ratner)
• David Boies (Boies Schiller)
• Stephen Berger (Odyssey Partners)
• Chris Flowers (JC Flowers & Co.)
• John Catsimatidis (Red Apple Group)
• Bruce Gelb (Bristol Myers)
• Roger Hertog (Alliance•Bernstein)
• William Bratton (Altegrity)
• Randy Levine (NY Yankees)
• Carl Icahn
• Michael Benavente (Gucci USA)
• Carl Schramm (Kauffman Foundation)
• Florence Davis (Starr Foundation)
• Matthew Goldstein (City University of NY)
• John Sexton (NYU)
• Jerry Speyer (Tisman Speyer)
• Gerald McEntee (AFSCME)
• Bruce Reed & Al From (Democratic Leadership Council)
• Companies: Microsoft, Apple, RIMM, Nokia, Motorola, Twitter, Rediff (India), Reuters, New York
Times, Comcast, TimeWarner.
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