EFTA00810239.pdf
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EFTA00810239
Valar Ventures
Formed in 2010
Spun out of Thiel Capital in 2013
Based in New York City
Raising Fund 4, targeting $100M-$150M
Anticipated closing December 2017
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We invest in high margin, fast
growing technology companies
that are pursuing huge market
opportunities.
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Stage Sector Geography
We lead Series A and Series B We focus on high-margin businesses The majority of our companies are
investments (valuations between operating in massive addressable based in the United States and Europe.
$20M - $100M). markets.
We keep significant reserves to Examples: Fintech, Software,
follow-on in our best companies. Marketplaces
Cost basis by stage:
•
•
Q 0 Series A
Series B
Cost basis by sector:
•
•
Fintech
Software
Cost basis by geography:
•
•
Q US & Canada
Europe
• Seed • Marketplaces • Australia/New Zealand
• Later follow-ons • Other • Other
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Results
% of Fund
Capital Current Gross/Net Gross/Net Invested/
Fund Inception Commitments FMV Multiples IRRs DPI Reserved
Fund 1 Oct 2010 $100.0M $411.8M 4.3x/ 3.4x 43.7% / 36.3% 1.2x 100%
Fund 2 Jan 2015 $102.3M $139.5M 1.6x / 1.3x 36.2% / 27.9% N/A 100%
Fund 3 Jul 2016 $103.9M $94.8M 1.4x / 1.3x 208.5% / 146.8% N/A 90%
As used throughout this presentation, "Fund I" refers to all funds and investment vehicles managed by Valar Ventures Management LLC prior to the formation of Valar Global Fund 2, on an aggregate
basis. "Fund 2" refers to Valar Global Fund 2 LP and Valar Global Principals Fund 2 LP, on an aggregate basis, and "Fund 3" refers to Valar Global Fund 3 LP and Valar Global Principals Fund 3 LP, on
an aggregate basis. All figures presented are unaudited estimates in USD as of 6/30/2017, including signed deals that are expected to close in Q3. Gross figures do not include the impact of fees, expenses
and carry, and net figures are calculated by reducing gross investment profits by a flat 25% for hypothetical management fees, expenses, and carry.
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Why is
our strategy
working?
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Portfolio
Construction
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$250,000,000
$187,500,000
We've kept
our funds small. $125,000,000
$102M $104M
$ 100M
The first funds raised by Union Square
Ventures, Founders Fund, FirstMark, IA $62,500,000
Ventures and Foundry Group had average
capital commitments of $129M. These
funds were among the best performing
early-stage funds of the last decade.
$o
Fund 1 Fund 2 Fund 3
(October 2010) (January 2015) (July 2016)
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The 2 best performing The 3 best performing 3 major investments in
companies in Fund 1 companies in Fund 2 Fund 3 have received
$125,000,000 received 54% of the received 52% of the 42% of the Fund's
Fund's capital. Fund's capital. capital commitments,
with 25% still reserved
for follow-ons.
$93,750,000
STASH
We believe in
1gOctane
concentration. $62,500,000
Only 6-8 core investments in each fund,
with 50%+ of each fund invested in the $31,250,000
best 2-3 companies.
Fund 1 Fund 2 Fund 3
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We follow-on heavily in our winners.
Fund 1 Fund 2
$500,000,000 $160,000,000
$375,000,000 $120,000,000
$250,000,000
$125,000,000
(
7 separate investments into
2 companies account for
99% of Fund l's current
profits.
$80,000,000
$40,000,000
1 10 separate investments into
3 companies account for 92%
of Fund 2's current profits.
• Breather
I •
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Transferwise
Xero
Other Investments
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Kalo
Other Investments
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Cost Basis Current FMV • Fees/Expenses Cost Basis Current FMV • Fees/Expenses
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High Concentration + Aggressive Follow-Ons + Small Funds =
Any single company can return a fund multiple times over.
Required Exit
Fund Current Current Contribution
Valuation to
Fund 1 Ownership
Return the Fund
Valuation to Fund Multiple
0 6.7% $1.5B $2.0B 1.3x
7TransferWise 15.2% $651M $1.7B 2.6x
Fund 2
©breather 16.8% $609M $252M 0.4x
N 26 13.5% $758M $302M 0.4x
kalo 23.5% $435M $70M 0.2x
Fund 3
STASH 18.4% $565M $253M 0.4x
Octane 16.2% $642M $83M 0.1x
x qonto 22.2% $468M $48M 0.1x
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Sources of Deal Flow:
VALAR / THIEL NETWORK
"TransferWise
STASH
kalo
Octane
CO:'A
Pre-
Investment:
LOCAL FUNDS
x qonto
granify
to
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EyeEm
Our network and brand generate
high quality Deal Flow and Access.
IN-HOUSE RESEARCH
® breather
N26
Jetty
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Sources of Deal Flow: Follow-On Investors:
\ \EAR NETWORK qTransferWise al6z
IVP
"TransferWise
STASH
kalo
Octane
• Accel
Matrix Capital
CO'fik
Post- N26 Horizons
Battery
Investment:
LOCAL FUNDS
qonto
granify
VALAR (f)breather
EyeEm Menlo
Our network and brand help provide Google Ventures
a Bridge to Growth Capital.
STASH Coatue
Jim Breyer
IN-11OLSE RESEARC11 kalo SciFi VC
®breather (Max Levchin)
N26
Jetty
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Investment
Discipline
VL AP
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Strict Investment Discipline
All investments must pass 3 key tests:
TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST 3
Total
Addressable
Team Traction
Market
(TAM)
Most investment opportunities fail the TAM test
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"IVIAVERICK"
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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 geographies.
We are only looking for global winners but we
don't presume they will all be in California.
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,
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We operate like a
highly-focused
"Special Ops" team,
purpose-built to
outflank other VCs
Our team is deliberately small: Andrew and
James are the Investment Committee and meet
the companies together. There are no "Monday
morning meetings" or partner politics. We can
make decisions in real time. We also sit on the
boards together, eliminating horse trading over
remaining reserves in follow-on rounds.
RESULT: We are solely returns focused and can
move faster than anyone else in the business.
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Founding
Partners
James Fitzgerald
Skadden, Clarium, Thiel Capital
Andrew McCormack
Yahoo!, PayPal, Clarium, Thiel Capital
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Fund 4 Terms
Raising: $100M-$150M
Management Fee: 2.5%/year (subject to step-down)
Carry: 20% scaling to 25%/30% at 3x/6x net to investors
Fund Life: 10 years
Investment Period: 5 years
Minimum Investor Commitment: $5M
Due Date for Executed Sub Docs: Dec. 2017 (Jan. 2018 vintage fund)
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Appendix
o o 10 ompanies
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Xero is a leading cloud-based
accounting software provider
with over 1 million SMB Headquarters: Auckland
customers across the globe. Valar Cost Basis: $31.4M
Xero is listed on both the NZX
Current FMV: $124.3
and ASX under the ticker
symbol XRO. Gross Multiple: 4.0x
Date of Initial Investment: October 2010
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $98.8M
Company Valuation at Time of Exit: $2.0B
Other Key Investors: Accel, Matrix Capital, Fidelity, Blackstone, TCV
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/7TransferWise
TransferWise is a peer-to-peer
currency exchange service that
brings institutional pricing to Headquarters: London
retail customers by coordinating Valar Cost Basis: $22.2M
transfer needs within countries.
Current FMV: $252.7M
Gross Multiple: 11.4x
Date of Initial Investment: January 2013
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $20M
Current Company Valuation: $1.7B
Other Key Investors: IA Ventures, Andreessen-Horowitz, IVP
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*breather
Breather operates a network of
private, professional meeting
rooms designed for work, Headquarters: New York City & Montreal
meetings and to focus. Valar Cost Basis: $25.5M
Current FMV: $42.3M
Gross Multiple: 1.7x
Date of Initial Investment: September 2015
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $80.0M
Current Company Valuation: $252.1M
Other Key Investors: RRE, Menlo Ventures, Google Ventures
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N26
N26 is a new European bank
focused on building an
innovative mobile-first banking Headquarters: Berlin
experience. Valar Cost Basis: $14.9M
Current FMV: $40.6M
Gross Multiple: 2.7x
Date of Initial Investment: April 2015
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: €38M
Current Company Valuation: €265M
Other Key Investors Earlybird, Horizons Ventures, Battery Ventures
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kalo
Businesses increasingly rely on
external workforces of
freelancers and contractors, Headquarters: London & San Francisco
often without an effective way Valar Cost Basis: $12.4M
to keep track of them. Kalo
Current FMV: $16.5
(formerly Lystable) provides an
elegant platform to simplify Gross Multiple: 1.3x
every step of these workers — Date of Initial Investment: May 2015
from onboarding to internal
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $7.5M
reviews to payment.
Current Company Valuation: $70M
Other Key Investors: Kindred, Goldcrest, SciFi VC (Max Levchin)
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EyeEm
EyeEm is a marketplace for
commercial photography. The
company's highly engaged user Headquarters: Berlin
base and machine-curated Valar Cost Basis: $10.4M
image library provide a more
Current FMV: $11.1M (change due to FX)
valuable sourcing channel for
commercial clients than Gross Multiple: 1.1x
traditional stock photography Date of Initial Investment: April 2015
databases.
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: €44.0M
Current Company Valuation: €55.8M
Other Key Investors: Earlybird Capital, Wellington Partners
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Even
Even is a financial app that
ensures hourly workers always
get at least their average pay. Headquarters: Oakland
By offering consistency, Even Valar Cost Basis: $4.5M
helps its customers save more
Current FMV: $4.5M
and avoid expensive payday
lenders. Gross Multiple: 1.0x
Date of Initial Investment: March 2016
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $28M
Current Company Valuation: $37M
Other Key Investors: Khosla Ventures, BoxGroup, Allen & Company
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granify
Granify maximizes revenue for
online retailers by identifying
shoppers that aren't going to Headquarters: Edmonton & Austin
buy and changing their mind Valar Cost Basis: $7.5M
while they're still on the site
Current FMV: $8.7M
by harnessing the power of real-
time data analytics and machine Gross Multiple: 1.2x
learning. Date of Initial Investment: May 2015
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $5M
Current Company Valuation: $32M
Other Key Investors: iNovia Capital, BDC
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TRADEIT TM
Tradelt facilitates quick and
secure online stock trading
through any website or app. Headquarters: New York City
Valar Cost Basis: $3.7M
Current FMV: $4.6M
Gross Multiple: 1.2x
Date of Initial Investment: April 2015
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $3.2M
Current Company Valuation: $23M
Other Key Investors: Citi Ventures, Sandy Robertson, Point72
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homie
Homie is a peer-to-peer
marketplace that is
disintermediating the real estate Headquarters: Salt Lake City
brokerage commission model. Valar Cost Basis: $2.8M
By leveraging technology and
Current FMV: $2.8M
taking the transaction process
online, Homie makes FSBO a Gross Multiple: 1.0x
real option for sellers and saves Date of Initial Investment: March 2016
home buyers thousands of
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $15.9M
dollars.
Current Company Valuation: $18.5M
Other Key Investors: Peak Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
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STASH
Stash is a community for people
who want to start investing and
who don't want to rely on a Headquarters: New York City
black box service to do it for Valar Cost Basis: $22.1M
them. Starting with as little as
Current FMV: $48.3M
$5, Stash investors build a
portfolio of investments that Gross Multiple: 2.2x
aligns with their interests, Date of Initial Investment: January 2016
beliefs and goals.
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $12.0M
Current Company Valuation: $252.6M
Other Key Investors: Coatue Management, Goodwater, Jim Breyer
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Octane
Octane Lending is a technology-
enabled lender focused on
secured consumer lending Headquarters: New York City
markets starting with Valar Cost Basis: $13.2M
powersports.
Current FMV: $13.5M
Gross Multiple: 1.0x
Date of Initial Investment: April 2017
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $68.0M
Current Company Valuation: $83.1M
Other Key Investors: IA Ventures, Contour Ventures, Third Prime Capital
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x qonto
Qonto is a next generation bank
for entrepreneurs, SMEs and
startups, providing an online Headquarters: Paris
service that allows businesses to Valar Cost Basis: $8.4M
create an account in less than
Current FMV: $10.6M
five minutes.
Gross Multiple: 1.3x
Date of Initial Investment: September 2016
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: €5.3M
Current Company Valuation: €41.7M
Other Key Investors: Alven Capital
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Jetty
Jetty is a new kind of insurance
company designed to help
people in cities reach their goals Headquarters: New York City
faster by removing obstacles Valar Cost Basis: $8.1M
and risks. Its mission is to
Current FMV: $8.1M
protect its customers against
setbacks of all kinds, from fire Gross Multiple: 1.0x
and theft to wasted time and Dat of Initial Investment July 2017
money.
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: $3 1 .0M
Current Company Valuation: $42.5M
Other Key Investors: Ribbit Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel
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CO%:°A
Coya is a full-stack European
insurance challenger that will
offer scalable protection at the Headquarters: Berlin
point of need, with personalized Valar Cost Basis: $6.3M
predictive risk management and
Current FMV: $6.3M
simple, transparent insurance
designed to manage life's risks. Gross Multiple: 1.0x
Dat of Initial Investment: July 2017
Pre-Money Valuation at Initial Investment: €19.8M
Current Company Valuation: €27M
Other Key Investors: E.ventures
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sIsiCpuy up-rnollod
t s e
75,000,000
60,000,000
Over 60% of Fund l's profits
45,000,000
from Xero were attributable to
Valar's follow-on investments.
30,000,000
15,000,000
0
Xero ($99 pre-) Xero ($212M pre-) Xero ($529M pre-) Xero ($1.8B pre-)
■ Valar Cost Basis ■ Valar Current FMV
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30,000,000
(f)breather 24,000,000
Over 40% of Valar's profits
18,000,000
from Breather are expected to
come from our follow-on
investments in the Company.
12,000,000
6,000,000
0
Breather (Series B)
,ft
Breather (Series B-2)
■ Valar Cost Basis
d Breather (Series C)
■ Valar Current FMV
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37,500,000
N26 30,000,000
And nearly 40% of Valar's
22,500,000
profits on N26 will also be
attributable to follow-on
investments.
15,000,000
7,500,000
0
N26 (Series A) N26 (Series B) N26 (Series B-2)
■ Valar Cost Basis ■ Valar Current FMV
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37,500,000
STASH 30,000,000
37% of Valar's profits from
22,500,000
Stash are attributable to our
second investment in the
company and 57% from Valar's
15,000,000
third investment.
7,500,000
0 =
Stash (Seed)
■Stash (Series A) Stash (Series B) Stash (Series C)
■ Valar Cost Basis ■ Valar Current FMV
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12,500,000
kalo 10,000,000
90% of our profits from Kalo
7,500,000
will be attributable to our third
and fourth investments into the
company.
5,000,000
2,500,000
0
Kalo (Seed) Kalo (Seed Extension) Kalo (Series A) Kalo (A-2)
■ Valar Cost Basis ■ Valar Current FMV
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225,000,000
'7 TransferWise 180,000,000
Finally, while only 24% of our
■
135,000,000
current Transferwise profits are
attributable to follow-on
investments in the company,
those additional investments are
90,000,000
p
expected to add at least a full lx
to Fund l's returns. 45,000,000
0 AmE_J
Transferwise (Series A) Transferwise (Series B) Transferwise (Series C)
■ Valar Cost Basis ■ Valar Current FMV
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presentation may not be copied, reproduced, or redistributed without the RESULTS AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR MAKING requirements of Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act
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