VALAR Summer 2017 Update
VALAR Summer 2017 Update
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VALAR SUMMER 2017 UPDATE
Fund 1 Review
FUND I PORTFOLIO UPDATE
Fund 1 continues to perform well, with a 3.5x net multiple and 34.4% net IRR as of
June 30, 2017. As is our practice, the best investments - Transfenvise and Xero -
account for over 50% of the Fund's deployed capital (and the lionshare of its gains).
In the second half of 2016, we began selling down our position in Xero, and we
accelerated that in 2017. While we continue to be bullish on Xero's prospects, our
initial investment was made nearly seven years ago, and we felt it was time to start
returning capital to ow investors. We have now exited over 90% of our position,
with the only remaining piece being the final investment we made into the company
in October 2013.
Valar Fund 1 invested $31.4M in Xero. Gross distributions to date are $119M with
a remaining stake of $5.5M.
Transfenvise is now a $145M annual revenue business, with monthly volumes
across the network in excess of $1.58, growing nearly 100% year over year, and
profitable. They are set to be the global leader for consumer money transfer in the
coming years. The company predicts they will hit >20% EBITDA margin in 2019,
generating $80M+ in cash.
Over the past 7 years, Transfenvise has built the infrastructure to solve money
transfer for consumers. Now they are well positioned to use that infrastructure to
address the same problem for businesses and banks across a $200B revenue market,
essentially replacing the correspondent banking model. Larger customers, including
some banks (such as N26), have started moving to that new infrastructure. So
really, they are just getting started.
The most recent financing news is that the company has accepted a Series E term sheet to raise $65M led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) at a $1.6 billion pre-
money valuation. The purpose of this fundraise is to bring the company's balance
sheet to the level where they have enough cash to cover nine months of operating
expenses. The total transaction size (including secondaries) may end up being quite
a bit larger, as there is significant interest from many other large buyers. This
transaction is expected to close within the next month.
Valar Fund I has invested $22.2M in Transfenvise, which is now valued at
$252.7M.
Fund 1 Highlights
Inception: October 2010
Capital Commitments: $100.0M
Current FMV: $411.8M
Multiple (Gross & Net): 4.33x / 3.36x
IRR (Gross & Net): 43.7% / 36.3%
% of Fund Invested / Reserved: 100%
DPI: 1.2x
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Fund 2 Review
FUND 2 PORTFOLIO UPDATE
Fund 2 is now approximately 90% called and deployed, with a significant majority
of that amount invested in three companies - Breather, N26 and Kalo (formerly
Lystable). An update on these major investments — and a few notes on some of the
Fund's smaller investments - follows.
In our last update, we announced that Breather had raised a Series C round led by
Venky Ganesan of Menlo Ventures in November 2016. Google Ventures
subsequently invested $5 million at the beginning of 2017 as part of an extension of
that round, bringing the companies post-money valuation to $252M. In the
following seven months (through June 2017), revenue has nearly doubled and they
have opened 143 more spaces, bringing the total number of Breathers worldwide to
433. Most of these new spaces were opened in their existing core cities of New
York, San Francisco, London, Toronto and Los Angeles.
Since reorienting around B4B (Breather for Business) and implementing
commercial space utilization standards (starting Q1 2016), they have opened larger
spaces that allow them to serve bigger groups and a broader range of use cases. This
approach has more than doubled company-wide square footage since September of
last year. In addition, since January 2017, user cohorts have had larger than ever
initial reservations and consistent repurchase pattern. The initial transaction of a
new customer is now $320 and second and third month cumulative spend levels are
at record-highs. With both first booking value continuing to rise along with six
month retention rates, projected LTV has continued to grow. Q1 LTV averaged
$1,014 which was a 12% increase over Q4.
While Breather has an extremely high NPS score (north of 70), which drives
significant organic demand, its CEO felt that their brand marketing and demand
generation capabilities needed upgrading. To address this, over the first six months of 2017 the company has revamped its marketing program and hired a new VP of
Marketing to further build the demand side and amplify Breather's brand with both
consumers and businesses. We expect the results of this initiative to dramatically
decrease the time a new unit takes to ramp up to full utilization, even when the
company is adding units at a high rate.
Breather should continue to grow well through the Summer and be positioned for
another strong fundraise in the Fall. Their Series D valuation will be above the point
at which the main funds would participate (and Fund 2 is already at its
concentration limit). We plan to make our pro-rata available to ow investors
through an SPV, similar to those we have put together for Transferwise and Stash in
the past.
Valar Fund 2 has invested $25.5M in Breather, which is now valued at $42.3M.
Fund 2 Highlights
Inception: January 2015
Capital Commitments: $102.3M
Current FMV: $139.5M
Multiple (Gross & Net): I.57x 11.34x
IRR (Gross & Net): 36.2% 127.9%
% of Fund Invested / Reserved: 100%
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At the end of 2016, N26 received its full banking license from BaFin (the German
banking regulator) and transitioned all of its customers off of their partner,
Wirecard's, platform and onto their own. The focus since the start of 2017 has been
on building out their internal systems and the customer-facing product suite,
through internal development as well as through integrations with other startups
(e.g., N26 customers make foreign currency transfers using Transferwise inside the
N26 app).
Offering its customers a wide range of financial products allows N26 to capture a
greater share of wallet, and unit economics have improved rapidly as a result. In Q4
2016, the company was earning approximately E29 per customer; that has risen to
E50 per customer in May 2017, roughly the current level where a customer is
profitable for N26. As the company scales, they will breakeven at a lower point by
driving down variable costs (e.g., negotiating a better deal with MasterCard on
interchange fees). N26 believes it can drive revenue per customer into the high E50s
by the end of 2017, and projects monetization per user in the high €70s by the end
of 2018. As a result of its rapid acquisition of customers, N26 has seen a revenue
ramp of nearly 3X in the first six months of this year. We have seen breakout
revenue acceleration like this before (with Transferwise) and believe N26 has
similar potential to become a fintech giant.
In addition to improving unit economics, N26 has been expanding its geographic
reach. The company now has over 400,000 customers (-200,000 financially active)
and operates in 17 EU countries with plans to expand into the UK in the near term.
Planning is also underway for a potential US launch in 2018. While the UK and
USA are competitive and enormous markets, we believe N26 is well positioned to
compete in these markets; it has a huge head start on all the other European
neobanks and offers a superior product experience and cost structure to incumbent
banks in all geographies. Given N26's ambitions to grow quickly and expand into the UK and USA, we
expect N26 will raise a Series C round in Q4 this year at a valuation that is above
the level where it makes sense for Valar main funds to participate. Again, the plan
is to make ow pro-rata available to our investors through an SPV.
Including the most recent financing round, which has been agreed to and is
expected to close later this quarter as soon as regulatory approval is received, Valar
Fund 2 will have invested $ I 5.0M in N26, which will be valued at $40.6M.
Between Funds 2 and 3, Valar will own approximately 16.3% of N26 and be the
company's largest shareholder.
Lystable formally changed its name to Kalo earlier this year. The rebranding takes
care of a trademark dispute with a UK company and better aligns the company's
brand and product.
The big win for Kalo since our last update is that, after a year of Airbnb using Kalo
across 10 of its teams, Kalo has secured a global deal to roll out its product to every
team at Airbnb. This is particularly notable given that, while Airbnb has a large
number of employees (around 3500), it has an even larger number of freelancers
(approximately 4200). Moreover, Airbnb spends $15-25 million per year on
freelancers who manage over 2500 tasks per month.
Once Kalo has been fully rolled out across Airbnb, the only way someone can
freelance with Airbnb is through Kalo, Kalo will be the system of record for all
Airbnb freelancers and more than half of Airbnb's workforce will be reliant on the
Kalo platform. In short, Kalo will be critical to Airbnb's day-to-day operations.
This global deal is a big step forward for the company and Kalo has a substantial
pipeline of smaller and larger size deals it hopes to close this year.
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Granify has continued to solidify its enterprise sales team and revenue has started
showing the results of the effort to improve their sales capability that began in late
2016. Revenue in May was —$250k and the company feels they can double that by
October. If they are able to hit their targets, Granify should be profitable by year-
end.
Valar Fund 2 has invested $6.3M in Granify, which is being held at cost.
EyeEm operates in a difficult and shrinking market for paid stock photography. The
company has been unable to achieve sufficient scale in its own photo marketplace
to warrant further investment in the business. The positive news is that the
computer vision technology the team has built to automatically classify photos has
been the subject of considerable interest from larger companies. EyeEm and its
board have determined that a trade sale may be the best outcome at this point and
that process is evolving.
Valar Fund 2 has invested $10.4M in EyeEm which is now valued at 11.2M
(change due to FX).
Even is still heavily in product development — they are building a bank app for
hourly workers that can use machine learning to automatically budget for its users
and provide short term loans to smooth income. The company's first customer is
Walmart, who pays them a fee per user per month. Even plans on rolling out with
Walmart nationwide in the Fall.
Valar Fund 2 has invested $4.5M in Even, which is being held at cost. Tradelt is in the process of signing Master Services Agreements with Fidelity and
several other massive financial institutions. These deals would put Tradelt in the
position of managing all API access for these clients. Once implemented, if a
developer wants to build something on top of a Fidelity API, they will have to go
through Tradelt to do it. This is a huge opportunity for the company.
Valar Fund 2 has invested $3.7M in Tradelt, which is now valued at 4.6M.
Since our last update, Homie has become licensed as both a mortgage broker and a
real estate broker, in order to more fully facilitate its for-sale-by-owner customer
wedge and begin to increase monetization. Now, whenever buyers and sellers use
Homie's software to transact, they can seamlessly find a mortgage through the
service as well. This provides a substantial revenue stream for the company.
Revenues have begun ramping nicely, and the company should be well positioned
to raise a sizeable Series A this Fall.
Valar Fund 2 has invested $2.8M in Homie, which is being held at cost.
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Fund 3 Review
FUND 3 PORTFOLIO UPDATE
Fund 3 is now 60% called and deployed into six major investments and a handful of
smaller, seed stage companies. We expect that the substantial majority, if not all, of
the remaining capital will be invested in follow-on financings in these existing
portfolio companies.
So far, Stash has commanded the largest share of Fund 3, with just over 20% of the
Fund invested in the company's Series A, Series B, and Series C financings.
The big news for Stash is they just raised S40M at a $200M pm-money valuation in
a Series C funding led by Coatue Management, with participation from Valar,
Goodwater and Jim Breyer. The company has now raised a total of $78 million in
less than two years. Coatue has been following the company's progress for some
time and wanted to be sure they would win the deal before it hit the open market.
"Stash is disrupting the financial services industry by removing bathers and making
investing more approachable and accessible to the 100 million-plus Americans on
the sidelines," said Coatue's Founder and Portfolio Manager Philippe Laffont. "Its
rapid growth in a short period of time shows that Stash has found a way to
transform how Americans manage their money and gain financial independence. -
Stash has continued to grow extremely quickly. It currently serves over 865,000
customers; adding more than 25,000 per week while keeping its blended CAC
under $16. In our last update we shared the company's audacious goal of reaching
1,000,000 users by the end of September 2017. We are pleased to report that the
company is in fad ahead of schedule and should hit that figure six weeks early,
around mid-August. We believe they are growing faster than any competitor while
maintaining engagement metrics that are the best in the market. The following graph (excerpted from Stash's marketing materials) helps illustrate
the company's traction vis-i-vis other well-known players in the space:
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Fund 3 Highlights
Inception: July 2016
Capital Commitments: $103.9M
Current FMV: 894.8M
Multiple (Gross & Net): 1.41x / 1.26x
IRR (Gross & Net): 208.5%/ 146.8%
% of Fund Invested / Reserved: 90%
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Stash is planning on quickly rolling out new products to its customers. Stash Retire,
which allows users to save and invest their money in an IRA, is already in beta and
will be fully released this summer. And a checking account and debit card product
are on the roadmap for the end of this year.
In terms of customer growth and fundraising velocity, Stash is reminiscent of
Transferwise and N26. We have high hopes that the opportunity in front of them is
as big.
Valar Fund 3 has invested approximately $21.8M in Stash, which is now valued at
$46.6M.
Octane Lending is the second largest position in Fund 3 at this point. Octane is a
technology -enabled lender focused on secured consumer lending markets,
beginning with powersports (motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, etc).
Octane initially launched as a marketplace for powersports loans, similar to what
Dealertrack does for the automobile industry. Octane observed that there was
limited competition to provide loans to buyers who had near-prime credit scores
(550-650 FICO) and if they built their own underwriting model they could
efficiently generate high volumes of attractive loans. Octane launched Roadrunner
Financial in June 2016 to be a direct lender and has been ramping up origination
volume over the last few months.
We met the company through a referral from Wes Barton and Keith Hamlin of
Third Prime Ventures, old friends of lames' from their days as lawyers at Skadden
Arps. We immediately felt that Jason Guss, the CEO, is a special entrepreneur.
Andrew affectionately refers to him as a "Terminator Robot sent from SkyNet."
He is one of the most detail obsessed and knowledgeable entrepreneurs we have
met in our career. Although Octane is currently exploiting a profitable niche within secured lending,
we believe Jason can build the company into a diversified giant over the coming
years.
Octane Lending has raised -428M in equity capital from VCs, including $12.5M
from Valar, and $95M in warehouse lines from Macquarie Group and other
financial institutions.
We are pleased to be working on Octane with Roger Ehrenberg from IA Ventures,
who sits on the board of Octane as well as the Transferwise board with us.
Valar Fund 3 has invested $13.2M in Octane Lending, which is now valued at
13.5M (the change in valuation is due to the small amount of secondary shares we
purchased from an early investor at a minor discount).
One of Fund 3's first investments was a seed check into Qonto, an SME focused
neobank based in Paris. The company was founded by Alexander Prot (whose
father was formerly the Chairman of BNP Paribas) and Steve Anavi, repeat
entrepreneurs and co-founders who grew up together and have previously exited a
company together.
They started Qonto out of the belief that banking for startups and small businesses
in France is hopelessly broken. Dominated by Credit Agicole and BNP, the
customer experience is even worse than with consumer banking. Every time they
needed to ask for something from their bank, it was costing them a lot of money and
was a slow and analog process. Qonto is conceptually similar to N26, but
specifically geared to the needs of SMEs.
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We believe the environment in Europe is quite good for new banks if they can get
started quickly and build a head start on the competition. The regulators are in favor
of increasing competition and will grant a de novo license. The local incumbents
are large and unfocused, and a lack of competition over many decades has left them
with a customer experience that is inefficient and expensive.
We were impressed by the level of execution we saw from the Qonto team and led
their Series A round in January. They launched to the public in June and the initial
response is promising.
Valar Fund 3 has invested $8.4M in Qonto, which is now valued at I0.6M
Recent Insurance Investments
"Formula for startup success: Find large highly fragmented industry with low NPS;
vertically integrate a solution to simplify value product" - Keith Rabois (our good
friend and a co-investor in Even).
The insurance market is huge, insurance premiums are roughly $2.4 trillion dollars
per year in the U.S. and Europe. However, it is still dominated by paper processes,
structural inhibition to innovation and incentives to cut costs by downgrading the
customer experience (for example, by making claims a hassle). Entrepreneurs that
manage to navigate the massive regulatory complexity and build the skill set
required to operate at a high level in the industry, combined with investors patient
enough to support the companies over the long-haul, will create huge businesses.
The insurance industry is too large and built on systems too archaic for any result
other than massive change. We have been thinking about insurance and talking to entrepreneurs in the space for
several years, without finding an investment that made it all the way through our
process. As it happens, after years of turning down good opportunities, we found
two compelling companies almost simultaneously, Jetty and Coya. In the business
of insurance, the most difficult and valuable thing to achieve is effective
distribution and customer acquisition. There are many paths to reach these goals,
starting with the way the company is structured.
Coya is based in Berlin. We met the company through an introduction from Max
Levchin's firm, SciFi Ventures. SciFi was doing a deep dive on the insurance
industry and wanted our help from our European network in reference checking the
entrepreneurs. Andrew Shaw, the CEO, was previously the original data science
employee at Kreditech, a well-known European consumer loan business. His
partner, Peter Hagen, was previously the CEO of Vienna Insurance Group.
Together they have the magic fintech combo of one person who can write beautiful
code and the other person who deeply understands how this complex industry
actually functions. Andrew and Peter decided that in the German market, there is an
opportunity to capture more value by becoming a fully licensed new carrier. Once
licensed, Coya will build, sell, and service several insurance products, beginning
with rental P&C policies and expanding to various specialty add-ons (e.g., bicycles,
jewelry). They will operate in-house a number of departments: product
development, underwriting, sales, marketing, claims, and finance/investment. They
should have structurally higher margins through cutting out most traditional brokers
from their distribution funnel and applying the sophisticated analysis learned at
Kreditech to their own underwriting models. The license is issued by BaFin, the
same German regulator that granted N26 its banking license. BaFin's familiarity
with Valar was a significant advantage in our winning the Series A lead.
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Jetty is based in New York City, and we met the entrepreneurs through
introductions from our friends at SV Angel and BoxGroup. Mike Rudoy and Luke
Cohler have had careers in technology and consulting and saw an opportunity to
apply their backgrounds in design and marketing to the P&C market in the United
States. The company is set up as a Managing General Agency or MGA. An MGA is
an insurance business set up through a fronting program with another carrier that
lends its license and regulatory reserves to the MGA for a fee. Jetty has complete
responsibility for product design and pricing, similar to a full carrier. The company
underwrites, quotes, binds, and services policies up to a specific amount. Jetty's
launch suite includes two traditional insurance products, Renters & Condo/Co-op,
as well as Jetty Passport, a pair of revolutionary renter services that help tenants get
in the door and help landlords drive occupancy. Jetty Passport is a pair of credit-
based-underwriting surety bonds which replace traditional security deposits and
lease guaranty, indemnifying the landlord and preserving Jetty's right to recover.
They have negotiated distribution agreements with several large residential property
portfolios owned by Blackrock.
Both Jetty and Coya are in the very earliest stages, so there aren't a lot of metrics to
evaluate yet. They are innovating on the sales channel for distributing insurance
products first, by utilizing mobile and point of sale channels (instead of through
agents in-person or over the phone) as well as offering shorter duration and more
granular products (e.g., Jetty Passport). Over time they can collect far more data on
their customers and utilize big data and machine learning techniques to improve
underwriting models far above what incumbents are able to. We're excited to work
with these teams as they transform the insurance business. Velar Fund 3 has invested SRAM in Jetty and $6.3M in Coya, both of which are
being held at cost.
This document is confidential, trade secret, and not for further circulation. This document is informational and is not an offer or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any securities. Except where otherwise indicated,
"Fund I" refers to all funds and investment vehicles managed by Valar Ventures Management LLC prior to the formation of Valar Global Fund II LP, on an aggregate basis, "Fund 2" refers to Valar Global Fund II
LP and Velar Global Principals Fund II LP, on an aggregate basis, and "Fund 3" refers to Velar Global Fund III LP and Valar Global Principals Fund Ill LP, on an aggregate basis. Figures presented are unaudited
estimates in USD as of 68012017, 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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Fund 4 Preview
FUND 4 FUNDRAISING
As Fund 3 is largely invested and reserved for, we are formally entering the market
for Valar Fund 4. We are currently preparing the marketing materials, data room
and legal documents (pitch deck, PPM, LPA, DDQ, etc.) and will be making those
documents available over the next month. Our intention is to have conversations
with each of you starting after Labor Day and close on our existing investor&
commitments in December of this year. Consistent with our past practice, the
official time stamp for the new fund will be in January, making Fund 4 a vintage
2018 fund. Our expectation is that the Fund will be between $100M and $150M in
capital commitments.
We appreciate your continuing support and partnership in Valar. We hope you all
have an enjoyable summer and we look forward to speaking with each of you in the
coming weeks and months.
Fund 4 Terms:
Target Capital Commitments: $100M - $150MM
Anticipated Deployment Period: 2018 - 2020
Target Fund Return: 4x - 6x
Due Date for Signed Sub Does: December 2017
Anticipated Closing: January 2018
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Fund 1 Key Drivers
'lTransferWise
Headquarters:
Securities Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV:
Multiple:
Headquarters:
Security Held: London
Series A Preferred Shares
Series B Preferred Shares
Series C Preferred Shares
1/8/2013
$22.2M
$252.7M
11.4x
Wellington
Ordinary Shares
Initial Investment Date: 10/28/2010
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV: $31.4M
$124.3M
Multiple: 4.0x Company Description:
TransferWise is a peer-to-peer currency exchange service that brings institutional pricing to
retail customers by coordinating transfer needs within countries across a large user base.
Recent Financing History:
TransferWise recently signed a term sheet for a $65M Series E financing round led by
Institutional Ventures Partners (IVP). Previously, the company closed on a $58M Series C
financing round led by Andreessen Horowitz in December 2014, and a $26M Series D
financing round led by Baillie Gifford in February 2016.
Company Description:
Xero is the leading cloud-based accounting software provider globally for SMBs.
Recent Financing History:
Fund 1 initially invested in Xero in October 2010 at a $98M valuation, with significant
follow-on investments by the Fund in February 2012, November 2012 and October 2013.
Over the past year, Fund I exited over 90% of its position at a blended $2B valuation for
aggregate proceeds of $118.8M, including through a $30 million block trade with
Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV).
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Fund 2 Core Investments
® breather
Headquarters:
Securities Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Valar Current FMV:
Multiple:
N26
Headquarters:
Securities Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Valar Current FMV:
Multiple: Montreal and New York
Series B Preferred Shares
Series C Preferred Shares
9/10/2015
$25.5M
$42.3M
1.7x
Berlin
Preferred A Shares
Preferred B Shares
4/24/2015
$14.9M
$40.6M
2.7x Company Description:
Breather provides a network of private, professional meeting rooms designed for work,
meetings and to focus.
Recent Financing History:
Breather completed a $42M Series C financing in October 2016 at a $210M pre-money
valuation led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Google Ventures, Valar, RRE,
Real Ventures, Slow Ventures and others. Prior to that, Valar led the company's Series B
financing round, investing a total of $17M in two tranches that closed in September 2015
and April 2016 at a pre-money valuation of $80M.
Company Description:
N26is a new European bank focused on building an innovative mobile-first banking
experience.
Recent Financing History:
Currently, N26 has agreed to a E 15M Series B extension round at a E250M pre-money
valuation led by Valar Ventures and Hedosophia. In June 2016, N26 completed a €35M
Series B financing at a €120M pre-money valuation, led by Horizons Ventures, with
participation from Valar, Earlybird and others. Previously, Valar led the company's Series
A financing in April 2015 at a E38M pregnancy valuation.
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kalo Headquarters:
Security Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV:
Nlultiple:
EyeEm
Headquarters:
Securities Held: London and San Francisco
Series A Preferred Stock
5/6/2015
$12.4M
$16.5M
1.3x
Berlin
Series B Preferred Shares
Convertible Notes
Initial Investment Date: 4/14/2015
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV:
Multiple: $10.4M
$11.1M (change due to FX)
1.1x Company Description:
Businesses increasingly rely on external workforces of freelancers and contractors, often
without an effective way to keep track of them. Kalo (formerly Lystable) provides an
elegant platform to simplify every step of these workers — from onboarding to internal
reviews to payment.
Recent Financing History:
In March 2017, Kalo closed on a $10 million Series A extension round led by Valar
Ventures, with participation from Goldcrest Investments, Kindred, Max Levchin and others.
Kalo had previously closed on an $1 I.3M Series A financing round in June 2016 also led by
Valar. The convertible notes held by Fund 2 from Kalo's prior seed financing rounds were
convened into Series A Preferred Shares in the round, at a blended 2.3x multiple.
Company Description:
EyeEm is a marketplace for commercial photography. The company's highly engaged user
base and machine-curated image library provide a more valuable sourcing channel for
commercial clients than traditional stock photography databases.
Recent Financing History:
In April 2015, EyeEm closed on an El IM Series B round led by Valar Ventures, alongside
Earlybird and Wellington Partners, among others. Existing investors have since collectively
added E5.9M in bridge financing rounds.
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Even
Headquarters: Oakland
Security Held: Series A Preferred Stock
Investment Date: 3/11/2016
Valar Cost Basis: $4.5M
Current FMV: $4.5M
Nlultiple: 1.0x
granify
Headquarters: Edmonton
Security Held: Series A Preferred Shares
Convertible Note
Investment Date: 3/2/2015
Valar Cost Basis: $6.3M
Current FMV: $6.3M
Multiple: 1.0x Company Description:
Even is a financial app that ensures hourly workers always get at least their average pay. By
offering consistency, Even helps its customers save more and use expensive payday lenders
less.
Recent Financing History:
In March 2016, Even closed on a $9M Series A financing round, led by Valar Ventures,
with participation from Khosla Ventures, Box Group, Allen & Company and others.
Company Description:
Granify maximizes revenue for online retailers by identifying shoppers that aren't going to
buy and changing their mind — while they're still on the site — by harnessing the power of
real-time data analytics and machine learning.
Recent Financing History:
Granify closed on a $7M Series A financing round in March 2015 led by Valar Ventures.
The convertible notes held by Valar Ventures prior to the Series A financing were convened
into Series A Preferred Shares in the round, at a 3.7x multiple. Existing investors have since
added $800k in bridge financing to the company.
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TRADEITIN
Headquarters:
Security Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV:
Multiple:
homie
Headquarters:
Security Held:
Initial Investment Date: New York
Common Stock
Series Seed Preferred Stock
4/2/2015
$3.7M
$4.6M
1.2x
Salt Lake City
Series Seed Preferred Stock
Convertible Note
3/17/2016
Valar Cost Basis: $2.8M
Current FMV: $2.8M
Multiple: 1.0x Company Description:
Trading Ticket (dba Tradelt) facilitates quick and secure online stock trading through
any website or app.
Recent Financing History:
After participating in Tradelt's $1M pre-seed round in 2015, Valar has led two Series Seed
rounds totaling $7M, with participation from Citi Ventures, Sandy Robertson, Point72 and
others.
Company Description:
Homie is a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling homes. By leveraging
technology and taking the transaction process online, Homie saves buyers and sellers
thousands in broker commissions.
Recent Financing History:
Valar led Homie's $3.8M Series Seed round in March 2016, with participation from Peak
Ventures and others. Most recently, Valar participated in a $3M convertible note round in
March 2017.
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STASH Headquarters:
Securities Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV:
Multiple: New York
Series A Preferred Shares
Series B Preferred Shares
Series C Preferred Shares
8/5/2016
$21.8M
$46.6M
2.1x
Octane Lending
Headquarters:
Security Held:
Initial Investment Date:
Valar Cost Basis:
Current FMV:
Multiple: New York
Series A Preferred Stock
4/7/17
$13.2M
$13.5M
1.0x Company Description:
Stash is a community for people who want to start investing and who don't want to rely on a
black box service to do it for them. It's a platform to help people take ownership and
become confident investors. Starting with as little as $5, Stash investors build a portfolio of
investments that aligns with their interests, beliefs and goals.
Recent Financing History:
Stash recently closed on a $40M Series C financing, at a $200M pre-money valuation, led
by Coatue Management, with participation by Valar Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Jim
Breyer and others. Valar also led Stash's $25M Series B Preferred financing round in
November 2016, and co-led the company's $9M Series A Preferred financing round in
August 2016.
Company Description:
Octane Lending is a technology -enabled lender focused on secured consumer lending
markets starting with powersports.
Recent Financing History:
In April 2017, Valar led a $15M Series A extension round with participation from several
existing investors, including IA Ventures, Contour and Third Prime.
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X qonto
Headquarters: Paris Company Description:
Security Held: Series Seed Ordinary Shares Qonto aims to become the next generation bank for entrepreneurs, SMEs and startups by
Series A Ordinary Shares providing an online service that will allow them to create an account in less than five
Initial Investment Date: 9/30/2016 minutes.
Valar Cost Basis: $8.4M Recent Financing History:
Current FMV: $10.6M in March 2017, Valar led Qonto's E10M Series A financing with participation from Alven
Multiple: 1.3x Capital, after Valar co-led the Series Seed round with Alven Capital in September 2016.
Jetty
Headquarters: New York
Securities Held: Series A Preferred Stock
Initial Investment Date: 7/17/17
Valar Cost Basis: $8.1M
Current FMV: $8.1M
Multiple: 1.0x Company Description:
Jetty is a new kind of insurance company designed to help people in cities reach their goals
faster by removing obstacles and risks. Its mission is to protect its customers against
setbacks of all kinds, from fire and theft to wasted time and money.
Recent Financing History:
In July 2017, Valar Ventures led Jetty's $11.5M Series A financing, with participation from
Ribbit Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel and others.
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COYA Headquarters: Berlin
Security Held: Series A Preferred Shares
Investment Date: July 2017
Valar Cost Basis: $6.3M
Current FMV: $6.3M
Nlultiple: 1.0x Company Description:
The insurance industry is broken with its legacy infrastructure, organizational design and
products built for brokers rather than around the customer. Coya is a fiillstack European
insurance challenger that has redesigned the insurance value chain working backwards from
the customer to offer scalable protection at the point of need with personalized predictive
risk management and simple, transparent, personal insurance designed to manage life's risks
and join the customer's journey.
Recent Financing History:
Valar Ventures led Coya's €7.25M Series A financing in July 2017, with participation from
Ribbit, E.ventures and others.
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Interview with Brandon Krieg. founder of Stash app that lets you invest in the stock market for $5 - Business Insider
BUSINESS
INSIDER
Stash, now valued at $240 million, lets
anyone start investing in the stock market
with just $5
AVERY HARTMANS
JUL. 13, 2017, 2:35 PM
Brandon Krieg spent more than 15 years working as
a trader on Wall Street. But he left his career for the
startup world after being asked a simple question
from a financially savvy friend: "Where should I put
my money?"
Krieg and his coworker, Ed Robinson, had
something of an "aha moment."
"We said, 'If that's happening with a person who
knows about this stuff, what is everybody else going
through?'" Krieg told Business Insider.
Krieg and Robinson started asking around, gauging
how people were saving their money. But the
answer to the question "Do you invest?" was always
a "no," with the reason being that people just didn't
know how or they thought it was something only
rich people could do.
Krieg and Robinson realized then that they had an
opportunity to help. Brandon Krieg, cofounder and CEO of Stash.
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They founded Stash, an app that lets you build a portfolio and start investing with only $5, plus it teaches you the
ins and outs of the stock market.
The company launched in October 2015 and just closed on a $40 million Series C led by Coatue Management.
That brings Stash's total funding to $78 million and values the New York-based startup at $240 million,
according to a person familiar with the company.
Stash makes money by charging a subscription fee of $1 per month for accounts with less than $5,000. When an
account has more than $5,000, Stash charges a fee of 0.25% fee.
And the company is growing quickly: Stash now has about 850,000 customers nationwide.
So how does it work?
Krieg and Robinson knew that in order for Stash to catch on, they'd need to make the barrier of entry low — very
low. Getting started with Stash requires only $5 and about five minutes to set up an account.
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Invest in your beliefs
Clean & Green
Make your money even greener.
Invest in the power of clean energy
sources like solar and wind.
Defending America
Aerospace and defense companies
that provide the weapons our
troops need to fend off threats...
"The biggest problem I see right now is people doing nothing," Krieg said. "People just want the chance
to start," Krieg said. "Our
customers are typically
starting with around $20 to
$40, and they're turning on
our feature called Autostash,
which helps them invest either
weekly or biweekly."
Once you get started with
Stash, the app evaluates how
much risk you should be
taking based on factors like
your income and your assets.
Then, it recommends
investments based on what
you've told the app about your
finances.
You can also choose between a
handful of packages based on
what you're passionate about,
like companies that supply parts to the military (Boeing, Lockheed Martin), companies that champion LGBTQ
rights (Twitter, Gap, Time), or clean-energy companies (First Solar, Vestas Wind Systems).
There's also an education component of the app, which Stash hopes to expand with its latest round of funding.
The "Learn" tab will teach you things like the difference between index funds and mutual funds, or provide a
glossary of investing terms.
"People just need to understand that this stuff isn't that hard to understand," Krieg said. "We make it
relatable and understandable."
"There's this misconception, we believe, that because people don't understand it and never learned it that they're
never going to learn it," Krieg said. "But we think that everybody should have an opportunity to start putting
money away when they're young."
Krieg said Stash's average customer is around the age of 29 and make about $45,000 per year, typically someone
who's "hitting those critical life points" like starting a family or buying a house.
While 29 falls firmly in the millennial generation — which is often critiqued for being bad at saving and investing
— Krieg says the app is proof millennials do care, and that they shouldn't get all the blame.
"[Saving] is not just a generational problem, it's an American problem," Krieg said. "My big competitor, I believe,
is a checking account."
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French startup Qonto has raised another $11.3 million (El 0 million) from existing investors
Valar Ventures and Alven Capital. The company is now also open for business. You can now
create a French business bank account on the company's website.
Qonto wants to become the N26 of business accounts. While retail banking hasn't changed
quickly enough over the past few years, it feels like business banking is even worse and has
been stuck in the past. Everything is too expensive and it takes too much time to tell your
bank to do something.
Qonto wants to put you in charge of your account. It's a web and mobile service like the ones
you're using every day, and you remain in control. So for €9 per month, you get a
MasterCard, a French current account with an IBAN to receive payments and the ability to
manage transfers and debits.
But that's just the beginning as you can order new cards for €5 per month or create virtual
cards for €2 per month. Qonto lets you manage your user base. If you hire a new sales
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You can block and unblock your card from the app, change the PIN code and get real-time
notifications for each transaction. Administrators can adjust card limits and share transaction
information with accountants.
Other features are coming soon, such as an easy workflow to upload receipts and attach
them to a particular expense — accountants are going to love this. Qonto will also make it
easier to handle transfers in multiple currencies.
In the future, you'll be able to connect your Qonto account with various fintech services you
might also be using, such as Stripe, PayPal and GoCardless. This way, you'll be able to
monitor and manage payments on all sorts of platforms from a single, unified interface.
Behind the scene, Qonto partnered with Treezor for the back end. Treezor is the company
that is actually managing your money. It generates current accounts and debit cards for
Qonto. On the other side of the equation, Qonto tailors the experience and handles the
relationship with its own customers.
Other companies, such as iBanFirst in France, Seed in the U.S. and Tide in the U.K. are
working on similar services with a few differences here and there — Tide just announced a
$14 million funding round yesterday. While the market seems fragmented, those big funding
rounds indicate that there seems to be a big opportunity to replace those expensive and
ineffective business bank accounts.
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Peter Thiel And Max Levchin Bet
On Freelance Economy
Peter Johnston, founder and CEO of Lystable
Peter Thiel's venture capital firm Valar Ventures has led a $10 million investment
round in Lystable, an app for collaborating with freelancers, Lystable announced
this morning.
The round includes earlier investors such as Max Levchin's fund SciFi VC,
Kindred Capital and Goldcrest Capital, as well as new backers Glynn Capital
Management and Wilmont Ventures. Thiel and Levchin were co-founders of
PayPal.
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Lystable, which was founded in London and has an office in San Francisco,
enables companies to onboard freelancers, create profiles for them, assign work
to them, track invoices and make payments. Freelancers can also use the
platform for functions such as checking the status of invoices.
"We are growing rapidly," says Peter Johnston, founder and CEO, a former
designer at Google and alum of the prestigious Techstars accelerator. "Our plan is
to hire people to cope with that growth."
Lystable plans to use the money it raised to introduce a new payments product,
ideally by the end of the year, and hire senior executives to help that part of the
business scale, says Johnston.
Target clients are companies in the media and tech sector that rely heavily on
freelance talent, according to John
Lystable is SciFi VC's "first investment focused squarely on the freelance space,"
said Eric Scott, partner in SciFi VC, based in San Francisco.
Scott said the firm sees the data Lystable is collecting on freelance talent to be
"enormously valuable." While it is relatively easy for small firms to hire
freelancers, it can be trickier for multinationals to find freelancers who work well
with their team and fit into their culture, he noted.
"They address a problem no one else does," he says.
Lystable raised $11 million in Series A financing in June 2016, bringing the total
raised to $25 million since its founding in 2014, according to the company.
Lystable says its users include celebrity and style site POPSUGAR, the NY Daily
News, Airbnb, ESPN, CNBC, IDEO, and Google.
Using Lystable's basic platform is free but companies that pay their freelancers
through the platform incur a processing fee. Paying through the platform is an
alternative to direct bank transfers, which can be costly and, in some cases,
impossible --presenting challenges as multinationals tap into an increasingly
global talent base, says Johnston.
"The future of work is becoming more international," says Johnston. "It's going to
be more important to get these freelancers paid, wherever they are on the earth."
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Lystable's 2016 revenue was in the $1 million-$3 million dollar range, according
to Johnston. The company employs 4o people.
There is significant competition in the freelance management space, with
platforms such as Work Market and Upwork going after enterprise clients. Some
companies, such as the Washington Post, have developed private talent clouds to
manage freelancers.
"I think there will always be companies that decide to build vs. buy, but in most
cases it's still going to make sense to buy," says Scott.
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N26 founder Maximilian Tayenthal: Growth. redundant banks, profits - Business Insider
BUSINESS
INSIDER
App-only bank N26 doesn't care about
'short-term profits' — it wants to build a
European bank that will make rivals
'redundant'
IOSCAR WILLIAMS-GRUT
JUN. 29, 2017, 2:00 AM
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — App-only startup bank
N26 is one of Europe's hottest startups — and it's
moving very fast.
The Berlin-headquartered bank announced on
Monday that it has partnered with fellow startup
Clark to offer insurance through its app.
It's one of a number of new products that N26 has
launched this year, either built in-house or
conceived through partnerships. Other launches
include an overdraft you can apply for through your
smartphone and a partnership with German
investment platform Raisin.
"Right now it's about making traditional banks
redundant, in that we offer a product for every
financial need of our customers," cofounder and
CFO Maximilian Tayenthal told Business Insider at
the Money2020 conference in Copenhagen this
week. N26 cofounder and CFO Maximilian Tayenthal.
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"Today, if you're a customer and you want to use a savings product you still have an excuse to use something
other than N26. In the next 6 months, we want to bring one product and what we see as the best product in every
category."
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ING's head of fintech Benoit Legrand told Business
Insider last year: "
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