Back

Vivek kumar

On medial • 5m

Here’s a short overview of major funding agencies and their operations: 1. Sequoia Capital (USA) Invested In: Apple, Google, Airbnb, WhatsApp. Source of Funds: High-net-worth individuals, pension funds. Returns: WhatsApp investment generated $6.3 billion. 2. Benchmark Capital (USA) Invested In: Uber, eBay, Twitter. Source of Funds: Institutional investors. Returns: Uber investment earned $11 billion. 3. SoftBank Vision Fund (Japan) Invested In: Uber, WeWork, OYO Rooms. Source of Funds: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Returns: Uber provided $10 billion, but WeWork faced losses. 4. Andreessen Horowitz (USA) Invested In: Facebook, Lyft, Coinbase. Source of Funds: Wealthy individuals, institutional investors. Returns: Facebook gave $10 billion. 5. Accel Partners (USA) Invested In: Facebook, Dropbox, Flipkart. Source of Funds: Pension funds, institutional investors. Returns: Facebook investment earned $15 billion.

3 replies14 likes
5
Replies (3)

More like this

Recommendations from Medial

Image Description
Image Description

Vrishank Raj

VC enthu • 1y

This is how the VC ecosystem works. - People from Canada and the USA contribute their money every month to a pension fund with the aim of receiving a pension once they retire - The pension fund, aiming to generate returns, allocates its money to v

See More
8 replies32 likes
9
Anonymous

🔵 European VC and PE Fundraising in 2023: Resilience Amid Challenges ➡️ European private equity and venture capital fundraising in 2023 showed resilience despite a slight decline, reaching €132.9 billion, 3% below the five-year average. Venture cap

See More
0 replies3 likes

Mohit Singh

18yo ✨ #developer le... • 1y

Meta, formerly Facebook, has unveiled two new open-source AI models called Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B, with 8 billion and 70 billion parameters respectively. 🚀 These models outperform some rivals and spark debate over open versus closed source AI de

See More
0 replies7 likes
Image Description
Image Description

Vaibhav Babruwan Shingde

Student • 1y

• Let's Understand: SoftBank an investment Giant 🤑🚀📈 • SoftBank was started by Masayoshi Son in 1981. Key businesses:📈 •Telecommunications (SoftBank Corp.) •Semiconductors (Arm Holdings) •Massive tech investments Vast Tech Investment Portfoli

See More
5 replies12 likes
1
Image Description

Mridul Das

Introvert! • 2m

Who owns $6.4 billion CRED. (Based on available data on the internet) Funds (Institutional Investors): Held the majority stake at 72.49%. Founder (Kunal Shah): Owned 12.17% of the company. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Pool: Accounted for 1

See More
1 replies2 likes
2
Image Description
Image Description

Rohan Saha

Founder - Burn Inves... • 11d

Many people don't seem to understand one basic thing sometimes mutual fund (MF) returns appear higher than the returns from our individual stock trades. While looking at this, people often forget a very simple point: when we deposit money into a dema

See More
2 replies10 likes
1
Image Description
Image Description

Havish Gupta

Inactive for a week ... • 4m

I completely agree with Jeff in this. We often just look at people's net worth and think about how much money they made. But we don't consider how much money they made for others. For eg: 1) Sequoia's $12.5 million investment in Google in 1999, and

See More
11 replies14 likes
2
Image Description
Image Description

Nawal

 • 

SELF • 1y

‼️ Uber vs. Lyft: The Mobility Showdown Continues in USA Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft continue their battle for dominance in the mobility service market. In Q1 2024, Uber maintained its lead with $10.1 billion in revenue and $37.7 billion in g

See More
13 replies11 likes
Image Description
Image Description

Vrishank Raj

VC enthu • 1y

How sequoia took a billion dollar revenge on Mark Zuckerberg 👇 In 2004, Sequoia approached Mark, they wanted to invest in Facebook, but Mark was not really interested to raise funds from them, so he decided to go to meet the partners in a pyajma an

See More
15 replies42 likes
8
Image Description

V

 • 

The NineHertz • 6m

Be the Middleman in 2025 The Future of Business The most successful companies are those that connect people and services without owning the underlying assets. Here are some stellar examples: Uber: With a revenue of $150.5 billion, Uber has revolu

See More
1 replies6 likes
1

Download the medial app to read full posts, comements and news.