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VALAR HIGHLIGHTS
INCEPTION - 2010
TOTAL INVESTED - $78.0 mil
TOTAL GROSS & NET VALUES
$271.2 mil / $223.0 mil
GROSS & NET MULTIPLES
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VALAR, A GLOBAL VENTURE CAPITAL MANAGER, HAS ACHIEVED
EXTRAORDINARY RETURNS FOR ITS CLIENTS, TRIPLING ASSETS IN
JUST OVER THREE YEARS AND VASTLY OUTPERFORMING INDUSTRY
BENCHMARKS.
VALAR VENTURES
Since 2010, the value of client assets has risen from US
$78 million to $271 million, for gross multiples and IRR of
120% and 3.5x; net multiples and IRR are 2.9x and 98%.
Valar is managed by Andrew McCormack and James
Fitzgerald; Peter Thiel, one of Silicon Valley's most
successful venture capitalists, serves as the firm's advisor
and chairman.
The firm is launching its first institutional fund, which will
deploy up to $150 million during 2015-2019, its primary
investing phase.
NET MULTIPLE
NET IRR
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2.9x
98.4 %
CAMBRIDGE US VC INDEX
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31.3%
CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL EX-US
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INTRODUCTION / TEAM
ANDREW AND JAMES FOUNDED VALAR IN LATE 2010 TO PARTNER
WITH THE BEST ENTREPRENEURS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
The team brings extraordinary operational, deal-sourcing, and reputational assets to its investing activities.
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ANDREW
McCORMACK
PARTNER
Andrew McCormack Andrew is a founding Partner at Valar Ventures.
Andrew's career in technology has included business and corporate
development roles at eCount (acquired by Citicorp) and Yahoo!. He joined
PayPal in 2001, where he worked closely with Peter in preparing for the
company's IPO. After PayPal's sale to eBay, Andrew helped launch Clarium
Capital and later founded a restaurant group in San Francisco.
In 2008, Andrew rejoined Peter at Thiel Capital, where he led various
international initiatives for Thiel Capital and Peter personally. Andrew
received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
JAMES
FITZGERALD
PARTNER
James Fitzgerald James is a founding Partner at Valar Ventures. Prior
to Valar, he was COO and General Counsel of Peter Thiel's global parent
company, Thiel Capital, where he helped manage Peter's extensive network
of investments and businesses. In that capacity, he worked closely with the
Founders Fund, Mithril, and Clarium.
Prior to joining Thiel Capital, James practiced law for seven years in the New
York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He received his J.D.
from the University of California, Los Angeles and his undergraduate degree
from Brigham Young University.
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PETER THIEL
CHAIRMAN
Peter Thiel is a founding Partner and the Chairman of Valar. As a technology
entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, he first gained attention for
innovations in banking and startup finance. Today he is known as the mentor
of the PayPal network of entrepreneurs. He works to accelerate innovation
by identifying and funding promising technology ideas and by guiding
successful companies to scale and dominate their industries.
In 1998, Peter made e-commerce easier, faster, and more secure by co-
founding and leading PayPal. In 2002, he sold PayPal to eBay and founded
a global macro fund, Clarium. In 2004, he co-founded Palantir Technologies,
which offers platforms for finance companies and intelligence, defense,
and law enforcement communities to integrate, visualize, and analyze the
world's information. In the same year, he made the first outside investment
in Facebook.
In 2005, he co-founded Founders Fund, a leading Silicon Valley venture
capital fund that has pioneered new methods of venture financing that benefit
founders. Through Founders Fund, as well as through his private investing,
Peter has helped build the next generation of tech companies.
Peter earned a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from
Stanford Law School, where he occasionally teaches on globalization and
technology and serves on the board of overseers of the Hoover Institution.
His articles have appeared in Policy Review and the Wall Street Journal. He
lives in San Francisco.
As Chairman of Valar Ventures, Peter provides strategic advice and mentoring
to Valar and its portfolio companies.
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VALAR ADVANTAGES / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
VALAR IS DIFFERENTIATED BY SEVERAL DISTINCT
ADVANTAGES:
TRACK RECORD: Valar's managers have
shown exceptional investing acumen.
Returns are at the top of class. with a net
multiple and net IRR of 2.9x and 98.4%.
respectively.
THESIS & MARKET: Persistent inefficien-
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TEAM: Valar's team has a successful and
long record of working together to find and
oversee investments.
REPUTATION: In addition to an outstand-
ing track record and strong credibility with
portfolio companies, the team is advised
by Peter Thiel. consistently named one of
the most influential venture capitalists in
the world.
ACCESS: Valar has access to deals at
propitious moments - when local VCs have
moderately de-risked the company but
before scale makes the investment obvious
to large, less price-sensitive investors.
We believe these characteristics serve as
a solid foundation for outperformance in
Valar's new fund.
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VALAR ADVANTAGES / THESIS
GLOBAL VENTURE CAPITAL IS HIGHLY INEFFICIENT
COMPELLING OPPORTUNITIES
While the abundance of capital in Silicon
Valley has compressed returns for all but
the best venture firms (most of which
are closed to new investors). start-
ups outside Silicon Valley have much
more limited access to both capital
and experienced start-up investors.
This creates compelling, well-priced
opportunities for Valar.
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VALAR ADVANTAGES / THESIS
VALAR BELIEVES THAT THESE INEFFICIENCIES WILL PERSIST,
EVEN AS US FIRMS EXPAND OVERSEAS, A PHENOMENON EMBODIED
IN THE LACKLUSTER RETURNS OF US VCs OPERATING OVERSEAS.
I. Local entrepreneurs perceive satellite
II. The best Silicon Valley VCs generally
III. This creates opportunities for Valar.
offices as merely regional players without
do not travel outside the US - they have
which has deep links to Silicon Valley.
access to the marquee talents of the flag-
sufficient deal flow at home and have
strong access to capital, and an explicit
ship office and disfavor them for deals.
partnership and family dynamics that
mandate to invest overseas.
make frequent travel difficult.
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A. PayPal network develops in San Francisco.
James joins Andrew at Thiel Capital in 2008:
the two begin working on special investment
opportunities for Peter.
B. Team diligences investments in New Zealand,
leading to an investment in Xero and an eventual
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two investments in Australia and establishing
their network there.
D. Oppa's founder. aware of the growing
reputation of the Thiel team, meets with Valar
as it begins exploring opportunities in Brazil.
The firm invests and its relationship with Oppa
and its syndicate produce three additional
investments in Brazil.
E. Introductions from colleagues and contacts
lead to investments in Toronto, establishing the
beginnings of a Canadian network.
F. Max Levchin, co-founder and COO of PayPal
and a former colleague of Andrew's, introduces
the team to Transferwise, establishing Valar's
first presence in Europe.
G. Valar establishes its own offices in New York
to better manage international operations.
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VALAR ADVANTAGES / PORTFOLIO PHILOSOPHY
THE FIRM IS FOUNDER FRIENDLY AND EMPHASIZES LONG-TERM VALUE
CREATION: IT ENCOURAGES FOUNDERS TO RESIST SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL
PRESSURES IN FAVOR OF MAXIMIZING LONG-TERM (BUT LIQUID) VALUE.
The firm generally enters after a local partner has partially de-risked the
investment but before standard metrics make the company an obviously
good investment to purely financial investors.
The firm prefers to lead initial investments of US $3-10 million.
The firm does not believe board seats are inherently valuable, preferring to
secure rights via observation and its financing documents.
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VALAR ADVANTAGES / INVESTMENT PROCESS
DEAL SOURCING
Andrew and James have sourced all of
Valar's deals and will continue to find new
companies and manage the portfolio. Peter
provides advice to the firm and its portfolio
companies.
Valar intends to run a concentrated portfolio
of 7-10 significant investments in each fund,
aggressively following on in its winners.
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Investment decisions must be unanimous
between James and Drew: Peter provides
advice and counsel prior to and following
the investment decision.
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PORTFOLIO / XERO
XERO - ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
AMOUNT INVESTED: $3.0 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014. 561.2 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE. 20.4X
AMOUNT INVESTED: $3.3 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $33.2 mil
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AMOUNT INVESTED: $20 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $92.7 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE: 4.6X
AMOUNT INVESTED: $5 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $7.5 mil
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AMOUNT INVESTED: $31.4 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $194.7 mil
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THESIS
The market for accounting software is large, growing and surprisingly untapped
(with many consumers relying on ad hoc ledgers rather than formal software).
Incumbent players, e.g. Intuit, are trapped in legacy architecture and have not
successfully migrated to the cloud; they also view their accounting products
as leaders for more profitable ancillary services and have under-developed
their marquee products as a result.
Because the opportunity for sales was large even without disrupting incumbents
and because few investors were willing to underwrite a multi-year development
cycle, Valar saw the opportunity for durable and compelling returns.
HISTORY
Based on the Valar team's reputation and Silicon Valley connections, a high
profile New Zealand entrepreneur introduced one of Xero's directors to Valar
in 2010. Valar was convinced that the founder had extraordinary execution
abilities, a flair for sales, a plan for rapid global growth and the energy
necessary to convert users away from entrenched systems. Xero's driven and
experienced COO also gave Valar confidence that the firm would have the
institutional heft to support the founder's vision.
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OUTCOME
The firm has grown quickly, taking dominant positions in New Zealand
and Australia. It has launched in the US and will continue to expand in the
Anglophone world. Valuation rose from less than US $100 million at the time
of Valar's initial investment to US $2.9 billion (based on publicly traded prices
as of 6/30/2014). Xero is now approaching its liquidity window.
WWW.XERO.COM
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PORTFOLIO / TRANSFERWISE
TRANSFERWISE - LOW-COST CURRENCY TRANSFER SERVICES
SERIES A
INVESTED: $3.8 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $23.1 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE: 6.2X
APR 2O14 / SERIES B
INVESTED: $6.7 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $6.7 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE: 1.0X
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PORTFOLIO / TRANSFERWISE
THESIS
OUTCOME
The market for currency-driven financial services is high-fee for historical rather
All metrics continue to show extraordinary growth — users, monthly revenues
than technological or business reasons — and is thus ripe for disruption. The
and transfer volumes (now nearing $200 million monthly) all grew over 7x
partners know the space well from Andrew's and Peter's history at PayPal and
during 2013.
James' work at Clarium, giving them an informational advantage in the space.
WWW.TRANSFERWISE.COM
HISTORY
Max Levchin, one of PayPal's co-founders and its CTO, referred the partners
to the founders. The teams met several times, and the partners believed that
Transferwise had the ideal combination of a strong technical bench, deep
knowledge of finance, and a history of successfully building companies -
Taavet Hinrikus was the first employee at Skype and Kristo Kaarmann had a
long career at PwC and Deloitte helping financial institutions modernize their
infrastructure. Valar led the company's Series A and Series B financings in
rounds that closed in early 2013 and 2014, respectively.
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PORTFOLIO / VEND
VEND - CLOUD-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
MAR 2014 / SERIES D
INVESTED: $8.6 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $8.6 ro
GROSS MULTIPLE: 1.0X
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THESIS
Traditional retail relies on archaic payment and management systems: while
online stores have achieved various efficiencies, the much larger offline market
relies on idiosyncratic, expensive and antiquated systems of cash registers,
disparate software packages, and non-networked computers.
By creating a point-of-sale system that both customers and retailers find easy
to use and native to the cloud, Vend makes offline retailing more efficient
and reliable (Vend even works when a store temporarily loses connectivity).
Retailers no longer have to bear the high fixed and variable costs of ad hoc
payment and retail management systems, freeing them to spend time on their
area of highest competitive advantage: curating compelling off-line shopping
spaces.
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Vend was founded in New Zealand by Vaughan Rowsell, a programmer with
a long history at emerging companies. Valar's partners met Vaughan while
completing their first investment in Xero - a company Vaughan admired. Over
the next two years, Valar followed Vend as it scaled in its home markets and
expanded its team. Persuaded that the founder had both the deep technical
knowledge to develop a comprehensive but intuitive retail system from first
principles, complemented by a dedicated and business-savvy chairman,
Valar led an expansion round of financing in 2014.
OUTCOME
The company has now opened offices in Australia, Canada, and the United
States and growth is accelerating, with more than 8,000 stores now relying
on Vend for their POS needs.
WWW.VENDHO.COM
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OPPA - SELF-BRANDED e-COMMERCE
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AMOUNT INVESTED: $8.0 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $17.3 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE: 2.2X
SEP 2013 / CONVERTIBLE NOTE
AMOUNT INVESTED: $5.3 mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $6.7 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE:1.3X
JUN 2014 / SERIES C
AMOUNT INVESTED: $2.S mil
VALUE AT 6/30/2014: $2.S mil
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PORTFOLIO / OP PA
THESIS
The merger of high-end design, low-cost manufacturing, and elimination of
traditional furniture industry middlemen allows Oppa to deliver both well-
priced goods and comparatively high gross margins relative to other retailers.
Direct sales, both online and offline, plus careful maintenance of lean inventory
allow Oppa (much like Warby Parker in the US eyeglass market) to consistently
exceed conventional industry margins. Brazil's import regime also favors
domestic manufacturers like Oppa, providing additional barriers to entry for
competitors (such as IKEA).
HISTORY
Oppa's founder had followed the Thiel team; contact was made and after several
rounds of diligence, Valar invested. After Valar's first priced investment, Oppa
came to the firm for expansion capital. Valar designed its follow-on investment
to give the founder the time and flexibility to explore additional sales channels
to accelerate growth otherwise unavailable with standard funding mechanisms.
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Oppa has grown rapidly, gaining market share by maintaining high-quality,
fresh designs manufactured quickly and locally. Sales roughly doubled during
2013 and Oppa is well positioned to meet or exceed that growth in 2014.
WWW.OPPA.COM
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tlContaAzul
SEP 2013
INVESTED: $0.9 mil
VALUE: $0.9 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE: 1.0X
Valar's thesis for ContaAzul mirrors that
it held for Xero: the demand for intuitive,
web-based and well-priced accounting
sof tware for smaller businesses issurprisingly
underserved. This dynamic is especially
pronounced in emerging economies with
non-Anglophone accounting needs.
Valar found the team earnest, open-minded
to the Silicon Valley approach and cohesive
(having previously worked together). Valar
invested in September 2013 and traction
has already been strong.
WWW.CONTAAZUL.COM
Canopy Labs
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NOV 2012/MARCH 2014
INVESTED: $0.7 mil
VALUE: $0.7 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE:1.0X
Canopy Labs takes customer data and.
applying a proprietary algorithm. allows
companies to find and prioritize their most
valuable customers and more efficiently
target marketing campaigns.
WWW.CANOPYLABS.COM
AUG 2012/MAY 2014
INVESTED: $0.4 mil
VALUE: $0.4 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE: 1.0X
Using Al and large data sets. Granify helps
companies identify and convert the large
population of users who visit commerce
websites but fail to make a purchase -
offering significant increases in conversion
rates at effective costs.
WWW.GRANIFY.COM
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NOV 2012/DEC 2013
INVESTED: $0.3 mil
VALUE: $0.4 mil
GROSS MULTIPLE:1.5X
Descomplica is Brazil's largest on-line
classroom and brings high-quality, data-
driven classes to a wired, middle-income
market underserved by traditional off-line
education.
The company now has more
than 5.000 lessons and videos available and
has served more than 4.5 million students.
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INVESTMENT PERIOD
5 Years
LEGAL COUNSEL
Cooley LLP
TARGET SIZE
MANAGEMENT FEES
$150 Million
2.5% / year (subject to step-down)
INCENTIVE FEE
20% scaling to 25%/30% at 3x/6x returns
MINIMUM INVESTOR COMMITMENT
AUDITORS
$5 Million (subject to GP discretion)
BOO
GP COMMITMENT
1% of overall fund commitments
(in addition to Peter Thiel's investment)
INTRODUCTION
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VALAR ADVANTAGES
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PORTFOLIO
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TERMS
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recommendations.
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should be based on a careful review of the applicable offering memoranda
and other governing documents (the "Offering Documents") containing
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PORTFOLIO
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