U.S. companies rift gold purchased $ 120,000,000 shares of 500 million Facebook

Beijing June 28, rift gold according to foreign media reports, the U.S. private equity firm Elevation Partners (hereinafter referred to as "Elevation") in a recent letter to limited partners in the mail, said the company has spent $ 120,000,000 in the U.S. non-listed SecondMarket stock market stock purchases more than 500 million Facebook.

Last November, Elevation has invested $ 90,000,000 common stock purchase Facebook. In the past 8 months time, Elevation bought this part of the Facebook 2.5 times the stock has value, which allows Facebook Elevation Awkwardness in the stock as the stock one of the best. The two transactions together, Elevation valuation of 140 billion acquisition of Facebook's 750 million shares. And Facebook is currently non-listed companies in the U.S. stock market valuation of about 240 billion U.S. dollars.

Roger Tracy, founder of Elevation nano (Roger McNamee) and Polo (Bono) are personally invested in Facebook. In addition, Facebook chief operating officer ????? Berg (Sheryl Sandberg)'s sister ????? Nick (Mark Bodnick) is also a partner at Elevation. Therefore, Elevation slightly more complex relationship with Facebook.

In addition to outside investment in Facebook, Elevation recent investment performance is not good. Palm's shareholders as a smart phone, Palm's acquisition of the HP deal, Elevation did not earn high income. The company still has more than 100 million U.S. dollars available for investment. Obviously, Elevation will not be ready this next part of the funds used for investment or Palm, "Forbes", the company may be in the market looking for another Yelp, or Facebook.

In addition, wow gold although the market since 2007, there were news that Facebook may be an initial public offering (IPO), but the company founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) has repeatedly said that the company in no hurry to market. Facebook is now holding 120 million U.S. dollars of funds, so the company may not rush to the market.

Compared with aoc gold Elevation's investment, the Russian investment company Digital Sky Technologies (hereinafter referred to as "DST") $ 25 per share late last year to buy a stake in Facebook, the transaction valuation of Facebook is about 100 billion U.S. dollars. However, DST was the acquisition of preferred shares is Facebook, this stock has more than the rights of ordinary shares. Prior to this, DST has also the price to $ 14.77 direct from the Facebook acquisition of part of the staff of the hands of ordinary shares in the share price at the time Facebook was only 6.5 billion. Analysts expected, Facebook is expected to reach market after the listing of 100 billion U.S. dollars, the highest in nearly two years, the most IPO financing. If these become a reality, then the Elevation and the DST will have access to high return on investment in Facebook.