on Twitter, laid out details of its exposure to FTX across two different funds. In total, the venerable venture capital firm stomached a $213.5 million loss.
“Sequoia Capital’s exposure to FTX is limited,” the letter reads. “We own FTX.com and FTX US in one private fund, Global Growth Fund lll. FTX is not a top ten position in the fund, and our $150 million cost basis accounts for less than 3% of the committed capital of the fund.” The letter goes on to state that although it took a $150 million loss on FTX, Sequoia’s Global Growth Fund lll is in “good shape” and has returned approximately $7.5 billion in realized and unrealized gains that offsets this loss.
“Separately, SCGE Fund, L.P. invested $63.5 million in FTX.com and FTX US, representing less than 1% of the SCGE Funds 9/30/2022 portfolio ,” it continued, detailing a separate fund’s exposure.“At the time of our investment in FTX, we ran a rigorous diligence process,” it added. “In 2021, the year of our investment, FTX generated approximately $1 billion in revenue and more than $250 million in operating incoming, as was made public in August 2022.
The letter comes after the stunning collapse of FTX, the exchange operator run by Sam Bankman-Fried. After a liquidity crunch at FTX and Alameda, a connected trading business, Binance briefly looked as though it might swoop and acquire FTX — but© 2022 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.
Better lend and give money to the big boys than lil but ambitious projects, greed and karma is fckd up
It always was
Sequoia should investigate decentralized projects like justmoney. But I bet they dont understand. Sequoia ftx
Hahahahaha
FCUK - my investment of $0 in FTX is now worth $0. Any suggestions on how I pitch this to my accountant?
Is there anything like it?
Always has been…
And EVERYONE ELSE THATS A LONG LIST! _CryptoCurator ☝️
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