If you haven’t heard of a fairly new twist on investing called special purpose vehicles (SPVs), you probably aren’t an institutional investor or a wealthy individual with direct ties to either a venture firm or a high-flying startup like Pinterest or Postmates. But don’t worry if you’ve missed the opportunity to invest in one. Investors […]
Palantir
StrictlyVC: December 11, 2013
Good morning! —– Top News in the A.M. That new Palantir Technologies round, the one valuing it at $9 billion, has shot past $107 million, according to an SEC filing. TechCrunch has more here. —– The Part-Time VC Semil Shah has a full-time job, spending most of each week doing mobile product marketing for a company called Swell in Palo Alto. […]