"I think it's entirely possible, so I want you to keep a close eye on this company and the changes that this company is bringing to the startup landscape in Silicon Valley. I need you to give me a detailed research report within a month. "At the same time, for this platform, I think you can look for opportunities for Fund Eight to intervene and participate as much as possible." ”

The total assets of Aurora No. 8 Fund are about 13 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 100 billion yuan (at the exchange rate of the year).

Its main business is Internet venture capital, which is similar to the Ark platform, so this time Schmidt asked Weiner to make a move, which is to try the impact of such a new platform on investment behavior.

"Okay, no problem. Our branch in Silicon Valley is also very familiar with the Ark platform, and we can try to do some work with them to see how the market is changing. Weiner said.

"Well, if necessary, I suggest you guys can buy this company, I think it's very valuable. Schmidt said.

"No problem, I'll do it. Weiner said.

At this time, the popularity of the Ark platform in the market is not high, and the important users are all at the grassroots level, and they are labeled as grassroots expressions by the market, so its overall valuation is not high, about 30 million to 50 million US dollars, which is definitely a small meaning for the Aurora 8 Fund, which has tens of billions of US dollars.

After discussing with Schmidt, Weiner immediately got up and went to Silicon Valley to visit the Ark Company.

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After Li Feng finished arranging the group's investment fund, he left for the United States the next day.

This time, the purpose of Li Feng's visit to the United States was mainly to understand the specific situation of the Ark Company, and to use this as a starting point to find opportunities for the capital of New Dream Group to enter the American investment market.

Before leaving, Li Feng called Lin Yuting and informed him of the relevant situation, and Lin Yuting was naturally very happy about Li Feng's visit.

The plane departed from Jiangzhou City and arrived in San Francisco, a city on the west coast of the United States.

After getting off the plane, Li Feng saw that Lin Yuting had already come to the airport to greet him.

At this moment, the temperature in San Francisco is similar to that of Jiangzhou City, and the visibility of the city in autumn is extremely high.

Today's Lin Yuting was dressed very casually, wearing a sun hat, and happily greeted Li Feng: "You are finally here, I have been waiting for you for more than half a month." Originally, I wanted you to come with me last time, but you have something to do, and now you're done?"

"Almost, the investment fund of my group company has been established, and this time I went to Silicon Valley to see the development of Ark Company, and by the way, with the help of their platform, to find Internet entrepreneurship projects that are highly related to our group's business. Li Feng said.

"Okay, you've been on the plane for more than ten hours, and you're tired, so I'll take you to eat something first, and then I'll take a rest. Lin Yuting said.

"It's okay, I'm really tired. Li Feng said, "By the way, what about Jin Wenyan?"

"He happened to go to the Ark Company for some business, saying that a top predator came from Wall Street and was discussing cooperation in the Ark Company. Lin Yuting said.

"From Wall Street?" Li Feng was stunned.

"Let's go eat first, don't worry so much, I've been waiting for you for more than two hours, and my stomach is growling with hunger. Lin Yuting took Li Feng's hand and said.

"You've got time to wait here for two hours. Li Feng said.

"Who told you to be so late. ”

Out of the airport, Lin Yuting drove a car and took Li Feng around the city, and then found an elegant Western restaurant and had a light meal.

"I have already told Merrick of the Ark Company about your visit to the United States, and he is very happy and hopes to have a good chat with you. Lin Yuting said, "It's tentatively scheduled for tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay, it's up to you. ”

After eating, when he came to the hotel where he stayed, Li Feng lay on the bed and began to think about tomorrow's work.

Although Li Feng understands the growth and changes of the Internet world in the next ten years, he only knows some general trends and the growth process of some well-known companies, and Li Feng does not know the small changes that have occurred in the American market, just as he does not know the real situation of the Ark Company.

Therefore, if you want to find a good project in the American market, you need to spend a lot of energy on research.

These start-up projects in the United States must be to help the development of New Dream Group's international business in the future, for example, online social platforms can help the group to do business promotion, payment tools can help the group expand e-commerce business, media resources can help the group provide news and publicity positions, etc.

For some of these projects, Li Feng does not require them to have high growth, even if they do not make money, it does not matter, their biggest role is to help the group provide basic support for future international business.

Nowadays, Internet companies can not fight alone, many businesses need to cooperate with each other, especially in the international market, the qualifications of the new dream group are still very shallow, if you want to find a partner, your voice is not high, many times may be in a weak position, unless you make a layout as soon as possible, and gather the resources you need through the power of capital, in order to achieve cooperation more conveniently.

What Li Feng wants to do is this job. Only when the business he needs has basic support overseas, can Li Feng reconsider the profitability of the investment business.

This is completely different from the starting point of the Pioneer Fund Company, the goal of the Pioneer Fund Company is to make money in the first place, and the second is to lay out the industrial network, and they are doing the business of making money, so the goals considered and the path to achieve are different from the investment funds of the New Dream Group.

Because of this, Li Feng still needs to personally check the investment business of New Dream Group, rather than just staring at the other party's various report data to get the answer of whether to invest or not.

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At this moment, in Ark in Silicon Valley, the founder Merrick is meeting with Weiner, a senior manager of the Aurora Fund.

In the building of the Ark Company, many people are talking about this well-known figure from Wall Street, you know, this is the most well-known person since the establishment of the Ark Company.

Weiner became famous as an investment genius more than a decade ago, when he was a freelance investor, increased his $30,000 stock value by a factor of 32 in a matter of months, became a millionaire in the early nineties, and founded a small investment fund company.