Square received angel investments from Marissa Mayer, Kevin Rose, Biz Stone, Dennis Crowley, Shawn Fanning, MC Hammer, and Esther Dyson.[45] Since then, it has raised several additional rounds of funding:
Series A funding from Khosla Ventures[45]
Series B funding from Sequoia Capital[45]
Series C funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers[45]
Series D funding from Citi Ventures, Rizvi Traverse Management, and Starbucks[46]
Series E funding from Goldman Sachs, Rizvi Traverse Management, and GIC Private Limited[47]
Here's a photo containing Rizvi, bin Talal and Khashoggi - I'm fairly certain it's legit, too. Several old sources appear to have existed for it, though pulling up working archives is a bitch:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square,_Inc. | https://archive.is/F5C6B
Emphasis my own.
17126089? ago
Where have I heard Rizvi Traverse before?
17126550? ago
Q posts 200 and 208:
Linked to Al Waleed bin Talal and Jamal Khashoggi if I'm not mistaken...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhail_Rizvi | https://archive.is/9r28T
No direct mention of either in the above, but...
Here's a photo containing Rizvi, bin Talal and Khashoggi - I'm fairly certain it's legit, too. Several old sources appear to have existed for it, though pulling up working archives is a bitch:
https://files.catbox.moe/83y8up.jpg
Now, apparently, Suhail Rizvi has ties to bin Talal's Kingdom Holdings, both as an investment advisor and a major shareholder:
https://twitter.com/paul_furber/status/1053018935707230210
https://files.catbox.moe/17cwvc.jpg
Reuters confirms that Rizvi Traverse Management LLC has financial ties to Twitter and Square, Inc.:
https://archive.is/DFsZU
This arabnews.com article, incidentally, speaks of KHC having invested in the Rizvi Opportunistic Equity Fund III:
https://archive.is/tF3KX
This businessinsider.com article, though, is a proverbial goldmine. Read it. Even skimming it for 'big names' is an eye opener:
https://archive.is/QVk4z
17130809? ago
Agreed. Very nice dig. Article mentions Suhail rizvi and vivi Nevo which both link back to all the major players in the tech/Hollywood/etc scandals.
Weinstein, DiCaprio, Dorsey, apple, heads of google and on and on. All linked via these dudes. Read the last article at least.