Elon Musk lists 18 Investors. Below is the list of 18 Investors that have contributed their equity to the Twitter takeover. See the list below.
Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust – $1,000,000,000
Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle Corporation, has agreed to contribute $1 billion to Musk’s Twitter purchase, the largest investment of the 18 investors Musk has secured.
Ellison, 77, is the world’s ninth richest person, with a net worth of $119.5 billion. He is noted for his excessive spending.
According to Investopedia, he once purchased 98 per cent of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, spent $194 million on a boat, and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in premium real estate in Malibu, California.
The CEO of the software firm also erected a California mansion inspired by 16th-century Japanese feudal architecture.
Ellison has stakes in Tesla, NetSuite, and Leapfrog Enterprises in addition to holding 40% of Oracle.
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Sequoia Capital Fund, L.P. – $800,000,000
Musk’s Twitter takeover will cost $800 million, according to Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in startups in the energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile industries.
‘For over two decades, we’ve had a front-row seat to Elon’s business and technical ability, from X.com, which became PayPal, through SpaceX and The Boring Company,’ the firm said in a statement to Axios on Thursday. We see an opportunity to drive important product innovation that will help Twitter realize its full potential as a global platform that links the world, just as he does.’
The company has 31 funds and has raised a total of $19.8 billion among them.
According to Crunchbase, their most recent fund, the Sequoia Crypto Fund, was unveiled in February 2022 and has already raised $600 million.
According to its website, Sequoia Capital has previously partnered with Apple, Google, Cisco, Unity, Snowflake, and Zoom.
The firm is in its third generation of leadership with South African actuary Roelof Botha, 48, acting as Senior Steward. Botha has reportedly sat on the boards of MongoDB, Jawbone, Eventbrite, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Mahalo, Natera, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, and Tumblr, Unity, Whisper and Xoom.
Sequoia Capital’s contribution to Twitter is the second largest of all 18 investors.
VyCapital – $700,000,000
VyCapital, The takeover is being funded by a $700 million investment from a Dubai-based global technology investment business.
The Boring Company, another Musk endeavour, is also backed by the corporation.
VyCapital’s only venture fund, VY Capital Holdings Ltd., established in September 2014, has raised a total of $354.1 million, according to Crunchbase.
According to the firm, it focuses on ‘category-defining technological startups’ that have the ‘potential to substantially benefit humanity.’
VyCapital manages more than $5 billion in funds from prominent global endowments and institutions and has more than 70 investments around the world.
Alexander Tamas, a former Partner at DST who helped establish the Russian Internet sector around Mail.ru, founded the firm in 2013.
Tamas led and sourced significant investments in Facebook, Airbnb, Spotify, Twitter, JD.com, Alibaba, Xiaomi, and Zalando while at DST.
Binance – $500,000,000
As a gesture of support for Musk, the world’s largest crypto exchange is investing $500 million in Twitter.
Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the founder and CEO of Binance, said his company’s investment in the platform was a small contribution to the cause’ on Thursday.
The company’s role in the network is ‘as a supporter of Elon Musk’s intentions for Twitter and as an investor,’ according to a spokeswoman for the company.
‘Privatize it, issue a token, decentralize it,’ Zhao tweeted last month after Musk made his initial offer to buy the site.
He also urged the Tesla CEO to make spam and scams on the network a top priority.
On Thursday, Binance said that it has received regulatory authority to operate digital asset services in France, making it the first European country to do so.
According to TechCrunch, the clearance was given after months of regulatory delays and questions about how the company would assure ‘anti-money laundering compliance.’
Binance, which began in China, is not permitted to operate in the United Kingdom or Germany. Due to Beijing’s broad crypto ban, the company has mainly abandoned China.
According to reports, the corporation is still looking for a new location.
AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (a16z) – $400,000,000
Musk’s takeover has received $400 million from AH Capital Management, L.L.C., a capital investment firm known as Andreessen Horowitz.
The firm makes investments in the software and technology sectors.
On Twitter, AH CEO Ben Horowitz responded to the news, saying that the company invested in the platform because it believes in the founders’ mission to ‘connect the world,’ which he believes Musk can do.
‘While Twitter has a lot of potential as a public forum, it has a lot of problems, from bots to misuse to censorship,’ Horowitz wrote.
‘All of these are exacerbated by being a public corporation completely relying on an advertising business strategy. Elon is the only person we know, and possibly the only person in the world, who has the courage, genius, and abilities to repair all of these problems and construct the public square that we all deserve.’
‘We are pleased to be part of this endeavour,’ said Horowitz, a general partner and co-founder of the firm.
According to Forbes, AH was founded more than a decade ago and has more than $28.2 billion in assets under management as of April 2022.
Horowitz has a tech background, having worked with cofounder Marc Andreessen at Netscape. The pair then co-founded Opsware, which they sold to HP for $1.6 billion in 2007.
The CEO is also an investor and board member of Medium, Databricks, Skype and Okta, as well as several others.
Qatar Holding LLC – $375,000,000
Qatar Holding LLC, Qatar Investment Authority’s sovereign wealth fund, QIA, has invested $375 million in Twitter, giving the corporation a 1% interest in the site.
The firm’s engagement has been puzzling given that it is a subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, a country that does not appear to share Musk’s ‘free speech principles.
Qatari officials, according to The Daily Beast, “continued to suppress freedom of expression utilizing oppressive laws to muzzle critical voices” last year.
Malcolm Bidali, a Kenyan “blogger and migrant workers’ rights campaigner,” was alleged “forcibly disappeared” and held in solitary confinement after speaking out against worker abuses in Qatar. The activist subsequently departed the country after paying a $6,800 fine.
Musk has indicated his Twitter takeover was fueled by the platform’s alleged failure to uphold free speech principals.
It is unclear if Qatar Holding will push back on Musk’s plans or act as a more passive investor.
Aliya Capital Partners LLC – $360,000,000
Aliya Capital Partners is a Miami, Florida-based investment management firm.
The company has agreed to invest $360 million in Musk’s purchase of Twitter.
Aliya represents and administers a ‘exclusive community of families,’ according to its website, with the goal of creating ‘unlimited value.’
Aliya, led by founder and CEO Ross M. Kestin, is committed to keeping an eye on areas that “many have never heard of” and seizing “opportunities as they arise.”
Kestin worked at HSBC, one of the world’s major banking and financial services organizations, and Fortune Partners Group, where he was also a co-founder, before creating Aliya.
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC – $316,139,386
Fidelity Management & Research Company, the financial advisor to Fidelity Investments’ family of mutual funds, has made a $316 million investment in Twitter.
The firm’s bid to invest in the social networking site came just days after Fidelity Investments revealed that BitCoin would soon be added to 401(k) retirement plans.
Chairman and CEO Abigail Johnson, who has a net worth of $20.9 billion, leads Fidelity. According to Forbes, she controls around 24.5 per cent of the company.
Johnson took over as CEO in 2014, after her father, and has been chairman since 2016.
Edward Johnson II, her grandfather, created the Boston-based mutual fund behemoth in 1946. It now manages assets worth $4.2 trillion.
Strauss Capital LLC – $150,000,000
Strauss Capital LLC, an investment bank in New York City, has committed $150 million toward Musk’s venture.
The firm was established in 2006 by Thomas J. Strauss and provides companies with ‘tailored and creative’ merger, acquisition, divestiture and recapitalization advisory services.
According to the firm’s website, it primarily serves private middle-market companies and the private equity community.
Strauss, who serves as the firm’s managing director, has over thirty years of investment banking and operational experience.
Musk’s venture has received $150 million from Strauss Capital LLC, a New York City investment firm.
Thomas J. Strauss founded the firm in 2006, and it offers ‘tailored and imaginative’ merger, acquisition, divestiture, and recapitalization advising services to businesses.
The firm primarily services private middle-market companies and the private equity sector, according to its website.
Strauss, the firm’s managing director, has over thirty years of experience in investment banking and operations.
Brookfield – $250,000,000
Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian global asset management firm, has pledged $250 million to Musk’s purchase of Twitter.
Brookfield Asset Management has $688 billion in assets under management and is operating in a variety of industries and economies across the world.
According to Yahoo Finance, Brookfield officials indicated the business is considering a buyout of data-center operator Switch Inc. on Tuesday.
The asset manager has been involved in the industry for years, and in 2018 it agreed to buy AT&T Inc.’s data-center assets.
According to sources, Brookfield is one of several potential Switch purchasers, but no final decisions have been made, meaning the company could back out.
BAMCO, Inc. (Baron) – $100,000,000
BAMCO, Inc., through its Baron Partners Fund, has agreed to invest $100 million in Twitter.
The fund invests primarily in U.S. companies with ‘significant growth potential,’ according to the firm’s website.
A substantial percentage of the fund’s assets are in its top 10 holdings which include Musk’s Tesla Inc., Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hyatt Hotels and Spotify, among others.
Ron Baron, CEO of Baron Capital and one of Tesla’s largest shareholders, suggested Thursday – after it was revealed that his subsidiary BAMCO was investing in Twitter – that Musk got a good deal on his acquisition.
‘My guess 2-3x return or more next 4-5 years if successful,’ the CEO said in a statement to CNBC. ‘Purchase price really cheap since business had been so poorly run. Actually incredibly cheap and would have remained that way if Musk had not offered to acquire. In my opinion.’
Baron had previously called Musk’s involvement in Twitter ‘meaningless’.
DFJ Growth IV Partners, LLC – $100,000,000
DFJ Growth IV Partners, LLC is a venture capital firm focused growth stage investments in enterprise, consumer, and disruptive technologies.
The firm has committed $100 million to Musk’s Twitter buyout.
It was revealed last month that DFJ was one of several companies to contribute to the $675 million funding round for The Boring Company, another Musk venture.
Witkoff Capital – $100,000,000
Witkoff Capital, a firm owned by New York-based real estate tycoon Steven Witkoff, is investing $100 million in Twitter.
News of Witkoff’s investment comes just days after Steven’s son, Witkoff Capital President Zach Witkoff, married model and actress Sophi Knight in what some are calling the ‘wedding of the year’.
The event was held at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to The Real Deal.
The wedding was attended by Trump and his wife, Melania, billionaire real estate investor and hotelier Barry Sternlicht, developer Don Peebles and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez, among others.
Key Wealth Advisors LLC – $30,000,000
A.M. Management & Consulting – $25,000,000
Litani Ventures – $25,000,000
Tresser Blvd 402 LLC (Cartenna) – $8,500,000
Honeycomb Asset Management LP – $5,000,000
