Chapter 341

Name：Silicon Valley Author：Baisha
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At noon, Ford Brooke came to Youtube.

The CEO of YouTube is Martin Holmes, an Englishman who graduated from Cambridge University in his thirties.

Ford Brooke said straight to the point, "Mr. Holmes, I think you know what I'm here for. I wonder if YouTube is willing to accept financing? "

"Mr. Ford Brooke, I'm really sorry, YouTube has no financing plan for the moment!" Martin Holmes said.

Ford Brooke frowned. "Have you ever raised money before?"

Martin Holmes said with a smile: "yes, at the beginning of the company, six overseas venture capital institutions invested in YouTube!"

Ford Brooke snuffled at this, saying it was a pity.

"Mr. Holmes, Sequoia Capital plans to invest $400 million in YouTube. Do you think about it?"

"400 million dollars?" Martin Holmes asked, "well, how many shares do you plan to hold in Sequoia Capital?"

Ford Brooke was silent for a moment, and then he replied, "10%!"

"Well, that means Sequoia's valuation of YouTube is $4 billion." Martin Holmes said with a smile, "Mr. Ford Brooke, the price of Sequoia Capital seems to be a little low. The price of KPCB venture capital of the United States is US $5 billion, and IDG is US $5.5 billion..."

Ford Brooke laughed bitterly at the words. Sequoia Capital has been on the decline since it got involved with Henry. Many investments have failed and lost a lot of money. Otherwise, Sequoia Capital, which has always been lavish, would not be so tight. Sequoia Capital can come up with $400 million, which is not easy.

Since other venture capital companies with higher valuations failed, Ford Brooke didn't count on it, so he immediately said goodbye to Martin Holmes.

"Go to LinkedIn!" Ford Brooke told the driver after he left YouTube.

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"Sorry, Mr. Ford Brooke, we don't need financing for LinkedIn!"

"Sorry, Mr. Ford Brooke, we don't need financing for TripAdvisor!"

One after another, Ford Brooke was a little confused!

At about 10 p.m., Ford Brooke came home tired. First he took a cold bath, and then he lay in bed. He couldn't help recalling what happened today

Four websites actually do not need financing, what makes him even more astonished is that these four companies at the beginning of the venture actually got a huge amount of investment from overseas venture capital, how can such a coincidence?!

Ford Brooke was puzzled.

Will all four companies be controlled by one company behind the scenes?

Ford Brooke was also taken aback by his own bold speculation. Who is so powerful, can come up with so many good ideas, and still have a lot of money to support?

No, there's a man!!!

Ford Brooke suddenly thought of a man - Henry Williams!

"Could it be him?" Muttered Ford Brooke.

That night, Ford Brooke lost sleep. He was thinking about whether Henry Williams might have created the four websites behind the scenes

The next morning, Ford Brooke got up with dark circles under his eyes.

He decided to carefully investigate the predecessor of the four website companies!

Two days later, Ford Brooke suddenly found a problem, these four companies have been acquired by overseas companies, and then changed the name of the company!

"Well... That's suspicious!" Ford Brooke murmured, touching his chin, a gleam in his eyes.

(third, I only wrote this point. Let's have a look and write more tomorrow. I'm so hungry that I only ate half a bowl of rice in the evening. Now I'm cooking noodles...)