Rizvi Traverse Management LLC

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EXCLUSIVE 2012 RANKINGS - The TOP 10 LARGEST V.C. FUNDING ROUNDS OF THE YEAR: 1st Place: FISKER AUTOMOTIVE ($411M); 2nd Place: 360BUY ($400M); 3rd Place: SQUARETRADE ($238M); See the Full List Of Top 10 Largest Venture Rounds of 2012
Dec. 2012 December 27, 2012 11:00 am EST - The top ten venture capital funding rounds in 2012, in terms of round size, reveals much about investor interest as a whole. PrivCo reveals 2012's Top 10 V.C. Funding Rounds Of The Year: … Read More »
Breaking News: SQUARE Closes $225M Round Led By Rizvi Traverse ($150M), w/ Citi Ventures ($50M) & Starbucks ($25M); Post-Money Valuation Of $3.225 Billion; Founder JACK DORSEY (Also Co-Founder of Twitter) Now A Billionaire; PrivCo's Hamadeh: "1st Time You're Lucky, 2nd Time You're Good...Dorsey's Now 'Good' "
Sep. 2012 PrivCo sources have confirmed that Square's (PrivCo Private Company Ticker: SQUAREP) latest $225 million round gives the company a $3 Billion pre-money valuation. … Read More »
Breaking News: SQUARE And STARBUCKS Sign Massive New Partnership; Square Mobile Payments To Process At All 6,800 Starbucks US Stores, Square Receives $25M Investment From Starbucks at $3 Billion Pre-Money Valuation as Part of New $225M+ Round
Aug. 2012 PrivCo sources have confirmed that Square (PrivCo Private Company Ticker: SQUAREP) finalized a massive new partnership with coffee chain Starbucks to be announced on Wednesday August 8th, in which Square will begin processing all credit and debit card transactions inside all of Starbucks' chain of stores across the United States. … Read More »
BREAKING NEWS: SQUARE Inc. Raising $200M Funding Round At Whopping $3.2 Billion Valuation, Double Year Ago Valuation; Round Led By Private Equity Firm RIZVI TRAVERSE; Founder Jack Dorsey (Also Co-Founder of Twitter) Now Officially A Billionaire
Jul. 2012 Square is closing a new $200 Million funding round valuing the 3 year old privately-held mobile payments company at a whopping $3.2 Billion valuation, representing a doubling of Square's last valuation of $1.6 Billion just 1 year ago, in July 2011. … Read More »

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Basic Information

Investor Type:	Private Equity
Address:	260 East Brown Street Suite 380
City:	Birmingham
State/Province:	Michigan
Country:	United States
Website:	http://www.rizvitraverse.com

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Date	Target	Target Industry	Deal Type	Total Deal Amount	Status
Jan. 2013	View	Other Music	Acquisition Majority Acquisition	View	Completed	Details
Sep. 2012	View	Electronic Payment Services Internet Online & Mobile Payment	Funding	View	Completed	Details
Jan. 2012	View	Film Production & Distribution	Acquisition	View	Completed	Details
Mar. 2011	View	Adult Entertainment Broadcasting	Acquisition Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Take Private	View	Completed	Details
May. 2010	View		Acquisition Majority Acquisition	View	Completed	Details

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