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amecloudventures.com

Investments

232

Portfolio Exits

55

About AME Cloud Ventures

AME Cloud Ventures is the venture fund led by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! AME Cloud Ventures focuses on seed to later stage companies building infrastructure and value chains around data.

Headquarters Location

Palo Alto, California,

United States

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Latest AME Cloud Ventures News

Digital media startup Semafor raises $19m to buy out FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried $10m stake

May 25, 2023

Launched in October 2022, Semafor has news bureaus in New York, Washington D.C, London, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa and will use the funding to return the $10 million in funds from Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency company FTX whose has been charged with fraud, money laundering and campaign finance offenses. According to Justin Smith, Semafor’s CEO, “Our investor group represents a diverse range of backgrounds with a shared sense of responsibility to support quality, independent global news and we thank them for their commitment to our mission.” New investors include Gallup, Henry Kravis, co-founder and co-executive chairman of KKR; Jamal Daniel, founder, Crest Media and owner, Al-Monitor; Jerry Yang, founding partner, AME Cloud Ventures and co-founder of Yahoo; Jorge Paulo Lemann, co-founder, 3G Capital and Stand Together, a philanthropic network of 700 business leaders founded by American entrepreneur Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries. The 60-employee company has signed up more than 400,000 newsletter subscribers with an open rate of more than 60% (with 30% of its audience outside of the U.S.). Semafor produces nine newsletters, including Flagship, a daily briefing “on the world’s most important stories”; Principals, a daily insider’s guide to Washington, D.C.; Africa, with news and analysis from across the continent; and the weekly Media newsletter. The company also hosts live-journalism events including an annual World Economy Summit, the Semafor Media Summit, and Africa Week and produces original video content. “I am very proud of our fast start,” Justin Smith said. “The data tells the story — Semafor has rapidly established a powerful connection with influential readers in the U.S., Africa and around the world. Semafor’s intelligent, transparent and global editorial formula is unique and directly addresses frustrations of news consumers.” Semafor’s existing investors include: David Bradley, former chairman, Atlantic Media and founder of the Advisory Board Co. and the Corporate Executive Board; David Rubenstein, founder/chairman, the Carlyle Group; Jorge Paulo Lemann, co-founder, 3G Capital; Jessica Lessin, founder/CEO, the Information; John Thornton, founder, American Journalism Project; Ric Elias, co-founder/CEO, Red Ventures; and Semafor’s Smith. You Might Be Interested In

AME Cloud Ventures Investments

232 Investments

AME Cloud Ventures has made 232 investments. Their latest investment was in Noah Medical as part of their Series B on April 4, 2023.

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AME Cloud Ventures Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

4/19/2023

Series B

Noah Medical

$150M

Yes

5

4/17/2023

Series B

Rock The Bells

$15M

Yes

3

4/5/2023

Series A

Ronbow

$10.5M

Yes

2

3/22/2023

Series A

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$99M

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10

3/21/2023

Series A - II

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$99M

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10

Date

4/19/2023

4/17/2023

4/5/2023

3/22/2023

3/21/2023

Round

Series B

Series B

Series A

Series A

Series A - II

Company

Noah Medical

Rock The Bells

Ronbow

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Amount

$150M

$15M

$10.5M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Co-Investors

Sources

5

3

2

10

10

AME Cloud Ventures Portfolio Exits

55 Portfolio Exits

AME Cloud Ventures has 55 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Import.io on January 18, 2023.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

1/18/2023

Acq - Fin

$99M

1

1/4/2023

Acquired

$99M

3

11/23/2022

Reverse Merger

$99M

4

11/8/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

11/2/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

1/18/2023

1/4/2023

11/23/2022

11/8/2022

11/2/2022

Exit

Acq - Fin

Acquired

Reverse Merger

Acquired

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

1

3

4

10

10

AME Cloud Ventures Team

4 Team Members

AME Cloud Ventures has 4 team members, including , .

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Jerry Yang

Founder

Current

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Jerry Yang

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