From: Vincenzo Iozzo
To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation@grnail.com>
Subject: Re: Bitmain Follow-up
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:26:42 +0000
awesome :) let me know size when you are ready and I'll get final docs and info
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 12:25 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
tomorw wires. still good at 3 pm no stress
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Vincenzo Iozzo • wrote:
yeah I think we are fine without, sent you the docs in a separate email. Do you think you can let me know in
the next few hours if you want in and for how much? Also apparently they need the money wired in
tomorrow
Let me know if you want to speak on the phone
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM, jeffrey E. leevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
you dont need one with me
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Vincenzo Iozzo • > wrote:
haha I'll take as a yes to both, thank you :)
For simplicity, I'm signing the NDA with them through my own entity and we'll do an NDA between
you/your entity and mine. Can you tell me if this one works for you? If not, do you have one you'd
rather use?
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:14 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
im alwasys easy about money
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Vincenzo Iozzo wrote:
perfect, let me get that to you. Btw two more things:
1) I don't know if Jeremy talked to you about this but he said he'd be ok giving me 10% of the
upside if there was any. Are you ok with it?
2) I negotiated with them a I% closing fee and 8% carry (I think we can negotiate a little more if
needed), so the end terms of the deal would be I% one time closing fee and then 1% mgmt fee and
18% carry. What do you think?
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:03 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
yse
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Vincenzo Iozzo • > wrote:
Yeah, you're right - I'm just trying to make this work given the time constraints. Are you ok
signing an Nda to see the doe? It seems the LP would be willing to share it that way
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On Aug 2, 2018, at 09:57, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
you need to see the terms of the series thats underlies the transaction
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Vincenzo Iozzo > wrote:
I'll try to get them, not sure I can though. They are on the west coast, so let's give them a
few hours to get back to us
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On Aug 2, 2018, at 09:08, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
woudl liket to see the series b doc
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:30 AM, Vincenzo lozzo > wrote:
Working on it, I think $3m max. What would be your ideal size?
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On Aug 2, 2018, at 08:25, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
and max size?
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Vincenzo lozzo > wrote:
They are confirming but we should have until end of day tomorrow vs today
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On Aug 2, 2018, at 07:56, jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote:
this talks about funding rather than what is received for those funds and its
rights. that s thee only thing that counts.
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 7:51 AM, Vincenzo Iozzo > wrote:
We can negotiate the fees down but this is the rest of the info. What do you guys
want to do?
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Vincenzo,
See below some notes from the legal docs on Bitmain.
General Structure / Mechanics
• Vincenzo Entities will fund "Blocktree Private Opportunities LLC -
Series B", a Delaware entity structured as an LLC ("Blocktree")
• Blocktree will subsequently fund "iAngels Technologies, LP, a Delaware
Limited Partnership" ("iAngels")
• iAngels will directly invest in Bitmain Technologies Holding Company
Preferred B+ Series
Notes on Legal Does
• The GP at iAngels has the full and complete discretion to manage all
investment decisions at the entity
• iAngels is audited by PWC and will provide investors with capital
account statements, k-l's, and all other relevant financial reporting and
investor updates; the Blocktree entity will be audited by Cohen &
Company and have Trident Trust serve as a fund administrator
• Investors at the iAngels entity will be offered Preemptive Rights to
purchase pro rata interests of any available new issuances of Bitmain
• In the event of an IPO or M&A deal, iAngels as GP will distribute shares
or cash proceeds; there is not a required timeline to make this
distribution, however they have historically made these distributions
immediately (and Blocktree will immediately provide to Vincenzo
Entities cash or in-kind distributions of these proceeds)
Notes on Fees
• We have negotiated a lower fee schedule with iAngels of 1%
management fee and 10% carry
o If the investment persists longer than 4 years, then management
fees are no longer paid
o Management fees need to be recouped in full before carry is paid
• Blocktree fees are I% management and 10% carry, implying gross fees
to Vincenzo Entities of 2% management and 20% carry
o Blocktree will mirror the iAngels structure by holding back 4
years of fees + expenses, along with a high watermark on carry
distributions
Documents Attached
• iAngels Technologies Limited Partnership Agreement
• Blocktree Private Opportunities LLC Agreement
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• Blocktree Private Opportunities LLC — Series B Addendum (to be
drafted by council if you decide to move forward)
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
Ben
***PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL***
Vincenzo,
Please see additional information below. Ben will follow-up with information
on the legal docs.
Thanks.
Aaron
Business Highlights
• Global market leader — Bitmain dominates the mining hardware
industry with 75% market share as well as a 40% market share in the
mining market.
• Profitable mining solution — Bitmain's core product, ASICs, remain
profitable even when GPUs and CPUs become unprofitable in a bear
market allowing Bitmain to be less impacted from cyclicality of
cryptoasset prices. The business generated $1.25bn profit in 2017 as well
as $1.1bn in Q1 2018 while achieving the highest margins compared to
its peers (profit margin of 60% in Q1 2018).
• Fast growing market — Despite the recent cryptoasset sell-off, hash rate
growth continues to be strong. Market-sizing indicates that a 10x growth
opportunity exists for digital-asset mining hardware manufacturers.
• Liquidity event —Bitmain is expecting to IPO on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange (HKEX) latest at the beginning of next year — the company
plans on submitting the application Aug-18. Competing companies,
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Canaan and Ebang, have applied for an IPO with a valuation of 11-15x
EV/revenue relative to 6x for Bitmain in this current round
• High-profile investors — Bitmain is backed by prominent investors such
as Tencent, Sequoia Capital, GIC and IDG Capital. The company has
raised over $450m in previous rounds.
Management History
• Wu Jihan (Co-Founder and CEO) — Before co-founding Bitmain, Wu
was an analyst and private equity fund manager. He worked as an
investment manager at China Grand Prosperity Investment — an RMB
denominated fund of private equity funds - for almost 3 years. Wu read
Nakamoto's white paper and translated it into Chinese. When Micree
Zhan was trying to raise money for his previous start-up, Jihan pitched
the idea of developing ASIC chips for Bitcoin mining. Wu earned a
bachelor's degree in economics and psychology from Peking University
in 2009.
• Micree Zhan (Co-Founder and co-CEO) — Before co-founding
Bitmain, Micree was running DivalP, a startup that allowed users to
stream television to a computer screen via a set-top box. Micree is
considered to be the technical brain behind Bitmain's ASIC mining rigs
and he focuses on the products and engineering departments at Bitmain.
Micree Zhan graduated from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Phillip Liu (COO at Bitmain) — Phillip served as the CFO for Rock
China Investment for over 13 years. Between 2014 until today, he serves
as the President and MD at MegaFund — a private equity/venture capital
fund investing in emerging technologies across all stages. His track
record includes the restructuring of Honghe Lighting, a publicly listed
company in China and the restructuring of Hualing Group's HK IPO as
well as other mergers and acquisitions. He worked with the major
Chinese policy bank as GP and LP to set up new energy and
environmental protection funds ranging between $15m-$5bn. Phillip
earned a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua
University and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Funding History
• Bitmain was established in 2013 and completed a seed round with the
founders (Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan) as lead investors.
• In September 2017, the company raised $50m at a $4bn valuation from
investors such as Sequoia and IDG in a Series A round.
• In June 2018, Bitmain raised another $400m at a $12bn valuation from
investors such as Sequoia China, GIC and DST in a Series B round.
• In the current B+ round, Bitmain aims to raise up to $1bn at a $14bn pre-
money valuation — issuing Series B+ preferred shares.
Potential Liquidity Event
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• Bitmain aims to go public in Q4 2018 and is seeking to hand in the filing
in August 2018. The company's shares are expected to be listed on the
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. All series B+ preferred shares will be
automatically converted into ordinary shares upon the closing of the
IPO. The investment documents from Bitmain mention a minimum
valuation of $18bn at IPO (in an offering of not less than $500m), which
yields 29% upside based on the pre-money valuation of $14bn. In the
current round, the EV/revenue multiple is 6x relative to competitors,
Ebang and Canaan, that are valued at 12x and 15x, respectively
• Canaan is a computer hardware manufacturer with specific integrated
circuit design skills based in Beijing — founded in 2013. Canaan is the
number two in manufacturing mining processors and computers by using
advanced ASIC semiconductor manufacturing processes. Canaan
generated around $204m in revenues and $56m in profit in 2017 and has
a crypto mining market share of -15%. The company raised $43m in its
last series A funding round and has a revenue multiple of —15x. Canaan
submitted an IPO request on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to raise
$1bn.
• Ebang Communications, headquartered in Hangzhou, was founded in
2010. Ebang has a —10% market share in the cryptocurrency mining
industry. The firm generated $141m in revenues and $60m in profit in
2017. The company has a revenue multiple of llx and submitted an IPO
request on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on June 25th (planning to
raise SIbn).
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