Visionary Private Equity Group
Investor Update - Tusk Ventures Investment
Dear VPEG Limited Partner,
We hope this investor update finds you well. We're pleased to share with you important information below on the following:
- Tusk Ventures/Fanduel - Investment Executed
Visionary Private Equity Group & Tusk Ventures/Fanduel Investment
VPEG is happy to report that on 4/29/2016 we completed our investment into the Tusk/Fanduel Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).
Through the Special Purpose Vehicle secured by Tusk Ventures, the terms of our investment are:
- 25% payment-in-kind interest; compounded annually
- 2-year term
- Converts at a 15% discount to the purchase price of equity upon conversion in the Next Equity Financing
- 100% warrant coverage on the Series E.
Therefore, for each $1.00 invested, investors (VPEG)will receive $1.84 of Series F preferred stock and $1.00 of Series E preferred stock, resulting in a total base consideration of $2.84 per dollar of invested capital.
FanDuel is the leading daily fantasy sports provider with the sole mission of making sports more exciting. Founded in 2009, FanDuel has redefined fantasy sports; offering a multitude of one-day game options for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football and basketball, with new public and private leagues forming daily, ranging in size from two to thousands of players.
FanDuel is the Official Partner of the NBA and has multiple deals with NFL and NBA teams, driving fan engagement, hosting numerous live events and creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for sports fans throughout the year.
Fantasy sports has rapidly become an enormous industry and continues to grow. Daily games will generate an estimated $2.6 billion in entry fees this year and are projected to grow 41% annually, reaching $14.4 billion in 2020. Research analysts point to latest polling figures to show that even with this rapid growth in the industry, there is still room for increased participation in daily fantasy sports.
Since launching in July 2009, FanDuel has grown to over 1 million paid active users. Based in New York City with offices in Los Angeles, Orlando, Edinburgh and Glasgow, FanDuel has raised $363 million in funding from investors including KKR, Google Capital, Time Warner/Turner Sports, Shamrock Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Pentech Ventures, Piton Capital and Bullpen Capital.
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