Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Venture Capital: Blythe Masters Has A Rolodex And She's Not Afraid To Use It

Grandpa, what's a Rolodex?

From DealBreaker:

Blythe Masters Has Big Wall Street Suitors Lined Up Around Her Blockchain
While we’ve had our fun with Blythe Master’s new Blockchain startup, Digital Asset Holdings, it seems like Blythe is back in the Wall Street in-crowd.

According to the NY Post, DAH is holding a funding round and some of Blythe’s old friends are lining up to write a check.
The 46-year-old finance whiz, once the most powerful woman on Wall Street, is in high-stakes negotiations with investors for a $35 million financing round at the technology startup she now heads that will value the company at $100 million, The Post has learned.
The Post is hearing that DAH wants to close the round before Christmas and that Blythe is emailing people that the round is “quite materially oversubscribed.”...MORE