Chapter 247 IvanCa Capital

Of course, Barron's conditions are still very attractive to girls. He is young, handsome, rich and rich, especially he has the status of a British Duke.

But given Ivanta's background, she would be like an ordinary girl. She just wanted to have such a simple friendship with him, so she took the initiative to approach him...

Not to mention coming to this world, it has been more than a year and a half. Barron has always been in the current top class and has long been accustomed to the current life.

Even from his past life experience, he would not have such naive ideas.

"Are you interested in investing?"

After hearing Barron's question, Ivanta said hesitantly:

"Yes, there are some, but I'm still in school..."

"Practice is the best teacher, and at the beginning, you don't need to make any decisions, just invest in the project as I say."

"Can I?"

Although there was still some uncertainty in Ivanta's words, it could be seen from her eyes that she was still looking forward to it.

"You can give it a try. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. And those specific things can also be left to professionals..."

"Then I can give it a try. It's really good, my dear."

Ivanta hugged Barron's neck, kissed him, and said happily.

Next, Barron told her his plan.

He will register a company called IvanCa Capital, which is an offshore investment company. The registrant of the company is also not Barron himself, but the control of the company will be in Barron's hands.

Ivanta will serve as the CEO of IvanCa Capital.

The reason for choosing this name is that it is the same as Ivanta's name, which is only one letter different, but has the same pronunciation. Therefore, it is easy for people to mistakenly think that this company is owned by the Ivanta family - it is estimated that Ivanta and her The family is also happy to be misunderstood, especially if the company can have some successful investment projects.

After all, at this time, although on the surface her family is very well-known in the United States, it actually has a lot of debts - next year, the company under the name of Comrade Jianguo will once again go bankrupt...

And if the name IvanCa Capital has the same pronunciation as Ivanta, then the Ca behind it can also represent Barron's surname Cavendish.

Perhaps even with some utilitarian purposes, Ivanta still has a good impression of Barron, and at this time, after the two have a substantial relationship, it is inevitable that they will act like a little woman.

Therefore, after hearing that the name of the investment company that she will manage in the future is a combination of the two, she still smiled sweetly.

The first project that Barron is going to let Ivanta invest in on behalf of IvanCa Capital is MySpace!

Yes, it is Woaw's biggest competitor in the United States at this time.

Naturally, Barron himself would not make this kind of investment directly, because MySpace is not an ordinary start-up company and is supported by its parent company.

The parent company of MySpace is Intermix Media Company, which is a relatively powerful Internet company - if you make a comparison, Intermix Media Company is somewhat similar to China's 3721 Company, which is the company that uses rogue software for marketing.

At that time, what Intermix Media Company did most was similar things, which was to send spam emails to countless mailboxes for advertising and marketing and to obtain profits.

MySpace is also a project they followed suit. Initially, it was carried out to collect more user information. At this time, Intermix did not pay much attention to MySpace. It was impossible to invest more. If If someone is willing to invest, I am afraid they will also support it with both hands.

So why would Barron’s want to invest in its “competitors” in this way?

Because in fact, with the development of social networking sites, it is impossible for Woaw to dominate the world, and competitors will always exist.

And when a track is hot, capital will also flow here. If you can't invest in Woaw, why can't you invest in other things? Just like MySpace.

Therefore, even if Barron's does not invest, other venture capital investors will invest in MySpace, especially when the styles of the two are different and MySpace becomes popular to a certain extent, which is unstoppable.

Why do you say that? Because the interface of the Woaw website is more similar to the later Facebook, relatively simple and smooth, which makes the Woaw website popular with many college students and netizens with higher education levels. These netizens are also the Internet at this time. the subject.

As for MySpace, its technical capabilities were not very high at the beginning, and the founder of this website even ran websites that were not very healthy...

The result is a MySpace interface that, because of the rudimentary nature of their site's programming, allows users to change the size and color of the fonts they display with some simple code.

This has attracted some younger groups who pursue individuality - such as high school students and some college students.

There is even specialized open source software to help them "decorate" their MySpace homepage...

In this regard, some user groups of MySpace are destined to be difficult for Woaw to attract at this time, so to some extent, there are some differences between the two.

Barron has no need to suppress MySpace. Without this website, other competitors are destined to appear, such as Facebook, which will not be launched in this world.

And he also knows that in 2005, Murdoch's News Corporation will acquire MySpace for a sky-high price of US$580 million. If that is the case, then now he will invest in this company through IvanCa Capital in the name of Ivanta. After more than a year, you can still make a lot of money, why not?

What's even better is that the person who urged Murdoch to acquire MySpace at that time was his Chinese-American wife Wendy Deng. It is said that Wendy Deng was also having an affair with the founder of MySpace...

Later, Ivanta also had a very good relationship with Wendy Deng, and the two could be said to be best friends.

In this case, if Ivanta comes forward to invest in MySpace, it will be easier to ensure that News Corporation completes the acquisition of MySpace.

Of course, there is no need for Barron to tell Ivanta all these things.

"Invest in MySpace? Isn't that a competitor to your Woaw site?"

Sure enough, Ivanta had this question, but it can also be seen that she did have a certain understanding of social networking sites such as Woaw before.

"Yes, honey, you must know that although Woaw is backed by Sequoia Capital, it is not a local social networking site in the United States. Moreover, in this field, it is impossible to completely kill competitors. Therefore, based on the current situation, MySpace The development is still very promising.”

Barron held the girl in his arms and explained to her:

"However, it is not convenient for me to invest in MySpace myself, so I use IvanCa Capital to make the investment. This investment company will completely make the investment in your name, and at the appropriate time, you will also receive equity rewards from the management. Become a shareholder in the company.”

Of course, at this time, Barron did not forget to make love to the girl... It cannot be regarded as a complete love affair. In fact, Barron also had this intention. After all, if he is only a nominal manager, there is no guarantee that the interests of the two will be consolidated. Binding, and Ivanta is also one of the heirs of the family group. When she reaches a certain age, she can return to work in the family company.

Then becoming a shareholder of IvanCa Capital and owning a certain amount of equity is different. She is also willing to have her own business outside of the family, especially in a field with high exposure such as Internet technology, and become a successful investment. Or, it can also add certain bonuses to her identity.

Sure enough, after Barron's explanation, Ivanta was very interested in it and had already begun to discuss with him how to invest in MySpace.

Preparations for the company will also be very fast. After the funds are in place, all that is needed is a simple office location for Ivanta to hire a few employees. After all, she is still a student and the only company that needs investment is MySpace. This is just a project.