獨家：摩根士丹利前掌門轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)風投行業(yè)
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????《財富》獲悉，前摩根士丹利首席執(zhí)行官麥晉桁(John Mack)日前以100萬美元個人資金投資于電子商務創(chuàng)業(yè)公司AHAlife.com。 ????這家來自紐約的公司上個月宣布了總額高達1,010萬美元的融資，這筆投資就是其中的一部分。其它投資者包括日本的樂天集團（Rakuten）（500萬美元）、風投公司DCM（350萬美元）和FirstMark Capital（160萬美元）。該公司仍然對“尋求價值增加的投資者”開放。 ????麥晉桁的投資此前并未披露，作者也無法找到麥晉桁進行此類投資的歷史以作參考。唯一的例外也許是借貸俱樂部（Lending Club），麥晉桁今年四月份加入了這家點對點在線借貸平臺的董事會。 ????目前尚不清楚麥晉桁具體怎么跟AHAlife掛上鉤的。這家網(wǎng)站試圖代言奢華生活方式，提供由時尚專家蒂姆?岡恩、大廚丹尼爾?博拉德和模特佩特拉?內(nèi)姆科娃這些潮流人物挑選策劃的產(chǎn)品。一個可能性是通過他和對沖基金公司Pequot Capital的老關(guān)系，而FirstMark Capital最開始就是Pequot內(nèi)部的風投部門。也可能是因為他認識AHAlife的共同創(chuàng)始人馬特?威爾克森，后者曾在摩根士丹利擔任媒體和電信領(lǐng)域的銀行家。 ????作者給麥晉桁和AHAlife留言尋求置評，如有回應將在本文更新。 ????最新消息：作者剛剛與AHAlife首席執(zhí)行官肖娜?梅通話。梅女士告知作者，麥晉桁的家庭理財室投資于公司的種子期，其子斯蒂芬是AHAlife的產(chǎn)品策劃人。梅女士說：“麥晉桁確實很看好公司，我們也很高興他決定投資?！?/p> |
????Former Morgan Stanley (MS) CEO John Mack has invested around $1 million of his own money into an e-commerce startup called AHAlife.com, Fortune has learned. ????The investment was part of a $10.1 million fundraising announced by the New York-based company last month, which remains open for "value-added investors." Other backers include Japan's Rakuten ($5m) and venture capital firms DCM ($3.5m) and FirstMark Capital ($1.6m). ????Mack's involvement was not disclosed, and I've not been able to find any other reference to the former Wall Street titan making this type of investment. The only exception may be Lending Club, an online peer-to-peer loan platform that added Mack to its board of directors back in April. ????It's also unclear how Mack got involved with AHAlife, which offers up luxury lifestyle products that are curated by influencers like fashion expert Tim Gunn, chef Daniel Boulud and model Petra Nemcova. One possibility could be his past relationship with Pequot Capital, given that FirstMark Capital began life as Pequot's in-house venture capital arm. Or perhaps he knew AHAlife co-founder Matt Wilkerson, back when Wilkerson was a media and telecom banker with Morgan Stanley. ????I've left message for MAck and AHAlife for comment, and will update this post if they respond. ????Update: Just spoke with AHAlife CEO Shauna Mei, who tells me that Mack's family office invested in her company's seed round. Also, John's son Stephen is an AHAlife curator. "John just really likes the company, and we were very pleased that he decided to invest," Mei says. |
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