Rebirth of England.

Chapter 634: Capital Increase for Woaw
Specifically, it was not Barron who solved Woaw’s funding problem, but IC Capital managed by Ivanta…

After IC Capital sold DoubleClick and YouTube to Woaw, it once held more than 8 million shares of Woaw, accounting for nearly 17% of Woaw's total share capital...

After that, as Woaw's stock price continued to rise, from $7 per share, to $7.5 per share, and finally even at its highest point, it once exceeded $8 per share...

Woaw’s market value once approached 400 billion US dollars!
During this process, IC Capital began to reduce its holdings of Woaw shares on the grounds of additional investment in Android and related acquisitions. Their holdings in Woaw were reduced from 8.12 million shares to about 6 million shares, a reduction of more than 2 million shares of Woaw stock.

Correspondingly, because Woaw's stock price was in an upward range at the time, IC Capital obtained nearly US$15 billion in cash.

This time, Woaw Technology will issue 6 million new shares to IC Capital at a price of US$2.5 per share, and Woaw will receive US$15 billion in funding from IC Capital.

Yes, Woaw Technology's stock price has fallen below $6, which is more than 25% lower than its highest point last year!

After this private placement of Woaw shares, Woaw's total share capital increased to 50.5 billion shares, and IC Capital will hold approximately 8.5 million shares of Woaw, accounting for 16.83% of its total share capital.

This time, Woaw issued additional shares to raise funds to get through this difficult period. As for the reason why the target of the additional issuance is IC Capital, it is also because under the same conditions, Woaw’s other investors have no intention of participating...

After all, it is obvious that the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis is far from over, and the overall economic situation is not good. Woaw's investors, such as Sequoia Capital, Blackstone Fund and Goldman Sachs Group, even in the second quarter of this year, could not help but sell some Woaw shares to recover funds...

Therefore, IC Capital was the only one that actively responded to Woaw's stock issuance this time.

As for why Barron chose IC Capital to undertake Woaw’s share issuance this time, instead of DS Group…

This is also because North America is already one of Woaw's most important markets, and DS Holdings' shareholding ratio in Woaw is already relatively high. As American capital, IC Capital is the most acceptable option for America to obtain Woaw's additional issuance and thus increase its shareholding in this emerging Internet giant.

He doesn't want Woaw to encounter some troubles at some point in the future when conservative sentiment prevails in the United States because of DS Capital's large stake in it - although Britain is also one of the Five Eyes Alliance, the United States is not without precautions against its allies.

……

“By the way, what’s Twitter like now?”

Barron asked casually after leaving Woaw and returning to their home in Mountain View.

"Oh, I wanted to tell you, but I forgot..."

Ivanta said with a smile on his face:
"At my suggestion, Twitter also launched a mobile app in the first half of this year, which performed very well after its launch. In order to accelerate their development, they just completed a round B financing last month..."

Twitter can be said to be a very important media platform in the future. For example, in Barron’s previous life, Musk, the “richest man” at the time, spent 440 billion US dollars to buy this platform and renamed it X…

In the original time and space, it can be said that before being acquired by Musk, Twitter was controlled by the Donkey Party. For example, when Jianguo was running against Mei Xizong and Jianguo was still in office, the relevant senior executives of Twitter had already obeyed the Donkey Party and pushed news favorable to Mei Xizong to users...

Even when Jianguo was still the commander-in-chief, he was directly banned...

The politics behind America's so-called "beacon" are particularly dark.

This is also why Musk directly stated that he "would never commit suicide" after acquiring Twitter, in order to avoid the possibility that he would be shot eight times in the back or six times in the head due to angering certain forces, and would eventually be judged as suicide. But now, the situation is different...

Just last month, IC Capital invested an additional $1000 million in Twitter, increasing its stake in Twitter from 25% to 35%, making it a major shareholder of Twitter.

After continuing to invest, if Twitter can continue to develop, I'm afraid Ivanta will have a great say in its direction.

Speaking of which, the public security in Mountain View is still very good. After all, it is located in the Silicon Valley area, which is crowded with technology companies and numerous emerging wealthy people. Naturally, they attach great importance to their own safety.

The villa where Barron and Ivanta live is located in the most upscale community in Mountain View. It is no exaggeration to say that the police force here accounts for more than one-third of the entire Mountain View.

After all, according to the logic of the business world, if you pay the most taxes, you will have the corresponding police force to protect you. This makes sense, doesn’t it?
Although their villa is not large compared with other estates in Barron, it is rare in that it has a huge garden.

There are surveillance cameras installed along the garden wall, and there are more than a dozen bodyguards on one side of the residence to guard the safety of the place at all times when Barron stays there.

In the hall of the villa, the fire in the fireplace illuminates the entire space, making the room warm as spring.

This does not give people the slightest sense of the chill that has begun to spread across Silicon Valley in November.

At this time, Ivanta was only wearing a silk suspender skirt, which showed off her curves, especially her slender legs, which were like a work of art.

After all, Ivanta is over 180cm tall and used to be a model - it can be said that her height is quite high among models, but not everyone can hold it...

The firelight from one side of Ivanta was reflected on the wall, and the silhouette of her long hair was rising and falling with a certain rhythm.

"Baby, you're awesome..."

Hearing Barron's heartfelt praise, Ivanta raised her head, her eyes full of tenderness and... spring. Hearing Barron's increasingly rapid breathing, she was very satisfied.

When Ivanta stood up and sat on Barron's lap, the young and handsome duke looked at him with a half-smile:

"Madam, you are very proactive today, just like a knight..."

"Really? Then let's see if I can control this wild horse..."

Looking down at Barron, Ivanta frowned slightly as their gazes were attracted. Then she bit her lip, and gradually, her expression relaxed...

"Oh~My God..."

"I prefer you to call me Dad...baby."

(End of this chapter)