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Sunday, 08/19/2007 8:39:33 PM

Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:39:33 PM

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WNSH Venture Capital Funds Examples...

I was the one who originally spoke to the founder of Zhemian Ventures a few weeks back, Martin Allen Brown, who is responsible for raising the $125 million in Venture Capital for Appletree Capital/WNSH. He was the one that informed me that they have nearly completed raising the funds from Institutions. Anyone could go to their website below for contact info to confirm anything I have posted:
http://zhemian.com/

It sounded a little too good to be true to me also for a pink sheet stock trading at these levels. I asked if it was ok to share that info within the investing forum. He did not understand what I meant, but after I explained it to him, he said that he didn’t see any problem with it. I also spoke to him just this past Friday per the post below:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=22195257

Some people have mentioned a thought of since Appletree Capital/WNSH is a pink sheets stock, that raising $125 million via Venture Capital is unheard of or very out of the ordinary. Keep in mind that Appletree Capital had this ball rolling for a while before reverse merging into WNSH. They also mentioned that dealing with a pink sheets stock is something very new to them. What if it was one of the companies/funds below that all of sudden decided to go public to trade through a pink sheet stock? Would you still be saying the same thing considering that all of the companies below would probably be just as new within the pink sheets realm as was Appletree Capital/WNSH?

Please look at how often many other companies within the same market have raised funds just as what Appletree Capital/WNSH is currently doing (with their supporting links too):

http://www.nvca.org/pdf/Fundraising%20Q1-04%20Final.pdf
** DeNovo Ventures II, which closed on $250 million in commitments.

** Alta Partners ACP IV, raised $180 million.

** Two Illinois funds raised $573 million.

** The largest fund raised during the (first) quarter was a follow-on by Essex
Woodlands. Their Health Ventures VI fund raised $400 million.

** Other top-tier firms also raised follow-on funds in the quarter including Alta Partner’s Biopharma Partners III with $227 million and their previously mentioned ACP IV, Kleiner Perkins XI raised $182 million, and NEA 11 added $105 million bringing its total size to $1.1 billion raised to date.

** Buyouts and mezzanine sector witnessed a precipitous decline from the fourth quarter.
Eighteen buyouts and mezzanine funds raised $2.4 billion, as opposed to $15.2 billion for 28 funds in the previous quarter. Only five of the 18 funds raised more than $200 million during the quarter.

** Summit Subordinated Debt Fund III, raised $465 million.

** First Reserve capped its Fund X in March at $2.24 billion, raising an additional $279 million, well over its $1.5 billion target.

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2007/08/13/story7.html?ana=from_rss
Blue Tip Energy Management LLC has raised $149 million, almost 60 percent of its $250 million private equity fund.

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/08/13/story2.html?ana=from_rss
Area companies raised a total of $570.7 million between April 1 and June 30, according to the Dallas Business Journal's Private Investment Survey. That compares to $149.3 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $135 million in the second quarter of last year.

http://www.nvca.org/pdf/FINALQ107VCFundraising.pdf
Venture fundraising by investment stage focus followed a familiar pattern in the quarter. Thirty-five early stage vehicles raised $2.6 billion, or 53% of the quarter’s entire venture commitment. Among these funds were Venrock Associates V at $528 million, which was the second largest venture fund raised in the quarter and Draper Fisher Jurveston Fund with $435 million.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/PR-CO-20070801-901274-lLLONFNOL3VR5ztcnnd0iI5F0MM_20070801.html....
In the second quarter of 2007, both Institutional Venture Partners and Venrock raised $600 million funds -- IVP XII and Venrock Associates V, respectively -- and four other firms closed funds of more than $250 million. Overall, the median size of funds closed to date in 2007 is $190 million, which is on par with the median of $194 million for all of 2006, which was the second-highest annual median on record behind the $201-million median fund size of 2005.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070716/nym043.html?.v=101
Ten expansion focused funds raised $2.8 billion in the second quarter of 2007, shattering the previous record from the first quarter of 2000 when three funds raised $1.0 billion. Among these funds were Insight Venture Partners VI, at $931.4 million, Institutional Venture Partners XII with $600 million, and Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund with $429.8 million.

http://nevcfunding.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/IPOpricing.html
VMware, a subsidiary of Hopkinton-based data storage company EMC, has priced its initial public offering of stock to raise about $957 million.

http://jan.freedomblogging.com/2007/08/01/investment-in-venture-capital-funds-plunge/
In the second quarter, Venture Partners and Venrock Associates raised $600 million each and four other VC firms closed funds of more than $250 million each.

http://www.vcjnews.com/section.asp?navcode=1000111
Crosslink Capital has raised $300 million of a $600 million fifth fund that will invest equally between venture deals and hedge fund-like public market investments.

Spark Capital last month wrapped up fund-raising for its second fund, capping it at $360 million.

Sequoia Capital is nearing the final close on two funds for China, including a targeted $225 million early stage fund and $450 million for a growth-stage fund.

Rustic Canyon Partners has raised $185 million from three investors for a third fund targeted to be $300 million.


I can continue showing you more proof as to how it’s not far-fetched, but rather a fair consideration to believe that Appletree Capital/WNSH will come through with the $125 million. I can show you twice as many more as I have shown you above with supporting links or I can continue in showing you a logical valuation from a very likely scenario with the $125 million Venture Capital deal “IF” closed by Appletree Capital/WNSH.

I’m hoping we can move on to the next phase of “revealing” logical potential in WNSH through a general consensus. If not, please share why constructively.

v/r
Sterling