Chain of custody receipt

Source #177

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TitleResearch: Valar Ventures - court record
Original URLhttps://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%22Valar%20Ventures%22&type=r
PublicationPublic Record Research
Source typediscovery_scope_note
Date2024
EntityValar Ventures
Captured2026-04-05T08:02:41.432Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-05T08:02:41.432Z UTC
SHA-256b8455c136f9557f1008c21eb49ae516993d5fdd26231d51ef8235a02f0e103db
Content length731 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars)
Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel and Andrew McCormack in 2010, focused on international technology investments. A search of publicly documented court records involving Valar Ventures directly as a named party yields limited results in my training data. The firm primarily operates as an investor rather than an operating company, which typically results in fewer direct legal proceedings. Most litigation involving portfolio companies would name those companies rather than Valar Ventures itself. The firm has been mentioned in legal contexts primarily through its association with founders and partners involved in other litigation, but these are not cases where Valar Ventures is a direct party.

Verifying this receipt

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