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July Sets A Record For Number Of $100M+ Venture Capital Rounds

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"In July 2018, the tech sector’s leisure class—venture capitalists—kicked investments into overdrive, at least when it comes to financing supergiant venture rounds of $100 million or more (in native or as-converted USD values).

With 55 deals accounting for just over $15 billion at time of writing, July likely set an all-time record for the number of huge venture deals struck in a single month.

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The table below has just the top ten largest rounds from the month. A full list of all the supergiant venture rounds can be found at the end of this article.

Source: https://news.crunchbase.com/news

 

It’s certainly a record high for the past decade. . . .Why is this happening? As with most things in entrepreneurial finance, context matters.
All this being said, there’s little sign that the market is slowing down. Crunchbase has already records four rounds north of $100 million in the first two days of August. Most notably, ride-hailing company Grab snagged another $1 billion in funding (after gulping down $1 billion last month) at a post-money valuation of $11 billion.
If you believe the stereotypes, venture investors are either already on vacation or packing their bags for late summer jaunts to exotic locales at this time of year. But, as it turns out, raising money is always in season. So even though the dog days of summer are upon us, August could end up being just as wild as July.

He Who? Crowd-Sourcing Heleum, A New Cryto-Currency VC Start-Up Here In Mesa

Huh?
They say You can make money on autopilot . . . Heleum is automating finance. 
What it is: "a mesh network of currency values that would reduce the risk of trading while increasing the reward, compared to the inverse risk/reward inherent to the world's prevailing binary paradigm.

HUH?

 

Heleum is not FDIC-insured, and is not a financial services company.

 

 

 

How Heleum REALLY Works

By Pace Ellsworth | May 16, 2018

Under new Heleum Version 2.0, here’s how balloons let your money move: Short Version ————– – Your account is typically split into 20 portions called “balloons”. – Each balloon waits for a market signal to move one of your balloons into a cryptocurrency that is rising. – Balloons move again and again based on market

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WHO'S THE TEAM:

Pace Ellsworth,
CEO & Co-Founder

Pace has a BA in Linguistics, minoring in Computational Linguistics, with a love for languages & future tech. From 2011 to 2015, he was a Director of Product Development for Freedom Financial Radio. In 2016, Pace worked alongside CoolTrade, a stock market automation software company.

Taylor Ellsworth,
CTO & Co-Founder

Taylor leads the core development at Heleum. He studied Computer Science at SVU. He then managed cloud computing and web development at Booz Allen Hamilton and ByteCubed in Northern VA. Taylor has worked with Pace since 2015, managing information technology and CRMs.

Dan Pratt,
CMO & Co-Founder

Dan joined the Heleum team after 7 years of teaching K-12. Over the past few years, Dan has blogged about Bitcoin, decentralization, and free markets. Since 2015, he has been managing social media, funnels, and fulfillment.

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On June 12, 2018 they posted this on https://heleum.com/blog/

Onward

By Pace Ellsworth | June 12, 2018

There must come a time in each startup’s life where things get harder before they get easier. Now is that time for us. While the cryptocurrency market just fell to another low, meaning new lows and fears for our users, our crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest expired unfulfilled with no fanfare at all. We reached $145k … "

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On June 25, 2018 they posted this:

WeFunder $100k Raised & Stretch Goals

By Pace Ellsworth | July 25, 2018

We did it! We reached our $100k minimum funding target on WeFunder (wefunder.com/heleum) in just THREE weeks. This happened so fast that I know many of our existing users, and many of our investors didn’t get to contribute more during the Early Bird. So, to allow anyone to increase their investment under the same terms,…

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and four days later:

Version 2.1 is Going Live with Stop Losses  

By Pace Ellsworth | June 29, 2018

Two weeks ago, we shared a post, mostly upset over low app performance during this crypto currency

 crash and also over not quite succeeding in raising funds on SeedInvest. Today, we have ridiculously awesome news. Version 2.1 is being released early next week, with fiat stop losses and tighter buy conditions. Version 2.1 with Stop Losses…

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PRESS RELEASE

Heleum LLC Launches First-of-Its Kind Cryptocurrency Investment Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

The Heleum App Makes it Possible for Mobile Users to Make Money on Autopilot.

Please Note: This press release was orginally distributed by ReleaseWire
Mesa, AZ -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/03/2018 -- Heleum LLC was created by brothers Pace & Taylor Ellsworth and their colleague Dan Pratt. The team brainstormed and came up with the investment automation concept for their first app, Heleum, in November 2015: a mesh network of currency values that would reduce the risk of trading while increasing the reward, compared to the inverse risk/reward inherent to the world's prevailing binary paradigm. Heleum eliminates all of the guesswork of investing allowing ordinary people to put their money to work for them. From there Heleum puts its own money where their mouth is; they only make money when the investor makes money.
Heleum LLC is currently running an equity crowdfunding campaign and have hit their minimum goal of $100,000 with every intention of raising over $1 million. Funds raised will be used to improve the existing app while rolling out new ones expanding to other trading markets, like stocks, futures, and forex. Heleum's vision is to give average people unparalleled opportunities to profit in various financial markets with a hands-free approach.
Heleum works by dividing and launching a user's available funds into "balloons." Heleum watches the exchange rates between currencies and moves the funds inside a balloon when it's most advantageous. When it becomes most advantageous to move back to the base currency, this forces the balloon to "pop" and realize the overall gain. Balloons will normally pop within 1-3 months at gains above 2%. Instead of exchanging in regular binary pairs (eg. US dollar to British pound, and back to US dollar), funds follow paths like: US dollar to bitcoin to euro to litecoin to bitcoin, and back to US dollar, with relative gains at each step.
By leveraging both digital currencies and conventional fiat currencies, Heleum users gain access to world currency markets that are out of the reach of ordinary investors while simplifying what has always been acknowledged as among the most difficult aspects of investing.
In keeping with their "for the people" philosophy, an initial equity investment in Heleum starts at just $100.
Full details of this equity crowdfunding opportunity is here - http://bit.ly/2NWPVkF.

About Heleum, LLC
Heleum LLC, was founded in Mesa, Arizona in April 2017 by Pace & Taylor Ellsworth and Dan Pratt. They currently have over 4500 users in 95 countries. Short-term development plans include native mobile apps, charitable giving, and automated deposits and withdrawals.
Learn more about heleum at https://heleum.com.
For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/heleum-llc-launches-first-of-its-kind-cryptocurrency-investment-equity-crowdfunding-campaign-1023621.htm

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Mesa Now: News You Don't Get From Inside Mesa City Hall

Looks like there's no more media black-out about Immigration Detention Centers here in Mesa - the story has now been exploding for days about Southwest Key for-profit locations here in Mesa. They've been operating here for years under the radar screen housing hundreds of minors.
Little did we know about this big business until reports about unaccompanied minors in a Southwest Key facility in McAllen TX emerged a couple of weeks ago.  
Now it's all out there catching the world's attention after little local notice about these facilities here in Mesa. 

On top of allegations of police brutality, excessive use-of-force, unprovoked violence and incidents of officer-involved shootings by the Mesa Police Department in the last years two years, the conservative squeaky-clean image of Mesa is turning into a urban myth when the evidence shows up in real time investigative reporting from the outside.
Here's just a sample of some the news about Mesa in the last day:

Eight Immigrant Boys Sexually Abused by Youth Care Worker in ...

Infosurhoy-29 minutes ago

Eight Immigrant Boys Sexually Abused by Youth Care Worker in Arizona, Court ... August 2016 and July 2017 at a Southwest Key facility in Mesa, Arizona.

Arizona migrant children centres enveloped in abuse scandal

gulfnews.com-5 hours ago

Workers checked on the children in their rooms at the facility, Southwest Key's Casa Kokopelli in Mesa, Arizona, about every 15 minutes, the prosecutor told a ...

 

The Sun Chronicle

US immigration nightmare continues amid media blackout

World Socialist Web Site-9 hours ago

One HIV-positive federal contractor forced oral sex and attempted to penetrate a number of boys detained at a facility in Mesa, Arizona. The victims were all ...

Eight children sexually molested immigrant at shelter

NJ TODAY-10 hours ago

... of molesting at least eight unaccompanied immigrant boys over nearly a year at one of the company's shelters in Mesa, Arizona, federal court records show.

 

Arizona lawmakers demand investigation of Southwest Key following ...

12news.com KPNX-12 hours ago

MESA, Ariz. - 12 News reached out to Arizona lawmakers and asked them what they were doing to hold the federal contractor hired to house migrant children, ...

TIME

 

An Arizona Detention Center Employee Allegedly Molested 8 ...

Brinkwire (press release)-13 hours ago

According to ProPublica, the Arizona Department of Health Services has alleged Southwest Key allowed Pacheco to work at their Mesa facility for nearly four ...

Worker charged with sexually abusing boys at US migrant centre

SBS-13 hours ago

... sexually abused the boys while working as a youth care worker at a center known as Casa Kokopelli run by the company Southwest Key in Mesa, Arizona.

 

Immigration Worker Charged with Sexually Molesting Eight Migrant ...

Yahoo News-14 hours ago

Pacheco was employed as a youth care worker at Casa Kokopelli, a Southwest Key detention center in Mesa, Arizona, that was cited by the Arizona Department 

 

Employee at Arizona Shelter for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children ...

Slate Magazine-19 hours ago

Pacheco was employed as a youth-care worker at the Casa Kokopelli shelter in Mesa, Arizona, starting in May 2016. In 2017, the Casa Kokopelli facility ran ...

 

Immigration shelter worker charged with 11 counts of abuse

WDTV-19 hours ago

... is HIV positive -- was indicted for engaging in sexual acts with at least eight boys between August 2016 and July 2017 at Casa Kokopelli in Mesa, Arizona.

2 Workers at Arizona Migrant Children Centers Are Charged With ...

New York Times-20 hours ago

The authorities said that a worker at that center, as well as an employee at a facility in Mesa, Ariz., sexually abused immigrant children housed at the facilities.

Teenagers are victims of sexual abuse in immigrant detention centers

AL DIA News-20 hours ago

... allegedly harassed and abused eight immigrant children without guardians over a period of nearly one year in one of the company's facilities in Mesa, Arizona ...

Why We Need MORE OVERSIGHT IN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS Here in Mesa and The State of Arizona

It's simple: Election campaigns and items placed on election ballots are rigged by the Republicans who dominate and control local governments. Here in Mesa that's gone on for more than six generations inside and outside City Hall. Sometimes by 'omission', sometimes by intent, sometimes by tricking taxpayers and voters . . . need some more details?
There's a slew of links below to see how that works in Mesa. 
Here's a report from KJZZ that uses very mild language on the state level. Here in Mesa, U can scroll down.
Judge: Clean Elections Ballot Language 'Misleading'

By Claire Caulfield   

Published: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 10:44am

Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 10:45am

"On Monday, a judge ordered lawmakers to provide voters with more information on a ballot measure proposing changes to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury said the Republican-dominated Legislative Council failed to adequately explain that the ballot measure would strip away some of the existing authority of the commission to craft its own rules. . .
The political campaigns of both the governor and the attorney general are subject to commission oversight including any fines for law violations governing donations and expenditures.
Coury called the flawed portions "misleading by omission'' and blocked the secretary of state's office from distributing a pamphlet to voters until the description, adopted by the Republican-dominated Legislative Council on a party-line vote, is amended.
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, who chairs the Legislative Council, said he’ll review the ruling with attorneys before deciding whether to make the changes or appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court.
A brochure explaining the issue will be sent to the homes of all 3.6 million registered voters.
Link >> https://kjzz.org 
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Where does this hit home right here in Mesa?
We have a long way to go to even get to first base when City Manager Chris Brady ropes-in most of the salaried staff in city government to present suspicious budget figures and numbers and Pie-In-The-Sky projections to try to trick taxpayers into financing rampant real estate speculation by closely-connected groups of friends-and-family for their own wealth creation. In his 12 years and six months as the city's chief executive officer debt burden has increased over 450% on his watch - and on your dime on your backs.

Be less stupid this time around when it's time to intervene in Politics-as-Usual here in Mesa.
What benefits have you as members of the public received, compared with the benefits accrued to a small select group of cohorts with close connections inside and outside of City Hall? Do you have a better quality of life? Better schools?
Better jobs?

Or have you just tune-out and don't get involved? You don't have the time? It takes too much effort to find out details? That's what's the happy breeding for corruption - you can help spread the word by using social media to raise the social consciousness. Unfortunately people here in Mesa are apathetic and just don't seem to care - unless it costs them money or hits you in-the-pocket when utilities usage get increased and sales taxes go up for every transaction you make - to finance more fortunes for the fortunate few.
Two years ago YOU SAID NO.

This time around there's a
"Grab-Bag of Goodies" to trick you again
You can just no after getting informed about issues, candidates and the backgrounds for any of the six questions appearing on the November 2018 General Election Ballot.
In 27 days you have the RIGHT TO VOTE for or against any candidate if you know what they're up to and who's behind providing contributions to their campaigns: some are very clean.
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At the General Election, the qualified electors of the City shall vote on the following measures:
Question 1 Alternative Expenditure Limitation (Home Rule)
Question 2 City Transaction Privilege (“Sales”) Tax Increase - Public Safety
Question 3 General Obligation Bonds - Public Safety
Question 4 General Obligation Bonds - Parks & Cultural
Question 5 Charter Section 613 - Construction of a Sports and Events Complex
Question 6 Bed Tax Increase 
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18 June 2018

Is The Mesa City Council Cleaning Up Its Act?

Hey! Ya gotta wonder about that when City Hall's favorite go-to-for-the-story East Valley Tribune  'Staff Writer' Jim Walsh publishes a re-hash playback of the new scrubbed-up scheme to sell taxpayers taking on more debt by throwing yet another pitch ready-to-land on the playing Field of Dreams here in Mesa for the November ballot.
Ready-to-play ball and see how City Manager Chris Brady wants to juggle the numbers to create more confusion?

The game is on! GOODIES FOR EVERYBODY 
New Financing Plan Proposed for $60M Sports Complex
by Jim Walsh, Tribune Staff Writer 6 hours ago
"Mesa is hoping taxpayers kick the Mesa Plays sports complex across the goal line after a shift in financing placed the tax burden on out-of-town patrons for the much awaited, much debated $55 million facility.
READ ALL ABOUT IT >
EVT Staff Writer Jim Walsh's Story-Time 
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City officials last week acknowledged they are taking a risk that financial forecasts are correct and that Mesa Plays, with 24 fields, will become a magnet for large tournaments.
The financing shift, orchestrated by City Manager Chris Brady, leaves Mesa taxpayers responsible for paying off the $25 million cost of nine artificial turf fields reserved for community use, even though they also could be incorporated into a large tournament.

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27 May 2018

More Make-Believe Not-So-Magic Trick Acts From The Mayor & His Cohorts

Our goofy mayor, shown making strange under-handed gestures with the ASU Sun Devils mascot on the stage at his 2016 State-of-the-City Speech, apparently wants to continue his spectacular flop-act when Mesa taxpayers REJECTED his satellite ASU campus-campaign by VOTING NO on his Yes1Mesa ballot referendum - it was a privately-financed public relations PAC that turned into a public embarrassment and a major screw-up. For the last two years he's been trying to set-the-stage following a new script . . .  

Once again the devil's in the details for this former BYU track star, 'ambulance-chaser' private attorney in accident/personal injury law practice, and present-day holder of the public trust occupying the office of mayor since January 2014.
After a four-year stint from 1996-2000 on the Mesa City Council, there was a 14-year time gap before he got a calling to run again for public on the coat-tails of former mayor Scott Smith who vacated his seat to wage an unsuccessful attempt to gain the governorship for the State of Arizona, at the same time endorsing John Giles to succeed him with the support of the entrenched political machine that has exercised monopoly control of this city for generations.

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22 July 2018

Mobilizing The Public Here In Mesa: Mesa City Council Is More Corrupt Than Congress

Whoever said that Mesa is boring was trying to trick you into believing a fake Urban Legend that never really existed "Once upon a time . . ."  strting in 1883 or even in the year 2012 when Scott Smith was elected mayor, as the first outsider to get the top elected job inside City Hall. He followed in the long line of succession of 40 mostly Mormon males who have controlled a dominant massive political machine and inter-connected powerful network of friends-and-families who have ruled this city for six generations.
They control almost everything in business, politics and government: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Education.
They say "It's the Mesa way of doing business" where they all get a cut in their Group-Think Mentality masquerading CORRUPTION.

Let's not get fooled again, folks, with another election in the works playing us all again for fools. Time to wake up and be less stupid, but it surely takes more than that to stop this generations-old system of corruption where few benefit and everyone pays - whether you know it or not.
To the run is the current Mesa City Council in some posed public relations goof photo opp with Jivin' John Giles leading the

 

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