Andreessen Horowitz

StyleSaint Secures $1.5M to Create Pinterest With an E-Commerce Twist

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 21 at 5:20 pm PT

StyleSaint has secured $1.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and others to develop a new twist on the content-sharing craze.

Exclusive: Japan’s Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation

Liz Gannes and Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 16 at 8:18 pm PT

The largest e-commerce site in Japan is about to get pinned by Ben Silbermann in massive funding round.

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Fab.com Ditches Google+ in Favor of Pinterest

Lauren Goode in News on May 16 at 5:26 am PT

Fab.com, the shopping Web site that raised $40 million late last year in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz, has revamped its site to highlight more social features, including the ability to filter its live shopping feed by category, buy straight from the feed and see what Facebook friends are buying. Fab has also removed its Google+ button in favor of a Pinterest pin. The company claims four million members in the 10 months since its launch.

Hot Analytics Start-Up Mixpanel Raises $10.25M Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Liz Gannes in Enterprise on May 10 at 8:16 am PT

All the start-ups I talk to these days seem to be using Mixpanel analytics.

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Jumio Receives Undisclosed Investment From Citi Ventures

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 10 at 8:03 am PT

Jumio, which uses a Webcam to verify identity or scan credit cards, raised $25.5 million in March. The second round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Today, Jumio announced that it topped off that round with an undisclosed sum from Citi Ventures. To date, the company has raised $35.4 million.

Four Reasons Why Andreessen Horowitz Is Investing $10 Million in Belly

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 8 at 4:30 am PT

Andreessen Horowitz has invested $10 million in Belly, a Chicago-based company that is building a loyalty network for retailers that will replace punch cards with mobile rewards.

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Foursquare Biz Dev Tristan Walker Checks Out, Heads to Andreessen Horowitz

Mike Isaac in Social on May 2 at 9:07 am PT

Foursquare employee Tristan Walker announced on Wednesday that he’ll be leaving the social check-in start-up for a gig at Andreessen Horowitz, where his new title will be Entrepreneur in Residence. Walker leaves Foursquare after two-and-a-half years as VP of Business Development, and was one of the company’s earliest employees.