49 posts and columns on fund

Andreessen & Horowitz on Monster $1.5B Fund: Software (And Giant VCs) Ready to Chomp Everything!

in News on January 31 at 11:23 am PT

Memo to the world from Silicon Valley power-VCs: You look good enough to eat.
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What Bubble? Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion Mega-Fund, Its Third.

in News on January 31 at 7:05 am PT

How green is Silicon Valley? Very, it seems.
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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

in News on January 27 at 3:40 pm PT

Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.
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What Cash Crunch? Revolution Growth Raises $450M for Its First Fund.

in News on November 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm PT

You say you want a revolution? How about an investment, instead?
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American Express Starts $100 Million Fund to Keep an Eye on the Valley

in Commerce on November 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

American Express has created an investment fund to ensure it won’t miss out on the next digital commerce opportunity. The $100 million fund will be managed out of its new Silicon Valley office.
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Khosla Venture’s $1.05 Billion Fund

in News on October 13, 2011 at 4:07 pm PT

Khosla Ventures, the venture-capital firm run by longtime Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla, closed a $1.05 billion fund that ranks as one of the biggest new venture funds this year, from which it plans to invest a large portion in clean technology.

Email: Chamath Palihapitiya Decries Airbnb’s Recent $112M Funding for Founder Control and Cash-Out

in News on October 1, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Here’s some electric weekend reading for those interested in the push-and-pull between venture investors and start-ups in the frothy Web 2.0 environment.
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DST, Silver Lake and Yunfeng Lead $1.6B Tender Offer Aimed at Alibaba Employees at $32B Valuation

in News on September 22, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Big play in China, as big investors pour a fortune into Alibaba Group shares to give its employees some walking-around money.
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It’s Official: Arrington Out at AOL; Schonfeld New TechCrunch Editor (Plus Armstrong Internal Memo Too!)

in Media on September 12, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

Our long, national non-nightmare in tech is finally over. Godspeed, CrunchFund!
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New Early-Stage VC Firm, Freestyle Capital, Launches

in News on September 12, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Longtime tech entrepreneurs Josh Felser and Dave Samuel will today announce a new early-stage VC firm called Freestyle Capital.
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In This Episode of “As the AOL Turns”: Will Arrington Appear at TechCrunch Disrupt?

in Media, September 11, 2011 at 12:52 pm PT

What Bad Economy? Three Big Silicon Valley VCs Poised to Haul in $2B in New Fund Raising.

in News, September 8, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Give Me Back My Baby: Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL — But Would AOL Sell It?

in Media, September 6, 2011 at 11:57 am PT

Viral Video: Me and My CrunchFund Shadow on Bloomberg West

in News, September 3, 2011 at 8:33 am PT

CrunchFund? Unethical Ventures? Pig Pile Partners? No Matter What You Call It, It’s Business as Usual in Silicon Valley.

in Media, September 2, 2011 at 6:16 am PT

VC Fundraising Has Best Start Since 2001

in News, April 11, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT

Andreessen Horowitz Bags New Fertilizer for Growth-Stage Companies

Exclusive: Former AOLers Steve Case and Ted Leonsis Raising $400 Million Growth Equity Fund

in News, March 10, 2011 at 11:58 am PT

Lerer Ventures Considers New $50 Million Fund With Hippeau Addition

in News, February 8, 2011 at 10:17 am PT

Game Off! Viacom Dumps Rock Band on Investment Group

in Media, December 23, 2010 at 12:23 pm PT

If Speed Matters, Why Is American Broadband So Slow?

in Enterprise, December 15, 2010 at 12:57 pm PT

Russia's DST Out of Twitter Funding Race, With Kleiner Poised to Take the Deal

in News, December 6, 2010 at 11:24 am PT

The eMoney Ribbon Cutting

in Commerce, December 1, 2010 at 5:28 am PT

Exclusive: Silicon Valley Go-To Guy Peter Currie Joining Twitter Board

in News, December 1, 2010 at 3:53 am PT

Hire Like It's 1999: Kleiner's Doerr Finally Lands Meeker After 11 Years of Trying (and It's About Time)

in News, November 29, 2010 at 12:46 pm PT