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Social+Capital and Greylock Fund Health Insurance Site Simplee

Liz Gannes in News on May 15 at 5:00 am PT

Simplee, a health insurance management site that helps consumers pay bills, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by the Social+Capital Partnership and including seed investor Greylock Partners. The company, which launched last year and competes with Cake Health, said it is compatible with 80 percent of U.S. insurers, and plans to expand to large employers and health savings account banks.

Exclusive: Workday Picks Its Bankers for a Fall 2012 IPO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 10 at 11:04 am PT

Having started a search for bankers in December, Workday has settled on four who will take it through the IPO process, starting with an S-1 filing expected in mid-July.

Greylock Partners Names Dev Ittycheria as Partner

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 30 at 3:59 am PT

The former CEO of BladeLogic argues that the enterprise is back.

Path Confirms Series B Funding From Redpoint, Richard Branson and Others

Liz Gannes in Social on April 16 at 4:20 pm PT

Path raised Series B funding led by Redpoint Ventures, it finally admitted.

Reid Hoffman’s New Business Book Tells Everyone to Act Like Entrepreneurs

Liz Gannes in News on February 14 at 2:32 pm PT

LinkedIn founder and Greylock Partners VC Reid Hoffman wants to be a business book guru, too.

Zuckerberg Is the Billion-Share Man: Who Owns What, Who Makes What in the Facebook IPO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 1 at 3:22 pm PT

Lots of investor funds, venture capitalists and individuals have a piece of the Facebook action. Here’s a rundown.

Fast-Growing Cloud Management Start-Up Okta Hires Two New VPs

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 1 at 7:38 am PT

Customers are up threefold and end users are up by a factor of six. Time to put some more talent on the executive team? Yes.

Visa Places Bet on New Approach to Payments With Rare Investment in TrialPay

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 31 at 7:00 am PT

Visa, Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and others are pouring $40 million into TrialPay, which helps companies like Facebook, Gap and Fandango increase sales through the use of incentives.

Greylock’s Reid Hoffman Invests in Swedish Social Gifting Company

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 18 at 4:31 am PT

Stockholm-based Wrapp, which was founded by former executives from Spotify, Groupon and other companies, has just received a $5 million gift from Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners.