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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.

Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)

Workday Is Looking for Bankers to Help It Go IPO in 2012

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 23, 2011 at 4:22 am PT

The wait begins for one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2012.

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Trunk Club Appoints Former eBay Executive as COO

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 12, 2011 at 9:32 am PT

Trunk Club, an online shopping service for men who don’t like to shop, has hired Rob Chesney as COO. Most recently, Chesney was an entrepreneur in residence at Greylock Partners. Before that, he served as VP of eBay’s Buyer Experience team, overseeing fashion, technology, media and home. Trunk Club, which has about 60 employees, is projecting revenues of $5.5 million this year and raised $11 million in capital back in September.

Reid Hoffman and Matt Cohler Team Up to Give Edmodo $15M

Liz Gannes in Social on December 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Edmodo, which helps K-12 teachers and schools create private social networks for their classrooms, has raised $15 million.

Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 8, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

With computer programmers in demand, new start-ups that aim to train people in coding skills are also becoming hot properties.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …