Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing’s Horizon Ventures Bets on Mobile Search Start-Up Everything.me

Liz Gannes in News on March 29 at 12:11 pm PT

Everything.me, a mobile search provider, has taken $3.5 million in add-on funding from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures, known for tech investments like Facebook and Spotify.

Tech Leaders Make Forbes’ Most Powerful People List

Tricia Duryee in Enterprise on November 5, 2011 at 11:21 am PT

Forbes has compiled a list of the 70 most powerful individuals, and along with some of the world’s leading politicians and religious leaders, tech leaders made a strong showing.

Waze Raises Major Funding to Drive Social Traffic Apps

Liz Gannes in Social on October 18, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures Hong Kong and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have invested $30 million in social traffic and navigation company Waze.

INQ Mobile Decides to Friend Facebook and Spotify for New Android Phone (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

Folks hoping for a Facebook phone straight from Marc Zuckerberg will have to wait a while longer. But for those who want an Android device with a whole lot of connections to the social network, INQ Mobile’s new Cloud line could be just the ticket.

Will Facebook Say “Da” to Russian Investors?

Peter Kafka in Media on May 22, 2009 at 5:46 pm PT

Here’s the newest twist in the Facebook valuation/funding saga: Russian investors have reportedly offered to sink up to $350 million in Mark Zuckerberg’s social network–at two different valuations. The Wall Street Journal says investment group Digital Sky Technologies has offered to spend $200 million on a chunk of the company’s preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation, and is also offering to buy up to $150 million worth of the company’s common stock at a $6.5 billion valuation.

Kara Visits Joost HQ in London: Restarting the Start-Up (With a Little Help From Its "Friends")!

Kara Swisher in News on September 24, 2008 at 10:15 am PT

Well, here’s a good reason not to write off Joost quite yet: When it officially debuts its new Web-based service in mid-October, the London-based company will have some pretty hot content with its half-dozen seasons of the former NBC hit, “Friends.” Also, there will finally be no more irksome plug-ins. There will also be cooler social-networking elements. While all this is not going to make up for the lost time the online video service has wasted with its annoying P2P-based desktop client download, going to a Web-based, all-Flash service with more robust content is certainly the right way to stop rival service Hulu from continuing to clean Joost’s clock.