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You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello
To our dear readers: Thank you, thank you very much.Dough Boys: Here’s Benchmark’s $425 Million Fund Filing Document
Take the money and run!AOL Turns Moviefone Over to BermanBraun for Reboot
Press one for a much-needed overhaul of the service that still lives in 1999.Former Twitter Platform Chief Sarver Joins Redpoint as Partner
Every time a bell rings, a VC gets his wingtips.News Byte
Greylock Commits $100 Million to Investing in the Future of Marketplaces
VC firm Greylock Partners announced on Thursday that it will commit to investing at least $100 million in entrepreneurs and companies working on marketplaces, or, as Greylock’s Simon Rothman puts it, “network effects businesses and transaction businesses.” (Think Lyft, Wanelo, etc.) Greylock also promoted Rothman, an executive in residence since 2011, to the position of partner on the firm’s consumer investment team, where he’ll focus on marketplace investments.Facebook Jumps Into the Games Publishing Biz
Game, set, match.News Byte
Outbrain Exec Guttman Hired to Oversee SoftBank’s $51 Million NY-Focused Startup Fund
Josh Guttman, who has most recently been an exec at content discovery platform Outbrain, has become a partner at Softbank Capital to manage its New York-focused startup fund. Guttman, who is an active angel investor in the region, will oversee the $51 million fund that the venture firm recently announced that will be aimed at high-growth opportunities in social, e-commerce, digital media and software-as-a-service startups in New York. (You can read a sharp post Guttman recently penned for AllThingsD on native advertising here.)News Byte