Peter Kafka in News on January 17 at 4:30 am PT
Charlie O’Donnell leaves First Round Capital and sets up shop across the bridge. (Don’t worry, he’ll stray out of King’s County, too.)
Peter Kafka in Media on January 3 at 3:30 am PT
Today’s reminder, courtesy of the NBA, the cable guys and Union Square’s Fred Wilson.
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.
News Byte
Ina Fried in News on December 7, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
Twilio, whose technology
lets developers build telephony and messaging into their apps, announced Wednesday that it has raised $17 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures — two of its existing investors. The San Francisco-based company, which has around 100 employees, plans to use the money to help fuel continued hiring and international expansion.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 2, 2011 at 4:34 pm PT
Zynga’s initial public offering remains on track to raise $1 billion, but the social games company may not be worth as much as it was hoping for.
Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2011 at 10:01 pm PT
While he has recently been portrayed as Mr. Potter of Silicon Valley, it looks like the online gaming leader will not get greedy in the IPO.
Kara Swisher in Social on November 20, 2011 at 9:51 am PT
Here’s a panel I did last week at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference that took place on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, called “Social Sharing and the Data-Driven Economy.”
Peter Kafka in Media on October 27, 2011 at 5:28 am PT
SoundCloud, the buzzy music-sharing service/utility, has arrived on the iPad, via a new free app. But other music services haven’t found much use for the tablet so far.
Peter Kafka in Social on September 16, 2011 at 7:52 am PT
Twitter’s is reshaping itself yet again, this time at a corporate level, as two prominent and early investors leave the company’s board at the end of the month. Sources say Twitter won’t fill their seats.
Peter Kafka in Media on September 15, 2011 at 7:08 pm PT
Andy Weissman jumps from the incubator/holding company to become a full-time investor at Union Square Ventures. That wasn’t the plan a few months ago.
