venture capitalist

Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine: Meet the Man Who Landed Silicon Valley’s Hottest Funding Deal in Pinterest

Kara Swisher in Commerce on May 17 at 9:29 am PT

The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.

GigaOM Buys paidContent (Like Peter Kafka Said)

Kara Swisher in Media on February 8 at 11:19 am PT

Guess what? Wait, we knew that.

Tidbits From the Facebook IPO Filing: I’ll Have What SV VCs Marc Andreessen and Jim Breyer Are Having!

Kara Swisher in News on February 6 at 1:44 pm PT

It’s good times for venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, both professionally and personally.

Yahoo for Sale: Possible Bidders Circling — Including Marc Andreessen — as Board Pressure Mounts

Kara Swisher in News on September 14, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT

As Yahoo’s board meets today to talk about what to do next, the unsettled situation at the Silicon Valley Internet giant might overtake them sooner than later.

It’s Official: Arrington Out at AOL; Schonfeld New TechCrunch Editor (Plus Armstrong Internal Memo Too!)

Kara Swisher in Media on September 12, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

Our long, national non-nightmare in tech is finally over. Godspeed, CrunchFund!

New Early-Stage VC Firm, Freestyle Capital, Launches

Kara Swisher in News on September 12, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Longtime tech entrepreneurs Josh Felser and Dave Samuel will today announce a new early-stage VC firm called Freestyle Capital.

In This Episode of “As the AOL Turns”: Will Arrington Appear at TechCrunch Disrupt?

Kara Swisher in Media on September 11, 2011 at 12:52 pm PT

Sources said that seems more likely than not, but who knows with this crazy crew!

Roger and Pre: Those Were the Days, McNamee (He Thought Palm Would Always Be)

Kara Swisher in Mobile on August 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm PT

It’s been a bad week for those who were big fans of Palm and its webOS operating system. So, it’s clearly time for a little McNamee.

Voices

The Midas List, Or Why Facebook May Be The New Google

Zoran Basich, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 7, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

With hundreds of prominent venture capitalist gathered at the NVCA conference in Boston today, it was an interesting time for Forbes to release its sometimes-annual Midas list of 2011’s top 100 tech investors. We imagine some VCs gave their touch-screens a good workout as they scrolled through the list to see where they ranked – [...]

Google Ventures Sows Seed Funding With New Start-Up Lab (Video Tour)

Liz Gannes in Social on February 12, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

As incoming CEO Larry Page seeks to recapture Google’s entrepreneurial spirit, Google Ventures thinks it’s in for a year of expansion and support from its corporate parent.