11 posts and columns on Vinod Khosla

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Viddy Raises $30 Million in Series B Financing Round

in Social on May 11 at 6:00 am PT

Social video application Viddy has raised $30 million in venture capital in a Series B round of financing, the company announced on Friday morning. Investors in the round include NEA Ventures, Battery Ventures, Goldman Sachs and Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures. The additional funds come after an initial $6 million Series A raised in February, which was led by Battery Ventures and included Qualcomm and Greycroft Ventures.

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Khosla Venture’s $1.05 Billion Fund

in News on October 13, 2011 at 4:07 pm PT

Khosla Ventures, the venture-capital firm run by longtime Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla, closed a $1.05 billion fund that ranks as one of the biggest new venture funds this year, from which it plans to invest a large portion in clean technology.

RockMelt Raises $30M More for Social Browser. But Could It Be More Than Social?

in Social on June 28, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

RockMelt tonight is announcing it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, a considerable amount for a company with just hundreds of thousands of users and gigantic and fast-innovating competitors.
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Exclusive: Meebo Raises $25M More

in Social on November 16, 2010 at 2:43 pm PT

Meebo has nearly completed a $25 million round of funding led by Khosla Ventures, with Khosla partner Gideon Yu becoming a board observer. This is the Web-sharing toolmaker’s Series D round, and will be announced by Khosla in a speech at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this afternoon. Existing backers such as Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson are also participating in the round, which brings Meebo to total funding of more than $60 million.

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Tony Blair Partners Up With Khosla Ventures

in News on May 24, 2010 at 3:27 pm PT

Venture-capital firm Khosla Ventures said Monday that it has formed a partnership with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Painting Silicon Valley a New Shade of Green

in News on May 13, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Silicon Valley is trying to become a hub for clean technology–companies that specialize in alternative energy or energy-efficient products. Helping to lead the shift are local venture capitalists such as Vinod Khosla.

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Khosla Ventures's Take on Tech

in News on September 2, 2009 at 5:28 pm PT

Venture-capital firm Khosla Ventures announced Tuesday that it had raised more than $1 billion in two new funds–the first time the firm has raised funds from outside investors instead of just investing the money of its founder, Vinod Khosla, a longtime venture capitalist and a founder of Sun Microsystems. Khosla Ventures is putting two thirds of the money towards clean technology investments. But what about tech?

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Vinod Khosla on Why Clean Technology Is Misunderstood

in News on July 31, 2009 at 7:05 am PT

Vinod Khosla emphasized several times Thursday that costs–and not idealogy–will drive the clean technology industry, and said that much of the hype around cleantech is fueled by misunderstood information.

DonorsChoose.org Looking at $11 Million Investment–Finally, a Start-Up BoomTown Can Love

in News on September 5, 2007 at 2:18 am PT

I will admit it–most funding announcements for tech start-ups bore the living daylights out of me. Writing about however many millions of dollars go to however many frivolous widget companies is about as interesting as watching Robert Scoble’s blog video lectures. (Sorry, Bob!) So it is nice to see a good (and good-for-you) charity site [...]

I Heart Biofuels

in News on July 17, 2007 at 4:13 am PT

While this is not exactly a “digital” story–we at AllThingsD.com like to think we have our finger on the pulse of the latest trend, including the lean, mean green one. (We had well-known Silicon Valley VC Vinod Khosla come and talk about alternative energy at D4, in fact.) Yesterday brought news that Om Malik was [...]