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Socialcam Raises Funding From 46 Angel Investors
Socialcam is an iPhone app that spun off of video sharing website Justin.tv last year as part of Y Combinators winter 2012 class. Socialcam has raised seed funding from 46 well known angel investors. Socialcam’s fiercest competitor is Viddy. They have been fighting back and forth as the top Photo & Video app recently. Socialcam has reportedly surpassed the 20 million user mark. Below is a list of all of the investors involved as compiled by TechCrunch.
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Categories Alexis Ohanian, Allison Streuter, Andreessen Horowitz, Ari Emmanuel, Ashton Kutcher, Atom Factory, Brian Chesky, Chris Hollod, CrunchPad Inc., Emmett Shear, Erik Moore, Felix Shpilman, Garry Tan, Guy Oseary, Harj Taggar, Jason Johnson, Jason Lublin, Jeff Kapel, Jessica Livingston, Jonathan Abrams, Justin Caldbeck, Justin Kan, Kyle Vogt, Laurene Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, Matt Ocko, Michael Abrams, Michael Levit, Michael Rapino, Paul Buchheit, Paul Graham, Ram Shiram, Ronny Conway, Shane Battier, Shervin Pishevar, Socialcam, Stacey Rubin, Stewart Alsop, SV Angel, Tim Draper, Trajan Langdon, Troy Carter, Yuri Milner, Zachary Bogue
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People Search Engine Ark Raises $4.2 Million In Seed Round
Ark is a people search engine launched at Y Combinator Demo Day that has raised $4.2 million in a seed round of funding. Ark crawls Facebook, RenRen, LinkedIn, and Twitter to find out as much data as possible. The founders at Ark got the idea for the startup when they found out that 30% of searches are for people.
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Facebook Acquiring Instagram For $1 Billion
Facebook has announced that they are acquiring Instagram, a popular photo-sharing application, for $1 billion in cash and stock. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on a profile post from his account. Zuckerberg said that they are planning to allow Instagram run independently from Facebook. It was only three days ago where it was that Instagram raised $50 million.
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Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion
Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital company run by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz has raised $1.5 billion. Ben Horowitz confirmed the investment on his blog today. The company has raised a total of $2.7 billion thus far.
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Categories Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen
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Fab.com Raises $40 Million, Now Valued At Over $200 Million
When Fab.com originally started, it was a social network for the LGBT community. Now the website is a flash sale website with 72-hour deals. The company has just raised $40 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and is now valued at over $200 million. It was only about 6 months ago since Fab.com switched from being a gay social network.
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Microsoft and Silver Lake Submitting A Plan To Buy Minority Stake In Yahoo!
A consortium of investors that are being led by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Silver Lake are submitting a plan to buy a minority stake in Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). TPG Capital is another company that will be making a proposal for Yahoo! Both of these proposals would lead to taking a stake of around 20% of the company.
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Categories AliBaba, Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackstone Group, David Filo, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hellman & Friedman, Hellman and Friedman, Jerry Yang, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Microsoft Corporation, Silver Lake, Silver Lake Partners, THL Partners, TPG Capital, Yahoo!
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“YouTube For Businesses” Service Vidyard Raises $1.65 Million
Vidyard is a company that is considered a “YouTube for Businesses.” The company has raised $1.65 million from SoftTech VC, Jawed Karim (YouTube co-founder), Y Combinator, SV Angel, iNovia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Paul Buchheit, Vivi Nevo, David Nizkad, Dennis Kavelman, and several others.
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How Much Groupon Executives and Investors Made From The IPO
Yesterday Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) had an initial public offering. The company set their stock price at $20 and yesterday it closed at $26.11. The company was given a valuation of over $17 billion. BusinessInsider.com has compiled a list of how much the executives and investors made from the IPO. Below is the list:
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Categories Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrew Mason, Battery Ventures, Brad Keywell, Brian Totty, Digital Sky Technologies, Elizabeth Lefkofsky, Eric Lefkofsky, Fidelity Investments, Greylock Partners, Groupon, Groupon.com, Howard Schultz, Kenneth M. Pelletier, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maverick Fund, Morgan Stanley, New Enterprise Associates, Robert Solomon, T. Rowe Price, Technology Crossover Ventures, Ted Leonsis, The European Founders Fund, The Growth Fund of America
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Andreessen Horowitz Preparing To Raise $900 Million
Andreessen Horowitz is preparing to raise $900 million for their newest fund, known as Fund III. The company’s first fund was worth about $300 million. The company used that funding to put money into Skype and Fusion.io. In late 2010, Andreessen Horowitz raised $650 million for Fund II. They used this fund to invest in Airbnb, Twitter, Facebook, and Zynga. Now the company is preparing to raise $900 million, which means that the company will have $2.15 billion in assets to distribute to companies. Andreesen Horowitz has invested in about 70 companies. The new fund will be used to make investments from between $10,000 to $100 million. [Uncrunched]
Categories Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen
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Box.net Raises $81 Million With Valuation That Is Over $600 Million
Cloud storage company Box.net has raised $81 million in Series D funding from Salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Andreessen Horowitz, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Box.net has now raised a total of $162 million. This puts Box.net’s valuation at over $600 million.
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