Amit Chowdhry | January 31, 2012 | 407 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen

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.

Amit Chowdhry | October 27, 2011 | 388 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen

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]
Amit Chowdhry | August 19, 2011 | 469 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Dave Girouard, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, GoodData, Marc Andreessen, Windcrest Partners

GoodData is a cloud-based company that focuses on business intelligence. GoodData has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz general partner John O’Farrell will be joining GoodData’s board of directors. Google’s president of Enterprise Dave Girouard is also joining the board of directors although Google did not invest.

Amit Chowdhry | July 25, 2011 | 797 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Airbnb, Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Brian Chesky, Digital Sky Technologies, DST, DST Global, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, Marc Andreessen

Airbnb has raised $112 million at a $1+ billion valuation. This round of funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The split is roughly 60 million from Andreessen, 40 million from DST, and 5 million from General Catalyst. The rest of the split is from previous investors and Jeff Bezos. This round of funding raises Airbnb’s total funding to $119.8 million.

Amit Chowdhry | March 17, 2011 | 540 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Jawbone, Marc Andreessen

Jawbone has received a $49 million investment from investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz have both previously invested in Jawbone as individual investors. Over the past 10 years, Jawbone has raised a total of $100 million. Jawbone has created a headset product and a Jambox wireless speaker box product. Recently they launched a free app called Thoughts, which lets users quickly write messages and send them through e-mail or text message. [AllThingsD]
Amit Chowdhry | January 10, 2011 | 1,510 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under Accel Partners, Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Ben Horowitz, Digital Sky Technologies, DST, Greylock Partners, Groupon, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mail.ru, Marc Andreessen, Maverick Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Technology Crossover Ventures

Group coupon service Groupon.com has completed its $950 million series G round of funding. The best part is the press release title: “Groupon Raises, Like, A Billion Dollars.” I’ve pasted the press release below. The investors in this round include Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mail.ru Group, Maverick Capital, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Allen & Company LLC acted as financial advisor. The previous funding rounds was led by New Enterprise Associates, Accel Partners, and Mail.ru Group (formerly DST).

Amit Chowdhry | November 3, 2010 | 744 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised a new $650 million round of funding. Andreessen Horowitz launched a year ago with a $300 million fund. Andreessen Horowitz was founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Some of the companies in their portfolios include Zynga, Digg, Skype, and Foursquare.

Amit Chowdhry | May 27, 2010 | 1,103 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Boku, Marc Andreessen

Boku has announced that they have raised funding from Andreessen Horowitz. Boku did not reveal how much funding that they have received, but the company has raised a total of $38 million since they launched last year. Boku is a mobile payments startup company and now Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz will join the Board of Directors. Boku does not require anyone to have a credit card or bank account to make micropayments.
