Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 341 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, eBay, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, Hunch, Khosla Ventures, Matt Gattis, SV Angel, Tom Pinckney

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) will be announcing that they have acquired Hunch for around $80 million according to Michael Arrington. Hunch was started by Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Tom Pinckney, and Matt Gattis. Hunch has raised about $20 million in total funding since they launched.

Amit Chowdhry | August 19, 2011 | 484 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 | 821 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 | May 8, 2011 | 701 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AllianceBernstein, General Catalsyt, Jumptap, Redpoint Ventures, Summerhill Ventures, Valhalla Partners, WPP

Jumptap is a mobile ad network that has raised $25 million. Previous investors AllianceBernstein, General Catalsyt, Redpoint Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Summerhill Ventures, and WPP participated in this new round of funding. The new investors in this round were unnamed. [AllThingsD]