Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 329 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 | March 12, 2010 | 1,301 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, General Catalyst Partners, Hunch, Khosla Ventures, Ron Conway

Hunch is a startup service that allows users to answer questions using crowd-sourcing techniques. Khosla Ventures is rumored to be leading a $10-$12 million round of funding in Hunch. Other investors include General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Ron Conway. Hunch was started by Caterina Fake, the co-founder of Flickr. Chris Dixon is also a co-founder in Hunch. Dixon started SiteAdvisor and sold it to McAfee in 2006. Hunch receives about 1.2 million uniques per month according to internal numbers. [AllThingsD]