Amit Chowdhry | August 26, 2011 | 576 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google, Jared Fliesler, Keith Rabois, Max Levchin, Slide

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) acquired Slide about a year ago for $182 million. Now Slide is being shut down so Slide founder Max Levchin is leaving Google.

Amit Chowdhry | August 15, 2011 | 416 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alexander Goldstein, Emmet Shear, Felix Shpilman, Gabor Cselle, Justin Kan, Keith Rabois, Mark Friedgan, Othman Laraki, Paul Buccheit, Starling Ventures, StartFund, Stewart Alsop, SV Angel, Vaizra International, Y Combinator, Yuri Milner, ZeroCater

ZeroCater is a startup that plans to help you plan lunchtime for you office by handling the logistics around it. The company recently announced $1.5 million in funding. Previous investors include StartFund (SV Angel and Yuri Milner) and Y Combinator.

Amit Chowdhry | May 23, 2011 | 973 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Keith Rabois, Square, Square Card Case, Square Register

Square is a mobile payments startup company that has shipped about 500,000 card readers. Square reported about 1 million transactions in May and the company is processing about $3 million in mobile payments per day. Square has announced a new service today called Square Register.

Amit Chowdhry | February 16, 2011 | 816 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 1000Memories, Caterina Fake, Chris Sacca, David Thacker, Greylock Partners, Keith Rabois, Mike Maples, Paul Buchheit, Ron Conway

1000Memories has raised $2.5 million in a round of funding led by Greylock Partners. Angel investors Caterina Fake, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Paul Buchheit, Mike Maples, and Chris Sacca also participated in this round. David Thacker of Greylock will be joining the board of directors at 1000Memories. 1000Memories is a website where loved ones can express words about people in their lives that have passed away. The appeal of 1000Memories is that it does not have ads and the website design is stylish. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | January 20, 2011 | 2,293 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Contour Ventures, Doug Imbruce, Eduardo Saverin, Elad Gil, Greylock Discovery Fund, Jawed Karim, Keith Rabois, Lerer Ventures, Louis Monier, Mike Brown, Pejman Nozad, Pradeep Sindhu, Qwiki, Reid Hoffman, Shervin Pishever, Tugboat Ventures

Qwiki has raised $8 million in series A funding. The largest investor in this round is Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Saverin has been very low-key with his investments due to the tumultuous experience he had as a Facebook co-founder. Essentially Mark Zuckerberg reduced Saverin’s equity to 0.03%, but gave him proper equity back when Saverin started talking to the press about his side of the story. His side of the story was made into a movie called The Social Network.

Amit Chowdhry | December 21, 2010 | 678 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google Ventures, Keith Rabois, Laura Ziskin, Miso Media

Google Ventures and a couple of angel investors has invested $600,000 in an iOS application development company called Miso Media. Along with Google, some of the other investors incldue Keith Rabois (Square COO) and Laura Ziskin (film producer). Miso builds music applications that are similar to Guitar Hero, but it uses real guitar fingering. The Miso apps will help you learn how to play guitar, bas guitar (four and five-string), banjo, mandolin, and the ukelele. Once approved by Apple, Miso Music will sell for an intro price of $2.99. Miso was co-founded by Ryan Tsukamoto, Aviv Grill, and Joselle Ho. [Mashable]
Amit Chowdhry | November 24, 2010 | 1,058 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Art.sy, Charlei Cheever, Dash Zhukova, Dave Morin, David Kidder, David Tisch, Eric Schmidt, Founder Collective, Jack Dorsey, Jim Breyer, Keith Rabois, Thrive Capital, Wendi Murdoch

Art.sy is a New York City based startup company that has raised $1.25 million in funding. Investors in Art.sy include Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi, Jack Dorsey (Twitter co-founder), Jim Breyer, Dash Zhukova, Founder Collective, Keith Rabois, David Tisch, Charlei Cheever, Dave Morin, and David Kidder. Art.sy’s funding was led by Thrive Capital. Art.sy raised $160,000 in seed funding and launched at TechCrunch Disrupt. Art.sy was founded by 24 year old founder Carter Cleveland and he decided to make the website private again. Now he is shifting his service to be more focused on high-end art deals. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | November 15, 2010 | 1,019 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Founders Fund, Jeff Clavier, Keith Rabois, Naval Ravikant, Peter Thiel, Ron Conway, The Founders Fund, Topguest

Topguest is a mobile check-in loyalty service that was founded five months ago. The service has raised $2 million in Series A funding and has added Peter Thiel as an advisor. The investors in this round of funding include Founders Fund, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Jeff Clavier, and Naval Ravikant. Topguest is also exiting beta today.
