Amit Chowdhry | December 1, 2011 | 291 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google Ventures, Hearst Interactive Media, Khosla Ventures, Miso

Miso is a social TV company that has raised $4 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, and Hearst Interactive Media. Now Miso has raised a total of $6 million. When Miso first launched, they were a “check-in” app for TV shows.

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 | August 9, 2011 | 554 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, FLOODGATE, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Okta

Okta is an enterprise cloud app management company that has raised $16.5 million in Series B funding. Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and FLOODGATE participated in this round. Okta has raised a total of $28 million thus far.

Riley Kennysmith | July 20, 2011 | 476 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alsop Louie Partners, Bullpen Capital, Corey Reese, Khosla Ventures, likeness.com, Ness Computing, Palantir Technologies, Ramy Adeeb, Vinod Khosla

Ness Computing has been working on creating a selective search engine, and have raised $5 million in funding. The investors include Vinod Khosla and Ramy Adeeb (of Khosla Ventures), Alsop Louie Partners, Bullpen Capital and a co-founder of Palantir Technologies, as well as angel investors. TechCrunch reports that the search engine will be located at likeness.com, and combines data from your online likes with a search engine to provide a search designed with your preferences in mind. Corey Reese, CEO of Ness, explains that while Google organized data, likeness.com is about “organizing opportunities.”
Amit Chowdhry | May 5, 2011 | 769 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ajay Kulkarni, Andrew Cheung, General Catalyst Partners, GroupMe, Khosla Ventures, Sensobi

GroupMe is an application company that allows people to create private groups and send out mass text messages. GroupMe has acquired a smaller application development company called Sensobi. Sensobi was co-founded by Ajay Kulkarni and Andrew Cheung. Sensobi will be integrated into GroupMe’s BlackBerry application. Later it will be rolled into GroupMe’s iPhone and Android applications.

Amit Chowdhry | April 26, 2011 | 725 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Gideon Yu, Khosla Ventures, National Football League, NFL, San Francisco 49ers

Gideon Yu is one of the most prolific investors and executives in the technology sector. He is currently serving as a General Partner at Khosla Ventures, but he will soon become the Chief Strategy Officer for the NFL San Francisco 49ers. Before that he was the Chief Financial Officer of both Facebook and YouTube. Yu also worked as a partner at Sequoia Capital.

Amit Chowdhry | April 25, 2011 | 485 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Big Switch Networks, Bill Meehan, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mark Leslie, Mike Volpi, Shirish Sathaye

Big Switch Networks has raised $13.75 million in a first round of funding. Big Switch Networks is working on building a platform that will bring virtualization and a cloud architecture to enterprise networks. Four new directors will be joining the board at Big Switch Networks as a result of the funding: Mark Leslie, Bill Meehan, Shirish Sathaye, and Mike Volpi. The investors in this round include Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures. [San Jose Business Journal]
Amit Chowdhry | March 4, 2011 | 611 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alex Kinnier, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Metamorphic Ventures, MyLikes, Paul Buchheit

MyLikes has raised $5.6 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures. Lightspeed Partners and Metamorphic Ventures also participated in this round. Seed investor Paul Buchheit and Alex Kinnier is joining the MyLikes board of directors. MyLikes aims to connect social influencers with advertising companies to endorse products on social networks. [TechCrunch]