Amit Chowdhry | January 3, 2012 | 360 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alexander Ljung, Eric Wahlforss, GGV Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, SoundCloud

SoundCloud is one of the most popular music streaming websites. The website has raised $50 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and GGV Capital. This puts the company at a $200 million pre-money valuation. SoundCloud will be using the funding to expand aggressively in the U.S. Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker will be taking a board observer seat at SoundCloud. SoundCloud is based in Berlin and was founded by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss.
Amit Chowdhry | December 2, 2011 | 395 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Avalon Ventures, Foundry Group, Google, Institutional Venture Partners, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mark Pincus, Union Square Ventures, Zynga

Zynga has filed documents with the SEC this morning which indicates that they are planning on raising between $850 million and $1.15 billion in their public offering. This is about $15 million more than their previous estimates.

Amit Chowdhry | November 30, 2011 | 223 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Jive, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital

Jive is a social enterprise company that has filed for an IPO. The company expects to raise over $100 million from the IPO. At the high end of the price range per share, it would put Jive at a valuation of over $500 million.

Amit Chowdhry | November 5, 2011 | 725 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrew Mason, Battery Ventures, Brad Keywell, Brian Totty, Digital Sky Technologies, Elizabeth Lefkofsky, Eric Lefkofsky, Fidelity Investments, Greylock Partners, Groupon, Groupon.com, Howard Schultz, Kenneth M. Pelletier, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maverick Fund, Morgan Stanley, New Enterprise Associates, Robert Solomon, T. Rowe Price, Technology Crossover Ventures, Ted Leonsis, The European Founders Fund, The Growth Fund of America

Yesterday Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) had an initial public offering. The company set their stock price at $20 and yesterday it closed at $26.11. The company was given a valuation of over $17 billion. BusinessInsider.com has compiled a list of how much the executives and investors made from the IPO. Below is the list:

Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 370 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bo Fishback, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meg Whitman, Zaarly

Zaarly is a mobile marketplace company that has added Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman to their board of directors. Zaarly has also recently raised $14 million in an investment led by Kleiner Perkins. “I just love her,” stated Zaarly co-founder and CEO Bo Fishback in an interview with VentureBeat. “She built the biggest peer-to-peer marketplace on the planet Earth … I just know she’s going to make me a better CEO.”

Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 525 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Al Gore, Apple Inc., David Sloo, Generation Investment, Google Ventures, Intertrust, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Nest Labs, Shasta Ventures, Shige Honjo, Tony Fadell

Tony Fadell designed the hardware for the iPod and he was the head of the iPod and iPhone division before he left his VP post to spend more time with his wife and kids. His family spent a year in Paris and then moved back to the U.S. While in Paris, Fadell decided what he wanted to do next: build a new high-tech thermostat.

Amit Chowdhry | October 18, 2011 | 319 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Horizons Ventures, Jason Wong, John Malloy, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, KPCB iFund, Li Ka-Shing, Mary Meeker, Waze

Waze is a social navigation company that has raised $30 million in funding. Investors in this round include Horizons Ventures Hong Kong (Li Ka-shing’s private venture investments), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the iFund. Waze has raised a total of over $55 million thus far.

Amit Chowdhry | September 19, 2011 | 476 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ali Pincus, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, One Kings Lane, Susan Feldman, Tiger Global, Tiger Global Management

One Kings Lane is a flash sales website for accessories and home decorations. One Kings Lane has raised $40 million in a new round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, and Greylock Partners has joined in this round of funding. One Kings Lane is now valued at about $440 million as the company raised $65 million in funding total.
