Archive for the ‘Kleiner Perkins’ Category

SoundCloud Raises $50 Million From Kleiner Perkins and GGV

Amit Chowdhry | January 3, 2012 | 360 views | Add a Comment
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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.

Zynga Expected To Raise Between $850 Million and $1.15 Billion In IPO

Amit Chowdhry | December 2, 2011 | 395 views | Add a Comment
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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.

Jive Sets IPO Price At Between $8-$10 With Valuation At Over $500 Million

Amit Chowdhry | November 30, 2011 | 223 views | Add a Comment
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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.

How Much Groupon Executives and Investors Made From The IPO

Amit Chowdhry | November 5, 2011 | 725 views | Add a Comment
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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:

Zaarly Adds Meg Whitman To Board Of Directors

Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 370 views | Add a Comment
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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.”

iPod Hardware Designer Tony Fadell Now Building A Thermostat

Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 525 views | Add a Comment
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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.

Social Navigation Company Waze Raises $30 Million

Amit Chowdhry | October 18, 2011 | 319 views | Add a Comment
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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.

One Kings Lane Raises $40 Million In Funding

Amit Chowdhry | September 19, 2011 | 476 views | Add a Comment
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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.

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