Amit Chowdhry | July 28, 2011 | 750 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under A-Grade Investments, Ashton Kutcher, Baroda Ventures, Ben Ling, Dave Morgan, David Tisch, Don Baer, Fab.com, First Round Capital, Guy Oseary, Jason Goldberg, Jon Anderson, Josh Kusher, Kevin Rose, Menlo Ventures, SoftTech VC, SV Angel, The Washington Post, Zelkova Ventures

Fab.com is a social network for gay men that used to be known as Fabulis. Fab.com has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Amit Chowdhry | July 16, 2010 | 817 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Crosslink Capital, iCurrent, The Washington Post

The Washington Post Company has bought out iCurrent, a service where people can view news according to their interests. There is no word on what the acquisition price, but VentureBeat speculates that it is above $5 million. iCurrent was funded by Crosslink Capital, who plugged in about $3 million since the news company started in 2007. [VentureBeat]
Amit Chowdhry | May 5, 2010 | 848 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Allen & Company, Donald Graham, The Washington Post

The Washington Post has announced that they are exploring the possibility of selling Newsweek Magazine. Newsweek has been losing money and The Washington Post chairman Donald Graham said that the magazine might be a better fit elsewhere. The Washington Post hired Allen & Company to help find a buyer. Newsweek launched in 1933 and was acquired by The Washington Post in 1961. [BBC]