July 2008
Meetup - The Original Web Meets World Company
Something is changing on the web. We have lost some of the giddy enthusiasm that has surrounded the web since 2004. It was then that Tim O’Reilly defined Web 2.0 as a platform that leveraged collective intelligence. There is still... [Read More]
July 23, 2008 9:57 AM, By Brad Burnham
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Zynga Announces New Investment from Kleiner Perkins and IVP
Our portfolo company Zynga closed a $29mm round of financing last week which was led by Kleiner Perkins and IVP. We participated in the round, as did other investors Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures. Bing Gordon, co-founder of Electronic Arts... [Read More]
July 23, 2008 1:55 AM, By Fred Wilson
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10gen
My love for computers and software started as a teenager growing up in Germany. I fondly remember my Apple II which followed my TI 59. I early on discovered that I could earn money with my programming skills and wound... [Read More]
July 20, 2008 9:56 PM, By Albert Wenger
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Twitter Acquires Summize
Our portfolio company Twitter announced today that it has acquired a company called Summize. We have known the Summize team and have followed their progress for the past year. Summize has developed a real time search engine for conversational media... [Read More]
July 15, 2008 10:19 AM, By Fred Wilson
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