Venture Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
First came the announcement earlier in the year that Marc Andreessen was joining the ranks of "capital" -- a welcomed defection from "labor." And now my friend Reid Hoffman has jumped into the fray as well, joining Greylock Partners in their new fund (although he is not quite abandoning "labor" -- for the time being he will continue on as Executive Chairman...
TechSheep (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat: Greylock Partners recruits LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, raises $575M fund — Reid Hoffman, the founder and chairman of popular professional networking site LinkedIn, is joining venture firm Greylock Partners as an investing partner. The firm also announced today that it has raised a $575 million fund, its thirteenth.
The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Active angel investor Reid Hoffman is joining Greylock Partners as a partner in addition to being executive chairman of the online business network LinkedIn, which he co-founded in 2003.
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Greylock Partners is tapping the business skills that Reid Hoffman has by making him an investing partner at the VC firm. Hoffman will work as the Chairman of LinkedIn at the same time. As part of the announcement that Greylock made, the company announced a $575 million round of funding. Currently Jeff [...]
VatorNews (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Founder of business social networking site joins venture firm Greylock Partners In spite of shrinkage in the venture capital industry, one Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Greylock Partners, announced a boost Monday, having set up a new $575 million fund, one of the biggest of the year.In addition to the new fund, Greylock Partners also happily announced the recruitment of Reid Hoffman,...
Xconomy (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm formerly based in the Boston area, announced today it has hired Reid Hoffman, the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, as a partner. Hoffman, who has also been an angel investor, will focus on early-stage consumer Internet and software investments, as well as advise entrepreneurs from Greylock’s portfolio [...]
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Reid Hoffman, who joined Greylock as an investment partner for its latest fund announced today, chatted briefly with me on trends in social media as the web goes mobile. For him, the mobile web is tied to the Internet as viewed on the PC, but certain applications will be more appropriate for wireless devices. “The [...]
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Reid Hoffman, the founder and executive chairman of popular professional networking site LinkedIn, is joining venture firm Greylock Partners as an investing partner. The firm also announced today that it has raised a $575 million fund, its thirteenth. Greylock partner David Sze said Hoffman’s new role at Greylock shouldn’t affect his work at LinkedIn — after...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
LinkedIn's founder Reid Hoffman will be joining Greylock Partners as a partner but will continue to hold the role as executive chairman of LinkedIn. Hoffman tells us that he will be shifting his angel investing under Greylock Partners, where he will be a partner. Greylock has also closed Greylock XIII, a $575 million fund, which will be used to invest in and support promising...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Reid Hoffman, the founder and chairman of popular professional networking site LinkedIn , is joining venture firm Greylock Partners as an investing partner. The firm also announced today that it has raised a $575 million fund, its thirteenth. Both Hoffman and Greylock partner David Sze said Hoffman’s new position at Greylock shouldn’t affect his work at LinkedIn...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has joined Greylock Partners as an investing partner, and the VC firm—which currently backs Pandora and Israeli ad content-creator The Box, among others—has raised $575 million more for new investments. Greylock partner David Sze told VentureBeat that the firm had no trouble raising the new money, despite the lingering credit and cash crunch...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Greylock Partners on Monday announced the closing of a $575 million fund, Greylock III, and said Reid Hoffman is joining as an investing partner. (EBAY)
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
San Mateo, Calif. - Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the technology sector, said on Monday that it has closed a new $575 million fund.The firm said that the fund, known as Greylock XIII, will invest in enterprise and consumer software, services and infrastructure ventures. Greylock's investments include Digg, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pandora and ZipCar. The firm also has named Reid...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... In this video (with terrible music), Twitter co-founder Biz Stone sits down with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman to explain the partnership:
Mashable (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... that this partnership occurred is because Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman share a close relationship. Perhaps the bigger revelation though is that there is the potential for even deeper integration between the two platforms. What Allen seemed most excited about was the potential for a business intelligence partnership. Presumably, LinkedIn could provide...
