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Netscape co-founder Andreessen launches hi-tech investment fund
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... reported over the weekend, but Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen has joined forces with former business partner Ben Horowitz to create a new venture capital ...
Marc Andreessen starts $300 million VC fund with Ben Horowitz
IT Blogwatch's blog —
... money over the past decade. That Andreessen and Horowitz have raised money in this environment reflects the respect Andreessen enjoys as one the valley’s great entrepreneurs. ... [They] have already accomplished the hardest part of becoming a top-ranked venture firm: Having profile and great connections. Now the firm will have to put in hard work to generate profits, but it has a huge head-start: Many entrepreneurs will be sure to court the firm because of Andreessen’s reputation. more Marc Andreessen is the horse's mouth : Technology and its advancement is absolutely central ...
Andreessen opens fund with ceremonial throwing out of the first hundred pitches
GMSV —
... late Sunday, Andreessen laid out some other details and qualifications for investment. The plan includes seeding 60-80 early stage startups with amounts from $50,000 to $100,000, picking 12-15 more advanced companies for funding of several million dollars each, and boosting two or three late stage companies with checks of up to $50 million. Generally speaking, said Andreessen, the fund is interested in ...
Change is in the air for venture capitalists
VentureBeat —
... The number of firms started by “new managers” approched a 10-year high in Q2 ‘09. For the most part, these funds are started by entrepreneurs looking to bring about change, like the recent $300 million fund by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz , or the fund announced today by Michael Birch of Bebo. ...
Andreessen gets back into browsers with RockMelt?
VentureBeat —
... Andreessen raised $300 million with long-time business partner Ben Horowitz to create a venture capital fund in June. They’ve said they’ll invest in a way that’s more suitable to today’s needs by investing smaller amounts on the belief that startups should get by with less than $500,000 over their lifetime, according to ...
First Andreessen Horowitz investment, Apptio, raises $14M
VentureBeat —
... Andreessen Horowitz, the much-hyped $300 million fund founded by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and his Opsware co-founder Ben Horowitz, has chosen its inaugural investment: ...
New VC Marc Andreessen joins HP board
VentureBeat —
... Entrepreneur and angel investor Marc Andreessen, who recently became a fully-fledged venture capitalist with the launch of his firm Andreessen Horowitz, has ...
Fluther, which crowdsources answers, gets some big-name backers
VentureBeat —
Fluther, a startup that crowdsources answers for user questions, just raised $600,000 from some of Silicon Valley’s better-known investors.
They include Netscape founder Marc Andreessen of newly-formed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway (who has invested in dozens of start-ups in Fluther’s space), Dave McClure and Naval Ravikant. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is also an advisor.
Although there are many crowdsourced question-and-answer sites including Yahoo Answers, WikiAnswers ...
