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Andreessen Horowitz VC fund launches: Will invest $50,000 to $50 million in IT startups

Marc Andreessen and Ben Hororwitz have launched $300 million venture capital fund looking to invest in early stage startups. Andreessen has been best known for hatching Netscape, but has had a series of hits. Opsware, started with Horowitz, was sold to HP. And now Andreessen is chairman...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Information Technology, Founder, CEO, Andreessen Horowitz, Venture Capital, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

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Andreessen joins HP's board

HP said Thursday that Marc Andreessen will join its board of directors. Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz and co-founder and chairman of Ning, will join HP's board immediately. The total board members will move from 10 to 11. Andreessen knows HP well since the...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Board, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale

eBay's $2 billion sale of Skype to a group of investors could be complicated by a lawsuit filed by a company owned by Skype's founders. According to a Wall Street Journal report, a company named Joltid, which is owned by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, filed suit in...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Joltid, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

eBay finds its Skype exit and it's probably for the best

EBay is reportedly ready to sell Skype to a group that includes Andreessen Horowitz and private equity firms. The big question is whether a sale makes sense right now. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-01

News to know: Google Books, Yahoo's Search Pad; CrunchPad; 99-cent netbook; Psystar; SAP war chest

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Sam Diaz: Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Video, Psystar, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Corporate Communications, Projectors, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Andreessen Horowitz VC fund launches: Will invest $50,000 to $50 million in IT startups

Andreessen Horowitz VC fund launches: Will invest $50,000 to $50 million in IT startupsStartups aren't THAT niceYou need to work worst than a true slave to get just like 5% of all, 'cause those guys who put the money takes almost all the cake alone.BIG NO thanks!

Tags: Strategy, Andreessen Horowitz VC fund, IT Startup, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Andreessen's Charlie Rose interview (video)

As you may have seen over the weekend and late last week, Marc Andreessen is starting a venture fund with longtime partner Ben Horowitz. The fund will be focused on angel investing and really formalizes what Horowitz and Andreessen were doing with their money anyway. Andreessen also...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Charlie Rose, Video, Andreessen, Corporate Communications, Financing Startups, Venture Capital, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-23