Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). Startups in the city of SF are not exactly a new phenomena… a bunch of startups have been founded/built in SF in the last five years or so.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

But there’s also the satellite-mapping company Keyhole, which in 2003 became the seed that sprouted Google Maps. GLIIF’s initial offering includes a brand-able and blend-able custom encrypted image at a low cost of entry, pre re-direction marketing services and full analytics. Social Media Lists. Social Media.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104