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. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Mail, Sports, etc.

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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). So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? This is true well before the internet era of Facebook, Yahoo!

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Syria shuts down Internet in attempt to quell uprising.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93