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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO.

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Our Investment in Cloze ? AGILEVC

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The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. I first met co-founder/CEO Dan Foody a little over six months ago. Read More ยป.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

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The company’s founder, Amir Peleg, is a serial entrepreneur who previously also founded Yadata, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2008, Unipier, and EVS, which went public in 1991. AOL began integrating 5min Media’s video content on its sites through a commercial agreement executed prior to the acquisition.