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Snapchat valued near $10 billion in latest funding
Snapchat, the service for sharing messages that quickly disappear, has attracted a new investor at a lofty $10 billion valuation. The Wall Street Journal reported that venture capital firm Kleiner...
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Facebook courts the media and George Soros on Greece — 5 things to know today
Hello friends and Fortune readers. Wall Street stock futures are edging higher this morning. European shares are mostly flat in mid-day trading, while Asian indexes ended mixed. Here’s what else you...
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What young women in tech are saying about the Ellen Pao case
For weeks, Ellen Pao's gender discrimination lawsuit against venerable venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has been a top subject in Silicon Valley. Was Pao too opinionated, with...
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Lessons from the Life of Pao
When the New York Times runs the verdict in a San Francisco sex discrimination suit as its lead story--above the fact that the Germanwings pilot suspected of deliberately killing 149 passengers...
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Bing Gordon talks about the big problem with virtual reality
With companies like Facebook, Sony, Samsung, Valve, and HTC investing billions in virtual reality, former Electronics Arts executive Bing Gordon sees content creators facing an "innovator's dilemma" at...
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Here’s how teens really use their phones
It’s amazing how glued snake people--er, millennials--are to their palm-sized, Internet-connected rectangles. But why? Mary Meeker, the Morgan Stanley analyst turned venture capitalist at Kleiner...
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Ellen Pao staying mum over gender bias appeal
Ellen Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit and former partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, could be in the headlines again very soon. She has two weeks to decide whether or...
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Everything you need to know about the future of print media in a single chart
It’s always fun when Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers analyst Mary Meeker comes out with her annual “State of the Internet” slide deck. There often isn’t all that much that is shocking or surprising...
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John Doerr: Venture capitalists ‘are pathetic’ on diversity
"Nobody wins in this kind of an experience. I'm human." That’s how Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr kicked off his interview with Fortune‘s Dan Primack at Fortune Brainstorm...
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Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks just got a new CEO
Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks, which makes wireless infrastructure for utility power grids, has a new CEO. On Wednesday, the company announced that Mike Bell, who was previously an...
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All of these CEOs have admitted to smoking marijuana
Earlier this month, at the second Republican presidential debate, former Florida governor Jeb Bush admitted to smoking marijuana "40 years ago." For those who remember former candidate Bill Clinton's...
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Area 1 Security raises $15 million from Icon Ventures and Kleiner Perkins
Presenting at a big data technology meet-up in New York City, Oren Falkowitz displays a photo of a crack commando on his laptop screen. “You probably think a hacker looks like this,” he says, grinning....
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Former NSA chief’s startup gets $32 million in funding
Former National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander’s startup, IronNet Cybersecurity, has received $32 million in Series A funding. Among the investors is Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, The...
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Business Software Startup Looker Locks in a Big Investment
Over the past year, business intelligence software startup Looker has tripled the number of companies on its customer list to 450 by adding high-profile organizations like marketplace company eBay ebay...
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Video Doorbell Maker Scores $61.2 Million
Ring, the maker of a connected video doorbell that sells more than 50,000 units each month, has raised $61.2 million in a third round of financing. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield &...
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Amazon and Goldman Sachs Are Investing Millions in This Cybersecurity Startup
Ionic Security, a data protection startup based in Atlanta, said it raised $45 million in a venture capital funding from Amazon amzn , Goldman Sachs gs , and hedge fund Hayman Capital on Wednesday. The...
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