Big-name investors throw $15M at news aggregation startup Prismatic

Ever heard of Prismatic? Until yesterday, neither had we. But founder Bradford Cross wouldn’t stop pinging our collective inbox about his company’s latest news, which turned out to be a $15 million round of funding from none other than überinvestor …

Facebook investor Jim Breyer gets $100M in IPO, but is overstretched

Only a dozen or so really big names have led the venture capital industry consistently over the past decade. Jim Breyer of Accel Partners is one of them.

This weekend, Breyer, who sits on Facebook’s board, was the subject of …

Facebook, Groupon investor Accel raises $1.35B

Accel Partners, the firm whose recent successes have put it in the top tier of the venture capital industry, just announced that it has raised two new funds — $475 million for its eleventh venture fund and $875 million for …