Nextdoor fights war on crime, backed by $40M and 8075 neighborhoods

February 12, 2013 4:30 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Private social network Nextdoor raised $21.6 million in new funding, led by Greylock Partners, to continue strengthening communities around the world.

Model Christy Turlington joins Silicon Valley heavyweights to launch new art business (photo gallery)

May 10, 2012 9:06 AM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

Minted founder and chief executive Mariam Naficy knows how to fill a room.

Some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful executives showed up, together with supermodel Christy Turlington, for the launch of Minted‘s new art prints business, in Naficy’s San Francisco …

Nextdoor: a social network for your neighborhood

October 26, 2011 6:52 AM Chikodi Chima
Chikodi Chima

Stealth startup Nextdoor believes it has cracked the social/local code, and is today launching a digital platform  that brings together  your real-world neighbors.

Nextdoor is creating the “neighborhood graph” by combining the best of  Web 2.0 sites like  Yelp and …