Report: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz raise $300M venture fund
Well-known angel investing partners Marc Andreessen (pictured) and Ben Horowitz have finished raising money for what has become a $300 million venture fund, according to an article in BoomTown that cites “numerous sources close to the situation.”
Andreessen, who co-founded Netscape and build-your-own-social-network startup Ning, first announced the fund in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show. At the time, he didn’t reveal the total size of the fund, but Andreessen said the goal is to… Continue Reading
ExtraHop raises $5.1M to manage your network
ExtraHop, a company that makes devices for application and network management, has raised $5.1 million in a first round of venture funding from Madrona Venture Partners, as well as well-known angel investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
The Seattle company describes itself as “Google Earth for your network,” meaning that it provides IT managers and application delivery teams with a high-level view of what’s happening in their networks — allowing them to drill down into the… Continue Reading
Metaplace raises more funding to be the MySpace of virtual worlds
Metaplace, a company that will allow anybody to build their own virtual world and access it through through an ordinary web browser, has taken $6.7 million in funding as it nears a public release.
There hasn’t been much hype around Metaplace yet, probably because of the failure of Second Life, There.com and other virtual world companies to take the real world by storm. However, Metaplace looks like one of the more promising companies in a new… Continue Reading