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John Doerr's Hoodie as a Metaphor for KP's New Social FundIt was hard not to be taken aback at the sight of John Doerr earlier today, as he announced that Kleiner Perkins has launched a new, $250 million “social fund” /86338/kleiner-perkins-launches-250-million-sfund-to-invest-in-social-web-entrepreneurs/ for social Web startups called the sFund. I’m not talking about Doerr’s legendary status in the venture industry. In fact, there were so many other stars at the event, held at Facebook’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters, that it bordered on ostentatious. Doerr’s partner Bing Gordon was there. So were Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus and Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. All billionaires, or close to it, they were assembled as investors in the sFund, whose backers also include Comcast Interactive, Liberty Media, and Allen & Co. That Doerr himself was in attendance wasn't the surprise. It was what he was wearing: black jeans, a gray T-shirt, and, gulp, a black hoodie. The site was made all the worse given that Zuckerberg, also wearing jeans and a gray T-shirt, was sans hoodie.
- Kleiner Perkins Launches $250 Million sFund to Invest In Social Web Entrepreneurs
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announced Thursday the sFund, a $250 million pool to invest in social web entrepreneurs. Ten Kleiner partners will work on the fund including Chi-Hua Chien, John Doerr, Eric Feng, Bing Gordon, Lila Ibrahim, Randy Komisar, Aileen Lee, Matt Murphy, Ellen Pao, and Ted Schlein. Another four Kleiner partners in Shanghai will extend the sFund’s reach in China, according to a statement. Kleiner Perkins is a VC firm with offices in Menlo Park, Calif., Shanghai and Beijing.
- peHUB Second Opinion 10.12
Kleiner Perkins makes a killing http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/12/kleiner-perkins-harvests-over-100-million-from-ngmoco-acquisition/ off its investment in mobile game maker Ngmoco, just two years after backing the company. Meanwhile, Seattle VCs are finding good deals -- just not in Seattle http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/10/seattle_vcs_are_finding_compelling_startups_but_not_in_seattle.html Dealbook senses another buyout coming on. Is Officemax the next to go http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/more-retail-buyout-chatter-is-officemax-next/ Harvard versus Stanford: Which builds a better entrepreneur http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/12/pf/jobs/harvard_stanford_entrepreneurs.fortune/index.htm When to dump your date: Litmus tests in the age of Facebook http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/12/AR2010101202523.html?hpid=topnews Business Insider makes the case for why Microsoft should spend billions of dollars for Adobe http://www.businessinsider.com/maybe-microsoft-should-buy-adobe-2010-10 Wall Street pay reaches a stunning $144 billion http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704518104575546542463746562.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
Reviving U.S. Medical Innovation through MedICU.S. medical innovation needs a shot in the arm, says Dr. Beth Seidenberg, a partner at Kleiner Perkins and chairperson of the NVCA’s newly formed MedIC Coalition
- A Conspiracy Worthy of Oliver Stone
Tech blogger Arrington stirs up a hornet's nest with allegations that “Super Angels” were in collusion and trying to set a ceiling on valuations