LinkedIn's Hoffman Joins Greylock Partners; Fund Raises $575 Million More
PaidContent Nov 02 09
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has joined Greylock Partners as an investing partner, and the VC firm—which currently backs Pandora and Israeli ad content-creator The Box, among others—has raised $575 million more for new investments. Greylock partner David Sze told VentureBeat that the firm had no trouble raising the new money, despite the lingering credit and cash crunch in the financial markets.
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