Comments on: Greylock Gets $575M and Some Social Media Star Power http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/greylock-gets-575m-and-some-social-media-star-power/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Norwest Closes $1.2 Billion Venture Fund http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/greylock-gets-575m-and-some-social-media-star-power/#comment-229207 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:22:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78093#comment-229207 [...] of the few venture funds to close a mega fund. Khosla Ventures ($1 billion) and Greylock Partners ($575 million) are two other partnerships that have been able to raise mega-funds. At the same time, there have [...]

]]> By: Reid Hoffman on Taking Web 2.0 on the Go http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/greylock-gets-575m-and-some-social-media-star-power/#comment-229206 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:02:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78093#comment-229206 [...] | 0 tweets retweet » Reid Hoffman, who joined Greylock as an investment partner for its latest fund announced today, chatted briefly with me on trends in social media as the web goes mobile. For him, the mobile web [...]

]]> By: chamber of commerce http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/greylock-gets-575m-and-some-social-media-star-power/#comment-229205 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78093#comment-229205 Although not likely, because of constant innovation in technology, it is possible that a trend of web start up companies will need less capital.

It brings to mind a story posted on a major news network in the UK regarding “The Grid”, a new system devised by scientists at CERN that would apparently make the internet obsolete.

How would something like “The Grid” make the cost of startup less significant on startups?

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