Reid Hoffman

Partner, Greylock

Mountain View, California, United States

Business owner, Investor
Member since September 13, 2009

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Type of investor	Accelerator
Typical investment size	$100k - $250k
Typical investments in a year	20
Investments made	Advent Solar, Aviary, Bioscale, Buysight, Britely, Care.com, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Flixster, Friendster, FunnyorDie, Grockit, Grouply, Gobble, Intent Media, Ironport, Knewton, Kongregate, LiquidSpace, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Mashlogic, Nanosolar, Naseeb, Ning, OneKingsLane, Oorjaprotonics, Opencandy, Realtravel, Seesmic, Shopkick, Sixapart, Sofa Labs, Tagged, Targeted Growth, Taxipass, Technorati, TellApart, Vendio, Viglink, Wikia, Winster, Zynga, Kiva, Treehouse,
Credentials	Accredited Investor, Qualified Purchaser

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Angel investments and exits:
Advent Solar (acquired by Applied Materials)
Aviary (funded)
Bioscale (funded)
Buysight (acquired by Advertising.com)
Care.com (funded)
Digg (acquired by Betaworks, $500K)
Facebook (IPO)
Flickr (acquired by Yahoo!)
Flixster (acquired by WarnerBros.)
Friendster (acquired by MOL Global, $26.4M)
FunnyorDie (funded)
Grockit (funded)
Grouply (acquired by Oodle)
Intent Media (acquired by NewBay Media)
Ironport (acquired by Cisco, $830M)
Knewton (funded)
Kongregate (acquired by Gamestop, 38.1M)
Last.fm (acquired by CBS, $280M)
LinkedIn (IPO)
Mashlogic (acquired by Groupon)
Nanosolar (funded)
Naseeb (funded)
Ning (acquired by Glam Media, $150M)
One Kings Lane (funded)
Oorja Protonics (funded)
OpenCandy (funded)
Realtravel (acquired by Uptake)
Seesmic (acquired by HootSuite)
shopkick (funded)
Six Apart (acquired by SAY Media)
Tagged (funded)
Targeted Growth (funded)
Taxipass (funded)
Technorati (funded)
Vendio (acquired by Alibaba)
VigLink (funded)
Wikia (funded)
Winster (funded)
Zynga (IPO)

Business owner

Own Greylock as Partner

Work experience

Executive Chairman at LinkedIn
January 2011 – Present

Investor

Accredited

Yes

Investment List

Advent Solar, Aviary, Bioscale, Buysight, Britely, Care.com, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Flixster, Friendster, FunnyorDie, Grockit, Grouply, Gobble, Intent Media, Ironport, Knewton, Kongregate, LiquidSpace, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Mashlogic, Nanosolar, Naseeb, Ning, OneKingsLane, Oorjaprotonics, Opencandy, Realtravel, Seesmic, Shopkick, Sixapart, Sofa Labs, Tagged, Targeted Growth, Taxipass, Technorati, TellApart, Vendio, Viglink, Wikia, Winster, Zynga, Kiva, Treehouse,

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Biz Stone's Jelly raises money from big name investors"

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "FWD.us loses two backers in Elon Musk and David Sacks"

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Zuckerberg forms new PAC to tackle immigration reform"

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Mark Zuckerberg to hold fundraiser for Chris Christie"

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Silicon Valley bet on Obama, was it the right choice?"

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Meet the doppelgangers of the PayPal mafia"

Reid added investments in: Advent Solar, Aviary, Bioscale, Buysight, Britely, Care.com, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Flixster, Friendster, FunnyorDie, Grockit, Grouply, Gobble, Intent Media, Ironport, Knewton, Kongregate, LiquidSpace, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Mashlogic, Nanosolar, Naseeb, Ning, OneKingsLane, Oorjaprotonics, Opencandy, Realtravel, Seesmic, Shopkick, Sixapart, Sofa Labs, Tagged, Targeted Growth, Taxipass, Technorati, TellApart, Vendio, Viglink, Wikia, Winster, Zynga, Kiva, Treehouse,

Reid filled out investment critera.

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "LinkedIn now allows you to 'follow' important people"

Reid was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Reid Hoffman's thoughts on Facebook, Zynga, Twitter"