Reid Hoffman, Greylock's newest partner (Dealscape

Reid Hoffman is best known as the founder of professional social networking service LinkedIn Corp., which has raised a reported $103 million in venture capital since its inception in 2003. But Hoffman has also been a prolific angel investor, backing some of the biggest names in social media including Digg Inc., Facebook Inc., Flickr, Last.fm Ltd., Ning Inc., Six Apart Ltd. and Zynga Inc. Now he's taking the professional route by joining Greylock Partners as a partner, as the San Mateo, Calif.-based venture capital firm announced Nov. 2.

Hoffman and Greylock's partners are well acquainted, as the firm led LinkedIn's $10 million Series B round in 2004. Now Hoffman will help invest the venture firm's recently closed $575 million Greylock XIII fund.

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? Reid Hoffman, Greylock's newest partner Posted on November 9, 2009 9:00 AM Reid Hoffman is best known as the founder of professional social networking service LinkedIn Corp., which has raised a reported $103 million in venture capital since its inception in 2003. But Hoffman has also been a prolific angel investor, backing some of the biggest names in social media including Digg Inc., Facebook Inc., Flickr, Last.fm Ltd., Ning Inc., Six Apart Ltd. and Zynga Inc. Now he's taking the professional route by joining Greylock Partners as a partner, as the San Mateo, Calif.-based venture capital firm announced Nov. 2. Hoffman and Greylock's partners are well acquainted, as the firm led LinkedIn's $10 million Series B round in 2004. Now Hoffman will help invest the venture firm's recently closed $575 million Greylock XIII fund. This is a free content preview. Subscribers enjoy access to all stories in full as well as second-to-none market intelligence. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 141 in-depth transaction records for Greylock Partners 76 articles related to LinkedIn Corp. 72 articles related to Reid Hoffman 36 in-depth reports of VC fundings in the Internet sector 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Comcast Corp. Antitrust Deutsche Bank Lazard Cadbury plc Dubai NBC FTC Skadden Arps Cowen and Co.		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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