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US$200 million capital fund
The iFund is a
US$ 200 million capital fund. Developers may enter into equity deals for the creation of applications, services, and components for
Apple Inc. 's
iPhone ,
iPod Touch and
iPad platform. It is being offered and managed by
venture capital company
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers (KPCB).
[1]
The iFund was announced by KPCB partner
John Doerr at the same time as the
iPhone OS SDK , at Apple's iPhone Roadmap event on March 6, 2008 in
Cupertino, California .
[1]
[2] The iFund is managed by KPCB partner
Matt Murphy in collaboration with partners
Chi-Hua Chien , John Doerr,
Bill Joy ,
Randy Komisar ,
Ellen Pao , and
Ted Schlein . Apple provides KPCB with market insight and support.
[3] On March 31, 2010 KPCB announced the fund has been doubled.
On September 15, 2008, KPCB launched a
blog to share perspectives on the iFund.
In December 2008 the confidential iFund application data was accidentally published on the web by
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers ’ former hosting provider, Meteora Technologies Group, in a
database dump file. The file was indexed by
Google and coincidentally discovered by a
fruux staffer. The file contained Applications from 588 companies including detailed information from each of these companies, like founder bios, financial ratios and business models.
[4]
[5]
Portfolio companies
References
^
a
b Olsen, Stefanie (March 6, 2008).
"Kleiner's iFund to invest in 'Apple entrepreneurs' " . CNET . Retrieved May 26, 2018 . [
permanent dead link ]
^
"Apple March 6 Event" .
Apple Inc. March 6, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2008 .
^
"iFund Initiative" .
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers . Archived from
the original on March 10, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2008 .
^ Arrington, Michael (December 3, 2008).
"588 Kleiner Perkins iFund Applications Accidentally Published To Web" . TechCrunch . Retrieved May 26, 2018 .
^
"588 Kleiner Perkins iFund developers accidentally leaked to Web" .
ZDNet . Archived from
the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2008 .
^ Empson, Rip (July 13, 2011).
"Crittercism Raises $1.2 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Google Ventures For App Support" .
TechCrunch . Retrieved July 13, 2011 .
^ Gannes, Liz (July 12, 2011).
"The Google Start-Up Network: Google Ventures Invests in AngelPad Companies" . AllThingsDigital=2011-07-12.
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