Bitcoin Hits the Big Time, to the Regret of Some Early Boosters
05.23.2013 - Technology Review
The first major conference for the digital currency suggests it is gaining legitimacy, but in a manner disappointing to some early enthusiasts.
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Bitcoin concept is gaining currency
05.18.2013 - Los Angeles Times
“I think we’re starting to see Bitcoin moving out of the shadows of the Internet into something that becomes more mainstream,” said Jeremy Liew, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. “We’re starting to solve real problems for real people. And that’s exciting.”
The 19 Best Enterprise Tech Venture Capitalists
05.16.2013 - Business Insider
PernixData Raises $20M For New Way To Think About Storage
05.15.2013 - TechCrunch
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is the lead investor in a $20 million oversubscribed B round for PernixData, a company that the venture capital firm says has made a breakthrough that has not been seen in the storage business for the past decade. Lightspeed Venture Partners, which led the first round, joined the round with Kleiner.
Lightspeed Anchors Bitcoin Startups in Adam Draper’s Incubator
05.14.2013 - Wall Street Journal
Further bolstering the Bitcoin movement, Lightspeed Venture Partners and other investors have pledged to back all Bitcoin-related startups graduating from Adam Draper’s new incubator Boost VC.
Here Comes The Bitcoin Seed Fund
05.14.2013 - Forbes
Boost VC is launching a fund of at least $300,000, called the Boost Bitcoin Fund, anchored by Lightspeed, to invest in Bitcoin startups.
The role of startups in the SDN networking revolution
05.13.2013 - Network World
Arif Janmohamed writes about the roll of, and opportunity for startups in the fast growing SDN space.
Forbes Midas List
05.08.2013 - Forbes
Midas List Hall of Fame
05.08.2013 - Forbes
Chris Schaepe recognized for his number of years on the Forbes Midas List.
Q&A: Lightspeed’s Barry Eggers sees big disruptions ahead
04.08.2013 - Silicon Valley Business Journal
Lightspeed Venture Partners’ Barry Eggers was with Cisco Systems in the 1990s when it disrupted the networking business, so he knows how that works.
He told me last week that he sees four markets in the IT infrastructure space that …
