The iFund
Two years ago Apple and Kleiner Perkins announced an unexpected collaboration: the $100 million iFund. The best venture fund for mobile entrepreneurs.
Think back to March 6, 2008. The iFund idea was risky – some thought crazy. There was no 3G iPhone. No apps. No appstore. And no iFund.
Today the iFund is 14 ventures.
The iFund companies include:
- Booyah
– Creating new forms of entertainment to the masses by bringing together elements of the real world and the digital world. Booyah’s MyTown is the largest social check-in platform today, with over 1.6 million users checking in 4 million times per day. - Cooliris – A 3D interface for browsing vast amounts of rich media content on the iPhone and web.
- GOGII – Leading free texting (textPlus), communication, and group social interaction product for mobile, serving over 5 million users who have exchanged over 2 billion messages on textPlus.
- iControl – Stay connected in real-time to what matters most – family, property, home, and business-from anywhere in the world, anytime, day or night.
- InMobi – The largest independent mobile ad network, reaching mobile users in 37 countries.
- ngmoco – The first iPhone/iPad-only games publisher with 20+ titles and the Plus Network for 3rd party developers. ngmoco’s games are installed on over one-third of all iPhone / iPod users and played over 20 million minutes per day.
- Pelago (Whrrl) – Mobile social network and discovery app that allows you to find people, places, events, and trends through the eyes of your friends and other people on the Whrrl platform.
- Pinger – A publisher of great utility and entertainment apps for iPhone, with 13 hit titles on iPhone including Doodle Buddy, Photo Chop and TextFree.
- Shazam – The world’s leading mobile music discovery and socialization application – enabling consumers to experience and share music with others.
- shopkick – Focused on the intersection of mobile and the physical retail world, shopkick’s goal is to dramatically improve the experience of consumers’ shopping experience.
- Zynga mobile – The world’s largest social gaming network, bringing social games to iPhone and iPod Touch.
Whether you’re seeking $50K or a few million or a great job… contact us.
John Doerr, jdoerr@kpcb.com
Matt Murphy, mmurphy@kpcb.com
Chi-Hua Chien, cchien@kpcb.com
Bing Gordon, bgordon@kpcb.com
Aileen Lee, alee@kpcb.com
Ellen Pao, epao@kpcb.com
Ted Schlein, tschlein@kpcb.com
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