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CrunchFund

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CrunchFund is an early stage venture capital firm founded by Michael Arrington, Patrick Gallagher, and MG Siegler. The fund invests in and works with information technology companies at any stage but is primarily focused on seed and early stage investments.

The firm raised its inaugural $20 million fund in September of 2011. Investors in CrunchFund include AOL, Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, the founding partners of Andreessen Horowitz, each of the general partners of Benchmark Capital, Ron Conway, Yuri Milner, Brad Garlinghouse & Kevin Rose.

Milestones

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  CrunchFund invested in 955 Dreams. (1/26/12)
  Posted 3/5/11 at 3:50pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Wavii. (7/1/10)
  Posted 7/21/10 at 8:13pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in PandoDaily. (1/16/12)
  Posted 1/16/12 at 10:52am via gigaom.com
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  CrunchFund invested in PunchTab. (11/8/11)
  Posted 11/8/11 at 6:27pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Socialware. (8/16/11)
  Posted 8/16/11 at 6:35pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Orchestra. (11/7/11)
  Posted 11/7/11 at 10:15am via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Codecademy. (10/27/11)
  Posted 10/27/11 at 5:51pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Airbnb. (7/25/11)
  Posted 5/30/11 at 5:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in ifttt. (1/1/12)
  Posted 1/4/12 at 7:20pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Lascaux Co.. (7/20/11)
  Posted 11/9/11 at 8:18pm
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  CrunchFund invested in Clipboard. (11/7/11)
  Posted 11/8/11 at 11:00am via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in YouMail. (11/7/11)
  Posted 11/7/11 at 12:08pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Inspirato. (10/18/11)
  Posted 10/18/11 at 5:54pm via finsmes.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Gogobot. (11/3/11)
  Posted 11/3/11 at 6:38pm via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Everyme. (10/1/11)
  Posted 10/25/11 at 10:23am via techcrunch.com
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  CrunchFund invested in Zaarly. (10/24/11)
  Posted 10/24/11 at 10:43pm via businessinsider.com

Investments

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1. Arrington, AOL Launch $20M CrunchFund to Fund Firms TechCrunch Covers (pcmag.com) [edit]
2. http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/26/955-dreams-raises-3-25-million-seed-round-launches-band-of-the-day-on-ipad/ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million in funding (gigaom.com) [edit]
4. IFTTT, A Glue Gun For Sticking The Web Together, Raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Raises $4.4 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Chatty To-Do List App Orchestra Banks $5M From SV Angel And CRV For “Texting With A Purpose” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. ‘Web Clipping 2.0′ Startup Clipboard Backed By Andreessen Horowitz, Index, CrunchFund, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. With Growth Surging, Gogobot Raises $15 Million For Social Travel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Codecademy Raises $2.5 Million To Teach You How To Code (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Local Marketplace And Minion-Finder Zaarly Raises $14.1 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
12. Inspirato Raises $17.5M in Equity Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
13. Paul Carr’s ‘The New Gambit’ Wants To Be ‘The Economist,’ But Funny (And Tablet-Only!) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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16. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Morgan Stanley Leads $7M Round In Social Media Compliance Startup Socialware (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Airbnb Bags $112 Million In Series B From Andreessen, DST And General Catalyst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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