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4 unusual facts about Reid Hoffman


Kongregate

As of July 2008, Kongregate had raised around $9 million in capital from investments by Reid Hoffman, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Bezos, and Greylock Partners.

Reid Hoffman

Hoffman is co-author, with Ben Casnocha, of the business book The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform your Career.

According to David Kirkpatrick's book The Facebook Effect, Hoffman arranged the first meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel, which led to Thiel's initial $500,000 angel investment in the company.

His paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore Theophilus Adam Wylie.


Ben Casnocha

It is co-authored with Reid Hoffman, co-founder and Executive Chairman of LinkedIn and was released in the United States on February 14, 2012.

Horatio Investments

Horatio Investments were included in an article in late 2012, named "22 business angels you need to know about", in which they were listed along such investors as Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn.

Knewton

In its first round of funding, Knewton raised $2.5 million in investment capital from Accel Partners, Reid Hoffman, Ron Conway, and Josh Kopelman at First Round Capital.


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