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BAseline Ventures
October 25th, 2011

(Founder Stories) Baseline Ventures, Steve Anderson: On Why He Invested In Heroku And Weebly

In part II of Chris Dixon’s interview with Baseline Ventures founder, Steve Anderson, Anderson discusses two of his more successful investments: Heroku and Weebly. Weebly is a startup he led an investment in back in 2007 that helps consumers make websites. Most recently, Weebly launched a professional service to help designers create pages for clients.

Weebly may not be a household… → Read More

October 23rd, 2011

(Founder Stories) Instagram-Backer Steve Anderson: Forget The Billion-Dollar Exits

Steve Anderson’s Baseline Ventures has a portfolio that includes Instagram, Heroku, and Weebly. (Earlier this month, Baseline was part of a $1-million seed round in Crashlytics).  It took him only four weeks to raise $100 million for his curernt fund. In this episode of Founder Stories with host Chris Dixon, Anderson discusses investing in Instagram and what led him to become Baseline’s… → Read More

Michael Arrington
June 3rd, 2009

Ron Conway To Focus On "Real Time Data" Startups: 40-50 New Investments In Next 18 Months

Heavy hitting angel investor Ron Conway, who’s been called the “Godfather of Silicon Valley” by Gary Rivlin, is now focusing most of his investment attention on “real-time data,” according to an email he sent out to friends and contacts earlier this week. Conway was one of the earliest investors in Google, and has invested in more than 500 startups, he’s said in the past.

Conway is changing his… → Read More