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Netscape Pioneer Forms Venture Cap Fund

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 6, 2009 11:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – Marc Andreessen, the tech pioneer who co-founded Netscape, launched a boutique venture capital firm today, intent on investing in “anything that involves chips and computers.” Though Andreessen and business partner Ben Horowitz have been dropping angel investments around Silicon Valley for years, they’... Read full story »

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