LinkedIn and the Samwer brothers
According to Techcrunch, LinkedIn raised $13 Million from European Founders Fund, who is founded by the Samwer brother. They also gave StudiVZ money before it was sold to Holtzbrinck. Furthermore Techcrunch blogger Arrington wrote in one of the comments, that LinkedIn is preparing an IPO…
LinkedIn’s worth is $250 Million. Nico Lumma wrote on his blog:
I don’t understand why they get Venture Capital when they are preparing an IPO.