- IFund
The iFund is a US$100 million capital fund. Developers may enter into equity deals for the creation of applications, services, and components for
Apple Inc. 'siPhone andiPod touch platform. It is being offered and managed byventure capital companyKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB).cite news| url=http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9887932-7.html?tag=newsmap| title= Kleiner's iFund to invest in 'Apple entrepreneurs'| publisher =News.com | accessdate=2008-03-09|date=2008-03-06]The iFund was announced by KPCB partner
John Doerr at the same time as theiPhone SDK , at Apple's iPhone Roadmap event onMarch 6 ,2008 in Cupertino,California .cite web | url = http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/iphoneroadmap/ | title = Apple March 6 Event | publisher =Apple Inc. | accessdate=2008-03-09|date=2008-03-06 ] The iFund is managed by KPCB Partner Matt Murphy in collaboration with partners Chi-Hua Chien, John Doerr,Bill Joy , Randy Komisar, Ellen Pao, and Ted Schlein. Apple provides KPCB with market insight and support.cite web| url=http://www.kpcb.com/initiatives/ifund/| title= iFund Initiative| publisher =Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | accessdate=2008-03-24 ]On September 15, 2008, KPCB launched a blog to share perspectives on the iFund at http://www.ifundvc.com
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External links
* [http://www.kpcb.com/initiatives/ifund/ KPCB iFund Initiative]
* [http://www.kpcb.com/initiatives/ifund/apply.php Apply to the iFund]
* [http://developer.apple.com/iphone/ Apple's iPhone developer information]
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