Bill Gates, Michael Dell Back $250 Million Village Global Fund
- LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman joins venture fund as chairman
- Village Global will convene “The Grove” CEO summit in November
Bill Gates.
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Dell Technologies Inc.’s Michael Dell, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates are among the tech billionaires backing venture firm Village Global’s newest fund.
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, who stepped back as general partner of Greylock Partners this year, also joined the San Francisco-based seed-investing firm as chairman.