close
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20080918235602/http://www.tuaw.com:80/2008/09/16/the-ifunds-vcs-start-blogging/
Go back to school with your Mac, iPhone and TUAW

The iFund's VCs start blogging

BERJAYAWhen Apple first announced the iFund a while back, the idea seemed pretty opaque by its very nature -- the plan was to invest $100 million in people and companies who were interested in developing innovating apps for the iPhone. But that could be anybody, and though we've heard a few peeps from them since, the whole process hasn't been super clear.

That's probably why the iFund people are stepping up themselves to provide a little clarity: they've started an iFundVC blog to explain the whole process and (hopefully) keep us up to date on just what the $100 million is getting them. The first post gets us up to date on who's getting this cash -- apparently ngmoco is one of the groups being iFunded, as is a text-messaging social platform (your guess is as good as ours) called GOGII, and another secret project launching next year.

They also discuss what's gone on with the App Store so far, and say that they're committed to pushing the quality of apps in the store forward. We're all for that -- hopefully in this case, more money will equal better apps. That doesn't always (ever?) work, but somebody's got to try it.

Related Headlines

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

TUAW Features

back-to-school
Mac 101 ask-tuaw
Mac News
WWDC (251)
.Mac (66)
Accessories (657)
Airport (75)
Analysis / Opinion (1457)
Apple (1719)
Apple Corporate (592)
Apple Financial (203)
Apple History (55)
Apple Professional (54)
Apple TV (165)
Audio (453)
Bad Apple (134)
Beta Beat (155)
Blogging (87)
Bluetooth (20)
Bugs/Recalls (57)
Cult of Mac (882)
Deals (229)
Desktops (116)
Developer (289)
Education (112)
eMac (10)
Enterprise (151)
Features (416)
Freeware (408)
Gaming (413)
Graphic Design (42)
Hardware (1323)
Holidays (37)
Humor (595)
iBook (66)
iLife (240)
iMac (185)
Internet (345)
Internet Tools (1355)
iTS (994)
iTunes (845)
iWork (23)
Leopard (378)
Mac mini (112)
Mac OS X Server (0)
Mac Pro (54)
MacBook (208)
MacBook Air (84)
Macbook Pro (227)
MobileMe (48)
Multimedia (465)
Odds and ends (1516)
Open Source (285)
OS (947)
Peripherals (215)
Podcasting (185)
Podcasts (97)
Portables (200)
PowerBook (136)
PowerMac G5 (51)
Retail (624)
Retro Mac (50)
Rig of the Week (42)
Rumors (657)
Software (4518)
Software Update (437)
Steve Jobs (259)
Stocking Stuffers (50)
Surveys and Polls (99)
Switchers (116)
The Woz (35)
TUAW Business (259)
Universal Binary (282)
UNIX / BSD (63)
Video (912)
Weekend Review (84)
WIN Business (47)
Wireless (90)
Xserve (40)
iPhone/iPod News
iPod classic (0)
iPod nano (2)
iPod touch (7)
iPhone (1868)
iPod Family (2168)
Jailbreak/pwnage (1)
App Store (203)
SDK (32)
Mac Events
One More Thing (30)
Liveblog (2)
Other Events (238)
Macworld (490)
Mac Learning
AppleScript (4)
Ask TUAW (109)
Blogs (85)
Books (26)
Books and Blogs (62)
Cool tools (459)
Hacks (474)
How-tos (492)
Interviews (44)
Mods (192)
Productivity (594)
Reviews (116)
Security (172)
Terminal Tips (79)
Tips and tricks (579)
Troubleshooting (176)
TUAW Features
iPhone 101 (39)
TUAW Labs (4)
Blast From the Past (19)
TUAW Tips (152)
Flickr Find (41)
Found Footage (91)
Mac 101 (118)
TUAW Interview (31)
Widget Watch (198)
The Daily Best (1)
TUAW Faceoff (7)

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Sponsored Links

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) bloggers (30 days)

#BloggerPostsCmts
1Cory Bohon691
2Robert Palmer5646
3Steven Sande4712
4Dave Caolo470
5Mike Schramm352
6Erica Sadun331
7Michael Rose1722
8Mat Lu122
9Christina Warren1025
10Victor Agreda, Jr.924
11Brett Terpstra80
12TUAW Blogger60
13Giles Turnbull60
14Lisa Hoover43
15Joshua Ellis20
16Jason Clarke10

Featured Galleries

DNC Macs
Macworld 2008 Keynote
Macworld 2008 Build-up
Podcaster
Apple Vanity Plates
DiscPainter
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Macworld Expo 2007 show floor
Apple Texas Hold 'Em

 

    Most Commented On (7 days)

    Recent Comments

    More Apple Analysis

    More from AOL Money and Finance

    Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in: