Skype Co-Founder's VC Firm Is Close to Securing Over $1 Billion for a New Start-Up Fund, Sources Say - NewsBreak

LONDON — Atomico, the London-based venture capital firm set up and led by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, is close to announcing a new start-up fund worth around $1.2 billion, according to industry sources familiar with the matter. The investment company has almost finished raising an "early-stage" fund of around...