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Venture Capitalist Leaves Fisker Board

Ray Lane, managing partner of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, resigned from Fisker Automotive Inc.'s board of directors on Friday, Reuters reports.
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Ray Lane, managing partner of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, resigned from Fisker Automotive Inc.'s board of directors on Friday, Reuters reports.

Menlo Park, Calif.-based KPCB does not give an explanation for Lane's departure from Fisker two days before hybrid vehicle maker filed for bankruptcy.

Lane was an early booster of the Anaheim, Calif.-based startup. He and the venture firm were big investors in Fisker.

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