My Investments
We can blather and tweet and blog all we want, but there’s probably no better way to understand an investor than by looking at what he’s invested in. Here’s the stuff I’ve been up to in the past 5 years (in reverse chronological order).
Amicus has developed a web-based application that enables cause-driven organizations to leverage the social networks of their supporters to raise more money and to attract more members.
10sheet is a SaaS-based online bookkeeping service for small and medium sized businesses. 10sheet is the modern bookkeeping service that frees a company from costly bookkeepers and complicated software.
FieldLens is a mobile construction industry app that enables everyone on a construction project to create, communicate and resolve issues instantly from anywhere.
Routehappy is a social review site for air travel, helping flyers differentiate and value their options and giving the industry a platform for differentiation. The company mission is to help people fly better.
PublicStuff develops customer service solutions for governing agencies. The company’s solution suite combines web 2.0 technologies with on-demand hosting, consulting , and e-engagement. With PublicStuff, local governments can securely harness the collective intelligence and work of their citizens and peers in real time, leading to more effective public service.
RealDirect is an online real estate sales platform that provides home sellers with the tools, data and advice they need to put them in control of their own home’s sale process and save thousands of dollars along the way. The company seeks to be the “TurboTax or eTrade for home sellers.”
VYou is the web’s first truly social video platform, facilitating totally new types of rich, personal online engagement. VYou enables consumers to get advice from experts, interact with favorite celebrities or organizations, or communicate with friends and family using a social presence that persists even when you’re away.
VillageVines is the leading members-only website that enables quality-conscious consumers to get discounted meals at the nation’s highest quality restaurants.
Enterproid is an enterprise mobility management and security company focused on enabling the transition from locked-down Blackberry environments to heterogeneous, personally-liable smartphone deployments.
WhoSay is the leading social media management and monetization platform for celebrities, brands, and enterprises.
Ticketfly is the leading independent ticketing and social marketing platform. Founded by an experienced team of ticketing veterans, Ticketfly’s platform is built from the ground up with social tools that help promoters better engage their customers and, ultimately, sell more tickets.
Flat World Knowledge is disrupting the $8 billion college textbook business by redefining the creation and delivery model for content with it’s flexible, open, and free textbook model.
Threadsmith was the only marketplace that enabled the design, creation, and sale of unique, one-off custom-embroidered apparel. The company was successfully sold to VistaPrint in late 2009.
TxVia offers the most flexible and advanced processing technology for prepaid and emerging payments as well as a complete range of supporting services.
Worktopia offers the only global distribution and management system for real-time booking of group meeting facilities.
Pump Audio is a new kind of agent for independent musicians, digitally connecting them with buyers in the mainstream and digital media. Pump was successfully sold to Getty Images in June 2007.
Allworx develops and distributes market-leading IP-based voice and data networking equipment for small businesses. The company was successfully sold to PAETEC Communications in late 2007.
Synaptic Digital delivers a robust platform for video and other digital asset creation, management, and distribution for corporations, organizations and agencies globally.
