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Our Second Rotation Investment

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In conjunction with this funding event, the board is expanding to include myself and Mike Tyrrell from Venrock, Austin Ligon (co-founder and former CEO of CarMax), Henry Vogel (Chief Revenue Officer at Quigo and a former eBay executive), and Ashton Peery (former CEO of Top Ten Media), along with both Rousseau Aurelien and Israel Ganot.

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Our Second Rotation Investment

Genuine VC

In conjunction with this funding event, the board is expanding to include myself and Mike Tyrrell from Venrock, Austin Ligon (co-founder and former CEO of CarMax), Henry Vogel (Chief Revenue Officer at Quigo and a former eBay executive), and Ashton Peery (former CEO of Top Ten Media), along with both Rousseau Aurelien and Israel Ganot.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

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Obviously this moniker lives on in Google’s ad network, Adsense for Content, which serves as a base for a significant chunk of Google’s revenue today. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

Genuine VC

Obviously this moniker lives on in Google’s ad network, Adsense for Content, which serves as a base for a significant chunk of Google’s revenue today. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites.

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Our Investment in tapCommerce is the Real Deal

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Our latest investment at NextView Ventures , tapCommerce, is dedicated to helping mobile brands to deliver customers, revenue, and ROI across mobile devices. With many of the co-founders having worked together at places like CNET, Pontiflex, and Demdex; on paper it was the right mix of mobile, ad-tech, and online media DNA.

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The Swinging Pendulum Between Distribution and Monetization

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After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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The Swinging Pendulum Between Distribution and Monetization

Genuine VC

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.