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Betaworks

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Betaworks is an Internet media company with a number of investments in three categories: the now web (real-time), the context web (structured data), and the social web (social media).

The company is different than a traditional venture capital firm in that it operates as a stock company with shareholders and not a firm with limited partners.

The company was the original investor in Summize, the social media search engine that was acquired by Twitter in 2008. (The company is now a shareholder in Twitter.)

The company often co-invests with NYC-based Union Square Ventures and Boston-based Spark Capital.

Milestones

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  Betaworks invested in SuprFeedr. (11/17/09)
  Posted 11/18/09 at 4:15pm
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  Betaworks invested in DailyBooth. (10/19/09)
  Posted 10/19/09 at 3:05am
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  Betaworks invested in TweetDeck. (7/10/09)
  Posted 7/11/09 at 9:47am
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  Betaworks invested in gdgt. (7/1/09)
  Posted 7/1/09 at 9:09am
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  Betaworks invested in ChallengePost. (6/29/09)
  Posted 6/30/09 at 1:08pm
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  Betaworks invested in UserVoice. (5/19/09)
  Posted 5/18/09 at 11:02pm
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  Betaworks invested in TweetDeck. (1/1/09)
  Posted 1/16/09 at 1:27pm
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  Betaworks invested in StockTwits. (12/17/08)
  Posted 12/18/08 at 1:41pm
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  Betaworks invested in Outside.in. (12/15/08)
  Posted 12/15/08 at 3:28pm
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  Betaworks invested in Tipjoy. (9/24/08)
  Posted 9/24/08 at 8:01pm
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  Betaworks invested in StockTwits. (9/23/08)
  Posted 12/17/08 at 3:03am
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  Betaworks — Raised $10 million from investors including Jean-Marie Messier, Henry "Hank" Vigil, former Dow Jones publisher Gordon Crovitz, Taavet Hinrikus, Paul Cappuccio, Huffpo's Ken Lerer, Google's Tim Armstrong, and Ron Conway, RRE Ventures (9/18/08)
  Posted 4/6/09 at 11:54am
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  Betaworks invested in OMGPOP. (6/26/08)
  Posted 6/27/08 at 5:27pm
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  Betaworks invested in Outside.in. (5/19/08)
  Posted 5/19/08 at 8:14pm
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  Betaworks invested in Someecards. (4/08)
  Posted 4/9/08 at 2:08pm
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  Betaworks invested in Goodrec. (3/08)
  Posted 8/28/08 at 10:17am

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Chartbeat

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Sources

1. Betaworks, Cuban Invest in Real-Time Transformer Superfeedr (readwriteweb.com) [edit]
2. YC-Funded DailyBooth Raises $1 Million From Sequoia, Kevin Rose, Ron Conway Et Al. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Twitter Client Tweetdeck Raises Around $2 Million In Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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5. ChallengePost launches problem-solving site with Wozniak, Betaworks onboard (venturebeat.com) [edit]
6. UserVoice raises $800K for customer feedback systems (venturebeat.com) [edit]
7. Twitter Me This: TweetDeck Secures Angel Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. StockTwits Raises $800K For Twitter-Fueled Stock Community (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
9. Hyper-Local News Service Outside.In Grows (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
10. Tipjoy Raises $1 Million For Its Simple Micropayment Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. StockTwits.com Closes Angel Funding (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
12. Iminlikewithyou Gets VC Cash For New Game (gigaom.com) [edit]
13. Local Content Aggregator Outside.in Gets $3 Million Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
14. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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16. Lotame Received $10 Million for Social Media Targeting - VentureCapitalUpdate.com (venturecapitalupdate.com) [edit]
17. Reed Hundt Invests in Facebook Ad-Platform Lookery (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Citation Needed [add]
19. Alley Insider (alleyinsider.com) [edit]