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.

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• Invested in DailyBooth. (10/19/09)
  Posted 10/19/09 at 3:05am
• Invested in TweetDeck. (7/10/09)
  Posted 7/11/09 at 9:47am
• Invested in gdgt. (7/1/09)
  Posted 7/1/09 at 9:09am
• Invested in ChallengePost. (6/29/09)
  Posted 6/30/09 at 1:08pm
• Invested in UserVoice. (5/19/09)
  Posted 5/18/09 at 11:02pm
• Invested in TweetDeck. (1/1/09)
  Posted 1/16/09 at 1:27pm
• Invested in StockTwits. (12/17/08)
  Posted 12/18/08 at 1:41pm
• Invested in Outside.in. (12/15/08)
  Posted 12/15/08 at 3:28pm
• Invested in Tipjoy. (9/24/08)
  Posted 9/24/08 at 8:01pm
• Invested in StockTwits. (9/23/08)
  Posted 12/17/08 at 3:03am
• 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
• Invested in OMGPOP. (6/26/08)
  Posted 6/27/08 at 5:27pm
• Invested in Outside.in. (5/19/08)
  Posted 5/19/08 at 8:14pm
• Invested in Someecards. (4/08)
  Posted 4/9/08 at 2:08pm
• Invested in Goodrec. (3/08)
  Posted 8/28/08 at 10:17am
• Invested in Lotame Solutions . (2/14/08)
  Posted 5/6/08 at 10:44am
• Invested in Lookery. (2/7/08)
  Posted 2/24/08 at 3:26am
• Invested in Summize. (6/1/07)
  Posted 12/17/07 at 6:27am
• David Shen, Venture Advisor added.
  Posted 4/2/09 at 2:35pm
• Ricky Van Veen, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:40pm
• Paul Vidich, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:40pm
• Gerry Campbell, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:40pm
• Steven Johnson, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:38pm
• Nathan Folkman, System Architect added.
  Posted 4/2/09 at 2:35pm
• Jay Ridgeway, Esquire added.
  Posted 4/2/09 at 2:35pm
• John Borthwick, Founder, CEO added.
  Posted 4/2/09 at 2:35pm
• Josh Abramson, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:40pm
• Joshua Auerbach, Senior Vice President added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:40pm
• Andrew Weissman, Founder, COO added.
  Posted 4/2/09 at 2:35pm
• Frank Mashraqi, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 1:40pm
• Ken Lerer, Vice Chairman added.
  Posted 6/10/09 at 2:44pm
• Tony Haile, General Manager added.
  Posted 9/24/09 at 11:30am

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Sources

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