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Websitebetaworks.com
Blogbetaworks.com
Twitter@betaworks
CategoryOther
Phone646.839.8575
Employees
Founded1/07
DescriptionBusiness Accelerator

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Betaworks
416 W 13th Suite 203
New York, NY, 10014
USA

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Investments

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UserVoice 5/09
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StockTwits 12/08
Outside.in 12/08
Tipjoy 9/08
StockTwits 9/08
OMGPOP 6/08
Outside.in 5/08
Someecards 4/08
Goodrec 3/08
Lotame Solutions 2/08
Lookery 2/08
Summize 6/07

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Betaworks

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

  • 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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  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]
  17. Citation Needed [add]
  18. Alley Insider (alleyinsider.com) [edit]

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