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Websiteartistsandinstiga...
Twitter@Art_Instigators
Phone(610) 825-0250
Emailinfo@artistsandin...
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Founded1999
DescriptionVenture Capital Fund

Funds

Total$44.1M
Fund I, 3/00 $20.4M
Fund II, 7/07 $23.7M

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HQ
40 West 23rd Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY, 10010
USA
West Conshohocken, USA
100 Four Falls
Suite 101
West Conshohocken, PA, 19428
USA

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Artists & Instigators

Artists & Instigators empowers game changing producers who are “re-imagining” our world. We partner with instigators who wake up every day ready to “Get It Done.”

Artists & Instigators is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in consumer product and service businesses.

The fund is led by Wayne Kimmel, Tony Bifano, Scott Bohrer and Marc Eckō, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Marc Eckō Enterprises, the billion dollar global fashion and lifestyle company and founder of the Complex Media Network.

Artists & Instigators’ successful investments include, Ryzing (acquired by RockYou), SeamlessWeb (acquired by ARAMARK), Take Care Health Systems (acquired by Walgreens), and NutriSystem (NASDAQ: NTRI), (top performing stock in the U.S. for 5 consecutive years).

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Indiegogo 6/12Series A$15M7
Dwolla 2/12Series B$5M6
Zaarly 10/11Series A$14.2M6
Omek Interactive 1/11Series B$3.8M1
Xtify 5/10Series A$3.4M2
Fisker Automotive 5/10Series A$189M4
PackLate.com 1/10Venture Round$685k4
Visibiz 1/10Seed$1.15M1
Ryzing 10/09Series A$2.15M1
MeetMoi 9/09Series C$2.58M1
Fisker Automotive 4/09Series D$86M3
ReverbNation 10/08Series B$3M1
eMinor 10/08Series B$3M3
MeetMoi 7/08Series B$1.5M1
OrganizedWisdom 6/08Series A$2.3M6
TakeCare 6/05Series A$1M1
Nutrisystem 12/02Post IPO Equity$300k1
Ripple Technologies 5/01Series A$540k1
Seamless 12/00Series A$1M1

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Big Omaha 2011 - Marc Eckō, Artists & Instigators

Added: 9/15/12

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  3. Indiegogo Raises $15 Million Series A To Make Crowdfunding Go Mainstream (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Dwolla Raises $5 Million Series B From Union Square Ventures & Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Local Marketplace And Minion-Finder Zaarly Raises $14.1 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  6. Omek Closes Series B Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  7. TechCrunch [edit]
  8. Fisker Closes $189M Round, Tees Up for Federal Loans (earth2tech.com) [edit]
  9. http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/packlate-funding/ (sec.gov) [edit]
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  13. $90K Electric Car Fisker Karma Raises $85M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  14. ReverbNation parent company takes $3M second round (thedeal.com) [edit]
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  17. OrganizedWisdom, the “Mahalo For Health”, Raises $2.3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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