| Website | artistsandinstiga... |
| @Art_Instigators | |
| Phone | (610) 825-0250 |
| info@artistsandin... | |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Description | Venture Capital Fund |
| Total | $44.1M |
| Fund I, 3/00 | $20.4M |
| Fund II, 7/07 | $23.7M |
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).
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Indiegogo | 6/12 | Series A | $15M | 7 |
| Dwolla | 2/12 | Series B | $5M | 6 |
| Zaarly | 10/11 | Series A | $14.2M | 6 |
| Omek Interactive | 1/11 | Series B | $3.8M | 1 |
| Xtify | 5/10 | Series A | $3.4M | 2 |
| Fisker Automotive | 5/10 | Series A | $189M | 4 |
| PackLate.com | 1/10 | Venture Round | $685k | 4 |
| Visibiz | 1/10 | Seed | $1.15M | 1 |
| Ryzing | 10/09 | Series A | $2.15M | 1 |
| MeetMoi | 9/09 | Series C | $2.58M | 1 |
| Fisker Automotive | 4/09 | Series D | $86M | 3 |
| ReverbNation | 10/08 | Series B | $3M | 1 |
| eMinor | 10/08 | Series B | $3M | 3 |
| MeetMoi | 7/08 | Series B | $1.5M | 1 |
| OrganizedWisdom | 6/08 | Series A | $2.3M | 6 |
| TakeCare | 6/05 | Series A | $1M | 1 |
| Nutrisystem | 12/02 | Post IPO Equity | $300k | 1 |
| Ripple Technologies | 5/01 | Series A | $540k | 1 |
| Seamless | 12/00 | Series A | $1M | 1 |
Big Omaha 2011 - Marc Eckō, Artists & Instigators
Added: 9/15/12
