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Ashton Kutcher

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Ashton Kutcher started his career as a model, and then starred as Michael Kelso on “That 70’s Show”, which ran for a successful nine years on Fox. During his time on the show, he founded a film and TV production company, Katalyst Media, with partner Jason Goldberg. Together they have produced hit television shows like “Punk’d” and “Beauty and the Geek”, as well as the features “The Butterfly Effect” and “Guess Who”. Today, Katalyst is producing several new television shows including “Opportunity Knocks”, debuting on ABC on September 23, the upcoming “Game Show In My Head” for CBS, and an untitled reality show co-production with Tyra Banks for ABC. Katalyst just wrapped production on the feature “Spread”, starring Ashton and Anne Heche. Ashton can also be soon be seen in the upcoming “Personal Effects”, co-starring Michelle Pfiffer and Kathy Bates.
Katalyst’s internet department produces several viral video internet campaigns. Ashton and Jason were listed in Details magazine’s “Mavericks” of 2006 and The Washington Post just named Ashton #3 on their list of “Most Innovative Celebrities in Digital Media”. In 2011, it was announced that Ashton would be joining the cast of CBS’s “Two and Half Men.”

Milestones

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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Board of Advisor at Vox Media.
  Posted 8/1/11 at 10:36am
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Founder.
  Posted 7/18/11 at 2:25pm
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Founder at DNA Foundation.
  Posted 2/21/11 at 9:35pm
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Advisor at Chomp. (11/11/10)
  Posted 11/11/10 at 3:32pm
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Advisor at NOWBOX.
  Posted 7/21/10 at 4:21pm
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Co-Founders at Katalyst Media.
  Posted 5/30/08 at 2:10pm
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Creative Director at ooma.
  Posted 7/19/07 at 4:39am
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Chloe + Isabel. (1/1/11)
  Posted 2/5/12 at 12:24pm via xconomy.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Gidsy. (1/16/12)
  Posted 1/16/12 at 6:43pm via finsmes.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Airbnb. (7/25/11)
  Posted 5/30/11 at 5:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Airtime. (10/6/11)
  Posted 4/15/11 at 12:02pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in AeroFS. (1/1/10)
  Posted 9/13/11 at 9:39pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Fab. (8/11/11)
  Posted 7/26/11 at 7:21am via businessinsider.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in MemSQL. (3/1/11)
  Posted 7/11/11 at 5:38pm
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Tinychat. (1/25/11)
  Posted 1/26/11 at 12:38am via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Likealittle. (1/1/11)
  Posted 4/28/11 at 10:50am via techcrunch.com

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1. SeatGeek Grabs New Ashton Kutcher Investment (gigaom.com) [edit]
2. SoundCloud celebrates 5 million users and funding from Ashton Kutcher (thenextweb.com) [edit]
3. SoundCloud celebrates 5 million users and funding from Ashton Kutcher (thenextweb.com) [edit]
4. Gidsy Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
5. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Ashton Kutcher-Backed Fab.com Closes $7.7 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
7. Airbnb Bags $112 Million In Series B From Andreessen, DST And General Catalyst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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12. SeatGeek Receives Investment from A-Grade Investment (finsmes.com) [edit]
13. Tinychat Raises $1.5M From Kutcher, Diddy And Others, Is Just Getting Started (techcrunch.com) []
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15. New York Startups Shapeways, Chloe + Isabel, and HowAboutWe.com Rake in Cash (xconomy.com) [edit]
16. Optimizely A/B Tests Its Way To $1.2 Million In Funding From A Roster Of Top Angels (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. techcrunch.com [edit]
18. Travel Site Hipmunk Raises $1M Seed Funding (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
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20. Meet Flipboard: Mike McCue Talks About Stealth "Social Magazine" Start-Up That Just Nabbed $10.5 Million in Funding (allthingsd.com) [edit]
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22. YC-Funded AeroFS: It's Like Dropbox, But it Runs Inside Your Firewall (techcrunch.com) [edit]