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Ashton Kutcher

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Ashton Kutcher is an actor, tech investor and producer. In 2011, Kutcher created a venture fund, A- Grade Investments, with Ron Burkle and Guy Oseary. A-Grade has invested in multiple tech companies including Spotify, Airbnb, Foursquare, Fab, Uber, Dwolla and Path. Kutcher is also co-founder of Katalyst, a media company creating original content for digital media, television and film. In 2010, Kutcher was named one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People. In that same year, his company, Katalyst, was named one of the year’s Top 50 Most Inspiring Innovators by Ad Age and one of Fast Company Magazine’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies.

Currently Kutcher stars in the CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men. Averaging over 14 million viewers per week, the show ranks as the second most-watched comedy on all of network television. Kutcher first gained recognition as Michael Kelso on the Fox/Carsey Werner series That 70’s Show, which aired for eight seasons. Kutcher went on to star in a variety of box office hits on the big screen, including What Happens In Vegas with Cameron Diaz, The Guardian with Kevin Costner, Valentine’s Day, No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and the cult hit Dude, Where’s My Car. Kutcher has long been recognized for his tech investments and social media prowess, beginning with Twitter. In 2009, he was the first Twitter user to obtain 1 million followers, beating out CNN in a highly publicized race.

Recent Milestones

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  Ashton Kutcher invested in The Hunt. (4/17/13)
  Posted 4/16/13 at 9:50pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Balanced. (4/3/13)
  Posted 3/29/13 at 3:18am via finsmes.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Pickwick & Weller. (4/3/13)
  Posted 4/5/13 at 11:06pm via finsmes.com
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  Ashton Kutcher added a position as Creative Director at ooma. (3/3/13)
  Posted 7/19/07 at 4:39am
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in BitPay. (1/7/13)
  Posted 1/7/13 at 6:29pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Balanced. (11/16/12)
  Posted 11/19/12 at 2:53am via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in BlackJet. (10/26/12)
  Posted 10/26/12 at 2:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Clever. (10/22/12)
  Posted 10/23/12 at 2:07am via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Summly . (10/1/12)
  Posted 3/17/13 at 9:22am
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in YourMechanic. (9/11/12)
  Posted 9/11/12 at 7:38pm via finsmes.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Socialcam. (4/30/12)
  Posted 7/11/12 at 2:48pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Amen GmbH. (4/6/12)
  Posted 4/6/12 at 8:52pm via finsmes.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in StyleSeat. (3/15/12)
  Posted 3/16/12 at 7:26pm via dowjones.com
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  Ashton Kutcher invested in Votizen. (2/24/12)
  Posted 2/24/12 at 4:24am via techcrunch.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 Duolingo. (10/19/11)
  Posted 6/28/12 at 5:53am via nytimes.com

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SeatGeek Grabs New Ashton Kutcher Investment (gigaom.com) [edit]
SoundCloud celebrates 5 million users and funding from Ashton Kutcher (thenextweb.com) [edit]
1. Crowdsourced Shopping Site The Hunt Raises Additional $700K From Ashton Kutcher, Other High-Profile Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Pickwick & Weller Raises Venture Capital Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. Balanced Closes $3.4M Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. BitPay Banks $510K In Investment To Become PayPal for Bitcoin, Already Has 2,100 Businesses On Board (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Y Combinator-Backed Balanced Raises $1.4M To Provide A Payment Platform For Peer-To-Peer Marketplaces (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp Launches BlackJet, The “Uber For Private Jets” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Twilio For Education Data, Clever, Lands $3M From Kevin Rose, Mike Maples & Ashton Kutcher, Now In 2K Schools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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9. YourMechanic Raises $1.8M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. Socialcam Nabs Angel Funding From The A-List: Yuri Milner, Tim Draper, Laurene Powell Jobs, And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Amen Raises $2.9M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
12. StyleSeat Looking Pretty With $775K From Founders Fund, Ashton Kutcher (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
13. Votizen Raises $750k From Sean Parker, Others, To Turn Elections From Fundraising To ‘Friendraising’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Gidsy Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
15. bits.blogs.nytimes.com [edit]
16. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Ashton Kutcher-Backed Fab.com Closes $7.7 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]
18. Airbnb Bags $112 Million In Series B From Andreessen, DST And General Catalyst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. Y Combinator Alum MemSQL Raises $2.1 Million From Ashton Kutcher, SV Angel And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus, The Brilliant Social Dining Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. SeatGeek Receives Investment from A-Grade Investment (finsmes.com) [edit]
24. Tinychat Raises $1.5M From Kutcher, Diddy And Others, Is Just Getting Started (techcrunch.com) []
25. New York Startups Shapeways, Chloe + Isabel, and HowAboutWe.com Rake in Cash (xconomy.com) [edit]
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28. Travel Site Hipmunk Raises $1M Seed Funding (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
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30. 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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32. Optimizely A/B Tests Its Way To $1.2 Million In Funding From A Roster Of Top Angels (techcrunch.com) [edit]
33. YC-Funded AeroFS: It's Like Dropbox, But it Runs Inside Your Firewall (techcrunch.com) [edit]