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Boris Wertz

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Dr. Boris Wertz is an Internet entrepreneur and investor and the founder of W Media Ventures, a Vancouver-based angel fund that has made over 20 investments in early-stage Consumer internet companies in the Pacific Northwest and across North-America. Previously, Boris was the Chief Operating Officer of AbeBooks.com, the world’s largest marketplace for new, used and rare and out-of print books which got sold to Amazon in 2008. Boris joined the company in 2002 after JustBooks, the German company he co-founded in 1999, was acquired by AbeBooks. Boris successfully finished his PhD as well as his graduate studies at the Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU), Koblenz, majoring in Business Economics / Business Management. Current investments include Tynt, Flurry, Suite101, Indochino, Barcode Hero, Empire Avenue, Fitbrains, Sparkbuy, Yapta and Techvibes.

Milestones

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  Boris Wertz added a position as Founder. (5/26/11)
  Posted 6/17/11 at 4:57pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Empire Avenue. (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:50am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Bootup Labs. (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:50am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Weddingful. (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:50am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Bootup Entrepreneurial Society.
  Posted 12/12/09 at 5:21pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at TripsByTips.
  Posted 12/12/09 at 5:21pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Escapio.
  Posted 12/12/09 at 5:21pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at FitBrains.
  Posted 12/12/09 at 5:21pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Founder and CEO at W Media Ventures. (11/1/07)
  Posted 12/12/09 at 5:21pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Board Member at Bootup Labs. (4/20/10)
  Posted 11/28/09 at 6:03am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Yapta.
  Posted 9/15/09 at 3:56pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at IndoChino.
  Posted 9/15/09 at 3:56pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at TeamPages.
  Posted 9/15/09 at 3:56pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at JustBoughtIt.
  Posted 8/13/09 at 8:26pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Suite101.
  Posted 8/1/08 at 10:20am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Chairman at Nexopia.
  Posted 8/1/08 at 10:20am

Investments

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1. Empire Avenue Lands $200K For Stock Market To Measure Social Influence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Empire Avenue Lands $200K For Stock Market To Measure Social Influence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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