Darren is an entrepreneur and digital media evangelist, currently the Chief Digital Media Officer for a major New York based media agency. An active angel investor around Silicon Alley, he is a board member and adviser to both startups and emerging companies.

Launched Herman blackbook in late 2008 and in January 2009, Hb released it’s first fund, the New Platforms Fund to fund ideas on napkins into early stage development.

Recent Milestones
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Darren Herman — kbs+p Ventures is launched to invest in early stage startups focusing on advertising technology, mobility, and awesome presentation layers (ui/ux) (2/1/11)

Posted 2/20/11 at 7:39pm via nytimes.com
Darren Herman — VMM is featured on the front page of the NY Times Business Section (5/30/09)

Posted 7/2/09 at 6:30pm via nytimes.com
Darren Herman — Darren Herman launches Herman blackbook (1/2/09)

Posted 1/2/09 at 4:42pm via observer.com
Darren Herman — Darren Herman and MDC Partners launch Varick Media Management (7/28/08)

Posted 9/3/08 at 3:15am via mediapost.com
Darren Herman invested in Path101. (2/9/08)

Posted 3/17/08 at 4:29pm via path101.com
Darren Herman — Joined The Media Kitchen to Head the Digital Media Group (10/1/07)

Posted 7/25/08 at 5:09pm via reuters.com
Darren Herman added a position as Chief Digital Media Officer at The Media Kitchen.

Posted 3/2/08 at 7:39pm
Darren Herman added a position as Founder at Varick Media Management.

Posted 10/25/08 at 11:46am
Darren Herman added a position as President at kbs+ Ventures.

Posted 10/6/11 at 11:45pm