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Blogblog.oogalabs.com
BirthplaceBoston
Birthdate10/30/67

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Princeton, BA 1990
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James Currier

James Currier is an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. James was an early proponent of user-generated media and viral marketing, and founded Tickle in 1999. Tickle grew to 80 employees and $35 million in revenue before selling to Monster in 2004. Following the birth of his fourth child in 2005, James took some time off with his family. In 2006, with Stan Chudnovsky, James founded Ooga Labs in downtown San Francisco to incubate consumer Web companies.

James is now the CEO of WonderHill, a casual games company, which is spinning out of Ooga Labs. Ooga Labs is also launching The Medpedia Project, the living encyclopedia of health and medicine, in Association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and a host of other health and medical organizations.

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
RepairPal 11/07Angel4
GoodReads 11/07Angel$750k5

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