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General Information

Websitebetaworks.com
Blogborthwick.com/weblog
Twitter@Borthwick
BirthplaceLondon, England

Degrees

Wesleyan University, BA 1987
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, MBA 1994

Current Companies

Founder, CEO
investor

Former Companies

investor
CEO
SVP Technology and Corp. Alliances
VP, New Product Development

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JB

John Borthwick

John Borthwick is CEO of betaworks. betaworks is a technology company that operates as a studio. betaworks builds new products, runs companies and seed invests.

Prior to betaworks John was Senior Vice President of Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc. John’s company, WP-Studio, founded in 1994, was one of the first content studios in New York’s Silicon Alley. John holds an MBA from Wharton (1994) and an undergraduate degree BA in Economics from Wesleyan University (1987). He sits on the board of WNYC and Rhizome@ the New Museum.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Tumblr 10/07Series A$750k5
Outside.in 10/07Angel$1.5M7
Outside.in 2/07Angel$900k9

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Sources

  1. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/tumblr-funded-750k-vimeo.html (alleyinsider.com) []
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