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Websitejoi.ito.com
Blogjoi.ito.com
BirthplaceKyoto, Japan
Birthdate6/19/66

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Joi Ito

Joi Ito is a well-known investor who serves as chairman of Creative Commons and blog tool company Six Apart. He also sits on the boards of Technorati, Socialtext, and the Mozilla Foundation.

Joi Ito was born in Kyoto, Japan.

Milestones

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    Joi Ito invested in Ping.fm. (12/22/08)
    Posted 12/22/08 at 10:51am
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    Joi Ito — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (2008) (9/30/08)
    Posted 9/30/08 at 11:36am
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    Joi Ito invested in Fon. (4/10/08)
    Posted 4/10/08 at 9:49am
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    Joi Ito invested in Flowgram. (1/31/08)
    Posted 7/2/08 at 12:49pm
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    Joi Ito invested in GameLayers. (10/1/07)
    Posted 11/17/07 at 6:25am
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    Joi Ito invested in Dopplr. (9/1/07)
    Posted 9/4/07 at 3:00am
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    Joi Ito invested in Rupture. (7/07)
    Posted 10/2/07 at 4:20am
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    Joi Ito invested in Tiny Pictures. (5/05)
    Posted 2/24/08 at 12:14am
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    Joi Ito added a position as Angel Investor at Last.fm.
    Posted 7/11/07 at 2:25am
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    Joi Ito added a position as Investor via Digital Garage at Fon.
    Posted 2/6/08 at 6:45pm
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    Joi Ito added a position as Board Member and Investor at Technorati.
    Posted 6/11/07 at 8:14pm
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    Joi Ito added a position as Board of Directors at Socialtext.
    Posted 2/18/08 at 5:26pm
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    Joi Ito added a position as Angel Investor at Wikia.
    Posted 2/18/08 at 5:40pm
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    Joi Ito added a position as Angel Investor at Kongregate.
    Posted 2/18/08 at 5:40pm
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    Joi Ito added a position as Executive Director at Sanrio Digital.
    Posted 3/24/08 at 11:01am
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    Joi Ito added a position as CEO at Creative Commons.
    Posted 4/10/08 at 10:33am

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Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Ping.fm 12/08Angel2
Fon 4/08Series C€6M6
Flowgram 1/08Seed$1.3M8
GameLayers 10/07Seed$500k3
Dopplr 9/07Seed4
Rupture 7/07Angel$3M4
Tiny Pictures 5/05Seed2

Sources

  1. The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) [edit]
  2. Ping.fm Secures Angel Funding From Joi Ito And Reid Hoffman (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Citation Needed [add]
  4. Flowgram Gets Funding From Reid Hoffman, Others (silicontap.com) [edit]
  5. GameLayers Raises $500K For Games Over Web Browsing (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  6. blog.dopplr.com [edit]
  7. techcrunch.com [edit]
  8. Citation Needed [add]
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