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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

  • Invested in Ping.fm. (12/22/08)
    Posted 12/22/08 at 10:51am
  • 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
  • Invested in Fon. (4/10/08)
    Posted 4/10/08 at 9:49am
  • Invested in Flowgram. (1/31/08)
    Posted 7/2/08 at 12:49pm
  • Invested in GameLayers. (10/1/07)
    Posted 11/17/07 at 6:25am
  • Invested in Dopplr. (9/1/07)
    Posted 9/4/07 at 3:00am
  • Invested in Rupture. (7/07)
    Posted 10/2/07 at 4:20am
  • Invested in Tiny Pictures. (5/05)
    Posted 2/24/08 at 12:14am
  • Added position as Angel Investor at Last.fm.
    Posted 7/11/07 at 2:25am
  • Added position as Investor via Digital Garage at Fon.
    Posted 2/6/08 at 6:45pm
  • Added position as Board Member and Investor at Technorati.
    Posted 6/11/07 at 8:14pm
  • Added position as Board of Directors at Socialtext.
    Posted 2/18/08 at 5:26pm
  • Added position as Angel Investor at Wikia.
    Posted 2/18/08 at 5:40pm
  • Added position as Angel Investor at Kongregate.
    Posted 2/18/08 at 5:40pm
  • Added position as Executive Director at Sanrio Digital.
    Posted 3/24/08 at 11:01am
  • Added position as CEO at Creative Commons.
    Posted 4/10/08 at 10:33am
  • Added position as Founder and CEO at Neoteny.
    Posted 4/10/08 at 10:36am
  • Added position as Board Member at Mozilla.
    Posted 4/10/08 at 10:52am
  • Added position as Board Director at Mozilla.
    Posted 4/23/08 at 11:39am

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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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