Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Kerry Trainor is the Chief Executive Officer of Vimeo. In this capacity he is responsible for the strategy, oversight, and development of Vimeo’s business.

Mr. Trainor joins Vimeo from AOL, Inc. (Nasdaq: AOL) where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Entertainment for the Huffington Post Media Group.

In this

position he oversaw AOL's portfolio of entertainment properties including AOL Music, AOL TV, Moviefone, Huffington Post Entertainment, Huffington Post Celebrity and Huffington Post Comedy.

Prior to AOL, Mr. Trainor was co-founder and CEO of FlipGloss Media, which was acquired by Forbes Media. FlipGloss is a photo distribution platform enabling publishers and advertisers to embed interactive, magazine-style photo packages across the web.

Prior to FlipGloss, Mr. Trainor was Head of Global Media Products for Yahoo! Music. Mr. Trainor began his Internet career at music startup LAUNCH.com which was acquired by Yahoo!.

Number of Investments 2
Kerry Trainor has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Debt Financing - Bending Spoons on Sep 27, 2022, when Bending Spoons raised
$340M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 27, 2022
Bending Spoons
Debt Financing - Bending Spoons
$340M
Mar 8, 2022
Gumball
Series A - Gumball
$10M
Number of Past Jobs 4
Kerry Trainor has had 4 past jobs including CEO at SoundCloud.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
SoundCloud
CEOAug 2017Jan 2021
AOL
Senior Vice President and General Manager, EntertainmentMar 2013
FlipGloss
Co-Founder and CEO
Vimeo
CEOMar 19, 2013
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Kerry Trainor holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at SoundCloud, Board member at Fender, and Advisor at KKR India Financial Services.
Number of Events 1
Kerry Trainor has participated in 1 event, Code Media 2018 on Feb 12, 2018.