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Sean Parker

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Sean Parker is a serial entrepreneur and a managing partner at the Founders Fund. As one of the three founders of Napster, Sean helped architect and manage the peer-to-peer file sharing application to become one of the largest on the net.

Parker subsequently helped found and manage Plaxo, a VC-backed contact management application company. More recently, Parker worked as the Founding President of Facebook before moving on to join up with Peter Thiel at The Founders Fund, a seed-stage venture capital firm. Parker also recently led the move to launch Causes, a new developer application that organizes individuals’ charitable giving on Facebook as well as contributing as an investor at Spotify.

Recent Milestones

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  Sean Parker invested in NJOY. (6/10/13)
  Posted 6/10/13 at 7:07pm via finsmes.com
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  Sean Parker invested in Crowdtilt. (3/22/13)
  Posted 4/2/13 at 3:12am via techcrunch.com
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  Sean Parker invested in NationBuilder. (3/8/12)
  Posted 3/10/12 at 3:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Sean Parker invested in Votizen. (2/24/12)
  Posted 2/24/12 at 4:24am via techcrunch.com
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  Sean Parker added a position as Board of Directors at Votizen. (3/1/10)
  Posted 12/9/11 at 7:15am
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  Sean Parker invested in Spotify. (2/1/10)
  Posted 10/22/10 at 1:39pm via techcrunch.com
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  Sean Parker invested in Asana. (4/1/09)
  Posted 11/24/09 at 9:50am via privco.com
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  Sean Parker added a position as President & Board Member at Facebook. (1/1/04)
  Posted 6/29/08 at 9:42pm
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  Sean Parker added a position as Investment Team at fbFund.
  Posted 5/27/09 at 8:47pm
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  Sean Parker added a position as Co-Founder at Causes.
  Posted 12/22/07 at 5:11am
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  Sean Parker added a position as Board of Directors at ooma.
  Posted 7/19/07 at 4:41am
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  Sean Parker added a position as Executive General Partner at Founders Fund.
  Posted 5/31/07 at 12:16pm
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  Sean Parker added a position as Co-Founder at Napster.
  Posted 7/21/08 at 11:08am
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  Sean Parker added a position as Board of Directors at Yammer.
  Posted 8/21/09 at 10:57pm
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  Sean Parker added a position as Advisor at Asana.
  Posted 11/24/09 at 9:55am
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  Sean Parker added a position as Board Member at Spotify.
  Posted 10/22/10 at 1:40pm

Investments

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1. NJOY, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based electronic cigarette brand, raised $75m in funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Lands $12M From Sean Parker, Andreessen & More; Now Acquiring To Expand Into Mobile (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Community Organizing Platform NationBuilder Raises $6.3M From Andreessen Horowitz; Causes Founder Joins As President (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Votizen Raises $750k From Sean Parker, Others, To Turn Elections From Fundraising To ‘Friendraising’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Asana (privco.com) [edit]