Investors

Genacast Ventures is a seed-stage venture fund investing in the northeastern US focusing on technology-centric Internet companies in digital media, online advertising, consumer Internet, Web x.0, SAAS, and e-commerce. Genacast looks for companies with significant, defensible competitive advantages.

First Round Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping talented entrepreneurs build remarkable companies. First Round is not afraid of investing in pre-revenue companies – and often provide a company’s first outside capital. As former entrepreneurs, we understand the challenges of launching a new enterprise. We look to take an active role in most of the companies we invest in. We believe our insight and expertise are far more valuable than our capital — and we look for entrepreneurs who feel the same.

SeventySix Capital has built a track record of innovation and investment excellence in the venture capital industry. Using an approach focused on strategic relationship management, advanced technology, and hands-on engagement with entrepreneurs, SeventySix Capital has proven its ability to grow portfolio companies into leading businesses across the world. SeventySix Capital portfolio companies have generated over $5 billion in revenues and supported more than 6,000 jobs. Portfolio companies include SeamlessWeb (acquired by Aramark), Nutrisystem (NASDAQ: NTRI), Take Care Health Systems (acquired by Walgreens [NYSE: WAG]), meetMoi, ReverbNation, OrganizedWisdom, and Fisker Automotive. For more information, please visit www.seventysixcapital.com.

Based in New York City, FirstMark Capital invests in ground-breaking companies that are creating new markets with innovative technology solutions or fundamentally changing existing markets by applying a fresh approach and new business model. A venture leader with nearly $2 billion in capital commitments, FirstMark’s team of investment and operations professionals have decades of real-world experience and leadership in core technology markets, making the firm uniquely qualified to offer industry insight, relationships and the operational expertise to build lasting businesses. Select historical investments include: Netgear, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR); First Advantage Corp. (Acquired by First American Corporation; NASDAQ: FAF); StubHub, Inc (Acquired by eBay, Inc.; NASDAQ:EBAY); Netegrity, Inc. (Acquired by CA Inc; NASDAQ: CA); Flarion, Inc. (Acquired by Qualcomm, Inc; NASDAQ: QCOM); OutlookSoft Inc. (Acquired by SAP AG; NASDAQ: SAP); Vallent (Acquired by IBM; NASDAQ: IBM) and Navic (Acquired by Microsoft; NASDAQ: MSFT). Current investments include: SecondMarket, Riot Games, Dovetail, Knewton, Conductor, Clickable and Lumos Labs. For more information, please visit http://www.firstmarkcap.com.