Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Early on GumGum began to experiment with overlaying rich media ads through Flash with photos until technology progressed and they moved over to Javascript. million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. Much bigger.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

It’s built on Ruby with HTML5/javascript using Isotope. Any Funding Yet? Yes – angel funded by Rod Perth (former CBS, CEO of NAPTE), Henrik Vanderlip of Viking Capital Partners, Gary Jacobs (former EVP and General Counsel of MGM/ Resorts) and several other angels. How cool is that? We love Web 3.0. 1 1/2 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

Within 2 years I was getting 400,000 views / month and had been voted the 2nd most respected VC in the country by an independent survey of entrepreneurs, The Funded and sentiment analysis. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). Social media is ephemeral.

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