December 2011
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“People are too afraid to knock on doors and get real feedback.”
– Wiley Cerilli, CEO of SinglePlatform
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How Adobe Is Giving Madison Avenue Something Else...
Where AdAge Digital
When Dec 14th, 2011
With a market capital of $14 billion, Adobe could be bought by a holding company such as Google, IBM or SAP.
Check out why Darren Herman, President of KBS+ Ventures, believes Adobe is giving Madison Avenue something to worry about here.
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Hyper-Local Ad Targeting Startup PlaceIQ Raises...
Where Tech Crunch
When Dec. 12th, 2011
PlaceIQ announced $4.2 Million in Series A funding, led by US Venture Partners, including kbs+p ventures.
Click here to read more.
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Cross Pixel Media Raises Strategic Round Led By...
Where Business Wire
When Dec 08, 2011
On December 8th, 2011, Cross Pixel Media announced the completion of their first round of funding, lead by kbp+ Ventures. Darren Herman, President of kbs+ Ventures explains why Ventures backed this initiative:
“We have been using an increasing amount of data to make marketing decisions for our clients, across planning, buying, research, social, ...
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Talk to Adaptly: Social Does Not Equal Search →
adaptly:
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.
Today’s column is written by Nikhil Sethi, who is co-founder/CEO Adaptly.
As we look at the emergence of social as a serious contender within a typical media…
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KBS+ Partners with General Assembly
Where Fast Company
When Nov 22, 2011
General Assembly, is a start up workspace, office space and co-working space for entrepreneurs which also includes an educational environment for sharing technical, practical and entrepreneurial skills. General Assembly offers classes that teach real-world skills that cover everything from nailing a pitch to HR & employment laws. Taylor Davidson of KBS+...
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Talk to Adaptly: Introducing Adaptly Momentum:... →
One of our kbs+ Ventures portfolio companies, Adapt.ly, just launched publicly it’s Momentum tool, a service they give to brands (and agencies) that helps them understand their “Momentum” in the social world.
Instead of me explaining it, check out their blog post explaining in their own words what they are doing.
If interested in what they are doing, please don’t...
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Welcome to the team Jonathan Avni!
kbs+ Ventures wants to welcome Jonathan Avni to the team; Jonathan is joining us an Associate, assisting on a part-time basis on investment analysis, due diligence, and working with our portfolio companies.
Jonathan is currently a second-year MBA at NYU Stern and has a background in Information Systems Engineering. Prior to business school, he gained extensive experience as a Project Manager and...
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Our new investment? It’s @Awesm
Announcing our newest investment in Awe.sm.
Here at kbs+p Ventures, we’re excited to announce our latest investment in Awe.sm, the leading platform for developers to harness the social data created by their applications. Awe.sm is announcing a $4 MM financing round led by Foundry Group and GRP Partners with participation from existing investors Neu Venture Capital and new investors kbs+p...
