Investing Profile

John Battelle(138)

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Chairman at sovrn Holdings, Inc.
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16 Investors

Connected to Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), and 13 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
sovrn Holdings, Inc.
Investment Range
$10K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
7

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John Battelle's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Flymachine
Series UnknownJul 2021$21M
$21M
The Hustle
SeedMar 2017$1M
$1.3M
Co-investors: Bhaskar Ghosh (8VC), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Matthew Brimer (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Sieva Kozinsky (The MBA Fund), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), Kevin Lee (New Food CPG Co.), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Joe Speiser, David Hauser
NewCo
SeedMar 2016$6M
$8M
Co-investors: Chris Redlitz (Transmedia Capital)
Sovrn
Series UnknownAug 2015$18M
$91M
Co-investors: Seth Levine (Foundry Group)
Atlas Obscura
SeedFeb 2015$2M
$5M
Co-investors: Albert Wenger (Union Square Ventures), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Kevin Ryan (AlleyCorp), Thomas D. Lehrman (Teamworthy Ventures), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Seth Teicher (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Josh Spear, Lauren Zalaznick
AdStage
SeedMar 2013$1M
$7.1M
Co-investors: David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), Owen Van Natta (Prefix Capital), Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Rich LeFurgy (Archer Advisors), Doug Barry, Scott Tannen
Singly
Series AApr 2012$7M
$9M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), David Pakman (CoinFund), Esther Dyson (23andMe)

John Battelle's Experience

Chairman sovrn Holdings, Inc.2014 - Present
Executive Producer, Signal P&G Battellemedia, P&G2011 - Present
Author The Search: Business and Culture in the Age of Google2003 - Present
Owner, GP Battelle Media1999 - Present
Executive Producer, Signal P&G University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Owner, GP University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Author University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Visiting Professor Underrespresented Researchers of ColorPresent
Owner, GP NewCoPresent
Author NewCoPresent
Executive Producer, Signal P&G NewCoPresent
Visiting Professor NewCoPresent
Owner, GP Top-PatentsPresent
Author Top-PatentsPresent
Executive Producer, Signal P&G Top-PatentsPresent
Chairman sovrnPresent
Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center, Professor of Practice Northeastern UniversityPresent
Visiting Professor, Director Business Reporting Program BerkeleyLawPresent
Member Board of Directors LiveRamp, An Acxiom CompanyPresent
Visiting Professor, Director Business Reporting Program UC BerkeleyPresent
Co-founding Editor WIREDPresent
Founder, CEO, Chair Standard Media (The Industry Standard)Present
Band Mananger, Boing Boing Happy Mutants, LLCPresent
Founder, Program Chair, Web 2.0 Web 2.0 SummitPresent
Board Member, IAB IABPresent
Founder, Chair, CEO Federated MediaPresent
Co-Chair Co-Founder, IAB Traffic of Good Intent Task ForcePresent
Co-Founder, CEO Recount MediaPresent
Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor Columbia University, School of International and Public AffairsPresent
Member Board of Directors LiveRampPresent
Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center, Professor of Practice Northeastern UniversityPresent
Co-Founder, EP DOCPresent
Editor in Chief, CEO NewCo2012 - 2019

John Battelle's Education

University of California, Berkeley Masters In Journalism Journalism
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor's Degree Cultural Anthropology