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John Battelle(136)

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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
6

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John Battelle's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Flymachine
Series UnknownJul 2021$21M
$21M
The Hustle
SeedMar 2017$1M
$1.3M
Co-investors: Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Matthew Brimer (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Stewart Alsop (Alsop Louie Partners), Scott Belsky (A24), Kevin Lee (New Food CPG Co.), 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 (A24), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Seth Teicher (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Thomas D. Lehrman (Teamworthy Ventures), Josh Spear, Lauren Zalaznick
Singly
Series AApr 2012$7M
$9M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), David Pakman (CoinFund), Esther Dyson (HealthWorldWeb LLC)

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