Yapta: first investment in Seattle, third in the travel space
As already announced last week, Seattle-based Yapta just closed a $2 million Series B led by Voyager Capital and I am very happy to announce that W Media participated in this round. Yapta is a online travel shopping service that monitors airfare and hotel prices for travelers. Led by CEO Tom Romary, the company has […]
PinchMedia – first investment in the mobile space
W Media Ventures has so far shied away from investments in the mobile space, partly because of a lack of exciting opportunities but most importantly because the sector has lacked a few attributes that the Internet provides: multiple monetization opportunities (business models in the mobile space were until recently mostly controlled by carriers) and an […]
The power of social media or “How Michael got a job through commenting on a blog”
Today, Michael Yurechko started working for Carrie & Danielle. How Michael got to the company? He commented on Fred Wilson’s blog on a post that was discussing if you need a college degree to be an entrepreneur, Fred connected him to me as Michael is from Vancouver, I met with Michael, liked him and offered […]
Take-aways from the ThinkEquity conference
I attended the yearly ThinkEquity conference in Half Moon Bay at the beginning of this week and have to congratulate the organizers for putting on one of the best events where private technology companies can present to investors. This year’s conference focused on 3 major areas: social gaming, display advertising and education (2 of the […]
Thoughts on current opportunities in consumer Internet
After I got asked twice yesterday about where I currently saw opportunities in the consumer Internet space so it felt like good timing to sum up my thoughts on this topic in a quick blog post. Here are the 3 areas that I find the most interesting for the moment: Better targeting and increased accountability […]