New investment: Empire Avenue, the world’s first influence stock market
Image via CrunchBase With the explosion of social media in the past few years, we now have millions of people broadcasting and curating information on a daily basis, making personal recommendations and endorsements to their friends and followers and creating personal brands on the Internet. But with that explosion of small “media outlets” it is […]
Job opportunities in our portfolio
Some exciting job opportunities that came up in our portfolio companies in recent weeks – please consider applying (and spread the word to your friends) SEO expert This position leads Suite101‘s initiatives to generate traffic and improve monetization for online content: http://www.techvibes.com/job/head-of-seo-and-keyword-research Online Marketing whiz kids Smart, analytical, numbers-driven? Indochino (http://www.techvibes.com/job/pay-per-click-and-search-manager-at-vancouvers-hottest-startup) and Weddingful (http://www.techvibes.com/job/online-marketing-specialist-for-web-20-start-up-in-vancouver) are […]
Great job opportunities in our portfolio
Start-ups are all about the people creating and growing them so all of our founders and CEO’s are continuously looking to add great talent to their teams. Going forward I am going to highlight some of the job opportunities here on the blog – so consider applying if you are interested in one of the […]
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 […]