Second Avenue Partners

Second Avenue Partners

Second Avenue Partners is a venture capital firm based out of Seattle, Washington focused on emerging Internet businesses in the high-tech field.

Second Avenue Partners was founded in February 2000 by former Starwave CEO Mike Slade, former Microsoft vice president Pete Higgins, the late former McCaw Cellular executive Keith Grinstein, and former aQuantive founder Nick Hanauer. The firm does not follow the traditional venture capital fund model, and the partners invest only their own money on new ventures. This allows the partners to act collectively or independently of the group, choosing how much or how little to invest on new prospects.While the firm’s venture fund is directed primarily at Internet startups, it’s portfolio depicts a diverse spectrum of investments including Newsvine (acquired by MSNBC), FanNation (acquired by Sports Illustrated), Imagekind [cite web|title=Imagekind inks deals|publisher=Puget Sound Business Journal|date=2008-11-09|url=http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2007/11/12/story4.html|accessdate=2008-02-27] , Revenue Science, the Insitu Group, HouseValues, Inc., and Modumetal.In 2008, Second Avenue Partners joined with Zillow.com co-founder Rich Barton and Curious Office Partners to back Fanzter, a Connecticut startup that plans to launch a new online consumer service called Coolspotters.com [cite web|title=Barton, Slade, Hanauer back Fanzter|publisher=SeattlePI.com|date=2008-01-15|url=http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/archives/129568.asp|accessdate=2008-02-12] .

References

External links

* [http://www.secondave.com Second Avenue Partners]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Partners in Crime (short story collection) — infobox Book | name = Partners in Crime title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image. author = Agatha Christie cover artist =… …   Wikipedia

  • Partners in School Innovation — Infobox Company company name = Partners in School Innovation company company type = Non profit organization foundation = 1993 location = San Francisco, CA key people = industry = products = revenue = operating income = net income = num employees …   Wikipedia

  • Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners — (STI+P), architects and engineers, is an architectural firm based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1945, the firm has completed numerous projects across Canada, as well as in other locations in the United States and Bermuda. The buildings designed… …   Wikipedia

  • Trimaran Capital Partners — Industry Private equity Predecessor The Argosy Group Successor Trian Acquisition Corp. Mistral Equity Partners …   Wikipedia

  • Wallis, Gilbert and Partners — was a British architectural partnership responsible for the design of many Art Deco buildings in the UK in the 1920s and 1930s. It was established by Thomas Wallis (1873 1953) in 1914. Although the identity of Gilbert has not been established,… …   Wikipedia

  • Nick Hanauer — Born 1959 New York, NY Occupation author, entrepreneur, venture capitalist Nationality USA Notable work(s) The True Patriot Relative(s) Adrian Hanauer …   Wikipedia

  • Mercer Island High School — Location Mercer Island, Washington, USA Information Type …   Wikipedia

  • Pike Place Market — Pike Place Public Market Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district …   Wikipedia

  • Nunsthorpe — Coordinates: 53°32′55″N 0°06′29″W / 53.548646°N 0.108044°W / 53.548646; 0.108044 …   Wikipedia

  • David Webster (architect) — For other people named David Webster, see David Webster (disambiguation). David Webster Born 1885 Glasgow, Scotland Died January 1, 1952 Saskatoon Nationality Scottish and Canadian Awards Fellow of the Royal Architectural I …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”