- Second Avenue Partners
Second Avenue Partners is a
venture capital firm based out ofSeattle, Washington focused on emerging Internet businesses in thehigh-tech field.Second Avenue Partners was founded in February
2000 by formerStarwave CEO Mike Slade, formerMicrosoft vice president Pete Higgins, the late formerMcCaw Cellular executive Keith Grinstein, and formeraQuantive 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 includingNewsvine (acquired byMSNBC ), FanNation (acquired bySports 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 withZillow.com co-founderRich Barton andCurious Office Partners to backFanzter , a Connecticut startup that plans to launch a new online consumer service calledCoolspotters.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]
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