WashingtonVC
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WashingtonVC is an early stage fund and incubator that grows companies through the exchange of complementary technologies and marketing services. The firm was founded by Mike Mann[1] and is currently managed by Eric Litman.[2]
WashingtonVC's portfolio of companies is loosely modeled after the Japanese "keiretsu" model of sharing resources, talent, and technology to deliver products and services across a broad range of industries, such as online media and marketing, software technologies, telecommunications services, domain name services and consumer Internet services. The firm is known for backing their companies with "premium" Internet domain names (i.e. phone.com, software.com [3]).
[edit] References
- ^ Jackson, Ron, Man on a Mission: He Made a Fortune When He Sold BuyDomains - Now Michael Mann Wants to Change the World With WashingtonVC, <http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2007/september.htm>
- ^ Local private equity firm names managing director, <http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/12/03/daily37.html>
- ^ Schonfeld, Erick (11-15-2008), The Return of Phone.com and Software.com, <http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/15/the-return-of-phonecom-and-softwarecom/>
