BlueRun Ventures
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| Type | Private Ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder(s) | John Malloy |
| Headquarters |
Menlo Park, CA Beijing, Shanghai Seoul |
| Key people | John Malloy, Jonathan Ebinger, Kwan Yoon, Jui Tan, Jay Jamison |
| Services | Early Stage & Mobile investments |
| Employees | 15+ |
| Website | brv.com |
BlueRun Ventures is an early stage venture firm focused on mobile opportunities globally. The company has offices in Menlo Park, Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul.[1]
History
BlueRun Ventures was founded in 1998 by general partner John Malloy.[2] The company was previously known as Nokia Ventures.[3]
Portfolio companies (past and present)
- eVoice (acquired by AOL) [4]
- 140 Proof[5]
- Chomp (acquired by Apple for estimated USD $50 million)[6]
- Foodspotting[7]
- PayPal[8] (acquired by eBay for USD $1.5 Billion[9] )
- Slide.com[10] (acquired by Google for USD $182 million and $46 million in retention grants)[11]
- Topsy[12]
- Waze[13]
- Kabbage[14]
References
- ↑ "About BlueRun". brv.com/about/. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "BlueRun Ventures - Founding Team". brv.com/people/john-malloy. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "The Funded". thefunded.com/funds/show/BlueRun+Ventures. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "It's Official". brv.com. Ian Bell. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Interest Advertising API". brv.com/company/140-proof. BRV. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Apple Acquires App-Search Engine Chomp". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Find & rate dishes, not just restaurants". brv.com/company/foodspotting/. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Crunchbase - BRV". crunchbase.com/company/paypal. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ebay Acquires PayPal". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Acquisition_by_eBay. Wikipedia. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Crunchbase - Slide". crunchbase.com/company/slide. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ "Slide Acquired by Google for $182 Million". Wikipedia. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Realtime Twitter Search". brv.com/company/topsy/. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Free, Crowdsourced Realtime Traffic and Navigation". brv.com/company/waze/. BRV. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Free, Kabbage CrunchBase page". CrunchBase. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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