Charles River Ventures
Charles River Ventures is one of the industry's leading venture capital firms with more than 30 years of experience in investing in great entrepreneurs and building great companies.
Charles River Ventures' approach to investing synthesizes the realities of startup creation with the dynamics of the equity financing markets in a true value-added approach.
Charles River Ventures' investing partners have deep operational experience in the industries that have transformed our commercial landscape, experience gained by actively participating as operational executives in leading technology companies prior to becoming venture capitalists. This insight combined with their unmatched network of customer, strategic partner and downstream capital sources makes them a highly sought after venture capital partner for leading entrepreneurs.
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Greenspun Corporation
The Greenspun Media Group produces a number of newspapers and magazines including Vegas Magazine, Las Vegas Magazine, Showbiz Weekly, Las Vegas Life, Vegas Golfer, In Business Las Vegas, Las Vegas Weekly, the Henderson Home News, the Boulder City News, the Green Valley News, the South Valley News and the Ralston Report. GMG is the largest magazine publisher in the state. With the recent addition of LasVegas.com, Greenspun now controls four of the strongest tourism brands in the world - Vegas Magazine, Las Vegas Magazine, Vegas.com and LasVegas.com.
Jerry Colonna
Mr. Colonna is a senior advisor to JPMorgan Partners (JPMP) where he has also served as a general partner. Prior to joining JPMP, Mr. Colonna co-founded Flatiron Partners, which became one of the most successful, early stage investment programs in the New York City area. Jerry joined his first firm, CMG@Ventures L.P. ("@Ventures"), in February 1995 as a founding partner and worked for nearly ten years with CMP Media Inc., one of the fastest growing technology publishing firms in the country. From 1985 to 1993, he performed in a variety of roles at InformationWeek, including a three-year stint as editor. Mr. Colonna is currently a director for Planet Out Partners Inc., ProfitLogic Inc. and Mochila, Inc. He also serves on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations, including Pencil Inc. and NpowerNY. The recipient of numerous awards, Jerry has been named to Upside Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the New Economy and Forbes ASAP's best VCs in the country.
Mission Ventures
Mission Ventures helps build successful enterprises in Southern California and creates superior returns on investment for its investors. This is accomplished by investing in the most promising early-stage companies in high growth, emerging markets, and providing significant assistance to those companies as they develop.
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A.H. Belo Corporation
Belo, headquartered in Dallas, is a distunguished media business of news of information that owns and operates the Company's flagship newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes since 1986 and the 9th largest daily and 12th largest Sunday newspaper in the nation based on circulation; The Providence Journal, the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the U.S.; and The Press-Enterprise, serving Southern California's Inland Empire region, one of the fastest-growing areas in the U.S. The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults, and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and El D and La Prensa in Riverside.
A. H. Belo also owns and manages the various Web sites associated with these properties, as well as certain niche products and direct mail and commercial printing businesses. A. H. Belo's combined newspaper and related online businesses reach a total audience of 3.7 million people in markets with attractive long-term demographics.
From its beginnings as a Texas newspaper company in 1842 through the explosive growth of the past 20 years, A. H. Belo has attributed its success to its unique understanding of, and commitment to, the audiences it serves. A. H. Belo's close community ties, strong journalistic reputation, and intense regional focus have been nurtured and expanded over time, resulting in powerful media brands and business opportunities that are not easily duplicated by competitors.
A. H. Belo's focused strategy for extending its news and information platform to emerging media and audiences enables the Company to remain flexible as audiences change, and deliver news and information in new ways to match new tastes, interests and habits. Web sites associated with A. H. Belo's newspapers exemplify this strategy. A. H. Belo's Web sites build on the Company's well-established local and regional brands to generate new customer relationships.
www.belo.com
