Advance/Newhouse Investment Partnership
One World Trade Center, 43rd Floor, New York, NY, 10007, United States
Overview
Advance is a private, family-owned business that owns, operates, and invests in companies spanning media, entertainment, technology, communications, education, and other promising growth sectors.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Communications Infrastructure
- Digital Media
- Education
- Impact Investing
- Media and Entertainment
- News
- Social Media
- Social News
Investment portfolio
- WonderGlo Essential Serum
Participated · Equity · Feb 2012
The Backplane develops online community software and is best known for creating Lady Gaga's #LittleMonsters website. Its core product is community platform technology for building branded fan and interest communities. The company announced it raised $4.5M in a funding round. The team is headed by Matt Michelsen, who is based in San Diego, and includes Troy Carter, Lady Gaga's agent, who is based in Los Angeles. The firm's technology operations are located in Palo Alto.
Team
No current team members are available.