i/o Ventures
780 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, US
Overview
i/o ventures is an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on its mentorship. They work closely with founders from product launch through the next stage of company development, sharing what has proven to work for product scaling, revenue growth and fund raising. Their partners and mentors have started and ran some of the top internet companies. They want you to take advantage of their experience leading teams, building great products, raising money, negotiating mergers and acquisitions, scaling infrastructure, all with the hope that you dramatically improve your execution and time-to-market (and won't repeat their mistakes!) They take pride in their roles both as founders and operators. Everyone of us has recently or is currently running a technology company. They understand the most common challenges that all entrepreneurs face. They're based out of a funky space in the mission that they invite both portfolio companies and people looking to start a company to come hang out at.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 3
Sector focus
- Finance
Investment portfolio
- vidIQ
Participated · Seed · Feb 2013
VidIQ is a San Francisco-based startup that provides an analytics layer for YouTube creators, brands, and marketers. Its product combines YouTube SEO, smart scheduling, listening tools, and a dashboard of viewer and engagement metrics to help users optimize distribution. The platform identifies top influencers across Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube and helps clients engage with commenters to turn them into evangelists. VidIQ also advises on tagging and description optimization using a large store of YouTube searches and recommends optimal upload times. Clients named in the article include AOL (TechCrunch and Moviefone), Mondo Media, and Revision3. To expand the business, VidIQ has raised seed funding to accelerate growth and product development.
- 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.