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Monthly Archive for August 2007

Our Own Influential Om

August 30, 2007

Rediff India Abroad listed GigaOm CEO Om Malik as one of the 50 Most Influential Indian Americans. After inclusion in this year’s Forbes Top 25 Web Celebs and the only Indian American on Forbes’ list, there is no doubt about this tech blogger’s reporting prowess and influence.

Welcome to the Family, Jared

August 29, 2007

Om Malik of GigaOm and Matt Mullenweg of Automattic welcome Jared Kim of WeGame as the newest member of the True Family.

For the photo op, visit Om.

Congrats to Maya’s Mom

August 28, 2007

Maya’s Mom, a startup Toni Schneider was introduced to by Caterina Fake and that True Ventures invested in, has gotten acquired by Babycenter.com (who are owned by Johnson & Johnson). A big congrats to Ann Crady and the great team at Maya’s Mom! It was a pleasure working with them, even though it seems brief. They got started about a year and half ago, pulled together a great group of people and launched their parenting advice site late last year. What impressed us about Maya’s Mom was how well they seemed to mesh as a team with great skills and attitudes all around, and how they continually and rapidly adapted their product based on what their users told them and what they saw happening in the market. We look forward to following their growth and success story as their site and technology get opened up to a much larger audience. Congratulations!

Congratulations!

August 9, 2007

Congrats to Martin, Steve, Toni, Tony & the Sphere team!
Acquired by AOL in April 2008.

Ahoy! We are in the Pirate business.

August 9, 2007

True led the recent Three Rings financing after following the company’s progress for well over a year. We feel privileged to work with Daniel and his talented crew.

“B” is for BrightRoll & Billionth

August 9, 2007

True seed funded BrightRoll in August 2006. Jon and Tod had worked together closely at Plaxo. In mid 2007, True participated over its pro-rata in the Series B financing, led by KPG and Adams Street Capital. In just over a year, Tod and his team have created a leading company in the online video advertising market.