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Ariel Poler
15 Splash Points
5 followers
1 vote
9 companies followed
5 followers
1 vote
9 companies followed
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Investor interests
| Investments made | Kana Software, Admob, Stumbleupon, Flixster, NexTag, Rally.org, Rockyou, Scan, VivReal, Pipewise, Friend.ly, GroupSpaces, Thumbtack, The Extraordinaries, Blippy, CivicSolar, Vertical Brands, Lolapps, WeGame, SlideShare, Seesmic, DanceJam, Xobni, SpeedDate, Viki, Optimizely, |
| Investments made (confirmed by company) |
Apartment List / Vertical Brands |
| Credentials | Accredited Investor, Qualified Purchaser |
Full bio
Ariel is an Internet entrepreneur, mentor and investor. He was the founder of IPRO, the first web analytics company, and of Topica, one of the first email communities. Ariel was board member of Kana Software, LinkExchange, Odeo, LOLapps and StumbleUpon. He currently serves on the boards of Freedom Financial Network, MixTent, Strava and Scan Inc. Ariel’s angel investments include AdMob, Flixster, Slideshare, Xobni, RockYou, Outright, BrightRoll, Instructables, Causes, Kongregate and NexTag. Ariel holds a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University. He is originally from Venezuela and lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children. Ariel is addicted to kitesurfing.
Angel investing and exits
Admob (acquired by Google, $750M)
Kana Software (IPO)
Stumbleupon (acquired by eBay, $75M)
Slideshare (acquired by LinkedIn, $119M)
Flixster (acquired by Warner Bros. ,$80M)
Rally.org (funded)
Brightroll (funded)
GroupSpaces
Vertical Brands
Lolapps
Blippy (shut down)
Dancejam (shut down)
Friend.ly (acquired by Facebook, ND)
Seesmic (acquired by Hootsuite, ND)
Odeo (acquired by Sonic Mountain, $1M)
