John Battelle - Co-Founder, CEO @ Recount Media

Overview

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder, CEO
Primary Organization
Recount Media

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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John Battelle is co-founder, executive chair at Recount Media.

Personal Investments

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John Battelle

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Venture Round - Flymachine

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Flymachine

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Flymachine	—	Venture Round - Flymachine	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	The Hustle	No	Seed Round - The Hustle	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	NewCo	No	Seed Round - NewCo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sovrn	—	Venture Round - Sovrn	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Atlas Obscura	—	Seed Round - Atlas Obscura	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Singly	—	Series A - Singly	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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John Battelle

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exit -

The Hustle

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exits. Their most notable exits are

The Hustle

and

Singly

The Hustle The Hustle is helping young professionals make better decisions throughout their day starting with business news.
Singly Singly offers Singly Data Fabric, which facilitates the movement of authenticated consumer data throughout the ecosystem.

Jobs

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John Battelle

has

current jobs including

Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor

Columbia University

Co-Founder, CEO

Recount Media

, and

Executive Producer, Signal P&G

BattelleMedia

. Additionally,

John Battelle

has had

past jobs including

Editor in Chief, CEO

NewCo

Columbia University Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct ProfessorOct 2018
Recount Media Co-Founder, CEOOct 2018
BattelleMedia Executive Producer, Signal P&GJan 2011

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
NewCo	Editor in Chief, CEO	May 1, 2012	Jan 2019
Federated Media	Founder & CEO	2005	2014
University of California Berkeley	Bloomberg Chair in Business Journalism for the Graduate School of Journalism	2001	2004
Standard Media International	Founder & CEO	1997	2001
The Industry Standard	Publisher	—	—
BattelleMedia	Owner, GP	—	—
TheStandard	Publisher	—	—
Wired Magazine	Co-Founding Editor	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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John Battelle

holds

board and advisor roles including

Member of the Board of Directors

Chute

Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

Sovrn

, and

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Founders Circle Capital

Chute Member of the Board of DirectorsJul 30, 2014
Sovrn Executive Chairman of the Board of DirectorsJan 2014
Founders Circle Capital Chairman of the Board of DirectorsJan 2013
Acxiom Member of the Board of Directors2012
LiveRamp Board Member
Docusign Member of the Advisory Board
NewCo Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Federated Media	Chairman of the Board of Directors	2005	2014
Standard Media International	Chairman of the Board of Directors	1997	2001
Wrap Media	Member of the Advisory Board	—	—
IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau)	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Digital Content Next	Founding Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

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