Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Lane Becker is co-founder and President of Get Satisfaction, a web startup dedicated to fostering new methods of communication and collaboration between companies and their customers.

Lane is a co-founder of Adaptive Path and currently sits on the Board of Directors. Adaptive Path is a user experience strategy, research, and design consultancy,

known for, among other things, coining the technology terms "blog" and "ajax." While with Adaptive Path, Lane ran the consulting business and, as the creator of the New Ventures program, developed strategic partnerships with early-stage startup companies to provide them with long-term support for their product ideation, design, and launch strategies.

As a consultant specializing in organizational strategy and team development, Lane has worked with companies as varied as NPR, PBS, Princess Cruises, McGraw-Hill, the National Gallery of Art, and the United Nations. As a speaker, Lane has provided training and direction to numerous organizations, including Sun Microsystems, the Bank of America, The Washington Post, Visa, and Cathay Pacific Airlines, as well as speaking at conferences such as O’Reilly’s Open Source Conferences, the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Number of Investments 1
Lane Becker invested in Firstparty on Apr 26, 2022. This investment - Seed Round - Firstparty - was valued at
$5.8M
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Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Apr 26, 2022
Firstparty
Seed Round - Firstparty
$5.8M
Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 4
Lane Becker has 4 current jobs including President, Wikimedia LLC at Wikimedia Foundation, Senior Director, Earned Revenue, Wikimedia Enterprise at Wikimedia Foundation, and Cofounder & CPO at Origin.al. Additionally, Lane Becker has had 4 past jobs including Director, Products & Startups at Code for America.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Code for America
Director, Products & Startups20142015
Measure Map
Founder2005Oct 15, 2005
Get Satisfaction
Co-founderJan 15, 2007
Adaptive Path
Director
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Lane Becker holds 2 board and advisor roles as Advisor at 15Five and Advisor at Freestyle Capital.
Number of News Articles 37
Funding RoundApr 26, 2022
Firstparty raised $5,750,000 / Seed from Chad Etzel and 13 other investors
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