Rick Thompson - Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director @ Signia Venture Partners

Overview

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director
Primary Organization
Signia Venture Partners

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

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Rick Thompson is the Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director of Signia Venture Partners. He previously worked at Idle Games as a Chairman and Co-Founder. Rick Thompson attended the Wharton School.

Personal Investments

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Rick Thompson

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Kush Marketplace

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Kush Marketplace

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Kush Marketplace	No	Seed Round - Kush Marketplace	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kush Marketplace	No	Seed Round - Kush Marketplace	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Cloud9	—	Seed Round - Cloud9	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Stringr	No	Angel Round - Stringr	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Kihon	No	Seed Round - Kihon	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ufora	—	Seed Round - Ufora	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SocialShield	—	Series A - SocialShield	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Nativo	—	Angel Round - Nativo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Top Prospect	—	Seed Round - Top Prospect	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Playdom	—	Series A - Playdom	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Cloud9	Signia Venture Partners	—	Series A - Cloud9	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Super Evil Mega Corp	Signia Venture Partners	—	Venture Round - Super Evil Mega Corp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Super Evil Mega Corp	Signia Venture Partners	No	Series B - Super Evil Mega Corp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Super Evil Mega Corp	Signia Venture Partners	—	Seed Round - Super Evil Mega Corp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Super Evil Mega Corp	Signia Venture Partners	—	Seed Round - Super Evil Mega Corp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Artillery	Signia Venture Partners	No	Venture Round - Artillery	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Iddiction	Signia Venture Partners	No	Seed Round - Iddiction	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Rumble	Signia Venture Partners	—	Seed Round - Rumble	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Slice Technologies	Signia Venture Partners	—	Series A - Slice Technologies	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Cie Games	Signia Venture Partners	—	Series A - Cie Games	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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exit -

SocialShield

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exits. Their most notable exits are

SocialShield

Playdom

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Nativo

SocialShield SocialShield offers tools that give parents a 360° view of their kids’ social networking activities.
Playdom Playdom is an online social network of game developers.
Nativo Nativo is an advertising technology platform for brand advertisers and publishers to scale, automate, and measure native ads.

Jobs

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Rick Thompson

has

current jobs as

Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director

Signia Venture Partners

and

Strategic Limited Partner

Four Rivers Group

. Additionally,

Rick Thompson

has had

past jobs including

Chairman & Co - Founder

Idle Gaming

Signia Venture Partners Co-Founder, Partner and Managing DirectorJun 2012
Four Rivers Group Strategic Limited Partner

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Idle Gaming	Chairman & Co - Founder	Nov 2009	Sep 2016
DogTime Media	Chairman & Co - Founder	2006	Mar 2013
Funzio	Chairman & Co - Founder	2010	May 1, 2012
Wild Needle	Chairman & Co - Founder	May 2010	Apr 2012
Playdom	Co - Founder & Chairman	Feb 2008	Aug 2010
Flycast Communications Corporation	Founding CEO and Chairman	1996	2000
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners	Associate	1995	1995
Octel	Program Manager	1982	1994
Adify	Founder & CEO	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Rick Thompson

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

MANSCAPED

Board Member

SKALE Labs

, and

Board member

Rumble

MANSCAPED Board MemberMar 2019
SKALE Labs Board MemberJan 2018
Rumble Board memberApr 2011
Represent.Us Board of Advisors
Super Evil Mega Corp Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Scoop	Board Member	—	2018
Iddiction	Board Member	Oct 2011	Dec 2015
Cie Games	Board Member	Jun 10, 2010	Jul 30, 2014

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