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Entrepreneur Spotlight: BranchOut Founder Leverages His ConnectionsRick Marini, who sold Tickle for $100M after the company was near death, is at it again with BranchOut
- BlueRun Ventures Hires One, Promotes Two
BlueRun Ventures, the California-based early-stage investor, hired Jay Jamison, a Microsoft veteran, as one of its venture partners. BlueRun has also promoted Andrew Thornborrow and Cheryl Cheng to Operating Partners. Thornborrow was BlueRun’s in house counsel and will now oversee both legal and finance. Cheng was Director of Marketing and will now manage marketing and business development.
VCs Dine on Food SitesIt’s too soon to tell whether investing in the social food category is a recipe for success, but the sector is filling up with more competitors
- Foodspotting Chomps Down $3 Mln Round
Foodspotting has raised $3 million in Series A funding. Blue Run Ventures has led the round. Jay Jamison, a Blue Run venture partner, will join Foodspotting’s board. Several early stage VCs from Foodspotting seed round also invested, said Alexa Andrzejewski, Foodspotting’s CEO. “We see great market potential in having the Foodspotting service provide guides, recommendations and information to people to help them figure out what they should eat,” Jamison said in a statement.
All Charged UpThe next big thing in cleantech is grid energy storage—it’s a multibillion-dollar market ripe for innovation