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Cue Ball Capital
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2005
FounderRichard J. Harrington, Tony Tjan, John Hamel, Mats [1]
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Websitecueball.com

Cue Ball is a venture capital firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Cue Ball makes investments in venture and early stage companies in consumer and media businesses, focusing on lifestyle brands and services, restaurants and specialty retail, information data services, and social media and commerce. It was founded in 2005.

History

The firm's partners include Anthony Tjan, John Hamel, and Mats Lederhausen. Richard Harrington, former Thomson Reuters CEO,[2] serves as Chairman and General Partner. The investment team includes Tony Pino and William Rice.

Investments

The firm's investments include:

  • 1-800-Dentist, a marketing and CRM platform for dentists[3][4]
  • Dubset, underlying infrastructure connecting creators of derivative content across the music ecosystem[5]
  • Epic Burger, a fast-casual burger chain
  • ideeli, the fastest growing members-only flash sale platform for the mass affluent market[6][7]
  • Jopwell, a recruiting platform[8]
  • JW Player, video player software[9]
  • Lex Machina, leader in the legal big data vertical[10]
  • Livefyre, a technology company[11]
  • MiniLuxe, a luxury nail salon
  • PlanetTran, eco-friendly private driver transportation[12]
  • Shape Up the Nation, a social platform that promotes corporate wellness[13]
  • Stylesight, a visual "Bloomberg" like database for the fashion and design industry[14][15]
  • Tickets For Charity, a socially-positive online ticketing platform
  • Virgin Pulse, designs technology that cultivates good lifestyle habits for employees[16]
  • Wahed Invest, an investment firm[17]
  • Yapp, a self service online platform[18]

References

  1. ^ "The Cue Ball Team". Cue Ball. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. ^ Zina Moukheiber. "Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  3. ^ "Cue Ball Capital and Bain Capital Ventures Provide Growth Equity Investment in 1-800-DENTIST(R)". PRWeb.com. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  4. ^ "Cue Ball Capital - Bain Capital Ventures". 1-800-Dentist.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  5. ^ "Dubset Media Holdings, Inc". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  6. ^ "Gilt Groupe Competitor Ideeli Raises $40 Million in Capital". AllThingsD.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  7. ^ "Ideeli raises $41 million for members-only social shopping - VentureBeat - News - by Sid Yadav". VentureBeat.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  8. ^ "List of top Cue Ball Portfolio Companies". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  9. ^ "JW Player Secures $20M in Series C". vcnewsdaily.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  10. ^ "Lex Machina - Investors". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  11. ^ "Adobe Ventures' Livefyre Investment Leads to Acquisition". Wall Street Journal. 2016-05-03. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  12. ^ "PlanetTran Secures Funding From Cue Ball Capital, Aims to Become Nation's Premier Green Transportation Service Provider". Csrwire.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Volition Capital And Cue Ball Capital Lead Stylesight Financing". Thinking About Thinking. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  15. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Virgin Pulse, ShapeUp and Global Corporate Challenge Unite". wallstreet-online.de. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  17. ^ "Cue Ball". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2020-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "List of top Cue Ball Portfolio Companies - Leaderboard". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

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