# John Battelle at Federated Media

> John Battelle, Visiting Professor at Federated Media. 5 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its...

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# John Battelle

Visiting Professor at [LiveRamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liveramp)

Latest rounds

- **sovrn Holdings, Inc.** Series E · $18M Aug 2015
- **Metamarkets** Series C · $15M Feb 2015
- **Atlas Obscura** Seed · $2M Feb 2015

Backs *Internet* *Advertising & Adtech* *SAAS*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 5 last Aug 2015
- **Filings:** 6 with regulators
- **Books:** 1 written

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 5 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 6 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At LiveRamp
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**LiveRamp** Corporate VC · US **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liveramp)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 5
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $50.2M
- **Active:** 2012–15

2015

- [sovrn Holdings, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/sovrn-holdings-inc) *Series E* **$18M** *US* Aug 2015 Joined · +3 investors · historical
- [Metamarkets](https://millionrounds.com/company/metamarkets) *Series C* **$15M** *US* Feb 2015 Joined · +7 investors · historical
- [Atlas Obscura](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlas-obscura) *Seed* **$2M** *US* Feb 2015 Joined · +18 investors · historical

2013

- [clypd](https://millionrounds.com/company/clypd) *Series A* **$8.2M** *US* Nov 2013 Joined · +6 investors · historical

2012

- [Singly](https://millionrounds.com/company/singly) *Series A* **$7M** *US* Apr 2012 Joined · +7 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **2**
- Seed **1**
- Series C **1**
- Series E **1**

What they backed

Internet **2** Advertising & Adtech **2** SAAS **1**

Alongside

- [Foundry Group *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry)
- [Freestyle Capital *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle)
- [Albert Wenger *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/albert-wenger)
- [Alexis Ohanian *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)
- [Archer Venture Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/archer-venture-capital)
- [Atlas Venture *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture)
- [Auren Hoffman *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auren-hoffman)
- [BDMI *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1745-ventures)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Atlas Obscura](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlas-obscura)
- [Flymachine](https://millionrounds.com/startup/flymachine)
- [NewCo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/newco)
- [Singly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/singly)
- [Sovrn](https://millionrounds.com/company/sovrn)
- [The Hustle](https://millionrounds.com/startup/the-hustle)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **RECOUNT MEDIA, INC.** Executive Officer, Director since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **RECOUNT MEDIA, INC.** Director since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **sovrn Holdings, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **NewCo Platform, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 3 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Chute Corp** Director on 2 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Federated Media Publishing Inc** Executive Officer, Director on 3 filings · since 2013

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at LiveRamp

- [**Auren HOFFMAN** Cofounder *56 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/auren-hoffman)
- [**Travis May** Chairman *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/travis-may)
- [**Omar Tawakol** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/omar-tawakol)
- [**Abhishek Jain** Platform Architect *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/abhishek-jain-3)
- [**Amy Lee Stewart** SVP, General Counsel and Global Chief Data Ethics Officer, Emerita *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/amy-lee-stewart)
- [**Christopher DSouza** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/christopher-dsouza)
- [**David Eisenberg** Chief Strategy Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-eisenberg)
- [**David Reckert** SVP General Counsel & Chief Data Ethics Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-reckert)

## Their book

- The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture John Battelle · 2005 3.84 from 5,226 ratings on Goodreads About the book If you pick your books by their popularity--how many and which other people are reading them--then know this about The Search: it's probably on Bill Gates' reading list, and that of almost every venture capitalist and startup-hungry entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. In its… On AmazonListen on Audible
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