Two other recent acquisitions by companies led by couples: Kush sold to Smule, and Yell bought Moonfruit. By Liz Gannes (Writer, AllThingsD) Romantically involved tech company co-founders are having a good year. In the past four months of big-ticket tech exits, Wildfire, co-founded and led by the engaged couple Victoria Ransom (CEO) and Alain Chuard [...]
Posts Tagged "Kass Lazerow"
Female Founders To Watch: Enterprise Social Marketing Companies
August 3, 2012 – 6:00 am
Social media marketing serving the masses means high-growth startups – creating lots of value and jobs. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) PITCH 2010 Startup Competition finalist Amita Paul pitched Objective Marketer onstage at the November conference. A few months later, Objective Marketer was acquired by Emailvision! This year, we’ve seen big exits [...]
Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media, Co-Founded By COO Kass Lazerow, For $689M
June 4, 2012 – 10:18 am
The husband-and-wife entrepreneur team at Buddy Media celebrates yet another company acquisition today. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Social media management software company Buddy Media, co-founded by COO Kass Lazerow and her husband Michael Lazerow, had raised $54 million in Series D funding last year. Today, news broke that Buddy Media will [...]
