# Alan Warms

> Alan Warms is a seed investor at Yidio (Chicago) backing Internet, Video and Guides. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yidio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yidio)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2009
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/awarms
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/alanwarms
- Website: http://www.participatecapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alan.warms

Alan Warms is a seed investor at Yidio in Chicago focused on Internet and Video. Warms founded Participate Capital in 2016 and has played key roles in acquiring, investing in, and founding more than 10 small businesses over the last 20 years. Recent investments include Yidio, Hydro Flask (exited; sold to Helen of Troy:NASDAQ: HELE), Shiftgig, Direct Commerce Group (owner of Officedesigns.com), Big Blue Swim School, EatStreet,Rewards21, and PushSpring.Alan also founded BuzzTracker.com and associated technologies and sold to Yahoo! in September 2007 where he subsequently ran Yahoo! News, Technology and Education; was investor in and publisher of RealClearPolitics from 2005-2007; founded Participate Systems in 1994 and sold to Outstart (now part of IBM) in 2004. Alan has an MBA from the J.L.Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| Guides | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yidio | Founded in 2008, Yidio (short for Your Internet Video) is the largest independent programming guide in the world with more than 7.5 million registered users and millions of monthly users. Yidio makes it easy to search, discover, and watch over one million TV shows & movies across 180 content providers. Yidio is a Free service that allowsyou to search, discover, personalize and watch TV Shows & Movies across Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and hundreds of other providers in one place. The TV Shows & Movies you want to watch are everywhere. They're on TV network sites. They're on on-demand streaming services. They're available to watch for free and with your subscriptions. Just about anything you want to watch is out there somewhere, but finding exactly what you want to watch exactly when you want to watch it isn't always easy. | $350K | Seed | Nov 12, 2009 |  |
| Stocktwits | Stocktwits is a real-time financial communications platform for the financial and investing community. Stocktwits created the $TICKER tag to enable and organize “streams” of information around stocks and markets across the web and social media. These streams provide new forms of insight, ideas, and information that are used by investors,analysts, media, and others as they research stocks and manage their investments.The company was founded in 2008 by long-time investor Howard Lindzon. Today, more than 300,000 investors, market professionals, and public companies share information and ideas about the market and individual stocks using Stocktwits, producing streams that are viewed by an audience of over 40 million across the financial web and social media platforms. | $800K | Seed | Dec 17, 2008 |  |
| Stocktwits | Stocktwits is a real-time financial communications platform for the financial and investing community. Stocktwits created the $TICKER tag to enable and organize “streams” of information around stocks and markets across the web and social media. These streams provide new forms of insight, ideas, and information that are used by investors,analysts, media, and others as they research stocks and manage their investments.The company was founded in 2008 by long-time investor Howard Lindzon. Today, more than 300,000 investors, market professionals, and public companies share information and ideas about the market and individual stocks using Stocktwits, producing streams that are viewed by an audience of over 40 million across the financial web and social media platforms. |  | Angel | Sep 23, 2008 |  |
| Trada | Trada has developed a PPC marketplace that allows agencies and in-house advertisers to leverage the skills of hundreds of the best PPC experts in the world, who in turn earn money risk free by generating clicks and conversions for advertisers. | $850K | Series A | Sep 01, 2008 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundry-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Yidio

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Founded in 2008, Yidio (short for Your Internet Video) is the largest independent programming guide in the world with more than 7.5 million registered users and millions of monthly users. Yidio makes it easy to search, discover, and watch over one million TV shows & movies across 180 content providers. Yidio is a Free service that allowsyou to search, discover, personalize and watch TV Shows & Movies across Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and hundreds of other providers in one place. The TV Shows & Movies you want to watch are everywhere. They're on TV network sites. They're on on-demand streaming services. They're available to watch for free and with your subscriptions. Just about anything you want to watch is out there somewhere, but finding exactly what you want to watch exactly when you want to watch it isn't always easy.

4 contacts available at Yidio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Eatros | Co-Founder / Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-eatros |
| Alan Warms | Member Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-warms |
| Brandon Eatros | CEO/Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-eatros |
| Clark Stephens | VP of Marketing & Growth; Chief Revenue Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clark-stephens |

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## FAQ

### What does Alan Warms invest in?

Alan Warms invests primarily in Internet, Video and Guides startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alan Warms last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alan Warms closed in Nov 2009. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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