Anthony Bontrager
Managing Director @ WestRiver Group
Seattle, United States
Anthony Bontrager is a seed investor at WestRiver Group in Seattle focused on Software and SaaS. A globally recognized technology executive and entrepreneur, Anthony has been involved in the launch of numerous companies and active in over $500 million worth of strategic funding and acquisitions within the broader technology, digital media and wireless telecom industries.Prior to joining the equity practice at WestRiver Group, Anthony was thefounder & CEO of Soda Media, Inc., a consultancy firm to large family offices and private equity investors on their technology and media related investments. Previously, Anthony was President of Onecast, Inc. (“1Cast”), where he was responsible for setting overall strategy and establishing key technology and content partnerships.Before joining 1Cast, Anthony was President and CEO of Broadstream Communications, Inc., a company he co-founded, which became the telecom industry’s first virtual head-end and middleware platform for IPTV delivery utilizing the MPEG4 video encoding and 16QAM satellite modulation standards. Under Anthony’s leadership, Broadstream was the first company to secure the largest library of IP-content rights from companies such as NBC-Universal, Disney/ABC, ESPN, Starz, Discovery, Fox, Turner Networks and others. Additionally, Anthony spearheaded the company’s equity and debt financing rounds, which included a $30M strategic partnership with Intelsat, Ltd, the world’s largest satellite owner and operator, and the acquisition of over $70M worth of IP pertaining to the company’s middleware business. Broadstream was acquired by Avail-TVN (Vubiquity) in 2006.Anthony currently serves on the board of directors for Viewpath, Wicket Labs, Tectonic Audio Labs, PTO Exchange and Igneous Systems. He is also a board observer for The Riveter and strategic advisor to Madrona Venture Labs. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences serving on the Interactive Media Peer Group and a co-author of Washington State’s Wireless Siting Policies.Anthony received his bachelors degree in Business Administration and Finance from Seattle University.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 64%
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Industries Anthony Bontrager invests in
Stages Anthony Bontrager invests in
Countries Anthony Bontrager invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (50%)
- SaaS 5 (36%)
- Information Technology 3 (21%)
- Media and Entertainment 3 (21%)
- FinTech 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (29%)
- Series A 2 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (14%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Investments
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Groopit
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Groopit is a collaboration platform for leaders solving big problems. Collect real-time data from cross functional, remote, and decentralized teams to accelerate collaboration. The enterprise SaaS offering drives results at a time when collaboration alternatives are desperately needed. | $7.5M / Seed / May 18, 2023 | |
QorusDocs
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QorusDocs is a Bellevue, WA-based leader in AI-powered Value and Proposal Management software, helping organizations prove ROI and win more business. The platform unites value management with proposal automation, enabling teams to build intelligent business cases and create personalized, data-driven pitches, presentations, proposals, and RFPresponses. QorusDocs empowers business development, sales, marketing, and proposal teams to collaborate seamlessly, demonstrate measurable impact, and accelerate decisions. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 04, 2022 | |
CHEQ
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CHEQ is the world's first social payments platform, connecting consumers and businesses to create frictionless, amazing in-person experiences. CHEQ's universal ordering and payment app can be used by restaurants, stadiums, hotels, and more to make transactions fun, easy, and worry- free. Users can even send food and drinks directly totheir friends from anywhere in the world. CHEQ lets venues retain their unique branding within the app and keep their direct relationships with their guests. | $8M / Seed / Sep 21, 2022 | |
Tagboard
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Tagboard is a simple production platform for complex live programming. Tagboard is a software platform that uses the hashtag to aggregate social media for end-users, brands, agencies and marketers, displaying content from multiple networks in a comprehensive and engaging visual format.Tagboard's turnkey solutions allow marketers toleverage powerful tools designed to filter positive influence, amplify engagement, and showcase branded experiences through social curation and integration. End-users can self-discover, interact with, and join the discussion all within a single, easy-to-use feed.Tagboard helps some of the biggest brands in the world play a more active role in the social conversation by encouraging their audiences to share their experiences on a branded, moderated platform.Based in Redmond, WA, Tagboard has discreetly pioneered hashtag marketing since 2012. | $2.3M / Series A / Apr 12, 2022 | |
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Tagboard
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Tagboard is a simple production platform for complex live programming. Tagboard is a software platform that uses the hashtag to aggregate social media for end-users, brands, agencies and marketers, displaying content from multiple networks in a comprehensive and engaging visual format.Tagboard's turnkey solutions allow marketers toleverage powerful tools designed to filter positive influence, amplify engagement, and showcase branded experiences through social curation and integration. End-users can self-discover, interact with, and join the discussion all within a single, easy-to-use feed.Tagboard helps some of the biggest brands in the world play a more active role in the social conversation by encouraging their audiences to share their experiences on a branded, moderated platform.Based in Redmond, WA, Tagboard has discreetly pioneered hashtag marketing since 2012. | $8M / Series A / Feb 22, 2022 | |
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QorusDocs
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QorusDocs is a Bellevue, WA-based leader in AI-powered Value and Proposal Management software, helping organizations prove ROI and win more business. The platform unites value management with proposal automation, enabling teams to build intelligent business cases and create personalized, data-driven pitches, presentations, proposals, and RFPresponses. QorusDocs empowers business development, sales, marketing, and proposal teams to collaborate seamlessly, demonstrate measurable impact, and accelerate decisions. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 28, 2020 | |
Wicket Labs
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The mission at Wicket Labs is to level the playing field for media companies in an arena where data determines the winners. The founding team is well positioned with over 40 years of combined experience working for and with the biggest media companies in the world. We are building the Wicket Scorecard as the only audience insights platform formedia companies who need unique insights into their video business that drive more informed decision making and better results. Wicket Labs is a Seattle based company with a commitment to integrity, diversity, empathy, and curiosity. We are looking for colleagues, partners and customers to join our growing team. | $1.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 26, 2020 | |
Madrona Venture Labs
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Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that builds companies from scratch. Madrona Venture Labs is based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. The studio makes use of money from its funds to incubate concepts and recruit a management crew to ultimately run the enterprise.Founded in 2014, MVL has spun out greater than a dozen firms,together with some that had been later acquired by Nordstrom, Uber, and Mailchimp. | $11.3M / May 11, 2019 | |
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Madrona Venture Labs
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Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that builds companies from scratch. Madrona Venture Labs is based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. The studio makes use of money from its funds to incubate concepts and recruit a management crew to ultimately run the enterprise.Founded in 2014, MVL has spun out greater than a dozen firms,together with some that had been later acquired by Nordstrom, Uber, and Mailchimp. | $11.3M / May 11, 2019 | |
Igneous
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Igneous delivers the only Unstructured Data Management (UDM) as-a-Service solution, giving data-centric enterprises visibility, protection, and data mobility at scale. Igneous’ API-enabled, cloud-native solution combines all UDM functions so that organizations can tap the value of their unstructured data, while reducing risk and optimizing ITresource utilization. Kiran Bhageshpur and Byron Rakitzis founded the company in October 2013, with its headquarters in Seattle in Washington. | $25.9M / Series C / Mar 14, 2019 | |
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Co-Investors
About WestRiver Group
WestRiver Group is an investment firm that provides integrated capital solutions to the global innovation economy. The firm has investment platforms focusing on the technology, life science, energy, and experiential sectors, with the flexibility to invest in a variety of asset classes and capital structures. WRG’s established network of partnersprovides access to investment opportunities and thought leadership, and deep operational expertise allows it to work closely with portfolio companies and lead at the executive and board level.WestRiver Group was established in 2002 and is based in Kirkland, Washington, United States.WestRiver Group has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
WestRiver Group Contacts
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Anthony Bontrager
Managing Director
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Erik Anderson
President
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What does Anthony Bontrager invest in?
Anthony Bontrager invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Anthony Bontrager last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Anthony Bontrager closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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