Arthur Bilger
Founder & Managing Member @ Shelter Capital Partners
Los Angeles, United States
Arthur Bilger is a angel investor at Shelter Capital Partners in Los Angeles focused on Apps and Email. Art Bilger currently serves as the Managing Director of Shelter Capital Partners, LLC, an entity engaged in venture capital investment management. He founded Shelter while acting as the Vice Chairman of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of global, high-performance services for the delivery of internet content, streaming media and applications.Mr. Bilger is an investor in and director of various private companies engaged primarily in activities where content is integrated with new technologies. Areas of involvement include distance learning, internet entertainment platforms and various other consumer oriented technology businesses.From 1994 until its sale to News Corporation in 1997, he was the President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of New World Communications Group, Inc., a television production and broadcasting company. From 1990 through 1994, he was a founding partner of Apollo Advisors, LP, an institutional private equity firm. In 1977, he joined Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., where he served in numerous capacities until 1990, including as Executive Vice President, co-Head of Corporate Finance and a director.Mr. Bilger serves as a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School Board of Overseers and is the founder of the Wharton Interactive Media Initiative. Additionally, Mr. Bilger serves as Vice Chairman of the Skirball Cultural Center and he is a board member of Bet Tzedek, a legal services organization, both based in Los Angeles, California.Mr. Bilger’s successful career began with the completion of his B.S. Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and subsequent MBA from the University of Chicago.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Arthur Bilger invests in
Stages Arthur Bilger invests in
Countries Arthur Bilger invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (25%)
- Email 1 (25%)
- Video 1 (25%)
- Gaming 1 (25%)
- Social 1 (25%)
Stage
- Angel 1 (25%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (25%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Koji
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Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 31, 2016 | |
Diversion
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Diversion was formed in early 2010 with a clear goal to provide a necessary fusion between the entertainment industry and the current social gaming renaissance.The founders are all highly seasoned experts in gaming, web development, digital marketing and entertainment and are setting out in this space with two key differentiators:Provideusers with real-world entertainment tie-in opportunities and experiences.Use of gaming expertise to create a more enjoyable and fulfilling social gaming experience.Diversion, Inc. is currently developing a game called FameTown, which is modeled after games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars and will be released Nov. 1, 2010. | Series B / Jul 22, 2011 | |
Zumbox
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Zumbox, a paperless postal system, allows businesses to deliver transactional mails electronically to their consumers’ digital mailboxes.This web-based postal delivery and archiving system that provides an online alternative to the U.S. postal service for the secure archiving of transactional mails such as bills, monthly statements,warrantees, health care and insurance materials, mutual fund disclosures, and other household documents. It connects large transactional, financial and government mailers to consumer households for the delivery and storage of digital postal mail through the internet.Zumbox, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $4M / Angel / Jan 01, 2008 | |
Veoh
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Veoh: Open. Personalized. Free. TV.Veoh is an Internet TV service that gives viewers the power to easily discover, watch, and personalize their online viewing experience. With a simple broadband connection Veoh gives you free access to all of the great TV and film studio content, independent productions, and user-generated videos on theWeb. From hit CBS, WB, NBC, FOX and MTV Networks shows to your favorite YouTube clips, Veoh turns the vast universe of Internet video into an easy-to-use, high-quality, personalized experience that TV fans everywhere can enjoy. Who can publish on Veoh?Veoh is an open platform for content publishers of all sizes and sophistication who want to reach tomorrow's television audience. Currently more than 100,000 publishers - from forward-thinking, well-known entertainment brands to independent, made-for-the-Web producers - use Veoh to connect with an audience of more than 28 million engaged, influential viewers. In addition, Veoh's unique publisher optimization program gives publishers powerful tools to help them raise awareness of their content and cultivate loyal viewing audiences. Who's behind Veoh?With offices in San Diego and Los Angeles, CA, Veoh is home to a diverse team of entertainment industry insiders, outsiders, technologists and creative types who share a common vision: To make Veoh the most valuable video experience on the Internet. And like any good business, we have our fair share of suits -- Veoh is privately held and backed by leading technology and media investors, including Shelter Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, Goldman Sachs, Time Warner Inc., Intel Capital, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Gordon Crawford, Tom Freston and Jonathan Dolgen. | $2.3M / Series A / Jul 01, 2005 |
Co-Investors
About Shelter Capital Partners
Shelter Capital Partners is a Southern California based private investment fund, focused on investments in technology and technology-enabled companies at all stages of development, principally in the media, wireless/communication, enterprise software, and semiconductor industries. They also invest in other areas where market or technologicalchanges are creating opportunities for new industry leaders.By virtue of their size and presence in Southern California, they are a leading direct source for financing in the region. They also serve as an ideal investment partner to entities based outside of the area that need access to the region's media, wireless, and other indigenous industries.
Shelter Capital Partners Contacts
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Michael A. Rotgin
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
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Arthur Bilger
Founder & Managing Member
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Jim Stavropoulos
IT Manager
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Karin Evans
VP of Finance & Operations
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What does Arthur Bilger invest in?
Arthur Bilger invests primarily in Apps, Email and Video startups, most often at Angel and Pre-Seed 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 Arthur Bilger last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Arthur Bilger closed in Oct 2016. 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.
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