# Bill Carson

> Bill Carson is a Series B investor at Hudson Ventures (New York) backing Mobile and QR Codes. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hudson Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hudson-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-carson-23346

Bill Carson is a Series B investor at Hudson Ventures in New York focused on Mobile and QR Codes. Bill Carson - Managing Director @ Hudson Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| QR Codes | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scanbuy | Scanbuy provides cloud-based mobile connection solutions and a platform to generate, manage, and measure intelligent barcode campaigns.The company’s mobile engagement platform provides tools to track the performance of campaigns with various features, including mobile website builder, surveys, mobile web pages, specialized branding, designerQR codes, and many others. It offers mVision Insights, a tool that provides clients with access to marketing engagement activities; mPromo, a mobile offer service that helps clients bring in new businesses; mTargeting, a solution that organizes customers into neat groups with common interests; mPackaging that allows clients to convert the UPC or EAN barcode on various packages; and software development tools.Scanbuy’s mobile engagement suite empowers brands, retailers, and marketers to create, manage, and deliver personalized tailored experiences directly to consumer smartphones; and platform enables the delivery of coupons, product information, videos, websites, social networking, surveys, e-commerce, and more. It offers its applications for Android and iOS devices.Scanbuy was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, United States with additional offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, and the United Kingdom. | $12.5M |  | Apr 21, 2011 |  |
| Scanbuy | Scanbuy provides cloud-based mobile connection solutions and a platform to generate, manage, and measure intelligent barcode campaigns.The company’s mobile engagement platform provides tools to track the performance of campaigns with various features, including mobile website builder, surveys, mobile web pages, specialized branding, designerQR codes, and many others. It offers mVision Insights, a tool that provides clients with access to marketing engagement activities; mPromo, a mobile offer service that helps clients bring in new businesses; mTargeting, a solution that organizes customers into neat groups with common interests; mPackaging that allows clients to convert the UPC or EAN barcode on various packages; and software development tools.Scanbuy’s mobile engagement suite empowers brands, retailers, and marketers to create, manage, and deliver personalized tailored experiences directly to consumer smartphones; and platform enables the delivery of coupons, product information, videos, websites, social networking, surveys, e-commerce, and more. It offers its applications for Android and iOS devices.Scanbuy was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, United States with additional offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, and the United Kingdom. | $5M |  | Apr 20, 2011 |  |
| Scanbuy | Scanbuy provides cloud-based mobile connection solutions and a platform to generate, manage, and measure intelligent barcode campaigns.The company’s mobile engagement platform provides tools to track the performance of campaigns with various features, including mobile website builder, surveys, mobile web pages, specialized branding, designerQR codes, and many others. It offers mVision Insights, a tool that provides clients with access to marketing engagement activities; mPromo, a mobile offer service that helps clients bring in new businesses; mTargeting, a solution that organizes customers into neat groups with common interests; mPackaging that allows clients to convert the UPC or EAN barcode on various packages; and software development tools.Scanbuy’s mobile engagement suite empowers brands, retailers, and marketers to create, manage, and deliver personalized tailored experiences directly to consumer smartphones; and platform enables the delivery of coupons, product information, videos, websites, social networking, surveys, e-commerce, and more. It offers its applications for Android and iOS devices.Scanbuy was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, United States with additional offices in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, and the United Kingdom. |  | Series B | Dec 12, 2006 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Motorola Solutions Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motorola-solutions-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Longworth Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/longworth-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Masthead Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masthead-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hudson Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Hudson Ventures is a New York venture capital firm with over $170 million of capital under management. They have decades of experience in operating and growing technology companies, and have successfully managed every phase of a company's life cycle. Their expertise enables them to add value in both leading investment syndicates andco-investing with other venture funds. They invest primarily in early stage technology companies in the Northeast. Their focused geographic strategy supports a close working relationship with their portfolio companies and helps to facilitates their rapid growth.

5 contacts available at Hudson Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Glen Lewy | Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glen-lewy |
| Jay Goldberg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-n-goldberg |
| Bill Carson | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-carson |
| John P. Truehart | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-p-truehart |
| Kim P. Goh | Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-p-goh |

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## FAQ

### What does Bill Carson invest in?

Bill Carson invests primarily in Mobile, QR Codes and Advertising startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 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 Bill Carson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bill Carson closed in Apr 2011. Shizune tracks 3 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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