Frank M. Creer
Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Zone Ventures
Frank M. Creer is a Series D investor at Zone Ventures focused on Recruiting and Video on Demand. Mr. Creer, a founder and Managing Director of Zone Ventures, is an experienced venture capitalist and finance executive who has been involved in the starting of, and investing in dozens of new technology based companies. He has also worked in management consulting for small to medium size technology businesses and has also placed financing for adiverse range of real estate developments. Mr. Creer also worked in the Development group of a company where he was involved in financial analysis and economic feasibility studies of proposed co-generation power projects. He is a Managing Director of Zone Ventures and a Partner in the Wasatch Venture Fund which he also co-founded in 1994. He currently sits on the Boards of Directors for Akimbo, DivX, OnMeta (BiggerBoat.com), emWare, Inc., e-Style Inc., and Vizional Technologies. Mr. Creer also sits of the Board of Directors for the Lassonde New Venture Development Center at the University of Utah. Mr. Creer has a degree in Finance from the University of Utah.
- Total investments:
- 1
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Industries Frank M. Creer invests in
Stages Frank M. Creer invests in
Countries Frank M. Creer invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Recruiting 1 (100%)
- Video on Demand 1 (100%)
- Personal Branding 1 (100%)
Investments
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Akimbo is a white label video solution. It includes an advertising system and "supports multiple business models including ad-supported, transactional, subscription, download-to-own, download-to-burn, pay-per-minute, gift cards and account credits." | $8M / Series D / Feb 29, 2008 |
Co-Investors
About Zone Ventures
Zone Ventures is a partnership funded by institutional investors for the purpose of providing equity capital to young, high-growth companies, while achieving superior returns to its investors.Located in Los Angeles, Zone Ventures has been instrumental in building the Southern California Technology Community. They have built strong relationshipswith Universities, R&D labs, Entrepreneurs, and Financial Institutions to bridge the gap between the revolutionary technologies of tomorrow with the investment capital of today.While many of their investments are centralized in Southern California, their investments are not geographic specific, as they have and will continue to make investments outside of California.Their focus is on information technology businesses with enormous market potential, and pursues a people-focused approach to venture capital, funding entrepreneurs with the energy, vision, experience, and desire to build great companies.
Zone Ventures Contacts
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Frank M. Creer
Co-Founder and Managing Director
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Darius Sankey
Partner
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Tim Draper
Co - Founder & MD
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William Lewis
Partner
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What does Frank M. Creer invest in?
Frank M. Creer invests primarily in Recruiting, Video on Demand and Personal Branding startups, most often at Series D stage. Most of the 1 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 Frank M. Creer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Frank M. Creer closed in Feb 2008. Shizune tracks 1 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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