Jay Batson
Venture Partner @ CVP Management
Boston, United States
Jay Batson is a seed investor at CVP Management in Boston focused on Internet and Health Care. Jay Batson an angel investor and full-time mentor in the Boston infotech ecosystem. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of Acquia. Acquia is the second technology company Jay has been involved with, and is also his second commercial open-source effort. He previously was founder & CEO of Pingtel, which was acquired by Bluesocket in 2007.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Jay Batson invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (25%)
- Health Care 3 (25%)
- SaaS 2 (17%)
- Mobile 2 (17%)
- Finance 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (67%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Health Haven Rx is building the future of digital pharmacy services. We are on a mission to make pharmacy services more affordable while delivering quality care | $334K / Seed / Mar 08, 2022 | ||
| BlueConic is the operating system that puts data into action for marketing and growth doers. The industry-first solution empowers doers with an unmatched range of capabilities to access relevant customer data, create resonant customer experiences, and drive maximum returns for their business. More than 500 businesses worldwide rely on BlueConic tounlock their full customer data potential, including Forbes, Heineken, Mattel, Michelin, Telia Company, and VF Corp. | $3.5M / Series A / Dec 01, 2014 | ||
| ViralGains is a video ad journey platform that enables marketers to engage people with relevant brand stories in the contexts that people most favor. Using the platform to engage in a two-way conversation, brands discover exactly what people want and how they feel and build a unique journey that connects highly qualified consumers with relevantmessages that generate awareness, motivate intent, and impact purchase decisions. ViralGains is headquartered in Boston, with regional offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. | $2.8M / Seed / Jul 31, 2014 | ||
| ownCloud, an open-source project that enables businesses to host their own cloud storage while maintaining regulatory and compliance needs. | $6.3M / Series A / Mar 10, 2014 | ||
| Rifiniti provides real-time business intelligence for managers of real estate and workplace services.Their software-as-a-service (SaaS) dashboard, Rifiniti Optimo, tracks a range of key performance indicators (KPIs), including actual space utilization, the total cost of occupancy (TCO), and employee work styles. The company was founded in 2012and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $2.3M / Seed / Mar 07, 2014 | ||
| Ten Percent Happier is a leader in mindfulness with an award-winning app, podcasts, books, and more. The company's platform offers expert advice on how to "do" life better with a clear a simple approach to meditation. | $1.4M / Seed / Jan 21, 2014 | ||
| CheckiO is the game for coders and gamers. We build a new gaming experience where a player has an extra resource - coding. Thus we engage people into learning how to code by immersing them fully in gaming experience and erasing the boundaries between gaming and coding. | $750K / Seed / Jan 10, 2014 | ||
| Founded in August 2012 Hossein Kash Razzaghi, Jeremy Merle, and Craig Johnson, and Michael Pan, Fancred's mission is to unite the world's sports fans by creating a new way to consume sports information and interact with other fans and members of their community. | $1.5M / Seed / Oct 16, 2013 | ||
| Fashion Project is the first designer shopping experience featuring exclusive apparel, shoes, and accessories that are generously donated by style icons, celebrities, and philanthropists from around the world. The majority of each sale is donated to charity. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $1.8M / Seed / Apr 09, 2013 | ||
| Zagster is a transportation provider offering turnkey bike-sharing systems. The company designs, builds, and operates private bike-sharing programs for universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and residential communities across the United States.Moreover, Zagster provides customers a complete bike sharing solution - including system design,installation, sharing technology, maintenance, rider support, and marketing services.Zagster was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. | $1M / Oct 18, 2012 | ||
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Co-Investors
About CVP Management
CVP Management is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, early Series A, and early stage investments. It does not invest in life sciences, medical devices and energy production companies as well as businesses that require $5 million to $10 million of upfront capital before validating the concept. CVP Management seeks to invest inbeta, working prototype, and go-to-market stages. It prefers to invest in Information Technology infrastructure with focus on software application, internet, digital media, digital marketing, vertical SAAS, cloud, embedded software, mobile, financial service technologies, and cutting-edge information technology ventures. CVP Management invests in companies based in the Northeast corridor with a concentration on Boston, New York and Toronto. It typically invests between 0.1 million and $1 million and for Seed and Series A rounds it invests between $1 million and $3.5 million. CVP Management invests in companies with enterprise value of $5 million. It prefers to have a seat on the company’s board of directors in its portfolio companies. CVP Management prefers to invest in preferred stock. It began operation on June 1, 1998, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts.
CVP Management Contacts
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Andy Macey
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Michael Kaufman
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Michael Kaufman
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Peter Bleyleben
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Preston Ford
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FAQ
What does Jay Batson invest in?
Jay Batson invests primarily in Internet, Health Care and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Jay Batson closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 12 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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