Jed Carlson
CEO @ Adwerx
Durham, United States
Jed Carlson is a seed investor at Adwerx in Durham focused on iOS and Apps. Jed is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology and marketing. He is the CEO of Adwerx, a company committed to providing digital marketing tools that are affordable, effective and accessible to everyone. Previous ventures include SmartPrint, a division of AmeriDisc Inc, and ReverbNation, the music-marketing platform with 3.5 million users.Jed is obsessed with taking on the digital challenges that face small businesses, and building scalable, simple and affordable products to solve them. He is also a trusted advisor and investor in the startup community. He has an MBA from Duke University and lives in Durham with his wife and three children.Before earning his MBA from Duke University, Jed was a successful entrepreneur in Minneapolis with a focus on technology and marketing. His past ventures include The Carlson Print Group, a commercial printing and packaging company, and SmartPrint, a division of AmericDisc Inc. Jed continues to be obsessed with taking on the digital challenges that face small businesses, and building scalable, simple and affordable products to solve them. He is also an active angel investor, mentor and advisor to over ten tech startups.Jed Carlson is also a frequent speaker and panelist at conferences on technology and digital marketing. Jed’s commitment to leveling the playing field for small businesses is equal only to his devotion to guiding other entrepreneurs to success.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Jed Carlson invests in
Stages Jed Carlson invests in
Countries Jed Carlson invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- iOS 1 (50%)
- Apps 1 (50%)
- Mobile 1 (50%)
- Android 1 (50%)
- Wedding 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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WedPics
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WedPics is a mobile and web-based photosharing app created specifically to capture the entire wedding experience. Available on both iPhones and Androids, guests can share their photos to one single album for the Bride and Groom, solving the universal problem for Wedding Couples everywhere.WedPics is fully interactive with the ability to comment,"Love" and share with existing social networks. They’ve included 5 custom filters to make every guest a personal wedding photographer on these special occasions. For those who choose to capture these special moments on traditional digital cameras, they can upload their photos via the web directly to the Wedding Couple’s WedPics album.WedPics replaces the need for the archaic, low-quality use of disposable cameras and brings Weddings into the era of smartphone/mobile technology.WedPics is developed by Deja mi Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina based mobile/web photo app development company. Their initial app, also named "Deja mi," allowed users to explore and discover venues around them-through crowdsourced content-in real-time. The team's focus shifted in early 2012 to a more niche market: weddings. Shortly after they launched WedPics. | $1.5M / Series A / Mar 18, 2014 | |
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WedPics
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WedPics is a mobile and web-based photosharing app created specifically to capture the entire wedding experience. Available on both iPhones and Androids, guests can share their photos to one single album for the Bride and Groom, solving the universal problem for Wedding Couples everywhere.WedPics is fully interactive with the ability to comment,"Love" and share with existing social networks. They’ve included 5 custom filters to make every guest a personal wedding photographer on these special occasions. For those who choose to capture these special moments on traditional digital cameras, they can upload their photos via the web directly to the Wedding Couple’s WedPics album.WedPics replaces the need for the archaic, low-quality use of disposable cameras and brings Weddings into the era of smartphone/mobile technology.WedPics is developed by Deja mi Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina based mobile/web photo app development company. Their initial app, also named "Deja mi," allowed users to explore and discover venues around them-through crowdsourced content-in real-time. The team's focus shifted in early 2012 to a more niche market: weddings. Shortly after they launched WedPics. | $1.1M / Seed / May 21, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Adwerx
Adwerx is an industry-leading digital advertising automation platform that provides personalized, hyper-targeted, and fully automated digital advertising solutions for real estate and mortgage companies. Scalable for businesses of any size, Adwerx executes advertising with the power needed for large enterprises and the simplicity expected for anindividual agent.As a trusted partner to thousands of real estate and mortgage firms and their top producers, Adwerx enables its customers to stay ahead of the competition by reaching new audiences and nurturing existing relationships. For more information about Adwerx and its suite of digital advertising solutions, visit www.adwerx.com.
Adwerx Contacts
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Avi Lindenbaum
Investor
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Dan London
Chief Marketing Officer; CEO; CEO
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Jed Carlson
CEO
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John G. Scanlon
Investor
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Mike Doernberg
Co-Founder
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FAQ
What does Jed Carlson invest in?
Jed Carlson invests primarily in iOS, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Jed Carlson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jed Carlson closed in Mar 2014. Shizune tracks 2 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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