Minor Ventures
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Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm that backs early-stage tech and media companies. The company was founded in 2005 by CNET
CNET
CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
co-founder Halsey Minor
Halsey Minor
Halsey McLean Minor is a technology entrepreneur who founded CNET in 1993 . Minor ran CNET for 8 years during which time it became one of the Internet's first companies to achieve profitability. From 1999 to 2001, CNET was a member of the NASDAQ-100 index...
and run by Ron Palmeri from its founding until August 2010. The firm is based in San Francisco, CA.
Companies supported by Minor Ventures
As of December 2007, Minor Ventures has assisted the following companies:- 8020 Publishing — Produces the hybrid web-print magazines JPG and Everywhere.
- GrandCentralGrandCentralGoogle Voice is a telecommunications service by Google launched on March 11, 2009. Google Voice had some 1.4 million users in October 2009, 570,000 of whom used the service 7 days a week...
— A web-based service allowing users to use a single phone number with multiple devices; acquired by GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
in July 2007, relaunched in March 2009 as Google VoiceGoogle voiceSearch by voice is a branded name for a technology to "search by voice on your [digital device]", such as a mobile phone or PC, i.e. have the device search for data upon entering information on what to search into the device by speaking....
. - Kareo — A web-based billing service for physicians.
- Minor Studios — A creative studio.
- OpenDNSOpenDNSOpenDNS is a DNS resolution service. OpenDNS extends DNS adding features such as misspelling correction, phishing protection, and optional content filtering...
— A free DNSDomain name systemThe Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
service provider. - PaxfirePaxfirePaxfire, Inc. is a startup based in Reston, Virginia founded by Mark Lewyn, a former USA Today tech reporter, and Alan Sullivan.-Technology:Paxfire provides an appliance called the Paxfire Lookup Engines to internet service providers as a method of generating additional revenue through...
— An ad revenue service for ISPs. - Swivel — An online communityOnline communityAn online community is a virtual community that exists online and whose members enable its existence through taking part in membership ritual. An online community can take the form of an information system where anyone can post content, such as a Bulletin board system or one where only a restricted...
for sharing data, graphs, and maps. - Scout Labs — A social media monitoring & analysis service launched in February 2009.