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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.7M
  • Public
  • US
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Betawave Corporation (the "Company," "Betawave," "we," "our," or "us") is an attention-based digital media company. We have assembled some of the leading immersive casual gaming, virtual world, social play and entertainment websites into a network of sites (the "Betawave Network"). We generate revenue by selling innovative, accountable and attention-grabbing advertising campaigns on those sites to brand advertisers.

Director, CEO & Managing Partner, CatalystJohn Durham
Number of Employees 48
Contact Information

706 Mission St 10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94103

www.betawave.co...

(415) 738-8706

NAICS Code : 516110

Recent Events

  • Betawave Corporation Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

    5/12/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Betawave Corp. BWAV Reports Fiscal-Year 2008 Results, Article Posted on BeaconEquity.com

    4/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • GoFish Corp. changes its name

    1/19/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Mavenir raises $17.5M funding

    1/17/09 - New Venture Funded Investment - View Story

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    - 2009-06-17

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    - 2009-05-15

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
John Durham Director, CEO & Managing Partner, Catalyst
Tabreez Verjee President
Greg Schroeder Chief Technology Officer
Lennox L Vernon Chief Accounting Officer
C. J. Bowden Vice President, Advertising Sales
David Fisch Vice President, Publisher Dev & Marketing Programs
Lori Macias Vice President, Branded Entertainment, Program Dev, General Manager & Marketing
Mike Goos Vice President, Products
Mike Parker Vice President, Strategic Solutions
David Lorie General Counsel & Director, IR
Mark S. Menell Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Peter Guber Director, Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment Group
Matt Freeman Board of Directors
Michael Jung Board of Directors
Riaz Valani Board of Directors
Richard Ling Board of Directors

John Durham is chief executive officer and managing partner of Catalyst, which specializes in connecting emerging technology companies, publishers and brand marketers facilitating the integration of paid media, non-paid media and emerging media. Mr. Durham had been President of Sales & Marketing for Jumpstart Automotive Media (San Francisco) since August 2006 and on the Jumpstart Board of Directors since 2004. Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S acquired Jumpstart in April 2007. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Durham served as the Executive Vice President, Business Strategy at Carat Fusion, for Carat's offices across the country including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. Before that, he was a founder of Pericles Communication, a political digital firm that helped advocacy and political groups tap into interactive marketing. Before the launch of Pericles, in 2003, Mr. Durham had been Chief Operating Officer of Interep Interactive which, under his direction became the largest independent online ad sales company in the United States, and through co-marketing agreements, the largest Internet rep company in the world. In 2000, Mr. Durham helped engineer the acquisition of Winstar Interactive Media from Mandalay Entertainment Group. Mr. Durham had joined Winstar Interactive in March of 1998 as Vice President of Advertising Sales. Prior to Winstar, Mr. Durham was the founding Sales Manager for Mapquest.com (Denver) which he joined in the fall of 1996. Before that, he was Sports Sales Manager for San Francisco's KRON TV. Mr. Durham, a long-time resident of San Francisco, has been teaching advertising and marketing classes since 1992 and currently teaches advertising in the MBA program at the University of San Francisco. He also founded the Bay Area Interactive Group, an Internet industry-networking group. Mr. Durham has also handled the online advertising strategy for five victorious political candidates, including the President and four Senators.

Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Director, CEO & Managing Partner, Catalyst Current
Sales & Marketing President Current
Agency Training Services CEO and Managing Partner for Catalyst Sf Current
University of San Francisco Professor of Marketing Current
Upstream Group Board of Directors Current
Virtual Corral Board of Directors Current
Betawave Corporation Board of Directors Current
ZVUE Corporation Board of Directors Current
Pericles Consulting President Former
Winstar Interactive Media President Former
Jumpstart Automotive Media, Inc. President, Sales & Marketing Former
Interep Interactive, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Mapquest.Com, Inc. Sales Manager Former
KRON-TV Sales Manager Former

Peter Guber is a thirty-year veteran of the entertainment industry. His positions previously held include: Former Studio Chief, Columbia Pictures; Founder of Casablanca Record and Filmworks; Founder, and Former Chairman/CEO, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; Founder and Former Co-owner, Guber-Peters Entertainment Company; Former Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Films directly produced and executive produced by Mr. Guber have received more than 50 Academy Award nominations, including four times for Best Picture. During Mr. Guber's tenure at SPE, the Motion Picture Group achieved, over four years, an industry-best domestic box office market share averaging 17%. During the same period, Sony Pictures led all competitors with a remarkable total of 120 Academy Award nominations, the highest four-year total ever for a single company. After leaving Sony in 1995, Mr. Guber formed Mandalay as a multimedia entertainment vehicle in motion pictures, television, sports entertainment and new media. Mr. Guber is a full professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and has been a member of the faculty for over 30 years. He also can be seen every Sunday morning on the American Movie Channel (AMC), as the co-host of the critically acclaimed show, Sunday Morning Shootout. Winstar Communications by Interep Interactive a unit of Interep, one of the nation's largest radio rep firms.

Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Director, Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment Group Current

In February 2007, Tabreez was named president, overseeing the company's operations as well as strategic and corporate development. Prior to 2007 Tabreez was a member of the Board of Directors and an investor in the company. Tabreez brings an extensive track record of success to GoFish. His most recent work includes being a Founder and General Partner at Global Asset Capital, LLC, an investment firm with diversified interests in venture capital and private equity. In this capacity, he directed more than $500 million in committed assets across multiple venture capital funds and over 40 portfolio companies in the U.S. and Europe. Investors across the funds included leading financial institutions as well as strategic investors such as Cisco, Qualcomm, British Telecom, IBM, Proctor & Gamble and General Electric. Previously, Tabreez co-headed Sonique (IMDI) and successfully negotiated its sale for more than $70 million to Lycos. Sonique was one of the leading downloadable music applications and at its height in 1999 had more than four-million registered users and was the fifth most downloaded application on the Internet. Tabreez's first start-up at the ripe age of 21 was as Founder and Managing Director of Global Entertainment Capital, which raised $150 million in capital for media financings and completed the first ever stand alone investment grade securitization of music royalties for heavy metal band Iron Maiden for $30M. Tabreez started his career at Bain & Company, an international business strategy consulting firm. He received a bachelor of science in Engineering with honors from University of California at Berkeley. Tabreez is an early investor and member of the board of directors at Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer microfinance platform, which has been heralded in the press for its innovation and has been featured on both the Oprah Winfrey Show and by Bill Clinton in his recent book on giving. He is also a charter member of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, a global, non-profit network dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. He loves travel, tennis, and other competitive sports, and although he rarely gets to do any of those things, he has been known to blind opponents with his stunning good looks and hot shoes.

Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation President Current
Global Asset Capital, LLC General Partner Current
Betawave Corporation Board of Directors Current
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Science In Engineering With Honors Former
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Chief Technology Officer Current
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Chief Accounting Officer Current
PaymentOne Corp. Controller Former
Moderati Controller Former
San Jose State University Bachelor of Science Former
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Vice President, Advertising Sales Current
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Vice President, Publisher Dev & Marketing Programs Current
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Vice President, Branded Entertainment, Program Dev, General Manager & Marketing Current
University of California, Berkeley Former
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Vice President, Products Current
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Vice President, Strategic Solutions Current
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation General Counsel & Director, IR Current
Organization Position Status
Rustic Canyon Partner Current
Vail Enterprise Partners LLC Current
ePartners, Inc. Board Member Current
Betawave Corporation Director Current
Merchantcircle Board of Directors Current
GSI Commerce, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Visto Corporation Board Member Current
Playfirst, Inc. Board Member Current
Salomon Brothers Investment Banker Former
Morgan Stanley Co-head of Technology Former
AT&T Inc. Former
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania MBA Former
University of Pennsylvania Bachelor's Degree Former
Organization Position Status
Betawave Corporation Board of Directors Current
Dartmouth College Former
Organization Position Status
Alpha Club Founder Current
The Panorama Capital, LLC Partner Current
Federated Media Corp. Observer Current
Betawave Corporation Board of Directors Current
Securify, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Zilliant, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Axiom Corporation Board of Directors Current
Trade Spend Management Board of Directors Current
Worldgolftour Board of Directors Current
Instill Corporation Board of Directors Current
Exigen Inc. Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development Former
Ask Jeeves Vice President of Strategic Corporate Development Former
Gunderson Dettmer Attorney Former
The Panorama Capital, LLC Principal Former
University of Michigan Jd Former
University of California, Berkeley Jd Former
University of Michigan MBA Former
University of California, Berkeley BA In Political Economy Former

Riaz Valani joined our board of directors on October 27, 2006. Mr. Valani is currently a General Partner at Global Asset Capital, LLC, where he has worked since 1997. He previously served as Chairman of Viventures Partners SA and President of IMDI/Sonique. Mr. Valani was a Managing Director of Global Entertainment Capital and was with Gruntal & Co. focused on private equity and asset securitizations. Mr. Valani was one of the two investment bankers that engineered the acclaimed "David Bowie Bonds" which was awarded Euromoney's Deal of the Year in 1997. Mr. Valani also privatized Quorum Growth Capital, one of Canada's leading publicly traded venture capital firms in a successful management led buyout. Cumulatively he has several billion dollars of transactional expertise across structured finance, real estate, and private equity. He has overseen portfolios of over fifty venture investments in technology, media, and telecom companies, and real estate investments in over twenty office and hospitality properties. He currently serves as a director of Maritz Properties, Inc., Avex Funding Corporation and is a Charter Member of TiE.

Organization Position Status
Global Asset Capital, LLC General Partner Current
Wafergen Board of Directors Current
Vpsa, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Betawave Corporation Board of Directors Current
IGT Board of Directors Current
The IndUS Entrepreneurs Board of Directors Current
Gruntal & Co. Former
Organization Position Status
Resilience Capital Partners LLC Managing Director Current
Asvc Managing Director Current
Rembrandt Venture Partners Founder Current
Svod Executive Current
MetaLINCS Board of Directors Current
Socializr Board of Directors Current
Lgc Wireless, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Asvc Board of Directors Current
Betawave Corporation Board of Directors Current
AlterEgo Networks, Inc. CEO Former
Spero Corporation CEO Former
AlterEgo Networks, Inc. President Former
Impulse! Buy Network, Inc. Acting Cto Former
Impulse! Buy Network, Inc. Vice President of Products and Engineering Former
Rembrandt Venture Partners General Partner Current
AlterEgo Networks, Inc. Co-Founder Former
Novell, Inc. Director of International Product Marketing and Management Former
Convergent Technologies Inc. Product Manager Former
Convergent Technologies Inc. Strategic Planning Analyst Former
Inktomi Corporation Head, i, Merchandising product organization Former
Alterego, Inc. Former
University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Science Degree In Engineering Former
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