BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.7M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
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
(415) 738-8706
Peer Companies
NAICS Code : 516110
Recent Events
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Betawave Corporation Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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Betawave Corp. BWAV Reports Fiscal-Year 2008 Results, Article Posted on BeaconEquity.com
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GoFish Corp. changes its name
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Mavenir raises $17.5M funding
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GoFish CEO Matt Freeman Interviewed on The Wall Street Journal This Morning National Radio Broadcast
Mr. Freeman Provides Perspective on the Benefits and Future of Digital Advertising SAN FRANCISCO -- The Wall Street Journal This Morning, a national radio broadcast focusing on top business and finance stories, recently featured GoFish Corporation's (OTCBB: GOFH, www.gofishcorp.com) CEO Matt Freeman who discussed his perspective on the benefits...
GoFish Corporation Reports a 217% Increase in Quarterly Revenue for the Fourth Quarter of 2007
Company Benefits from Strong Sales Team and Market Leadership SAN FRANCISCO -- GoFish Corporation (OTCBB: GOFH, www.gofishcorp.com), a leading online youth entertainment and media network, reported its results for the year ended December 31, 2007. Results included quarterly revenue growth of 217%, in line with expectations. GoFish gained...
CNBC Features GoFish on "Power Lunch"
GoFish's President Interviewed on "1 good IDEA" Segment SAN FRANCISCO -- GoFish Corp. (OTCBB: GOFH, www.gofishcorp.com) was featured yesterday on CNBC's "Power Lunch," a business show that takes an up-close and personal look at the companies, people, and hot trends driving the markets and influencing Wall Street and the...
TheSubway.com: Stock Market Alerts for Thursday, January 10, 2008. MEDP Providing Quality Products in $5 Billion Market!
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CHAT LIVE with other shareholders about: (PINKSHEETS: NASV), (OTCBB:GOFH), (NASDAQ: AKNS), (OTCBB:CPNE), (NYSE: CVS).
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 January 2008-Stockwire.com: CHAT LIVE with other shareholders about: (PINKSHEETS: NASV), (OTCBB:GOFH), (NASDAQ: AKNS), (OTCBB:CPNE), (NYSE: CVS).C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10012008 AUSTIN, TX -- Have you ever found yourself wondering what other shareholders of your favorite stock were...
GoFish Corporation Partners with MTV Networks to Distribute Premier Video Content
Wide Variety of Content from COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1,CMT, Logo, The N, Spike TV, AtomFilms and GameTrailers to Be Available on GoFish.com SAN FRANCISCO -- GoFish Corporation (OTCBB:GOFH), a leading youth entertainment and Internet video network, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership to offer...
X-Change Announces Their Subsidiary Received FCC Certification, While Other Companies Post Record High Net Income, Provide Project Update, Gain NASDAQ Approval For New Company Name, Recognized For Customer Satisfaction, And Announce A Presentation By CEO.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2007-Stockguru.com: X-Change Announces Their Subsidiary Received FCC Certification, While Other Companies Post Record High Net Income, Provide Project Update, Gain NASDAQ Approval For New Company Name, Recognized For Customer Satisfaction, And Announce A Presentation By CEOC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08022007...
Additional Resources
Inconvenience posed by Zoo Interchange reconstruction in Milwaukee
Although commerce and transportation groups say retooling Milwaukee's Zoo will make the interchange safer and help businesses in the area, some residents say they're happy with it as-is. Richard Knepprath lives on 97th Street immediately east of the interchange between Highway 45 and Greenfield Avenue. He was...
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for June 17
To: OUTDOORS EDITORS Contact: Rick Reed of the U.S. Census Bureau, +1-301-763-2812,fax: +1-301-763-3762, Richard.Thomas.Reed-at-census.gov WASHINGTON, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is thedaily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17: FISHING Profile America -- Wednesday, June 17th. With the first weekendof summer coming up,...
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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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