VentureBeat

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VentureBeat

Type of site	Technology news and analysis
Available in	English
Created by	Matt Marshall
URL	venturebeat.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	October 2006; 15 years ago (2006-10)
Current status	Active

VentureBeat is an American technology website headquartered in San Francisco, California. It publishes news, analysis, long-form features, interviews, and videos.

History[]

The VentureBeat company was founded in 2006 by Matt Marshall, an ex-correspondent for The Mercury News.^[1][2]

In March 2009, VentureBeat signed a partnership agreement with IDG to produce DEMO Conference, a conference for startups to announce their launches and raise funding from venture capitalists and angel investors.^[3] In 2012, the partnership with IDG ended.^[4]

In 2014 and 2015, the company raised outside investor funding from Silicon Valley venture capitalist firms including CrossLink Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Rally Ventures, Formation 8 and Lightbank.^[5]

Editorial[]

The VentureBeat website comprises a series of distinct news "Beats": Big data, Business (general news), Cloud, Deals, Dev, Enterprise, Entrepreneur, Media, Mobile, Marketing, Security, Small Biz, and Social. In addition, the site includes a semi-separate publication, GamesBeat, as one of its major sections. GamesBeat focuses on video games and the videogame industry.

VentureBeat's editorial team includes:^[6]

• Harrison Weber – executive editor,^[7] and has previously written for The Next Web and The Huffington Post.
• Dean Takahashi – covers gaming and previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times.
• Dylan Tweney – former VentureBeat executive editor^[7] and current editor at large.
• Morwenna Marshall – current editor at large.

Events[]

In September 2009, Matt Marshall took on the role of executive producer for the DEMO conference. Over the years, a variety of companies have launched at DEMO including Boingo, TiVo, ETrade, VMware, Palm, Java, Symantec, Salesforce, and others. In September 2012, VentureBeat ended its partnership with DEMO.^[8]

VentureBeat produces a variety of themed industry events, including MobileBeat, GamesBeat, and GrowthBeat.^[9] In addition, it produces several small, annual conclaves of C-level industry executives called Summits.^[10]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website