Startup Grind Princeton Hosts Robert Levitan (Live)

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Robert Levitan, Live

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Robert Levitan is an entrepreneur who has started five companies and has raised more than $150 million in venture capital financing.

A pioneer of New York’s Silicon Alley tech industry, Levitan co-founded iVillage in 1995. iVillage grew to become the largest women’s community on the web. In 1999, iVillage was one of New York’s first internet companies to have a successful public offering. In 2006, NBC Universal acquired iVillage.

More recently, Levitan was the CEO and chairman of Pando Networks, a cloud-based media-delivery company. In 2013, Levitan executed the successful sale of Pando Networks to the Xbox division of Microsoft.

In 2014 Levitan co-founded a mobile local search company which will be releasing an app in the spring of 2015.

Levitan has navigated different types of technology businesses through various economic climates and outcomes.

In 1999, Levitan was the co-founder of the online payment system and digital currency platform Flooz.com. Flooz was the first alternative payment method accepted at checkout of ecommerce sites.

In 2003, Levitan co-founded the US operations of Dotomi, a personalized ad-targeting company. Dotomi was acquired by ValueClick in 2011.

In 2002, Levitan helped Pearson conceive of, and launch, a Chinese television series. Levitan travelled to China and sold Kodak an exclusive sponsorship of the new series entitled “Beijing to London Taxi.”

Levitan actively mentors startups in New York City and serves on the board of Eden Village Camp.

Agenda

6:30 Networking and Food
7:30 Fireside Chat
8:30 Networking

Hosted By Bert Navarrete, Princeton Co-Chapter Director

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Bert Navarrete is an experienced investor and co-founder of Tigerlabs. Prior to Tigerlabs, Bert was a co-founder of a startup that built interactive sports applications for Connected TVs and second screen devices. Previously, Bert was responsible for M&A and venture investments at Internet Capital Group (ICG). Prior to ICG, Bert was an Investment Partner at Mitsui & Co., where he led Mitsui’s New York Technology Investment Group. Bert has served on the board and was an advisor on several notable investments, including CapitalIQ (NYSE: MHP), The Wedding Channel (NASDAQ: KNOT), MyFamily.com (ancestry.com), and Synacor (NASDAQ: SYNC). Bert was also a founding member of Merrill Lynch’s first seed-stage venture fund.

Email: Trish@startupgrind.com Hosted By David Stengle, Princeton Co-Director

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David Stengle enjoys startups and spent almost his entire career on the operating side. His primary focus is building solutions for ad technology, media, financial services, and telecommunications and integrating them into very large organizations. He is a mentor at the Princeton University eLab and runs the Princeton Data Science Meetup. David is a chess master, barbecue judge, and coffee enthusiast. He lives in downtown Princeton with his wife, Karin, and their two children.
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