Mike Edelhart
Private Equity Investor at Social Starts LLC
Profile
Mike Edelhart is a businessperson who founded First 30 Services LLC and Internet Barter, Inc. and who has been the head of 7 different companies.
Presently, he occupies the position of Managing Partner at Social Starts LLC and Managing Partner at Joyance Partners and Managing Director at First 30 Services LLC which he founded.
In the past Mr. Edelhart was Chief Executive Officer for Inman News, Chief Executive Officer at DeepDyve, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at Live Ventures, Inc., Vice President at SoftBank Corp., Principal at Redleaf, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at Zinio Systems, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer at Internet Barter, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of ThirdAge Media LLC, Chief Executive Officer for The Intagio Group, Inc., Principal at Ziff Davis, Inc., Internet Strategies Consultant at AARP Financial, Inc., Internet Strategies Consultant at Reuters America Holdings, Inc., Principal at Softbank Venture Capital, Principal at Olive Software, Inc., Internet Strategies Consultant at Bloomberg, Inc. and Principal at Zinio LLC.
Mr. Edelhart received an undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Colorado.
Mike Edelhart active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Social Starts LLC
 Social Starts LLC Investment ManagersFinance Social Starts LLC (Social Starts) is a Venture Capital firm is founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, New York. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2014 |
Joyance Partners
 Joyance Partners Investment ManagersFinance Joyance Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/06/2017 |
| Ataraxia Partners | Private Equity Investor | 01/11/2020 |
versity AS
 versity AS Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of AutoCont Holding a.s., versity AS is the leading independent provider of scalable, modular, and efficient mass storage and large archive systems. The company is based in Hood River, and currently manages over 1 exabyte of archival storage across a customer base including leading public and private entities in defense, financial services, education, research, aerospace, energy, entertainment, telecommunications, consumer technology, and publishing. Organizations leverage versity's scale-out archive manager (ScoutAM) to implement data preservation strategies for long-term storage and retrieval of massive data stores, both on-premises and in the cloud. Versity AS was acquired by AutoCont Holding a.s. on December 07, 2010. | Private Equity Investor | 01/02/2022 |
Former positions of Mike Edelhart
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Pivot, Inc.
 Pivot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of CME Group, Inc., Pivot, Inc. is a company that provides liquidity management and collaboration software to the financial markets. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by David Ho, Furqan Nazeeri. Pivot was acquired by CME Group, Inc. on August 01, 2012. | Chief Executive Officer | 01/01/2013 |
First 30 Services LLC
 First 30 Services LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services First 30 Services LLC provides consulting services for start-up companies. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Mike Edelhart. | Founder | 01/09/2010 |
Internet Barter, Inc.
 Internet Barter, Inc. Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Internet Barter, Inc. operates an internet barter exchange network. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Founder | 17/04/2009 |
| Inman News | President | 01/01/2006 |
Zinio Systems, Inc.
 Zinio Systems, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Zinio Systems, Inc. provides digital publishing products and services. The company provides production services that convert print magazines into digital and interactive versions. It allows readers to access titles such as BusinessWeek, PC Magazine, and Seventeen on the computer desktop via the Internet. Zinio Systems was founded by John Kelleher and Richard A. Maggiotto in March 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA | President | 01/01/2003 |
Training of Mike Edelhart
| University of Northern Colorado | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 3 |
|---|---|
| ZIFF DAVIS, INC. | Technology Services |
| SOFTBANK CORP. | Communications |
| LIVE VENTURES INCORPORATED | Consumer Durables |
| Private companies | 22 |
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Ziff Davis, Inc. /Old/
 Ziff Davis, Inc. /Old/ Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Ziff Davis, Inc. operates as a technology, gaming, entertainment and men’s lifestyle firm. It delivers advertising, performance marketing and licensing solutions to clients. The firm’s brands include PGmag.com, IGN, askmen, OOKLA, PC, Salesify, Toolbox.com, and techbargains. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Zinio Systems, Inc.
Zinio Systems, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Zinio Systems, Inc. provides digital publishing products and services. The company provides production services that convert print magazines into digital and interactive versions. It allows readers to access titles such as BusinessWeek, PC Magazine, and Seventeen on the computer desktop via the Internet. Zinio Systems was founded by John Kelleher and Richard A. Maggiotto in March 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA | Commercial Services |
AARP Financial, Inc.
 AARP Financial, Inc. Insurance Brokers/ServicesFinance AARP Financial Inc. offers auto and home, life insurance and credit cards. It helps people age 50 and over prepare for a more secure financial future by offering products and services designed to meet their retirement needs and supporting them with clear information and guidance. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Finance |
Pivot, Inc.
Pivot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of CME Group, Inc., Pivot, Inc. is a company that provides liquidity management and collaboration software to the financial markets. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by David Ho, Furqan Nazeeri. Pivot was acquired by CME Group, Inc. on August 01, 2012. | Technology Services |
| Inman News | |
DeepDyve, Inc.
 DeepDyve, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services DeepDyve, Inc. provides online rental services for scholarly and professional research articles. It offers articles on subject areas, such as business and finance, computer science, humanities, life sciences, medicine, patents and law and social sciences. The company was founded by Tom Tang and Qianjin Hu in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA. | Technology Services |
Reuters America Holdings, Inc.
 Reuters America Holdings, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Reuters America Holdings, Inc. provides multi-media news reporting services. It also provides information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. The company is a subsidiary of Reuters Group Plc and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Internet Barter, Inc.
Internet Barter, Inc. Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Internet Barter, Inc. operates an internet barter exchange network. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Retail Trade |
ThirdAge Media LLC
 ThirdAge Media LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services ThirdAge Media provides online media and direct marketing services focused exclusively on serving the needs of midlife adults- (including career, health and travel information) generally those in their 40s, 50s and 60s and those who want to build a genuine relationship with them. It also operates a personals service through a partnership with eHarmony. It was founded in 1996 as ThirdAge Media, the company was acquired in 2000 by MyFamily.com. In 2001 private investors led by 8 Wings Ventures LLC purchased the company and renamed it ThirdAge | Technology Services |
The Intagio Group, Inc.
 The Intagio Group, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services The Intagio Group, Inc. operated as a media agency. It provided media planning, negotiation, placement & administrative services. The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
MFVC, Inc.
 MFVC, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MFVC, Inc. (Mobius Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Brad A. Feld and Gary Edward Rieschel. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | Finance |
Olive Software, Inc.
 Olive Software, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Olive Software, Inc. provides digital publishing solutions. The firm’s Software products allows the users to transform content resources into knowledge assets, opening new revenue streams, enabling information discovery, search and future-proof preservation. Its product lines support entire content lifecycle, including digitization, transformation, warehousing, search, access, view, and Web-based delivery. The company was founded by Yohnatan Stern in 2000 and is headquartered in Aurora, CO. | Technology Services |
Bloomberg, Inc.
 Bloomberg, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Bloomberg, Inc. provides market data research and publishing services. It offers online publishing and marketing services. The firm provides data, news, analytics and solutions for professional, corporate and government. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
BarterTrust.com
 BarterTrust.com Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services BarterTrust.com provides largest Internet-enabled business-to-business barter exchange. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
| Redleaf, Inc. | |
First 30 Services LLC
First 30 Services LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services First 30 Services LLC provides consulting services for start-up companies. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Mike Edelhart. | Commercial Services |
Zinio LLC
 Zinio LLC Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Zinio LLC operates as a digital publishing technology company. Its product ZINIO PRO converts print magazines to digital content through a SaaS platform that converts PDF to XML. The company was founded by Richard A. Maggiotto, Kevin B. McCurdy and John Kelleher in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
| Women.com | |
versity AS
versity AS Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of AutoCont Holding a.s., versity AS is the leading independent provider of scalable, modular, and efficient mass storage and large archive systems. The company is based in Hood River, and currently manages over 1 exabyte of archival storage across a customer base including leading public and private entities in defense, financial services, education, research, aerospace, energy, entertainment, telecommunications, consumer technology, and publishing. Organizations leverage versity's scale-out archive manager (ScoutAM) to implement data preservation strategies for long-term storage and retrieval of massive data stores, both on-premises and in the cloud. Versity AS was acquired by AutoCont Holding a.s. on December 07, 2010. | Technology Services |
Social Starts LLC
Social Starts LLC Investment ManagersFinance Social Starts LLC (Social Starts) is a Venture Capital firm is founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, New York. | Finance |
Joyance Partners
Joyance Partners Investment ManagersFinance Joyance Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
| Ataraxia Partners |
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