Golden Apple Ventures, Angel Investing Group openfolio Jeremy Elbaum Jeremy is the founder of several successful Internet ventures including online advertising company Yellowhammer and daily fantasy sports pioneer Draftstreet. At Yellowhammer, which was initially funded with his credit card, he helped guide the company from initial concept to being named one of the fastest growing companies in America (Inc. Magazine) in just three years. At Draftstreet, which was backed by IAC/Interactive Corp, he lead marketing efforts which grew the site to over 500,000 registered users before eventually guiding the company to a successful exit by competitor DraftKings. ABOUT US Golden Apple Ventures is an angel investment group with partners in New York City and Southern California. The group makes investments in early-stage, digital companies, with a focus on B2C products. The team is made up of experienced digital entrepreneurs with expertise in building and marketing consumer-facing products. Having successfully excited multiple digital startups, Golden Apple hopes to provide significant value beyond the capital contributed. Contacts Brian Schwartz - Partner Jeremy Elbaum - Partner Subject: * Email Name: * After building many successful businesses from the startup phase, the Golden Apple team decided to use the expertise gained in order to form an angel group, focusing on early stage digital companies where they can add significant value. Through their connections, experience building digital businesses, and capital, the team helps take young companies to the next level. We invest in 5-10 companies per year with typical investments ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. We look for companies that have a live product which is producing revenue or has a clear monetization plan. Golden Apple prides itself on being able to move fast once we find opportunities that are a good fit. ABOUT US The finest talent and opportunity network, exclusively for the New York Los Angeles hospitality industry. For inquiries, please use the form to the left or send us an email at: contact@goldenappleventures.com Buster was founded in 2012 to help groups and charter operators find each other more easily. The easiest way to decorate your home online. Havenly provides interior design services, all online, at an extremely accessible pricepoint. Mark Nerenberg Mark graduated with a finance degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. Due to his high quantitative and analytical skills, Mark pursued a career in derivatives trading. He spent two years as an options trader at Citigroup before pursuing his passion in co-founding DraftStreet.com. Mark served as Chief Product Officer for DraftStreet until July of 2014 when it was acquired by DraftKings, and is now VP of Product for DraftKings. Meet the Partners Jeremy Klein Jeremy has been in the online performance marketing space for over 11 years. He joined industry leader MediaWhiz in 2009 and was quickly promoted to Director of Sales. At MediaWhiz he played a hybrid role between sales and manager in which he worked with leading brands such as H R Block, Turbo Tax, Neutrogena, and Vonage. Jeremy helped Mediawhiz record years in 2009-2011, driving the company to achieve revenues in excess of $120 million. In 2012, Jeremy joined Zeta Interactive as the VP of Sales and quickly helped onboard large brands such as MetLife, AIG, Direct Buy, and others. Quickly promoted to SVP of Sales, Jeremy's current responsibilities include the management of both sales and external distribution for Zeta. Hagan Major Hagan has worked in online advertising and technology since 1999 and founded his first company in 2000 while still in high school. He is the co-founder and President of Yellowhammer, a New York-based advertising technology company which was #37 on the Inc. 500 "Fastest Growing American Companies" list and winner of the American Business Awards "Management Team of the Year." Prior to Yellowhammer, he founded Linkbucks.com, an advertising service for users of social networks which was one of the top 50 visited websites in the world according to the Alexa Internet traffic rankings. Thanks for contacting us! Someone from our team will be in touch with you. Message: * The digital advertising industrys first Performance Trading Platform. Investment Philosophy After building many successful businesses from the startup phase, the Golden Apple team decided to use the expertise gained in order to form an angel group, focusing on early stage digital companies where they can add significant value. Through their connections, experience building digital businesses, and capital, the team helps take young companies to the next level. We invest in 5-10 companies per year with typical investments ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. We look for companies that have a live product which is producing revenue or has a clear monetization plan. Golden Apple Ventures Lifestyle applications for those that serve and the community around them. Enter text OUR PORTFOLIO LiveNinja's mission is to make communicating with brands as simple and as personable as chatting with a friend. The finest talent and opportunity network, exclusively for the New York Los Angeles hospitality industry. GET IN TOUCH WITH US. Fantasy sports website offering daily contests fo r cash prizes. Founded in 2009, backed by IAC in 2013, sold to DraftKings in 2014. Meet the Partners Investment Philosophy Send Us a Message Openfolio brings the principles and power of social networks openness, connectivity, collective intelligence to the world of personal investing. Brian Schwartz Brian Schwartz was most recently the CEO and co-founder of DraftStreet.com, one of the largest daily fantasy sports websites. After building DraftStreet from the ground up, he secured the backing of IAC/Interactive Corp and eventually sold the company to competitor, DraftKings. Prior to DraftStreet, he was the head of product at Datalot, a digital customer acquisition platform. He graduated with a Bachelors of Science from the University of Wisconsin. View on Mobile