4 posts and columns on Donn Davis

Resonate Raises $22 Million for “Values” Ads

in Media on February 22 at 4:00 am PT

Ad tech firm Resonate has a simple pitch: It says it can figure out what different groups of Internet users care about, and where to find them on the Web.
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What Cash Crunch? Revolution Growth Raises $450M for Its First Fund.

in News on November 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm PT

You say you want a revolution? How about an investment, instead?
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Exclusive: Former AOLers Steve Case and Ted Leonsis Raising $400 Million Growth Equity Fund

in News on March 10, 2011 at 11:58 am PT

Steve Case and Ted Leonsis are bringing their old AOL band back together once again, this time by raising a $400 million growth equity fund. The pair, the legendary top execs who rocketed AOL to the top of the Internet business in the 1990s, are now making the rounds in New York and elsewhere to pitch their new investment vehicle, sources said.

A History Lesson for Jerry Yang: It Sticks in My Craw(ford)

in News on May 6, 2008 at 2:34 am PT

Yesterday, the powerful portfolio manager at Yahoo’s largest investor, Gordon Crawford of Capital Research Global Investors, a division of Capital Research & Management Co., made some very public and very harsh remarks directed at Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang for blowing the Microsoft deal.