John Battelle
Founder of DOC
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, EP
2024 - Current
Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center, Professor of Practice
2023
Chairman
2014
Sovrn is a publisher technology platform that offers services to online publishers to help them operate and grow their business.
Raised $121,487,000.00 from Lexington Partners, Progress Ventures, Archer Venture Capital, Foundry Group and Structural Capital.
Executive Producer, Signal P&G
2011
Working with senior management, I produce an annual leadership event for Procter & Gamble featuring innovators from around the world. It's a spin off from the Signal and Web 2 Summit events I produced for ten or so years prior.
Owner, GP
1999
I use BattelleMedia as a catch all for various activities, including small investments, consulting, writing, and development of new projects. Currently it holds my angel investments, new business ideas, speaking and consulting, advisement (I'm on several advisory boards).
Member Board of Directors
2012
LiveRamp aspires to make it safe and easy for companies to use data effectively.
Raised $16,000,000.00 from Rembrandt Venture Partners, yet2Ventures and DNX Ventures.
Author
2003
I wrote a book for Penguin/Portfolio on the impact of search on business and culture. It became a best seller in many countries, was published in 27 languages, and remains in print. It won a few awards and I'm very proud of it. I'm now figuring out how to write another book about what's happened since.
Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor
2018 - 2023
Teaching and researching/thinking about role of data and data architecture in society.
Co-Founder, CEO
2018 - 2023
Recount Media is a fast-growing startup focused on high quality journalism and short form video
Raised $31,000,000.00 from Burda Principal Investments, Correlation Ventures, Union Square Ventures, True Ventures, Foundry Group, Puget Sound Venture Club and Alumni Ventures.
Editor in Chief, CEO
2012 - 2019
NewCo is a media and events company focused on purpose-driven business. Now executed in partnership with Blue Impact. Our original product, the NewCo Festivals, are held in 20+ cities throughout the world. The NewCo Festival is a mashup of an artist open studio, a tech conference, and a music festival, all focused on innovation and the vibrant cities that nurture change. The NewCo Shift Forum is an annual executive event focused on senior leaders from policy, the Fortune 500, and the most impactful startups in the world - now executed as a product of Recount Media.
NewCo is an organizer of forums and conferences used to connect people with businesses on a mission.
Raised $8,454,645.00 from John Battelle, True Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Transmedia Capital, Slow Ventures, Obvious Ventures, 415, Transmedia Capital and Bloomberg Beta.