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Designing a Post-Facebook World
Talks about Blockchain, Facebook and Social Media
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Rick Thompson
Partner at Signia Ventures
Jackson, Wyoming
Overview
Rick Thompson is a Partner at Signia Ventures, with a strong background in entrepreneurship and investments, particularly in the gaming, education, and consumer health sectors. With an MBA from The Wharton School, he has held leadership roles in notable companies such as Super Evil Megacorp and has invested in successful ventures like Cloud9 and SocialShield.
Work Experience
Board Member
2018 - Current
SKALE Labs is a blockchain scalability platform that provides high speed consensus and empowers dApps to run smart contracts.
Raised $22,100,000.00 from ICONIUM.
Board Member
2018
MANSCAPED creates a dynamic educational movement and culture focused on the importance of men’s health, hygiene, and refinement.
Raised $500,000.00 from Banner Capital Management, LLC, Smash Ventures and Pure Imagination Brands.
Partner
2012
Signia Venture Partners is an early stage fund dedicated to helping passionate entrepreneurs realize their vision and build impactful, high-growth ventures. Our focus is co-founding and investing in early stage start-ups in mobile, gaming, online video, and education technology.
Signia Venture Partners is an early stage fund helping passionate entrepreneurs build impactful world-changing companies.
Board Member
2013
Chairman & co-founder
2009 - 2016
Idle Games® offers Idle Engine, a distributed simulation platform designed to provide an unshared game world with social game mechanics.
Raised $14,101,917.00 from Trevor Wright.
Board Member
2011 - 2015
Iddiction is a mobile distribution and discovery platform helping developers to get mobile apps and games delivered to the right crowd.
Raised $5,512,850.00 from Francisco Larrain, Felicis, Highland Capital Partners, Signia Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Ridge Ventures and Bayview Capital.
Board member
2010 - 2014
Chairman & co-founder
2006 - 2013
DogTime Media, the largest network focused exclusively on pets, reaches over 10 million pet enthusiasts through 50 plus pet sites and includes DogTime.com, the premier destination for dog people.
Chairman & co-founder
2010 - 2012
Chairman & co-founder
2010 - 2012
Education
MBA
1994 - 1996