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Thomas Berman

Tom invests in venture and growth-oriented companies in the systems and components, software and business services sectors.

Thomas Berman

Tom invests in venture and growth-oriented companies in the systems and components, software and business services sectors.

Tom serves on the Boards of Directors of Adams Harris, Global MailExpress, Visible World and the IVCA. He is responsible for several successful investments, including ComScore, Creo Products, Depotech, Harris Interactive, IC Works, Jefferson Wells, Magnavox Electronic Systems, Netegrity, PathScale, SDL and WallData.

Location: Chicago
Year Joined: 1990

Previous Experience:
Brinson Partners/UBS Global Asset Management
Fairfield Venture Partners
Hewlett Packard

Academic:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SB
MIT Sloan School of Management, SM

Daniel I. DeWolf

Daniel is a Member of the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. and Co-Chair of its Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice group. Daniel is also a Co-founder and Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Additionally, Daniel is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU Law School and author and Co-Editor of Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis, a leading treatise on venture capital published by the Law Journal Press.

Daniel I. DeWolf

Daniel is a Member of the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. and Co-Chair of its Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice group. Daniel is also a Co-founder and Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Additionally, Daniel is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU Law School and author and Co-Editor of Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis, a leading treatise on venture capital published by the Law Journal Press.

From 1999–2003, Daniel was Head of Venture Capital Funds and a Managing Director of SoundView Technology Group, Inc. (formerly Wit Capital), a technology-focused investment bank. Prior to joining SoundView, he was Head of the Corporate Group and the New Media and E-Law Group at one of the leading New York law firms representing early stage and technology companies.

Daniel has more than 25 years of corporate transactional experience, both as a lawyer and as a businessman, and has been an advisor to many emerging and developmental stage companies. He is currently a board member of several technology companies. Daniel is admitted to practice in New York, California, and New Jersey. He received his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania (1979) and his J.D from the University of Pennsylvania (1982).

Allison Goldberg

Allison is Managing Director & Vice President of Time Warner Investments, where she is focused on equity investments in companies that directly enhance Time Warner's ability to meet specific strategic goals, including the delivery of new services, enhancement of an existing product, entry or expansion into a key strategic market, completion of a strategic partnership, and critical research and development.

Allison Goldberg

Allison is Managing Director & Vice President of Time Warner Investments, where she is focused on equity investments in companies that directly enhance Time Warner's ability to meet specific strategic goals, including the delivery of new services, enhancement of an existing product, entry or expansion into a key strategic market, completion of a strategic partnership, and critical research and development. Prior to joining Time Warner in July 2001, Allison was an Associate at Groupe Arnault, investing in and managing new media and technology equity investments for the private holding company of the Chairman of LVMH. Previously, she worked in the Global Media Group, Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley where she worked on transactions for Time Warner, Viacom and Liberty Media.

Allison serves as a director or active observer on the boards of several portfolio companies including Adaptive Blue (GetGlue), Audience Science, Everyday Health, Meebo, SiTV, Tremor Media, Trion Worlds and Visible World. Previous investments include Adify (sold to Cox) and MediaVast (sold to Getty Images). Allison currently serves on the board of the New York Private Equity Network (“NYPEN”), and co-founded the NYPEN Women’s Forum.

Allison graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

Seth Haberman, Founder & CEO

Seth Haberman founded Visible World in 2000, with the goal of transforming advertising production and delivery to achieve greater relevance and effectiveness. With a track record of success marked by milestones including an Emmy Award and his work with today’s largest companies and advertising executives, Haberman has far exceeded that goal.

Seth Haberman, Founder & CEO

Seth Haberman founded Visible World in 2000, with the goal of transforming advertising production and delivery to achieve greater relevance and effectiveness. With a track record of success marked by milestones including an Emmy Award and his work with today’s largest companies and advertising executives, Haberman has far exceeded that goal.

Under his vision and leadership, Visible World has emerged as a technology leader in the field of advanced video advertising, by enabling new levels of automation and efficiency in the identification of audiences and customization, trafficking and delivery of video ads.

In the first decade of Visible World’s history, Haberman has not only built the company into a successful industry leader, but also sparked the evolution that is transforming the future of television advertising.

Among his key achievements are Visible World’s Technology & Engineering Emmy awarded in 2007 for Development and Implementation of Automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising.

Haberman is routinely sought after for media and event insights. He was featured in Details 2007 Mavericks Issue, and Media recognized him in 2004 as part of the magazine’s “Top100 People to Know in Media.”

His innovative approach to video advertising has been recognized by leading industry experts including media industry visionary Jack Myers, who identified Visible World as one of the top 25 media innovators of 2003.

Seth has been featured as a speaker at The MIT Forum, the RVC Technology Conference, and at the ANA's Advertising Management committee meeting on "Innovations that Marketers Must Be Familiar With."

Prior to founding Visible World, Seth was the CEO of Montage Group, an innovator in non-linear editing, networking video and tactile feedback and licensor of technology to leading manufacturers such as Avid and Apple. Montage's innovative work earned and Academy Award for technological achievement in 1987 and several Emmy Awards.

David B. Horowitz

David focuses his efforts in digital media, advertising, consumer Internet, education, and other relevant sectors. David also works closely with Genacast Ventures, a seed stage venture fund affiliated with Comcast Interactive Capital. David’s responsibilities at CV include sourcing new investment opportunities and advising and sitting on the board of CV portfolio companies.

David B. Horowitz

David focuses his efforts in digital media, advertising, consumer Internet, education, and other relevant sectors. David also works closely with Genacast Ventures, a seed stage venture fund affiliated with Comcast Interactive Capital. David’s responsibilities at CV include sourcing new investment opportunities and advising and sitting on the board of CV portfolio companies. Prior to joining CV in 2000, David worked in the investment banking department at Bear Stearns, advising clients in the Media & Entertainment sector that included cable, broadcasting, publishing, education, advertising/marketing and Internet/new media, among others. David holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with highest honors from the University of Michigan with a concentration in Accounting and Finance. David serves on the Board of Directors of BlackArrow, JiWire, Perfect Market, SnagFilms, TidalTV, and Visible World and also serves as an observer on Double Verify, Ramp, and The Rubicon Project. David is also currently working with accelerator program SeedStart Media New York City which is affiliated with NY City Seed. David was previously involved in CV's investments in Demdex (acquired by Adobe), Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: ENTR), Giant Realm (acquired by Burst Media), Invite Media (acquired by Google), Intellon Corporation (NASDAQ: ITLN, acquired by Atheros Communications), Linkshare (acquired by Rakuten), Nuera Communications (acquired by AudioCodes), RF Magic (acquired by Entropic Communications), and XOS Technologies (acquired by JumpTV).

Bill Katz, Chairman

As Chairman of Visible World, Bill Katz has brought tremendous experience and insight to the company. His background and professional accomplishments have had wide-ranging, positive impacts on Visible World's perspective on both the art and science of advertising.

Bill Katz, Chairman

As Chairman of Visible World, Bill Katz has brought tremendous experience and insight to the company. His background and professional accomplishments have had wide-ranging, positive impacts on Visible World's perspective on both the art and science of advertising.

He joined Visible World in 2005 and has since helped steer the company through one of its most exciting periods of growth. Prior to joining Visible World, Katz was President and Chief Executive Officer of BBDO Advertising in New York, where he led the agency to new financial and creative heights. Under his leadership, BBDO was widely recognized as the preeminent national creative advertising agency by multiple industry organizations for many years.

Katz is a charter inductee to the Advertising Hall of Achievement and is considered an authority on marketing and advertising. He has made frequent appearances on national television to offer his perspective on the state of the advertising industry.

During his tenure at Visible World, he has been instrumental in transforming the industry’s advertising production and delivery tools to achieve greater relevance and effectiveness.

Under the direction of Katz and founder Seth Haberman, Visible World was awarded the Technology & Engineering Emmy in 2007 for Development and Implementation of Automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising.