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    Andy Getsey

    Andy Getsey

    Managing Partner, Theorem Ventures
    Managing Partner, Theorem Communications Group

    Co-founder, Atomic, ComContext Analytics, H3O (each acquired)
    Advisor

    Angel San Francisco
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    Experience
    ComContext
    Exit
    ComContext
    Founder
    Employera
    Employera
    Founder
    Theorem Ventures
    Theorem Ventures
    Founder, Managing Partner
    Waggl
    Waggl
    Advisor
    Tickr
    Tickr
    Advisor
    DistroScale
    DistroScale
    Advisor
    Atomic
    Exit
    Atomic
    Founder, Co-founder & CEO 1999 - 2013 (about 14 years)
    Acquired March, 2011. Earnout completed Dec 2014.
    Founder
    Atomic, ComContext, Employera
    Employee
    Theorem Ventures
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Tickr, Waggl, DistroScale
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    Getsey | Hannon
    Positioning and Messaging Services
    Clear, authentic, and differentiated positioning and messaging can be the difference between a company or product's success and failure. When you've… · More achieved it, lots of things go better-marketing, sales, fundraising, recruiting, etc. When positioning and messaging are off, things are a lot harder. We're not a PR or branding agency.
    Employera
    Talent journey innovators
    Founder · People want to feel good about their job, their employer and the experiences they have at work. They deserve it. And they can find… · More it-somewhere. Our mission is to help your company be that place. Our senior leaders are at the top of their fields, and come from major global companies, consulting firms and academia.

    Came up with the concept and business model for the company, recruited other co-founders, funded the company, worked hard to get it off the ground.
    ComContext, cloud-based communications analytics platform.
    Creator, chief architect. Developed with James Hannon and Adam Denton · Acquired 2011. Pioneering analytics platform and related workflows for… · More tracking numerous attributes about press releases, media coverage, social media, video, descriptive language between competitive cohorts of companies to gain insight, direct planning and creative, and measure results in detail. Finalist at World Tech Awards, comms category, 2010. ComContext™ is an n-tier application: SQL Database data layer, ASP.NET business application layer, ASP.NET MVC presentation layer, HTML5/CSS3/JQUERY front end framework.
    Atomic
    Co-founder, CEO · Acquired 2011. Co-founded with James Hannon and Rebecca West. Atomic was a pioneer in applying sophisticated communications… · More analytics to the creation and execution of PR and social media campaigns. Over a decade, Atomic became a 5-time Fastest Growing Bay Area Company List member, 3-time Top 3 Fastest Growing Agency in the US, built offices in SF, Palo Alto, LA, Seattle, NY, London and Munich; and was named 2010 Tech Agency of the Year. At Atomic, we advised on the launches, growth stages & exits of more than 75 high profile start-up companies including Photobucket, Linkedin, Bebo, Rapt, Xign, Splunk!, Mint.com, Credit Karma, Dropbox, Milo, Jobvite, HireVue, Smule, Shopkick, Fusion-io, Arcsight, Leap Motion, Moonfruit, Delphix, Automatic, Rocket Fuel, Opower, Lending Club, FullScreen Networks, BrightRoll, Fountain and more. www.atomicpr.com.
    Theorem Ventures
    Seed and Angel Investors
    Co-founder, Managing Partner · Founded in 2007 with James Hannon. We invest seed & angel & capital, and pitch in along the way across a wide… · More range of matters to help select startups succeed. 27 investments, 7 acquisitions, one IPO to date.
     
    About
    Achievements

    27 investments to date. Seven acquisitions, one IPO.

    I have also played advisory role on communications strategy for numerous launches, mid-stage companies and more than a dozen exits: including Linkedin, Mint.com, Moonfruit, Credit Karma, Splunk!, ArcSight, Fusion-io, BrightRoll, Lending Club, Jobvite, Rocket Fuel, Opower, Fountain and others. 

    Creator & architect, ComContext PR analytics platform (acquired 2011.)

    Co-founder & CEO of Atomic, 2010 Tech PR/Social Agency of the Year. Managed growth to 8 offices across the US and Europe, and annual fee revenue to $19.5 million (acquired 2011.)

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Positioning Messaging Spokesperson Coaching Crisis Communications Company and Product Launches Helping Make Connections Competitive Depositioning Q&A Angel Investing Seed Investing Fundraising Business Development Sales and Marketing Operations Recruiting and Team Building
    What I'm Looking For

    Theorem 1 is closed and we're not seeking new deals right now. But never say never. We look for ideas with big market potential. Obsessively committed founders. Core teams who have proven they can execute. Differentiated solutions with obvious appeal. Competitive lead. Great plan. Good chemistry.

    Describe what you're looking for in a company.
    Locations
    San Francisco Silicon Valley
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