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    Key Compton

    Key Compton

    I am a passionate entrepreneur and investor focused on creating lasting value.

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    GPO Fund
    GPO Fund
    Founder, Managing Director 2018 - Present (over 8 years)
    LivePerson
    LivePerson
    Senior Vice President 2014 - 2016 (about 2 years)
    LivePerson offers a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to proactively connect in real-time with their customers via chat, voice, and content delivery at the right... more time, through the right channel, including websites, social media, and mobile devices. This "intelligent engagement" is driven by real-time behavioral analytics, producing connections based on a true understanding of business objectives and customer needs.
    SoundSpectrum
    SoundSpectrum
    Founder, Partner 1999 - Present (over 27 years)
    Soundspectrum provides music visualization software to the online music industry. Licensing and distribution partners include Apple, Microsoft, and Yahoo (MusicMatch). SoundSpectrum's... more flagship products, G-Force, Aeon, WhiteCap, and SoftSkies have been installed by millions worldwide been used in concert productions by leading music artists such as George Michael, Aerosmith, Journey, Seal, Herbie Hancock, and Michael W. Smith. SoundSpectrum offices are located in New York, NY and Austin, TX.
    Mimeo
    Mimeo
    Founder, Director (observer) 1998 - 2017 (about 19 years)
    Mimeo.com is the innovator of online, on-demand cloud printing services. Over 4,000 companies rely on Mimeo's award winning document management tools and print on demand solutions... more to lower document related costs while improving employee productivity. The company was founded in 1998 and operates digital print facilities in both the U.S. and the U.K. Investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Gotham, Goldman Sachs (GS) Harbourvest and Hewlett Packard (HP).
    NexGraph
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    NexGraph
    Founder, Partner 2013 - 2014 (about 1 year)
    Acquired by LivePerson, NexGraph was formed by the founding team from XGraph with the intent to focus on new initiatives related to data products and services.
    AddThis
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    AddThis
    President, Data and Distribution 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)
    AddThis (Acquired by Oracle), is the world's largest online content engagement platform, servicing 1.3 Bn unique users across 14 MM domains worldwide. Proprietary technology... more processes terabytes of data daily allowing AddThis to provide brands with sophisticated audience models, data-driven tools and web-wide consumer insights that enhance their paid, earned and owned media strategies.
    XGraph
    Exit
    XGraph
    Founder, CEO 2008 - 2011 (about 3 years)
    Acquire by AddThis in 2011, XGraph provided buyers and sellers of online advertising with Connected Audience solutions that improve ad targeting. Social network analysis applied... more to privacy-friendly data sources is the core of XGraph's unique "multi-graph" methodology, enabling high-value targeting at scale. XGraph was funded by Rho Ventures, the Sand Hill Angels, XGraph founding team members, and a handful of New York and Silicon Valley angel investors.
    Solbright
    Solbright
    Founder, CEO and Chairman 1997 - 2003 (about 6 years)
    Acquired by Operative, which was acquired by SintecMedia (NYS: STV), Solbright provided business software solutions that helped leading Web publishers to manage the entire... more spectrum of their online advertising and revenue operations. Notable customers include Yahoo!, Terra Lycos, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Discovery Networks, Times Mirror Co., Internet Broadcasting, Weather.com, Viacom and CBS. Solbright operated from London; Baroda, India; and Sydney, Australia.
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    XGraph, Mimeo, Solbright, NexGraph, SoundSpectrum, GPO Fund
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    AddThis, LivePerson
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