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    Michael Downing

    Michael Downing

    Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, company builder, co-founded 6 software companies, 3 acquired one IPO, 4 rock bands, 2 kids

    Angel San Francisco University of Califor...
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    Experience
    Decision Maker Media
    Exit
    Decision Maker Media
    Founder
    GoFish
    GoFish
    Founder
    Musicbank
    Musicbank
    Founder
    Theicebreak
    Theicebreak
    Advisor
    The Ice Break
    The Ice Break
    Advisor
    Nuzzel
    Exit
    Nuzzel
    Advisor
    FabuLingua
    FabuLingua
    Advisor
    Gravity Ranch Ventures
    Gravity Ranch Ventures
    Co-Founder & Managing Partner 2017 - Present (over 9 years)
    Early-stage, deep-tech venture fund in partnership with Stanford Research Institute (SRI International)
    Tout
    Tout
    CEO 2010 - 2019 (about 9 years)
    Tout was a groundbreaking online video platform and mobile app that innovated short-form video capture and sharing in 2010, before Instagram, Tik Tok or other platforms entered... more the category. Tout grew to more than 120MM viewers per month globally and generated more than $17MM in revenue annually at its peak.
    GOFISH [GOFH]
    GOFISH [GOFH]
    Founder & CEO 2003 - 2008 (about 5 years)
    GoFish was one of the earliest online consumer video hubs enabling commercial and user-generated video in 2003. The company innovated many key elements of online video including... more deploying some of the very earliest pre-roll advertising campaigns and developing one of the first branded programming series. The company grew to more than 40MM viewers per month and went public in 2006.
    Sonique
    Sonique
    COO 1997 - 1999 (about 2 years)
    Sonique was one of the very first software applications that enabled consumers to listen to MP3 files on their computers in the late 1990's, effectively kicking off the online... more music revolution. Sonique was the 2nd most downloaded application on the Internet for a time period (after MS Internet Explorer which was #1) with 9MM people how downloaded the application, the company was acquired by Lycos in 1999.
    Addwater
    Addwater
    Founder, Founder, EVP Technology Strategy 1996 - 1997 (over 1 year)
    Founder
    Addwater, GoFish, Decision Maker Media, Musicbank
    Employee
    Sonique, GOFISH [GOFH], Tout, Gravity Ranch Ventures
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Nuzzel, Theicebreak, The Ice Break, FabuLingua
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    About
    Locations
    Silicon Valley Austin
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