Why Digitalsmiths' Ben Weinberger brought on strategic corp investors before exiting to TiVo
- S1E7
- 49:37
- November 3rd 2020
Digitalsmiths' CEO and co-founder, Ben Weinberger, joins Kevin Mosley as they discuss Ben's journey from a dorm room in Illinois to following his now-wife to SC, then finally to NC as Digitalsmiths helped pioneer the way we watch TV today, ultimately taking VC money to take advantage of the market before exiting to a strategic corporate partner in TiVo in 2014.
Exit Stories
Exit Stories features tech founders, buyers, and sellers from the Triangle, North Carolina and the Southeast to tell their stories about raising capital and selling their startups.
This program is produced by GrepBeat and hosted by Kevin Mosley of Jurassic Capital.
Meet the Host
Kevin is a General Partner at Jurassic Capital, a Durham, NC-based Growth Equity firm focused on growing B2B software companies in the Southeast. Alongside cofounder Joe Colopy, Jurassic’s deep entrepreneurial and operating experience from Bronto and other SaaS companies helps grow and scale capital-efficient companies over $1M in Revenue. They recently closed a $20M+ fund and have portfolio companies building software in HR (Workdove), B2B eCommerce (Corevist), and Test Automation (Cycle Labs).
Kevin spent his pre-Jurassic career operating at growth-stage software companies, including Sageworks, Lulu, Bronto, and Republic Wireless/Relay. He graduated with a BS in Finance from Clemson and loves spending time with his wife in the Triangle as well as watching and playing all sports, especially golf and tennis.