Author Archives: Paul Martino
No, I really DON’T want to see your demo (part 2)…
It’s been slightly over a year since I wrote the following post about not wanting to see product demos and I am somewhat amazed how controversial it was. But with a year of extra data I have a few new insights: (1) Some people are personally offended that I don’t want to see their product […]
Bring Obama’s Tech Targeting to your Startup…
Grassroots Unwired was started 2 years ago by a veteran Democratic political insider named Russ Oster. He was continually amazed to see that the state of the art technology for door-to-door canvassing was simply pencil and paper, with the occasional clip board. That’s when he decided to automate the process and build one of the […]
Tech Crunch gives Bullpen some credit for predicting series A crunch…
It’s nice to get credit for spotting a trend before it happens. That said, this was not really a tough one to predict. With the massive growth of the super angel (seed) funds and flat lining of the series A funds, a crunch was inevitable. I can’t say that me or my co-founders knew WHEN […]
Tello Acquired by Urban Airship
We are very pleased to see that Urban Airship has acquired one of our porfolio companies: Tello. Tello did a masterful job of launching a new product that generated tremendous buzz. Their new offering called PassTools really sparked interest in the entire Apple Ecosystem. You can read about that launch here: http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/19/tello-launches-passtools-to-help-businesses-build-their-apple-passbook-passes/ Information about the […]
SF Giants owner and Atlanta Braves pitcher explain how Bullpen Capital got its name…
People ask us all the time how we got our name at Bullpen Capital. We’re not just baseball fans, there’s more to it than that. We asked two of Bullpen Capital’s good friends Dan Scheinman (co-owner of the SF Giants) and Chad Durbin (relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves) to help us make a short […]
Photos From Venture Shift 2012
We had a really great turnout for our Venture Shift event earlier this summer. The highlight of the show was Lawrence Coburn’s brutally honest story of fundraising. Here’s a picture of Lawrence telling the story. I hope to have the video up soon. The other real highlights of the event were two discussions of the […]
Venture Shift is TODAY starting at 4pm!
WE HAVE ALREADY SOLD ALMOST 400 TICKETS, DON’T MISS OUT. AGENDA IS BELOW! July 19, 2012 – 4pm to 10 pm – Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco 3:30 to 5:10 - Networking, open bar, snacks, and time to check out demo tables 5:10 to 5:20 - Opening remarks: Bambi Francisco from Vator and Paul Martino from BullPen 5:20 to 5:50 - Panel: Are we […]
Bullpen part of all-star investor roster in Betable
Betable today announced its new funding round. Bullpen was part of an all-star roster that includes Greylock , True Ventures, CrunchFund, StartFund, and Venture 51 . Several prominent individual angels like Dave Morin (CEO of Path) and Auren Hoffman (CEO of Rapleaf) also participated. Betable enables real money gaming to incorporated into any application. They […]
Venture Shift 2012 – July 19th in SF
Last year Vator and Bullpen hosted Venture Shift in both SF and NYC. Given the reception and the rapidally chaning dynamics of the venture business we have decide to do Venture Shift 2012. It’s truly amazing how much has changed during this past one year. Venture Shift Thursday, July 19, 2012 from 3:30 PM to […]
Solve Media is on a roll… literally…
Just a few weeks back Ari, Todd, and the team at Solve Media rolled out a new product for the video space they called “pre-roll” insurance. Instead of having to sit through a pre-roll, simply type the brand message into the “type-in” window from Solve. The details of that product can be found here. http://www.solvemedia.com/advertisers/pre-roll-insurance Results […]
