This week we have Michael Montgomery, President of Montgomery & Co.  You can read Mark Suster’s show notes here.

INTERVIEW

Michael Montgomery, President of Montgomery & Co., one of the leading technology and media focused investment banks in the country. He was formerly CEO of Sega GameWorks and was a senior executive at DreamWorks SKG.

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INTERVIEW (cont’d)

Michael Montgomery, President of Montgomery & Co.

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Venture Financing

My-Wardrobe

-Online retailer of affordable “accessible luxury” designer fashion

Current round: $9mm Series-A led by Balderton Capital

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ModCloth

-Online clothing, accessories and décor retailer with focus on independent and vintage-inspired fashion

Current round: $19.8mm Series B led by Accel with existing investors Floodgate and First Round Capital

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thredUP

-Online (Local or National) children’s clothing exchange.

GroupSpaces

-Is a super-simple online management and admin tool for real-world groups

Current round: $1.3mm from Index Ventures and Dave McClure, Chris Sacca, Simon Levene, Meagan Marks, Ariel Poler, and Quincy Smith

Total raised: $1.3mm

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M&A

Woot

-Acquired by Amazon for $110m

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Tapulous

-Acquired by Disney, who also invested in Playdom, and will become part of the Interactive Media Group

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Greenplum

-Developer of database software for business intelligence and data warehousing applications

ITA Software

-Acquired by Google for $700mm in cash

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