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Doug Chertok sources new investments in the New York City area and advises Dace's portfolio companies on their growth and business development. Doug has founded, advised and invested in early-stage companies for over 20 years. He is the founder of Vast Ventures a seed fund investing in digital media and marketing companies such as Bidclix (sold to Aquantive, now Microsoft), Fotolog (sold to Hi-Media), Quigo (sold to Time Warner), BarkBox, Conductor, Fab, FirstFuel, kiip, klout, meetup, Moat, OpenCoin, OpenX, SendWordNow, simplymeasured, styleseat, YieldMo and ZocDoc.

At the earliest seed-stage, we will consider investing before a full business plan has been developed. However, in many cases a business plan, including identifying key needs to fill in a management team, is required before we invest. There is no single format which we prefer, but we will appreciate your ability to explain your goals and innovations in clear concepts and fewer words. Our primary goal is to understand both what financial capital you will need and the additional value which we will be able to apply from our networks, insights and operating experience.

Jon Chait has over 25 years of experience in building high-growth technology, digital media and service companies as an investor, entrepreneur and former operating executive. Before teaming on founding Dace, Jon was a principal and partner-nominee at Pod Holding (now Pod Venture Partners) in Boston, MA and Stockholm, Sweden, investing in early-stage ICT convergence and consumer ventures. Jon was actively involved with Pod’s existing investments in Peppercoin (sold to Chockstone), ServiceFactory (sold to Birdstep), Corestreet, OzVision and others.

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