WndrCo is a holding company based in Los Angeles, California, and San Francisco, California focused on investing in, acquiring, developing, and operating consumer technology and digital media businesses. The company was founded in 2017 by Ann Daly (for president of DreamWorks Animation), Sujay Jaswa (former CFO of DropBox), and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Jeffrey Katzenberg formed WndrCo after exiting DreamWorks Animation Studio after it was purchased by Comcast, and is going to be modeling WndrCo after Barry Diller's IAC.
Investment funds
On June 26, 2017, WndrCo completed raising funds for their first investment fund. The company raised a total of $591.5 million in capital. The fund will be used to invest in consumer technology and digital media businesses. The capital came from 18 undisclosed investors that had a minimum investment from outside investors of $25 million.
Investments
WndrCo has made a total of 21 investments and lead 5 investment rounds as of July 2019. The investment rounds lead by WndrCo were in the following companies: Nami ML, Tinkergarten, AnchorFree, The Infatuation, and Mixcloud.
Timeline
Founding of WndrCO
The company was founded in 2017 by Ann Daly (for president of DreamWorks Animation), Sujay Jaswa (former CFO of DropBox) and Jeffrey Katzenberg
Raised capital for first investment fund
On June 26, 2017 WndrCo completed raising funds for their first investment fund. The company raised a total of $591.5 million in capital.
Funded Companies
Golden is a company started in San Francisco, USA. The company is building an encyclopedia and knowledge tool. The founder and CEO of Golden is Jude Gomila.
PlayVS is a company providing a platform for e-sports competitions for high school students.
Statespace is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2017 by Jay Fuller and Wayne Mackey.
AnchorFree, also known as HotSpot Shield, is a VPN platform for mobile devices and computers.
Tinkergarten provides early childhood education with outdoor classes and activities. They match families with local community leaders who offer play-based classes.
Clique is a media and commerce company
Landline connects travelers from Duluth and Mankato to Minneapolis−Saint Paul airport with affordable, nonstop, comfortable bus service.
People
Andrew Chang
Ann Daly
Anthony Saleh
ChenLi Wang
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Sujay Jaswa
Further reading
Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $600 Million for New Venture, WndrCo
Natalie Jarvey
Web
January 26, 2017
The Infatuation raises $30M from Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo to bring Zagat into the digital age
Kate Clark
Web
September 27, 2018
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
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Contributors
- 1
Dawson Sewell
Seeking to explain science and technology through simple writing. - 2
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 3
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Investor in 200+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). Interested in the Universe. - 4
Carla Faraguna
Golden People and Operations. - 5
Neelam Jhaveri
Techno Geek + Gamer + Fashionista + Sense of Humor = It's ME - 6
Erin Scherfner
Golden Research Assistant - 7
Will Suter
Student at the University of Notre Dame looking to expand my knowledge in topics that pique my interest.