Jim Savage

Jim Savage is an Investor at multiple companies. He was a Partner at Longworth Venture Partners, a Boston-based seed & early-stage investor. Before co-founding Longworth, Jim Savage spent 20 years launching and building internet & digital media companies. As CEO of PlanetAll, Inc., one of the first social networking services, Jim directed the company from its first round of venture funding through to a successful acquisition by Amazon.com. Previously, Jim was a founding executive at ZDNet, a leading digital media company, which enjoyed a successful IPO and was later acquired by CBS. Before ZDNet, Jim was an Executive Vice President at Thomson (formerly Prentice Hall), where he managed the online services of the tax publishing division. Jim started his career managing digital media initiatives at McGraw-Hill. Jim's investments and board activities include Applause, Inc. (formerly uTest), OwnerIQ, Triblio, Straighterline, Estimize, Constant Contact (NASDAQ: CTCT), Olapic (Acquired by Monotype), Grab Networks (acquired by Blinkx), Softricity (acquired by Microsoft), Sermo (acquired by WorldOne), Moodlerooms (acquired by Blackboard) and Creative Market (acquired by Autodesk). Jim graduated from Harvard University.