Backplane
be the movement
Backplane unites people around interests, affinities and movements.Founded in 2011
Homepage: http://thebackplane.com/
Blog: http://thebackplane.tumblr.com/
Total money raised: $5.8M
Palo Alto
USA CA
USA CA
Updated on Mar 12, 2013
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Joe Lonsdale ChairmanBackplane at CrunchBase
Matt Michelsen Co-Founder & CEO
Troy Carter Co-Founder
Pejman Nozad Investor
Alex Moore Co-Founder
Past
Joey Primiani
February, 2012
Backplane raised $4M in unattributed round from Google Ventures, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, and Battery Ventures
Lady Gaga-Backed Backplane Raises Over $4M From Sequoia & More; Acquires Sharing Platform Cortex 
techcrunch.com
Backplane acquired Cortex
Backplane buys Cortex 
thenextweb.com
August, 2011
Backplane raised $1.8M in angel funding from TomorrowVentures, Google Ventures, Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, and i/o Ventures
Eric Schmidt, Tomorrow Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Founders Fund / Angel Fund, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Vast Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, WGI Group, Harbor Pacific Capital Partners techcrunch.com
January, 2011
Backplane was founded on January, 2011