A. H. Belo Corporation

The Belo Foundation was a non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, established in 1952 as part of A.H. Belo Corporation. Its mission focused on providing grants for college-level journalism education and the development of urban parks. Following the sale of A.H. Belo Corporation, the foundation transitioned into Parks for Downtown Dallas and is no longer in operation. A.H. Belo Corporation itself operates as a local news and information publishing company primarily in Texas, publishing The Dallas Morning News and other regional newspapers, while also offering commercial printing, distribution, and direct mail services. Additionally, it provides digital marketing solutions, including multi-channel marketing and analytics, as well as advertising services through various platforms.

Jim Moroney

President and CEO

10 past transactions

Cubic Creative

Acquisition in 2019
Cubic Creative is a full-service creative agency based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, specializing in advertising services. The agency offers a comprehensive range of services, including brand research and strategy, creative development, media implementation, and website development. By focusing on trans-media innovation, Cubic Creative aims to enhance brand visibility and effectiveness through tailored marketing strategies. The agency is committed to delivering sales opportunities and fostering stronger relationships between its clients and their audiences. Through a combination of creativity and technology, Cubic Creative supports businesses in achieving their marketing objectives and driving operational efficiencies.

Rivet

Venture Round in 2015
Rivet Radio, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that creates and distributes audio news and feature stories on a global scale. It offers a range of products, including business podcasts, national and international news, corporate reports, and training materials for employee communications and compliance. Rivet provides an API that allows businesses to access and integrate its audio content into their own distribution channels, enhancing their communication strategies. Additionally, the company produces custom branded audio content for corporate websites and offers a mobile app that delivers personalized audio news. Founded in 2012 and originally known as HearHere Radio, Rivet has established itself as a notable player in the audio news industry, providing services that cater to both individual consumers and enterprise clients.

Distribion

Acquisition in 2015
Distribion is a marketing solution software company that offers a web-based platform designed to simplify the management of distributed marketing organizations. The platform enables clients to effectively manage their brand by providing tools for content management, campaign execution, and analytics. It allows corporate and local marketers, as well as field sales and marketing partners, to create, store, localize, manage, and measure marketing communications across various channels. By empowering producers and franchises with the dynamic customization of corporate collateral, Distribion addresses the complex needs of its clients and enhances their marketing capabilities.

Vertical Nerve

Acquisition in 2015
Vertical Nerve is a digital optimization agency that specializes in enhancing online performance for businesses. With 17 years of experience, the agency offers a range of services including digital analytics, conversion rate optimization, search marketing, display advertising, and web and mobile marketing. Their programs are designed to drive traffic and convert visitors into sales and leads, ultimately helping clients achieve a higher return on investment from their digital channels. Through a focus on measurable results, Vertical Nerve aims to improve the effectiveness of its clients' online presence and marketing strategies.

Rivet

Venture Round in 2014
Rivet Radio, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that creates and distributes audio news and feature stories on a global scale. It offers a range of products, including business podcasts, national and international news, corporate reports, and training materials for employee communications and compliance. Rivet provides an API that allows businesses to access and integrate its audio content into their own distribution channels, enhancing their communication strategies. Additionally, the company produces custom branded audio content for corporate websites and offers a mobile app that delivers personalized audio news. Founded in 2012 and originally known as HearHere Radio, Rivet has established itself as a notable player in the audio news industry, providing services that cater to both individual consumers and enterprise clients.

Digital Air Strike

Venture Round in 2009
Digital Air Strike is a prominent company specializing in social media technology, digital engagement, and lead response services, aimed at enhancing social engagement for businesses worldwide while delivering measurable returns on investment. As a pioneer in digital response, social marketing, and online reputation management, the company offers a range of industry-specific mobile applications, software, and managed service platforms designed to monitor and improve consumer engagement. Digital Air Strike serves thousands of businesses across the United States and Canada, including several major automotive manufacturers, helping them effectively manage their digital presence and interactions with customers.

Homesnap

Seed Round in 2009
Homesnap is an online mobile platform dedicated to real estate services for agents, brokers, and consumers. It offers a mobile app that leverages a specialized database, integrating Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data, property tax records, census data, and geographic boundaries to enhance the home search experience. As the public-facing brand of the Broker Public Portal, Homesnap aims to create a national consumer home search experience characterized by simplicity and usability. The platform provides detailed listings, instant access to school attendance zones, property lines, and property history, along with customized news feeds and notifications for real-time information. This comprehensive approach enables users to efficiently explore homes and engage in discussions about properties in one unified space.

Digital Cyclone

Venture Round in 2000
Digital Cyclone is a provider of weather information software that specializes in mobile applications designed to deliver location-based weather information. The company's software solutions enable users to access real-time weather data tailored to their specific geographic locations, enhancing decision-making for various activities and industries. By focusing on mobile technology, Digital Cyclone aims to make accurate and timely weather information easily accessible to users, fostering better preparedness and responsiveness to changing weather conditions.

Digital:Convergence Corporation

Series A in 1999
Digital:Convergence allows media companies, manufacturers and virtually all organizations to link their printed or broadcast content and advertisements as well as their products directly to web pages deep within their websites. The company's technology, which includes the :CueCat device and :CRQ software, takes a broadcast viewer or reader of print media directly to relevant information on the Internet. The :CRQ software responds to a proprietary digital signal called a "cue" that is transmitted. Digital:Convergence became on of the first .dotCom era Unicorns (even before the term was coined). Scheduled for it's IPO lead by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, ING Barings LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc. The IPO was registered to share an initial 10,000,000 shares at a price which could go as high as $40. The IPO was pushed due to weakening markets and then the company became part of the huge .dotCom market crash. The company was shuttered, however a new company was formed - lead by founder Jovan Hutton Pulitzer; to insure the patents and the technology survived. Those patents matured and are now one of the most financially successful patent portfolios ever created.

Digital:Convergence Corporation

Seed Round in 1998
Digital:Convergence allows media companies, manufacturers and virtually all organizations to link their printed or broadcast content and advertisements as well as their products directly to web pages deep within their websites. The company's technology, which includes the :CueCat device and :CRQ software, takes a broadcast viewer or reader of print media directly to relevant information on the Internet. The :CRQ software responds to a proprietary digital signal called a "cue" that is transmitted. Digital:Convergence became on of the first .dotCom era Unicorns (even before the term was coined). Scheduled for it's IPO lead by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, ING Barings LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc. The IPO was registered to share an initial 10,000,000 shares at a price which could go as high as $40. The IPO was pushed due to weakening markets and then the company became part of the huge .dotCom market crash. The company was shuttered, however a new company was formed - lead by founder Jovan Hutton Pulitzer; to insure the patents and the technology survived. Those patents matured and are now one of the most financially successful patent portfolios ever created.
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