Court Square Ventures

Court Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Charlottesville, Virginia, focused on investing in early-stage companies within the communications, information technology, and media sectors. Founded in 2000, the firm leverages over 60 years of combined operating and investing experience among its partners to effectively support companies transitioning from pre-revenue to initial sales and subsequent growth. Court Square Ventures emphasizes partnerships with passionate entrepreneurs and collaborates with like-minded co-investors. The firm’s principals utilize their extensive national network to assist portfolio companies in sourcing customers, establishing strategic partnerships, and recruiting essential personnel, thereby fostering the development and success of innovative businesses in converging industries.

Christopher Holden

General Partner

James B. Murray, Jr.

Managing General Partner

Past deals in Virginia

TRAFFIQ

Venture Round in 2010
TRAFFIQ is a digital media planning and buying platform established in 2006, with offices located in New York, Virginia, and Columbia, Maryland. The platform serves both advertisers and publishers by offering a self-service management system that enhances efficiency and cost-effectiveness while providing complete control over budgets and campaign management. TRAFFIQ streamlines media planning and buying through a comprehensive suite of tools that facilitate negotiations, centralized ad operations, trafficking, tracking, optimization, reconciliation, and billing, all within its platform. The marketplace offers over 100 billion daily impressions from 2,200 publishers, catering to more than 400 agencies and advertisers. TRAFFIQ operates without upfront costs or hidden fees, charging sellers a fixed commission on ads sold and allowing advertisers to pay solely for media costs. The platform has gained recognition for its innovative approach and was recently ranked #50 on the Inc. 500 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies.

TRAFFIQ

Series B in 2009
TRAFFIQ is a digital media planning and buying platform established in 2006, with offices located in New York, Virginia, and Columbia, Maryland. The platform serves both advertisers and publishers by offering a self-service management system that enhances efficiency and cost-effectiveness while providing complete control over budgets and campaign management. TRAFFIQ streamlines media planning and buying through a comprehensive suite of tools that facilitate negotiations, centralized ad operations, trafficking, tracking, optimization, reconciliation, and billing, all within its platform. The marketplace offers over 100 billion daily impressions from 2,200 publishers, catering to more than 400 agencies and advertisers. TRAFFIQ operates without upfront costs or hidden fees, charging sellers a fixed commission on ads sold and allowing advertisers to pay solely for media costs. The platform has gained recognition for its innovative approach and was recently ranked #50 on the Inc. 500 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies.

Echo360

Venture Round in 2008
Echo360, Inc. is a provider of a Software-as-a-Service learning and analytics platform primarily designed for higher education institutions. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive solution that allows users to capture, share, and enhance classroom recordings through features such as polls, quizzes, and instructional videos. The platform facilitates global connectivity between students and instructors while providing learning analytics that help identify student engagement and performance issues before exams. Additionally, Echo360 offers universal capture software compatible with Mac and Windows devices, enabling users to record lectures and manage video content effectively. The platform also includes a learning library for storing educational materials and supports various services aimed at improving the overall learning experience in educational, corporate, and government settings.

Echo360

Series B in 2008
Echo360, Inc. is a provider of a Software-as-a-Service learning and analytics platform primarily designed for higher education institutions. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive solution that allows users to capture, share, and enhance classroom recordings through features such as polls, quizzes, and instructional videos. The platform facilitates global connectivity between students and instructors while providing learning analytics that help identify student engagement and performance issues before exams. Additionally, Echo360 offers universal capture software compatible with Mac and Windows devices, enabling users to record lectures and manage video content effectively. The platform also includes a learning library for storing educational materials and supports various services aimed at improving the overall learning experience in educational, corporate, and government settings.

Mobile Posse

Series B in 2007
Mobile Posse, Inc. specializes in mobile content discovery solutions designed to enhance the user experience for wireless carriers and device manufacturers. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with an additional office in New York, the company offers the Firstly Mobile™ platform, which delivers engaging curated content directly to users' smartphones without the need for traditional search methods. This frictionless approach not only improves consumer engagement but also helps carriers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) increase advertising revenues. Mobile Posse's offerings include a customer relationship management solution for direct outreach and a web portal that transforms default home pages into profit-generating assets. As of early 2020, the company operates as a subsidiary of Digital Turbine Media, Inc., further solidifying its position in the mobile advertising economy.

Voxant

Series B in 2006
Voxant is a new media company based in Herndon, Virginia in the United States. Voxant is a privately held company which was founded in 2004. In April 2006, Voxant launched its new media network, syndicating fully-licensed news and information content to Web publishers and bloggers. Today over 35,000 Web publishers and bloggers are members of the network. Content distributed by Voxant includes news clips, stories, and images from about 250 sources including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CBS News, MTV News, Reuters, The Associated Press, Agence France Presse and New York Financial Press.

TRAFFIQ

Series A in 2006
TRAFFIQ is a digital media planning and buying platform established in 2006, with offices located in New York, Virginia, and Columbia, Maryland. The platform serves both advertisers and publishers by offering a self-service management system that enhances efficiency and cost-effectiveness while providing complete control over budgets and campaign management. TRAFFIQ streamlines media planning and buying through a comprehensive suite of tools that facilitate negotiations, centralized ad operations, trafficking, tracking, optimization, reconciliation, and billing, all within its platform. The marketplace offers over 100 billion daily impressions from 2,200 publishers, catering to more than 400 agencies and advertisers. TRAFFIQ operates without upfront costs or hidden fees, charging sellers a fixed commission on ads sold and allowing advertisers to pay solely for media costs. The platform has gained recognition for its innovative approach and was recently ranked #50 on the Inc. 500 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies.
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