Zvents launched at the Web 2.0 conference 13 months ago, and we’ve had an amazing year. We’ve built out big pieces of our product, and signed up our first major media partners. At every step, I’ve been proud of our team for making great things happen on limited resources.

As of today, our resources are no longer quite so limited. We’re very pleased that VantagePoint Partners, and our new board member David Carlick, are joining NetService Ventures and Red Rock in buying in to our vision and our potential. With this funding, we’ll be taking Zvents nationwide, and bringing in more great talent to join our growing team. The first of those new team members also made the official press release – Gordon Rios has joined us as CTO, coming from Yahoo! Search. Gordon will be leading the technical team that will implement our vision for the next generation of local search – truly helping people find out what is going on in their neighborhood and their city.

It’s all happening at Zvents – new partners and customers, new metro areas, new users, new employees, and whole new problems to solve. Little things that make our lives easier are also happening, like moving from our 1-bedroom apartment (for 12 people!) to an actual office.

It’s been a great year, and we’re all looking forward to what comes next.

-Ethan

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