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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Apple | Mobile |
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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Provides transaction services for online games.
Year Established: | 9/07 |
Funding: | 1.27 |
Address: | 101 The Embarcadero, Suite 126 San Francisco, CA 94105 |
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Mail: | info@rixty.com |
Company URL: | http://www.rixty.com |
Rixty is Hiring. Rixty is currently seeking to fill the following positions:
Rixty is an alternative payment platform that makes it easy for youth and others without credit cards to make online entertainment purchases by converting their cash into online credits at more than 20,000 Coinstar kiosks and retail locations nationwide. By making it easy for cash-based consumers to spend money on multiplayer and downloadable games, virtual worlds, social networks, mobile games, ringtones, and mp3 downloads, Rixty helps publishers increase overall sales, attract new customers and enables a variety of emerging business models, from online subscriptions to microtransactions for virtual goods and digital content. For more information, please visit www.rixty.com.
Rixty Press Contact: press@rixty.com (415) 577-4318
For partnership Inquiries, contact bizdev@rixty.com
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First Round Capital
Ted SoromFounder and CEO
In creating Rixty, Ted leveraged his years of executive experience in high-tech product development and his experience developing cutting edge toys and consumer products. While at Wild Planet Entertainment Ted managed a majority of the company's product development for such retailers as Target, Gap Kids and Dreamworks. Prior to working at Wild Planet, Ted was the Chief Technical Officer at Light & Motion where he directed all of the company's high-end sporting goods product development. Ted has firsthand knowledge of the online entertainment industry gained while helping launch the teen-focused virtual world, vSide. Ted has spent the past years meeting with youth & adults who lack credit cards researching their unique online finance habits and spending needs. Ted has spoken at numerous conferences and symposiums including the Engage conference in New York City and the SD Forum's 'Business of New Media' Conference. Ted holds a Bachelors degree from Dartmouth College, a Masters degree from Stanford University and a MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Don FergusonFounder and VP of Engineering
Don Ferguson has been deeply involved in all aspects of software development for over 20 years. His Software Engineering career started at Quintus, a leading Artificial Intelligence language vendor. As the AI market waned, Don spearheaded the effort that transformed Quintus into a CRM solutions company. Don left Quintus for the Price Waterhouse R&D lab where he developed EdgarScan, a patented method for parsing financial data from public filings. With the rise of the Internet, Don joined WebLogic, a small Java startup, as a key member of the engineering team. After WebLogic was acquired by BEA, Don transitioned to management where he ran the Core Server team, and WebServices. Don joined Terracotta as VP of Engineering, where he oversaw the 1.0 release of Terracotta's java virtualization server. Don left Terracotta to run engineering at Doppelganger, a teen virtual world, where he built the engineering team from scratch, and released the first public version of their product. Don holds a Bachelors degree from Brandeis University.
Jason HoveyHead of Business Development
New Media executive and former educator with over 10 years of business development, product development, and online marketing experience in youth and gaming sectors . Served as GM for Yahoo!'s kids and education properties before joining Kaboose as VP of Kids and Education, and then as VP of Business Development. Helped launch two youth focused MMOs, Minyanland.com at Kaboose and more recently with Emerald Island at Fluid Entertainment where he served as VP of Product Marketing. Jason holds a Bachelors degree from UCLA and a teaching certificate from the University of San Diego.
Alan MillerStrategic Advisor
Alan Miller has over 30 years experience developing, marketing and distributing interactive games. Co-founder and VP Product Development at Activision, the first independent video game publisher. Co-founder and CEO at game publisher Accolade, acquired by Atari 1999. Since 2001, Alan has focused on online distribution of casual and ad-supported games. Alan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and CS from the University of California at Berkeley.
Keval DesaiAdvisor & Board Member
Besides advising Rixty, Keval is also the VP of Product at Digg where he oversees the company's product development. Previously, Keval Desai was a Director of Product Management at Google, where he has led development of product/businesses in Google's advertising business (including AdWords, Syndication & TV Ads) since joining the company in June, 2003. Prior to joining Google, Keval was a Principal at ONSET Ventures, where he worked from Jan. 2001 to July 2003. Before joining Onset, Keval Co-founded Achex, Inc, a developer of online payment systems. He has also worked as a VC associate at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, a Product Manager at Global Village Communcation, and a Software Engineer at Tandem Computers. Keval holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering at the University of Mumbai, a Masters in Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara, and an MBA at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
David RiemerAdvisor
In addition to David's role as advisor to Rixty, he also serves as the Executive in Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and an independent marketing and strategy consultant. Previously, David served at the VP of Marketing at Yahoo, Inc. where he was responsible for marketing teams on both the BtoB and the Consumer sides of the business. While at Yahoo, David, oversaw a staff of 100 marketers and managed product marketing and go-to-market efforts for virtually all of Yahoo!�s products across their customer base of 500M. Before Yahoo, David worked in marketing and executive roles at The Feedroom, Quokka Sports and J. Walter Thompson.