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Joe Lerer is a seasoned entrepreneur and business development expert with 20+ years of experience in start-ups, strategic planning, and investments. He has co-founded and invested in several companies, including Forensic Logic, NovaWave Technologies, and Language Weaver. Lerer has also held leadership positions at various organizations, such as the Coast Guard Foundation and the Guardsmen. He has a strong background in marketing, mobile devices, and mergers and acquisitions. Lerer has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Theatre from Menlo College and the University of Denver.

Experience

  • FORENSIC LOGIC, Inc.
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • angel investor & co-founder
      • 2004 - Present
      • San Francisco Bay Area

      Forensic Logic, Inc - Acquired competitor COPLINK from IBM October 2017 and raised capital investment from MAINSAIL PARTNERS, San Francisco. Acquired by SHOTSPOTTER (SSTI) 2022Forensic Logic is a principal developer of SaaS BIG DATA for law enforcement. FBI certified and serving hundreds of law ...

  • KUHUSU
    • Portland, Oregon
    • angel investor & advisor
      • 2010 - Present
      • Portland, Oregon

      MEASUREFUL - Attractive ANALYTICS offering ROI for DIGITAL ADVERTISING and MARKETING. Easy to build "storied" reports with one set-up. Acquired by SoPOPS - a unique social media aggregator. A principal In funding recent acquisition MEASUREFUL Q3 2015.

    • Angel Investor and advisor
      • Feb 2007 - Present
      • San Francisco
    • past president
      • 1995 - 2021
      • San Francisco Bay Area

      City Bridge / Laguna Honda Hospital is a 501 c3 charitable group that focuses on the non-medical needs of the almost 800 residents of Laguna Honda Hospital. LHH is a long term rehabilitation care and living center in San Francisco and singularly unique in the United States.

  • Coast Guard Foundation
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • advocate
      • 2010 - 2013
      • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Language Weaver
    • San Francisco
    • angel investor
      • 2005 - 2010
      • San Francisco

      Helped co-managed early stage (series A and B) local investor group. Language Weaver, automatic language translation (statistical machine translation software SMTS) was acquired 2010 by SDL for $42.5MM to become SDL Language Weaver.

    • co-founder & lead fundraiser
      • 2005 - 2009
      • Redwood City

      Initiated company with 2 technologists and a business partner. Formed a a small group of investors which grew this mid-range lasers technology with government contracts. NovaWave sold in 2009 to THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (NYSE - TMO) for 10X original investment.

    • angel investor
      • 2003 - 2004
      • San Francisco

      Assisted in organizing early round investments. HOKU offered a high performance fuel cell membrane and other alternative energy opportunities. IPO in 2004 (HOKU)

  • MediaPlex
    • San Francisco
    • business development & lead fundraiser
      • 1997 - 1999
      • San Francisco

      Helped raise seed capital for emerging advertising technology. IPO in1998. Acquired by Valueclick (VCLK) 2001.

    • investor
      • 1992 - 1993
      • San Francisco

      The first video telephone; desktop to desktop, dialed up, on demand switched T-1 technology with ATM. Dow Jones and Fidelity were beta test sites.

  • Freelance
    • San Francisco and Los Angeles
    • actor, performer and writer
      • 1980 - 1992
      • San Francisco and Los Angeles

      Spokesperson, writer and voice for 100s of corporate films. Actor – Los Angeles - 30 films and TV Shows. Feature script sold to Paramount Studios 1990

  • The Guardsmen
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • past president 1983
      • 1976 - 1987
      • San Francisco Bay Area
  • KSAN (METROMEDIA)
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • on air personality
      • 1977 - 1979
      • San Francisco Bay Area

      Created on air personality Budd Stuntt (& his dog Bennet) - 3 year stint as Stuntt

  • KSFX (ABC)
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • general sales manager promoted to general manager
      • 1973 - 1975
      • San Francisco Bay Area
  • KFRC (RKO)
    • San Francisco
    • account executive
      • 1971 - 1973
      • San Francisco

      Radio ad sales

  • U.S. Coast Guard
    • San Francisco and Monterey
    • enlisted / Seaman
      • 1967 - 1969
      • San Francisco and Monterey

Education

  • 1952 - 1968
    Town School, Lowell High School, Menlo College and University of Denver

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