{"id":232737,"date":"2010-01-26T17:40:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/26\/square-announces-its-full-list-of-angels-with-some-surprises-mayer-crowley-fanning\/"},"modified":"2010-01-26T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T22:40:11","slug":"square-announces-its-full-list-of-angels-with-some-surprises-mayer-crowley-fanning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/232737","title":{"rendered":"Square Announces Its Full List Of Angels With Some Surprises (Mayer, Crowley, Fanning)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/ddcba_68147v2-max-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squareup.com\">Square<\/a>, the startup that is making mobile payments for the iPhone, just announced it&#8217;s full list of angel investors. Kevin Rose announced his involvement in a <a href=\"http:\/\/kevinrose.com\/post\/339871645\/square-iphone\">video demo<\/a> (embedded below) he did a few days ago, but until now it wasn&#8217;t known who else was involved.<\/p>\n<p>The full list includes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/marissa-mayer\">Marissa Mayer<\/a> from Google, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/dennis-crowley\">Dennis Crowley<\/a> from Foursquare, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/kevin-rose\">Kevin Rose<\/a> from Digg, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/ron-conway\">Ron Conway<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/biz-stone\">Biz Stone<\/a> of Twitter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/joshua-schachter\">Joshua Schachter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/shawn-fanning\">Shawn Fanning<\/a> (who&#8217;s starting a new venture with Dave Morin), Zachary Bogue, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/andrew-rasiej\">Andrew Rasiej<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/greg-yaitanes\">Greg Yaitanes<\/a>, Jean-David Blanc, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/david-lee\">David Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/esther-dyson\">Esther Dyson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/robin-chan\">Robin Chan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/financial-organization\/first-round-capital\">First Round Capital<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/fritz-lanman\">Fritz Lanman<\/a>.  Basically, it&#8217;s an extremely impressive list.<\/p>\n<p>Most notable are Marissa Mayer and Dennis Crowley, making their first investments, and it seems like a great investment to get into.<\/p>\n<p>Square has gotten off to a fast start these last few months. When it raised $10 million, it was rumored that the company was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/12\/01\/square-worth-40-million-before-launch\/\">valued at $40 million<\/a>. For a company whose product isn&#8217;t even available to the public, that&#8217;s not bad. 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Kevin Rose announced his involvement in a video demo (embedded below) he did a few days ago, but until now it wasn&#8217;t known who else was involved. 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