Ari Newman

Co-Founder & MD @ Massive.vc, 2x Founder. Investing in category leading companies that shape our future.

📍 Boulder, Colorado, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
6
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Jan 2022
Beem is Americas Wallet! Powered by our Purchase Intelligence Platform, Beem has been helping 166M Americans increase their purchasing power as they make 600 purchases per year and contribute over $10 trillion annually towards the US GDP, since 2021. We are the single logitudinal repository of siloed information for purchases with AI applied to it and an AI Agent market place that continues to expand this repository. We also help retailers, airlines and convenience stores improve their ATV and Customer Frequency while increasing their margins. Beem is going after the $600B annual revenue Purchase Intelligence market and be the dominant player in it.
Board Observer
Jan 2018
Distil Networks (part of Imperva) is the global leader in bot mitigation, protects websites, mobile apps, and APIs from automated threats. Distil solutions reinforce Imperva’s market leadership in Application Security. Imperva is an analyst-recognized, cybersecurity leader—championing the fight to secure data and applications wherever they reside. Today, Distil’s unique and holistic approach provides the vigilant service, superior technology, and industry expertise needed for full visibility and control over human, good bot, and bad bot traffic. We defend customers against web scraping, account takeover, transaction fraud, denial of service, competitive data mining, unauthorized vulnerability scans, spam, click fraud, and web and mobile API abuse.
Board Observer
Apr 2015
Verizon Robotics helps major enterprises improve process flexibility and reduce costs by providing both integrated solutions and software to efficiently manage and scale diverse fleets of mobile robots, indoors and outdoors. We combine the power of the Verizon network, including 5G and MEC, with deep expertise in operational management software for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to achieve efficiency and growth. Verizon Robotics provides flexible solutions to serve our customers’ process automation needs. We offer: •Software from incubed IT, a Verizon company — to automate and manage fleets of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) •Cellular data plans and connectivity services optimized for AMRs — to speed up time-to-connect and provide an optimized wireless experience for ground robots •Custom Solutions — to craft fully-tailored services that meet the automation needs of major enterprises, including integration with Verizon’s award-winning wireless networks
Board Member
Jul 2012
QwikCart® powers the success of merchants by providing “best in class” mobile commerce solutions which drive sales and enhance the lives of their customers. With Products like QwikCart integrated to Point of Sale solutions, BusyLife provides merchants with branded, mobile commerce solutions that enable their consumers to purchase goods & services from anywhere at any time for pickup, delivery or shipping. Go Mobile with BusyLife Software and revolutionize the way your customers shop. Find out how QwikCart is increasing productivity, improving customer convenience and building customer loyalty for our merchants. Learn more about the BusyLife Software solutions by visiting us at www.Busylifesoftware.com or calling us at (303) 551-5340. We are dedicated to the success of our merchants and a world empowered to Do More, Simply.
Board Observer
Jan 2012
Experience · 14 entries
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Founder (4)
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2022
Board Member
Jan 2022
Beem is Americas Wallet! Powered by our Purchase Intelligence Platform, Beem has been helping 166M Americans increase their purchasing power as they make 600 purchases per year and contribute over $10 trillion annually towards the US GDP, since 2021. We are the single logitudinal repository of siloed information for purchases with AI applied to it and an AI Agent market place that continues to expand this repository. We also help retailers, airlines and convenience stores improve their ATV and Customer Frequency while increasing their margins. Beem is going after the $600B annual revenue Purchase Intelligence market and be the dominant player in it.
2020
Partner
Aug 2020
Global pre-seed fund backed by 500 founders and operators.
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Jan 2020
Access to the experience and insight of seasoned founders and executives is one of the most valuable resources a founder can have when growing a business. Using deal-by-deal investments, Massive connects startup founders with a curated syndicate who knows what it feels like to be an early stage CEO or co-founder, can add real, experience-based value, and want access to vetted venture deals through an approachable investment vehicle. Massive energizes the startup ecosystem and provides real founder advantages with an investment syndicate that combines their experience and capital to create real, measurable, financial and growth benefits.
2018
Board Observer
Jan 2018
Distil Networks (part of Imperva) is the global leader in bot mitigation, protects websites, mobile apps, and APIs from automated threats. Distil solutions reinforce Imperva’s market leadership in Application Security. Imperva is an analyst-recognized, cybersecurity leader—championing the fight to secure data and applications wherever they reside. Today, Distil’s unique and holistic approach provides the vigilant service, superior technology, and industry expertise needed for full visibility and control over human, good bot, and bad bot traffic. We defend customers against web scraping, account takeover, transaction fraud, denial of service, competitive data mining, unauthorized vulnerability scans, spam, click fraud, and web and mobile API abuse.
2015
Board Observer
Apr 2015
Verizon Robotics helps major enterprises improve process flexibility and reduce costs by providing both integrated solutions and software to efficiently manage and scale diverse fleets of mobile robots, indoors and outdoors. We combine the power of the Verizon network, including 5G and MEC, with deep expertise in operational management software for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to achieve efficiency and growth. Verizon Robotics provides flexible solutions to serve our customers’ process automation needs. We offer: •Software from incubed IT, a Verizon company — to automate and manage fleets of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) •Cellular data plans and connectivity services optimized for AMRs — to speed up time-to-connect and provide an optimized wireless experience for ground robots •Custom Solutions — to craft fully-tailored services that meet the automation needs of major enterprises, including integration with Verizon’s award-winning wireless networks
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