PopViewers

PopViewers is a video reaction community that helps users find what to watch next and lets users' voices be heard.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location New York, NY, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2019
  • Employees 7
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website popviewers.com

Company Summary

PopViewers is a video reaction community that helps the over 200M people who consume media find what to watch next and lets users' voices be heard. Users contribute their video reactions to almost every type of entertainment content to our platform, bringing “word of mouth” online. Our business model revolves around the contributors who provide video reactions, the users who watch them, and the entertainment companies whose content they describe

Team

  • Financial and Strategic Advisor

    Vinton is a TMT industry analyst, consultant, and investor with over 20 years of experience. Serves as a financial and strategic adviser to PopViewers.

  • Founder & CEO

    Chris is a seasoned entertainment journalist, producer, and entrepreneur. Most recently, Mr. Witherspoon served as a correspondent for Fandango from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that he was an entertainment analyst for CNN and served as the entertainment editor for NBC theGrio.com from 2011 to 2016. Chris regularly appears on MSNBC, TODAY, The Wendy Williams Show, and NBC Nightly News.

  • Dan Woolsey
    COO

    Dan is a documentary filmmaker, media entrepreneur, and co-founder of theGrio.com. Mr. Woolsey co-founded theGrio.com in 2009 and took the company from a "back of the napkin" concept to a premier NBC News digital property with over 2.5mln MAUs. Prior to theGrio.com Dan ran operations for Three Part Media LLC and an independent film production company

  • Benjamin Greenberg
    CPO

    Benjamin is a thought leader in digital/mobile products, with 11 years of experience as the VP of Product & Ux for WebMD, where he built software to promote patient wellness and provide decision support to physicians at the point of care. Some of Ben’s most popular products include Medscape Mobile, Medscape Consult, and WebMD for Google Home and Amazon Alexa. Ben has recently joined Medscape as the CPO of Scripps Research Translational Institute

  • Howie Altman
    CTO

    Howie has over 20 years of experience as a technology executive including 7+ years of experience at Bridgewater in Technology Management as CTO/Head of Engineering at Hello Alfred, Axial, Bonobos, Semsee and TravelClick.

Advisors

  • Seth Snider
    Unconfirmed
    Joy Reid
    Unconfirmed
    Angela Solk
    Unconfirmed
  • Richard Evans
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Chris Witherspoon
    Unconfirmed
    Dan Woolsey
    Unconfirmed
    Benjamin Greenberg
    Unconfirmed
  • Seth Snider
    Unconfirmed
    Arthur Whitney
    Unconfirmed
    Joy Reid
    Unconfirmed
  • Richard Evans
    Unconfirmed

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