Talk:Sam Yagan

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Where are the anti- gay donations like the one's on Brendan Eich's page?

If the guy who invented javascript, a product used by billions can be better known on Wikipedia for his political donations-match.com pales in comparison-Sam's donations should be in the lede?

OkCupid's co-founder and CEO Sam Yagan once donated to an anti-gay candidate. (Yagan is also CEO of Match.com.) Specifically, Yagan donated $500 to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) in 2004, reports Uncrunched. During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions.

Sam Yagan, who is currently CEO of the Match Group, which controls OkCupid, donated $500 to Barack Obama in 2007 and 2008 back when he still opposed gay marriage.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04/okcupid-ceo-donate-anti-gay-firefox

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.106.39.30 (talkcontribs) 09:49, April 8, 2014‎ (UTC)

Request to add Corazon Capital subsection

Hi Wikipedia, my name is Carrie, I work for Corazon Capital and Sam Yagan. I have some suggestions for this page I would like to bring in front of editors for discussion.

Corazon Capital is a company Yagan co-founded in 2014 however it is not represented in this page. I have drafted content with independent reliable sources that I believe would work well as a subsection in the Career section. It should be the last subsection in that section to keep with the timeline. Please see the draft below:

Corazon Capital

In 2014, Yagan co-founded Corazon Capital with Steve Farsht which invested in Series A startups, raising a pilot fund of $13 million.[1] Corazon raised $40 million in 2016; in 2021 it raised $100 million with an additional $34 million opportunity fund.[2]

References

  1. ^ Moore, Galen (5 October 2016). "OkCupid Founder Sam Yagan's Corazon Capital Is Back With a Bigger Fund II". Chicago Inno. Retrieved 1 March 2024. The $13 million Corazon I, also led by Yagan and Farsht, was known for bringing in local entrepreneurs as limited partners, including Inventables founder CEO Zach Kaplan...The firm has participated in Series A-sized rounds for several Chicago startups.
  2. ^ Pletz, John (8 December 2021). "Yagan raises $100 million for third Corazon venture fund". Crain’s Chicago Business. Retrieved 1 March 2024. Corazon Capital, a venture-capital firm co-founded by Sam Yagan, raised a $100 million third fund and a $34 million sidecar fund for follow-on investments...Corazon's previous fund, raised in 2016, was $40 million.

If this needs further editing please ping me! CBCorazon (talk) 23:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]