Keith Teare

Keith Teare
Teare at iSummit'08, July 2008
Born	(1954-08-27) 27 August 1954 (age 71) Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Spouse	Gené Teare
Children	Dylan Teare, Liam Teare, Luke Teare
Website	www.teare.com

Keith Teare (born 27 August 1954, in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire) is an English-American technology entrepreneur.

Career

Keith Teare has founded or co-founded several IT companies since the early 1980s.

He is credited with being part of:

• Cyberia, ^[1] the UK's first internet cafe;
• Easynet, ^[2] Europe's first consumer Internet Service Provider;
• RealNames, ^{[3] [4]} the first multi-lingual addressing system for the Internet;
• Archimedes Ventures LLC, ^[5] a vehicle for his incubation, investments and consulting service;
• TechCrunch, ^[6] a technology blog; ^[7]
• Just.me, ^[8] an instant messaging service;
• chat.center, ^[9] a web to mobile SaaS messaging service;
• Accelerated Digital Ventures. ^[10] ;
• signalrank.co, ^[11] an Index of top private companies;

Works

• Tompson, Keith (1988). Under Siege: Racism and Violence in Britain Today. London: Penguin Books. ISBN   9780140523911. Keith Tompson is a pen name for Silicon Valley entrepreneur Keith Teare. He was active in anti-racist campaigns in the UK between 1979 and 1996. This book was written at a time when extreme right wing groups were targeting activists, hence the use of a pen name to protect his identity.

References

1. Watch this Cyberspace
2. David Rowe: European Easy Rider
3. "RealNames calls it quits, blames Microsoft". 13 May 2002. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
4. "RealNames blames Microsoft for closure". ZDNet .
5. "Archimedes Ventures LLC". Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
6. The makings of a media mogul: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch
7. "About TechCrunch". Archived from the original on 24 October 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
8. Can A Messaging App Beat Standalone Social Networking? Khosla-Backed Stealth Startup Just.me Gears Up For Launch With iOS Beta
9. chat.center Reports Really, Really, Ridiculously Good-Looking Growth
10. "Accelerated Digital Ventures Ltd". Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
11. SignalRank Team Page

External links

• https://www.signalrank.co/ SignalRank
• https://web.archive.org/web/20051024052402/http://techcrunch.com/?page_id=120 TechCrunch Founding
• Keith Teare's weblog
• OpenQuotes from Keith Teare
• Accelerated Digital Ventures Ltd Archived 31 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1933457