Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Science Inc.


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The result was no consensus. Vanamonde (Talk) 00:32, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Science Inc.

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insufficient evidence for notability by WP:NCORP. The references refer entirely to funding. , and acquisition of other firms. There are the usual promotional interviews in references 1,3, and 4, where he ceo can give his intentions.. But there's nothing substantial, because the firm has done nothing substantial to write about, but fund and buy (and sometimes sell) other companies. Some of those others are possibly worth articles.  DGG ( talk ) 22:28, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.     </li> <li></li> <li></li> </ol>

<ol> <li> The article notes: "The most successful start-up so far: Dollar Shave Club, an online retailer of men’s grooming products that received $100,000 from Science in 2012, had $65 million in sales in 2014. Others include DogVacay — a dog-sitting app that’s processed millions of overnight stays in three years — and FameBit, a social media marketing company that works with more than 3,000 advertisers. Science also supports entrepreneurs selling underwear and candles online, and businesses peddling smartphone-controlled locks and horoscopes delivered daily through mobile video. At a time when start-up studios are multiplying (Zuma Ventures, MobLabs and VentureLab are recent additions in L.A.), Science’s early record hints at the potential for the model if all goes well." The articles includes quotes from the company's founder.</li> <li> The article notes: "Santa Monica-based Science Media Inc., is a hybrid company and incubator that assembles, advises and acquires talented startups with the premise of working with entrepreneurs to help build their businesses or creating its own in-house companies. Science, which will be two years old in October and is located on Second Street in Downtown, originally raised $10 million in venture capital to get off the ground, and a supplemental $30 million in February of this year. Since its formation, Science has amassed various startups — 13 total — that include Let’s Date, a mobile dating app that connects people, and Fresh Dish, an in-house company that’s an on-demand personal chef service, providing restaurant quality meals directly to homes." The articles includes quotes from the company's founder.</li> <li> The article notes: "Science Inc, the Santa Monica, Ca.-based incubator and investment firm, has closed a new venture capital fund with $75 million in commitments, shows a new SEC filing. ... We weren’t able to talk tonight with Science’s team, which includes Mike Jones, Peter Pham, Greg Gilman and Tom Dare. But the fund is a bit of a departure for the ambitious outfit, which was strongly modeled at the outset after New York-based Betaworks, which develops its own ideas, acquires companies and invests in nascent startups and early on, did so strictly off its balance sheet. ... Science has never publicly shared its annual budget for startups (not with us, anyway). But even before raising this new fund, it had co-founded and invested in many dozens of companies. Among them is Earny, a mobile application that Science launched in 2016 and which helps users get money back on purchases if the price has dropped."</li> <li> The article notes: "Science was Dollar Shave Club’s first investor, stepping up before the startup raised its $1 million seed round in March 2012. ... What makes Science unique is its in-house team of 30-plus employees who provide expertise in finance, media buying, campaign management, data analytics, design and social media to its portfolio of more than two dozen businesses. The idea is to have the full-time staff work closely with founders to scale the business by acquiring customers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Many of the companies work under the same roof at Science’s Second Street headquarters. ... Science was co-founded in 2011 by former Myspace Chief Executive Michael Jones and Peter Pham, a sales and business development executive at businesses such as Denver image-hosting company Photobucket. “It’s like a whole army of people who have learned lessons in very similar companies,” said Buck Jordan, managing partner at Santa Monica venture capital firm Canyon Creek Capital. “There’s some tribal knowledge that translates to new Science companies.”" The articles includes quotes from people affiliated with Science Inc.</li> <li> The article notes: "‘Science Inc., the Los Angeles-based digital media and commerce “studio” whose portfolio includes Dollar Shave Club and DogVacay, has quietly secured $20 million in debt financing from Silver Lake Waterman. The deal had its genesis last July at Fortune Brainstorm Tech, when Science partner Jason Rapp and Silver Lake managing partner Mike Bingle first got to chatting at Aspen’s Hotel Jerome. Bingle had interest in what Science was doing, particularly its efforts to move away from a model whereby they invested in outside companies and toward one where they create and (at least initially) fund almost everything in-house."</li> <li> The article notes: "Barely two months after slowly exiting Myspace as its last CEO under News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), Mike Jones is debuting his new company, Science Inc., which is, in parts, a hybrid venture capital firm, technology studio and consultancy. And in some important ways, Jones tells paidContent, the Los Angeles-based venture, which has raised $10 million from investors including Eric Schmidt’s Tomorrow Ventures, News Corp. digital media head Jonathan Miller, is none of those things. Other investors in Science Inc. include Rustic Canyon, White Star Capital, The Social+Capital Partnership, Jean-Marie Messier, Philippe Camus and Dennis Phelps."</li> <li> The article notes: "Science Inc., the Los Angeles-based startup studio, is raising a $60 million fund, according to a regulatory filing. ... Science has backed startups including Dollar Shave Club, which was acquired by Unilever PLC for $1 billion, DogVacay, Wishbone and Earny."</li> </ol>

There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Science Inc. to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 09:07, 21 June 2020 (UTC)</li></ul> <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:30, 28 June 2020 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 19:20, 6 July 2020 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

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