Sam Thompson

Progress Ventures Inc (Progress Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Progress Partners Inc founded in 2008 by Nick M. MacShane and Sam Thompson. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Progress Partners, Inc. provides financial advisory services. The firm specializes in digital media, sell-side M&A, mergers & acquisitions, buy-side M&A, private equity, software, corporate strategy. The company was founded by Nicholas Morse MacShane in 2002 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

IndustryMaps operates a platform that allows users to access information about the evolution of different industries. The American company was founded by Sam Thompson.

The Ad Club provides marketing and communication services. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA.

People2people Group, Inc. publishes newspapers and magazines. It publishes local versions of the paper in Providence, Rhode Island, and Maine. The company also operates the music station WFNX and a sports magazine division that publishes the official yearbooks for the Boston Celtics, the Boston Bruins, and the Boston Marathon. The company was founded in 1966 and is located in Boston, MA.

IGN Entertainment, Inc. provides internet and media services. It focuses on the video game and entertainment markets. It offers gaming and entertainment content for 18-34 year old men online; gaming technology services for online game developers; and iPhone UI Toolkit for iPhone developers. The firm also operates Direct2Drive, an online site that allows consumers to purchase and download PC games, comics, and anime titles directly from the Web to their desktops; FilePlanet, a video game download site that provides free game patches, mod files, game demos, and trailers; AskMen.com, a men's lifestyle Website; and UGO.com, a men's entertainment site. The company was founded by Mark A. Jung, Peer Schneider, Kenneth H. Keller and Christopher Anderson on September 29, 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.