headquarters new york city products online marketplace for talent booking website thuzio.com thuzio is a new york city based company that helps connect athletes and other talent to businesses and consumers . 1 founded in 2012 by former nfl running back tiki barber and gerson lehrman group co founder mark gerson the pair sought to transform the athlete marketplace by implementing a trusted platform with easy access to talent listings and transparent prices . 2 the company gradually has shifted to a b2b model and now has three different services thuzio 360 thuzio executive club and booking . contents 1 background 1.1 leadership 1.2 advisors 2 services 3 investors 4 references 5 external links background edit leadership edit mark gerson is co founder and chairman of gerson lehrman group united hatzalah and the african mission healthcare foundation . 3 4 5 tiki barber is an author sports analyst businessman and corporate spokesman who played for the new york giants from 1997 to 2006 and was named pro bowl running back three times . 6 7 jared augustine is thuzio s ceo . jarrod jordan is the company s executive vice president . advisors edit thuzio s board of advisors includes matthew higgins ceo of rse ventures ; michael weisman emmy award winning producer and executive in charge of production for football night in america ; 8 thomas j. laffont senior analyst at coatue management and partner at coatue management ; 9 jordan bazant principal at the legacy agency ; 10 casey coffman advisor at carpere group ; billy nash senior vice president at ubs ; jason freier chairman and ceo of hardball capital . services edit in addition to traditional booking services thuzio now has two additional service platforms . in 2015 the company launched thuzio 360 which is a software as a service platform with profiles of 20 000 athletes and other talent . 11 it is considered the world s largest and most comprehensive database of sports talent and is meant to save time and effort when gathering information for businesses interested in securing talent . 11 in 2014 the company developed the thuzio executive club which gives members and their guests access to athletes and other sports talent through regional events . 12 the events give the talent a chance to tell their stories and members a chance to interact with the sports personality 13 investors edit thuzio received 1.5 million in venture capital in july 2012 . rse ventures invested 2.56 million in january 2013 . 14 in 2014 the company raised another 6 million in series a funding 15 references edit http cynopsis.com story thuzio starts brand new game http www.forbes.com sites quora 2013 11 14 what led tiki barber to found thuzio gerson lehrman group board of directors . gerson lehrman group . retrieved may 1 2013 . international committee . israel rescue . retrieved may 1 2013 . board of directors . african mission healthcare foundation . retrieved may 1 2013 . tiki barber . nfl . retrieved may 1 2013 . cbs sports radio to launch with tiki barber dana jacobson doug gottlieb among others . awful announcing . retrieved may 1 2013 . women in sports media michael weisman tv producer . blogtalkradio . retrieved may 1 2013 . top hedge fund coatue launches 300m valley based growth fund . pandodaily . retrieved may 1 2013 . legacy agency ceo mike principe building new firm around baseball . forbes . retrieved may 1 2013 . a b http www.sporttechie.com 2015 03 23 a look inside thuzio 360 a sports talent platform that empowers corporate buyers http www.49erswebzone.com news 81213 terrell owens making much anticipated return san francisco april http www.49erswebzone.com news 81213 terrell owens making much anticipated return san francisco april . archives . xconomy . retrieved may 1 2013 . http www.bizjournals.com prnewswire press releases 2014 08 07 mn85345 external links edit thuzio.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thuzio & oldid 702152517 categories companies established in 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 january 2016 at 19 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view