Apture was founded by three Stanford Alumni and initially sprung out of conversations with the Stanford Knight Fellows, a group of distinguished Journalists from all over the world, on how to improve online news.
The company is funded by Angel Investors from the technology and media industry, including Paul Maritz, CEO and President of VMware, and Steve Taylor, former Executive Vice President of The Boston Globe. Beau Vrolyk, former Senior Vice President at SGI and Managing Director at Warburg Pincus, serves as Executive Chairman.
