Meet the Team
Watertower Ventures was founded by native Angelinos who are passionate about the city, the creative community and the entrepreneurial DNA that defines Los Angeles.
Clark Landry
VENTURE ADVISOR
Clark Landry is an entrepreneur and investor with several successful exits in the online advertising, enterprise software, and consumer internet sectors. Clark recently co-founded Maple Media, a private-equity-backed owner and operator of mobile applications. Prior to that, Clark was co-founder and executive chairman at SHIFT, a leading social media marketing platform, which was acquired by Brand Networks.
Previously, Clark was co-founder and CEO at Minds & Machines (MMX.L), a publicly-traded company on the London AIM. Clark was co-founder of TagWorld, a social networking company that was acquired by Viacom, and a founding investor of Adconion Media Group, which was acquired by SingTel, Gradient X, a mobile DSP which was also acquired by SingTel, and Traffic Marketplace, a leading advertising network which was acquired by Vivendi. Clark is an active angel investor with positions in over 70 companies, including TheTradeDesk, Scopely, and many more. Clark holds a BA from Yale University.