UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. __)
IZEA, Inc.
_____________________________________________
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
_______________________________________________
(Title of Class of Securities)
46603N202
_________________________________________________
(CUSIP Number)
with a copy to:
Austin W. Marxe Allen B. Levithan, Esq.
527 Madison Avenue, Suite 2600 Lowenstein Sandler PC
New York, New York 10022 65 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
(973) 597-2406
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
February 28, 2014
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:
____ Rule 13d-1(b)
_x__ Rule 13d-1(c)
____ Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be ?filed? for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (?Act?) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however, see the Notes).
Cusip No. 46603N202 13G Page 2 of 6 Pages
1.Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons
(entities only):
Austin W. Marxe, David M. Greenhouse and Adam C. Stettner
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions):
(a) [ ] Not Applicable
(b) [ ]
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions): 00
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to
Items 2(d) or 2(e):
Not Applicable
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States
Number of 7. Sole Voting Power: 0
Shares Beneficially 8. Shared Voting Power: 21,714,288*
Owned by
Each Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power: 0
Person With 10. Shared Dispositive Power:
21,714,288*__
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
21,714,288*
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions): Not Applicable
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 19.99*%*
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions): IA, IN
* This is a joint filing by Austin W. Marxe (?Marxe?), David M. Greenhouse
(?Greenhouse?) and Adam C. Stettner (?Stettner?). Marxe, Greenhouse and
Stettner share sole voting and investment power over 4,000,000 Common Shares
and 4,000,000 Warrants* to purchase Common Stock owned by Special Situations
Private Equity Fund, L.P., 1,028,572 Common Shares and 1,028,572 Warrants* to
purchase Common Stock owned by Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P., and
5,828,572 Common Shares and 5,828,572 Warrants* to purchase Common Stock
owned by Special Situations Technology Fund II, L.P. See Items 2 and 4 of
this Schedule for additional information.
*The Warrants described herein may be exercised to the extent that the total
number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned does not exceed
19.99% of the outstanding shares.
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Item 1. Security and Issuer:
(a) IZEA, Inc.
(b) 1000 Legion Place-Suite 1600
Orlando, Florida 32801
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing:
The persons filing this report are Austin W. Marxe (?Marxe?),
David M. Greenhouse (?Greenhouse?) and Adam C. Stettner (?Stettner?), who are
members of SST Advisers L.L.C. (?SST?), the general partner of Special
Situations Technology Fund, L.P. (?TECH?) and Special Situations Technology
Fund II, L.P. (?TECH II?). Marxe, Greenhouse and Stettner are also members of
MG Advisers L.L.C. (?MG?), the general partner of Special Situations Private
Equity Fund, L.P. (?SSPE?). AWM serves as the investment adviser to TECH,
TECH II and SSPE.
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
The principal business address for Marxe, Greenhouse and Stettner
is 527 Madison Avenue, Suite 2600, New York, NY 10022.
(c) Citizenship:
Austin W. Marxe, David M. Greenhouse and Adam C.
Stettner are United States citizens.
(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Shares
(e) CUSIP Number: 0001495231.
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to $240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-
2(b), check whether
the person filing is a: Not Applicable
(a) ( ) Broker or Dealer registered under section 15 of the Act;
(b) ( ) Bank as defined in section 3(a) (6) of the Act;
(c) ( ) Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a) (19) of the Act;
(d) ( ) Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(e) ( ) An Investment Adviser in accordance with $240.13d
-1(b)(I)(ii)(E);
(f) ( ) An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
$240.13d-1(b)(I)(ii)(F);
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(g) ( ) A parent holding company or control person in accordance with
$240.13d-
1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h) ( ) A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance
Act;
(i) ( ) A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an
investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(j) ( ) Group, in accordance with $240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
Item 4. Ownership:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: Messrs. Marxe, Greenhouse and Stettner
beneficially own a total of 21,714,288 Common Shares and
21,714,288 Warrants* to purchase Common Shares. This amount
includes 4,000,000 Common Shares and 4,000,000 Warrants* to
purchase Common Shares owned by SSPE, 1,028,572 Common Shares and
1,028,572 Warrants* to purchase Common Shares owned by Tech and
5,828,572 Common Shares and 5,828,572 Warrants* to purchase Common
Shares owned by Tech II.
*The Warrants described herein may be exercised to the extent that
the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned
does not exceed 19.99% of the outstanding shares.
(b) Percent of Class: Messrs. Marxe, Greenhouse and Stettner
beneficially own 19.99*% of the outstanding shares, of which SSPE
owns 13.1% of the outstanding shares, Tech owns 3.5% of the
outstanding shares and Tech II owns 18.6% of the outstanding
shares. The percentage owned by each of the Funds assumes the
exercise in full of all the warrants held by each of the Funds.
(c) Number of Shares as to which the person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 21,714,288
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
21,714,288
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: If this statement is
being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting
person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more that five percent of the
class of securities, check the following __.
Item 6.Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: Not
Applicable.
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Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
the Security being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company: Not
Applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: Not
applicable
Item 9. Notices of Dissolution of Group: Not applicable.
Item 10.Certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held
for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the
control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are
not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction
having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
Dated: March 6, 2014
/s/ Austin W. Marxe
AUSTIN W. MARXE
/s/David M Greenhouse
DAVID M. GREENHOUSE
/s/Adam C. Stettner
ADAM C. STETTNER
Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal
criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Austin W. Marxe, David M. Greenhouse and Adam C. Stettner hereby agree
that the Schedule 13G to which this agreement is attached is filed on behalf
of each of them.
/s/_Austin W. Marxe
AUSTIN W. MARXE
/s/_David M. Greenhouse
DAVID M. GREENHOUSE
/s/ Adam C. Stettner
ADAM C. STETTNER
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