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Veritonic, Inc. is a marketing analytics company based in New York that specializes in audio research and analytics. Founded in 2015, Veritonic offers a platform designed to measure, compare, and test various audio assets, including music, voiceovers, and jingles, to assess their effectiveness across different audience segments. The platform provides qualitative and quantitative insights into marketing responses, allowing brands, agencies, and publishers to evaluate the return on investment (ROI) of their audio campaigns before, during, and after execution. By leveraging artificial intelligence metrics, Veritonic helps clients optimize their audio marketing strategies, mitigate risks, and enhance consumer engagement through impactful audio experiences.

Amper Music, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides an online platform for creating customized music, enabling users to synchronize it with various content types such as video, photos, and slideshows. Founded in 2014, Amper harnesses artificial intelligence to compose unique music tailored to specific needs instantly. Its technology integrates a proprietary sample library and datasets, focusing on high-quality music creation through the combination of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score allows users to generate custom music in seconds, streamlining the process of finding suitable tracks. The company's mission is to empower individuals to express their creativity through music, regardless of their musical background or expertise, by offering intuitive tools that facilitate the composition and customization of original music.

Privy, Inc. operates a web marketing platform aimed at helping small businesses, particularly in e-commerce, enhance their customer engagement and conversion rates. Founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Privy offers a variety of tools that simplify the process of building email lists and improving on-site marketing. Its features include customizable pop-ups, banners, and exit intent options designed to convert website traffic into email subscribers. Additionally, Privy provides landing pages for tracking conversions across social and advertising networks, as well as an email collection application for acquiring addresses from in-store customers at events. The company focuses on empowering small e-commerce brands, local businesses, and content publishers by providing the necessary resources and support to grow their online presence and drive sales.

Bespoke Post is a subscription-based service that delivers curated lifestyle products to modern customers, primarily targeting men. Each month, subscribers receive a themed box containing a selection of limited edition items related to style, grooming, food, drink, and gear. The service allows customers to customize their selections by adjusting colors and sizes, adding extra products, or opting out of a box at no cost. Bespoke Post aims to enhance daily life by providing high-quality goods that align with individual interests. In addition to the subscription boxes, the company offers a shop with a variety of standalone products. The business emphasizes customer satisfaction with features like free shipping and easy returns.

Gamer Sensei is a professional esports coaching platform designed to connect gamers of all skill levels with experienced coaches in competitive esports titles. Its patent-pending technology facilitates personalized one-on-one coaching sessions, allowing players to receive tailored advice and strategic education to enhance their gaming skills. By offering a vast network of certified coaches, Gamer Sensei aims to help gamers improve their performance and achieve their competitive goals in a structured and supportive environment. The platform serves as a resource for those seeking to elevate their gameplay through customized lessons and expert guidance.

Narrative operates a data streaming platform that simplifies the buying and selling of data, addressing inefficiencies in data transactions. The platform provides tools for efficient data discovery, pricing, optimization, and delivery, allowing businesses to easily access, acquire, and integrate the data they need for growth. By connecting data owners with active data seekers, Narrative facilitates opportunities for monetization and acquisition. This streamlined approach enables organizations to focus on leveraging data to drive business outcomes and shape their narratives effectively.

Amper Music, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides an online platform for creating customized music, enabling users to synchronize it with various content types such as video, photos, and slideshows. Founded in 2014, Amper harnesses artificial intelligence to compose unique music tailored to specific needs instantly. Its technology integrates a proprietary sample library and datasets, focusing on high-quality music creation through the combination of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score allows users to generate custom music in seconds, streamlining the process of finding suitable tracks. The company's mission is to empower individuals to express their creativity through music, regardless of their musical background or expertise, by offering intuitive tools that facilitate the composition and customization of original music.

Quantified Care is a developer of a multimedia software platform focused on chronic care and post-discharge management. The platform provides tools for both patients and clinical management teams, allowing patients to receive personalized updates and feedback based on their symptoms, medication, and vital signs through their preferred communication methods, such as mobile apps, voice assistants, texts, phone calls, or web portals. Data is collected either manually or automatically from connected devices and wearables. While patients benefit from tailored support, clinical teams utilize analytics to categorize patients into high, medium, and low-risk tiers via Quantified Care’s clinical intelligence engine. This system triggers alerts for key clinical resources to take timely action and includes a secure communication layer to facilitate remote patient engagement, ultimately enhancing the quality of care delivered by healthcare providers.

Terra's Kitchen, LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Washington, D.C., specializes in meal delivery services that offer pre-portioned and pre-chopped ingredients for chef-designed recipes. The company focuses on providing healthy meal options rooted in the principles of the Mediterranean diet, including gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, low-calorie, and Paleo choices. Meals are delivered weekly in climate-controlled vessels designed for reuse, which can be returned up to 100 times. However, on September 24, 2019, Terra's Kitchen filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.

Privy, Inc. operates a web marketing platform aimed at helping small businesses, particularly in e-commerce, enhance their customer engagement and conversion rates. Founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Privy offers a variety of tools that simplify the process of building email lists and improving on-site marketing. Its features include customizable pop-ups, banners, and exit intent options designed to convert website traffic into email subscribers. Additionally, Privy provides landing pages for tracking conversions across social and advertising networks, as well as an email collection application for acquiring addresses from in-store customers at events. The company focuses on empowering small e-commerce brands, local businesses, and content publishers by providing the necessary resources and support to grow their online presence and drive sales.

Hello-Hello, LLC is a language learning company that develops and sells mobile applications aimed at helping users learn various languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, and more. Established in 2009 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Washington, D.C., the company offers a range of online and mobile courses that cater to individuals and institutions, such as businesses, educational facilities, and libraries. Hello-Hello distinguishes itself by integrating language learning with social networking, allowing users to interact with native speakers globally. Its applications are available on multiple platforms, including iPad, iPhone, Android devices, and Kindle. The company's innovative approach has made its products among the top-selling language learning apps in the U.S. and worldwide.

PuzzleSocial, Inc. is a social gaming company based in New York that specializes in developing digital crossword puzzles. Incorporated in 2011, the company is best known for its flagship product, the Daily Celebrity Crossword, which is designed for smartphones and tablets, including platforms such as iPhone, iPad, Android, and Kindle. The application provides users with new crossword puzzles on a daily basis, ensuring a fresh and engaging experience. Additionally, the puzzles can be accessed on Facebook and various other web properties, expanding the reach of the company's offerings.

At Ruckus Media, they are reinventing family entertainment—and taking it on the road—with original apps for iPad, iPhone, Droid, and other mobile media platforms. They bring Jon Scieszka, Rosemary Wells, Andrew Clements, Patricia MacLachlan, Alan Katz, David Carter, Kevin Lewis, Mike Austin, and Caitlin Friedman, among many other bestselling authors and illustrators, animators, celebrity performers and musicians together with talented editors and software developers to create a completely new form of storytelling. When children open Ruckus apps, turning and tilting pages, touching words and art, they read, see, and enter a story. Words, pictures, music, and dynamics made possible only by touch screen technology are woven to tell original stories to entrance and expand their imaginations. As with their favorite picture books, children will be enriched by and return to Ruckus apps again and again.

Loopster, Inc. is an online video editing platform based in Grand Junction, Colorado, established in 2011. It provides a user-friendly, cloud-based video editing solution that allows individuals to upload, edit, and share videos without the need for complex software installations. The platform features a four-track editor enabling users to trim and combine video clips, add music and sound effects, incorporate text effects, and utilize transitions. Loopster facilitates easy sharing of videos to social media networks such as Facebook and YouTube with just one click. It specifically targets markets in real estate, education, and sports, aiming to simplify video editing for users with little to no experience. Additionally, Loopster offers a mobile application for iPhone and iPad, enhancing the editing experience on-the-go. The company has engaged in promotional partnerships, including a collaboration with Paul Jr. Designs from the television show American Chopper, to boost visibility.

Librify, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers social-subscription services and other paid options for e-books. Through its online platform, the company enables users to read, buy, share, and discuss their favorite books, fostering a community of readers. Additionally, Librify provides a mobile application designed for reading e-books on iPads. As of June 2015, Librify operates as a subsidiary of Scribd, Inc.

Sensery, Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates wealth advisors, their clients, and trusted service providers in managing the wealth planning and service delivery process. Founded in 2013 and based in Washington, D.C., Sensery provides a client engagement platform that streamlines various tasks such as onboarding, planning, and compliance in a secure, user-friendly environment. This platform supports both large and small wealth advisory firms across North America, allowing advisors to enhance their practices by offering comprehensive services that address their clients' wealth and life needs. By centralizing these processes, Sensery empowers wealth advisors to strengthen their roles as essential resources for clients' financial decisions.

Brilatta offers a mobile workforce application specifically designed for the hospitality industry, focusing on hotel supervisors, housekeeping, and maintenance staff. This innovative solution allows supervisors to assign rooms to housekeepers and monitor their daily activities effectively, thereby enhancing communication and reducing errors. By streamlining the management and tracking of assignments, Brilatta's application eliminates the reliance on traditional phone and data plans, contributing to a more efficient operational workflow within hotels.