Silicon Alley Venture Partners

Silicon Alley Venture Partners (SAVP), established in 1998 and based in New York, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early growth investing. The firm primarily targets Technology Enabled and Business Information Services (TES/BIS) companies, focusing on businesses that leverage existing technology to address challenges and enhance efficiencies. SAVP concentrates its investments in the greater Tri-State Area, which is home to a significant portion of Fortune 500 companies and key industries such as financial services, media, publishing, retail, and pharmaceuticals. This region provides a fertile ground for entrepreneurs who possess deep domain expertise and are capable of delivering innovative technology-enabled solutions and services. The firm's investment strategy encompasses post-revenue early and growth-stage opportunities across various sectors, including business software, information services, e-commerce, and healthcare, particularly those driven by mobile, social, and data technologies.

Steve Brotman

Founder and Managing Partner

27 past transactions

Managed Systems

Venture Round in 2015
As of March 16, 2009, Managed Systems Inc. was acquired by All Covered, Inc. Managed Systems Inc. provides information technology consulting services. The company offers site survey, system installation, project management, and software security and maintenance services. Additionally, it provides system administration services. Managed Systems’ clientele include Eisikovic & Kane, AC Lion, Geoffrey Beene, Inc., iWave Communications, MGJ Associates, Mansfield Communication, Smallberg Sorkin & Co, and Thomson Architects. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered New York, New York.

YouNow

Series B in 2015
YouNow, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2011 that operates a live social networking platform allowing users to broadcast themselves in real-time to a global audience. Its application enables users to discover talented broadcasters, watch live streams, and engage in video chats. Accessible on iOS, Android, and web platforms, YouNow fosters a community where users can create and interact with diverse content. The company also operates PROPS, a blockchain-based platform that supports a decentralized economy for video applications, allowing users to buy virtual currency while content creators earn revenue through audience engagement. Additional offerings include Rize, which connects broadcasters with engaged viewers, and the WTF game show application, where contestants participate in live game shows through video chat. By blending broadcasting, gaming, and social networking, YouNow empowers individuals to express their creativity and forge meaningful connections.

Rewind Me

Seed Round in 2012
Rewind Me Inc. is a New York City-based company that offers a service designed to aggregate personal data from various digital tracking and sharing platforms. The company provides The Rewind.Me App, an iOS application that transforms user check-ins into a personal management tool and social experience, leveraging data from platforms such as Foursquare, Facebook, TripIt, Fitbit, RunKeeper, and Netflix. Founded in 2005, Rewind Me aims to empower individuals by allowing them to manage their digital history and turn it into a valuable personal asset. The company focuses on enabling users to control their personal data and benefit from its value, thereby changing the dynamics between consumers and marketers in the digital landscape.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series D in 2008
Reactive NanoTechnologies, founded in 2001 and located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, specializes in the development and manufacture of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. Its offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic systems, high-brightness LED attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, the company provides bonding processes for sputter targets and electronic assembly applications, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of these technologies.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series C in 2008
Reactive NanoTechnologies, founded in 2001 and located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, specializes in the development and manufacture of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. Its offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic systems, high-brightness LED attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, the company provides bonding processes for sputter targets and electronic assembly applications, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of these technologies.

Three Stage Media

Series C in 2007
Three Stage Media, Inc. provides online media and marketing solutions for the tradeshow industry. The company focuses on developing online event portals that serve as an online show guide, search engine, and event-planning interface for attendees. It offers eventLeads for tradeshow registration process; eventAds for display media placements within show portals, show-floor kiosks, and e-newsletters; eventVideo that enables users to place custom streaming video news station on supplier microsite within the online event portal; eventMobile, which enables users to connect with on-site attendees; and eventMetrics for pre- and post-show performance reports. The company also provides eventPortal, an online show portal equipped with search engine, attendee event-planning interface, and comprehensive supplier directory; eventMarketing for lead generation, online advertising, search engine marketing, video advertising, and mobile marketing; and eventMetrics that provides data highlighting existing exhibitor performance and the opportunity afforded prospective exhibitors. It serves show organizers, exhibitors, and attendees. Three Stage Media, Inc. was formerly known as BDMetrics, Inc. and changed its name in January, 2009. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Critical Mention

Venture Round in 2007
Critical Mention, Inc. is a media monitoring company based in New York, founded in 2002. It offers a comprehensive web-based platform that enables users to search and monitor content from global television, radio, online news, and social media. The platform allows users to watch videos, edit and share coverage, and receive real-time email alerts. Additionally, it provides tools for building reports and analyzing media coverage through visual representations such as word clouds and graphs. By offering these services, Critical Mention supports corporate communications and business intelligence professionals in tracking vital information related to their organizations, clients, competitors, and industry developments. The company operates as a subsidiary of Critical Media, Inc.

Critical Mention

Series B in 2005
Critical Mention, Inc. is a media monitoring company based in New York, founded in 2002. It offers a comprehensive web-based platform that enables users to search and monitor content from global television, radio, online news, and social media. The platform allows users to watch videos, edit and share coverage, and receive real-time email alerts. Additionally, it provides tools for building reports and analyzing media coverage through visual representations such as word clouds and graphs. By offering these services, Critical Mention supports corporate communications and business intelligence professionals in tracking vital information related to their organizations, clients, competitors, and industry developments. The company operates as a subsidiary of Critical Media, Inc.

Game Trust

Series B in 2005
Game Trust, Inc. is a company focused on providing infrastructure for community and commerce applications within the online gaming and entertainment sectors. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York, it develops the Game Frame platform, which is tailored for online casual games. This platform allows website operators and game developers to enhance user experiences by integrating community features and commerce capabilities into both new and existing games. Game Trust serves a diverse clientele of game distributors and developers across the United States and Europe, facilitating a more engaging online entertainment environment. As of 2007, Game Trust operates as a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.

DataSynapse

Series D in 2004
DataSynapse specializes in application service management software designed for data centers. Its platform enables organizations to configure, activate, and manage scalable enterprise-class application services across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures in real-time. Key products include FabricServer, which facilitates application virtualization by allowing dynamic scaling based on business policies, and GridServer, a service execution platform that adjusts enterprise services according to performance and business needs. DataSynapse differentiates itself by offering a comprehensive solution for automated provisioning, configuration management, metering, and runtime control, optimizing the management of applications across diverse infrastructures.

Critical Mention

Series A in 2004
Critical Mention, Inc. is a media monitoring company based in New York, founded in 2002. It offers a comprehensive web-based platform that enables users to search and monitor content from global television, radio, online news, and social media. The platform allows users to watch videos, edit and share coverage, and receive real-time email alerts. Additionally, it provides tools for building reports and analyzing media coverage through visual representations such as word clouds and graphs. By offering these services, Critical Mention supports corporate communications and business intelligence professionals in tracking vital information related to their organizations, clients, competitors, and industry developments. The company operates as a subsidiary of Critical Media, Inc.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series B in 2004
Reactive NanoTechnologies, founded in 2001 and located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, specializes in the development and manufacture of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. Its offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic systems, high-brightness LED attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, the company provides bonding processes for sputter targets and electronic assembly applications, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of these technologies.

Critical Media

Series A in 2004
[Critical Media Inc.](http://www.criticalmediainc.com) develops end-to-end digital video solutions to capture, monetize, distribute and syndicate content online. The company's three business units—[Critical Mention](http://www.criticalmention.com/web/index.php), [ClipSyndicate](http://www.clipsyndicate.com/) and [Syndicaster](http://syndicaster.tv/)—provide robust solutions for corporations, publishers and media organizations to leverage video content. Its real-time broadcast capture infrastructure is the underlying technology of Critical Mention, a dynamic, real-time broadcast monitoring platform. Utilized by 25% of the Fortune 100, Critical Mention provides access to over 15,000 hours of keyword searchable, digitized news broadcasts from 4 continents. Focused on building the world's largest ad-supported repository of fully searchable, authoritative video news and information, ClipSyndicate offers publishers an unmatched distribution platform. Critical Media's most recent addition, Syndicaster offers broadcasters and content owners a comprehensive video ecosystem—a streamlined solution to upload, edit and publish, syndicate and monetize its video assets online. Critical Media was founded in 2002 under the name Critical Mention by Sean Morgan, one of the founders of Screaming Media—the largest text syndication company on the Internet now owned by Dow Jones, Inc.—and is headquartered in New York City. For more information please visit www.critical-media.com.

Game Trust

Series A in 2003
Game Trust, Inc. is a company focused on providing infrastructure for community and commerce applications within the online gaming and entertainment sectors. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York, it develops the Game Frame platform, which is tailored for online casual games. This platform allows website operators and game developers to enhance user experiences by integrating community features and commerce capabilities into both new and existing games. Game Trust serves a diverse clientele of game distributors and developers across the United States and Europe, facilitating a more engaging online entertainment environment. As of 2007, Game Trust operates as a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.

Partsearch Technologies

Venture Round in 2003
Partsearch Technologies operates an online platform specializing in replacement parts for consumer electronics and home appliances. Founded in 2000 and based in Litchfield, Minnesota, the company offers a comprehensive catalog that includes parts and accessories for various categories such as electronics, appliances, computers, and home improvement products. In addition to its retail operations, Partsearch provides parts procurement services to retail partners, warranty administrators, and independent contractors, enhancing the repair and maintenance process for customers. The company serves a diverse clientele across service, warranty repair, retail, and consumer markets, emphasizing accessibility and affordability in its offerings.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series A in 2003
Reactive NanoTechnologies, founded in 2001 and located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, specializes in the development and manufacture of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. Its offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic systems, high-brightness LED attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, the company provides bonding processes for sputter targets and electronic assembly applications, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of these technologies.

Knovel

Venture Round in 2002
Knovel is a technology company specializing in providing a web-based application for engineers and scientists. It integrates and validates technical information from trusted sources, offering a comprehensive collection of engineering content, including material properties, process data, design information, and industry-specific best practices. This content is accessible through advanced search and analytical tools, enabling users to find reliable answers and drive innovation in their respective fields.

Medidata Solutions

Venture Round in 2002
Medidata Solutions, Inc. is a global provider of cloud-based solutions for the life sciences industry. It offers a unified platform, Medidata Clinical Cloud, which encompasses data capture and management, trial planning, and analytics to facilitate the development and commercialization of new therapies. The company also provides centralized statistical monitoring, patient engagement tools, and professional services such as implementation, consulting, and training. Medidata's clients include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies, as well as academic research centers and contract research organizations. The company, founded in 1999, is headquartered in New York and operates as a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes Americas Corp.

UGO Entertainment

Venture Round in 2002
UGO Entertainment creates quality lifestyle content for the coveted 18-34 male audience. The company’s flagship brands, UGO.com and 1UP.com, deliver in-depth daily coverage of the latest developments in games and entertainment. A network of owned and affiliated properties supports the flagships with databases of game cheats, interactive games, celebrity pictures, news and more. UGO Entertainment offers advertisers an opportunity to reach 42 million visitors worldwide who are highly influential trendsetters and lifestyle mavens with a passionate curiosity for "what's next." UGO has earned a strong reputation as a trusted publisher and as a proven innovator that delivers customized, high-impact online advertising programs for its world-class client base. UGO Entertainment, a unit of Hearst Corporation, is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago and Santa Monica.

7thonline

Series A in 2001
7thonline, Inc. is a provider of cross-channel merchandise and assortment management solutions tailored for the apparel, footwear, and accessories industries, both in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud-based and enterprise software solutions that facilitate planning, demand forecasting, and inventory optimization. Its services include assortment and size optimization, as well as consulting to help clients assess merchandise assortment, analyze point-of-sale data, and develop financial plans. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, 7thonline employs data-driven methodologies, predictive analytics, and machine learning to enhance demand planning and inventory management for major retailers, including well-known brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. The company also provides implementation services, client support, and training to ensure effective deployment of its solutions. With a commitment to helping retailers adapt to changing market trends, 7thonline aims to enable brands to operate proactively in a competitive landscape.

Navtrak

Seed Round in 2001
Navtrak is a GPS fleet navigation company based in Salisbury, Maryland, founded in 1999. The company specializes in mobile resource and fleet management software services, offering a range of GPS tracking solutions that enable businesses to locate vehicles, verify payroll, plan sales itineraries, and ensure real-time service and delivery verification. Navtrak's comprehensive fleet management solutions cater to various stakeholders, including drivers, service technicians, dispatchers, sales personnel, and customer service teams. The company's services also extend to risk management and information technology resources, making it a versatile partner for organizations seeking to enhance their operational efficiency.

DataSynapse

Venture Round in 2001
DataSynapse specializes in application service management software designed for data centers. Its platform enables organizations to configure, activate, and manage scalable enterprise-class application services across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures in real-time. Key products include FabricServer, which facilitates application virtualization by allowing dynamic scaling based on business policies, and GridServer, a service execution platform that adjusts enterprise services according to performance and business needs. DataSynapse differentiates itself by offering a comprehensive solution for automated provisioning, configuration management, metering, and runtime control, optimizing the management of applications across diverse infrastructures.

Flooz

Venture Round in 2001
Flooz.com is an online platform that facilitates gift giving by allowing users to send electronic greeting cards and online gift currency to recipients with an email address. The service aims to simplify the process of gifting by providing a convenient and accessible way to express sentiments and offer gifts digitally. Through this platform, users can enhance their gifting experience by choosing from a variety of electronic cards and gift currencies, making it easier to connect with friends and family.

Yo.com

Series A in 2000
Study after study suggests that by integrating personalization technology, e-commerce sites see greatly increased sales conversion. Yo.com is an application service provider of personalization technology. Personalization delivers dynamic content tailored to each individual's taste and preference. It learns from every visitor interaction and delivers increasingly accurate merchandising selections. As a result, your web site enjoys more sales, larger order sizes and more frequently returning visitors. And for your visitors, they enjoy a more personally satisfying interaction with your site.

Flooz

Venture Round in 2000
Flooz.com is an online platform that facilitates gift giving by allowing users to send electronic greeting cards and online gift currency to recipients with an email address. The service aims to simplify the process of gifting by providing a convenient and accessible way to express sentiments and offer gifts digitally. Through this platform, users can enhance their gifting experience by choosing from a variety of electronic cards and gift currencies, making it easier to connect with friends and family.

7thonline

Seed Round in 1999
7thonline, Inc. is a provider of cross-channel merchandise and assortment management solutions tailored for the apparel, footwear, and accessories industries, both in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud-based and enterprise software solutions that facilitate planning, demand forecasting, and inventory optimization. Its services include assortment and size optimization, as well as consulting to help clients assess merchandise assortment, analyze point-of-sale data, and develop financial plans. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, 7thonline employs data-driven methodologies, predictive analytics, and machine learning to enhance demand planning and inventory management for major retailers, including well-known brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. The company also provides implementation services, client support, and training to ensure effective deployment of its solutions. With a commitment to helping retailers adapt to changing market trends, 7thonline aims to enable brands to operate proactively in a competitive landscape.

LivePerson

Seed Round in 1999
LivePerson, Inc. is a leader in conversational commerce solutions, providing businesses with tools to engage consumers through its cloud-based platform, LiveEngage. The company operates in two main segments: Business and Consumer. The Business segment helps brands utilize LiveEngage to connect with consumers via an integrated suite of messaging technologies, enhancing customer interactions and experiences. The Consumer segment facilitates transactions between independent service providers and consumers seeking information through messaging. LivePerson serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and various organizations across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. In addition to its core offerings, the company provides professional services and business consulting. LivePerson also maintains strategic partnerships to innovate customer experience through digital engagement and AI-driven automation. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New York, LivePerson is dedicated to transforming the way brands communicate with their customers.
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