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 JD

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., established in 2005 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in aggregating data from various digital tracking and sharing platforms such as Foursquare, Facebook, TripIt, Fitbit, RunKeeper, and Netflix. The company's primary service, The Rewind.Me App for iOS, transforms users' check-in activities into a personal tool and facilitates social interaction by unlocking the value of this aggregated data. By doing so, Rewind Me enables individuals to manage and monetize their digital history as a new personal asset on their iPhones.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series D in 2008
Reactive NanoTechnologies is a company based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, founded in 2001. It specializes in the development and manufacturing of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. The company's offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, high-brightness light-emitting diode (HB LED) attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, Reactive NanoTechnologies provides processes for bonding components and bonding sputter targets, contributing to innovations in electronics assembly applications.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series C in 2008
Reactive NanoTechnologies is a company based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, founded in 2001. It specializes in the development and manufacturing of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. The company's offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, high-brightness light-emitting diode (HB LED) attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, Reactive NanoTechnologies provides processes for bonding components and bonding sputter targets, contributing to innovations in electronics assembly applications.

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 headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2002, it offers a web-based platform that enables users to search and monitor global television, radio, online news, and social media. The platform, known as CriticalTV, allows users to watch videos, edit and share media coverage, and receive real-time email alerts. Additionally, it provides tools for building reports and analyzing coverage through visual aids such as word clouds and graphs. Critical Mention serves corporate communications and business intelligence professionals by facilitating the tracking and viewing of essential information relevant to their organizations, clients, and competitors. The company operates as a subsidiary of Critical Media, Inc.

Critical Mention

Series B in 2005
Critical Mention, Inc. is a media monitoring company headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2002, it offers a web-based platform that enables users to search and monitor global television, radio, online news, and social media. The platform, known as CriticalTV, allows users to watch videos, edit and share media coverage, and receive real-time email alerts. Additionally, it provides tools for building reports and analyzing coverage through visual aids such as word clouds and graphs. Critical Mention serves corporate communications and business intelligence professionals by facilitating the tracking and viewing of essential information relevant to their organizations, clients, and competitors. The company operates as a subsidiary of Critical Media, Inc.

Game Trust

Series B in 2005
Game Trust, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing infrastructure for community and commerce applications within the online gaming and entertainment sectors. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York, the company is known for its Game Frame platform, which is designed for online casual games. Game Frame supports the needs of the casual gaming audience by offering a comprehensive online entertainment experience. The platform is licensed by website operators and game developers, enabling them to enhance their offerings with community features and commerce capabilities, whether for new titles or existing games. Game Trust operates in both the United States and Europe, serving a diverse range of game distributors and developers. As of October 2007, Game Trust functions as a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.

DataSynapse

Series D in 2004
DataSynapse is a provider of application service management software designed for data centers. The company offers a platform that enables organizations to configure, activate, and manage scalable enterprise-class application services across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures in real-time. Its products include FabricServer, which serves as a data center application virtualization platform that adjusts applications based on business policies, and GridServer, a service execution platform that scales enterprise services according to performance and business requirements. By focusing on dynamic and automated provisioning, configuration management, metering, and runtime control, DataSynapse distinguishes itself from traditional IT management tools and infrastructure software platforms.

Critical Mention

Series A in 2004
Critical Mention, Inc. is a media monitoring company headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2002, it offers a web-based platform that enables users to search and monitor global television, radio, online news, and social media. The platform, known as CriticalTV, allows users to watch videos, edit and share media coverage, and receive real-time email alerts. Additionally, it provides tools for building reports and analyzing coverage through visual aids such as word clouds and graphs. Critical Mention serves corporate communications and business intelligence professionals by facilitating the tracking and viewing of essential information relevant to their organizations, clients, and competitors. The company operates as a subsidiary of Critical Media, Inc.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series B in 2004
Reactive NanoTechnologies is a company based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, founded in 2001. It specializes in the development and manufacturing of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. The company's offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, high-brightness light-emitting diode (HB LED) attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, Reactive NanoTechnologies provides processes for bonding components and bonding sputter targets, contributing to innovations in electronics assembly applications.

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 that specializes in providing infrastructure for community and commerce applications within the online gaming and entertainment sectors. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York, the company is known for its Game Frame platform, which is designed for online casual games. Game Frame supports the needs of the casual gaming audience by offering a comprehensive online entertainment experience. The platform is licensed by website operators and game developers, enabling them to enhance their offerings with community features and commerce capabilities, whether for new titles or existing games. Game Trust operates in both the United States and Europe, serving a diverse range of game distributors and developers. As of October 2007, Game Trust functions 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 maintains an extensive catalog of parts and accessories, covering categories such as major and small appliances, computers, wireless devices, outdoor power equipment, and home improvement products. In addition to retailing these components directly to consumers, Partsearch Technologies offers parts procurement services to retail partners, warranty administrators, and their customers. The company also supports independent contractors and small businesses with web-based solutions, thereby serving a diverse clientele that includes the service, in-warranty, extended warranty repair, retail, and consumer markets. Through its technology-driven approach, Partsearch Technologies aims to provide a wide range of quality products at competitive prices.

Reactive NanoTechnologies

Series A in 2003
Reactive NanoTechnologies is a company based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, founded in 2001. It specializes in the development and manufacturing of products designed to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. The company's offerings are utilized in various sectors, including concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, high-brightness light-emitting diode (HB LED) attachment, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting. Additionally, Reactive NanoTechnologies provides processes for bonding components and bonding sputter targets, contributing to innovations in electronics assembly applications.

Knovel

Venture Round in 2002
Knovel is a technology company specializing in providing a web-based application for engineers and scientists. It integrates technical information with analytical and search tools, offering a comprehensive and reliable resource for engineering professionals. The company aggregates validated content from trusted sources, covering a wide range of engineering disciplines and industries. This content includes material properties, process and design information, best practices, and equations, all designed to drive innovation and deliver accurate solutions.

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 Networks, a division of Hearst Corporation, specializes in creating engaging lifestyle content tailored for the 18-34 male demographic. Its primary platforms, UGO.com and 1UP.com, feature comprehensive daily coverage of gaming and entertainment, including game reviews, pop culture news, and lifestyle articles. Complemented by a network of affiliated properties, UGO provides additional resources such as game cheats, interactive content, and celebrity news. The company attracts a global audience of 42 million visitors, positioning itself as a trusted source for influential trendsetters who are keen on the latest developments in gaming and entertainment. UGO Networks also offers advertisers targeted opportunities to connect with this engaged audience through customized online advertising solutions. Headquartered in New York City, UGO maintains 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 sectors, serving both domestic and international markets. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including cloud-based and enterprise software solutions for retail, wholesale, and e-commerce, focusing on demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and merchandise planning. Its platform leverages data science, predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to enhance demand planning and execution for major retailers. Additionally, 7thonline provides optimization services such as assortment and size optimization, along with consulting and implementation services to help clients analyze merchandise assortment, cleanse point-of-sale data, and develop robust financial plans. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, the company also maintains development offices globally, serving a diverse clientele of well-known brands in the retail industry.

Navtrak

Seed Round in 2001
Navtrak, established in 1999 and headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, specializes in GPS fleet navigation and management solutions. The company offers a range of services including vehicle location tracking, payroll verification, sales itinerary planning, and real-time service/delivery confirmation. Navtrak's solutions are designed to support various roles within an organization, such as drivers, service technicians, dispatchers, salespeople, and administrative staff in areas like timekeeping, accounting, customer service, risk management, and information technology.

DataSynapse

Venture Round in 2001
DataSynapse is a provider of application service management software designed for data centers. The company offers a platform that enables organizations to configure, activate, and manage scalable enterprise-class application services across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures in real-time. Its products include FabricServer, which serves as a data center application virtualization platform that adjusts applications based on business policies, and GridServer, a service execution platform that scales enterprise services according to performance and business requirements. By focusing on dynamic and automated provisioning, configuration management, metering, and runtime control, DataSynapse distinguishes itself from traditional IT management tools and infrastructure software platforms.

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 sectors, serving both domestic and international markets. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including cloud-based and enterprise software solutions for retail, wholesale, and e-commerce, focusing on demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and merchandise planning. Its platform leverages data science, predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to enhance demand planning and execution for major retailers. Additionally, 7thonline provides optimization services such as assortment and size optimization, along with consulting and implementation services to help clients analyze merchandise assortment, cleanse point-of-sale data, and develop robust financial plans. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in New York, the company also maintains development offices globally, serving a diverse clientele of well-known brands in the retail industry.

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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