BDMI

BDMI is a New York-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments in innovative digital media technologies, products, and distribution channels across North America, Europe, and Israel. Primarily focusing on Series A and B investments, BDMI also operates a seed fund that encompasses approximately 20 companies. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $3 million in startups, aiming to accelerate growth through both financial support and management resources. BDMI leverages its close connection to Bertelsmann, an international media company with consolidated revenues exceeding $25 billion, which operates across various sectors including television, book publishing, magazine publishing, music, and media services. This relationship enables BDMI to not only provide capital but also to support startups through an extensive network of contacts within Bertelsmann and the broader media landscape.

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Spikerz

Seed Round in 2025
Spikerz is a technology company that specializes in providing an all-inclusive security solution for digital and social media assets. Their platform offers a range of tools designed to protect and enhance user experience, including content backup, detection of social engineering and shadowban attempts, impersonator identification, account recovery assistance, and bot attack prevention. This suite of services helps clients maintain engagement, prevent unauthorized access, and safeguard their online presence.

LOST iN

Seed Round in 2024
LOST iN is a mobile app and travel guide platform designed to provide travelers with authentic local experiences in 17 global cities. By releasing a new city each month, the app curates personalized recommendations based on factors such as time, weather, and location, ensuring that users avoid tourist traps and discover the best of each destination. The platform leverages insights from local opinion leaders, including chefs, designers, and editors, to offer invaluable travel advice and assistance, such as taxi bookings and vendor reviews. In addition to its digital offerings, LOST iN also produces print guides available in leading retail and concept stores worldwide, allowing users to explore cities from a local perspective, both online and offline.

Hark

Seed Round in 2024
Hark is a New York-based startup focused on enhancing customer experience through its innovative customer service platform. The platform enables customers to submit text, photo, or video messages detailing their issues. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, Hark transcribes these video submissions into tickets for the service team. This approach aims to streamline the authentication process and improve resolution rates, allowing organizations to address customer concerns more effectively and efficiently. By integrating video into the customer journey, Hark seeks to create a more engaging and productive interaction between customers and organizations.

tvScientific

Convertible Note in 2024
TvScientific is a performance advertising platform that specializes in connected TV (CTV) advertising, making it accessible and measurable for brands and applications of all sizes. The company utilizes data-driven insights to demonstrate the value of TV advertising while simplifying and automating the CTV buying process. TvScientific offers real-time reporting, allowing users to monitor campaign performance confidently. Its Always-On Incrementality testing feature provides businesses with valuable information about the incremental impact of CTV campaigns, ensuring they achieve their desired outcomes. By combining efficient media buying with digital-like measurement and attribution, TvScientific enables companies to leverage CTV as a scalable performance channel.

Letterhead

Seed Round in 2023
Letterhead is a digital publishing platform that simplifies the creation, management, and monetization of email newsletters. By automating various aspects of newsletter production, it enables users to efficiently produce high-quality content without the extensive time and cost typically associated with such efforts. The platform integrates advertising revenue, paid subscriptions, and content management into a single streamlined product. It provides a range of customizable templates, allowing users to craft engaging newsletters that include built-in advertising and features designed to encourage subscriptions or memberships.

Certa

Series B in 2023
Certa is a technology company that specializes in managing third-party relationships for businesses. Its core product is an automated SaaS platform designed to streamline various aspects of third-party lifecycle management, including onboarding, due diligence, risk mitigation, and ongoing monitoring. This platform enables companies to efficiently manage the operational risks, compliance issues, and overall workflow associated with their third-party interactions globally from a single location.

Wand App

Seed Round in 2023
Wand is a co-creative, AI-driven tool that allows artists the manual control and customization they need to realize their ideas.

COHART

Seed Round in 2023
Cohart is a global platform designed to connect creators and collectors within the art community, enhancing the experience of discovering and collecting art. The company offers a vertical marketplace that allows artists to build their storefronts and engage directly with their audiences through features such as chats, live-streams, and intimate discussions. Users can establish relationships with their favorite artists and curate their collections with confidence, utilizing tools for purchasing and managing art pieces. Additionally, Cohart facilitates the sharing and reselling of artworks, enabling collectors to proudly display their acquisitions and foster a communal experience around art appreciation and commerce.

bitewell

Seed Round in 2023
Bitewell is a pioneering company focused on enhancing global health through food. Recognized as a notable start-up in 2023, it operates a transformative food-as-medicine platform designed to simplify and democratize healthy eating. Central to its innovation is the FoodHealth Score, a personalized nutrition metric that assesses the impact of food on health. This score will be available to over 20 million Americans in the near future, becoming a key health metric in major grocery retailers and restaurant chains, as well as being utilized by healthcare providers. By aligning food choices with long-term health outcomes, Bitewell aims to reduce healthcare costs and promote healthier eating habits among individuals and businesses alike.

Spectrm

Series B in 2023
Spectrm is a developer of a conversational marketing automation platform that enables businesses to engage and convert customers through AI-powered chatbots on popular messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs. The platform provides tools that help companies automate customer interactions, facilitating personalized experiences that enhance customer retention and acquisition. By leveraging its end-to-end chatbot technology, Spectrm allows businesses to design tailored engagement strategies, effectively building lifelong relationships with their customers.

Percent Technologies

Series B in 2023
Percent Technologies is a fintech company that has developed a modern credit marketplace aimed at transforming the private credit industry. Founded in 2018, Percent provides innovative technology that enhances the efficiency and speed of private credit transactions while significantly reducing costs. Its core infrastructure enables the sourcing, structuring, syndication, surveillance, and servicing of private credit deals, effectively bringing public market efficiencies to a traditionally analog market. The company has facilitated over $1.2 billion in transaction volume, establishing itself as a key player in the multi-trillion-dollar private credit sector. Percent's platform serves as a vital resource for investors, borrowers, and underwriters, aiming to streamline access to private credit investments.

Barometer

Seed Round in 2023
Barometer is a technology company that specializes in developing an AI measurement platform aimed at enhancing brand suitability in podcast advertising. The platform's primary function is to analyze podcast content for biases and various critical attributes. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Barometer offers transparent ratings that enable advertisers to access informative metrics, including levels of language formality, editorial bias, and sensationalism. This application assists companies in becoming more accountable for the biases present in their text data, ultimately promoting responsible advertising practices.

Summer​

Series A in 2023
Summer combines innovative technology and policy expertise to serve student loan borrowers. The company's platform provides resources including a personalized loan payment dashboard, payment notifications, student loan policy updates, and customized repayment plans, enabling student borrowers to take control of their loans and save money while repaying. Summer was established in 2017 in New York by Will Sealy.

Paintbrush

Seed Round in 2023
Paintbrush is a fintech company based in Salt Lake City, founded in 2021 by Stephen Walter and Kaela Worthen. It specializes in providing financial solutions for idea-stage companies through its proprietary Paintbrush Loan, a non-dilutive startup loan supported by an income-driven guarantee. The company focuses on assisting early-stage businesses by offering funding tailored to their business models and providing advisory services. In addition to facilitating non-dilutive financing, Paintbrush connects startups with essential resources and discounts on tools, helping them to scale and navigate the financial landscape more effectively.

Tracer

Venture Round in 2023
Tracer provides transparency into the performance of their investments using cross-platform data specific to their business. The competitive landscape is increasingly driven by specialized products such as data-driven software and consulting services. Buying a pilot is like buying a plane. This browser-based system allows you to manipulate, report on, and analyze all of your data.

Tenovos

Series B in 2022
Tenovos, Inc. is a technology company that has developed an Active Story Management platform aimed at enhancing how brands engage with customers through storytelling. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, the platform offers various products designed to support marketing teams in the management of brand narratives. Key offerings include Story Manager, which provides role-based capabilities for asset management; Story Streams, which aids in the orchestration of content; Story Insights, which delivers analytical tools for performance data; and Story Cloud, which integrates enterprise-grade microservices. Tenovos primarily serves consumer brands across several industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, media and entertainment, and food and beverage, enabling them to transform static content into dynamic brand experiences.

Breef

Venture Round in 2022
Breef is a New York-based company that operates a marketing agency platform designed to connect leading brands with boutique agencies for their digital and creative needs. Founded by George Raptis and Emily Bibb, the platform allows users to post projects and search for agencies specializing in various services, including digital marketing, web development, paid advertising, branding, and public relations. By facilitating this connection, Breef helps clients streamline their advertising processes, ultimately saving them time and resources on their marketing campaigns.

Dimension Labs

Seed Round in 2022
At Dimension Labs we are pioneering the future of customer intelligence. Our technology doesn’t analyze text—it understands the subtleties of language within its context by encoding customer interactions into higher-dimensional spaces. This innovative approach represents a paradigm shift in how businesses think about the value and potential of textual data. Our solution is designed to process text and metadata generated from customer interaction—from live chats with agents and bots, to customer satisfaction surveys, social mentions, reviews, and more. We deliver sophisticated signal detection, unsupervised data coding, and trend mapping capabilities that break the mold of every conventional approach on the market today. Our customers are innovators. They recognize the limitations of word clouds and sentiment scores. By mapping the nuanced voices of customers across channels—their concerns, desires, and necessities—we go beyond analytics to deliver greater understanding and closeness

Digiphy

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Digiphy is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that specializes in connected packaging and contextual marketing. It enables brands to transform physical products and marketing assets into interactive digital marketing channels, allowing for dynamic consumer engagement at relevant moments. By connecting companies directly to consumers, Digiphy provides insights that help convert one-time buyers into loyal customers, while capturing valuable first-party data. The platform enhances brand storytelling and fosters trust, ultimately driving consumer action and deepening brand engagement. Through its innovative approach, Digiphy elevates the consumer experience and accelerates sales by creating immersive digital experiences from traditional marketing materials.

Memorable

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Memorable is an innovative technology company that specializes in AI-driven creative optimization for advertising. Originating from research at the MIT lab, Memorable harnesses advanced deep learning models to assess the cognitive impact of visual content, such as videos and images. Its platform is designed to predict how memorable and attention-grabbing an advertisement will be, while also forecasting conversion metrics tailored to specific audiences and channels. By generating or modifying content to enhance its effectiveness before publication, Memorable enables businesses to make informed decisions regarding key marketing metrics linked to branding and conversion. The company's technology is already being utilized by industry leaders, demonstrating its significance in the field of advertising optimization.

Revelio Labs

Series A in 2022
Revelio Labs is a developer of a labor market analytics platform that provides comprehensive insights into global workforces. By leveraging advanced AI technologies, the company processes vast amounts of online profiles, resumes, and job postings to create a standardized database of public employment records. This platform offers valuable workforce analytics, allowing corporate strategists, HR professionals, venture capitalists, and investors to understand company and market dynamics, identify skill gaps, and make informed, data-driven decisions. Revelio Labs enables its clients to uncover trends in human capital, facilitating strategic workforce planning and optimization.

Dashbot

Venture Round in 2022
Dashbot, Inc. is a company that specializes in bot analytics, offering a platform designed to help bot developers and enterprises enhance user acquisition, engagement, and monetization through data-driven insights. Established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Dashbot focuses on unstructured conversational analytics, allowing businesses to extract meaningful insights from customer interactions at scale. The platform leverages advanced natural language processing to provide conversation-specific metrics and model optimization, enabling organizations to assess the effectiveness of their conversational AI responses. By turning unstructured conversational data into actionable insights, Dashbot supports clients in improving their customer experience strategies.

Humankind

Seed Round in 2022
Humankind operates as a Conversational Commerce SaaS platform that enables brands and retailers to offer personalized, human-led selling experiences through SMS. This innovative approach represents a new sales channel that enhances shopper engagement and significantly boosts conversion rates, achieving increases between 500% and 1,500%, along with higher average order values. The platform utilizes advanced communication technology, including built-in AI and natural language processing, to manage numerous customer interactions efficiently. By providing hyper-personalized expert recommendations, Humankind allows businesses to deliver tailored shopping experiences akin to having a personal consultant, such as a stylist or dietician, accessible via text message. This model not only enhances customer satisfaction and loyalty but also allows brands to turn this service into a profitable channel without the need for free offerings.

Stuff.io

Debt Financing in 2022
Book.io is a multi-chain Web3 marketplace that facilitates the buying, reading, and selling of decentralized eBooks and audiobooks. Established in 2020 and headquartered in McKinney, Texas, the platform leverages Cardano technology to create a marketplace where users can purchase digital books and audiobooks, earn tokens for engaging with these works, and sell their NFTs in a secondary market. This model enables publishers and authors to benefit from smart contracts that secure royalties on both initial and secondary sales indefinitely. By integrating blockchain technology, Book.io aims to enhance the digital reading experience while providing financial incentives for creators and consumers alike.

Reposite

Series A in 2022
Reposite is a comprehensive workspace platform tailored for the travel and event planning sectors. The company offers tools that facilitate relationship management, proposal tracking, and supplier discovery, aiming to enhance efficiency in the workflow. By streamlining these essential processes, Reposite enables clients to optimize their productivity and foster business growth. The platform is designed to support various stakeholders in the travel trade, making it an essential resource for professionals looking to simplify their operations and improve service delivery.

Bounty

Seed Round in 2022
Bounty is a web application tailored for TikTok creators, enabling them to monetize their brand reviews and recommendations effectively. The platform facilitates users in earning cashback based on the views and interactions their content generates. By leveraging user-generated content, Bounty allows advertisers to engage with targeted audiences, enhancing their marketing efforts on social media. The application not only empowers creators to capitalize on their influence but also provides brands with valuable insights and content generated by real users.

DSCVR

Seed Round in 2022
DSCVR is an innovative Web3 social network designed to reward users for their content contributions while seamlessly integrating cryptocurrency features. The platform addresses usability challenges associated with crypto products, aiming to facilitate broader adoption of Web3 technologies. It has garnered significant traction among crypto and NFT communities, positioning itself as a launchpad for tokenized communities. Users can establish governance rules, define roles, and distribute rewards through airdrops, all within the social network. Additionally, DSCVR enables peer-to-peer transactions of NFTs and airdrops directly to user accounts, eliminating the need for external wallets and addresses. Built entirely on the Internet Computer, DSCVR serves as a decentralized protocol that enhances user engagement and monetization opportunities through its open application programming interface.

Octane11

Seed Round in 2022
Octane11 is a B2B-focused data analytics and collaboration platform designed to integrate paid, owned, and earned marketing, sales, and product usage data. The company helps enterprises with over $100 million in revenue break down data silos and drive real business results by enriching and analyzing data across teams. Octane11's platform provides intuitive analytics that enable marketers to understand clients better, track marketing activities, and coordinate multi-channel digital tactics effectively. Launched in late 2020, the company is backed by several venture partners and assists some of the largest B2B enterprises in turning every digital interaction into actionable insights.

Xip

Seed Round in 2022
Xip is an online education company that delivers personalized learning experiences aimed at transforming the way individuals learn. It specializes in providing one-on-one coaching services that enable creators to monetize their expertise across various subjects, including Mathematics, Science, English, and History. Xip's platform offers fully customized instruction tailored to meet individual learning needs, allowing users to progress at their own pace. Additionally, the company fosters a global community by connecting students and instructors, enhancing the overall learning experience through collaboration and support.

Papercup

Series A in 2022
Papercup is a London-based company that specializes in automating the translation and dubbing of video content through advanced software that combines Bayesian neural networks and speech synthesis. This platform allows video creators to produce original content in their primary language while enabling users to translate and enjoy this content in their preferred languages. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Papercup significantly accelerates the localization process, making it more cost-effective compared to traditional methods. The company's AI-generated voices are designed to closely resemble human speech, and a human-in-the-loop system ensures that all voiceovers undergo professional quality checks for accuracy. This innovative approach helps content owners reach a global audience, enhance customer engagement, and efficiently manage their newly translated video content.

FLOWN

Seed Round in 2022
Flown is a company focused on enhancing productivity and creativity through its deep work-as-a-service model. It provides tailored mental and physical environments designed to facilitate optimal thinking and work for individuals and teams. By offering specialized spaces that promote deep focus, Flown aims to improve the quality of work and encourage innovative problem-solving. In addition, the company has developed a data orchestration platform that streamlines and optimizes data workflows for businesses. This platform simplifies complex data processes, enabling organizations to manage their data more effectively and gain valuable insights, which supports informed decision-making and operational efficiency.

Debbie

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Debbie is a mobile platform designed to help consumers achieve financial stability by rewarding them for reaching specific financial goals. Unlike traditional systems that reward spending, Debbie focuses on positive reinforcement and financial incentives to address negative behaviors contributing to financial insecurity. The company has assisted over 10,000 individuals in paying off more than $1 million in debt and saving over $10 million. Founded by experts with backgrounds in personal lending and venture capital, Debbie offers a platform that visualizes debt payoff progress and provides cashback for activities such as paying off credit cards, mortgages, buy now pay later services, side hustling, and medical debt payment.

FourFront

Seed Round in 2022
FourFront is a media startup focused on creating innovative social and cinematic experiences tailored for the entertainment industry. The company aims to develop a network of individual actors who perform scripted short-form serialized stories designed to resonate with the TikTok audience. By leveraging the platform's discoverability features, particularly the For You Page, FourFront seeks to attract new audiences to its unique storytelling format. Additionally, the company combines real-life actors with artificial intelligence to enhance audience engagement. Its platform enables users to interact personally with virtual characters and experience fictional influencers that utilize proprietary tools to appear realistic, thereby providing an interactive and social marketing experience.

Antenna

Series A in 2022
Antenna is a data and analytics startup that specializes in providing market intelligence specifically for direct-to-consumer subscription businesses. The company operates an analytical platform that leverages customer transaction data to offer insights into key metrics such as growth, churn rates, and customer retention. By delivering industry benchmarks and competitive analysis, Antenna enables its clients to understand optimal performance standards and make informed strategic decisions. The insights provided by Antenna help subscription-based firms establish and maintain direct, long-term relationships with their customers, ultimately enhancing their ability to entertain, inspire, and empower their audience.

Lemonada

Series A in 2022
Lemonada Media is a podcast network focused on sharing authentic narratives that reflect the diverse facets of the human experience. Through its platform, the company produces first-person stories that resonate with listeners, fostering an engaged community. By presenting relatable content, Lemonada enables individuals to gain insights into various life experiences, promoting understanding and personal growth. The network aims to create a space where listeners not only feel connected to the stories shared but also find comfort and lessons applicable to their own lives.

Danvas

Seed Round in 2021
Danvas is a developer of an Internet of Things-powered digital art platform aimed at enhancing the visibility of digital artists by facilitating collaborations with leading galleries and auction houses. The company provides a comprehensive digital art management system, featuring a patent-pending micro-LED display characterized by an iconic design. Its custom algorithm optimizes various forms of art and video, including generative art, ensuring high-quality rendering. Additionally, Danvas offers a mobile application that allows collectors and artists to effortlessly showcase their collections on personal devices, bridging the gap between digital art and its audience.

FourFront

Seed Round in 2021
FourFront is a media startup focused on creating innovative social and cinematic experiences tailored for the entertainment industry. The company aims to develop a network of individual actors who perform scripted short-form serialized stories designed to resonate with the TikTok audience. By leveraging the platform's discoverability features, particularly the For You Page, FourFront seeks to attract new audiences to its unique storytelling format. Additionally, the company combines real-life actors with artificial intelligence to enhance audience engagement. Its platform enables users to interact personally with virtual characters and experience fictional influencers that utilize proprietary tools to appear realistic, thereby providing an interactive and social marketing experience.

Flip

Series A in 2021
Flip is a social shopping app that merges the dynamics of social media with e-commerce, enabling customers to discover beauty products through video reviews. The platform allows users to share their preferences and experiences, receiving clothing items tailored to their likes and interactions. In this innovative environment, the traditional fitting room is transformed into a virtual space where users can try on products at home and share their looks with friends for feedback. Flip facilitates a community-driven shopping experience, where shoppers can access user-generated content, engage with video reviews, and benefit from peer validation before making purchases. This approach enhances the shopping journey by combining social engagement with instant access to a marketplace.

Involve.ai

Series A in 2021
Involve is a customer intelligence platform that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses accelerate growth from existing data. It organizes all customer data and interactions in a single dashboard to quickly predict customer health, stop customers from leaving, and expand them to increase revenue.

Revelio Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Revelio Labs is a developer of a labor market analytics platform that provides comprehensive insights into global workforces. By leveraging advanced AI technologies, the company processes vast amounts of online profiles, resumes, and job postings to create a standardized database of public employment records. This platform offers valuable workforce analytics, allowing corporate strategists, HR professionals, venture capitalists, and investors to understand company and market dynamics, identify skill gaps, and make informed, data-driven decisions. Revelio Labs enables its clients to uncover trends in human capital, facilitating strategic workforce planning and optimization.

Tenovos

Series A in 2021
Tenovos, Inc. is a technology company that has developed an Active Story Management platform aimed at enhancing how brands engage with customers through storytelling. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, the platform offers various products designed to support marketing teams in the management of brand narratives. Key offerings include Story Manager, which provides role-based capabilities for asset management; Story Streams, which aids in the orchestration of content; Story Insights, which delivers analytical tools for performance data; and Story Cloud, which integrates enterprise-grade microservices. Tenovos primarily serves consumer brands across several industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, media and entertainment, and food and beverage, enabling them to transform static content into dynamic brand experiences.

Burq

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Burq is a developer of a delivery management platform that simplifies the process for businesses to offer delivery services to their customers through a single API integration. The platform enables clients to access multiple delivery service providers, allowing them to present various delivery options to meet customer preferences. Burq's solution supports commission-free, on-demand, and same-day delivery, enhancing the last-mile delivery experience for businesses and their customers alike.

MyYogaTeacher

Seed Round in 2021
MyYogaTeacher is a live and interactive online yoga platform that offers both group and personalized one-on-one yoga classes. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company is designed to provide yoga enthusiasts with the flexibility to attend classes anytime and anywhere. Its platform focuses on tailoring sessions to individual users, taking into account their specific goals and schedules. By doing so, MyYogaTeacher aims to help users reduce stress, increase strength, and maintain a healthy weight, ultimately enhancing their physical and mental well-being.

Scout - Make Money Moves

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Scout is an investing platform that enables individuals to construct investment portfolios tailored to their interests, whether it's eco-friendly brands, women-led companies, Bitcoin, or popular Gen Z stocks. With Scout, users have the freedom to select their preferred investment options, while we diligently manage the portfolio to ensure safety and risk management.

Lance

Seed Round in 2021
Lance, established in 2017 and based in New York, specializes in providing expense management and tax prediction software tailored to freelancers. Its platform offers integrated services including financing, legal, and taxation assistance, enabling freelancers to consolidate and monitor invoices, payments, and accounts. Lance's software also streamlines expense organization and maximizes deductions, while facilitating business registration for freelancers.

HiGeorge

Seed Round in 2021
HiGeorge allows news publishers to easily create compelling visualizations from public data that are on par with the New York Times. We do this by cleaning and aggregating public datasets so that anyone can instantly use our data visualizations with a simple copy/paste. Think Tableau with all the necessary data attached.

Podsights

Venture Round in 2021
Podsights is a New York-based company that specializes in analytics, reporting, and attribution for podcast advertising. Founded in 2018, it offers a platform that provides podcast publishers and advertisers with actionable data and insights to optimize their content and assess campaign performance. The platform features a pixel-based measurement solution, allowing advertisers to track the impact of their podcasts by linking listens to on-site activity. Podsights enhances the advertising experience by delivering modern reporting tools that eliminate the need for manual data sharing, such as emailing download numbers or audio files. By offering real-time downloads, air checks, and placement transcripts, Podsights empowers marketers to gain a deeper understanding of their campaigns and make informed adjustments to improve effectiveness.

gravityAI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
gravityAI is a software development for data scientists to companies. They provide services for payroll forms, insurance forms, tax forms, supply chain management, and receipts. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.

FULLFILL

Seed Round in 2021
FULLFILL is a digital health platform that focuses on providing evidence-based corporate health programs aimed at improving employee well-being and reducing medical expenses for companies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, FULLFILL partners with employers to deliver virtual health coaching that addresses chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and mental health issues. The program is conducted entirely online and features a wealth of resources, including videos, podcasts, articles, and interactive tools, supported by trained Master Coaches available 24/7. FULLFILL has demonstrated significant success, achieving high employee engagement and enrollment rates, and has reported improved health outcomes compared to traditional programs. With a strong emphasis on long-term results and a money-back guarantee, FULLFILL aims to address the increased health challenges faced by employees, particularly in the wake of COVID-19, while also serving as a valuable retention tool for employers.

Papercup

Funding Round in 2020
Papercup is a London-based company that specializes in automating the translation and dubbing of video content through advanced software that combines Bayesian neural networks and speech synthesis. This platform allows video creators to produce original content in their primary language while enabling users to translate and enjoy this content in their preferred languages. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Papercup significantly accelerates the localization process, making it more cost-effective compared to traditional methods. The company's AI-generated voices are designed to closely resemble human speech, and a human-in-the-loop system ensures that all voiceovers undergo professional quality checks for accuracy. This innovative approach helps content owners reach a global audience, enhance customer engagement, and efficiently manage their newly translated video content.

Zephr

Series A in 2020
Zephr Inc Limited, founded in 2017 and based in London, develops a software platform tailored for media companies, brands, and businesses aiming to thrive in the subscription economy. The platform facilitates the rapid deployment and optimization of personalized subscription experiences, empowering non-technical teams to create and manage customer journeys effortlessly. With its dynamic paywall technology, Zephr enables organizations to design, test, and implement various reader registration, trial, and subscription processes using intuitive, code-free tools. This customer journey orchestration platform is designed to accelerate revenue growth for digital publishing and media companies by offering personalized user experiences and seamless integrations, allowing both commercial and technical teams to foster strong subscription relationships.

Omaze

Series B in 2020
Omaze, Inc. is an online fundraising platform that aims to transform charitable giving by making it engaging and accessible. Founded in 2011 and based in Culver City, California, the company allows donors to participate in online auctions for unique prizes, such as exclusive experiences with celebrities, luxury vehicles, and vacation packages. Omaze provides the necessary resources for partnerships between celebrities, athletes, and nonprofit organizations, facilitating a comprehensive online fundraising experience. The platform connects influencers, nonprofits, and individual donors, enabling them to support various charitable initiatives. By combining entertainment with philanthropy, Omaze helps charities raise funds and increase awareness for their causes while fostering a greater impact through digital fundraising.

Stix

Seed Round in 2020
Stix, LLC is a direct-to-consumer marketplace specializing in women's health products, particularly pregnancy and ovulation test kits designed for convenient home use. Founded in 2018 by Cynthia Plotch and Jamie Norwood, the company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stix aims to eliminate the stigma surrounding the purchase of sensitive health products by offering a discreet shopping experience. The brand addresses the challenges women face, such as feelings of shame and high prices, by providing accessible and affordable options that resonate with their needs. By focusing on women's health, Stix seeks to empower women to take control of their reproductive health without the burden of societal judgment.

Boostr

Series A in 2020
Boostr, Inc. is a company that develops a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform tailored for media and advertising companies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, with an additional office in New York, Boostr offers a suite of tools that facilitate advertising sales management, including revenue management, forecasting, pipeline management, and sales activity tracking. The platform enables users to efficiently manage clients and contacts, automate processes, and receive notifications regarding ad campaign delivery pacing. By providing actionable insights and user-friendly workflows, Boostr aims to help its clients maximize profitability and scale their omnichannel advertising revenue.

Tenovos

Series A in 2020
Tenovos, Inc. is a technology company that has developed an Active Story Management platform aimed at enhancing how brands engage with customers through storytelling. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, the platform offers various products designed to support marketing teams in the management of brand narratives. Key offerings include Story Manager, which provides role-based capabilities for asset management; Story Streams, which aids in the orchestration of content; Story Insights, which delivers analytical tools for performance data; and Story Cloud, which integrates enterprise-grade microservices. Tenovos primarily serves consumer brands across several industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, media and entertainment, and food and beverage, enabling them to transform static content into dynamic brand experiences.

Knockri

Seed Round in 2020
Knockri Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-driven video soft skill assessment tool. This innovative platform aims to reduce hiring bias and minimize unsuccessful interviews by analyzing candidates' verbal and non-verbal communication through advanced video intelligence and facial recognition technology. Knockri's algorithm is designed to be blind to factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, and appearance, ensuring that hiring decisions are based solely on relevant skills like confidence and empathy. The company's assessment tool integrates seamlessly with existing Applicant Tracking Systems, allowing employers to efficiently shortlist the most suitable candidates during the early stages of the hiring process.

Suzy

Series C in 2020
Suzy, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in New York City that specializes in creating on-demand connections between brands and consumers. By harnessing collective insights from millions of consumers worldwide, Suzy delivers real-time intelligence to help brands validate critical assumptions, develop effective marketing strategies, and optimize product offerings. The company's platform facilitates direct interactions between consumers and brands, enabling the collection of real-time consumer intelligence through ratings, reviews, and feedback. Suzy’s platform empowers companies to assess customer preferences and needs, enhancing their ability to create compelling products and marketing campaigns. Established in 2009 and formerly known as Crowdtap, Suzy is trusted by various Fortune 500 companies and challenger brands, providing them with a streamlined method for conducting research and engaging with their target audiences.

Podsights

Seed Round in 2020
Podsights is a New York-based company that specializes in analytics, reporting, and attribution for podcast advertising. Founded in 2018, it offers a platform that provides podcast publishers and advertisers with actionable data and insights to optimize their content and assess campaign performance. The platform features a pixel-based measurement solution, allowing advertisers to track the impact of their podcasts by linking listens to on-site activity. Podsights enhances the advertising experience by delivering modern reporting tools that eliminate the need for manual data sharing, such as emailing download numbers or audio files. By offering real-time downloads, air checks, and placement transcripts, Podsights empowers marketers to gain a deeper understanding of their campaigns and make informed adjustments to improve effectiveness.

Sensity

Seed Round in 2020
Sensity is a cybersecurity company founded by Giorgio Patrini on November 28, 2018, in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland. The company specializes in developing advanced technologies to detect and combat threats associated with manipulated audiovisual media. Sensity's AI solutions are designed to identify deep fakes and authenticate content by recognizing the artificial intelligence software used in alterations, providing graphical indications of changes made. Additionally, Sensity offers online ID authentication services that enhance the customer onboarding process for businesses by swiftly rejecting fraudulent users while efficiently onboarding legitimate customers in seconds. Through its innovative technologies, Sensity aims to empower clients to discover and expose fake content, thereby enhancing security in the digital landscape.

StoryFit

Venture Round in 2019
StoryFit Inc. is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in artificial intelligence insights and machine learning solutions for the book publishing, movie, and television production industries. Founded in 2014, StoryFit develops tools such as StoryFit Metadata and StoryFit Analytics, which empower publishers and studios to analyze metadata and gain insights related to audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, and marketing intelligence. The company's proprietary AI technology simulates audience responses to content, offering predictive analytics and content suggestions by comparing key features of existing books or scripts. StoryFit aims to support creative decision-makers in crafting compelling narratives by providing actionable data that informs development, marketing, and merchandising strategies.

FULLFILL

Seed Round in 2019
FULLFILL is a digital health platform that focuses on providing evidence-based corporate health programs aimed at improving employee well-being and reducing medical expenses for companies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, FULLFILL partners with employers to deliver virtual health coaching that addresses chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and mental health issues. The program is conducted entirely online and features a wealth of resources, including videos, podcasts, articles, and interactive tools, supported by trained Master Coaches available 24/7. FULLFILL has demonstrated significant success, achieving high employee engagement and enrollment rates, and has reported improved health outcomes compared to traditional programs. With a strong emphasis on long-term results and a money-back guarantee, FULLFILL aims to address the increased health challenges faced by employees, particularly in the wake of COVID-19, while also serving as a valuable retention tool for employers.

Full Fill

Seed Round in 2019
Full Fill is a video advertising technology company.

Boostr

Convertible Note in 2019
Boostr, Inc. is a company that develops a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform tailored for media and advertising companies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, with an additional office in New York, Boostr offers a suite of tools that facilitate advertising sales management, including revenue management, forecasting, pipeline management, and sales activity tracking. The platform enables users to efficiently manage clients and contacts, automate processes, and receive notifications regarding ad campaign delivery pacing. By providing actionable insights and user-friendly workflows, Boostr aims to help its clients maximize profitability and scale their omnichannel advertising revenue.

Whisbi

Venture Round in 2019
Whisbi is a provider of a mobile-first conversational sales and marketing platform tailored for B2C enterprises. The company's innovative solution enhances sales conversion and live engagement by integrating multiple communication channels, including video calls, chat, chatbots, and traditional phone calls, into a centralized, data-driven user interface. This approach allows for a seamless omnichannel customer experience, significantly improving online conversion rates. Whisbi's platform is designed to easily integrate with existing infrastructures, such as call centers and physical stores, creating a cohesive online presence. The company leverages its extensive experience in industries like telecommunications, automotive, travel, and banking to offer tailored insights and expertise, ultimately facilitating a human-assisted sales experience that optimizes online marketing investments.

Spectrm

Convertible Note in 2019
Spectrm is a developer of a conversational marketing automation platform that enables businesses to engage and convert customers through AI-powered chatbots on popular messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs. The platform provides tools that help companies automate customer interactions, facilitating personalized experiences that enhance customer retention and acquisition. By leveraging its end-to-end chatbot technology, Spectrm allows businesses to design tailored engagement strategies, effectively building lifelong relationships with their customers.

ART19

Convertible Note in 2019
ART19, Inc. is a company that specializes in podcast hosting, distribution, and advertising technology, catering to advertising agencies and brands. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Oakland, California, ART19 offers advanced solutions that enhance the monetization, targeting, and measurement of podcast content. Its proprietary WarpFeed technology provides near real-time RSS ad insertion, allowing for regional and international advertising opportunities and the monetization of back catalogs. The platform addresses common challenges in the podcasting industry, such as ad targeting and replacement, by enabling publishers to effectively manage content and ad operations in one comprehensive system. Through its innovative tools, ART19 empowers content creators and advertisers to engage with the growing podcast audience more efficiently.

HeyMama

Venture Round in 2019
HeyMama is a community-focused platform designed to support mothers in business. It caters to a diverse group of women, including advisors, executives, founders, and chief executive officers, who seek to enhance their professional lives while balancing motherhood. Through an application-based membership, HeyMama offers resources for connection and collaboration, fostering a supportive environment where working mothers can share experiences and strategies. This platform empowers its members to navigate the challenges of combining professional aspirations with family responsibilities, helping them achieve success at every stage of their careers.

Wibbitz

Convertible Note in 2019
Wibbitz, Inc. is a developer of an AI-powered video creation platform that allows teams to produce professional short-form videos efficiently. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Wibbitz offers an online platform that simplifies video creation for various purposes, including social media, news coverage, marketing, and events. Users can leverage customizable video templates, drag-and-drop editing tools, and access to millions of licensed photos, videos, and soundtracks. The platform also features a Lightbox API solution, enabling integration of video creation capabilities into websites and applications to enhance user engagement. Wibbitz has established strategic partnerships with several prominent media organizations, including Hearst and NBC Universal, and operates additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and London, United Kingdom.

VENN

Seed Round in 2019
VENN is a 24/7 post-cable network focused on gaming, esports, and entertainment. Launched in 2020, it broadcasts live from studios located in New York and Los Angeles. The network aims to develop and circulate engaging content related to gaming and esports while also covering pop culture. VENN distributes its programming across various media platforms and offers original content produced both in-house and in collaboration with prominent creators and industry leaders. This approach allows VENN to connect with audiences interested in the dynamic worlds of gaming and entertainment.

Figments

Convertible Note in 2019
Figments Corp. is an e-sports platform that focuses on creating unique characters with fictional storylines, enhanced by custom voice acting to personalize the user experience. Incorporated in 2019 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Figments aims to redefine the e-sports landscape, drawing parallels to the entertainment model of professional wrestling. The company's innovative approach combines storytelling and interactive gaming, allowing users to engage with characters in a more immersive manner.

Vezt

Seed Round in 2019
Vezt Inc. is a company that operates an online platform allowing music fans to invest in the ownership of songs and recordings through blockchain technology. Founded in 2016 and based in Studio City, California, Vezt enables artists, songwriters, and producers to secure funding directly from their fans by offering a percentage of their song royalties in exchange. This innovative digital marketplace allows fans to acquire rights to royalties earned by their favorite music, thereby fostering a closer connection between artists and their audience. Vezt collects these royalties on behalf of fans from various sources, including performing rights organizations, publishers, and record labels, while leveraging proprietary technology to track these earnings.

Path (fka ScholarMe)

Seed Round in 2019
ScholarMe Co. is an online financing platform based in New York that simplifies the process of securing college funding for students. Established in 2018, the platform allows high school and college students to apply for various financial aid options, including scholarships, student loans, and income share agreements, through a single application. By connecting students with lenders and providing comprehensive resources, ScholarMe aims to help users effectively manage their education financing needs, ensuring they can cover tuition and related costs in a cost-effective manner.

Acorns

Venture Round in 2019
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

Blair

Seed Round in 2019
Blair is a company that specializes in providing accessible financing options for students and educational institutions through Income-Share Agreements (ISAs). Its platform allows students to pursue their education without the burden of upfront costs, making higher education more attainable. By facilitating ISAs, Blair helps schools attract and retain talented students, creating a mutually beneficial relationship that emphasizes a commitment to student success. This innovative approach aims to address financial barriers in education, enabling students to focus on their studies while ensuring that schools can support their educational missions effectively.

LiveLike

Venture Round in 2019
LiveLike Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a live streaming platform designed to enhance audience engagement for broadcasters and media companies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Gurugram, India, LiveLike offers a dynamic sports viewing platform that allows users to experience live sports through interactive features such as replay options, sports statistics, and watch parties. The company's innovative gamification engine transforms digital streaming into engaging experiences, ultimately fostering deeper connections between fans and content. By focusing on customized interactions, LiveLike aims to improve retention and monetization opportunities for its clients, particularly in attracting younger audiences and enriching the overall fan experience.

The Mighty

Series B in 2019
The Mighty is a digital health community designed to empower and connect individuals who are facing health challenges and disabilities. The platform provides a space for users to share stories and videos of their personal experiences with disability, disease, and mental illness. This sharing enables users to connect with others who have similar experiences, fostering a supportive environment that promotes positive energy and mutual understanding.

Wondery

Series B in 2019
Wondery Inc. is a content producer and publisher based in West Hollywood, California, specializing in mobile and on-demand audio storytelling. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on creating and curating immersive podcasts that span various genres, including crime, love, mystery, and conspiracy. Wondery's portfolio features well-known programs such as Sword & Scale, Dirty John, and Business Wars, among others. The company aims to connect audiences to a diverse array of narratives while offering a platform for storytellers to gain exposure and advertising representation. Additionally, Wondery provides a mobile application that allows users to follow their favorite podcasts, discover new content, and organize it by channels.

Boostr

Convertible Note in 2019
Boostr, Inc. is a company that develops a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform tailored for media and advertising companies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, with an additional office in New York, Boostr offers a suite of tools that facilitate advertising sales management, including revenue management, forecasting, pipeline management, and sales activity tracking. The platform enables users to efficiently manage clients and contacts, automate processes, and receive notifications regarding ad campaign delivery pacing. By providing actionable insights and user-friendly workflows, Boostr aims to help its clients maximize profitability and scale their omnichannel advertising revenue.

Obé

Seed Round in 2019
Obé is a fitness company that provides an at-home workout platform featuring live-streamed and on-demand exercise classes. Catering to health-conscious consumers, Obé offers a diverse range of fitness options, including strength training, sculpting, circuit workouts, dance, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), yoga, and specialized classes for prenatal and postnatal fitness. The platform is designed to meet the wellness needs of its clients by delivering simple and effective workout programs that enhance physical fitness while allowing users to save costs. Through its comprehensive approach, Obé aims to support individuals in achieving their fitness goals.

Wescover

Seed Round in 2019
Wescover, Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates the exploration of art and design in unique locations while highlighting the creators behind these works. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Wescover connects users with original art and design objects, providing a catalog that features images and mapped locations of these creations. The platform emphasizes the stories and significance of the items, enabling users to discover meaningful home decor products and the designers who craft them. By bridging the digital and physical worlds, Wescover fosters a community centered around creativity and design, enhancing the way individuals interact with their surroundings.

FloSports

Series C in 2019
FloSports is a media and events company that specializes in live streaming and original video programming for sports enthusiasts. It offers a direct-to-consumer streaming platform that provides both live and on-demand access to a wide range of competitions, catering to niche sports communities. With a focus on live event coverage, original content creation, and hosting its own events, FloSports aims to connect fans with the sports they are passionate about. The company holds exclusive broadcast rights to numerous premier events, ensuring that subscribers receive comprehensive coverage and insights into their favorite sports. Through its subscription service, FloSports delivers a unique platform that serves the diverse interests of sports fans across the United States and beyond.

Wibbitz

Convertible Note in 2019
Wibbitz, Inc. is a developer of an AI-powered video creation platform that allows teams to produce professional short-form videos efficiently. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Wibbitz offers an online platform that simplifies video creation for various purposes, including social media, news coverage, marketing, and events. Users can leverage customizable video templates, drag-and-drop editing tools, and access to millions of licensed photos, videos, and soundtracks. The platform also features a Lightbox API solution, enabling integration of video creation capabilities into websites and applications to enhance user engagement. Wibbitz has established strategic partnerships with several prominent media organizations, including Hearst and NBC Universal, and operates additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and London, United Kingdom.

Journey Live

Seed Round in 2019
Journey Meditation, Inc. specializes in providing a meditation application aimed at individuals and organizations. The company offers the Journey LIVE app, which features group meditation led by live instructors through real-time classes accessible to the public. Users can participate in scheduled video live streams throughout the day, guided by teachers from diverse backgrounds and meditation styles. Founded in 2015 by Stephen Sokoler, Journey Meditation is headquartered in New York, New York. The application is designed to make meditation relatable and accessible to a broad audience, incorporating six impactful Life Lessons to enhance the overall experience.

Frank And Oak

Series E in 2019
Frank & Oak is a vertically integrated online menswear brand that specializes in premium clothing and accessories for both men and women. Established in February 2012, the company offers a unique shopping experience by providing a curated selection of apparel each month, which is accessible to its members. The platform emphasizes personalization, allowing customers to receive tailored product suggestions and style advice from curators, enhancing the overall shopping experience. Frank & Oak has gained significant attention for its innovative approach to online retail, combining high-quality design with a straightforward and engaging shopping format.

CrowdTwist

Convertible Note in 2019
CrowdTwist, Inc. specializes in omni-channel loyalty marketing and data solutions, aimed at enhancing brand-consumer connections across various platforms. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company offers a range of tools, including CrowdTwist Complete, a customizable loyalty platform, and CrowdTwist Enhance, which integrates with existing loyalty programs to incorporate digital and social engagement. Additionally, CrowdTwist provides program management solutions like the CrowdTwist Control Center, which allows marketers to manage loyalty programs effectively, and CrowdTwist Connect, a suite of data analytics tools designed to help marketers segment and activate customer data. The company's innovative approach has attracted notable clients, including Pepsi and L'Oreal, emphasizing its role in helping brands achieve deeper insights into customer behavior and preferences. As of October 2020, CrowdTwist operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.

Versed

Convertible Note in 2019
Versed is a West Hollywood-based cosmetic company established in 2018. It specializes in manufacturing affordable, clean skincare products, sold through retail and direct-to-consumer channels. The company's mission is to provide personalized skincare items made with safe ingredients at effective levels, free from unnecessary packaging, markups, and toxins. Versed aims to empower women with access to high-quality, non-irritating skincare products.

StoryFit

Series A in 2019
StoryFit Inc. is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in artificial intelligence insights and machine learning solutions for the book publishing, movie, and television production industries. Founded in 2014, StoryFit develops tools such as StoryFit Metadata and StoryFit Analytics, which empower publishers and studios to analyze metadata and gain insights related to audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, and marketing intelligence. The company's proprietary AI technology simulates audience responses to content, offering predictive analytics and content suggestions by comparing key features of existing books or scripts. StoryFit aims to support creative decision-makers in crafting compelling narratives by providing actionable data that informs development, marketing, and merchandising strategies.

Fatherly

Convertible Note in 2019
Fatherly is a digital media brand and online parenting resource platform focused on empowering men in their roles as fathers. Headquartered in New York City and operating as a subsidiary of Some Spider Inc., the company provides a wide range of content, including original video series, expert reports, podcasts, and events. Its offerings cover various parenting topics such as gear, food and health, work and money, and relationships, aimed at equipping fathers with practical advice and insights. Additionally, Fatherly features a curated selection of products, including gifts for new and expectant fathers, toys, and home fitness items, all designed to support men in raising their children and leading fulfilling lives.

Orai

Seed Round in 2019
Orai is a technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2016, that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based public speaking application. This application serves as a virtual speech coach, providing users with instant feedback on their communication skills. Orai's platform uses machine learning to analyze speech patterns, identify filler words, and offer guided lessons aimed at enhancing oratory skills. With over 300,000 users across its iOS and Android apps, Orai has delivered AI-driven feedback on more than 2 million recordings. The application is utilized by enterprises to facilitate cost-effective and scalable communication and soft skill training, helping individuals become more confident and effective speakers.

Nativo

Series B in 2019
Nativo, established in 2010, is a technology company based in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in major U.S. cities and London. It specializes in developing a software platform that facilitates native advertising services for both brand advertisers and publishers. The platform enables brands to plan, buy, manage, deliver, optimize, and measure native ad campaigns, while publishers can build, host, serve, and report on these campaigns across their web and mobile properties. Over 300 brands and 350 publishers use Nativo's platform to scale, automate, and measure native ads, enhancing audience engagement and expanding revenue potential.

Whisbi

Venture Round in 2018
Whisbi is a provider of a mobile-first conversational sales and marketing platform tailored for B2C enterprises. The company's innovative solution enhances sales conversion and live engagement by integrating multiple communication channels, including video calls, chat, chatbots, and traditional phone calls, into a centralized, data-driven user interface. This approach allows for a seamless omnichannel customer experience, significantly improving online conversion rates. Whisbi's platform is designed to easily integrate with existing infrastructures, such as call centers and physical stores, creating a cohesive online presence. The company leverages its extensive experience in industries like telecommunications, automotive, travel, and banking to offer tailored insights and expertise, ultimately facilitating a human-assisted sales experience that optimizes online marketing investments.

The Athletic

Series C in 2018
The Athletic is an online media company founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It operates a subscription-based platform dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of sports news, focusing on both local and national events. The service features a wide array of articles about various sports, including basketball and football, delivered by skilled journalists. The Athletic distinguishes itself by offering an ad-free experience, allowing subscribers to access authentic sports content without distractions such as pop-ups or auto-play videos. Through its comprehensive reporting and updates, the company aims to engage sports enthusiasts seeking detailed insights into their favorite teams and athletes.

Pathmatics

Corporate Round in 2018
Pathmatics, Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, specializes in providing a comprehensive digital advertising intelligence platform. This platform offers insights into the performance of brands, competitors, and industries across various advertising channels such as display, social, video, mobile, and native. By utilizing Pathmatics' technology, clients can optimize their media spending, strategically position their marketing efforts, and anticipate competitor moves. The company's data powers offerings by Nielsen and Kantar Media, and is used by prominent agencies like Mindshare, Mediacom, and Possible.

Inked Brands

Series A in 2018
Inked Brands, Inc is a company based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, that specializes in providing comprehensive support services for brands, including marketing, product development, fulfillment, web development, and customer support. Founded in 2007, the company focuses on enhancing e-commerce opportunities by enabling influencers to utilize their social media followings to generate sustainable revenue streams. Inked Brands aims to empower brands and influencers alike, fostering growth and engagement in the digital marketplace.

Boostr

Seed Round in 2018
Boostr, Inc. is a company that develops a comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) platform tailored for media and advertising companies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, with an additional office in New York, Boostr offers a suite of tools that facilitate advertising sales management, including revenue management, forecasting, pipeline management, and sales activity tracking. The platform enables users to efficiently manage clients and contacts, automate processes, and receive notifications regarding ad campaign delivery pacing. By providing actionable insights and user-friendly workflows, Boostr aims to help its clients maximize profitability and scale their omnichannel advertising revenue.

InvolveSoft

Venture Round in 2018
Involve.ai specializes in consolidating customer data and interactions into a comprehensive dashboard, enabling businesses to efficiently assess customer health and retention. By leveraging this centralized data, companies can proactively address potential churn and explore opportunities for revenue expansion through existing customers. Involve.ai aims to enhance customer engagement and improve overall business performance by providing actionable insights derived from organized customer information.

A Million Ads

Seed Round in 2018
A Million Ads Limited is a digital audio advertising company founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company specializes in delivering personalized and contextually relevant audio advertisements, utilizing a robust data-driven approach to determine key aspects of each ad, including voiceover, music, and sound effects. Its platform integrates various sources of audience-level data, such as purchase history, loyalty status, and listening preferences, to dynamically serve ads tailored to individual listeners. With over 10 billion ad impressions served, A Million Ads offers a fully automated decision-making engine that allows for the seamless trafficking of multiple ad versions through a single tag. The company's managed service clients include prominent brands, for whom it produces targeted campaigns that have demonstrated measurable success in brand recall, foot traffic, and sales. This innovative approach enables advertisers to effectively engage their target audiences across various audio formats, including streaming, podcasts, and broadcast radio.

Wondery

Series A in 2018
Wondery Inc. is a content producer and publisher based in West Hollywood, California, specializing in mobile and on-demand audio storytelling. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on creating and curating immersive podcasts that span various genres, including crime, love, mystery, and conspiracy. Wondery's portfolio features well-known programs such as Sword & Scale, Dirty John, and Business Wars, among others. The company aims to connect audiences to a diverse array of narratives while offering a platform for storytellers to gain exposure and advertising representation. Additionally, Wondery provides a mobile application that allows users to follow their favorite podcasts, discover new content, and organize it by channels.

The Athletic

Series B in 2018
The Athletic is an online media company founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It operates a subscription-based platform dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of sports news, focusing on both local and national events. The service features a wide array of articles about various sports, including basketball and football, delivered by skilled journalists. The Athletic distinguishes itself by offering an ad-free experience, allowing subscribers to access authentic sports content without distractions such as pop-ups or auto-play videos. Through its comprehensive reporting and updates, the company aims to engage sports enthusiasts seeking detailed insights into their favorite teams and athletes.

Fatherly

Series A in 2017
Fatherly is a digital media brand and online parenting resource platform focused on empowering men in their roles as fathers. Headquartered in New York City and operating as a subsidiary of Some Spider Inc., the company provides a wide range of content, including original video series, expert reports, podcasts, and events. Its offerings cover various parenting topics such as gear, food and health, work and money, and relationships, aimed at equipping fathers with practical advice and insights. Additionally, Fatherly features a curated selection of products, including gifts for new and expectant fathers, toys, and home fitness items, all designed to support men in raising their children and leading fulfilling lives.
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