Dace Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Lexington, Massachusetts, established in 2006. The firm specializes in investing in innovative companies operating within the realms of digital media, consumer marketing, and mobile services. By focusing on these sectors, Dace Ventures aims to support the growth of startups that leverage internet-related technologies to create impactful solutions and services.
Infinityy is a property technology platform designed to enhance the real estate experience by connecting individuals with properties efficiently. The platform features an AI-powered smart assistant that facilitates real-time interactions, leads property tours, and responds to inquiries on demand. Additionally, it offers immersive three-dimensional tours and a multimedia experience, allowing users to engage with properties in customized settings. This technology aims to streamline the process for sales and leasing teams, making it easier for potential buyers and renters to explore and share property options.
DeepIntent
Venture Round in 2019
DeepIntent, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in New York, founded by former data scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2016. The company operates an integrated data and programmatic buying platform aimed at enhancing health outcomes through targeted digital advertising. Its proprietary technology, MarketMatch™, connects healthcare advertisers, publishers, and data providers to create a unified digital marketplace. This platform utilizes first, second, and third-party data, including real-world clinical information, to facilitate the delivery of relevant ads to patients and healthcare professionals. DeepIntent's solutions allow healthcare marketers to plan, activate, and measure omnichannel campaigns effectively, employing artificial intelligence to optimize audience targeting. The company collaborates with over 20 major pharmaceutical companies and numerous media agencies to promote more than 200 healthcare brands while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. Since its inception, DeepIntent has expanded significantly, quadrupling its workforce across its offices in New York, California, and India, and has received recognition for its innovative contributions to healthcare advertising.
Kanvas Labs
Seed Round in 2014
Kanvas Labs, Inc. is a mobile social networking platform that allows users to create and share social photo stories centered around real-world experiences. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, the company offers a product called Kanvas, which enables users to create engaging content utilizing photos, videos, gifs, and custom stop motion animation. Users can enhance their creations with text, stickers, overlays, drawings, and music before sharing them with friends and followers across various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Originally known as Tracks Media, Inc., Kanvas Labs operates as a subsidiary of AOL Inc. and focuses on fostering micro-social networks that connect users through shared visual narratives.
Yieldmo
Series B in 2013
Yieldmo, Inc. is an advertising platform that provides mobile advertising solutions aimed at enhancing user engagement and campaign performance for publishers and marketers. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company utilizes advanced technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to offer custom ad formats and proprietary attention signals. Yieldmo focuses on creating human-centered ads that are tailored to provoke emotional responses and actions from users. Its platform combines creative and media elements, allowing brands to optimize ad placements across mobile pages and apps, while delivering analytics and insights to inform marketing strategies. This approach enables marketers, publishers, and agencies to effectively drive revenue through digital advertising.
Kitara Media
Post in 2013
Ascend Acquisition Corp. obtained the written consent from holders of a majority of its then outstanding common stock to change its name to “Kitara Media Corp.” Kitara Media is a transparent behavioral network that combines advanced targeting, and performance with site by site reporting, allowing advertisers to identify and track a desired audience on an unprecedented level. Kitara Media offers state of the art demographic, behavioral, chronographic & geographic capabilities across a network of global publishers to ensure your message is delivered to the right audience in a transparent environment.
Yieldmo
Series A in 2012
Yieldmo, Inc. is an advertising platform that provides mobile advertising solutions aimed at enhancing user engagement and campaign performance for publishers and marketers. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company utilizes advanced technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to offer custom ad formats and proprietary attention signals. Yieldmo focuses on creating human-centered ads that are tailored to provoke emotional responses and actions from users. Its platform combines creative and media elements, allowing brands to optimize ad placements across mobile pages and apps, while delivering analytics and insights to inform marketing strategies. This approach enables marketers, publishers, and agencies to effectively drive revenue through digital advertising.
Ticket Evolution
Series A in 2012
Ticket Evolution Inc. is a software company that develops a broker-owned ticket exchange platform, catering to the secondary ticket industry. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, the company serves over 120 ticket brokers and is recognized as one of the largest ticket aggregators in the sector. Ticket Evolution offers a range of advanced software applications designed for ticket resellers, including an automated ticket uploader application called Auto-Uploader, which facilitates the transmission of inventory files to various exchanges. Additionally, the company provides a business-to-business portal API, enabling ticket sales, broker exchanges, point-of-sale transactions, and online store integrations.
Cartera Commerce
Venture Round in 2012
Cartera Commerce Inc. operates a partner-branded website that allows users to earn rewards through online shopping, enhancing their ability to accumulate miles, points, or cash-back across various loyalty programs. The company provides a comprehensive, performance-based offer platform tailored for card issuers, airline frequent flyer programs, and merchants, facilitating personalized shopping and marketing initiatives. Cartera partners with major financial institutions and airlines, as well as numerous merchant advertisers, to foster consumer engagement and loyalty while maximizing spending and creating new revenue streams. Additionally, the company builds and maintains shopping sites, reward-tracking systems, and marketing communications for its clients. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, Cartera Commerce was formerly known as Mall Networks, Inc. and became a subsidiary of Ebates, Inc. in 2017.
LocaModa
Debt Financing in 2011
LocaModa was a company based in Cambridge, MA, that specialized in multi-channel marketing programs for brands and agencies. It developed a location-based text messaging service and place-based social media, allowing users to engage with media in various settings such as bars, cafes, colleges, and retail locations. The company's innovative solutions included multiplayer mobile game software and enabled people to connect with and control media displayed on public digital billboards and jukeboxes. LocaModa was venture-backed and eventually acquired by Monster Media.
LocaModa
Venture Round in 2011
LocaModa was a company based in Cambridge, MA, that specialized in multi-channel marketing programs for brands and agencies. It developed a location-based text messaging service and place-based social media, allowing users to engage with media in various settings such as bars, cafes, colleges, and retail locations. The company's innovative solutions included multiplayer mobile game software and enabled people to connect with and control media displayed on public digital billboards and jukeboxes. LocaModa was venture-backed and eventually acquired by Monster Media.
Vitrue
Series C in 2011
Vitrue is a provider of social media marketing solutions designed for marketers, agencies, and publishers. The company offers a comprehensive cloud-based platform that enables brands to effectively manage their social marketing efforts across various networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and YouTube. Vitrue's award-winning Social Relationship Management (SRM) platform supports over one billion social connections globally, managing more than 4,500 social accounts in over 100 countries. Its services include promotional programs, branded community development, and syndicated brand applications, along with centralized data and member management, strategic consultation, and event marketing integration. Vitrue aims to maximize the marketing potential of social media for its clients while ensuring security and scalability in its operations.
Hashable
Series A in 2010
Hashable is a digital networking platform that helps users manage and remember their professional connections. It offers a mobile application for both iPhone and Android devices, allowing users to create a unified address book that consolidates all their relationships. The app enables users to send virtual business cards to initiate connections without the need for paper. Users can also make private notes about their contacts and set follow-up reminders to maintain relationships effectively. Additionally, Hashable provides a scrollable history of interactions with each contact, enhancing the networking experience by making it easier and more efficient to keep track of professional engagements.
Collecta
Venture Round in 2010
Collecta Inc., originally founded as Stanziq Inc. in 2008, is based in Santa Monica, California. The company specializes in monitoring real-time updates from popular platforms such as Twitter, WordPress, and Flickr. It provides users with a dynamic stream of results that are continuously updated, allowing them to filter content by status updates, comments, stories, or photos. The technology behind Collecta is built on the XMPP standard, which facilitates the ongoing delivery of data, ensuring that users receive timely information for each search.
Cartera Commerce
Series C in 2010
Cartera Commerce Inc. operates a partner-branded website that allows users to earn rewards through online shopping, enhancing their ability to accumulate miles, points, or cash-back across various loyalty programs. The company provides a comprehensive, performance-based offer platform tailored for card issuers, airline frequent flyer programs, and merchants, facilitating personalized shopping and marketing initiatives. Cartera partners with major financial institutions and airlines, as well as numerous merchant advertisers, to foster consumer engagement and loyalty while maximizing spending and creating new revenue streams. Additionally, the company builds and maintains shopping sites, reward-tracking systems, and marketing communications for its clients. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, Cartera Commerce was formerly known as Mall Networks, Inc. and became a subsidiary of Ebates, Inc. in 2017.
Exit41
Venture Round in 2010
Exit41's Software as a Service (SaaS) social ordering solutions have processed over twenty million food orders for consumers on behalf of leading restaurant brands across the globe including Qdoba Mexican Grill, la Madeleine, Cara Operations, Americana Group and Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. Exit41's web and mobile applications enable restaurants to connect with, recognize and reward their customers and build loyal, profitable relationships. Founded in 1999, Exit41 is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, and is backed by tier one investors including GrandBanks Capital and Dace Ventures.
EveryScape
Series C in 2010
EveryScape, Inc. is a company that operates an online platform specializing in the creation, production, and distribution of panoramic content, showcasing cities, streets, and buildings worldwide. The company offers a variety of tools, including the Reality Editor, which allows users to create 3D models from panoramic images, and ScapeStudio, a SaaS platform for crafting advertising with stitched panoramas. EveryScape also provides mobile applications such as UScape.it, enabling users to capture and share 360-degree panoramas of their experiences, and ScapeFolio, which allows business owners to virtually explore properties using a touchscreen interface. Additionally, the EveryScape EATS! app serves as a visual dining guide for several major U.S. cities. Founded in 2002 and based in Newton, Massachusetts, EveryScape was previously known as Mok3, Inc. before rebranding in 2007.
Panraven
Debt Financing in 2009
Panraven, Inc. provides an end-to-end Web-based service for the travel operators and guests. It offers ways to capture, publish, and share life's most enriching moments. The company enhances the travel experiences through pre-trip planning; and enriches memories through the sharing and re-living of vivid travel memories. It focuses on bringing personal travel and vacation stories to life in pictures and print. The company provides its services through tour operators. Panraven, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Propel Media
Seed Round in 2009
Propel Media is a diversified digital media company focused on performance-driven online advertising solutions. It operates a real-time, bid-based advertising platform that enables advertisers to effectively target users with video, display, and text ads. The company aims to deliver optimal results for its clients by leveraging advanced optimization and targeting technologies, along with a strong commitment to research and development. Propel Media's team consists of experienced professionals across various domains, including engineering, analytics, ad operations, and business development, all dedicated to providing exceptional service. By connecting advertisers with the right audience at the right time, Propel Media generates revenue through the sale of advertising to both domestic and international clients seeking to promote their products and services.
CityVoter
Series B in 2008
CityVoter, Inc. is an online media company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that operates a platform facilitating online voting and purchasing local deals. Founded in 2005, CityVoter enables users to vote for their favorite local businesses and buy associated deals, thereby enhancing local engagement. The platform runs "best of" contests independently and in collaboration with various local media companies, helping to identify popular local favorites. CityVoter's audience, primarily composed of active female users, engages significantly with the platform by writing reviews, sharing content, and participating in online voting. A notable portion of its traffic is driven by social media, particularly Facebook. CityVoter has established a robust partnership network with over 40 local media outlets, as well as prominent organizations such as NBC and Gannett, solidifying its presence in the local market and enhancing its reputation as a key player in online local engagement.
Cartera Commerce
Series B in 2008
Cartera Commerce Inc. operates a partner-branded website that allows users to earn rewards through online shopping, enhancing their ability to accumulate miles, points, or cash-back across various loyalty programs. The company provides a comprehensive, performance-based offer platform tailored for card issuers, airline frequent flyer programs, and merchants, facilitating personalized shopping and marketing initiatives. Cartera partners with major financial institutions and airlines, as well as numerous merchant advertisers, to foster consumer engagement and loyalty while maximizing spending and creating new revenue streams. Additionally, the company builds and maintains shopping sites, reward-tracking systems, and marketing communications for its clients. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, Cartera Commerce was formerly known as Mall Networks, Inc. and became a subsidiary of Ebates, Inc. in 2017.
EveryScape
Series B in 2008
EveryScape, Inc. is a company that operates an online platform specializing in the creation, production, and distribution of panoramic content, showcasing cities, streets, and buildings worldwide. The company offers a variety of tools, including the Reality Editor, which allows users to create 3D models from panoramic images, and ScapeStudio, a SaaS platform for crafting advertising with stitched panoramas. EveryScape also provides mobile applications such as UScape.it, enabling users to capture and share 360-degree panoramas of their experiences, and ScapeFolio, which allows business owners to virtually explore properties using a touchscreen interface. Additionally, the EveryScape EATS! app serves as a visual dining guide for several major U.S. cities. Founded in 2002 and based in Newton, Massachusetts, EveryScape was previously known as Mok3, Inc. before rebranding in 2007.
Howcast
Series A in 2008
Howcast is an online video company that provides engaging and useful how-to information across a variety of topics, including art, dance, healthcare, parenting, style, and fitness. Launched in 2007, it streams tens of millions of videos monthly through its multi-platform distribution network, catering to users seeking instructional content. The platform is recognized as the leading mobile application for how-to videos, with over one million downloads on the iPhone and a growing user base on Google Android. Additionally, Howcast offers targeted video solutions for content providers, site publishers, and marketers, enhancing the accessibility of instructional content. The company operates offices in San Francisco and New York.
Vitrue
Series B in 2007
Vitrue is a provider of social media marketing solutions designed for marketers, agencies, and publishers. The company offers a comprehensive cloud-based platform that enables brands to effectively manage their social marketing efforts across various networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and YouTube. Vitrue's award-winning Social Relationship Management (SRM) platform supports over one billion social connections globally, managing more than 4,500 social accounts in over 100 countries. Its services include promotional programs, branded community development, and syndicated brand applications, along with centralized data and member management, strategic consultation, and event marketing integration. Vitrue aims to maximize the marketing potential of social media for its clients while ensuring security and scalability in its operations.
LocaModa
Series A in 2007
LocaModa was a company based in Cambridge, MA, that specialized in multi-channel marketing programs for brands and agencies. It developed a location-based text messaging service and place-based social media, allowing users to engage with media in various settings such as bars, cafes, colleges, and retail locations. The company's innovative solutions included multiplayer mobile game software and enabled people to connect with and control media displayed on public digital billboards and jukeboxes. LocaModa was venture-backed and eventually acquired by Monster Media.
LiveRamp
Series A in 2007
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in enterprise data connectivity solutions across the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company provides IdentityLink, a people-based identifier that facilitates onboarding, identity resolution, and data analytics. Serving a diverse range of industries including finance, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, and government, LiveRamp enables organizations to connect, control, and activate their data effectively to enhance customer experiences and drive valuable business outcomes. Through its interoperable infrastructure, LiveRamp supports top brands, agencies, and publishers in achieving addressability while emphasizing consumer privacy and data ethics. The company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. before rebranding in October 2018.
auctionPAL
Series A in 2007
auctionPAL partners with online market places to assist users in selling their unused items through auctions. The company currently partners with eBay. It crops and enhances images, writes the item description, researches the average selling price, creates a selling strategy, lists items, manages the auction, provides automated checkout for the buyer, arranges for a free box and packing materials, prepays the shipping label for the buyer, provides automated feedback for buyer, and sends a check payment via paypal.
Health Guru Media
Series A in 2007
Healthguru.com is the destination site for health video on the web with 99 million views per month (comScore Video Metrix, August). Our unique approach to health education was developed specifically for the video audience and is differentiated in three key ways: - Category Focus: Healthguru.com focuses on the health topics that matter most to today's audience, including: diet and fitness, mental & emotional health, sexual health, pregnancy, baby health, drugs & alcohol, as well as information on more than 125 different health conditions. - Medium: The modern health consumer seeks out an immersive, rich media experience on the web, and video has proven to be a more engaging medium. Healthguru.com has the largest health video library online, and interactive applications to offer our audience the experience it expects. - Editorial Approach: World-class information providers know that creating truly engaging content is the way to ensure that information becomes learning. That's why Healthguru.com is dedicated to making our content as interesting and, when relevant, entertaining, as it is useful. All Healthguru.com content is created or selected by our editorial team and is rigorously reviewed for medical accuracy, objectivity and balance. While we do accept advertising on our site and may distribute content via third party sites, Healthguru.com does not endorse products, services or companies.
Rapleaf
Series A in 2006
Rapleaf, a division of TowerData, specializes in delivering data solutions that enhance marketers' understanding of their customers. With access to information on 80% of U.S. email addresses, the company enables brands to segment their subscribers effectively and personalize their communications. This capability fosters more relevant interactions, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and engagement. Additionally, Rapleaf offers a meta-reputation system that allows users to create reviews and ratings based on consumer transactions, further enhancing the data analysis process. By providing comprehensive insights, Rapleaf supports businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and building stronger customer relationships.
EveryScape
Series A in 2005
EveryScape, Inc. is a company that operates an online platform specializing in the creation, production, and distribution of panoramic content, showcasing cities, streets, and buildings worldwide. The company offers a variety of tools, including the Reality Editor, which allows users to create 3D models from panoramic images, and ScapeStudio, a SaaS platform for crafting advertising with stitched panoramas. EveryScape also provides mobile applications such as UScape.it, enabling users to capture and share 360-degree panoramas of their experiences, and ScapeFolio, which allows business owners to virtually explore properties using a touchscreen interface. Additionally, the EveryScape EATS! app serves as a visual dining guide for several major U.S. cities. Founded in 2002 and based in Newton, Massachusetts, EveryScape was previously known as Mok3, Inc. before rebranding in 2007.
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