Inspectiv offers rapidly growing technology companies an end to end security solution that improves their security posture in a streamlined way so they can focus on product development and growth.
PayEngine is a payments platform tailored for vertical market software vendors, enabling them to enhance their payment revenue while minimizing liability and simplifying operations. The platform allows vendors to establish their own interchange rates, giving them control over profit margins and enabling them to retain a larger portion of their earnings. Additionally, PayEngine addresses concerns such as merchant of record liability and dispute management, as well as data security and compliance issues. Its integration capabilities include APIs, drop-in widgets, and customizable user interfaces, which collectively help businesses streamline their processes and enhance the overall customer experience.
Emotive is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances consumer sales by transforming cold leads into informed customers through emotionally intelligent text message conversations. By leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Emotive's platform tailors interactions to identify and understand individual user behaviors, fostering long-term customer loyalty. This approach enables retail organizations to build meaningful human relationships and connections with their customers.
ComplYant is a developer of tax compliance platform for entrepreneurs that provide a simple, accurate way to follow tax deadlines. Its platform helps with tax deadlines, tax budgeting, deciphers tax notices, and manage deadlines for all business tax types. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
HeyRenee is the personal health concierge, everyone, especially those managing chronic illnesses and conditions, has wanted and needed. The patient-centric HeyRenee platform is designed to consolidate, coordinate, communicate and connect all aspects of medical care. Through long-sought data integration with healthcare providers, the platform endeavors to eventually help all Americans, the underserved especially, connect with their entire healthcare team and relieve the burdens of appointment scheduling, in-home visits, prescription medication administration to Telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and more
Masters is an app that lets users train with some of the world’s most famous athletes and learn the tricks of their trade via four-week guided on-demand training programs.
Papaya is a developer of an online mobile bill payment application that simplifies financial transactions for users. The application supports various payment methods, including debit and credit cards and direct bank account transfers. It prioritizes security by encrypting personal information and payment data, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards. In addition to its bill payment services, Papaya operates as an electronic money platform, offering digital solutions, online banking, and international payment services. This combination of features enables users to manage their financial activities efficiently and securely.
Worca is a human resources platform designed to support startups at all funding stages by offering cost-effective global HR services. The company specializes in employer of record (EOR) services, which enable rapid hiring and onboarding of talent while ensuring seamless integration of payroll, legal compliance, benefits, and other essential HR functions. By focusing on these areas, Worca empowers US-based startups to efficiently scale their operations and grow their businesses.
Elude is a travel planning platform that enables users to explore travel options based on their budget and available time off. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company offers an automatic search engine that identifies destinations users can afford to visit. By inputting their travel budget and dates, users can discover various cities worldwide that fit their criteria. In addition to providing destination options, Elude facilitates the booking of flights and hotel packages, promoting transparency in the often complex travel market. The platform aims to simplify travel planning by maximizing users' budgets and helping them make informed decisions about their next getaway.
Jurny is a hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions designed to accommodate the evolving needs and expectations of the modern traveler. Jurny connects consumers with high-end branded suites and apartments owned by independent property and hotel owners for short-term stays. From design to implementation, Jurny’s turnkey management service enables an industry-first true automated experience from check-in to check out for both guests and owners, resulting in flawless operations and increased profits. Jurny is pioneering the next generation of tech-first, on-demand hospitality.
Hopps (www.hopps.io) is an LA-based startup that provides enterprises with one-click access for instant help with enterprise tools like Facebook Ads Manager, Hubspot and Figma. Through our platform’s AI-driven matching, vetted experts screen-share and upskill professionals in < 2 minutes by collaborating on problems in real-time.
PayEngine is a payments platform tailored for vertical market software vendors, enabling them to enhance their payment revenue while minimizing liability and simplifying operations. The platform allows vendors to establish their own interchange rates, giving them control over profit margins and enabling them to retain a larger portion of their earnings. Additionally, PayEngine addresses concerns such as merchant of record liability and dispute management, as well as data security and compliance issues. Its integration capabilities include APIs, drop-in widgets, and customizable user interfaces, which collectively help businesses streamline their processes and enhance the overall customer experience.
HeyRenee is the personal health concierge, everyone, especially those managing chronic illnesses and conditions, has wanted and needed. The patient-centric HeyRenee platform is designed to consolidate, coordinate, communicate and connect all aspects of medical care. Through long-sought data integration with healthcare providers, the platform endeavors to eventually help all Americans, the underserved especially, connect with their entire healthcare team and relieve the burdens of appointment scheduling, in-home visits, prescription medication administration to Telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and more
Elude is a travel planning platform that enables users to explore travel options based on their budget and available time off. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company offers an automatic search engine that identifies destinations users can afford to visit. By inputting their travel budget and dates, users can discover various cities worldwide that fit their criteria. In addition to providing destination options, Elude facilitates the booking of flights and hotel packages, promoting transparency in the often complex travel market. The platform aims to simplify travel planning by maximizing users' budgets and helping them make informed decisions about their next getaway.
Numerade are singularly focused on creating exceptional video and interactive content experiences for education making the knowledge and skills of world class educators widely accessible and affordable to student audiences of all backgrounds. Numerade mission is to close the educational opportunity gap by unlocking and democratizing access to extraordinary educators and the content they have to offer.
Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.
Emotive is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances consumer sales by transforming cold leads into informed customers through emotionally intelligent text message conversations. By leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Emotive's platform tailors interactions to identify and understand individual user behaviors, fostering long-term customer loyalty. This approach enables retail organizations to build meaningful human relationships and connections with their customers.
Operator of an online platform designed for companies to discover and claim tax credits each year. The company's cloud-based SaaS platform simplifies the tax credit application process using automation, machine learning, and partner API integrations, thereby enabling startups to reduce their payroll taxes and claim their tax credits.
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.
SteadiPay Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, is a developer of a cash management application designed to optimize money management for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform is bank-agnostic, allowing users to process payments through various credit and debit cards while integrating cash reporting and treasury management into a single, centralized solution. By streamlining financial processes, SteadiPay helps businesses save time, earn more rewards, and achieve higher returns, enabling them to concentrate on their core objectives rather than back-office finance tasks.
Inspectiv offers rapidly growing technology companies an end to end security solution that improves their security posture in a streamlined way so they can focus on product development and growth.
GoFreight, is a web-based SaaS for international freight forwarders. Since its inception in 2016, GoFreight has helped freight forwarders of all sizes to digitalize their operation and process management, covering all shipping methods from sea to air to land. Through data visualization, automation, freight tracking, instant booking and quotation, GoFreight makes the once analog management process significantly efficient and helps freight forwarders to truly benefit from digitalization.
GoFreight, is a web-based SaaS for international freight forwarders. Since its inception in 2016, GoFreight has helped freight forwarders of all sizes to digitalize their operation and process management, covering all shipping methods from sea to air to land. Through data visualization, automation, freight tracking, instant booking and quotation, GoFreight makes the once analog management process significantly efficient and helps freight forwarders to truly benefit from digitalization.
GoFreight, is a web-based SaaS for international freight forwarders. Since its inception in 2016, GoFreight has helped freight forwarders of all sizes to digitalize their operation and process management, covering all shipping methods from sea to air to land. Through data visualization, automation, freight tracking, instant booking and quotation, GoFreight makes the once analog management process significantly efficient and helps freight forwarders to truly benefit from digitalization.
Hopps (www.hopps.io) is an LA-based startup that provides enterprises with one-click access for instant help with enterprise tools like Facebook Ads Manager, Hubspot and Figma. Through our platform’s AI-driven matching, vetted experts screen-share and upskill professionals in < 2 minutes by collaborating on problems in real-time.
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.
Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.
Emotive is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances consumer sales by transforming cold leads into informed customers through emotionally intelligent text message conversations. By leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, Emotive's platform tailors interactions to identify and understand individual user behaviors, fostering long-term customer loyalty. This approach enables retail organizations to build meaningful human relationships and connections with their customers.
UpKeep Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing and providing enterprise asset management and maintenance management solutions tailored for facility maintenance teams. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, the company offers a mobile-first platform that includes features such as real-time notifications, customizable work orders, preventive maintenance tracking, and asset/inventory management. UpKeep's solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, hospitality, education, and fleet management. With over 160,000 registered users, the company's software is recognized for its value, ease of use, and customer support. UpKeep has received accolades for its maintenance management software and is acknowledged as a top workplace in Los Angeles. The company also maintains offices in the United Kingdom and Canada, further expanding its reach in the asset management sector.
Sequencing is the world’s first and only open operating system for DNA sequencing, storage, analysis, personalization, and application development. We are ushering in a new era of personal genome innovation for consumers, bioinformatics developers/startups, pharmaceutical companies, and health and wellness providers. Sequencing has been used by partners throughout the world to develop and market more than 100 DNA analysis apps. These apps analyze data from our own or any third party genetic test (including 23andMe, Ancestry.com, Illumina, Invitae, and Color) and provide straightforward reports covering the full range of information that can be obtained from DNA including personalized medicine, preventive health, preconception screening, rare disease screening, wellness optimization, genealogy, and genetic data exploration. Our DNA-as-a-service enables healthcare providers and wellness organizations to effortlessly customize their own genetic testing, analysis, and storage pipelines for almost any purpose, including the assessment of risk for thousands of diseases, the likelihood of experiencing medication reactions, and the personalization of wellness products and services.
Liquid, Inc. offers comprehensive software solutions designed to enhance human resource operations for businesses that engage freelancers, contractors, and professional service vendors. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Liquid's software facilitates the onboarding, management, and payment of a flexible workforce. In addition to workforce management, the platform allows organizations to effectively oversee projects by organizing, communicating, and tracking essential details to ensure quality and prevent unexpected costs. By providing an all-in-one solution, Liquid aims to modernize the traditional workforce model, enabling businesses to adapt to the demands of a more dynamic and fluid economy.
Nextbite operates as a pioneer in the virtual restaurant sector, focusing on generating additional orders for under-utilized kitchen spaces. As part of Ordermark, it leverages an online ordering management platform that consolidates orders from various delivery services into a single dashboard and printer. This streamlining of operations allows restaurants to efficiently manage multiple online ordering services, reducing the complexity and costs associated with integrating new platforms. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Nextbite offers a portfolio of virtual-only restaurant brands, helping restaurants boost their sales and profits by maximizing their ordering volume through innovative technology solutions.
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.
Jurny is a hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions designed to accommodate the evolving needs and expectations of the modern traveler. Jurny connects consumers with high-end branded suites and apartments owned by independent property and hotel owners for short-term stays. From design to implementation, Jurny’s turnkey management service enables an industry-first true automated experience from check-in to check out for both guests and owners, resulting in flawless operations and increased profits. Jurny is pioneering the next generation of tech-first, on-demand hospitality.
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.
Pei Technology Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, offers a mobile application that connects to users' existing debit and credit cards. This application automatically provides cashback rewards, allowing users to earn savings in either bitcoin or USD. Pei enhances the cashback experience by offering up to 20% additional rewards on top of standard card rewards, facilitating extra savings for its users. The company is also recognized for its participation in the Sputnik ATX W'18 cohort.
Nextbite operates as a pioneer in the virtual restaurant sector, focusing on generating additional orders for under-utilized kitchen spaces. As part of Ordermark, it leverages an online ordering management platform that consolidates orders from various delivery services into a single dashboard and printer. This streamlining of operations allows restaurants to efficiently manage multiple online ordering services, reducing the complexity and costs associated with integrating new platforms. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Nextbite offers a portfolio of virtual-only restaurant brands, helping restaurants boost their sales and profits by maximizing their ordering volume through innovative technology solutions.
Operator of an online platform designed for companies to discover and claim tax credits each year. The company's cloud-based SaaS platform simplifies the tax credit application process using automation, machine learning, and partner API integrations, thereby enabling startups to reduce their payroll taxes and claim their tax credits.
Inspectiv offers rapidly growing technology companies an end to end security solution that improves their security posture in a streamlined way so they can focus on product development and growth.
Nextbite operates as a pioneer in the virtual restaurant sector, focusing on generating additional orders for under-utilized kitchen spaces. As part of Ordermark, it leverages an online ordering management platform that consolidates orders from various delivery services into a single dashboard and printer. This streamlining of operations allows restaurants to efficiently manage multiple online ordering services, reducing the complexity and costs associated with integrating new platforms. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Nextbite offers a portfolio of virtual-only restaurant brands, helping restaurants boost their sales and profits by maximizing their ordering volume through innovative technology solutions.
HomeShare is a co-living marketplace based in San Francisco that facilitates affordable city living by connecting individuals with compatible housemates. The company operates in five major markets: San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles. HomeShare's platform prioritizes personality matching to ensure compatibility among housemates, fostering a harmonious living environment. In addition to helping users find accommodation, HomeShare offers spacious units and installs privacy partitions to enhance user privacy. The company aims to unlock urban living opportunities, making attractive housing options accessible to single professionals seeking community-oriented living arrangements.
Designed to help consumers save time and money, Honey’s 10 million users worldwide, shop over 30,000 retailers knowing that Honey is finding the best deals and coupons for their everyday needs. The free browser extension automatically finds and applies coupons at checkout, it also helps users save money on Amazon by showing price history, best price detection and a product called Droplist that watches select products and sends notifications when it drops below a selected price.
Aiva, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in developing a mobile application for voice-powered care assistance aimed at enhancing patient care and improving the efficiency of healthcare providers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California, Aiva's platform allows clinicians and caregivers to respond to patient needs hands-free, thereby streamlining communication and facilitating better care. The application empowers patients by enabling voice control over their environment, including TVs, lights, shades, and temperature, ultimately fostering a more personalized healthcare experience. Aiva has participated in the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars and is currently piloting its technology in various healthcare facilities and home care settings.
UpKeep Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing and providing enterprise asset management and maintenance management solutions tailored for facility maintenance teams. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, the company offers a mobile-first platform that includes features such as real-time notifications, customizable work orders, preventive maintenance tracking, and asset/inventory management. UpKeep's solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, hospitality, education, and fleet management. With over 160,000 registered users, the company's software is recognized for its value, ease of use, and customer support. UpKeep has received accolades for its maintenance management software and is acknowledged as a top workplace in Los Angeles. The company also maintains offices in the United Kingdom and Canada, further expanding its reach in the asset management sector.
Vidme is an online video sharing platform based in Los Angeles that provides a community for users to express and share their ideas through video content. The platform allows individuals to upload videos across various categories, including gaming, animation, movies, and entertainment. Vidme facilitates a seamless user experience by enabling video uploads without requiring users to create an account, thereby encouraging broader participation and interaction within its community.
Replicated, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing tools for the distribution and management of third-party applications within enterprise settings. Founded in 2014 and based in Culver City, California, Replicated offers a solution that enables businesses to deploy and manage software as a service (SaaS) applications within their own firewalls, either in on-premises data centers or private clouds. This approach allows cloud-based SaaS vendors to deliver a version of their products that can be easily installed, licensed, and supported without the need to maintain separate codebases or additional features for different deployment environments. Replicated's software simplifies the process for clients, enhancing their ability to support and manage applications effectively.
Ascend Consumer Finance, Inc., an online lending company, provides loans for individuals in the United States. Its portfolio comprises a standard personal loan with a low APR and a monthly payment that will never change; and a rewards program that allows borrowers to lower their interest cost monthly by demonstrating responsible financial behaviors. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Papaya is a developer of an online mobile bill payment application that simplifies financial transactions for users. The application supports various payment methods, including debit and credit cards and direct bank account transfers. It prioritizes security by encrypting personal information and payment data, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards. In addition to its bill payment services, Papaya operates as an electronic money platform, offering digital solutions, online banking, and international payment services. This combination of features enables users to manage their financial activities efficiently and securely.
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.
Melody makes your music social. We pull songs, videos, articles & pics from across the web so you’ll never miss the freshest content. We also enable you to experience all this content in multimedia collections called Drops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here’s how it works: CREATE ***Combine all of this different content into shareable multimedia collections we call Drops. Drops are limitless! They can be interactive playlists, video mashups, artist highlights, even an expression of your mood! PERSONALIZE ***Once you’ve added all the content you like, personalized it with a title and GIPHY cover photo. SHARE ***Share Drops with your friends and followers. See how much love you can get! DISCOVER ***Through our smart selection tool, we suggest related artists, photos, music, videos and more. FOLLOW: ***We have millions of artists & bands for you to follow. We create a customized feed for you to stay up to date with the hottest content in music. Never miss anything new again!
Designed to help consumers save time and money, Honey’s 10 million users worldwide, shop over 30,000 retailers knowing that Honey is finding the best deals and coupons for their everyday needs. The free browser extension automatically finds and applies coupons at checkout, it also helps users save money on Amazon by showing price history, best price detection and a product called Droplist that watches select products and sends notifications when it drops below a selected price.
Replicated, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing tools for the distribution and management of third-party applications within enterprise settings. Founded in 2014 and based in Culver City, California, Replicated offers a solution that enables businesses to deploy and manage software as a service (SaaS) applications within their own firewalls, either in on-premises data centers or private clouds. This approach allows cloud-based SaaS vendors to deliver a version of their products that can be easily installed, licensed, and supported without the need to maintain separate codebases or additional features for different deployment environments. Replicated's software simplifies the process for clients, enhancing their ability to support and manage applications effectively.
Ascend Consumer Finance, Inc., an online lending company, provides loans for individuals in the United States. Its portfolio comprises a standard personal loan with a low APR and a monthly payment that will never change; and a rewards program that allows borrowers to lower their interest cost monthly by demonstrating responsible financial behaviors. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Vidme is an online video sharing platform based in Los Angeles that provides a community for users to express and share their ideas through video content. The platform allows individuals to upload videos across various categories, including gaming, animation, movies, and entertainment. Vidme facilitates a seamless user experience by enabling video uploads without requiring users to create an account, thereby encouraging broader participation and interaction within its community.
Designed to help consumers save time and money, Honey’s 10 million users worldwide, shop over 30,000 retailers knowing that Honey is finding the best deals and coupons for their everyday needs. The free browser extension automatically finds and applies coupons at checkout, it also helps users save money on Amazon by showing price history, best price detection and a product called Droplist that watches select products and sends notifications when it drops below a selected price.
BloomNation, Inc. operates an online marketplace that connects consumers with local artisan florists, allowing them to discover and send unique, handcrafted floral arrangements. Founded in 2010 and based in Santa Monica, California, the platform provides florists with the tools to create personalized shop profiles, list their designs for sale, and reach a wider audience. In addition to its marketplace, BloomNation offers enterprise services to florists, including website development, point of sale systems, email marketing, social media management, and customer relationship management. This approach enables local artisans to showcase their creativity and enhance their business operations while providing consumers with a selection of distinctive floral creations not commonly found elsewhere.
BloomNation, Inc. operates an online marketplace that connects consumers with local artisan florists, allowing them to discover and send unique, handcrafted floral arrangements. Founded in 2010 and based in Santa Monica, California, the platform provides florists with the tools to create personalized shop profiles, list their designs for sale, and reach a wider audience. In addition to its marketplace, BloomNation offers enterprise services to florists, including website development, point of sale systems, email marketing, social media management, and customer relationship management. This approach enables local artisans to showcase their creativity and enhance their business operations while providing consumers with a selection of distinctive floral creations not commonly found elsewhere.
Bridg.com offers marketing automation solutions tailored for local businesses, enabling them to effectively engage with customers and manage their marketing efforts. The company provides tools for customer engagement, allowing users to capture and nurture customer relationships, control their online reputation, and implement targeted acquisition campaigns. Bridg also supports marketing campaigns by facilitating the publishing of posts and promotions across various social media platforms while offering competitive insights to refine strategies. Additionally, Bridg features a customer relationship management system that tracks individual transaction histories and consumer lifecycles, helping businesses reach their customers through multiple digital channels. Based in Los Angeles, California, Bridg focuses on empowering businesses to enhance their customer interactions and drive growth.
Enventum, Inc. operates an online enterprise event marketing and engagement platform designed for Fortune 1000 brands. Based in Los Angeles, California, the platform allows users to assess the impact of their event marketing expenditures and foster meaningful digital relationships with attendees during and after events. Enventum's clientele includes notable companies such as Anheuser Busch, Diageo, Arena Football, Langham, Hilton, and Starwood Hotels, as well as various event planning agencies. The company focuses on helping brands enhance their event marketing strategies and maximize engagement with their audiences.
Subblime, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates independent content creators in monetizing their audiences through engagement with their subscribers. Established in 2012 and based in Los Angeles, California, Subblime enables YouTube channels to share their favorite products and services while rewarding their subscribers with exclusive perks. The platform fosters a community where users can ask questions, engage in discussions, and develop meaningful interactions with their favorite creators, thereby enhancing the overall experience for both content creators and their audiences.
Blayze Inc. is founded by Ben Smith, an early Google and YouTube business exec behind YouTube’s biggest partnerships and strategic efforts. Ben created many first of its kind social media partnerships on the web, and lead YouTube’s efforts with Hollywood for years. He helped bridge the gap between Hollywood and Silicon Valley, leaving YouTube HQ to be the company's first businessperson in Los Angeles. His past YouTube clients include a who's who of top YouTube partners, and have generated more than 200 million combined monthly views and 2 million combined subscriber Blayze has built the world's most powerful video curation tool to create a better video sharing experience for YouTube creators and fans. Our hardworking team of creators and editors add context, humor and noteworthy information to the most popular and shareable video content on the web, creating an unmatched user experience.
StyleSaint, Inc. is a fashion media and technology company based in Los Angeles, California, established in 2011. The company specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling women's clothing, including tops, dresses, lingerie, and silk essentials, through its online platform. StyleSaint adopts a "creator-to-closet" approach, emphasizing quality, sustainability, and ethical manufacturing by partnering with local factories. This model allows the company to offer luxury apparel at accessible prices by eliminating retail markups and reducing the carbon footprint associated with overseas shipping. The brand focuses on timeless collections that prioritize durability over disposability, aiming to revolutionize the fashion industry through conscious commerce and a commitment to creating pieces that matter.
Penango, Inc. specializes in developing web browser extension software that enhances the security and functionality of online communication. Founded in 2007 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company creates solutions that allow users to send and receive authenticated and encrypted messages end-to-end over the Internet. Penango's flagship product integrates with webmail services, enabling users to manage their emails securely from anywhere. The company serves a diverse clientele, including webmail providers, resellers, hosting services, certification authorities, and email service providers. By focusing on security and user experience, Penango aims to improve online communication for businesses, organizations, and individual users worldwide.
OttoLikes Labs, located in Los Angeles, California, specializes in developing the software VouchTree, an interest curation engine designed to provide personalized product recommendations. VouchTree consolidates user preferences, purchasing habits, and social connections into a centralized platform that offers tailored suggestions for various products and services. Users can "vouch" for items they own and enjoy, allowing VouchTree to recommend similar products to them and their friends. The software aims to streamline the process of information overload by utilizing natural language processing to analyze users' online behavior. In its beta phase, VouchTree demonstrated its capability by creating a substantial number of user profiles based on initial users' connections, highlighting its potential as a comprehensive recommendation service akin to existing platforms like Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Amazon. As the company navigates the challenges of market adoption and user acceptance, it seeks to carve a niche in the evolving landscape of personalized recommendations.
Ecinity is the first fully automated, online marketing service for local businesses. They acquire and retain customers without the local business ever doing any manual work. Ecinity is built by a team of industry experts who are very passionate in changing the world of local online marketing. They come from places like Google, ReachLocal, Yahoo, AT&T interactive, Dex and many others where they have seen and built many innovative local marketing products. They have also seen first hand and experienced how billions of dollars have been spent by local businesses and the outcomes of those dollars. It is based on their passion and experience that ecinity was born. Born to relieve the most stressful aspects of online customer acquisition and retention for local businesses at an unbeatable price and value.