Influential
Series B in 2018
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement across various social media channels. The company collaborates with IBM Watson, leveraging its technology to facilitate effective talent discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. With a network of over 1 million social media influencers, Influential provides targeted marketing solutions through its Optimized Paid Media offering, which includes online and offline attribution methods such as sales lift and brand lift studies. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Pepsi, and maintains offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas. Influential's platform allows brands and agencies to craft demographically and psychographically tailored campaigns, enabling seamless approval and monitoring of influencer marketing initiatives. The company has gained recognition in prominent media outlets and is a strategic partner of WME, Oracle, and major social media platforms.
HouseCanary
Series A in 2017
HouseCanary, Inc. is a technology company that operates an online data platform focused on providing home valuations, forecasts, and market analytics specifically for the residential real estate sector. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in San Antonio, Texas, and Boulder, Colorado, HouseCanary's platform offers a range of services including mortgage leads, valuation reports, and a specialized tool for appraisers to generate necessary documentation and analyses at property sites. By leveraging extensive historical data and proprietary analytics, the company delivers actionable insights to its users, which include Fortune 100 banks, homebuilders, and real estate professionals. Additionally, HouseCanary provides an Analytics API that allows users to integrate detailed market data into their enterprise systems and workflows, thereby enhancing decision-making in buying and selling properties.
Influential
Series A in 2016
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement across various social media channels. The company collaborates with IBM Watson, leveraging its technology to facilitate effective talent discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. With a network of over 1 million social media influencers, Influential provides targeted marketing solutions through its Optimized Paid Media offering, which includes online and offline attribution methods such as sales lift and brand lift studies. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Pepsi, and maintains offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas. Influential's platform allows brands and agencies to craft demographically and psychographically tailored campaigns, enabling seamless approval and monitoring of influencer marketing initiatives. The company has gained recognition in prominent media outlets and is a strategic partner of WME, Oracle, and major social media platforms.
The Bouqs Company
Series B in 2016
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, aimed at transforming the floral industry. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, the company sources flowers directly from eco-friendly and sustainable farms worldwide. By connecting these farms with a curated network of artisan florists, The Bouqs Company eliminates traditional supply chain intermediaries, such as warehouses and distributors, thereby reducing costs and enhancing the quality of its offerings. The platform provides a variety of bouquets and floral arrangements for weddings, events, and business services, striving to deliver fresh, responsibly-sourced flowers directly to consumers' doorsteps across the United States.
Lyft is a transportation company that designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that connects riders with drivers for private and shared rides, with in-app payment and the ability to schedule trips in advance. The platform has expanded to multimodal options, including bike- and scooter-sharing, to provide integrated transportation options. Founded in 2013 and publicly listed in 2019, Lyft is the second-largest ride-sharing service provider in the United States and Canada, serving diverse user segments including college, university, and corporate communities.
Influential
Equity Crowdfunding in 2015
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement across various social media channels. The company collaborates with IBM Watson, leveraging its technology to facilitate effective talent discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. With a network of over 1 million social media influencers, Influential provides targeted marketing solutions through its Optimized Paid Media offering, which includes online and offline attribution methods such as sales lift and brand lift studies. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Pepsi, and maintains offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas. Influential's platform allows brands and agencies to craft demographically and psychographically tailored campaigns, enabling seamless approval and monitoring of influencer marketing initiatives. The company has gained recognition in prominent media outlets and is a strategic partner of WME, Oracle, and major social media platforms.
FinTech Global Markets
Seed Round in 2014
FinTech Global Markets is an tech-enabled investment bank that empowers companies to publicly fundraise from everyone, including accredited investors, international investors and the crowd. FlashFunders has built the technology and regulatory infrastructure to facilitate any type of distributed securities offering (including Reg A+, Reg D and Reg CF). As a registered Broker-Dealer, Clearing Firm, Funding Portal and Transfer Agent, FlashFunders is an end-to-end resource for companies raising capital. FlashFunders was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.
DarkLight
Seed Round in 2014
DarkLight specializes in developing advanced cybersecurity AI software that integrates sensor data and client context. Its platform aims to bridge gaps in existing systems, helping organizations enhance their security posture by automating expert processes and reducing false positives.
Influential
Seed Round in 2014
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement across various social media channels. The company collaborates with IBM Watson, leveraging its technology to facilitate effective talent discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. With a network of over 1 million social media influencers, Influential provides targeted marketing solutions through its Optimized Paid Media offering, which includes online and offline attribution methods such as sales lift and brand lift studies. The firm serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Pepsi, and maintains offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas. Influential's platform allows brands and agencies to craft demographically and psychographically tailored campaigns, enabling seamless approval and monitoring of influencer marketing initiatives. The company has gained recognition in prominent media outlets and is a strategic partner of WME, Oracle, and major social media platforms.
MJoose specializes in designing and manufacturing innovative accessories for smartphones. Their signature product is a patented signal-amplifying case that enhances cellular connectivity, particularly in areas with weak signals. This case also functions as a battery extender, providing extended usage time. MJoose aims to improve mobile connectivity and energy management across various devices.
Manalto Limited is an Australian company that specializes in social media management solutions. Founded in 2011 and based in Annangrove, it offers a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform designed to help businesses of all sizes manage their social media presence effectively. The platform provides a comprehensive, scalable solution for managing and engaging with customers across various social media channels, particularly focusing on Facebook. Its user-friendly dashboard allows organizations to maintain a centralized and customized social media presence while ensuring alignment with their operational and governance frameworks. Manalto's technology is tailored to meet the needs of both small and large businesses, including government entities, and supports advanced customizations for enhanced engagement and transactional capabilities.
Noveda Technologies
Private Equity Round in 2011
Noveda Technologies, Inc. is a developer of web-based energy and water monitoring solutions for both conventional and renewable energy systems. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Branchburg, New Jersey, the company offers a range of products designed to enhance energy management and sustainability. Key solutions include the EnergyFlow Monitor, which tracks energy and water usage in real-time, and the SunFlow Monitor, which assesses the performance of renewable energy systems while considering external factors like weather. Their Carbon Footprint Monitor provides real-time insights into a facility's environmental impact, while the PortfolioTracker allows for monitoring energy consumption across multiple locations from a single dashboard. Noveda also features iQuatic, an integrated water management platform, and the iTerate platform, facilitating real-time collaboration for installation and service teams. The company serves diverse sectors, including commercial, industrial, healthcare, government, education, and utilities, and has established a strategic partnership with Aramark. Noveda Technologies was previously known as Live Data Systems until its rebranding in 2008.
FanDuel operates an online platform that enables users to participate in fantasy sports and real-money wagering. The platform supports fantasy football, baseball, hockey and basketball, and also offers sports betting, racing and casino games. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, with an additional office in Edinburgh, the company serves North American and international players by enabling users to draft fantasy teams or join contests for cash prizes.