ECA Ventures

ECA Ventures is a seed and early stage investor that specializes in technology-based companies. They focus on investing in various sectors such as mobile products, online gaming, social media, cloud-based services, location-based services, and online communications. Their primary goal is to support and nurture innovative startups in these fields to help them grow and succeed in the market.

Gil Klier

CFO

MURRAY MARKILES

Managing Director

Damien Petty

Vice President

13 past transactions

Influential

Series B in 2018
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement. By partnering with IBM Watson, Influential offers advanced technology for influencer discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. Their extensive network includes over 1 million social media influencers, which allows them to provide tailored marketing solutions. The platform supports both online and offline attribution, enabling clients to measure outcomes such as sales lift and brand awareness. Influential collaborates with numerous Fortune 500 companies, including notable brands such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Pepsi. With offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas, Influential integrates first and third-party data to optimize paid media strategies and deliver precise targeting. The company has been recognized in various esteemed publications, underscoring its influence in the marketing landscape.

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. By partnering with IBM Watson, Influential offers advanced technology for influencer discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. Their extensive network includes over 1 million social media influencers, which allows them to provide tailored marketing solutions. The platform supports both online and offline attribution, enabling clients to measure outcomes such as sales lift and brand awareness. Influential collaborates with numerous Fortune 500 companies, including notable brands such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Pepsi. With offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas, Influential integrates first and third-party data to optimize paid media strategies and deliver precise targeting. The company has been recognized in various esteemed publications, underscoring its influence in the marketing landscape.

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, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.

Lyft

Series F in 2015
Lyft is a transportation company that operates a mobile application connecting passengers with drivers for on-demand rides. The app facilitates ride scheduling, including advance bookings up to seven days, and handles in-app payments. Primarily serving college, university, and corporate communities, Lyft offers various ride options, such as private, shared, and luxury vehicles. Additionally, it provides multimodal transportation solutions, including bike and scooter sharing.

Influential

Equity Crowdfunding in 2015
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement. By partnering with IBM Watson, Influential offers advanced technology for influencer discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. Their extensive network includes over 1 million social media influencers, which allows them to provide tailored marketing solutions. The platform supports both online and offline attribution, enabling clients to measure outcomes such as sales lift and brand awareness. Influential collaborates with numerous Fortune 500 companies, including notable brands such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Pepsi. With offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas, Influential integrates first and third-party data to optimize paid media strategies and deliver precise targeting. The company has been recognized in various esteemed publications, underscoring its influence in the marketing landscape.

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 is a cybersecurity company that specializes in artificial intelligence software aimed at detecting and preventing cyberattacks. The company's platform combines sensor data with client context to create a robust defense mechanism that automates the cognitive processes traditionally managed by human experts. By integrating information, context, and expertise, DarkLight's technology generates sharable playbooks and validates predictions from analytics and machine learning, which helps to reduce false positives and uncover hidden threats. This innovative approach enables organizations to enhance their security measures and make more informed decisions regarding their cybersecurity strategies.

Influential

Seed Round in 2014
Influential is an influencer marketing platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and social data to enhance brand engagement. By partnering with IBM Watson, Influential offers advanced technology for influencer discovery, brand safety, and creative execution. Their extensive network includes over 1 million social media influencers, which allows them to provide tailored marketing solutions. The platform supports both online and offline attribution, enabling clients to measure outcomes such as sales lift and brand awareness. Influential collaborates with numerous Fortune 500 companies, including notable brands such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Pepsi. With offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Las Vegas, Influential integrates first and third-party data to optimize paid media strategies and deliver precise targeting. The company has been recognized in various esteemed publications, underscoring its influence in the marketing landscape.

MJoose

Seed Round in 2014
MoJoose, Inc., based in California, specializes in designing and manufacturing smartphone accessories that enhance connectivity. Their flagship product, the mJoose 3-in-1 case, incorporates patented signal-amplifying technology to address the common issue of weak cell signals, enabling users to maintain reliable cellular connections. This innovative case not only protects smartphones but also serves as a battery extender, significantly improving signal strength by increasing it by two to five bars. MoJoose aims to expand its product offerings beyond smartphones to include tablets, laptops, and other wired communication devices, providing a comprehensive solution for enhancing mobile connectivity and reducing dead zones.

Manalto

Post in 2013
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. specializes in developing web-based monitoring solutions for energy and water management, catering to both conventional and renewable energy systems. The company's product offerings include the EnergyFlow Monitor for real-time tracking of energy consumption and the SunFlow Monitor, which assesses renewable energy production against expected performance while considering environmental factors. Noveda also provides the Carbon Footprint Monitor, which displays a facility's real-time environmental impact, and an integrated water management platform for real-time water monitoring. Noveda serves a diverse clientele across commercial, industrial, healthcare, government, education, and utility sectors. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Branchburg, New Jersey, Noveda has an additional office in San Diego, California. It operates as a subsidiary of ID Global Corporation following a transaction in 2019.

FanDuel

Series B in 2011
FanDuel, established in 2009, is a leading online gaming company that operates a fantasy sports platform. It offers users the opportunity to participate in one-day or season-long fantasy sports games, including football, baseball, hockey, and basketball, with cash prizes at stake. Additionally, FanDuel provides sports betting, racing, and casino games. The company, headquartered in New York with an office in Edinburgh, UK, has over 100 employees and is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc.
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