First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a San Francisco-headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm that backs technology startups from pre-seed through Series A. Since its founding in 2004, it has sought to build a vibrant community of entrepreneurs and support portfolio companies beyond capital through a suite of services, custom software, and in-person programs. The firm invests nationally and maintains offices in San Francisco and New York, often taking an active role in its companies. Typical initial investments are around $500,000, and it targets opportunities across enterprise, fintech, healthcare, consumer, hardware, artificial intelligence, and web3 sectors. First Round emphasizes founder support and inclusive practices, including initiatives such as the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

Meka Asonye

Partner

Hayley Barna

Partner

Brett Berson

VP, Platform

Jeffrey Donnon

CFO

Annie Duke

Special Partner

Past deals in Marketing

Clay

Series B in 2025
Clay offers advanced tools for growth teams to conduct comprehensive customer research. By integrating over 100 data sources, including first-party, intent, and third-party data, Clay enables deep insights into ideal customers.

Clay

Series B in 2024
Clay offers advanced tools for growth teams to conduct comprehensive customer research. By integrating over 100 data sources, including first-party, intent, and third-party data, Clay enables deep insights into ideal customers.

Mercantile

Venture Round in 2022
Mercantile provides credit card services and related financial products for small and medium-sized businesses. The company offers a premium credit card program designed to monetize client payables and create a high-margin revenue stream for client organizations, helping them compete with larger firms in markets dominated by big companies and improve their resilience.

&open

Series A in 2022
&Open is a gifting platform that facilitates the distribution of digital and physical gifts from brands to individuals worldwide. By enhancing customer loyalty, retention, and engagement, the platform serves sales, marketing, and customer experience teams through a unified system. It offers branded communication capabilities and integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, allowing brands to effectively track the impact of their gifting strategies. This approach enables companies to strengthen their relationships with customers, fostering increased retention and advocacy.

&open

Seed Round in 2021
&Open is a gifting platform that facilitates the distribution of digital and physical gifts from brands to individuals worldwide. By enhancing customer loyalty, retention, and engagement, the platform serves sales, marketing, and customer experience teams through a unified system. It offers branded communication capabilities and integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, allowing brands to effectively track the impact of their gifting strategies. This approach enables companies to strengthen their relationships with customers, fostering increased retention and advocacy.

Stensul

Series B in 2020
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Clay

Series A in 2019
Clay offers advanced tools for growth teams to conduct comprehensive customer research. By integrating over 100 data sources, including first-party, intent, and third-party data, Clay enables deep insights into ideal customers.

The Lobby

Seed Round in 2019
The Lobby is a video shopping platform that connects top fashion brands with influencers, creating an engaging shopping experience reminiscent of QVC combined with TikTok. Tailored for young professionals, The Lobby simplifies the shopping process by introducing new and emerging brands weekly. Customers can request items to be delivered to their offices for a week-long trial period without any upfront fees, allowing them to experience products before making a purchase. This innovative try-before-you-buy model eliminates the risks associated with online shopping, making it a convenient and inspiring option for consumers.

Stensul

Series A in 2018
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Amino Payments

Seed Round in 2018
Amino Payments, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the digital advertising industry by utilizing blockchain technology to enhance transparency and efficiency. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company offers solutions like Amino Lens and Amino Pay. Amino Lens validates entities across the media supply chain and meticulously tracks advertisements, impressions, and expenditures, while Amino Pay empowers marketers to maintain control over the supply chain and enforce vendor agreements through smart contracts. By addressing issues such as fraud, waste, and abuse, Amino Payments aims to streamline the online advertising landscape, benefiting brands, agencies, publishers, and adtech companies alike.

Amino Payments

Seed Round in 2017
Amino Payments, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the digital advertising industry by utilizing blockchain technology to enhance transparency and efficiency. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company offers solutions like Amino Lens and Amino Pay. Amino Lens validates entities across the media supply chain and meticulously tracks advertisements, impressions, and expenditures, while Amino Pay empowers marketers to maintain control over the supply chain and enforce vendor agreements through smart contracts. By addressing issues such as fraud, waste, and abuse, Amino Payments aims to streamline the online advertising landscape, benefiting brands, agencies, publishers, and adtech companies alike.

Clay

Seed Round in 2017
Clay offers advanced tools for growth teams to conduct comprehensive customer research. By integrating over 100 data sources, including first-party, intent, and third-party data, Clay enables deep insights into ideal customers.

Zenreach

Series C in 2017
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.

Stensul

Seed Round in 2016
Stensul streamlines enterprise marketing by offering a centralized email generation platform. It enables marketers to create mobile-responsive emails that adhere to brand guidelines, bypassing the need for designer, developer, and QA involvement. Emails can be instantly sent through popular ESPs or Marketing Clouds.

Zenreach

Series B in 2016
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.

Relay Network

Series B in 2016
Relay Network, LLC is a technology company headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, specializing in customer engagement through a private messaging application. Founded in 2009, Relay Network enables businesses to send proactive and personalized communications to their customers, enhancing the way companies interact with their clientele. The platform supports various industries, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, cable, energy, travel, and hospitality, by allowing customers to opt-in for messages from their service providers. The company's innovative approach empowers businesses to design and automate customer engagement, helping them scale their support efforts and meet the growing demand for personalized service.

Zodiac

Seed Round in 2016
Zodiac Inc. is a predictive analytics company that specializes in forecasting individualized customer lifetime value using real-time sales data. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Zodiac provides a cloud-based analytics platform that enables businesses to make informed marketing decisions based on accurate predictions of future sales volumes and customer behavior. By employing advanced data models and behavioral analysis, the company helps organizations optimize their marketing campaigns, enhance sales forecasting, and focus resources on acquiring and retaining high-value customers. Initially known as CLVMetrics, Inc., Zodiac operates as a subsidiary of NIKE, Inc. as of March 2018.

LiveIntent

Series D in 2015
LiveIntent is a technology platform that enhances email as a marketing tool, allowing brands to effectively connect with their customers. The company specializes in people-based targeting, email monetization, and identity resolution, providing solutions that benefit both marketers and publishers. By facilitating direct engagement with audiences, LiveIntent helps businesses drive sales and increase revenue while ensuring user privacy is respected. The platform aims to bridge the gaps between brands and their target audiences, maximizing the potential of email marketing.

GumGum

Series C in 2015
GumGum, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision and natural language processing. Founded in 2006, the company focuses on unlocking the value of visual content generated across various platforms, including the web and broadcast television. GumGum provides a range of services, such as in-image advertising, influencer marketing, targeted media buying, and site monetization. Its flagship products include GumGum Visual Intelligence, a platform for real-time visual listening that assists brands in identifying and activating online imagery, and AdBuilder, which allows brands to create and manage in-image and in-screen advertisements. By using advanced machine learning and deep learning technologies, GumGum enhances contextual advertising and aids marketers in maximizing the media value of their investments. The company maintains a presence with additional offices in major cities across the United States, as well as locations in London and Sydney.

Percolate

Series C in 2015
Percolate is a provider of a content marketing platform that enhances global marketing visibility and collaboration. The company's software integrates various marketing functions, including governance, planning, content creation, audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. By uniting brand narratives, data, and customer interactions, Percolate empowers marketers to effectively build and manage complex marketing programs. This enables brands to efficiently organize integrated campaigns and deliver personalized content, ensuring that marketing efforts are aligned with customer engagement across all platforms and locations. With a focus on increasing productivity and driving sales, Percolate facilitates comprehensive control and agility for marketing teams.

Say Media

Venture Round in 2014
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.

Chloe + Isabel

Series C in 2014
Chloe + Isabel, established in 2011, is a New York-based social commerce jewelry company that empowers women through entrepreneurship. It offers a wide range of hand-crafted jewelry, as well as accessories and beauty products, sold through independent Merchandisers in the U.S. and online. The company's innovative platform enables Merchandisers to create personalized digital boutiques, earn commissions, and access training, trends, and insights to support their businesses. Founder and CEO Chantel Waterbury, with over 14 years of experience in jewelry design for major retailers, aims to empower women by providing an entrepreneurial opportunity in the direct sales model.

Qualaroo

Series A in 2014
Qualaroo, Inc. is a customer feedback and user research company that specializes in understanding user behavior on websites. Founded in 2010 and based in Costa Mesa, California, Qualaroo provides a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that allows businesses to deploy survey Nudges™ across various channels, including websites, mobile applications, and emails. The tool targets specific customer actions and behaviors, enabling companies to collect contextual insights that drive data-driven decision-making. With advanced AI-based reporting and analytics, Qualaroo helps organizations analyze user feedback and channel it to relevant teams, ultimately enhancing website optimization, increasing conversion rates, and improving marketing return on investment. The company has gathered over 100 million customer insights, positioning itself as a valuable resource for businesses aiming to understand and cater to the unique needs and frustrations of their website visitors. Qualaroo operates as a subsidiary of Batia Infotech.

Sift

Series B in 2014
Sift Limited, established in 1996, is a digital media solutions provider headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and the United States. The company offers online business consultancy and services to various organizations, including member bodies, not-for-profits, publishers, and corporates. Sift's portfolio comprises nine online business communities, such as AccountingWEB and BusinessCloud9, and it organizes related face-to-face business events. Additionally, Sift provides PracticeWEB, a SaaS platform for UK accounting firms, and SiftGroups, which offers hosted online community solutions to publishers, corporates, and public sector bodies. Since 2011, Sift has expanded its services to include digital trust and safety solutions, helping over 34,000 sites and apps prevent fraud and build customer trust.

URX

Series A in 2014
URX is a developer of a mobile application retargeting platform that enhances the connection between users and relevant commerce experiences. The company specializes in deep linking technology, which directs users to specific pages within applications. This innovative approach allows mobile retailers to maximize the value of their applications by delivering targeted and interactive display advertisements. URX serves a diverse clientele, empowering publishers to effectively monetize mobile content while enabling advertisers to drive mobile commerce.

elicit

Series A in 2014
Elicit, Inc. is a SaaS software company based in Chicago, Illinois, that specializes in enhancing on-site search capabilities for marketers and retailers. Founded in 2011 and originally named Elevation, Inc., Elicit provides a platform that allows users to transform the search box into a powerful branding and conversion tool. Its software features a drag-and-drop interface, enabling businesses to prioritize and customize search results based on various criteria, such as context, time, keyword, and location. This functionality helps marketers effectively curate search results, align their branding with marketing calendars, and support promotional initiatives, ultimately driving better engagement and conversions for their online businesses.

Percolate

Series B in 2014
Percolate is a provider of a content marketing platform that enhances global marketing visibility and collaboration. The company's software integrates various marketing functions, including governance, planning, content creation, audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. By uniting brand narratives, data, and customer interactions, Percolate empowers marketers to effectively build and manage complex marketing programs. This enables brands to efficiently organize integrated campaigns and deliver personalized content, ensuring that marketing efforts are aligned with customer engagement across all platforms and locations. With a focus on increasing productivity and driving sales, Percolate facilitates comprehensive control and agility for marketing teams.

Relay Network

Series A in 2014
Relay Network, LLC is a technology company headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, specializing in customer engagement through a private messaging application. Founded in 2009, Relay Network enables businesses to send proactive and personalized communications to their customers, enhancing the way companies interact with their clientele. The platform supports various industries, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, cable, energy, travel, and hospitality, by allowing customers to opt-in for messages from their service providers. The company's innovative approach empowers businesses to design and automate customer engagement, helping them scale their support efforts and meet the growing demand for personalized service.

Monetate

Series C in 2013
Monetate, Inc. is a technology company that develops a cloud-based personalization software solution designed to enhance customer experiences through data-driven insights. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Monetate offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including testing and optimization, segmentation and targeting, 1-to-1 personalization, recommendations, and customer data management. The platform enables brands and retailers to deliver tailored experiences across multiple touchpoints, thereby increasing engagement and performance. Monetate has expanded its functionality by integrating features from Certona, creating a robust personalization tool that serves clients globally, including notable companies like Reebok, Office Depot, and Lufthansa Group. The company also maintains strategic partnerships, further enhancing its offerings in the personalization landscape.

Nomi

Series A in 2013
Nomi is an omni-channel marketing platform designed to enhance customer engagement for retailers. By analyzing and optimizing the return on investment from offline marketing and store operations, Nomi quantifies the effectiveness of marketing campaigns in driving foot traffic and assesses customer lifetime value. The platform helps retailers evaluate how well stores convert visitors into buyers, identify underperforming staff, and measure the impact of training and management investments on customer behavior. Nomi offers a comprehensive view of the customer conversion funnel, enabling retailers to predict store performance and diagnose operational issues proactively. Founded in September 2012 by Marc Ferrentino, Corey Capasso, Wesley Barrow, Peter Quintas, and Robert Balousek, the company is headquartered in New York, United States.

Preo

Seed Round in 2013
Preo is a mobile application that enhances the efficiency of ordering food and beverages in the hospitality industry, aiming to eliminate long wait times for customers. The app allows users to place drink orders and pay online, integrating seamlessly into the workflow of servers who can view receipts, manage orders, and serve customers more effectively. By reducing the time spent on payment processing by approximately 50%, Preo streamlines service operations for venues. Additionally, the platform enables venues to identify their best customers and engage them through targeted promotions on social media. Users can earn rewards by sharing their experiences, while beverage brands can offer complimentary drinks in exchange for social media interactions, fostering a mutually beneficial relationship between consumers and businesses.

Manifest

Seed Round in 2013
Manifest, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a product feed-based advertising platform designed to assist retailers and ecommerce businesses in optimizing their product promotions. Founded in 2011 and formerly known as SocialWire, Inc., the company rebranded in August 2015. Manifest's platform enables users to integrate product feeds and create product groups, utilizing a sophisticated matching engine to display relevant products to potential customers across various digital platforms, including Facebook and Google Shopping. The service has been instrumental in optimizing over 14 million products in billions of advertisements, generating significant returns on investment for clients. Notable retailers such as Neiman Marcus, Gilt, One Kings Lane, and LivingSocial leverage Manifest's capabilities to enhance customer engagement and discoverability of products. The company operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten Marketing LLC.

Sift

Series A in 2013
Sift Limited, established in 1996, is a digital media solutions provider headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and the United States. The company offers online business consultancy and services to various organizations, including member bodies, not-for-profits, publishers, and corporates. Sift's portfolio comprises nine online business communities, such as AccountingWEB and BusinessCloud9, and it organizes related face-to-face business events. Additionally, Sift provides PracticeWEB, a SaaS platform for UK accounting firms, and SiftGroups, which offers hosted online community solutions to publishers, corporates, and public sector bodies. Since 2011, Sift has expanded its services to include digital trust and safety solutions, helping over 34,000 sites and apps prevent fraud and build customer trust.

Nomi

Seed Round in 2013
Nomi is an omni-channel marketing platform designed to enhance customer engagement for retailers. By analyzing and optimizing the return on investment from offline marketing and store operations, Nomi quantifies the effectiveness of marketing campaigns in driving foot traffic and assesses customer lifetime value. The platform helps retailers evaluate how well stores convert visitors into buyers, identify underperforming staff, and measure the impact of training and management investments on customer behavior. Nomi offers a comprehensive view of the customer conversion funnel, enabling retailers to predict store performance and diagnose operational issues proactively. Founded in September 2012 by Marc Ferrentino, Corey Capasso, Wesley Barrow, Peter Quintas, and Robert Balousek, the company is headquartered in New York, United States.

Percolate

Series A in 2012
Percolate is a provider of a content marketing platform that enhances global marketing visibility and collaboration. The company's software integrates various marketing functions, including governance, planning, content creation, audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. By uniting brand narratives, data, and customer interactions, Percolate empowers marketers to effectively build and manage complex marketing programs. This enables brands to efficiently organize integrated campaigns and deliver personalized content, ensuring that marketing efforts are aligned with customer engagement across all platforms and locations. With a focus on increasing productivity and driving sales, Percolate facilitates comprehensive control and agility for marketing teams.

Manifest

Seed Round in 2012
Manifest, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates a product feed-based advertising platform designed to assist retailers and ecommerce businesses in optimizing their product promotions. Founded in 2011 and formerly known as SocialWire, Inc., the company rebranded in August 2015. Manifest's platform enables users to integrate product feeds and create product groups, utilizing a sophisticated matching engine to display relevant products to potential customers across various digital platforms, including Facebook and Google Shopping. The service has been instrumental in optimizing over 14 million products in billions of advertisements, generating significant returns on investment for clients. Notable retailers such as Neiman Marcus, Gilt, One Kings Lane, and LivingSocial leverage Manifest's capabilities to enhance customer engagement and discoverability of products. The company operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten Marketing LLC.

Say Media

Venture Round in 2012
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.

Jirafe

Series A in 2012
Jirafe is a New York City-based company that specializes in providing analytics for eCommerce retailers, enabling them to enhance their revenue through data-driven marketing and merchandising strategies. By offering real-time actionable insights, Jirafe helps merchants understand customer behavior, identify best-selling products, and make informed decisions to grow their businesses. The company's goal is to automate essential tasks that eCommerce stores face, allowing retailers to focus on driving their business forward. With a team passionate about big data, analytics, and machine learning, Jirafe continually seeks to innovate and expand its offerings to support the success of tens of thousands of merchants.

elicit

Series A in 2012
Elicit, Inc. is a SaaS software company based in Chicago, Illinois, that specializes in enhancing on-site search capabilities for marketers and retailers. Founded in 2011 and originally named Elevation, Inc., Elicit provides a platform that allows users to transform the search box into a powerful branding and conversion tool. Its software features a drag-and-drop interface, enabling businesses to prioritize and customize search results based on various criteria, such as context, time, keyword, and location. This functionality helps marketers effectively curate search results, align their branding with marketing calendars, and support promotional initiatives, ultimately driving better engagement and conversions for their online businesses.

Moat

Series B in 2012
Moat, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing software-as-a-service analytics solutions for brand advertisers and publishers. Founded in 2007 and now a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, Moat offers a range of tools designed to enhance advertising effectiveness. Its Moat Analytics platform provides insights into ad campaigns and website inventory, while Moat Pro delivers real-time ad intelligence, enabling users to visualize relationships between brands, publishers, and programmatic platforms. Additionally, Moat offers a search engine dedicated to display ads, allowing users to discover and explore advertisements from various brands. This comprehensive approach positions Moat as a key player in measuring and driving customer attention across digital marketing channels.

Percolate

Seed Round in 2011
Percolate is a provider of a content marketing platform that enhances global marketing visibility and collaboration. The company's software integrates various marketing functions, including governance, planning, content creation, audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. By uniting brand narratives, data, and customer interactions, Percolate empowers marketers to effectively build and manage complex marketing programs. This enables brands to efficiently organize integrated campaigns and deliver personalized content, ensuring that marketing efforts are aligned with customer engagement across all platforms and locations. With a focus on increasing productivity and driving sales, Percolate facilitates comprehensive control and agility for marketing teams.

Chloe + Isabel

Series A in 2011
Chloe + Isabel, established in 2011, is a New York-based social commerce jewelry company that empowers women through entrepreneurship. It offers a wide range of hand-crafted jewelry, as well as accessories and beauty products, sold through independent Merchandisers in the U.S. and online. The company's innovative platform enables Merchandisers to create personalized digital boutiques, earn commissions, and access training, trends, and insights to support their businesses. Founder and CEO Chantel Waterbury, with over 14 years of experience in jewelry design for major retailers, aims to empower women by providing an entrepreneurial opportunity in the direct sales model.

GumGum

Series B in 2011
GumGum, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision and natural language processing. Founded in 2006, the company focuses on unlocking the value of visual content generated across various platforms, including the web and broadcast television. GumGum provides a range of services, such as in-image advertising, influencer marketing, targeted media buying, and site monetization. Its flagship products include GumGum Visual Intelligence, a platform for real-time visual listening that assists brands in identifying and activating online imagery, and AdBuilder, which allows brands to create and manage in-image and in-screen advertisements. By using advanced machine learning and deep learning technologies, GumGum enhances contextual advertising and aids marketers in maximizing the media value of their investments. The company maintains a presence with additional offices in major cities across the United States, as well as locations in London and Sydney.

LiveIntent

Series B in 2011
LiveIntent is a technology platform that enhances email as a marketing tool, allowing brands to effectively connect with their customers. The company specializes in people-based targeting, email monetization, and identity resolution, providing solutions that benefit both marketers and publishers. By facilitating direct engagement with audiences, LiveIntent helps businesses drive sales and increase revenue while ensuring user privacy is respected. The platform aims to bridge the gaps between brands and their target audiences, maximizing the potential of email marketing.

Moat

Series A in 2011
Moat, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing software-as-a-service analytics solutions for brand advertisers and publishers. Founded in 2007 and now a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, Moat offers a range of tools designed to enhance advertising effectiveness. Its Moat Analytics platform provides insights into ad campaigns and website inventory, while Moat Pro delivers real-time ad intelligence, enabling users to visualize relationships between brands, publishers, and programmatic platforms. Additionally, Moat offers a search engine dedicated to display ads, allowing users to discover and explore advertisements from various brands. This comprehensive approach positions Moat as a key player in measuring and driving customer attention across digital marketing channels.

elicit

Series A in 2011
Elicit, Inc. is a SaaS software company based in Chicago, Illinois, that specializes in enhancing on-site search capabilities for marketers and retailers. Founded in 2011 and originally named Elevation, Inc., Elicit provides a platform that allows users to transform the search box into a powerful branding and conversion tool. Its software features a drag-and-drop interface, enabling businesses to prioritize and customize search results based on various criteria, such as context, time, keyword, and location. This functionality helps marketers effectively curate search results, align their branding with marketing calendars, and support promotional initiatives, ultimately driving better engagement and conversions for their online businesses.

Get Satisfaction

Series B in 2011
Get Satisfaction, Inc. is a company that offers an online community platform designed to connect businesses with their customers, enhancing relationships that create mutual value. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Austin and Boston, the platform enables organizations to modernize customer support, accelerate sales, and differentiate their brands through innovative customer engagement. The service integrates seamlessly with various applications, including CRM and marketing tools, allowing companies of all sizes—from large corporations like Kellogg's and Procter & Gamble to smaller enterprises—to establish vibrant online communities. This approach aims to foster collaboration and drive new ideas, ensuring companies can effectively respond to the evolving needs of today's consumers. As of 2015, Get Satisfaction operates as a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc.

SinglePlatform

Series A in 2011
SinglePlatform, LLC is a New York-based company that provides local listing enhancement services, allowing small businesses to manage and update their information across a wide range of platforms. Founded in 2009, SinglePlatform specializes in helping local businesses, particularly restaurants, publish essential details such as menus, products, services, photos, and prices. By enabling businesses to distribute this information across popular media companies, search engines, mobile applications, and local review sites, SinglePlatform enhances their visibility to potential customers. The company has formed strategic partnerships, including one with Belly Inc., and operates as a subsidiary of Constant Contact, Inc. Since its acquisition by Constant Contact in 2012, SinglePlatform has positioned itself as a leader in the online management of restaurant menus and local business storefronts.

PerformLine

Series A in 2011
PerformLine is a SaaS platform that specializes in sales and marketing compliance, catering to a diverse range of industries, including banking, fintech, mortgage lending, and technology. The platform offers an end-to-end solution for compliance teams, enabling them to review documents before publication and monitor live consumer interactions across various channels such as the web, social media, calls, messaging, and emails. By providing automated compliance systems, PerformLine helps enterprises mitigate regulatory risks and ensure brand safety. Its tools and insights allow companies to efficiently manage compliance activities, thereby saving time and reducing costs while enhancing oversight across all consumer interaction points.

Altruik

Series B in 2011
Altruik specializes in providing automated Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services tailored for eCommerce companies and online businesses. Their technology aims to enhance visibility on search engines, driving more traffic to websites, increasing visits to content and product pages, and boosting click-through rates. Altruik's solution integrates seamlessly with various Content Management Systems (CMS) and legacy systems, streamlining the SEO process. The platform handles labor-intensive tasks associated with site-wide SEO changes, ensuring compliance with search engine best practices. It also addresses infrastructure barriers such as inflexible CMS or limited technology resources, making it easier for companies to maintain visible and optimized online content without extensive manual effort.

Relay Network

Series A in 2011
Relay Network, LLC is a technology company headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, specializing in customer engagement through a private messaging application. Founded in 2009, Relay Network enables businesses to send proactive and personalized communications to their customers, enhancing the way companies interact with their clientele. The platform supports various industries, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, cable, energy, travel, and hospitality, by allowing customers to opt-in for messages from their service providers. The company's innovative approach empowers businesses to design and automate customer engagement, helping them scale their support efforts and meet the growing demand for personalized service.

Adaptly

Series A in 2011
Adaptly, Inc. is a digital advertising solutions provider based in New York City, with additional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, and London. Established in 2010, the company specializes in enabling large advertisers to effectively scale their campaigns across various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Pinterest. Adaptly offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes personalized planning and strategy, media buying, campaign execution, and performance analysis. Utilizing proprietary technology, the firm provides real-time insights and automated optimization to help clients achieve their advertising goals. As of December 2018, Adaptly operates as a subsidiary of Accenture plc and employs over 120 professionals dedicated to enhancing digital marketing effectiveness for its clientele.

StumbleUpon

Series B in 2011
StumbleUpon is a content discovery platform designed to help users find new and interesting web and mobile content tailored to their preferences. With a user base exceeding 25 million, the platform allows individuals to share their favorite webpages, submit ratings and reviews, and receive personalized recommendations. StumbleUpon also offers a Paid Discovery service, utilized by over 80,000 brands and marketers to promote their products and services effectively. By combining user engagement with innovative content curation, StumbleUpon aims to enhance the online experience, making it easier for users to explore a diverse range of information and entertainment.

Chloe + Isabel

Seed Round in 2011
Chloe + Isabel, established in 2011, is a New York-based social commerce jewelry company that empowers women through entrepreneurship. It offers a wide range of hand-crafted jewelry, as well as accessories and beauty products, sold through independent Merchandisers in the U.S. and online. The company's innovative platform enables Merchandisers to create personalized digital boutiques, earn commissions, and access training, trends, and insights to support their businesses. Founder and CEO Chantel Waterbury, with over 14 years of experience in jewelry design for major retailers, aims to empower women by providing an entrepreneurial opportunity in the direct sales model.

Monetate

Series A in 2010
Monetate, Inc. is a technology company that develops a cloud-based personalization software solution designed to enhance customer experiences through data-driven insights. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Monetate offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including testing and optimization, segmentation and targeting, 1-to-1 personalization, recommendations, and customer data management. The platform enables brands and retailers to deliver tailored experiences across multiple touchpoints, thereby increasing engagement and performance. Monetate has expanded its functionality by integrating features from Certona, creating a robust personalization tool that serves clients globally, including notable companies like Reebok, Office Depot, and Lufthansa Group. The company also maintains strategic partnerships, further enhancing its offerings in the personalization landscape.

FanBridge

Series A in 2010
FanBridge, Inc. is a fan relationship management platform that integrates email marketing and social networking to help artists, brands, and influencers manage fan acquisition, retention, and engagement. Established in 2006 and based in New York, the company serves a diverse clientele, including musicians, comedians, YouTubers, and major brands. FanBridge facilitates the growth and monetization of fan bases through direct engagement tools, allowing clients to connect with their audiences across multiple digital channels. The platform supports over 600 million fan relationships, enabling users to craft targeted marketing campaigns and foster meaningful interactions. Additionally, FanBridge offers integrated advertising solutions that align brand messages with entertainment influencers, providing a measurable approach to audience outreach.

SinglePlatform

Seed Round in 2010
SinglePlatform, LLC is a New York-based company that provides local listing enhancement services, allowing small businesses to manage and update their information across a wide range of platforms. Founded in 2009, SinglePlatform specializes in helping local businesses, particularly restaurants, publish essential details such as menus, products, services, photos, and prices. By enabling businesses to distribute this information across popular media companies, search engines, mobile applications, and local review sites, SinglePlatform enhances their visibility to potential customers. The company has formed strategic partnerships, including one with Belly Inc., and operates as a subsidiary of Constant Contact, Inc. Since its acquisition by Constant Contact in 2012, SinglePlatform has positioned itself as a leader in the online management of restaurant menus and local business storefronts.

OneTrueFan

Seed Round in 2010
OneTrueFan is an online service designed for web publishers that fosters deeper engagement with site visitors. The platform allows users to earn points and badges for engaging with content by reading, sharing links, and driving web traffic. It tracks user interactions across various pages, enabling them to see who else has engaged with the same content. Only a small percentage of web traffic consists of regular visitors, typically defined as those who return at least once a week. OneTrueFan aims to convert casual visitors into loyal readers by encouraging more frequent visits and content sharing. The service is available as both a website widget and a browser plugin. It will also include a dashboard for web publishers to gain insights into reader behavior, along with APIs that allow for customization and targeted incentives for their true fans. In the long run, OneTrueFan aspires to evolve into a marketplace that connects virtual currency providers with passionate readers across major websites and media outlets.

Get Satisfaction

Series A in 2010
Get Satisfaction, Inc. is a company that offers an online community platform designed to connect businesses with their customers, enhancing relationships that create mutual value. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Austin and Boston, the platform enables organizations to modernize customer support, accelerate sales, and differentiate their brands through innovative customer engagement. The service integrates seamlessly with various applications, including CRM and marketing tools, allowing companies of all sizes—from large corporations like Kellogg's and Procter & Gamble to smaller enterprises—to establish vibrant online communities. This approach aims to foster collaboration and drive new ideas, ensuring companies can effectively respond to the evolving needs of today's consumers. As of 2015, Get Satisfaction operates as a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc.

LiveIntent

Series A in 2009
LiveIntent is a technology platform that enhances email as a marketing tool, allowing brands to effectively connect with their customers. The company specializes in people-based targeting, email monetization, and identity resolution, providing solutions that benefit both marketers and publishers. By facilitating direct engagement with audiences, LiveIntent helps businesses drive sales and increase revenue while ensuring user privacy is respected. The platform aims to bridge the gaps between brands and their target audiences, maximizing the potential of email marketing.

Altruik

Series A in 2009
Altruik specializes in providing automated Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services tailored for eCommerce companies and online businesses. Their technology aims to enhance visibility on search engines, driving more traffic to websites, increasing visits to content and product pages, and boosting click-through rates. Altruik's solution integrates seamlessly with various Content Management Systems (CMS) and legacy systems, streamlining the SEO process. The platform handles labor-intensive tasks associated with site-wide SEO changes, ensuring compliance with search engine best practices. It also addresses infrastructure barriers such as inflexible CMS or limited technology resources, making it easier for companies to maintain visible and optimized online content without extensive manual effort.

ScanScout

Series B in 2009
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

CoTweet

Series A in 2009
CoTweet is a business front-end for Twitter, enabling companies to engage in proactive marketing and response-oriented customer service activities. On March 2, 2010 CoTweet was acquired by ExactTarget.

GumGum

Series A in 2009
GumGum, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision and natural language processing. Founded in 2006, the company focuses on unlocking the value of visual content generated across various platforms, including the web and broadcast television. GumGum provides a range of services, such as in-image advertising, influencer marketing, targeted media buying, and site monetization. Its flagship products include GumGum Visual Intelligence, a platform for real-time visual listening that assists brands in identifying and activating online imagery, and AdBuilder, which allows brands to create and manage in-image and in-screen advertisements. By using advanced machine learning and deep learning technologies, GumGum enhances contextual advertising and aids marketers in maximizing the media value of their investments. The company maintains a presence with additional offices in major cities across the United States, as well as locations in London and Sydney.

StumbleUpon

Series A in 2009
StumbleUpon is a content discovery platform designed to help users find new and interesting web and mobile content tailored to their preferences. With a user base exceeding 25 million, the platform allows individuals to share their favorite webpages, submit ratings and reviews, and receive personalized recommendations. StumbleUpon also offers a Paid Discovery service, utilized by over 80,000 brands and marketers to promote their products and services effectively. By combining user engagement with innovative content curation, StumbleUpon aims to enhance the online experience, making it easier for users to explore a diverse range of information and entertainment.

Get Satisfaction

Seed Round in 2009
Get Satisfaction, Inc. is a company that offers an online community platform designed to connect businesses with their customers, enhancing relationships that create mutual value. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Austin and Boston, the platform enables organizations to modernize customer support, accelerate sales, and differentiate their brands through innovative customer engagement. The service integrates seamlessly with various applications, including CRM and marketing tools, allowing companies of all sizes—from large corporations like Kellogg's and Procter & Gamble to smaller enterprises—to establish vibrant online communities. This approach aims to foster collaboration and drive new ideas, ensuring companies can effectively respond to the evolving needs of today's consumers. As of 2015, Get Satisfaction operates as a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc.

PerformLine

Seed Round in 2009
PerformLine is a SaaS platform that specializes in sales and marketing compliance, catering to a diverse range of industries, including banking, fintech, mortgage lending, and technology. The platform offers an end-to-end solution for compliance teams, enabling them to review documents before publication and monitor live consumer interactions across various channels such as the web, social media, calls, messaging, and emails. By providing automated compliance systems, PerformLine helps enterprises mitigate regulatory risks and ensure brand safety. Its tools and insights allow companies to efficiently manage compliance activities, thereby saving time and reducing costs while enhancing oversight across all consumer interaction points.

Jingle Networks

Series D in 2009
Jingle Networks is a prominent provider of advertising and technology solutions focused on voice and mobile business search. The company connects businesses with consumers ready to transact by leveraging a robust new media channel within the growing business search market. Jingle Networks offers tailored solutions for carriers, network operators, advertising agencies, brand marketers, and small businesses. Its services enable thousands of national brands and local businesses to utilize brief in-call audio or text advertisements to attract new customers during phone calls or online searches. The company's innovative technology has made it a preferred choice for network operators and telecom carriers. Jingle Networks is also known for creating the free directory assistance service 1-800-FREE411, allowing consumers to obtain phone numbers without charge. This service is funded by short, targeted advertising messages that play while the caller waits for information. Founded by experienced professionals in advertising and technology, Jingle Networks continues to deliver effective solutions for building brand awareness and maximizing business search outcomes.

GumGum

Series A in 2008
GumGum, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision and natural language processing. Founded in 2006, the company focuses on unlocking the value of visual content generated across various platforms, including the web and broadcast television. GumGum provides a range of services, such as in-image advertising, influencer marketing, targeted media buying, and site monetization. Its flagship products include GumGum Visual Intelligence, a platform for real-time visual listening that assists brands in identifying and activating online imagery, and AdBuilder, which allows brands to create and manage in-image and in-screen advertisements. By using advanced machine learning and deep learning technologies, GumGum enhances contextual advertising and aids marketers in maximizing the media value of their investments. The company maintains a presence with additional offices in major cities across the United States, as well as locations in London and Sydney.

Monetate

Seed Round in 2008
Monetate, Inc. is a technology company that develops a cloud-based personalization software solution designed to enhance customer experiences through data-driven insights. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Monetate offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including testing and optimization, segmentation and targeting, 1-to-1 personalization, recommendations, and customer data management. The platform enables brands and retailers to deliver tailored experiences across multiple touchpoints, thereby increasing engagement and performance. Monetate has expanded its functionality by integrating features from Certona, creating a robust personalization tool that serves clients globally, including notable companies like Reebok, Office Depot, and Lufthansa Group. The company also maintains strategic partnerships, further enhancing its offerings in the personalization landscape.

Jingle Networks

Series C in 2008
Jingle Networks is a prominent provider of advertising and technology solutions focused on voice and mobile business search. The company connects businesses with consumers ready to transact by leveraging a robust new media channel within the growing business search market. Jingle Networks offers tailored solutions for carriers, network operators, advertising agencies, brand marketers, and small businesses. Its services enable thousands of national brands and local businesses to utilize brief in-call audio or text advertisements to attract new customers during phone calls or online searches. The company's innovative technology has made it a preferred choice for network operators and telecom carriers. Jingle Networks is also known for creating the free directory assistance service 1-800-FREE411, allowing consumers to obtain phone numbers without charge. This service is funded by short, targeted advertising messages that play while the caller waits for information. Founded by experienced professionals in advertising and technology, Jingle Networks continues to deliver effective solutions for building brand awareness and maximizing business search outcomes.

Say Media

Series D in 2007
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.

Get Satisfaction

Seed Round in 2007
Get Satisfaction, Inc. is a company that offers an online community platform designed to connect businesses with their customers, enhancing relationships that create mutual value. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Austin and Boston, the platform enables organizations to modernize customer support, accelerate sales, and differentiate their brands through innovative customer engagement. The service integrates seamlessly with various applications, including CRM and marketing tools, allowing companies of all sizes—from large corporations like Kellogg's and Procter & Gamble to smaller enterprises—to establish vibrant online communities. This approach aims to foster collaboration and drive new ideas, ensuring companies can effectively respond to the evolving needs of today's consumers. As of 2015, Get Satisfaction operates as a subsidiary of Sprinklr Inc.

Say Media

Series D in 2007
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.

ScanScout

Series A in 2007
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

ScanScout

Series A in 2006
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Say Media

Series C in 2006
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.

Aggregate Knowledge

Series A in 2006
Aggregate Knowledge is a media intelligence company that specializes in providing advertisers and agencies with a comprehensive platform to identify and reach high-performing customers. Its patented media intelligence platform integrates both media and audience data, allowing marketers to optimize their advertising strategies effectively. By delivering real-time personalization and audience-centric display optimization services, Aggregate Knowledge enables clients to execute tailored advertising campaigns that enhance media spend efficiency, increase reach, and drive higher sales. The company's focus on combining data management solutions with actionable insights positions it as a pivotal player in the advertising technology landscape.

ScanScout

Series A in 2006
ScanScout is a leading online video advertising network that connects major advertisers with publishers to enhance video advertising opportunities. By partnering with publishers, ScanScout enables them to generate significant revenue from their video content while ensuring a user-friendly monetization process. For advertisers, the company offers capabilities to target, optimize, and deliver ad messages effectively, thereby maximizing user engagement. Serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions monthly, ScanScout ranks among the largest online video networks globally. The company is headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles.

Say Media

Series B in 2006
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.

Aggregate Knowledge

Seed Round in 2006
Aggregate Knowledge is a media intelligence company that specializes in providing advertisers and agencies with a comprehensive platform to identify and reach high-performing customers. Its patented media intelligence platform integrates both media and audience data, allowing marketers to optimize their advertising strategies effectively. By delivering real-time personalization and audience-centric display optimization services, Aggregate Knowledge enables clients to execute tailored advertising campaigns that enhance media spend efficiency, increase reach, and drive higher sales. The company's focus on combining data management solutions with actionable insights positions it as a pivotal player in the advertising technology landscape.

Jingle Networks

Series A in 2005
Jingle Networks is a prominent provider of advertising and technology solutions focused on voice and mobile business search. The company connects businesses with consumers ready to transact by leveraging a robust new media channel within the growing business search market. Jingle Networks offers tailored solutions for carriers, network operators, advertising agencies, brand marketers, and small businesses. Its services enable thousands of national brands and local businesses to utilize brief in-call audio or text advertisements to attract new customers during phone calls or online searches. The company's innovative technology has made it a preferred choice for network operators and telecom carriers. Jingle Networks is also known for creating the free directory assistance service 1-800-FREE411, allowing consumers to obtain phone numbers without charge. This service is funded by short, targeted advertising messages that play while the caller waits for information. Founded by experienced professionals in advertising and technology, Jingle Networks continues to deliver effective solutions for building brand awareness and maximizing business search outcomes.

StumbleUpon

Seed Round in 2005
StumbleUpon is a content discovery platform designed to help users find new and interesting web and mobile content tailored to their preferences. With a user base exceeding 25 million, the platform allows individuals to share their favorite webpages, submit ratings and reviews, and receive personalized recommendations. StumbleUpon also offers a Paid Discovery service, utilized by over 80,000 brands and marketers to promote their products and services effectively. By combining user engagement with innovative content curation, StumbleUpon aims to enhance the online experience, making it easier for users to explore a diverse range of information and entertainment.

Jingle Networks

Series A in 2005
Jingle Networks is a prominent provider of advertising and technology solutions focused on voice and mobile business search. The company connects businesses with consumers ready to transact by leveraging a robust new media channel within the growing business search market. Jingle Networks offers tailored solutions for carriers, network operators, advertising agencies, brand marketers, and small businesses. Its services enable thousands of national brands and local businesses to utilize brief in-call audio or text advertisements to attract new customers during phone calls or online searches. The company's innovative technology has made it a preferred choice for network operators and telecom carriers. Jingle Networks is also known for creating the free directory assistance service 1-800-FREE411, allowing consumers to obtain phone numbers without charge. This service is funded by short, targeted advertising messages that play while the caller waits for information. Founded by experienced professionals in advertising and technology, Jingle Networks continues to deliver effective solutions for building brand awareness and maximizing business search outcomes.

Adchemy

Series A in 2005
Adchemy is a provider of digital advertising technology that focuses on enhancing ecommerce revenue acquisition for online brands. The company offers a user-friendly software platform that simplifies the management of digital marketing campaigns, allowing marketers to create highly effective advertisements. Adchemy's technology automates best practices for search campaigns, resulting in significant improvements in key performance metrics, such as increased impressions, clicks, revenue, and profit margins. Central to Adchemy's offering is the IntentGraph, which allows marketers to organize campaigns using business-relevant language centered on products rather than keywords. This innovative approach enables advertisers to gain deeper insights into their online audiences, effectively target segments, and deliver relevant ads that boost engagement and conversion rates. Adchemy's software is utilized by a number of leading retailers, making it a valuable tool in the competitive landscape of digital marketing.

Say Media

Series A in 2005
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing digital content. The company operates the Tempest publishing platform, which empowers independent content creators to develop engaged communities across various consumer interest areas, including Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers innovative advertising solutions such as AdFrames, an expandable media ad unit designed to enhance reader engagement, and Portable Creative, which allows advertisers to utilize AdFrames on any trading desk. With a global reach exceeding 400 million people, Say Media provides brands with effective and accountable ways to connect with target audiences. Founded in 2004 and originally known as VideoEgg, Say Media is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Portland. The company operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc.
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