Gaingels

Founded in 2014, Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate dedicated to supporting the LGBT+ community. It invests globally in companies led by LGBT+ founders or C-suite executives at all stages of growth, focusing on inclusivity and positive social change.

Marc Baum

Investor

David Beatty

Managing Partner

Jesse Curran

Principal

Nancy Fechnay

Venture Partner

Paul Grossinger

Investor

Past deals in Advertising

Trellis

Venture Round in 2023
Trellis is a full service digital agency that provides web design, eCommerce, web application development, pay per click advertising (SEM), search engine optimization, social media management/integration, and email marketing for all types and sizes of businesses. Trellis is working on its own products as extensions for the Magento and WordPress platforms.

Overplay

Seed Round in 2023
Overplay is a venture-backed startup that provides a platform enabling users to create, share, and play casual mobile games quickly and without any coding experience. The company's innovative game engine utilizes artificial intelligence to transform passive video content into interactive experiences, allowing users to engage with videos in a more dynamic way. Overplay's technology supports the development of various game types, including racing, jumping, and drone piloting, offering brands the ability to create playable game advertisements based on their video content. This approach significantly reduces the cost and time needed to produce interactive media, making content more entertaining and engaging for users.

Tuney

Seed Round in 2023
Tuney is an AI-powered music production platform that serves brands, agencies, media companies and music startups, as well as aspiring musicians and creative teams. It provides tools to edit existing music, produce remixes and generate new tracks for media projects, aiming to streamline creative workflows and reduce reliance on external music searches. The company emphasizes a patented music generation algorithm and a proprietary, copyright-safe music data set, enabling generative music outcomes that lower legal risk compared with models that produce fully automated outputs. Tuney's approach combines human-made sounds into finished songs, supporting creators across related verticals in producing, editing and remixing music for media pros while addressing copyright considerations.

Mason

Seed Round in 2022
Mason is a no-code, headless content toolkit that powers commerce content across distributed storefronts, enabling a seamless shopping experience across webstores, apps, and social channels. It allows merchants to manage and publish storefront content without coding, supporting 24/7 operations and a consistent, channel-agnostic customer experience.

Curastory

Seed Round in 2022
Curastory is a video enablement platform that empowers creators to produce, monetize, and distribute their content across social media. The platform allows users to shoot and edit high-quality videos while providing tools for monetization and analytics. Curastory is notable for being the first programmatic media buying solution specifically tailored for creator ad reads, enabling creators to effectively monetize their shows. Additionally, the platform facilitates the free distribution of videos to various channels, allowing creators to maintain ownership of their stories while offering brands advantages such as price generation, video matchmaking, and attribution tracking. Overall, Curastory aims to enhance the content creation process for individuals and brands alike.

Adwisely

Seed Round in 2022
Adwisely offers an advertising technology platform that runs fully automated, personalized campaigns. The platform analyzes client advertising statistics, campaign goals, and budgets to optimize spend by allocating funds to effective campaigns, enabling businesses to showcase best sellers, complementary products, and new arrivals to existing customers to increase sales. By automating ad creation and optimization, the solution reduces manual effort while improving return on advertising investments.

Adni

Seed Round in 2022
Adni streamlines career management for healthcare professionals via a single AI-powered app. It offers job matching, resource purchasing, credential updates, networking, and daily education. For employers, Adni facilitates recruitment and retention through a white-labeled gamified intranet.

Digiphy

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Digiphy is a SaaS platform that transforms physical products and marketing assets into always-on digital channels. It connects brands directly to consumers, delivering dynamic digital experiences at relevant moments. Digiphy's flexible solution enhances brand storytelling, increases transparency, accelerates sales, and deepens consumer engagement.

Canal

Series A in 2022
Canal specializes in creating a selective network of brands designed to generate innovative revenue streams by reaching consumers at the point they express purchase intent while shopping.

Gumball

Series A in 2022
Gumball connects advertisers with podcast hosts to make it happen in a few clicks.

Otis AI

Seed Round in 2021
Otis AI is a digital marketing platform for startups and small businesses that enables planning, launching, and optimizing data-driven campaigns across major social and search channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Google, TikTok, and YouTube. It connects users' existing platforms and uses customer and transaction data to automate marketing activities such as retargeting, online-to-offline attribution, creative optimization, and performance optimization. The platform is designed for ease of use, requiring no special training, and allows campaigns to be created and launched in minutes with messaging tailored to specific business goals and audiences. Otis AI complements its technology with dedicated support to assist users. The platform emphasizes measurable results, aiming to improve return on ad spend and overall ad effectiveness through a data-driven approach that targets the right customers at the right time. It enables cross-channel campaigns and real-time analytics to assess reach and impact.

Lumanu

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2016, Lumanu develops a digital platform connecting companies with brand ambassadors. It offers solutions like SocialCert for influencer content sharing, Content Manager for ingesting content, and SmartBoost for creating ads using influencer creatives. Serving brand marketers, performance marketers, agency marketers, and creators/influencers, Lumanu operates from Oakland, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Overplay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Overplay is a venture-backed startup that provides a platform enabling users to create, share, and play casual mobile games quickly and without any coding experience. The company's innovative game engine utilizes artificial intelligence to transform passive video content into interactive experiences, allowing users to engage with videos in a more dynamic way. Overplay's technology supports the development of various game types, including racing, jumping, and drone piloting, offering brands the ability to create playable game advertisements based on their video content. This approach significantly reduces the cost and time needed to produce interactive media, making content more entertaining and engaging for users.

Every Human

Seed Round in 2021
CLLCTVE is a portfolio platform designed to empower creators by providing them with essential tools, resources, and a supportive network to pursue their aspirations. The platform facilitates a community-driven experience, enabling freelancers to showcase their creative talents without needing to build websites or resumes. By connecting brands with a diverse pool of creators, CLLCTVE matches opportunities based on brand requirements and the skills and interests of its members. Additionally, the platform focuses on engaging college students, allowing them to create transmedia content for brands while connecting with a freelance community on campuses nationwide. Through this innovative approach, CLLCTVE fosters collaboration and provides valuable opportunities for both creators and brands.

Holler

Series B in 2021
Holler is a conversational media company focused on creating and delivering content that makes peer-to-peer messages more engaging and effective. Powered by Suggestion AI Technology, Holler surfaces relevant content to users at the right moment to enhance communication. The company combines technologists, digital animators, and media veterans to support the creation and delivery of content across messaging platforms, handling large-scale messaging volumes. Holler Studios operates as a full-service animation production studio and creative agency that develops original animation and characters for brand campaigns and television advertising.

Anzu.io

Series B in 2021
Anzu.io, Inc. is an innovative advertising company that specializes in integrating brand advertisements seamlessly into digital game environments, including mobile, PC, console, and the metaverse. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany, Anzu provides a non-disruptive in-game ad solution that prioritizes player experience while enabling advertisers to engage with their target audiences programmatically. The company utilizes a patented 3D ad tracking engine for viewability measurement and partners with established AdTech vendors to ensure compliance with industry standards. Anzu's platform supports various game engines and offers developers a comprehensive ad monetization solution, allowing them to enhance revenue through strategically placed ads that align with gameplay. By catering to both brands and game developers, Anzu aims to improve the advertising landscape in gaming, making it more effective for advertisers while enriching the experience for players.

Kyndoo

Seed Round in 2020
Kyndoo, Inc. is a data intelligence company that operates an online platform designed to enhance the influencer marketing landscape. Founded in 2018 and based in Burlingame, California, with an additional office in Delaware, Kyndoo provides tools and data to help social media influencers professionalize their business and build authentic identities. The platform connects brands with influencers by offering audience authentication, demographics, engagement analytics, and insights into authenticity and performance. Kyndoo aims to address the challenges of fraudulent engagement in the influencer market, helping both influencers and brands navigate concerns about fake influencers. Additionally, the company offers freelance services for influencer marketing campaigns across diverse sectors, including parenting, beauty, travel, and health. By leveraging data and consulting services, Kyndoo aspires to transform influencer marketing from a mere side-hustle into a prominent revenue channel for organizations.

VideoElephant

Series A in 2019
VideoElephant Limited is a video content solutions provider that caters to advertising technology providers, publishers, and advertisers globally. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company operates an online marketplace that offers a diverse library of video content, including both short and long-form videos such as TV shows, movies, and documentaries. VideoElephant's platform allows users to select between a content-only solution or a comprehensive package that includes a video player, premium content, content delivery network (CDN), and monetization services. The company streamlines the content sourcing process by enabling users to access and license video content from multiple providers under a single contract. VideoElephant also has additional offices in London, Berlin, New York, and Los Angeles.

Outlogic

Series A in 2019
Outlogic is a company that specializes in providing location data for sectors such as retail, real estate, and finance. The firm has developed a location data platform that emphasizes privacy while offering a scalable solution for clients. Outlogic's platform leverages real-time location information to support various applications, including advertising, market research, and safety initiatives. By adhering to high standards for data collection and usage, Outlogic enables its partners to create innovative tools grounded in reliable data, thereby enhancing safety, convenience, and overall operational efficiency.

HitRecord

Series A in 2019
HitRecord.org, Inc., founded in 2010 by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, operates an online community platform based in Glendale, California. This platform facilitates collaboration among over 100,000 artists worldwide, spanning disciplines such as writing, filmmaking, and music. Daily, the community welcomes approximately 250 new members and contributes over 2,500 pieces of art. HitRecord produces television, digital entertainment, and branded content, with its work having been featured on various platforms including Snapchat and the World Series.

Banyan

Venture Round in 2018
Banyan, Inc. is a digital marketing and patient engagement company based in Orem, Utah, founded in 2013. It offers a HIPAA-compliant media consent application designed to enhance the online presence of healthcare practices through social media, patient reviews, and accurate online listings. The company's primary products include a patient engagement app that allows authorized sharing of patient photos on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, as well as a review management tool that facilitates the collection and tracking of patient feedback. Banyan also provides personalized website development to strengthen the credibility of medical practices and a listing service that ensures accurate practice information across numerous online directories. Additionally, the company offers coaching to help clients build their brands, attract talent, and improve their online visibility, thereby enhancing patient acquisition and retention. As of May 2019, Banyan operates as a subsidiary of NUVI LLC.

Unacast

Series B in 2018
Unacast is a New York-based company that operates a global location and proximity platform. Founded in 2016 by Thomas Walle and Kjartan Slette, Unacast connects beacons and other proximity sensors to online marketing platforms, providing companies with accurate and transparent location data. This data helps businesses understand human activity in the physical world, enabling them to make informed decisions and build better products. Unacast's platform is designed to maintain and protect user privacy while offering insights into customer behavior, allowing brands and retailers to retarget customers online based on their offline activities. The company has been recognized for its innovative platform and growth.

Averi

Averi is an AI-powered marketing management platform that combines proprietary AI models for marketing strategy and content creation. Design modern strategy, analyze massive amounts of data, create endless content from ads and social posts to blogs and whitepapers, build perfect-fit teams of marketing experts, and manage your entire growth operation in one seamless experience.
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