Gotham Ventures

Gotham Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that focuses on seed, start-up, and early-stage investments in information technology companies. The firm concentrates on sectors such as digital and social media, advertising, mobile, e-commerce, education technology, financial technology, enterprise software, and health and wellness. Gotham Ventures primarily invests in companies located in the Northeastern United States, including New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and it also considers Israeli companies relocating to the U.S. The firm prefers to be the first institutional investor, typically making initial investments in seed or Series A rounds, with amounts ranging from $0.1 million to $3 million. It often leads investments and seeks to take board seats in its portfolio companies. Founded in 1999, Gotham Ventures is committed to partnering with innovative entrepreneurs to foster the growth of their businesses.

Ross Goldstein

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Daniel Schultz

Co-Founder and Managing Director

75 past transactions

Medallia Agent Connect

Venture Round in 2019
Medallia Agent Connect is a company specializing in customer feedback solutions tailored for customer service environments. It offers two primary products: Stella Connect and Stella Pulse. Stella Connect is designed to gather feedback directly from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, enabling organizations to enhance agent engagement and improve service performance. Stella Pulse, previously known as Stella Metrics, functions as a "mystery shopping" service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies and licenses the resulting data to online merchants and aggregators. Through these offerings, Medallia Agent Connect aims to help businesses improve their customer service quality and drive better customer experiences.

Medallia Agent Connect

Series B in 2019
Medallia Agent Connect is a company specializing in customer feedback solutions tailored for customer service environments. It offers two primary products: Stella Connect and Stella Pulse. Stella Connect is designed to gather feedback directly from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, enabling organizations to enhance agent engagement and improve service performance. Stella Pulse, previously known as Stella Metrics, functions as a "mystery shopping" service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies and licenses the resulting data to online merchants and aggregators. Through these offerings, Medallia Agent Connect aims to help businesses improve their customer service quality and drive better customer experiences.

Natilus

Seed Round in 2017
Natilus Inc., founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, develops innovative aircraft drones for freight forwarding. Co-founded by Aleksey Matyushev and Anatoly Starikov, the company aims to revolutionize the freight transport industry through advanced technology and design, leveraging a team with extensive experience in various aviation sectors. Natilus seeks to reduce air freight costs, making goods more affordable and enhancing global trade by connecting underdeveloped regions. The market for autonomous cargo aircraft is estimated to exceed $280 billion, and Natilus projects that its cost-effective solutions could expand the total addressable market to $470 billion. The company’s drones utilize carbon fiber composites and existing engine technology, allowing for efficient operation with standard air cargo containers. Its product line includes several models tailored for varying ranges and capacities, providing a comprehensive solution for transport and delivery companies.

LendKey

Series C in 2017
LendKey is a financial technology company that creates white-labeled lending solutions that transform financial institutions into profitable digital lending businesses. The company manages the entire lending process, which includes: demand generation, online decisioning, loan origination, customer service and balance sheet management. Based in New York and Cincinnati, the company was founded in 2009.

Medallia Agent Connect

Series C in 2015
Medallia Agent Connect is a company specializing in customer feedback solutions tailored for customer service environments. It offers two primary products: Stella Connect and Stella Pulse. Stella Connect is designed to gather feedback directly from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, enabling organizations to enhance agent engagement and improve service performance. Stella Pulse, previously known as Stella Metrics, functions as a "mystery shopping" service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies and licenses the resulting data to online merchants and aggregators. Through these offerings, Medallia Agent Connect aims to help businesses improve their customer service quality and drive better customer experiences.

Jibe

Series C in 2014
Jibe Inc. is a provider of cloud-based recruiting technology solutions designed to assist talent acquisition teams in identifying, attracting, and engaging candidates globally. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company offers the Jibe Recruiting Cloud, a software-as-a-service platform that streamlines the hiring process. This platform features various applications, including tools for applying to jobs from multiple devices, enhancing employee referrals, and distributing job postings across various channels. Jibe's solutions cater to the needs of Fortune 500 companies, enabling them to optimize candidate experiences and leverage social networks for recruitment. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Google and LinkedIn, Jibe continues to innovate within the talent acquisition space. It operates as a subsidiary of iCIMS, Inc. since 2019.

Sailthru

Series C in 2013
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

LendKey

Series B in 2013
LendKey is a financial technology company that creates white-labeled lending solutions that transform financial institutions into profitable digital lending businesses. The company manages the entire lending process, which includes: demand generation, online decisioning, loan origination, customer service and balance sheet management. Based in New York and Cincinnati, the company was founded in 2009.

Magnolia Broadband

Venture Round in 2013
Magnolia Broadband, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Englewood, New Jersey, specializing in wireless communications. Founded in 2000, the company has developed and patented Mobile Transmit Diversity (MTD), a beamforming technology that enhances data throughput and coverage for wireless network operators without requiring changes to existing base stations or infrastructure standards. MTD can be implemented as either a chip or a software-only solution, making it versatile for various applications. Magnolia boasts a comprehensive intellectual property portfolio, including 28 issued patents and 24 pending patents in the U.S., alongside additional patents in international markets. The technology significantly increases spectrum utilization by 40%, improves quality of service for voice and data, and offers a proven gain in uplink performance. Moreover, it extends battery life and reduces emissions, allowing for rapid and cost-effective deployment across multi-band standards and protocols.

DailyWorth

Series A in 2013
DailyWorth is a prominent financial media company focused on empowering women through financial education and advisory services. It offers a multi-platform approach that includes publications and resources covering various aspects of personal finance, such as saving, investing, and retirement planning. By providing tailored financial content, DailyWorth aims to engage women and enhance their financial literacy, helping them build their net worth and self-worth. The company's mission is to support women in making informed financial decisions, ultimately contributing to their overall joy and financial well-being.

Medallia Agent Connect

Series B in 2013
Medallia Agent Connect is a company specializing in customer feedback solutions tailored for customer service environments. It offers two primary products: Stella Connect and Stella Pulse. Stella Connect is designed to gather feedback directly from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, enabling organizations to enhance agent engagement and improve service performance. Stella Pulse, previously known as Stella Metrics, functions as a "mystery shopping" service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies and licenses the resulting data to online merchants and aggregators. Through these offerings, Medallia Agent Connect aims to help businesses improve their customer service quality and drive better customer experiences.

Sailthru

Series B in 2013
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

Jibe

Series B in 2013
Jibe Inc. is a provider of cloud-based recruiting technology solutions designed to assist talent acquisition teams in identifying, attracting, and engaging candidates globally. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company offers the Jibe Recruiting Cloud, a software-as-a-service platform that streamlines the hiring process. This platform features various applications, including tools for applying to jobs from multiple devices, enhancing employee referrals, and distributing job postings across various channels. Jibe's solutions cater to the needs of Fortune 500 companies, enabling them to optimize candidate experiences and leverage social networks for recruitment. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Google and LinkedIn, Jibe continues to innovate within the talent acquisition space. It operates as a subsidiary of iCIMS, Inc. since 2019.

PulsePoint

Venture Round in 2013
PulsePoint is an advanced data and technology company that is breaking new ground with programmatic solutions for healthcare organizations, to personalize information and improve outcomes. We are leading a revolution in radical health personalization to help organizations improve how they provide care, education and support to people when they need it most. Through programmatic automation, we interpret the hard to read signals of the customer journey and understand the connection points between relevance and engagement. This enables us to deliver a suite of tools that allow for the seamless activation of health options.

Pickie

Seed Round in 2012
Pickie is a personalized shopping application designed specifically for the iPad, which innovatively blends the features of a magazine and a catalog. The platform curates content based on users' personal styles, favorite brands, and trending products from various retailers and social media feeds. By offering a tailored catalog shopping experience, Pickie empowers users to discover products that resonate with their preferences while ensuring that the content remains actionable. The app has garnered recognition, being listed among the top 25 applications and selected as one of the '10 Essential Apps' in the catalogs category of the app store.

Totsy

Series B in 2012
Totsy is an online shopping network catering to mothers and their young children, offering brand-specific products at significant discounts, often up to 90% off retail prices. The company's product range includes prenatal care items, baby gear, travel accessories, bedding and bath products, children's clothing, toys, DVDs, and educational materials. Membership to Totsy is exclusive, requiring an invitation or a request to join, and each sale is time-sensitive, lasting between 48 to 72 hours. Totsy is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, being the first private sales company to implement eco-friendly practices across its operations. In a unique initiative, Totsy plants a tree for every purchase made, supporting efforts to combat deforestation and promote environmental stewardship.

Medallia Agent Connect

Series A in 2011
Medallia Agent Connect is a company specializing in customer feedback solutions tailored for customer service environments. It offers two primary products: Stella Connect and Stella Pulse. Stella Connect is designed to gather feedback directly from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, enabling organizations to enhance agent engagement and improve service performance. Stella Pulse, previously known as Stella Metrics, functions as a "mystery shopping" service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies and licenses the resulting data to online merchants and aggregators. Through these offerings, Medallia Agent Connect aims to help businesses improve their customer service quality and drive better customer experiences.

Sailthru

Series A in 2011
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

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.

ViVOtech

Series C in 2011
ViVOtech, Inc. specializes in providing software and hardware solutions for the Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payment and promotion market. Founded in 2001, the company offers a range of products, including NFC payment software, smart posters, contactless readers, and over-the-air card provisioning systems. Its ViVOnfc software facilitates mobile payments and promotions, while the ViVOplatform supports retailers with tools for promotional and loyalty applications. ViVOtech's solutions cater to various sectors, including movie theaters, fast food outlets, convenience stores, and transportation services, enabling merchants, banks, and wireless operators to enhance their value propositions. In October 2012, Sequent Software, Inc. acquired ViVOtech's Software Division, further integrating its innovative technologies into the broader NFC ecosystem.

YipitData

Series B in 2011
YipitData is a market research firm that specializes in providing detailed insights derived from alternative data sources. The company collects and analyzes diverse datasets, including credit card transactions, web scraping data, and app usage, to deliver actionable reports customized to meet specific business needs. By offering real-time data analysis, YipitData enables clients to gain a deeper understanding of emerging market trends, consumer behavior, and shifts within various industries. Through its systematic approach to identifying and analyzing data points, YipitData equips businesses and analysts with the information necessary to make informed decisions and enhance their competitive intelligence.

Mimeo

Series G in 2011
Mimeo is a leader in online managed content distribution and printing, offering a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and distribute their essential content efficiently. The company's innovative platform allows users to print and share materials from anywhere, enhancing the way organizations handle their documentation needs. With a global network of print production facilities, Mimeo provides both digital and printed content solutions, helping businesses save time and streamline their operations. Its enterprise application suite is designed to meet the diverse needs of its customers, ensuring that they can easily bring their content to life in various formats.

Altruik

Series B in 2011
Altruik was acquired and merged with SearchDex. www.searchdex.com Altruik is focused on making search engine optimization easy and scalable for eCommerce companies and online businesses. By using their technology to increase visibility in the search engines, companies can generate more site traffic, more visits to their content and product inventory pages, and higher click-through rates. Their automated Search Engine Optimization (SEO) solution easily integrates with all Content Management Systems (CMS) and legacy systems and efficiently manages the search engine optimization process. Plus, it offers several advantages over other options by: 1. Handling many of the labor-intensive and tedious tasks associated with implementing site-wide SEO changes. As a result, eCommerce companies and site owners save the time and ongoing cost of ensuring that their site content is visible to prospective customers 2. Ensuring that SEO best practices are implemented in a way that is fully compliant with the search engines 3. Seamlessly overcoming SEO barriers created by a company’s infrastructure, including inflexible legacy or Content Management Systems, limited technology resources, and lack of access to relevant performance and search data

Jibe

Series A in 2011
Jibe Inc. is a provider of cloud-based recruiting technology solutions designed to assist talent acquisition teams in identifying, attracting, and engaging candidates globally. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company offers the Jibe Recruiting Cloud, a software-as-a-service platform that streamlines the hiring process. This platform features various applications, including tools for applying to jobs from multiple devices, enhancing employee referrals, and distributing job postings across various channels. Jibe's solutions cater to the needs of Fortune 500 companies, enabling them to optimize candidate experiences and leverage social networks for recruitment. With strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Google and LinkedIn, Jibe continues to innovate within the talent acquisition space. It operates as a subsidiary of iCIMS, Inc. since 2019.

Medallia Agent Connect

Series A in 2011
Medallia Agent Connect is a company specializing in customer feedback solutions tailored for customer service environments. It offers two primary products: Stella Connect and Stella Pulse. Stella Connect is designed to gather feedback directly from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, enabling organizations to enhance agent engagement and improve service performance. Stella Pulse, previously known as Stella Metrics, functions as a "mystery shopping" service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies and licenses the resulting data to online merchants and aggregators. Through these offerings, Medallia Agent Connect aims to help businesses improve their customer service quality and drive better customer experiences.

Solvate

Series B in 2011
Based in New York, NY, Solvate is a pioneer in the peer to peer work market. Solvate's online platform enables companies to find and work hourly with a curated network of the best digital, creative and marketing professionals in the United States. Solvate talent are top quality 1099 compliant contractors operating under a standard work agreement and subject to client ratings. Launched in 2008, Solvate’s talent network consists of over 2,000 of the very best independent professionals who have performed project work for leading brands. In February 2012, Solvate stopped accepting new accounts and began sending existing members emails describing the perminate shutdown of the company on March 1, 2012.

Seamless Receipts

Venture Round in 2011
Seamless Receipts is a company that enables retailers to transform traditional paper receipts into branded electronic receipts, known as eReceipts. This innovative platform enhances the customer experience by allowing retailers to deliver personalized messages directly to consumers. By digitizing receipts, Seamless Receipts not only streamlines the transaction process but also fosters a stronger connection between retailers and their customers, facilitating improved communication and engagement. The company's focus on providing tailored messaging helps retailers enhance their brand presence and build customer loyalty.

Totsy

Series A in 2010
Totsy is an online shopping network catering to mothers and their young children, offering brand-specific products at significant discounts, often up to 90% off retail prices. The company's product range includes prenatal care items, baby gear, travel accessories, bedding and bath products, children's clothing, toys, DVDs, and educational materials. Membership to Totsy is exclusive, requiring an invitation or a request to join, and each sale is time-sensitive, lasting between 48 to 72 hours. Totsy is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, being the first private sales company to implement eco-friendly practices across its operations. In a unique initiative, Totsy plants a tree for every purchase made, supporting efforts to combat deforestation and promote environmental stewardship.

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.

PJX Media

Seed Round in 2010
PJX Media brings brands'​ stories to life in the physical world by using its industry leading technology platform to launch Out-of-Home (i.e. billboards, transit/airport ads, etc.) advertising campaigns. It provides marketers access to every format of OOH inventory (digital and traditional) across the US, guiding the entire OOH advertising process — from audience-based planning, to production, proof of posting and more — to ensure seamlessness and success for every client campaign.

ADstruc

Series A in 2010
ADstruc, Inc. is a technology services provider focused on the outdoor advertising industry. Established in 2010 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in simplifying media planning and buying processes for agencies and advertisers. Its flagship product, Drive, is a comprehensive workflow management software that automates out-of-home media planning, allowing users to efficiently send multi-market requests for proposals across various advertising formats, including wallscapes and digital networks. Additionally, ADstruc offers managed services through its Project X division, which emphasizes an audience-focused approach to outdoor advertising, utilizing data to enhance brand awareness and consumer engagement.

Medialets

Series B in 2010
Medialets is the creator of Servo the only technology that helps marketers manage and measure the complete ROI of mobile ad campaigns. Servo is also the only buy-side mobile ad server to receive Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for display impressions and clicks and it's the only ad serving platform that comprehensively delivers, accurately measures, fully attribute, and instantly optimizes the ROI of every impression across all creative types, everywhere in mobile. Partnered with all five of the top five agency holding groups including Publicis, Omnicom, and Interpublic, Medialets’ Servo supports clients like P&G, American Express, Toyota, HBO, and other global brands. Founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Sailthru

Seed Round in 2010
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

YipitData

Series A in 2010
YipitData is a market research firm that specializes in providing detailed insights derived from alternative data sources. The company collects and analyzes diverse datasets, including credit card transactions, web scraping data, and app usage, to deliver actionable reports customized to meet specific business needs. By offering real-time data analysis, YipitData enables clients to gain a deeper understanding of emerging market trends, consumer behavior, and shifts within various industries. Through its systematic approach to identifying and analyzing data points, YipitData equips businesses and analysts with the information necessary to make informed decisions and enhance their competitive intelligence.

Drop.io

Venture Round in 2010
Drop.io was a platform designed for simple private media exchange, allowing users to create "drops" for sharing various types of content, including photos, videos, audio, notes, and documents. The service facilitated easy access through web, email, phone, fax, and widgets, requiring no email signup or user accounts, thus maintaining user privacy. Each drop could be created in just a few clicks, with users able to generate multiple drops and control their accessibility. Drop.io offered 100MB of free storage, with tiered options available for up to 25GB at a cost. In 2010, the company was acquired by Facebook.

Searchandise Commerce

Venture Round in 2010
Searchandise Commerce is a leader in site monetization and retail media, specializing in the Retail Search Media sector. The company has developed a retail search network that allows product manufacturers and their agencies to enhance product visibility on retail websites and mobile platforms through cost-per-click bidding. This innovative approach enables manufacturers to secure better positioning within search and browse results, ultimately driving more clicks and sales. By partnering with prominent retailers, Searchandise Commerce helps transform retailers' on-site search capabilities from a cost center into a profit center, creating an additional revenue stream without disrupting the consumer experience. Additionally, its HitList service assists retailers in monetizing previously underutilized online space by integrating manufacturer bids into product presentation.

Panvidea

Series A in 2010
Panvidea, Inc. is a company that specializes in on-demand video preparation, processing, and distribution for entertainment and advertising content across various digital platforms. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it provides a comprehensive suite of services that includes video encoding, processing, and cloud-based solutions for content owners, broadcasters, publishers, and advertising agencies. Panvidea's technology facilitates the ingestion, editing, branding, transcoding, and packaging of professional media content, enhancing digital media workflows. The company also offers physical media digitization, technical consulting services, and focuses on content personalization, localization, and globalization. By managing metadata and transforming media for diverse audiences, Panvidea supports the delivery of digital products to multiple platforms and devices.

LendKey

Series A in 2010
LendKey is a financial technology company that creates white-labeled lending solutions that transform financial institutions into profitable digital lending businesses. The company manages the entire lending process, which includes: demand generation, online decisioning, loan origination, customer service and balance sheet management. Based in New York and Cincinnati, the company was founded in 2009.

Altruik

Series A in 2009
Altruik was acquired and merged with SearchDex. www.searchdex.com Altruik is focused on making search engine optimization easy and scalable for eCommerce companies and online businesses. By using their technology to increase visibility in the search engines, companies can generate more site traffic, more visits to their content and product inventory pages, and higher click-through rates. Their automated Search Engine Optimization (SEO) solution easily integrates with all Content Management Systems (CMS) and legacy systems and efficiently manages the search engine optimization process. Plus, it offers several advantages over other options by: 1. Handling many of the labor-intensive and tedious tasks associated with implementing site-wide SEO changes. As a result, eCommerce companies and site owners save the time and ongoing cost of ensuring that their site content is visible to prospective customers 2. Ensuring that SEO best practices are implemented in a way that is fully compliant with the search engines 3. Seamlessly overcoming SEO barriers created by a company’s infrastructure, including inflexible legacy or Content Management Systems, limited technology resources, and lack of access to relevant performance and search data

Solvate

Series A in 2009
Based in New York, NY, Solvate is a pioneer in the peer to peer work market. Solvate's online platform enables companies to find and work hourly with a curated network of the best digital, creative and marketing professionals in the United States. Solvate talent are top quality 1099 compliant contractors operating under a standard work agreement and subject to client ratings. Launched in 2008, Solvate’s talent network consists of over 2,000 of the very best independent professionals who have performed project work for leading brands. In February 2012, Solvate stopped accepting new accounts and began sending existing members emails describing the perminate shutdown of the company on March 1, 2012.

LendKey

Debt Financing in 2009
LendKey is a financial technology company that creates white-labeled lending solutions that transform financial institutions into profitable digital lending businesses. The company manages the entire lending process, which includes: demand generation, online decisioning, loan origination, customer service and balance sheet management. Based in New York and Cincinnati, the company was founded in 2009.

Seamless Receipts

Seed Round in 2009
Seamless Receipts is a company that enables retailers to transform traditional paper receipts into branded electronic receipts, known as eReceipts. This innovative platform enhances the customer experience by allowing retailers to deliver personalized messages directly to consumers. By digitizing receipts, Seamless Receipts not only streamlines the transaction process but also fosters a stronger connection between retailers and their customers, facilitating improved communication and engagement. The company's focus on providing tailored messaging helps retailers enhance their brand presence and build customer loyalty.

Medialets

Series A in 2009
Medialets is the creator of Servo the only technology that helps marketers manage and measure the complete ROI of mobile ad campaigns. Servo is also the only buy-side mobile ad server to receive Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for display impressions and clicks and it's the only ad serving platform that comprehensively delivers, accurately measures, fully attribute, and instantly optimizes the ROI of every impression across all creative types, everywhere in mobile. Partnered with all five of the top five agency holding groups including Publicis, Omnicom, and Interpublic, Medialets’ Servo supports clients like P&G, American Express, Toyota, HBO, and other global brands. Founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Searchandise Commerce

Series C in 2008
Searchandise Commerce is a leader in site monetization and retail media, specializing in the Retail Search Media sector. The company has developed a retail search network that allows product manufacturers and their agencies to enhance product visibility on retail websites and mobile platforms through cost-per-click bidding. This innovative approach enables manufacturers to secure better positioning within search and browse results, ultimately driving more clicks and sales. By partnering with prominent retailers, Searchandise Commerce helps transform retailers' on-site search capabilities from a cost center into a profit center, creating an additional revenue stream without disrupting the consumer experience. Additionally, its HitList service assists retailers in monetizing previously underutilized online space by integrating manufacturer bids into product presentation.

ContextWeb

Series D in 2008
ContextWeb is an advertising company founded in 2000 and based in New York, New York. It specializes in providing real-time contextual advertising solutions that help marketers and publishers attract larger audiences. By utilizing context to identify relevant keywords, ContextWeb enables advertisers to effectively match their ads with the appropriate content. The company's services also include tools for tracking audience engagement in real time, allowing clients to leverage valuable data points to enhance customer interaction and increase revenue. In 2011, ContextWeb was acquired by PulsePoint, expanding its capabilities in the digital advertising space.

Widetronix

Venture Round in 2008
Widetronix Inc. is a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of ultra-low power sensor platforms with operational lifetimes exceeding 25 years. Founded in 2003 and based in Ithaca, New York, Widetronix utilizes an innovative energy source known as betavoltaic, which powers its autonomous sensor technology. This technology continuously generates energy, which can either be directly supplied to devices or stored in batteries or capacitors. Widetronix's solutions are applicable across various sectors, including defense, industrial infrastructure, monitoring, and medical implants, providing reliable measurement and data transmission capabilities essential for these industries.

VerTerra Dinnerware

Seed Round in 2008
VerTerra Dinnerware specializes in the production of eco-friendly dinnerware made from renewable resources, particularly plates crafted from palm leaves. The company offers a range of innovative products, including patented collapsible boxes, small ware trays, and patent-pending serve ware and cheese boards. VerTerra's sleek designs combine functionality with sustainability, providing stylish alternatives to traditional disposable paper and plastic plates. Their offerings cater to users seeking comprehensive solutions for eco-friendly catering and meal service, reflecting a commitment to environmental responsibility while enhancing the dining experience.

Drop.io

Series A in 2008
Drop.io was a platform designed for simple private media exchange, allowing users to create "drops" for sharing various types of content, including photos, videos, audio, notes, and documents. The service facilitated easy access through web, email, phone, fax, and widgets, requiring no email signup or user accounts, thus maintaining user privacy. Each drop could be created in just a few clicks, with users able to generate multiple drops and control their accessibility. Drop.io offered 100MB of free storage, with tiered options available for up to 25GB at a cost. In 2010, the company was acquired by Facebook.

Worktopia

Series A in 2007
Worktopia is a unique provider of integrated services designed specifically for meeting planners. The company offers a comprehensive platform that automates the entire process of searching, comparing, and booking room space for small meetings. In addition to room bookings, Worktopia allows users to order catering, specify required amenities, arrange audio/visual equipment, and secure overnight group accommodations, all within a single online session. This streamlined approach simplifies the logistics of meeting planning, making it more efficient for executives and organizers.

Mimeo

Series F in 2007
Mimeo is a leader in online managed content distribution and printing, offering a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and distribute their essential content efficiently. The company's innovative platform allows users to print and share materials from anywhere, enhancing the way organizations handle their documentation needs. With a global network of print production facilities, Mimeo provides both digital and printed content solutions, helping businesses save time and streamline their operations. Its enterprise application suite is designed to meet the diverse needs of its customers, ensuring that they can easily bring their content to life in various formats.

EXPO

Series B in 2007
ExpoTV is a video-based social network for e-commerce, specifically tailored to put the consumer in control. ExpoTV.com offers their community a way to connect, share and demonstrate products they are passionate about with other consumers. ExpoTV is YouTube meets the Consumer Grapevine. Covering a broad range of categories from consumer electronics and entertainment products like digital cameras, computers, video games and movies to consumer packaged goods, baby toys, gear and other staff.

Izea

Series B in 2007
IZEA Worldwide Inc is a marketing technology company that operates a leading online marketplace connecting brands with a wide range of content creators, including bloggers, social media influencers, and celebrities. The company specializes in the creator economy by providing software solutions and professional services that enable brands to engage with and compensate creators for producing unique content, such as articles, videos, and photographs. Through its platforms, including The Creator Marketplace and IZEA Flex, brands gain access to influential consumer content and engaging narratives that enhance brand awareness and drive consumer engagement. IZEA's services cater to various geographic regions, including North America and the Asia-Pacific, facilitating effective collaboration between brands and content creators.

Monitor110

Series C in 2006
Monitor110 was a New York-based data- and information-gathering service funded by DFJ, DFJ Gotham, and Acadia. It deadpooled in July 2008. Email from CEO W. Brennan Carley on the closure: Clients, employees, and investors: I regret to inform you that, effective July 15, Monitor110 has decided to cease operations and shut down the business. Monitor110 successfully built a service that allows investors to monitor internet sources for information and insight that is relevant to their portfolio and investment thesis. The company launched a web based service ("Portal") in March of this year, and a research report service ("Alphadesk") in April, and signed up over 100 trial clients at over 60 firms including hedge funds, traditional asset managers, and investment banks. The feedback from those clients has been positive, and since March the company launched 3 releases, each incorporating ideas and requests from their trial users. They began to raise their next round of funding in May, during one of the most challenging quarters in recent history for VC investments, and despite the progress they have made operationally, they have been unable to secure funding. As a result, the company has decided to cease operations. Thank you to their customers for their support, and to their staff for their hard work and contributions in a very difficult market. Regards, W. Brennan Carley, CEO

ContextWeb

Series C in 2006
ContextWeb is an advertising company founded in 2000 and based in New York, New York. It specializes in providing real-time contextual advertising solutions that help marketers and publishers attract larger audiences. By utilizing context to identify relevant keywords, ContextWeb enables advertisers to effectively match their ads with the appropriate content. The company's services also include tools for tracking audience engagement in real time, allowing clients to leverage valuable data points to enhance customer interaction and increase revenue. In 2011, ContextWeb was acquired by PulsePoint, expanding its capabilities in the digital advertising space.

Monitor110

Series B in 2006
Monitor110 was a New York-based data- and information-gathering service funded by DFJ, DFJ Gotham, and Acadia. It deadpooled in July 2008. Email from CEO W. Brennan Carley on the closure: Clients, employees, and investors: I regret to inform you that, effective July 15, Monitor110 has decided to cease operations and shut down the business. Monitor110 successfully built a service that allows investors to monitor internet sources for information and insight that is relevant to their portfolio and investment thesis. The company launched a web based service ("Portal") in March of this year, and a research report service ("Alphadesk") in April, and signed up over 100 trial clients at over 60 firms including hedge funds, traditional asset managers, and investment banks. The feedback from those clients has been positive, and since March the company launched 3 releases, each incorporating ideas and requests from their trial users. They began to raise their next round of funding in May, during one of the most challenging quarters in recent history for VC investments, and despite the progress they have made operationally, they have been unable to secure funding. As a result, the company has decided to cease operations. Thank you to their customers for their support, and to their staff for their hard work and contributions in a very difficult market. Regards, W. Brennan Carley, CEO

NanoOpto

Series D in 2006
NanoOpto is a manufacturer specializing in integrated modular nano-optic components for optical systems and networks. The company utilizes proprietary nano-optics and nano-manufacturing technology to develop a range of products, including infrared cut filters, nano-optic isolators, deep ultraviolet polarizers, polarizing beam splitters, optical isolators, microlens arrays, and waveplates. Based on extensive research, NanoOpto's innovations enable rapid prototyping and enhance performance while reducing overall system costs. In addition to its product offerings, the company provides services such as conformal optical coatings through atomic layer deposition, precision coatings via e-beam deposition, precision dicing, and optical design and engineering. NanoOpto operates a high-volume manufacturing facility in Somerset, New Jersey, where it employs subwavelength techniques to improve conventional optical components and develop new classes of integrated components.

Pivot Incorporated

Series B in 2006
Pivot is focused on improving communication within the trading environment by enhancing electronic trading and facilitating real-time dialogue among traders and their networks. It operates the Pivot Point Network, an interenterprise platform that serves as a centralized hub for conversation, data, and content exchange in the capital markets sector. By leveraging advanced communication and collaboration capabilities, Pivot transforms discussions into actionable ideas and transactions. This integration of information, relationships, and transactions enables users to access critical insights, thereby supporting informed decision-making and promoting revenue generation within trading-related workflows.

ContextWeb

Series B in 2005
ContextWeb is an advertising company founded in 2000 and based in New York, New York. It specializes in providing real-time contextual advertising solutions that help marketers and publishers attract larger audiences. By utilizing context to identify relevant keywords, ContextWeb enables advertisers to effectively match their ads with the appropriate content. The company's services also include tools for tracking audience engagement in real time, allowing clients to leverage valuable data points to enhance customer interaction and increase revenue. In 2011, ContextWeb was acquired by PulsePoint, expanding its capabilities in the digital advertising space.

Massive

Series C in 2005
Massive has developed a leading video game network for in-game advertising. The company was acquired by Microsoft in May 2006.

Mimeo

Series E in 2004
Mimeo is a leader in online managed content distribution and printing, offering a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and distribute their essential content efficiently. The company's innovative platform allows users to print and share materials from anywhere, enhancing the way organizations handle their documentation needs. With a global network of print production facilities, Mimeo provides both digital and printed content solutions, helping businesses save time and streamline their operations. Its enterprise application suite is designed to meet the diverse needs of its customers, ensuring that they can easily bring their content to life in various formats.

Pantero

Venture Round in 2004
Pantero Corporation, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializes in semantic integration technology designed for business integration projects. The company provides solutions that ensure the format integrity and business validity of data exchanged between applications. Its offerings include a design environment called Designer, which facilitates the creation and management of validation, aggregation, and transformation rules to generate data services, as well as an Engine that converts and validates data for target destinations and audits data exchanges to track document progress. Pantero primarily serves the telecommunications and financial services industries, enabling organizations to effectively manage their data integration needs.

NanoOpto

Venture Round in 2004
NanoOpto is a manufacturer specializing in integrated modular nano-optic components for optical systems and networks. The company utilizes proprietary nano-optics and nano-manufacturing technology to develop a range of products, including infrared cut filters, nano-optic isolators, deep ultraviolet polarizers, polarizing beam splitters, optical isolators, microlens arrays, and waveplates. Based on extensive research, NanoOpto's innovations enable rapid prototyping and enhance performance while reducing overall system costs. In addition to its product offerings, the company provides services such as conformal optical coatings through atomic layer deposition, precision coatings via e-beam deposition, precision dicing, and optical design and engineering. NanoOpto operates a high-volume manufacturing facility in Somerset, New Jersey, where it employs subwavelength techniques to improve conventional optical components and develop new classes of integrated components.

ContextWeb

Series A in 2004
ContextWeb is an advertising company founded in 2000 and based in New York, New York. It specializes in providing real-time contextual advertising solutions that help marketers and publishers attract larger audiences. By utilizing context to identify relevant keywords, ContextWeb enables advertisers to effectively match their ads with the appropriate content. The company's services also include tools for tracking audience engagement in real time, allowing clients to leverage valuable data points to enhance customer interaction and increase revenue. In 2011, ContextWeb was acquired by PulsePoint, expanding its capabilities in the digital advertising space.

Smart System Technologies

Series A in 2004
Smart System Technologies provides merchants with cashless and contactless payment and marketing analytics services. It is based in Irvine, California.

NanoOpto

Series B in 2003
NanoOpto is a manufacturer specializing in integrated modular nano-optic components for optical systems and networks. The company utilizes proprietary nano-optics and nano-manufacturing technology to develop a range of products, including infrared cut filters, nano-optic isolators, deep ultraviolet polarizers, polarizing beam splitters, optical isolators, microlens arrays, and waveplates. Based on extensive research, NanoOpto's innovations enable rapid prototyping and enhance performance while reducing overall system costs. In addition to its product offerings, the company provides services such as conformal optical coatings through atomic layer deposition, precision coatings via e-beam deposition, precision dicing, and optical design and engineering. NanoOpto operates a high-volume manufacturing facility in Somerset, New Jersey, where it employs subwavelength techniques to improve conventional optical components and develop new classes of integrated components.

Magnolia Broadband

Series C in 2003
Magnolia Broadband, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Englewood, New Jersey, specializing in wireless communications. Founded in 2000, the company has developed and patented Mobile Transmit Diversity (MTD), a beamforming technology that enhances data throughput and coverage for wireless network operators without requiring changes to existing base stations or infrastructure standards. MTD can be implemented as either a chip or a software-only solution, making it versatile for various applications. Magnolia boasts a comprehensive intellectual property portfolio, including 28 issued patents and 24 pending patents in the U.S., alongside additional patents in international markets. The technology significantly increases spectrum utilization by 40%, improves quality of service for voice and data, and offers a proven gain in uplink performance. Moreover, it extends battery life and reduces emissions, allowing for rapid and cost-effective deployment across multi-band standards and protocols.

Pantero

Series A in 2003
Pantero Corporation, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializes in semantic integration technology designed for business integration projects. The company provides solutions that ensure the format integrity and business validity of data exchanged between applications. Its offerings include a design environment called Designer, which facilitates the creation and management of validation, aggregation, and transformation rules to generate data services, as well as an Engine that converts and validates data for target destinations and audits data exchanges to track document progress. Pantero primarily serves the telecommunications and financial services industries, enabling organizations to effectively manage their data integration needs.

Mimeo

Series C in 2002
Mimeo is a leader in online managed content distribution and printing, offering a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and distribute their essential content efficiently. The company's innovative platform allows users to print and share materials from anywhere, enhancing the way organizations handle their documentation needs. With a global network of print production facilities, Mimeo provides both digital and printed content solutions, helping businesses save time and streamline their operations. Its enterprise application suite is designed to meet the diverse needs of its customers, ensuring that they can easily bring their content to life in various formats.

Quantiva

Venture Round in 2001
Quantiva, Inc. is an innovative company taking a bold, new approach to Web transaction management.

Mimeo

Series B in 2001
Mimeo is a leader in online managed content distribution and printing, offering a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to create, manage, and distribute their essential content efficiently. The company's innovative platform allows users to print and share materials from anywhere, enhancing the way organizations handle their documentation needs. With a global network of print production facilities, Mimeo provides both digital and printed content solutions, helping businesses save time and streamline their operations. Its enterprise application suite is designed to meet the diverse needs of its customers, ensuring that they can easily bring their content to life in various formats.

Q-Link Technologies

Series A in 2001
Q-Link Technologies specializes in business process management software, offering a comprehensive platform for designing and deploying J2EE applications. The company's innovative solutions enable developers to efficiently create process-driven applications by providing a pure J2EE component-based workflow architecture. This architecture simplifies various aspects of application development, including workflow management, forms, user interface design, rules, web services, and integration. Additionally, Q-Link's software includes a productivity layer that minimizes the complexity of writing Java code, allowing organizations to streamline their processes and enhance operational efficiency. Through its unified approach, Q-Link Technologies delivers a robust set of tools for businesses seeking to improve their application development and management capabilities.

WayBid

Series A in 2000
WayBid, Inc. is revolutionizing the manner in which goods and services are sold in dynamic pricing environments on the Internet. WayBid enables this revolution through the utilization of its advanced technology in the B2B e-marketplace arena.

FrontLine Capital

Venture Round in 2000
FrontLine Capital Group (NASDAQ: FLCG) is a holding company. FrontLine holds HQ Global, the world's largest provider of officing solutions serving over 65,000 customers in over 400 locations worldwide.

LiveCapital

Venture Round in 2000
LiveCapital offers online businesses financing services. It offers its users with services such as DecisionExpress product that creates economic benefits through automating credit or lease decision processes and integrates workflows. Its technology and consulting solutions enables enterprises to make credit decisions, improves productivity, and achieves sales by providing credit to customers. LiveCapital is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1996 and the company was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corporation on July 27, 2005.

GiftCertificates.com

Venture Round in 1999
GiftCertificates.com, Inc. is a prominent e-commerce provider specializing in reward solutions and gift products for both corporate and consumer markets. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, the company offers a diverse range of products, including the SuperCertificate, which can be redeemed for numerous merchant gift cards, as well as various greeting and merchant cards across categories such as entertainment, clothing, restaurants, and travel. GiftCertificates.com also provides tailored reward solutions, including promotions, employee recognition programs, and wellness initiatives. Additionally, the company supports clients with program strategy, incentive management, and administration services. Its extensive offerings cater to industries such as automotive, finance, healthcare, and technology, positioning GiftCertificates.com as a leading choice in the marketplace for innovative gifting and reward solutions.
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