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Developer of a video editing application designed to create creative clips for video-sharing platforms. The company's application automatically imports clips from different video streaming platforms and allows users to edit their clips and upload the edited to other video streaming applications, enabling content creators to build their community, share their clips, and grow their social networking channel.

Antenna Analytics, founded in 2020 and based in New York, specializes in market measurement and analytics services that focus on purchase behavior and subscription metrics. The company caters to various sectors, including video and audio streaming services, digital media subscriptions, and applications related to dating and fitness. Its analytical platform leverages customer transaction data to deliver valuable insights on growth, churn rates, and customer retention. By providing these metrics, Antenna Analytics aids subscription-based businesses in enhancing their measurement capabilities and fostering direct, long-term relationships with their clientele.

Lance Global, Inc. specializes in developing expense management and tax prediction software tailored for freelancers. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company’s platform centralizes essential financial tasks, allowing users to manage invoices, payments, and accounts efficiently. The software not only organizes expenses and maximizes tax deductions but also aids freelancers in registering their businesses. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by freelancers, Lance aims to provide a mobile-first, intuitive solution that streamlines financial management and supports the growth of its users.

BigBrain is a developer of interactive platforms focused on digital entertainment. The company has launched a trivia game that allows users to participate in live, multi-player quizzes centered on topical trivia. Participants have the opportunity to win real-money prizes, combining education with entertainment. BigBrain's platform is designed to engage users while providing a fun and rewarding experience.

Yuansfer is a cross-border payment gateway for brands and retailers who want to unlock sales opportunities to Chinese consumers. It seamlessly integrates Alipay and WeChat Pay to streamline checkout processes both online and in-store, increasing conversion and reaching new customers.

Merri is a digital event planning platform designed to streamline the event planning process for hosts, venues, and vendors. The platform utilizes aggregated market data and advanced 3D visualization to facilitate the creation of customizable floorplans. It provides a comprehensive suite of planning and design tools that guide users from initial inspiration through to the event execution day. By allowing users to visualize their events in both 2D and 3D, Merri enables them to effectively design and decorate their chosen venue, sharing their plans with vendors, planners, and family members for collaborative input.

Wellory Inc. is a nutrition and wellness application company based in Brooklyn, New York, established in 2018. The Wellory app enables users to create personalized nutrition plans and health goals with the assistance of nutritionists, dietitians, and health coaches. It emphasizes one-on-one relationships through a live messaging platform, allowing for ongoing communication and support. Users benefit from personalized meal planning, photo-based meal logging, and tailored feedback, fostering the development of healthy eating habits. Wellory's approach combines certified expertise with data-rich profiles that track consumer health and behavior trends over time. The company also offers subscription services to enhance accessibility and affordability in healthy eating.

TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job.

Buzzer Media Inc. operates a mobile platform that offers a notification-driven service for live sports streaming, aimed at enhancing the fan experience. Established in 2020 and based in New York, Buzzer aggregates fragmented sports content and rights into a single accessible platform, allowing fans to receive real-time notifications tailored to their preferences. This service enables users to effortlessly discover and watch live sports moments across various leagues and games, either through existing cable or over-the-top subscriptions, or by making micropayments within the app. Buzzer's mission is to simplify the discovery of live sports content, making it easier for fans to engage with their favorite events.

BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs. Their mission is to enable communities to easily produce and partake in virtual Esports. At the core of it all is our self-driving Esports technology layer that provides a one-button solution for anyone to create, participate, and/or spectate Esports content.

Balloon removes bias from group work and decision-making - across teams, both internal and external. Its platform levels the playing field and makes it possible to anonymously surface and prioritize information, feedback, and insights that companies can't get any other way.

Andrena, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in providing high-speed internet services tailored for clients with significant data requirements, such as universities, hospitals, and financial institutions. The company develops an internet distribution platform that collaborates directly with internet providers to utilize their existing fiber networks. By deploying a network of antennas, Andrena enables comprehensive wireless internet coverage across various geographic areas. This approach allows businesses and customers to access faster internet connections at reduced costs, addressing the growing demand for reliable and efficient internet services in data-intensive environments.

Co-Star is an AI-powered astrology application that combines data from NASA with insights from human astrologers to provide users with personalized horoscopes. The platform utilizes proprietary technology to algorithmically generate insights into individuals' personalities and futures. Co-Star aims to facilitate meaningful connections among users, offering a unique way to express emotions and understand strengths and weaknesses. By providing a tool for self-reflection and interpersonal relationships, the application enables users to engage more deeply with friends, lovers, and even strangers.

Forge.AI specializes in activity-based intelligence, providing a platform that monitors global information in real time. This data is enhanced through natural language processing technology and a comprehensive knowledge base, resulting in structured and machine-readable data feeds. The platform allows clients to access information that is easily understandable and immediately usable by data science teams, facilitating informed decision-making. By transforming complex data into a format that supports analytical processes, Forge.AI empowers businesses to leverage actionable insights for improved operational outcomes.

Roam Media Inc. operates an online community called ROAM, designed for explorers and adventurers. Founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, the platform allows members to share their adventure stories, experiences, and reports. It facilitates creative exchanges through ideas for social media takeovers, videos, films, and interviews, as well as photo essays and opinion pieces. Additionally, the community serves as a space for members to showcase their videos, fostering connection and collaboration among adventure enthusiasts.

Upcomer is a new platform for esports fans to stay updated and engaged with esports. We're building a new kind of esports community and our mobile apps are currently rated 4.8/5 from 5K+ ratings. Try our product at www.upcomer.com

Veritonic, Inc. is a marketing analytics platform based in New York, specializing in commercial sound and serving the advertising industry. Founded in 2015 by Andrew Eisner and Scott Simonelli, the company provides artificial intelligence-driven metrics and marketing response data to measure, compare, and test various audio elements, including music, voiceovers, jingles, and audio logos. Veritonic's services encompass online testing, analytics, and workflow management, enabling users to make data-driven decisions, measure emotional responses, and gather both qualitative and quantitative insights. The platform facilitates benchmarking of brand progress and allows users to efficiently manage, save, and share audio tracks, thereby enhancing their marketing strategies.

Fantasmo.io, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Venice, California, develops decentralized and open-source software solutions for creating 3D maps and camera-based positioning systems suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments. The company's primary offering, the Camera Positioning Standard, operates without the need for traditional infrastructure such as satellites, beacons, or radios, making it particularly versatile for various applications. Fantasmo's technology is utilized across multiple sectors, including micro mobility, robotics, mobile devices, and automotive industries, enabling advancements in augmented reality and the integration of physical and digital spaces.

Shine is an award-winning self-care app and community for people with anxiety & depression. Our approach to wellness: It isn’t pricey, preachy, or privileged. We pride ourselves on being accessible, actionable, and non-shamey—we believe personal growth starts with accepting who you are today. Our members take care of their mental and emotional health daily with the freemium Shine app. It delivers a new motivational message and meditation each day, plus features a library of 500+ meditations to help them cope with specific feelings and situations. Our premium members also get real-time advice from other Shine members in our private Shine Squad digital community—it’s peer-to-peer support that reminds them they don’t have to go it alone. In just two years since launching, our app already has over 10,000 5-star reviews (1 in 3 call Shine “life-changing”), we were named one of the best self-care apps of 2018 by Apple, and we’ve seen that increased use of Shine is correlated with decreases in both anxiety and depression by up to 35%. Our team is awesome. Our community is incredible. Our movement is massive. And this is just the beginning.

Co-Star is an AI-powered astrology application that combines data from NASA with insights from human astrologers to provide users with personalized horoscopes. The platform utilizes proprietary technology to algorithmically generate insights into individuals' personalities and futures. Co-Star aims to facilitate meaningful connections among users, offering a unique way to express emotions and understand strengths and weaknesses. By providing a tool for self-reflection and interpersonal relationships, the application enables users to engage more deeply with friends, lovers, and even strangers.

Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.

Epics.gg operates a digital trading card platform focused on esports, allowing users to buy, sell, and collect digital trading cards featuring esports athletes. The platform is designed to deliver an engaging experience for fans, offering the thrill of collecting while fostering long-term value in their collections. In addition to its core trading card services, Epics.gg provides an integrated marketplace and trading system, enhancing user interaction and collection building. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with an additional office located in Bath, United Kingdom.