Beehiiv operates an email newsletter platform designed for creators. It facilitates the production, monetization, and expansion of newsletters while enhancing audience engagement and growth. The platform's direct engagement model reduces reliance on cookie-based data.
Modyfi is an image editing platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enable real-time, multi-user collaboration on photo editing. It provides AI-native design tools, supports commenting and markups, includes integrated video chat, and centralizes projects and resources to streamline feedback and progress sharing within teams.
Modyfi
Venture Round in 2022
Modyfi is an image editing platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enable real-time, multi-user collaboration on photo editing. It provides AI-native design tools, supports commenting and markups, includes integrated video chat, and centralizes projects and resources to streamline feedback and progress sharing within teams.
Change is a technology platform that facilitates corporate giving by simplifying the process for businesses to donate to nonprofits. Brands can integrate Change into their checkout systems with minimal effort, as the platform handles the complexities of connecting, vetting, and integrating with charitable organizations. Change provides real-time analytics on donations, allowing brands to track their impact and engage customers through shareable content. The company's services enable businesses to streamline their philanthropic efforts while appealing to socially conscious consumers.
Branch is a platform that serves as a linking and measurement partner for growth-focused teams, helping brands acquire users, retain customers, and drive conversions across digital channels. The company offers a cloud-based marketing optimization platform that supports cross-platform interactions and builds user-to-user referral programs. Its features include rewarded referrals, content sharing, deep views, download banners, and personalized onboarding, all designed to improve the customer experience and enable measurement and optimization of campaigns. Branch is trusted by brands such as Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora to acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions. By linking attribution with referral-driven engagement, Branch helps brands evaluate program performance and optimize messaging and incentives to maximize conversions and lifetime value.
Attest Technologies Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in London, UK, operates a global online consumer research platform. It offers businesses real-time, on-demand consumer insights through surveys, enabling them to make data-driven decisions across various aspects such as marketing, product development, and brand tracking. Attest's platform allows direct engagement with over 110 million consumers across 45 countries, providing international research and testing solutions. The company is backed by prominent investors, including NEA, and serves clients aiming to drive predictable growth and fill knowledge gaps.
Founded in 2021, Wizard is a New York-based software company specializing in B2B solutions. It leverages conversational AI technology to enable brands to sell and market products directly through text messaging, enhancing customer engagement and conversion rates.
Attest
Venture Round in 2020
Attest Technologies Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in London, UK, operates a global online consumer research platform. It offers businesses real-time, on-demand consumer insights through surveys, enabling them to make data-driven decisions across various aspects such as marketing, product development, and brand tracking. Attest's platform allows direct engagement with over 110 million consumers across 45 countries, providing international research and testing solutions. The company is backed by prominent investors, including NEA, and serves clients aiming to drive predictable growth and fill knowledge gaps.
Node
Venture Round in 2019
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities.
Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams.
Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Attest Technologies Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in London, UK, operates a global online consumer research platform. It offers businesses real-time, on-demand consumer insights through surveys, enabling them to make data-driven decisions across various aspects such as marketing, product development, and brand tracking. Attest's platform allows direct engagement with over 110 million consumers across 45 countries, providing international research and testing solutions. The company is backed by prominent investors, including NEA, and serves clients aiming to drive predictable growth and fill knowledge gaps.
Dandelion
Series A in 2019
Dandelion is a developer and provider of a marketing platform designed to facilitate the seamless discovery of content and commerce. The company enables sellers and service providers to utilize existing content, such as product catalogs and marketplace listings, to create effective advertisements. These ads can be deployed across social media channels, thereby enhancing marketing efforts. Dandelion's vision is to empower individuals and businesses to easily engage in marketing activities, fostering an environment where anyone can participate as a marketer in addition to being a seller.
Knotch, Inc. is an independent provider of real-time intelligence focused on enhancing digital marketing efforts. Established in 2012 and based in San Francisco, the company offers the Knotch intelligence suite, which equips brands and marketers with tools to gain real-time insights, metrics, and benchmarks. Knotch addresses a critical challenge faced by both B2B and B2C marketers by bridging the "missing middle" of the audience journey, thereby reducing guesswork and improving efficiency. The platform allows marketers to track the impact of content assets through all stages of the audience journey, identifying which content drives high-value actions and conversions. Additionally, Knotch's digital content intelligence platform facilitates content research, data collection, analysis, and optimization, enabling marketing and media teams to effectively plan and enhance their content strategies across various advertising channels.
Vizbee
Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 2014, Vizbee is a technology company based in New York. It specializes in unifying mobile and streaming devices into one seamless app, transforming existing mobile marketing channels into direct response paths for TV viewers.
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities.
Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams.
Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Branch is a platform that serves as a linking and measurement partner for growth-focused teams, helping brands acquire users, retain customers, and drive conversions across digital channels. The company offers a cloud-based marketing optimization platform that supports cross-platform interactions and builds user-to-user referral programs. Its features include rewarded referrals, content sharing, deep views, download banners, and personalized onboarding, all designed to improve the customer experience and enable measurement and optimization of campaigns. Branch is trusted by brands such as Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora to acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions. By linking attribution with referral-driven engagement, Branch helps brands evaluate program performance and optimize messaging and incentives to maximize conversions and lifetime value.
Folloze builds the B2B Buyer Experience Platform that enables frontline marketing teams to deliver engaging, personalized experiences across the buyer journey. The platform supports online content curation, account-specific content campaigns, and content automation to create personalized journeys for every buying group. It offers actionable account analytics and visibility into content performance, routing insights to sales for follow-up. Users can create and share content boards with tailored designs and calls to action, synchronize data with Google Analytics and other tools, and integrate with Salesforce and Microsoft Office to fit existing sales processes. The platform also supports drip campaigns, real-time alerts based on visitor actions, and the ability for sales to engage via calls, email, or chat. Folloze serves enterprise customers and has offices in multiple locations; it has delivered significant pipeline, and helps brands optimize their ABM programs.
Node, recently acquired by SugarCRM, fuels Sugar's time-aware CX platform to help businesses by automatically forecasting expected outcomes and highlighting previously unforeseen challenges and opportunities.
Extending Sugar’s time-aware CX platform, Node’s AI technology adds the most coveted element of time—the future. The combined solution offers wide-ranging capabilities for sales, marketing, and service teams.
Node enables users of business applications to see into the future. Powered by Artificial Intuition™ technology, Node is the first turnkey AI-as-a-service platform focused on powering predictable business outcomes, which enterprises can use to quickly and seamlessly build advanced AI into both customer-facing and internal applications without investing years and millions of dollars on risky AI experiments. Applications powered by Node can deliver predictions that enable users to make smarter connections and decisions about how to engage with customers, employees, investors, and partners. Node was founded by Google's youngest employee, Falon Fatemi, and it's renowned technology team includes the Godfather of Search, Louis Monier who created Alta Vista, and Michael Radovancevich former CTO of Taleo and OpenX. Node is backed by Mark Cuban, NEA, Avalon Ventures, and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Traction Labs Inc. is a content distribution technology company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York. Founded in 2013, it specializes in live streaming video and operates a digital marketing platform that connects brands and publishers with engaged audiences. The company's proprietary technology enables the distribution of various types of content, including live video, 360° video, and sponsored content, while facilitating real-time performance adjustments. Traction Labs focuses on maximizing the effectiveness of live stream campaigns through authentic audience engagement and global distribution across influential social creators and relevant publishers. Its clientele includes prominent Fortune 100 companies such as Dove, Yahoo!, and Campbell's. The company is recognized for its innovative approach, having been a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt and attracting investment from leading venture firms.
Bloomreach
Series D in 2016
Bloomreach empowers businesses to deliver personalized customer journeys by connecting customer and product data. Its Commerce Experience Cloud offers AI-driven search, merchandising, headless CMS, CDP, and marketing automation solutions. Serving over 850 global brands, Bloomreach partners with leading commerce platforms and agencies.
Branch is a platform that serves as a linking and measurement partner for growth-focused teams, helping brands acquire users, retain customers, and drive conversions across digital channels. The company offers a cloud-based marketing optimization platform that supports cross-platform interactions and builds user-to-user referral programs. Its features include rewarded referrals, content sharing, deep views, download banners, and personalized onboarding, all designed to improve the customer experience and enable measurement and optimization of campaigns. Branch is trusted by brands such as Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora to acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions. By linking attribution with referral-driven engagement, Branch helps brands evaluate program performance and optimize messaging and incentives to maximize conversions and lifetime value.
Howl, formerly known as The Narrativ Company, Inc., is a creative platform that focuses on enhancing commerce and payment technologies. It aims to provide better rates and streamlined payment processes for creators and brands, facilitating growth and collaboration. The platform empowers creators by offering tools that allow them to monetize their work effectively while enabling businesses of all sizes to optimize their payment solutions. In an evolving e-commerce landscape, Howl addresses the need for unbiased product recommendations, moving away from traditional advertising models dominated by major players. The company leverages patented technology to improve the online shopping experience, aiming to break existing monopolies in the product review space. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, Howl has garnered recognition for its innovative approach to content marketing and its potential to reshape the digital commerce environment.
Broadly
Seed Round in 2015
Broadly is a company that specializes in enhancing the online presence of businesses, ensuring they are easily found and chosen by potential customers. The platform simplifies the process for customers to leave positive reviews on major sites like Google, Yelp, Facebook, and directly on the business's website with just one click. Broadly's services are relied upon daily by thousands of business owners, managers, and team members who need to manage their operations in real-time from any location. The platform integrates various functionalities, including lead capture, communication tools via email and text, and mobile payment processing, all within a single application.
Lattice Engines
Series D in 2015
Lattice Engines, Inc. is a software company that specializes in predictive applications for marketing and sales organizations. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers a range of solutions designed to enhance marketing and sales performance through data-driven insights. Its flagship product, Lattice Atlas, utilizes artificial intelligence to integrate multiple data sources and build targeted audiences. Additional offerings include Lattice for Salesforce, which provides sales analytics; Lattice for Marketo, delivering predictive insights for marketing programs; and tools for predictive lead scoring, customer retention, and hyper-personalized marketing campaigns. Lattice Engines combines internal and external data with proprietary analytics to optimize sales targeting and improve the efficiency of marketing teams. The company also provides professional curriculum services and has a strategic partnership with Engagio Inc. In 2019, Lattice Engines became a subsidiary of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, further expanding its capabilities in the field.
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.
Folloze
Seed Round in 2015
Folloze builds the B2B Buyer Experience Platform that enables frontline marketing teams to deliver engaging, personalized experiences across the buyer journey. The platform supports online content curation, account-specific content campaigns, and content automation to create personalized journeys for every buying group. It offers actionable account analytics and visibility into content performance, routing insights to sales for follow-up. Users can create and share content boards with tailored designs and calls to action, synchronize data with Google Analytics and other tools, and integrate with Salesforce and Microsoft Office to fit existing sales processes. The platform also supports drip campaigns, real-time alerts based on visitor actions, and the ability for sales to engage via calls, email, or chat. Folloze serves enterprise customers and has offices in multiple locations; it has delivered significant pipeline, and helps brands optimize their ABM programs.
Branch is a platform that serves as a linking and measurement partner for growth-focused teams, helping brands acquire users, retain customers, and drive conversions across digital channels. The company offers a cloud-based marketing optimization platform that supports cross-platform interactions and builds user-to-user referral programs. Its features include rewarded referrals, content sharing, deep views, download banners, and personalized onboarding, all designed to improve the customer experience and enable measurement and optimization of campaigns. Branch is trusted by brands such as Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora to acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions. By linking attribution with referral-driven engagement, Branch helps brands evaluate program performance and optimize messaging and incentives to maximize conversions and lifetime value.
TrackMaven
Debt Financing in 2014
TrackMaven, Inc. is a marketing analytics and attribution software company based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2012. The company provides a comprehensive platform that enables marketers to measure and optimize their performance across various digital channels. Its software integrates with existing tools, including social networks, web analytics, and marketing automation platforms, offering a unified view of marketing metrics such as website traffic, conversions, and revenue. TrackMaven also delivers competitive intelligence, allowing users to benchmark their performance against competitors, peers, and industry influencers. Additionally, the platform offers insights into content optimization, campaign strategy, and executive reporting, thus helping marketers demonstrate their value and enhance their results. As of October 2018, TrackMaven operates as a subsidiary of Skyword Inc.
RezNext
Venture Round in 2014
RezNext is a provider of real-time distribution management solutions specifically tailored for the hospitality industry. The company enables hotels to streamline their distribution strategies within a complex global market, making it both understandable and manageable. Its online platform offers a range of services, including revenue management, reputation management, digital marketing, room distribution, and campaign management. By integrating these services, RezNext helps clients optimize their resources and enhance profitability, positioning itself as a comprehensive solution for hotel management.
Blueshift
Seed Round in 2014
Blueshift Labs, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides an intelligent customer engagement platform designed to enhance brand interactions with consumers. Founded in 2013, the company offers an AI-first SmartHub CDP that consolidates customer data across various channels and applications, enabling brands to deliver relevant and personalized experiences in real-time. Blueshift's platform includes features such as email automation, mobile marketing, website personalization, contextual chat, and audience targeting, which allow marketers to tailor their communications based on customer interests, behaviors, and purchase patterns. The company serves notable clients including LendingTree, Udacity, Discovery, PayPal, Groupon, and the BBC, helping them to improve customer engagement and drive revenue growth. Blueshift also has offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; London, United Kingdom; and Pune, India.
TrackMaven
Series B in 2014
TrackMaven, Inc. is a marketing analytics and attribution software company based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2012. The company provides a comprehensive platform that enables marketers to measure and optimize their performance across various digital channels. Its software integrates with existing tools, including social networks, web analytics, and marketing automation platforms, offering a unified view of marketing metrics such as website traffic, conversions, and revenue. TrackMaven also delivers competitive intelligence, allowing users to benchmark their performance against competitors, peers, and industry influencers. Additionally, the platform offers insights into content optimization, campaign strategy, and executive reporting, thus helping marketers demonstrate their value and enhance their results. As of October 2018, TrackMaven operates as a subsidiary of Skyword Inc.
Branch is a platform that serves as a linking and measurement partner for growth-focused teams, helping brands acquire users, retain customers, and drive conversions across digital channels. The company offers a cloud-based marketing optimization platform that supports cross-platform interactions and builds user-to-user referral programs. Its features include rewarded referrals, content sharing, deep views, download banners, and personalized onboarding, all designed to improve the customer experience and enable measurement and optimization of campaigns. Branch is trusted by brands such as Instacart, Western Union, NBCUniversal, Zocdoc and Sephora to acquire users, retain customers and drive more conversions. By linking attribution with referral-driven engagement, Branch helps brands evaluate program performance and optimize messaging and incentives to maximize conversions and lifetime value.
Captora is a marketing platform that specializes in targeting and launching high-performing campaigns across search, advertising, and social channels. The platform enables marketing teams to confidently identify which opportunities, content, and channels will yield the best conversion rates. Captora facilitates the launch and optimization of personalized campaigns at scale, ensuring that businesses can deliver the most relevant content to each target audience. Additionally, it provides insights and access to templates that help accelerate growth and improve campaign performance. Companies such as DocuSign, Marketo, Cvent, MongoDB, and Acquia utilize Captora to enhance their revenue generation and increase conversion rates across various digital channels.
TrackMaven
Series A in 2014
TrackMaven, Inc. is a marketing analytics and attribution software company based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2012. The company provides a comprehensive platform that enables marketers to measure and optimize their performance across various digital channels. Its software integrates with existing tools, including social networks, web analytics, and marketing automation platforms, offering a unified view of marketing metrics such as website traffic, conversions, and revenue. TrackMaven also delivers competitive intelligence, allowing users to benchmark their performance against competitors, peers, and industry influencers. Additionally, the platform offers insights into content optimization, campaign strategy, and executive reporting, thus helping marketers demonstrate their value and enhance their results. As of October 2018, TrackMaven operates as a subsidiary of Skyword Inc.
Hatch Loyalty
Series B in 2013
Hatch Loyalty Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in providing a loyalty and rewards platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2011 and originally known as Belly Inc., the company rebranded in September 2017. Hatch Loyalty offers a range of tools designed to enhance customer engagement and create meaningful experiences through its solutions, which include HatchHQ, HatchIQ, and HatchHUB. The platform not only allows businesses to develop customized loyalty programs but also provides actionable insights to help retailers execute effective marketing campaigns. Additionally, Hatch Loyalty features the industry-leading solution, Belly, which is specifically designed for smaller businesses to improve their loyalty marketing efforts. As of 2019, Hatch Loyalty operates as a subsidiary of Stuzo Inc.
Lattice Engines
Series C in 2012
Lattice Engines, Inc. is a software company that specializes in predictive applications for marketing and sales organizations. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers a range of solutions designed to enhance marketing and sales performance through data-driven insights. Its flagship product, Lattice Atlas, utilizes artificial intelligence to integrate multiple data sources and build targeted audiences. Additional offerings include Lattice for Salesforce, which provides sales analytics; Lattice for Marketo, delivering predictive insights for marketing programs; and tools for predictive lead scoring, customer retention, and hyper-personalized marketing campaigns. Lattice Engines combines internal and external data with proprietary analytics to optimize sales targeting and improve the efficiency of marketing teams. The company also provides professional curriculum services and has a strategic partnership with Engagio Inc. In 2019, Lattice Engines became a subsidiary of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, further expanding its capabilities in the field.
Bloomreach
Series C in 2012
Bloomreach empowers businesses to deliver personalized customer journeys by connecting customer and product data. Its Commerce Experience Cloud offers AI-driven search, merchandising, headless CMS, CDP, and marketing automation solutions. Serving over 850 global brands, Bloomreach partners with leading commerce platforms and agencies.
Referly
Seed Round in 2012
Referly is an online referral system designed for social networks that enables users to share links to products and services while earning rewards based on their friends' actions. By tracking shared links, Referly allows individuals to cultivate a reputation as knowledgeable sources for their favorite items, incentivizing them to promote products they value. The platform effectively combines social sharing with a rewards mechanism, encouraging users to engage with their networks and generate purchases through their recommendations.
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.
SugarCRM
Venture Round in 2012
SugarCRM is a global provider of customer relationship management software offering an open-source CRM platform for sales, service, marketing and IT. It serves sectors including manufacturing, financial services, insurance, consulting and professional services and supports a range of applications such as campaign management, opportunity tracking, account management, sales forecasting, customer support, product extensions and training. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, SugarCRM maintains offices worldwide to serve customers in many countries and languages, emphasizing a user-friendly experience across roles and enabling stronger customer relationships and data-driven decision making.
Compass Labs
Venture Round in 2012
Compass Labs provides a self-service or fully managed advertising platform called CLIQ (Compass Labs IQ) that makes targeted, scalable social media ad campaigns easy to execute and measure for agencies and brands.
Elance
Venture Round in 2012
Elance, now part of Upwork, is a global online platform that connects businesses with freelance professionals from over 180 countries. It offers a wide range of services, including software development, design, writing, and marketing, enabling companies to find, hire, and manage independent contractors for their project needs.
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.
ValueFirst
Venture Round in 2011
ValueFirst, founded in 2003, is a company that specializes in connecting businesses with consumers through various telecom and internet channels. It offers a range of communication solutions, including Apple Business Messaging, chatbots, email, Google Business Messaging, Instagram, RCS Business Messaging, SMS, voice, and WhatsApp, enabling brands to create engaging conversational experiences. With a focus on providing enterprise digital services, ValueFirst assists clients in enhancing customer interactions and streamlining communication. The company employs approximately 500 individuals and has a presence in India, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Through its innovative platforms and smart APIs, ValueFirst aims to support businesses in driving revenue growth and improving customer satisfaction.
GeistM is the #1 Content MarTech platform powering performance marketing for a portfolio of Fortune 100 brands and hyper-growth startups. GeistM partners with category-leading companies with complex or unique value propositions and the capacity and commitment to scale spend in proven channels of customer acquisition. The data-driven model, powered by a MarTech platform, enables GeistM to identify and scale winning combinations of content elements, offer dynamics, networks and targeting strategies.
Compass Labs
Venture Round in 2009
Compass Labs provides a self-service or fully managed advertising platform called CLIQ (Compass Labs IQ) that makes targeted, scalable social media ad campaigns easy to execute and measure for agencies and brands.
SpinMedia
Series D in 2009
SpinMedia Group is a leading digital media company specializing in pop culture and targeting millennial audiences. With over 100 million monthly unique visitors, it operates a diverse portfolio of more than 35 influential brands, including Celebuzz, Stereogum, and Buzznet, among others. These brands are recognized as authoritative voices in their respective categories, effectively engaging with young adults. SpinMedia Group ranks as the fifth largest web destination for adults aged 18-24 and is a significant player in the digital publishing space, being the second largest publisher in entertainment news and the tenth in music. By leveraging its extensive reach and understanding of its audience, SpinMedia Group offers tailored marketing and advertising solutions through its various platforms, connecting fans with the celebrities and brands they admire.
Teracent is a leading provider of data-driven advertising optimization solutions, specializing in Intelligent Display Advertising. The company's platform enables advertisers and agencies to create highly customized display ads tailored to individual consumers and specific websites. By leveraging rich audience data, Teracent's self-learning technology continuously enhances campaign performance, ensuring that advertisements remain relevant to consumers at various stages of the sales funnel. Teracent also powers ad campaigns for major ad networks and data providers, further extending its influence in the advertising landscape. Acquired by Google in 2009, Teracent has solidified its position as a key player in the realm of digital advertising optimization.
ValueFirst
Series A in 2008
ValueFirst, founded in 2003, is a company that specializes in connecting businesses with consumers through various telecom and internet channels. It offers a range of communication solutions, including Apple Business Messaging, chatbots, email, Google Business Messaging, Instagram, RCS Business Messaging, SMS, voice, and WhatsApp, enabling brands to create engaging conversational experiences. With a focus on providing enterprise digital services, ValueFirst assists clients in enhancing customer interactions and streamlining communication. The company employs approximately 500 individuals and has a presence in India, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Through its innovative platforms and smart APIs, ValueFirst aims to support businesses in driving revenue growth and improving customer satisfaction.
Mediaocean
Series B in 2008
Mediaocean is a global leader in omnichannel advertising technology. It manages over $200 billion in annualized media spend through its platform, connecting brands, agencies, media, and technology. The company's AI-driven software streamlines advertising workflows from planning to payment across all media channels.
SugarCRM is a global provider of customer relationship management software offering an open-source CRM platform for sales, service, marketing and IT. It serves sectors including manufacturing, financial services, insurance, consulting and professional services and supports a range of applications such as campaign management, opportunity tracking, account management, sales forecasting, customer support, product extensions and training. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, SugarCRM maintains offices worldwide to serve customers in many countries and languages, emphasizing a user-friendly experience across roles and enabling stronger customer relationships and data-driven decision making.
Motricity
Venture Round in 2007
Motricity Inc., based in Conway, South Carolina, is a provider of mobile data and solutions designed for the wireless industry. The company specializes in offering innovative mobile content services that enhance the capabilities of mobile operators, helping them attract new users and generate revenue from their existing customer base. Motricity focuses on mobile merchandising, marketing, and advertising services, enabling advertising agencies, consumer brands, and mobile operators to create mobile-optimized experiences that foster interaction, content consumption, and commerce within the mobile ecosystem. With over a decade of experience in the mobile industry, Motricity aims to maximize the effectiveness of marketing budgets and improve customer lifetime value for its clients.
Mediaocean
Series A in 2007
Mediaocean is a global leader in omnichannel advertising technology. It manages over $200 billion in annualized media spend through its platform, connecting brands, agencies, media, and technology. The company's AI-driven software streamlines advertising workflows from planning to payment across all media channels.
Informative
Venture Round in 2007
Informative, established in 1999, is a marketing company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in providing online tools to help businesses understand their customers' priorities and build brand communities. Additionally, Informative offers marketing analytics services, including survey creation, community management, blog hosting, and customer profiling. Its clients span various industries such as advertising agencies, consumer products, media, financial services, pharmaceuticals, software, and electronics.
Teracent is a leading provider of data-driven advertising optimization solutions, specializing in Intelligent Display Advertising. The company's platform enables advertisers and agencies to create highly customized display ads tailored to individual consumers and specific websites. By leveraging rich audience data, Teracent's self-learning technology continuously enhances campaign performance, ensuring that advertisements remain relevant to consumers at various stages of the sales funnel. Teracent also powers ad campaigns for major ad networks and data providers, further extending its influence in the advertising landscape. Acquired by Google in 2009, Teracent has solidified its position as a key player in the realm of digital advertising optimization.
Motricity
Venture Round in 2006
Motricity Inc., based in Conway, South Carolina, is a provider of mobile data and solutions designed for the wireless industry. The company specializes in offering innovative mobile content services that enhance the capabilities of mobile operators, helping them attract new users and generate revenue from their existing customer base. Motricity focuses on mobile merchandising, marketing, and advertising services, enabling advertising agencies, consumer brands, and mobile operators to create mobile-optimized experiences that foster interaction, content consumption, and commerce within the mobile ecosystem. With over a decade of experience in the mobile industry, Motricity aims to maximize the effectiveness of marketing budgets and improve customer lifetime value for its clients.
Motricity
Venture Round in 2006
Motricity Inc., based in Conway, South Carolina, is a provider of mobile data and solutions designed for the wireless industry. The company specializes in offering innovative mobile content services that enhance the capabilities of mobile operators, helping them attract new users and generate revenue from their existing customer base. Motricity focuses on mobile merchandising, marketing, and advertising services, enabling advertising agencies, consumer brands, and mobile operators to create mobile-optimized experiences that foster interaction, content consumption, and commerce within the mobile ecosystem. With over a decade of experience in the mobile industry, Motricity aims to maximize the effectiveness of marketing budgets and improve customer lifetime value for its clients.
SugarCRM is a global provider of customer relationship management software offering an open-source CRM platform for sales, service, marketing and IT. It serves sectors including manufacturing, financial services, insurance, consulting and professional services and supports a range of applications such as campaign management, opportunity tracking, account management, sales forecasting, customer support, product extensions and training. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, SugarCRM maintains offices worldwide to serve customers in many countries and languages, emphasizing a user-friendly experience across roles and enabling stronger customer relationships and data-driven decision making.
Motricity
Venture Round in 2005
Motricity Inc., based in Conway, South Carolina, is a provider of mobile data and solutions designed for the wireless industry. The company specializes in offering innovative mobile content services that enhance the capabilities of mobile operators, helping them attract new users and generate revenue from their existing customer base. Motricity focuses on mobile merchandising, marketing, and advertising services, enabling advertising agencies, consumer brands, and mobile operators to create mobile-optimized experiences that foster interaction, content consumption, and commerce within the mobile ecosystem. With over a decade of experience in the mobile industry, Motricity aims to maximize the effectiveness of marketing budgets and improve customer lifetime value for its clients.
TargetRx is a provider of insights focused on the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, offering valuable understanding of the factors influencing product choice and adoption among healthcare professionals. The company specializes in analyzing physician behavior to assist pharmaceutical companies in making informed decisions regarding forecasting, product positioning, and promotional strategies for new drug launches. TargetRx's comprehensive suite of services extends from the early stages of product development through to patent expiration, enabling clients to optimize their marketing messages and campaign materials effectively. By delivering actionable insights, TargetRx supports its clients in enhancing their business growth while ultimately benefiting patient care.
Innerworkings
Venture Round in 2005
InnerWorkings, Inc. is a prominent provider of global print management and promotional solutions for corporate clients across various industries. The company specializes in marketing supply-chain services, offering a range of products including advertising materials, branded merchandise, product packaging, and retail displays. With its proprietary technology and extensive supplier network, InnerWorkings efficiently procures, manages, and delivers printed materials as part of an outsourced enterprise solution. The company generates most of its revenue from its North America segment and operates in three geographical areas: North America, EMEA, and LATAM. Additionally, InnerWorkings runs an online business printing platform called Inkchaser.com and utilizes a software platform named VALO, which assists customers in sourcing, producing, monitoring, and analyzing their marketing plans. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, InnerWorkings maintains 35 offices across North America, South America, and Europe.
Motricity
Venture Round in 2004
Motricity Inc., based in Conway, South Carolina, is a provider of mobile data and solutions designed for the wireless industry. The company specializes in offering innovative mobile content services that enhance the capabilities of mobile operators, helping them attract new users and generate revenue from their existing customer base. Motricity focuses on mobile merchandising, marketing, and advertising services, enabling advertising agencies, consumer brands, and mobile operators to create mobile-optimized experiences that foster interaction, content consumption, and commerce within the mobile ecosystem. With over a decade of experience in the mobile industry, Motricity aims to maximize the effectiveness of marketing budgets and improve customer lifetime value for its clients.
Elance, now part of Upwork, is a global online platform that connects businesses with freelance professionals from over 180 countries. It offers a wide range of services, including software development, design, writing, and marketing, enabling companies to find, hire, and manage independent contractors for their project needs.
Informative
Venture Round in 2004
Informative, established in 1999, is a marketing company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in providing online tools to help businesses understand their customers' priorities and build brand communities. Additionally, Informative offers marketing analytics services, including survey creation, community management, blog hosting, and customer profiling. Its clients span various industries such as advertising agencies, consumer products, media, financial services, pharmaceuticals, software, and electronics.
LSF Network
Venture Round in 2004
LSF Network is a technology-focused company based in San Francisco that specializes in online performance marketing and digital advertising services. With a dedicated team of experts, LSF Network develops customer-centered, results-driven marketing solutions designed to help brands enhance their market presence and increase revenue. The company provides strategic planning services that encompass information capture, competitive analysis, and segmentation strategy, ensuring effective media buying and measurable outcomes. LSF Network operates with a global footprint, maintaining offices on two continents and managing a diverse portfolio of over 250 accounts worldwide, including notable brands such as ClubMed and Le Figaro. The company leverages advanced reporting platforms to support its marketing initiatives and optimize client campaigns.
Elance
Venture Round in 2003
Elance, now part of Upwork, is a global online platform that connects businesses with freelance professionals from over 180 countries. It offers a wide range of services, including software development, design, writing, and marketing, enabling companies to find, hire, and manage independent contractors for their project needs.
TargetRx is a provider of insights focused on the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, offering valuable understanding of the factors influencing product choice and adoption among healthcare professionals. The company specializes in analyzing physician behavior to assist pharmaceutical companies in making informed decisions regarding forecasting, product positioning, and promotional strategies for new drug launches. TargetRx's comprehensive suite of services extends from the early stages of product development through to patent expiration, enabling clients to optimize their marketing messages and campaign materials effectively. By delivering actionable insights, TargetRx supports its clients in enhancing their business growth while ultimately benefiting patient care.
Brands and their agencies are challenged more than ever to reach consumers where they are (e.g. on the Internet, TV‚ in stores, wireless phones‚ sporting events‚ etc.) and to run programs that produce measurable results. Integrated promotions provide the answer because they reach consumers where they interact with their brands‚ they have a specific call to action (e.g. go to the store‚ buy my product‚ provide some information‚ tell your friends)‚ and they are measurable.
Cariocas delivers an Intelligent Promotion Platform helping consumer brands and their agencies engage and retain consumers through smart‚ integrated promotions that gather behavioral information across campaigns and help improve sales over time. Cariocas’ technology is based on common components that can be quickly assembled to create unique promotion "engines" such as games‚ auctions‚ multi-round tournaments‚ currency systems and other innovative activities. Cariocas’ expertise is supported by a broad patent portfolio stemming from the company’s experience in the promotions arena.
Salesforce
Venture Round in 2002
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides enterprise customer relationship management software and applications on a subscription basis. It designs and develops cloud-based enterprise software for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, analytics, and application development, offering a comprehensive suite including Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, MuleSoft for data integration, and the Salesforce Platform. Its Customer 360 platform unifies customer data across systems, apps, and devices to help organizations sell, service, market, and conduct commerce more effectively.
TargetRx is a provider of insights focused on the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, offering valuable understanding of the factors influencing product choice and adoption among healthcare professionals. The company specializes in analyzing physician behavior to assist pharmaceutical companies in making informed decisions regarding forecasting, product positioning, and promotional strategies for new drug launches. TargetRx's comprehensive suite of services extends from the early stages of product development through to patent expiration, enabling clients to optimize their marketing messages and campaign materials effectively. By delivering actionable insights, TargetRx supports its clients in enhancing their business growth while ultimately benefiting patient care.
Advertising.com
Venture Round in 2000
Advertising.com, now integrated into ONE by AOL, specializes in technology-driven solutions for marketers seeking to enhance their reach through programmatic buying and performance-driven campaigns. The company provides a range of tools that support display advertising, behavioral marketing, promotional marketing, managed affiliate placements, and video advertising, catering to the needs of direct marketers across various interactive media. As a global partner for prominent publishers, advertisers, and agencies, Advertising.com focuses on maximizing brand value online by facilitating connections with consumers across desktop, mobile, tablet, and television platforms.
Advertising.com
Venture Round in 2000
ADTECH, now a part of ONE by AOL, offers an integrated ad serving platform, enabling advertisers to measure, manage and serve campaigns. AOL Platforms enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile and TV through premium experiences, programmatic buying and performance-driven campaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online.
For more information, please visit www.onebyaol.com, or follow AOL Platforms on Twitter @AOLPlatforms, Facebook at facebook.com/aolplatforms and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/organization/aolplatforms.
TargetRx is a provider of insights focused on the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, offering valuable understanding of the factors influencing product choice and adoption among healthcare professionals. The company specializes in analyzing physician behavior to assist pharmaceutical companies in making informed decisions regarding forecasting, product positioning, and promotional strategies for new drug launches. TargetRx's comprehensive suite of services extends from the early stages of product development through to patent expiration, enabling clients to optimize their marketing messages and campaign materials effectively. By delivering actionable insights, TargetRx supports its clients in enhancing their business growth while ultimately benefiting patient care.
The .Com Group
Series A in 2000
The .Com Group is an Internet solutions provider serving corporations, non-profits and government agencies. Their focus is on helping clients optimize their Internet systems to accomplish their goals. Their solutions provide increased sales, lower operating costs, and more satisfied customers.
Cogit.com
Series D in 2000
Cogit Corporation, Cogit.com is a leader in emarketing, providing real-time etargeting services that apply consumer data and analytics to predict online behavior. Cogit.com is a privately held company, with strong financial backing by premier venture capital firms, including New Enterprise Associates, Institutional Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital Partners. The company is committed to excellence, with a world-class management and technical team contributing deep expertise in direct marketing, statistical analysis, and database management.
Netcentives
Private Equity Round in 1999
On December 21, 2004, Netcentives, Inc. went out of business as per its Chapter 11 liquidation filing under bankruptcy. Netcentives, Inc. provides loyalty and direct marketing solutions. It delivers a suite of programs for relationship marketing technologies and services for its Global 2000 client base. These programs include consumer, employee, and business loyalty solutions; customized e-mail marketing; and consulting services. The loyalty solutions enhance the economic value of customer, employee, and business relationships through large-scale custom programs, employee/partner recognition systems, and merchant-based programs.
The company's direct marketing business uses customized, targeted e-mail to help its customers increase response rates and enhance the value of their membership base. The consulting services include strategy, design, and launch services, which enable customers to move from business concepts to successful programs and solutions. Netcentives also offers technology platforms and software applications for the management of online loyalty and direct marketing applications. In October 2001, the company filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code together with its subsidiaries, Post Communications, Inc. and MaxMiles, Inc.
The company is based in San Francisco, California.
Argon Networks
Venture Round in 1998
Argon Networks is a company that specializes in providing a diverse array of services, including social media marketing, mobile applications, interaction marketing, and content ecosystems. Founded in 2012, it serves media companies and brands, helping them enhance their online presence and engage with audiences effectively. Additionally, Argon Networks manufactures service-provider equipment, featuring capabilities in wire-speed internet protocol routing and ATM switching. The company operates in multiple regions, including Switzerland, the United States, and Hong Kong, positioning itself as a versatile player in both marketing and telecommunications sectors.
COM21
Venture Round in 1994
Com21, Inc. designs, develops, markets and sells value-added, high-speed communications solutions for the broadband access market. The Company's ComUNITY Access system enables cable operators to provide high-speed, cost-effective Internet access to corporate telecommuter, small office/home office ("SOHO") and residential users in the U.S. and internationally, and enables them to address the distinct price, performance, security and other needs of these different end-user groups.