Spleet operates a rental home listing platform focused on delivering affordable and flexible living spaces in Africa. The company offers fully furnished accommodations with various payment and sharing options, catering to the needs of renters seeking convenience and comfort. In addition to housing, Spleet provides essential services such as cleaning and security, enhancing the overall living experience. By making great living spaces more accessible to renters, Spleet aims to facilitate better returns for homeowners while fostering a future of flexible living across the continent. The company envisions a landscape where comfortable living solutions promote freedom, equity, and innovation in Africa.
Vyrill Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the discovery and analytics of user-generated video content (UGVC). Founded in 2015, Vyrill provides a platform that aggregates various types of videos related to consumer products, including demos, commercials, unboxing, and reviews. This platform not only helps retailers and brands leverage authentic video content to enhance revenue and attract new customers but also offers insights for demand generation and content marketing. Vyrill's website features guidance on product pricing, purchasing options, and related product recommendations, while also generating relevant hashtags for each video. By focusing on video commerce, Vyrill aims to facilitate a deeper connection between brands and consumers through engaging visual content.
wOS is a fitness app that allows anyone in Latam to workout at home with live and on demand personalized fitness classes with realtime feedback. We use A.I. to offer highly personalized class recommendations, Computer Vision to give realtime feedback on form correction, and 2 way livestreaming to create a real live experience between user - instructor.
zuro is a startup SaaS Fintech company founded with the resolve to revolutionize Business to Business payments. Backed by seasoned executives, zuro is setting out to become the place where business happens.
Stax is all of your bank accounts, mobile wallets, crypto in a single app that works without mobile data.
Travelsist is a travel assistance platform that addresses human capital shortages at major airports and airlines. It specializes in providing concierge services, including wheelchair assistance, navigation aid for unfamiliar airports, and support for non-English speaking travelers. By offering these essential services, Travelsist aims to enhance the travel experience for clients, ensuring they receive the necessary support to navigate their journeys comfortably. The company is also committed to maintaining high standards in cleaning, sanitization, and disinfection for its services, emphasizing the importance of safety and cleanliness in travel.
Operator of a video marketing platform intended to provide video content for clients remotely. The company's platform provides a remote recording studio backed by a network of professional video editors, so customers can create incredible content from anywhere at any time, enabling clients to share their ideas with the world.
zuro is a startup SaaS Fintech company founded with the resolve to revolutionize Business to Business payments. Backed by seasoned executives, zuro is setting out to become the place where business happens.
Developer of prepayment systems designed to deploy on existing loyalty applications, bypassing the card networks and their associated costs. The company's platform provides decreased transaction costs, rewards shoppers with existing loyalty points, instant cashback, and first purchase rewards, limits merchant fraud exposure by reducing fraudulent shoppers, and provides valuable shopper data, enabling businesses to engage shoppers with meaningful rewards.
Developer of a video book platform intended to make top non-fiction books accessible to visual learners. The company's platform curates the top titles and partners directly with authors to enable users to watch bestselling business books in an engaging and fun new format, allowing people to binge-watch non-fiction books in an entertaining, social, and engaging way.
Tailored Industry is re-engineering the fashion supply chain with on-demand manufacturing and 3D knitting.
Pivt is a company that specializes in workforce mobility solutions aimed at enhancing the well-being of relocated and mobile employees. Its platform serves as a social intranet that provides personalized support throughout the relocation process, fostering community engagement and offering valuable insights and reports. By addressing the unique challenges faced by employees during relocation, Pivt helps organizations reduce turnover and enhance the overall employee experience, making it easier for companies to attract and retain talent.
Daycation LLC operates an online booking platform and marketing tool for hotels. The user can book the hotels and villas by getting themselves registered on the website. Additionally, the company also provides its services through its application. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Miami, Florida.
Vyrill Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the discovery and analytics of user-generated video content (UGVC). Founded in 2015, Vyrill provides a platform that aggregates various types of videos related to consumer products, including demos, commercials, unboxing, and reviews. This platform not only helps retailers and brands leverage authentic video content to enhance revenue and attract new customers but also offers insights for demand generation and content marketing. Vyrill's website features guidance on product pricing, purchasing options, and related product recommendations, while also generating relevant hashtags for each video. By focusing on video commerce, Vyrill aims to facilitate a deeper connection between brands and consumers through engaging visual content.
EMTECH is a fintech company founded in 2019 and based in New York, New York, focused on modernizing central banks to enhance financial inclusion and resilience. The company develops cloud-based software that provides scalable and robust digital infrastructure for central banks. Its offerings include digital regulatory sandboxes for collaborative workflows, as well as solutions for digital cash and digital currency integration, facilitating cross-border transactions. By customizing its services to meet the specific needs of different economies, EMTECH aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of central bank operations.
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AlgoPear is a trading algorithm marketplace where retail investors can lease AI investment strategies from Algo-Creators to grow & manage their portfolio automatically. We're democratizing assess to quantitative strategies for everyday retail investors so they, too, can get outlandish returns.
Tailored Industry is re-engineering the fashion supply chain with on-demand manufacturing and 3D knitting.
Ursa Tech, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in application software designed to transcribe live conversations into text. The company offers an insight-sharing platform that captures, discovers, and disseminates insights from recorded discussions. Its technology includes features such as automatic transcription, live tagging, and interactive transcripts, all while ensuring data protection. Through its mobile application, Ursa enables teams to transform conversations into actionable and shareable narratives, enhancing communication and collaboration.
BCG reported that 70% of Gen Z discover products through content platforms, not directly on a retailer website. Social commerce is NOW. The global fashion E-commerce digital advertising allocation is $200 billion. Mai is making social visual discovery shopping a reality on every photo and video across any social platforms or devices. Viewers can click and shop the clothing they see while watching videos, such as TV shows, movies, and other digital media. Mai bridges the gap between social content and e-commerce, through a fully-automated AI computer vision technology, a sophisticated e-commerce bidding system, and a user personalization system. At Mai, we have spent three years working with top computer vision AI scientists, AI engineers, and fashion experts that created the world’s 1st fully automated video fashion shopping solution. We are connected with numerous top global e-commerce platforms, with total 200M SKUs available, daily updated with an out-of-stock rate <3%. Moreover, Mai is already live with two of the biggest social content platforms in Asia, with more to come. Mai has won the No.1 winner of MIT AI Idol contest in Jul 2020, and also won the title of “Most fundable company by investment value” at the biggest Asia Internet Conference in Nov 2020.
BCG reported that 70% of Gen Z discover products through content platforms, not directly on a retailer website. Social commerce is NOW. The global fashion E-commerce digital advertising allocation is $200 billion. Mai is making social visual discovery shopping a reality on every photo and video across any social platforms or devices. Viewers can click and shop the clothing they see while watching videos, such as TV shows, movies, and other digital media. Mai bridges the gap between social content and e-commerce, through a fully-automated AI computer vision technology, a sophisticated e-commerce bidding system, and a user personalization system. At Mai, we have spent three years working with top computer vision AI scientists, AI engineers, and fashion experts that created the world’s 1st fully automated video fashion shopping solution. We are connected with numerous top global e-commerce platforms, with total 200M SKUs available, daily updated with an out-of-stock rate <3%. Moreover, Mai is already live with two of the biggest social content platforms in Asia, with more to come. Mai has won the No.1 winner of MIT AI Idol contest in Jul 2020, and also won the title of “Most fundable company by investment value” at the biggest Asia Internet Conference in Nov 2020.
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Petal Card, Inc. is a credit card company focused on providing financial access to individuals without traditional credit histories, such as students and immigrants. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company utilizes machine learning to analyze users' digital financial records, allowing for cash flow underwriting as an alternative to conventional credit scoring. This innovative approach enables Petal to offer higher credit limits and lower rates compared to competing credit cards. The company's flagship product, the Petal Visa, is designed to promote responsible spending and credit-building, accompanied by a user-friendly digital application for managing payments. Petal aims to make credit more honest, simple, and accessible, fostering a financial environment that encourages users to succeed.
Burrow, Inc. is a furniture design and manufacturing company based in New York, founded in 2016. It specializes in creating luxury furniture for homes, offering a diverse range of products including sofas, sectionals, sleepers, loveseats, armchairs, and ottomans, as well as tables, rugs, and various accessories like pillows and throws. The furniture is handcrafted from sustainably-sourced hardwood and features non-toxic, scratch- and stain-resistant fabrics. Burrow sells its products through physical showrooms located in several states, including Washington, Massachusetts, Texas, and California, as well as online. The company also operates a manufacturing facility in Mexico City, Mexico.
Trigger Finance, Inc. is a mobile investing platform designed to assist retail investors in managing their portfolios through natural language rules and alternative orders. Launched in 2015, the platform provides users with real-time alerts and execution capabilities across various asset classes, including stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, commodities, and indices, while also integrating alternative data sources such as social media streams, economic events, and regulatory filings. Tens of thousands of investors utilize Trigger Finance to seize new opportunities and manage over $270 million in assets. The company, co-founded by experienced professionals in technology and finance, is headquartered in New York and operates as a subsidiary of Circle Internet Financial, Inc.
Squire Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in a web and mobile application designed for the grooming industry. The platform allows clients to book and pay for grooming services while providing barbershops with tools to manage their operations effectively. Squire enables barbers to schedule appointments, discover clients based on various criteria, and check availability for bookings. The application facilitates cashless and contactless payment transactions, enhancing service interactions and helping barbershops cultivate and retain loyal customers. In addition to appointment management, the software offers features such as point of sale, payroll, and customer relationship management, making it suitable for independent professionals, stand-alone locations, and multi-location franchises. Established in 2014, Squire aims to streamline the business operations of barbers and shop owners across the nation.
GitLinks Inc. is a New York-based company that develops an open-source risk management platform designed to enhance the security and legal compliance of digital products. Founded in 2016, the platform automatically detects the open-source components used in a company's applications whenever new code is committed. It provides a real-time inventory of these components, tracking necessary updates, licenses, and known security vulnerabilities. Key features include a Policy Engine that automates legal compliance, a Live Inventory for operational risk assessments, and tools for visualizing trends in open-source code. By integrating into continuous integration processes, GitLinks enables developers to effectively communicate identified risks to security, legal, compliance, and quality assurance teams.
BCG reported that 70% of Gen Z discover products through content platforms, not directly on a retailer website. Social commerce is NOW. The global fashion E-commerce digital advertising allocation is $200 billion. Mai is making social visual discovery shopping a reality on every photo and video across any social platforms or devices. Viewers can click and shop the clothing they see while watching videos, such as TV shows, movies, and other digital media. Mai bridges the gap between social content and e-commerce, through a fully-automated AI computer vision technology, a sophisticated e-commerce bidding system, and a user personalization system. At Mai, we have spent three years working with top computer vision AI scientists, AI engineers, and fashion experts that created the world’s 1st fully automated video fashion shopping solution. We are connected with numerous top global e-commerce platforms, with total 200M SKUs available, daily updated with an out-of-stock rate <3%. Moreover, Mai is already live with two of the biggest social content platforms in Asia, with more to come. Mai has won the No.1 winner of MIT AI Idol contest in Jul 2020, and also won the title of “Most fundable company by investment value” at the biggest Asia Internet Conference in Nov 2020.