Joe Apprendi

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76 past transactions

Backflip

Series A in 2024
Backflip is a technology-driven company focused on empowering entrepreneurs in the real estate sector, specifically those involved in acquiring and renovating single-family homes. By offering a comprehensive platform that includes purpose-built technology and capital products, Backflip enables users to efficiently source, analyze, and finance residential real estate investments. This approach not only supports individual entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses but also contributes to revitalizing housing supply and local communities. In addition to its real estate services, Backflip facilitates the instant sale of used electronic devices, allowing users to sell their items quickly and conveniently without the complexities of haggling or shipping. Overall, Backflip combines innovative technology with practical solutions to enhance the experiences of both real estate investors and consumers in the resale market.

Trellis Research

Series B in 2023
Trellis Research, Inc. is a legal data and analytics company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing insights for law firms through its state trial court legal research and analytics platform. The company offers access to court data derived from state trial court records, along with practical judicial biographies and actionable analytics on individual judges. Additionally, Trellis Research operates a searchable database of California Superior Court records, enabling legal practitioners to gain valuable insights into legal proceedings and judge behavior. Its focus on AI-driven analytics enhances the ability of legal professionals to make informed decisions, thereby streamlining the research process in the legal field.

Buckzy Payments

Series A in 2022
Buckzy Payments Inc. is a Toronto-based company focused on creating a real-time financial ecosystem that allows consumers and small businesses to send and receive money instantly. The company's platform supports various services including bank transfers, digital wallet transfers, email money transfers, multi-currency transfers, and bill payments. Buckzy Payments aims to establish a secure and scalable cross-border payment network, leveraging its Banking-as-a-Service model within an embedded finance framework. With over 200 APIs available, the platform caters to diverse transaction banking needs and customer experiences, facilitating the delivery of innovative financial products and solutions.

Tenovos

Series B in 2022
Tenovos, Inc. is a technology company that has developed an Active Story Management platform aimed at enhancing how brands engage with customers through storytelling. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, the platform offers various products designed to support marketing teams in the management of brand narratives. Key offerings include Story Manager, which provides role-based capabilities for asset management; Story Streams, which aids in the orchestration of content; Story Insights, which delivers analytical tools for performance data; and Story Cloud, which integrates enterprise-grade microservices. Tenovos primarily serves consumer brands across several industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, media and entertainment, and food and beverage, enabling them to transform static content into dynamic brand experiences.

Bliq

Series A in 2022
Bliq GmbH, established in 2019 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing application software for gig workers in the transport industry. Its flagship product, Bliq Ride, enables registered drivers to automate their daily tasks by accepting or rejecting orders from multiple platforms simultaneously. The company's mission is to streamline work organization for rideshare and delivery drivers using traffic data, technology, and collective intelligence. As of now, Bliq employs 25 people.

Backflip

Seed Round in 2022
Backflip is a technology-driven company focused on empowering entrepreneurs in the real estate sector, specifically those involved in acquiring and renovating single-family homes. By offering a comprehensive platform that includes purpose-built technology and capital products, Backflip enables users to efficiently source, analyze, and finance residential real estate investments. This approach not only supports individual entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses but also contributes to revitalizing housing supply and local communities. In addition to its real estate services, Backflip facilitates the instant sale of used electronic devices, allowing users to sell their items quickly and conveniently without the complexities of haggling or shipping. Overall, Backflip combines innovative technology with practical solutions to enhance the experiences of both real estate investors and consumers in the resale market.

Challenger

Seed Round in 2022
Challenger offers a unique on-demand approach for video gamers to compete for cash on major game titles. Today's cash gaming market caters only to elite players and spectators. Traditional Tournaments and eSports bookies don't offer a solution for the time constrained core player looking to participate for cash, not just watch. With Challenger, users simply download the application, start up their favorite game and play. Challenger automates the match making, tracking and payouts, all on a transparent and legal platform using AI.

AcreTrader

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2018 and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, AcreTrader operates a platform facilitating investment in agricultural real estate. It offers transparency, flexibility, and ease of use for investors seeking to acquire shares of farmland online, while managing all administrative aspects and promoting soil sustainability.

Lawmatics

Series A in 2021
Lawmatics is a cloud-based platform that provides law firms with customer relationship management, client intake, and marketing automation tools. The software includes email drip campaigns, audience segmentation, custom email suites, forms, e‑signatures, file requests, custom reporting, visual analytics, and goal tracking. It also offers text messaging, return‑on‑investment dashboards, and a suite of marketing tools to help firms engage leads and convert them into clients. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Lawmatics aims to streamline operations and increase client intake for modern law practices.

Trellis Research

Series A in 2021
Trellis Research, Inc. is a legal data and analytics company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing insights for law firms through its state trial court legal research and analytics platform. The company offers access to court data derived from state trial court records, along with practical judicial biographies and actionable analytics on individual judges. Additionally, Trellis Research operates a searchable database of California Superior Court records, enabling legal practitioners to gain valuable insights into legal proceedings and judge behavior. Its focus on AI-driven analytics enhances the ability of legal professionals to make informed decisions, thereby streamlining the research process in the legal field.

Native Voice

Seed Round in 2021
Native Voice provides a software development kit for audio device manufacturers to integrate voice capabilities and build a voice-first ecosystem. It serves as a foundational building block, enabling connections with multiple assistants and their skills while acting as a library for brands deploying their own voice-enabled solutions. The company also offers Native Voice Studios, an on-demand platform to create interactive AI companions by developing custom machine learning models and licensed original content to reproduce a character’s authentic personality, tone, and humor. This approach helps IP holders and device manufacturers generate new revenue streams and deepen user engagement with products and audiences.

Tenovos

Series A in 2021
Tenovos, Inc. is a technology company that has developed an Active Story Management platform aimed at enhancing how brands engage with customers through storytelling. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, the platform offers various products designed to support marketing teams in the management of brand narratives. Key offerings include Story Manager, which provides role-based capabilities for asset management; Story Streams, which aids in the orchestration of content; Story Insights, which delivers analytical tools for performance data; and Story Cloud, which integrates enterprise-grade microservices. Tenovos primarily serves consumer brands across several industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, media and entertainment, and food and beverage, enabling them to transform static content into dynamic brand experiences.

Percent

Series A in 2021
Percent is a fintech company that operates an API-first platform for the modern credit marketplace. Established in 2018, it empowers investors, borrowers, and underwriters by streamlining private credit transactions, from sourcing to servicing, at reduced costs. To date, Percent has facilitated over $1.2 billion in transaction volume within the multi-trillion-dollar private credit industry.

AcreTrader

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018 and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, AcreTrader operates a platform facilitating investment in agricultural real estate. It offers transparency, flexibility, and ease of use for investors seeking to acquire shares of farmland online, while managing all administrative aspects and promoting soil sustainability.

Lockstep

Series A in 2021
Lockstep is a financial technology company that aims to enhance the efficiency of accounting departments by automating the management of accounts receivable and accounts payable. The company's platform revolutionizes the way accounting teams interact with vendors and customers by establishing direct connections between their accounting systems, eliminating the need for manual data entry from emails and paper documents. This innovation not only reduces errors and accelerates cash flow but also allows staff to concentrate on higher-value tasks. By streamlining the sharing of accounting data among business partners, Lockstep facilitates timely and accurate bookkeeping, ultimately improving financial performance for its clients.

Native Voice

Venture Round in 2020
Native Voice provides a software development kit for audio device manufacturers to integrate voice capabilities and build a voice-first ecosystem. It serves as a foundational building block, enabling connections with multiple assistants and their skills while acting as a library for brands deploying their own voice-enabled solutions. The company also offers Native Voice Studios, an on-demand platform to create interactive AI companions by developing custom machine learning models and licensed original content to reproduce a character’s authentic personality, tone, and humor. This approach helps IP holders and device manufacturers generate new revenue streams and deepen user engagement with products and audiences.

Bliq

Seed Round in 2020
Bliq GmbH, established in 2019 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing application software for gig workers in the transport industry. Its flagship product, Bliq Ride, enables registered drivers to automate their daily tasks by accepting or rejecting orders from multiple platforms simultaneously. The company's mission is to streamline work organization for rideshare and delivery drivers using traffic data, technology, and collective intelligence. As of now, Bliq employs 25 people.

Lawmatics

Seed Round in 2020
Lawmatics is a cloud-based platform that provides law firms with customer relationship management, client intake, and marketing automation tools. The software includes email drip campaigns, audience segmentation, custom email suites, forms, e‑signatures, file requests, custom reporting, visual analytics, and goal tracking. It also offers text messaging, return‑on‑investment dashboards, and a suite of marketing tools to help firms engage leads and convert them into clients. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Lawmatics aims to streamline operations and increase client intake for modern law practices.

Advisr

Seed Round in 2020
Advisr, Inc., established in 2017, is a New York-based company with an additional office in Boston. It specializes in developing a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that streamlines sales processes for organizations. The platform, powered by a proprietary algorithm, provides sales teams with targeted data, automates processes, and ensures consistent branding, ultimately helping businesses sell more efficiently and effectively.

Narrative (New York).

Series A in 2020
Narrative is a company that specializes in streamlining the buying and selling of data through its innovative platform. By removing the inefficiencies typically associated with data transactions, Narrative offers tools for efficient data discovery, pricing, optimization, and delivery. This enables businesses to easily access, acquire, and integrate the data they need to enhance their strategies and drive results. Additionally, the platform provides data owners with opportunities to reach active data seekers, facilitating a marketplace where both buyers and sellers can effectively monetize or acquire data. Narrative focuses on simplifying data transactions to support organizations in leveraging data to shape their narratives and achieve business objectives.

Tenovos

Series A in 2020
Tenovos, Inc. is a technology company that has developed an Active Story Management platform aimed at enhancing how brands engage with customers through storytelling. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, the platform offers various products designed to support marketing teams in the management of brand narratives. Key offerings include Story Manager, which provides role-based capabilities for asset management; Story Streams, which aids in the orchestration of content; Story Insights, which delivers analytical tools for performance data; and Story Cloud, which integrates enterprise-grade microservices. Tenovos primarily serves consumer brands across several industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, media and entertainment, and food and beverage, enabling them to transform static content into dynamic brand experiences.

BlackCart

Seed Round in 2020
BlackCart is a software company that provides a try-before-you-buy platform for e-commerce merchants, enabling customers to select clothing and have items shipped to the home to try before purchasing. The platform uses AI to support fraud prevention and create an in-store shopping experience at home, without upfront commitments, helping merchants increase sales. Founded in 2017 and based in Toronto, Canada, BlackCart transforms online stores into at-home showrooms by offering a seamless, risk-free trial experience for customers and brands.

Clyde

Series A in 2020
Clyde operates a product lifecycle platform designed to enhance businesses' profitability and service quality. Its platform connects businesses, insurers, and customers, empowering insurers with access to online and in-store sales data and enabling customers to maximize the value of their purchases.

AcreTrader

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018 and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, AcreTrader operates a platform facilitating investment in agricultural real estate. It offers transparency, flexibility, and ease of use for investors seeking to acquire shares of farmland online, while managing all administrative aspects and promoting soil sustainability.

Percent

Seed Round in 2020
Percent is a fintech company that operates an API-first platform for the modern credit marketplace. Established in 2018, it empowers investors, borrowers, and underwriters by streamlining private credit transactions, from sourcing to servicing, at reduced costs. To date, Percent has facilitated over $1.2 billion in transaction volume within the multi-trillion-dollar private credit industry.

Instnt

Seed Round in 2020
Instnt Inc., founded in 2019 and based in New York, specializes in instant online account opening for businesses. Its AI-driven platform enables businesses to outsource customer onboarding via a single line of code integrated into websites or apps.

SupplyAI

Seed Round in 2019
SupplyAI is a retail technology company focused on enhancing the shopping experience for consumers. Their flagship product, AspenCX, is a Shopper Success platform that allows shoppers to track orders, initiate self-service returns and exchanges easily. For retailers, AspenCX unifies the shopping experience and strengthens customer relationships by providing greater transparency in shipping and returns processes. This results in increased customer trust and operational efficiency for businesses. SupplyAI's integration is seamless and supported by dedicated assistance, aiming to foster more frequent and valuable transactions between shoppers and merchants.

Symbl.ai

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Symbl.ai is a startup that simplifies conversational intelligence for developers. Its platform uses machine learning to analyze conversations in real-time, providing insights and actions without the need for upfront training or wake words.

Adway

Seed Round in 2019
Adway International, Inc., established in 2018 and based in Beverly Hills, California, specializes in out-of-home advertising services. It offers a digital advertising platform enabling advertisers to launch and monitor their campaigns, and provides vehicle-based advertisement display services using projection technology to show static images and full HD video. This innovative approach allows for flexible and targeted geo-fencing, making Adway a unique player in the advertising industry.

Tenderd

Seed Round in 2019
Tenderd operates an on-demand marketplace for renting heavy equipment and provides an AI-powered platform to optimize fleet operations. The marketplace connects owners of equipment such as bulldozers, loaders and cranes with construction and engineering firms in the Middle East and North Africa and also manages a network of contractors. Its analytics platform converts equipment data into actionable insights to monitor operations, improve asset utilization, manage fuel consumption, plan routes, schedule maintenance and visualize trip logs, with features to measure carbon emissions and support safer, more efficient and sustainable operations.

Hudson MX

Series B in 2019
Hudson MX, established in 2016 by JT Batson in Atlanta, Georgia, operates as a technology company specializing in advertising solutions. Based in New York City since its founding, the company empowers agencies and brands by offering a platform designed to streamline media buying processes, reduce operational costs, and facilitate strategic differentiation for clients across various media ecosystems.

DigiSure

Venture Round in 2019
DigiSure is a technology platform that provides on-demand insurance services for the sharing economy, focusing on mobility marketplaces and other digital platforms. The company offers screening, insurance management, and claims services to operators and marketplaces, enabling access to user data to help partners understand and control their insurance ecosystems. By applying data-enabled intelligence and automation, DigiSure aims to transform risk management, increasing transparency and responsiveness for digital businesses. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, it serves a global footprint across mobility, short-term rental and other sharing-economy sectors.

Omnichain

Venture Round in 2019
Omnichain is a software company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016, that focuses on enhancing supply chain management through advanced technology. The company specializes in providing customer-centric solutions for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and retailers by leveraging blockchain technology. Omnichain's platform offers a real-time source for supply chain planning and execution, enabling businesses to optimize their systems for better efficiency. It simplifies store-level forecasting and replenishment, improves manufacturing planning, and helps reduce lost sales and carrying costs. By integrating intelligent, end-to-end supply chain technology, Omnichain aims to drive significant business growth for its clients.

Buckzy Payments

Seed Round in 2019
Buckzy Payments Inc. is a Toronto-based company focused on creating a real-time financial ecosystem that allows consumers and small businesses to send and receive money instantly. The company's platform supports various services including bank transfers, digital wallet transfers, email money transfers, multi-currency transfers, and bill payments. Buckzy Payments aims to establish a secure and scalable cross-border payment network, leveraging its Banking-as-a-Service model within an embedded finance framework. With over 200 APIs available, the platform caters to diverse transaction banking needs and customer experiences, facilitating the delivery of innovative financial products and solutions.

Trellis Research

Seed Round in 2019
Trellis Research, Inc. is a legal data and analytics company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing insights for law firms through its state trial court legal research and analytics platform. The company offers access to court data derived from state trial court records, along with practical judicial biographies and actionable analytics on individual judges. Additionally, Trellis Research operates a searchable database of California Superior Court records, enabling legal practitioners to gain valuable insights into legal proceedings and judge behavior. Its focus on AI-driven analytics enhances the ability of legal professionals to make informed decisions, thereby streamlining the research process in the legal field.

Fetcher

Seed Round in 2019
Fetcher is a recruiting automation platform designed to streamline the hiring process for organizations. It enables hiring managers and human resource teams to efficiently connect with potential candidates by leveraging advanced recruiting tools and a virtual assistant. Fetcher focuses on helping companies identify individuals whose skills, interests, and experiences align with both job requirements and organizational culture. By reducing the complexities and costs associated with hiring, Fetcher allows organizations to concentrate on attracting talent and fostering employee development. Committed to building long-term partnerships, Fetcher views talent as a critical asset and provides the necessary tools to support organizational growth.

Populus

Seed Round in 2019
Populus is a platform for cities to manage and price commercial fleets to deliver safer more sustainable streets. Over 100 cities around the world rely on Populus to receive GPS data from commercial vehicles, and are now leveraging their platform to create, manage, and enforce payment for access to curbs to prioritize transitions to lower carbon transportation.

Narrative (New York).

Seed Round in 2019
Narrative is a company that specializes in streamlining the buying and selling of data through its innovative platform. By removing the inefficiencies typically associated with data transactions, Narrative offers tools for efficient data discovery, pricing, optimization, and delivery. This enables businesses to easily access, acquire, and integrate the data they need to enhance their strategies and drive results. Additionally, the platform provides data owners with opportunities to reach active data seekers, facilitating a marketplace where both buyers and sellers can effectively monetize or acquire data. Narrative focuses on simplifying data transactions to support organizations in leveraging data to shape their narratives and achieve business objectives.

LendingFront

Series A in 2019
LendingFront provides a cloud-based platform for banks and financial institutions to streamline their small business lending processes. The platform offers modules for application intake, underwriting, decision-making, offer presentation, monitoring, partner relationships, syndication, and servicing. Clients range from online credit providers to large financial institutions.

Akorda

Seed Round in 2018
Akorda Corporation, founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing an AI-powered platform aimed at enhancing the contracting process for enterprises. The company's innovative technology simplifies and accelerates contract lifecycle management by assembling contracts from the ground up, utilizing artificial intelligence to expedite review times, and efficiently extracting necessary information. Additionally, Akorda's platform enables users to analyze trends and deviations, ultimately allowing enterprises to finalize agreements more swiftly and with reduced risk.

Akorda

Venture Round in 2018
Akorda Corporation, founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing an AI-powered platform aimed at enhancing the contracting process for enterprises. The company's innovative technology simplifies and accelerates contract lifecycle management by assembling contracts from the ground up, utilizing artificial intelligence to expedite review times, and efficiently extracting necessary information. Additionally, Akorda's platform enables users to analyze trends and deviations, ultimately allowing enterprises to finalize agreements more swiftly and with reduced risk.

Unleash Live

Series A in 2018
Unleash Live offers a secure cloud-based platform that employs tailored AI algorithms to track, analyze, and monitor objects in real-time from various sources like cameras, drones, satellites, and IoT sensors. This enables faster decision-making and collaboration across industries such as infrastructure, pipelines, construction, and emergency services.

Clyde

Seed Round in 2018
Clyde operates a product lifecycle platform designed to enhance businesses' profitability and service quality. Its platform connects businesses, insurers, and customers, empowering insurers with access to online and in-store sales data and enabling customers to maximize the value of their purchases.

Zylotech

Series A in 2018
Zylotech is a customer analytics company that specializes in developing a self-learning platform designed to enhance customer profiles, predict purchasing behaviors, and provide relevant recommendations to drive business growth. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Sunnyvale, California, and Bengaluru, India. Zylotech's offerings include a comprehensive data layer that organizes and standardizes customer information, along with an analytics layer powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. The platform delivers insights and contact intelligence that empower operations-focused teams, enabling effective data governance and account-based marketing. Zylotech collaborates with industry leaders such as Cisco, Google, and Palo Alto Networks, providing tools that facilitate real-time decision-making and scalable customer engagement.

MarketMuse

Seed Round in 2018
MarketMuse, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in an artificial intelligence-driven content intelligence and strategy platform. Established in 2013, MarketMuse offers a comprehensive solution that supports the entire content life cycle, including research, planning, creation, and optimization. Its platform analyzes vast amounts of web data to help users, such as SEOs, content strategists, editors, and marketers, generate articles that enhance search traffic and audience engagement. By leveraging AI technology, MarketMuse aims to streamline content development processes and improve overall content effectiveness.

Augmented Radar Imaging

Seed Round in 2018
Augmented Radar Imaging, Inc. specializes in the development of advanced radar systems that offer 4D imaging solutions designed for autonomous vehicles and warehouse robots. Founded in 2017 and located in Mountain View, California, the company focuses on enhancing safety and autonomy through next-generation radar technology. By integrating sophisticated radar systems with advanced machine learning algorithms, Augmented Radar Imaging aims to improve the operational efficiency and safety of autonomous systems in various applications.

Konduit.me

Seed Round in 2018
Konduit.me helps publishers, networks and exchanges start more video ads and start them faster.

Downstream

Seed Round in 2018
Downstream Impact Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing software solutions aimed at helping brands enhance their presence and performance on Amazon. Founded in 2017, Downstream offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes paid search advertising, analytics, and catalog optimization. Its platform leverages machine learning to automate and optimize advertising campaigns, facilitating direct access to major advertisement exchanges. By simplifying and streamlining the e-commerce marketing process, Downstream enables businesses to effectively manage their advertising efforts, increase market share, and scale profitably in the competitive online marketplace.

area17

Seed Round in 2018
Area17, Inc. specializes in developing advanced vision systems for drones, enabling them to navigate collision-free in challenging environments such as unstructured, GPS-denied indoor spaces and urban settings, without the need for operator supervision. Founded in 2015 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company employs a combination of commodity sensors, processors, and a sophisticated software stack that supports essential functions like collision avoidance, obstacle detection, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The technology is rooted in research initially conducted by SRI International for the Department of Defense. Area17's team comprises experts in computer vision, robotics, and consumer electronics, who collectively bring extensive experience from notable organizations and projects within both commercial and government sectors.

Lawyaw

Seed Round in 2018
Lawyaw is a computational linguistics company building tools for lawyers. It is building innovative natural language processing systems to push the boundaries and discover new computational and mathematical properties of language. Its mission is to build the most intelligent, powerful, and intuitive legal document automation platform in the world. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sourcify

Seed Round in 2018
Sourcify, Inc. is an automated sourcing platform founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Diego, California. The company facilitates the manufacturing process by connecting businesses with overseas factories that have validated credentials. Through its platform, users can submit projects detailing product requirements and designs, approve samples, initiate production, and manage the status of their orders. Sourcify aims to simplify manufacturing, enhance security by reducing the risk of fraud, and provide project management tools that allow clients to track their production efficiently. The platform has gained recognition as a rapidly growing solution in the sourcing industry, supporting numerous companies in their manufacturing endeavors worldwide.

Placements.io

Seed Round in 2018
Placements.io is a Seattle-based company offering a modern revenue management platform for digital advertising sellers. The platform streamlines order management, inventory control, billing, and integrations across direct and programmatic channels, helping clients such as Cargurus.com, Fortune, IAC, Sky Broadcasting, TEGNA, and Walmart drive revenue growth while reducing operational costs.

MarketMuse

Seed Round in 2018
MarketMuse, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in an artificial intelligence-driven content intelligence and strategy platform. Established in 2013, MarketMuse offers a comprehensive solution that supports the entire content life cycle, including research, planning, creation, and optimization. Its platform analyzes vast amounts of web data to help users, such as SEOs, content strategists, editors, and marketers, generate articles that enhance search traffic and audience engagement. By leveraging AI technology, MarketMuse aims to streamline content development processes and improve overall content effectiveness.

Omnichain

Seed Round in 2018
Omnichain is a software company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016, that focuses on enhancing supply chain management through advanced technology. The company specializes in providing customer-centric solutions for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and retailers by leveraging blockchain technology. Omnichain's platform offers a real-time source for supply chain planning and execution, enabling businesses to optimize their systems for better efficiency. It simplifies store-level forecasting and replenishment, improves manufacturing planning, and helps reduce lost sales and carrying costs. By integrating intelligent, end-to-end supply chain technology, Omnichain aims to drive significant business growth for its clients.

Fetcher

Seed Round in 2017
Fetcher is a recruiting automation platform designed to streamline the hiring process for organizations. It enables hiring managers and human resource teams to efficiently connect with potential candidates by leveraging advanced recruiting tools and a virtual assistant. Fetcher focuses on helping companies identify individuals whose skills, interests, and experiences align with both job requirements and organizational culture. By reducing the complexities and costs associated with hiring, Fetcher allows organizations to concentrate on attracting talent and fostering employee development. Committed to building long-term partnerships, Fetcher views talent as a critical asset and provides the necessary tools to support organizational growth.

Zype

Series A in 2017
Zype Inc., headquartered in New York with a presence in Los Angeles, specializes in developing cloud-based platforms for video publishing and distribution. Its platform enables premium content owners to deliver their video content across various devices such as mobile, set-top boxes, desktops, and branded web applications. Zype offers VidOps, an industry framework promoting collaboration among cross-functional teams, and Video Analytics API for business intelligence. Serving clients like Hulu content providers, multi-channel networks, and YouTube channel owners, Zype's solutions facilitate monetization, live streaming, subscriber management, and audience engagement across the web, mobile, TV, and social media platforms.

LiftIgniter

Series A in 2017
LiftIgniter is a San Francisco-based company specializing in machine learning-based personalization solutions. Its core offering is a personalization API that facilitates intelligent, real-time interactions across various customer touchpoints. By employing data science techniques, LiftIgniter's platform optimizes key metrics such as click-through rates, engagement, sharing, and conversion for businesses. The technology effectively analyzes user actions and responds with tailored recommendations, enhancing the overall customer experience. This dynamic learning capability allows businesses to better connect with their customers, improve communication, and ultimately drive sales. LiftIgniter was part of the Winter 2014 YCombinator class, underscoring its innovative approach in the field of personalized digital interactions.

Conversion Logic

Series A in 2017
Conversion Logic is a company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in cross-channel attribution through its Software-as-a-Service platform. This platform utilizes machine learning to provide marketing analytics, enabling brands, agencies, and ad tech partners to gain insights into the performance of their digital and video media campaigns. By collecting user-level data via API integration, Conversion Logic analyzes various media dimensions to identify which elements drive the best return on investment. The platform offers actionable insights related to frequency, placement, and creative optimizations, thereby enhancing marketing efficiency and effectiveness across both online and offline channels. As of March 2020, Conversion Logic operates as a subsidiary of VideoAmp, Inc.

KITE Scouting

Seed Round in 2017
KITE Scouting is a company that offers a platform designed to facilitate engagement between agencies, brands, media companies, and startups. Established in 2013 and based in San Francisco, KITE Scouting provides tools for enterprises to identify, evaluate, and select potential partners, as well as for startups to connect with influential investors and industry leaders. The company's services include crowdsourcing, digital marketing, and social media solutions, which help Global 5000 companies enhance their capabilities in locating potential partners, investments, or acquisition targets. KITE Scouting's clientele features notable organizations such as Comcast NBCUniversal, EY, Estee Lauder Companies, Gilead, Mars, and Visa, highlighting its role in bridging the gap between established firms and emerging companies.

Nexosis

Venture Round in 2016
Nexosis, founded in 2015, is a software company based in Westerville, Ohio, that develops automated machine learning platforms for data-driven decision-making. It primarily serves the retail, quick service restaurants, food/beverage, and consumer packaged goods industries. Nexosis offers Axon, a machine learning platform that ingests multiple data sources to generate actionable insights, helping businesses forecast inventory needs more accurately. As of July 10, 2018, Nexosis operates as a subsidiary of DataRobot, Inc.

Receptiv

Venture Round in 2016
Receptiv, founded in 2011 as MediaBrix and rebranded in 2017, is a New York-based company that operates as a subsidiary of Verve Wireless. It specializes in developing a mobile video advertising platform, offering both programmatic and managed services to create brand engagements for advertisers and publishers. Receptiv's unique approach combines emotional targeting with precise audience intelligence via Motiv, its proprietary first-party data management platform. This enables the company to deliver contextualized ads during meaningful moments across over 1,300 premium apps, serving leading brands such as Mars, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft. Backed by investors including Edison Partners and Revel Partners, Receptiv has been recognized as an Adweek Top Mobile Innovator.

Zype

Seed Round in 2016
Zype Inc., headquartered in New York with a presence in Los Angeles, specializes in developing cloud-based platforms for video publishing and distribution. Its platform enables premium content owners to deliver their video content across various devices such as mobile, set-top boxes, desktops, and branded web applications. Zype offers VidOps, an industry framework promoting collaboration among cross-functional teams, and Video Analytics API for business intelligence. Serving clients like Hulu content providers, multi-channel networks, and YouTube channel owners, Zype's solutions facilitate monetization, live streaming, subscriber management, and audience engagement across the web, mobile, TV, and social media platforms.

STAQ

Venture Round in 2016
STAQ, Inc. is a developer of an integration platform-as-a-service tailored for advertising technology platforms. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company specializes in creating a unified reporting and integration system that connects various ad tech solutions. This platform allows advertisers to access and analyze their campaigns, analytics, and relevant data across multiple technology partners. By automating the collection of revenue and inventory information, STAQ centralizes data for its customers, enabling them to create and merge data sets and apply complex decision-making processes. The technology enhances the functionality of ad platforms, allowing clients to utilize these tools more effectively, ultimately driving meaningful business results and improving yield and optimization.

Zype

Seed Round in 2015
Zype Inc., headquartered in New York with a presence in Los Angeles, specializes in developing cloud-based platforms for video publishing and distribution. Its platform enables premium content owners to deliver their video content across various devices such as mobile, set-top boxes, desktops, and branded web applications. Zype offers VidOps, an industry framework promoting collaboration among cross-functional teams, and Video Analytics API for business intelligence. Serving clients like Hulu content providers, multi-channel networks, and YouTube channel owners, Zype's solutions facilitate monetization, live streaming, subscriber management, and audience engagement across the web, mobile, TV, and social media platforms.

Curacity

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2015 by Mike Keriakos and Nick Slavin, Curacity is a New York-based company specializing in data analytics for the travel sector. It operates a content-driven marketplace that helps hotels reach travelers during their planning stages and enables publishers to earn commissions on hotel bookings driven by their content.

Beeswax

Seed Round in 2015
Beeswax, Inc. is an advertising technology company that specializes in providing a customizable, cloud-based programmatic bidding platform known as Bidder-as-a-Service (BaaS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with additional locations in London and San Francisco, Beeswax enables clients to purchase advertising space across various digital media, including websites, mobile apps, and video players. The platform allows users to leverage both proprietary and third-party data for targeted ad buying, facilitating agility and custom optimizations without the need for coding. Serving a diverse clientele that includes marketers, brands, technology and data platforms, as well as publishers, Beeswax aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of digital advertising.

Conversion Logic

Seed Round in 2015
Conversion Logic is a company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in cross-channel attribution through its Software-as-a-Service platform. This platform utilizes machine learning to provide marketing analytics, enabling brands, agencies, and ad tech partners to gain insights into the performance of their digital and video media campaigns. By collecting user-level data via API integration, Conversion Logic analyzes various media dimensions to identify which elements drive the best return on investment. The platform offers actionable insights related to frequency, placement, and creative optimizations, thereby enhancing marketing efficiency and effectiveness across both online and offline channels. As of March 2020, Conversion Logic operates as a subsidiary of VideoAmp, Inc.

Falk Realtime

Seed Round in 2015
Falk Realtime is a technology company based in Dusseldorf, Germany, specializing in cloud-based programmatic solutions for media groups, publishers, ad networks, and programmatic start-ups. The company develops a supply-side platform (SSP) that enables publishers to connect their advertising inventory to various demand sources, including advertising exchanges and demand-side platforms, thereby optimizing revenue opportunities. Falk Realtime also offers a comprehensive ad serving platform that supports multi-format campaign management across display, video, and mobile channels. This platform features capabilities for direct campaigns, targeting, retargeting, and inventory control through an API, allowing for seamless integration and customization. The company's flexible back-end system is designed to accommodate a variety of user interfaces and can adapt functions and algorithms to meet specific client needs, further enhancing its service offerings. As of May 2015, Falk Realtime operates as a subsidiary of Fyber GmbH.

STAQ

Series A in 2014
STAQ, Inc. is a developer of an integration platform-as-a-service tailored for advertising technology platforms. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company specializes in creating a unified reporting and integration system that connects various ad tech solutions. This platform allows advertisers to access and analyze their campaigns, analytics, and relevant data across multiple technology partners. By automating the collection of revenue and inventory information, STAQ centralizes data for its customers, enabling them to create and merge data sets and apply complex decision-making processes. The technology enhances the functionality of ad platforms, allowing clients to utilize these tools more effectively, ultimately driving meaningful business results and improving yield and optimization.

Vidible

Series A in 2014
Vidible is a video management and exchange platform for buyers and sellers of digital media to manage, distribute, and monetize video content across desktop, mobile, and TV. The platform delivers transparency and control, offering tools to optimize video programming and monetize video assets through multi-platform programmatic buying and selling. It serves publishers, advertisers, and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online by streamlining content management and monetization workflows. Vidible has been integrated into ONE by AOL, aligning its capabilities with AOL Platforms to reach consumers through premium experiences and performance-driven campaigns.

Vidible

Seed Round in 2013
Vidible is a video management and exchange platform for buyers and sellers of digital media to manage, distribute, and monetize video content across desktop, mobile, and TV. The platform delivers transparency and control, offering tools to optimize video programming and monetize video assets through multi-platform programmatic buying and selling. It serves publishers, advertisers, and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online by streamlining content management and monetization workflows. Vidible has been integrated into ONE by AOL, aligning its capabilities with AOL Platforms to reach consumers through premium experiences and performance-driven campaigns.

TRACX

Series B in 2013
TRACX is a developer of a sophisticated social media management system that provides agencies and brands with advanced analytics solutions aimed at enhancing revenue and fostering customer relationships through social media. The platform employs real-time social data analytics, relevancy analysis, and data mining technologies to transform vast amounts of raw data from various social media channels into meaningful insights about customer, competitor, and influencer behaviors. TRACX’s cloud-based solution addresses comprehensive social media needs, from strategic planning and engagement to detailed reporting with ROI capabilities. Additionally, the platform supports both brand-level and campaign-level activities, enabling users to optimize their marketing efforts throughout the campaign lifecycle. With a diverse clientele that includes notable brands such as Kraft, BMW, and Coca-Cola, TRACX equips businesses with intuitive tools and actionable feedback mechanisms to facilitate data-driven decision-making and effective audience engagement.

TRACX

Series B in 2012
TRACX is a developer of a sophisticated social media management system that provides agencies and brands with advanced analytics solutions aimed at enhancing revenue and fostering customer relationships through social media. The platform employs real-time social data analytics, relevancy analysis, and data mining technologies to transform vast amounts of raw data from various social media channels into meaningful insights about customer, competitor, and influencer behaviors. TRACX’s cloud-based solution addresses comprehensive social media needs, from strategic planning and engagement to detailed reporting with ROI capabilities. Additionally, the platform supports both brand-level and campaign-level activities, enabling users to optimize their marketing efforts throughout the campaign lifecycle. With a diverse clientele that includes notable brands such as Kraft, BMW, and Coca-Cola, TRACX equips businesses with intuitive tools and actionable feedback mechanisms to facilitate data-driven decision-making and effective audience engagement.

Tealium

Series A in 2012
Founded in 2008, Tealium provides enterprise-level solutions for managing and integrating customer data across various digital touchpoints. Its platform offers tag management, a customer data hub, machine learning-driven insights, and real-time audience discovery tools. Serving over 1,000 businesses worldwide, Tealium helps brands create unified, actionable customer data infrastructure.

Receptiv

Series A in 2011
Receptiv, founded in 2011 as MediaBrix and rebranded in 2017, is a New York-based company that operates as a subsidiary of Verve Wireless. It specializes in developing a mobile video advertising platform, offering both programmatic and managed services to create brand engagements for advertisers and publishers. Receptiv's unique approach combines emotional targeting with precise audience intelligence via Motiv, its proprietary first-party data management platform. This enables the company to deliver contextualized ads during meaningful moments across over 1,300 premium apps, serving leading brands such as Mars, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft. Backed by investors including Edison Partners and Revel Partners, Receptiv has been recognized as an Adweek Top Mobile Innovator.

The Trade Desk

Series A in 2011
The Trade Desk, Inc. is a technology company that operates a self-service cloud-based platform designed for advertisers and advertising agencies. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ventura, California, the company enables users to create, manage, and optimize data-driven digital advertising campaigns across a variety of formats, including display, video, audio, native, and social. Its platform supports multiple devices, such as computers, mobile devices, and connected TVs. By leveraging data analytics, The Trade Desk helps clients enhance the effectiveness of their advertising efforts. The company generates revenue through fees that are based on a percentage of its clients' advertising expenditures.
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