Kompyte
Venture Round in 2015
Kompyte is a competitive intelligence tool that enables businesses to monitor and analyze their competitors' online strategies in real-time. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Barcelona and Austin, Kompyte serves a diverse range of product, marketing, and sales roles across over 20 industries worldwide. The software automates the tracking of competitors' activities, providing users with timely notifications about significant updates and changes, which helps them respond effectively to shifts in the competitive landscape. By compiling more than 3.5 trillion data points annually, Kompyte empowers organizations to leverage competitive insights to enhance their sales, marketing performance, and product strategies, ultimately reinventing how businesses utilize intelligence in a fast-paced digital environment.
StrongDM
Seed Round in 2015
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.
Say Media
Venture Round in 2014
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.
Indicative
Seed Round in 2014
Indicative, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2013 that offers an intelligent analytics platform designed to enhance customer acquisition, conversion, and retention for web and mobile businesses. The platform integrates various data sources to provide a comprehensive view of customer interactions, enabling businesses to monitor critical performance indicators in real time. Indicative's features include customizable dashboards, segmentation tools, funnels, cohorts, and a data management system, all aimed at delivering actionable insights that drive engagement and optimize customer experiences.
Collectively
Seed Round in 2014
Collectively is an online platform established in 2014 and headquartered in Bristol, England. The company focuses on creating meaningful connections and supporting individuals and organizations with tools that inspire sustainable and creative living. By sharing inspirational stories, Collectively aims to foster positive change and promote sustainable lifestyles. The platform collaborates with notable partners, including major corporations such as Unilever, Coca-Cola, Marks and Spencer, BT Group, Carlsberg, Facebook, Google, Nestle, and Lenovo, to amplify the impact of influencers and initiatives that contribute to a better world.
Collectively
Seed Round in 2014
Collectively is a social influence company. They offer sophisticated influencer marketing programs and the best tools, talent, and ideas for any social. They provide services for technology, fashion, retail, gaming, entertainment, consumer goods, and more to build deeply integrated social activation strategies that drive relevance, awareness, and sales.
LearnVest
Series B in 2011
LearnVest, Inc. is a personal finance and lifestyle company focused on empowering women to manage their finances effectively. Launched in 2009 and based in New York, LearnVest offers a comprehensive website and mobile application that provide valuable resources, tools, and support tailored to women's financial needs. Users can access informative articles, interactive checklists, and financial planning services, which include budgeting, expense tracking, and strategies for managing various financial obligations, such as student loans. The platform enables users to classify transactions, build custom budgets, and connect with financial planners through a subscription model. By fostering a collaborative community, LearnVest aims to educate women on personal finance while addressing everyday financial challenges in an engaging and accessible manner.
Drop.io
Venture Round in 2010
Drop.io was a platform designed for simple private media exchange, allowing users to create "drops" for sharing various types of content, including photos, videos, audio, notes, and documents. The service facilitated easy access through web, email, phone, fax, and widgets, requiring no email signup or user accounts, thus maintaining user privacy. Each drop could be created in just a few clicks, with users able to generate multiple drops and control their accessibility. Drop.io offered 100MB of free storage, with tiered options available for up to 25GB at a cost. In 2010, the company was acquired by Facebook.
LearnVest
Series A in 2010
LearnVest, Inc. is a personal finance and lifestyle company focused on empowering women to manage their finances effectively. Launched in 2009 and based in New York, LearnVest offers a comprehensive website and mobile application that provide valuable resources, tools, and support tailored to women's financial needs. Users can access informative articles, interactive checklists, and financial planning services, which include budgeting, expense tracking, and strategies for managing various financial obligations, such as student loans. The platform enables users to classify transactions, build custom budgets, and connect with financial planners through a subscription model. By fostering a collaborative community, LearnVest aims to educate women on personal finance while addressing everyday financial challenges in an engaging and accessible manner.
KidZui provides a browser that appeals to kids and only lets them navigate certain pre-approved areas of the web.
comiXology
Debt Financing in 2010
Founded in 2007, comiXology is a leader in the digital comic book and graphic novel market, dedicated to broadening the reach of comics worldwide. The company developed a cloud-based platform that offers a vast library of comic books, graphic novels, and manga, providing readers with an engaging and immersive digital experience. Through its Comics by comiXology platform, available on various devices including iPhone, iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire, the company allows users to access a diverse range of comics with ease. ComiXology also offers a monthly subscription service, enhancing accessibility for comic enthusiasts. Recognized as a top-grossing app in the iTunes App Store, comiXology continues to innovate and expand its offerings, aiming to convert new audiences into comic book fans globally.
LearnVest
Seed Round in 2009
LearnVest, Inc. is a personal finance and lifestyle company focused on empowering women to manage their finances effectively. Launched in 2009 and based in New York, LearnVest offers a comprehensive website and mobile application that provide valuable resources, tools, and support tailored to women's financial needs. Users can access informative articles, interactive checklists, and financial planning services, which include budgeting, expense tracking, and strategies for managing various financial obligations, such as student loans. The platform enables users to classify transactions, build custom budgets, and connect with financial planners through a subscription model. By fostering a collaborative community, LearnVest aims to educate women on personal finance while addressing everyday financial challenges in an engaging and accessible manner.
Magnify.net
Venture Round in 2009
Magnify Net provides cloud-based video content sorting solutions. The Company enables websites to curate, upload, aggregate, and sort video content by relevance and context for their users. Magnify Networks employs search engine optimization and marketing techniques to monetize video content and place ads relevant to individual consumers.
Good Health Media
Series A in 2009
Good Health Media is an online Health and Medical ad network that provides brands with health condition audiences like Diabetics, High Cholesterol sufferers etc. Using a process called ConditionMatch GHM tracks and targets the most frequent visitors to this niche health content. GHM can then re-target these in market audiences if desired. GHM has a consumer and health care professionals Channel.
Magnetic
Seed Round in 2009
Magnetic Media Online, Inc. is a digital marketing and artificial intelligence company that provides a comprehensive advertising platform for enterprises, brands, and agencies. It specializes in data-driven advertising solutions, enabling marketers to effectively find, retain, and re-engage customers across various channels and devices. The company's offerings include a media buying platform, audience targeting through AI-optimized strategies, and capabilities for video, connected television, native, and cross-device advertising. Magnetic leverages extensive data sources, including purchase intent data from over 450,000 partner sites and insights from more than 250 million shopping profiles, to deliver targeted and effective programmatic campaigns. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York City, Magnetic has established a presence in multiple U.S. cities as well as in Europe and Canada, reflecting its commitment to serving a diverse clientele across various verticals.
33Across
Seed Round in 2009
33Across Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a social sharing and content discovery platform designed to enhance programmatic advertising in a cookieless environment. Founded in 2007, the company provides innovative marketing technologies such as SocialDNA Targeting, which helps clients identify and engage with social networks related to their brands. Its offerings include the BRAND GRAPH, which predicts consumer behavior to deliver brand and direct response ROI, Social Personas for real-time audience insights, and the Real Platform, which ensures the quality of ads by verifying viewability and mitigating fraudulent traffic. 33Across aims to empower marketers by helping them identify high-potential prospects connected to existing customers and brand loyalists. The company also has offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Salt Lake City, and Chicago, further extending its reach in the advertising ecosystem.
Nimbit, Inc. is a Framingham, Massachusetts-based company that provides career management solutions for independent artists and labels through a web-based platform. It specializes in direct-to-fan marketing and commerce within the music industry, allowing artists to effectively market and sell a variety of products directly to their fans. These offerings include digital music, e-tickets for shows, clothing, merchandise, and premium bundles, as well as physical products like CDs, DVDs, t-shirts, and vinyl albums. Nimbit serves a diverse clientele, which includes notable artists such as the Blind Boys of Alabama, Al Kooper, Guster, and State Radio.
PerformLine
Seed Round in 2009
PerformLine is a SaaS platform that specializes in sales and marketing compliance, catering to a diverse range of industries, including banking, fintech, mortgage lending, and technology. The platform offers an end-to-end solution for compliance teams, enabling them to review documents before publication and monitor live consumer interactions across various channels such as the web, social media, calls, messaging, and emails. By providing automated compliance systems, PerformLine helps enterprises mitigate regulatory risks and ensure brand safety. Its tools and insights allow companies to efficiently manage compliance activities, thereby saving time and reducing costs while enhancing oversight across all consumer interaction points.
SocialBomb
Seed Round in 2008
SocialBomb is a technology company that specializes in creating a platform connecting various digital devices, such as mobile phones and computers, to enhance social interaction and engagement. The company facilitates the development of applications that foster conversations across major social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. By offering a unified API, SocialBomb enables developers to integrate multiple social services into their applications, allowing them to focus on core functionalities rather than individual integrations. The platform's RESTful API dynamically exchanges data with select services to enrich user experiences and improve analytics. Additionally, SocialBomb provides a web-based administration and analytics suite, enabling clients to manage their applications effectively, customize publication channels, and monitor user engagement metrics. Through its innovative services, SocialBomb bridges the gap between digital experiences and real-life interactions.
Waywire
Venture Round in 2008
WayWire, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, operates an online video curation platform. It specializes in filtering, organizing, and delivering video content tailored to online publishers, non-profits, communities, and ad networks. The platform offers video discovery, a customizable video player, encoding services, and CDN delivery. WayWire also provides monetization tools, analytics, and embeddable players, along with a video curation portal, channels.waywire.com. It aims to facilitate informed discussions and debates by offering a mix of original, syndicated, and community-created video content.
Mashery, Inc. is a cloud-based provider of API management technology and services that caters to mid-sized and enterprise markets. Established in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Seattle, New York, Boston, and Belfast, the company specializes in a range of API management solutions. These include both SaaS and on-premise products designed to enable secure and efficient information sharing across various platforms. Mashery's offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of tools for API management, service creation, payments, and compliance, aimed at enhancing client operations across multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications. The company has supported over 175 prominent brands in leveraging APIs to create new revenue streams and accelerate innovation. In 2013, Mashery became a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, further strengthening its position in the API technology space.
Ambient Devices
Series C in 2008
Ambient Devices, Inc. designs and markets a range of ambient display devices that provide users with real-time information on topics such as weather, traffic, and energy usage. Established in 2001 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company offers a comprehensive solution that includes the Ambient Information Network, a wireless service delivery infrastructure, and Ambient Device Design, which provides specifications for creating glanceable wireless information devices. These devices, which can be integrated into everyday objects like pens, watches, and clocks, are tailored for both consumers and businesses, including energy providers. By enabling seamless access to dynamic information, Ambient Devices enhances users' ability to monitor and respond to various data points efficiently.
TalkShoe
Angel Round in 2008
TalkShoe, Inc. is a company that operates a platform for user-generated live and recorded audio content, primarily focusing on facilitating conversations and discussions among users worldwide. Founded in 2005 and based in Wexford, Pennsylvania, TalkShoe allows individuals to create and participate in live group calls, interactive podcasts, and audio blogs on a wide range of topics, including business, sports, politics, and science. The platform enables voice and text chat, connecting users with similar interests. TalkShoe supports nearly 100,000 users, with millions more accessing recorded content through various podcast directories. The service is designed for talkers, listeners, bloggers, and podcasters, and it can be integrated with social networks to enhance the sharing and promotion of audio content. As of May 2016, TalkShoe operates as a subsidiary of iotum inc.
Instinctiv
Seed Round in 2008
Instinctiv, Inc. is a music management and discovery application developer based in New York, founded in 2007. Originally known as Predict Systems, the company specializes in creating music players for Mac users and offers a full-featured music management experience for both desktop and mobile platforms. The Instinctiv Player allows users to sync their entire music library across devices using its innovative Everyware cloud-based technology. Key features include smart playback options like Instinctiv Shuffle and song identification through Identifi. Additionally, Instinctiv provides an iPhone application that streamlines music libraries, helping users rediscover their music based on their preferences. In May 2012, Instinctiv was acquired by SoundCloud.
KoolSpan, Inc. is a provider of secure communication solutions that enable businesses and consumers to make phone calls and send text messages securely through smartphones. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with an additional office in the Asia Pacific region, KoolSpan offers a range of encryption solutions, including TrustCall Native Enterprise for policy enforcement and automated encryption, as well as TrustCall for Government, designed for secure classified communication. The company’s platform supports Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry devices, ensuring robust, cross-platform security. KoolSpan addresses the increasing threats to intellectual property and sensitive information, serving government organizations and enterprises across various sectors in over 60 countries. The company's services include multiple deployment options, such as TrustCall Global Service and TrustCall On-Prem, and it is recognized for its validated security measures and numerous patents.
Magnify.net
Series A in 2008
Magnify Net provides cloud-based video content sorting solutions. The Company enables websites to curate, upload, aggregate, and sort video content by relevance and context for their users. Magnify Networks employs search engine optimization and marketing techniques to monetize video content and place ads relevant to individual consumers.
WayWire, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, operates an online video curation platform. It specializes in filtering, organizing, and delivering video content tailored to online publishers, non-profits, communities, and ad networks. The platform offers video discovery, a customizable video player, encoding services, and CDN delivery. WayWire also provides monetization tools, analytics, and embeddable players, along with a video curation portal, channels.waywire.com. It aims to facilitate informed discussions and debates by offering a mix of original, syndicated, and community-created video content.
CE Interactive
Series A in 2008
Wirewize is a product of CE Interactive, a New York-based software and services company that has developed the definitive platform to help users manage, support, improve and simplify their consumer electronics experience. CEI represents the next generation of support services, and provides its solutions to consumer electronics retailers, manufacturers, service providers and consumers. CEI's unique information delivery technologies provide cross-brand model specific support solutions at all critical customer touch points; on the retail floor, through a call center help desk, through a service or installation event, and by the customer directly over the web.
Mashery, Inc. is a cloud-based provider of API management technology and services that caters to mid-sized and enterprise markets. Established in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Seattle, New York, Boston, and Belfast, the company specializes in a range of API management solutions. These include both SaaS and on-premise products designed to enable secure and efficient information sharing across various platforms. Mashery's offerings encompass a comprehensive suite of tools for API management, service creation, payments, and compliance, aimed at enhancing client operations across multiple industries, including healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications. The company has supported over 175 prominent brands in leveraging APIs to create new revenue streams and accelerate innovation. In 2013, Mashery became a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, further strengthening its position in the API technology space.
WayWire, Inc., established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, operates an online video curation platform. It specializes in filtering, organizing, and delivering video content tailored to online publishers, non-profits, communities, and ad networks. The platform offers video discovery, a customizable video player, encoding services, and CDN delivery. WayWire also provides monetization tools, analytics, and embeddable players, along with a video curation portal, channels.waywire.com. It aims to facilitate informed discussions and debates by offering a mix of original, syndicated, and community-created video content.
KoolSpan, Inc. is a provider of secure communication solutions that enable businesses and consumers to make phone calls and send text messages securely through smartphones. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with an additional office in the Asia Pacific region, KoolSpan offers a range of encryption solutions, including TrustCall Native Enterprise for policy enforcement and automated encryption, as well as TrustCall for Government, designed for secure classified communication. The company’s platform supports Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry devices, ensuring robust, cross-platform security. KoolSpan addresses the increasing threats to intellectual property and sensitive information, serving government organizations and enterprises across various sectors in over 60 countries. The company's services include multiple deployment options, such as TrustCall Global Service and TrustCall On-Prem, and it is recognized for its validated security measures and numerous patents.
KidZui provides a browser that appeals to kids and only lets them navigate certain pre-approved areas of the web.
Ugobe is formerly the parent company UGOBE is behind Pleo, a lifelike Camarasaurus robot that displays distinct emotional and developmental behaviors. Pleos weigh about 3.5 pounds and measure 21 inches from head to tail, and retailed for $349. The Pleo is full of infrared and motion sensors that detect how the Pleo is being interacted with, and speakers to help the robot make its emotions known. After Ugobe filed for bankruptcy, [Jetta Company Limited](/organization/jetta-company-limited) relaunched PLEO as part of its [Innvo Labs](/organization/innvo-labs) subsidiary.
Say Media
Series B in 2006
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.
Jingle Networks
Series A in 2005
Jingle Networks is a prominent provider of advertising and technology solutions focused on voice and mobile business search. The company connects businesses with consumers ready to transact by leveraging a robust new media channel within the growing business search market. Jingle Networks offers tailored solutions for carriers, network operators, advertising agencies, brand marketers, and small businesses. Its services enable thousands of national brands and local businesses to utilize brief in-call audio or text advertisements to attract new customers during phone calls or online searches. The company's innovative technology has made it a preferred choice for network operators and telecom carriers. Jingle Networks is also known for creating the free directory assistance service 1-800-FREE411, allowing consumers to obtain phone numbers without charge. This service is funded by short, targeted advertising messages that play while the caller waits for information. Founded by experienced professionals in advertising and technology, Jingle Networks continues to deliver effective solutions for building brand awareness and maximizing business search outcomes.
eJamming, Inc. is a company that specializes in online music collaboration software, allowing musicians to perform together in real time regardless of their geographical locations. Founded in 2001 and based in Davenport, Florida, eJamming offers eJamming AUDiiO, a software as a service that connects musicians worldwide through a computer and a broadband connection. This platform facilitates collaboration, social networking, and music education, enabling users to engage in virtual jam sessions and communicate via a VOIP feature. Musicians can easily connect and create music together, whether they are in different cities or countries, by using digital instruments and the eJamming client available for both Mac and PC.
NowPublic
Seed Round in 2005
NowPublic is a user-generated social news website that serves as a crowdsourcing news network. It allows individuals to contribute and share news related to politics, culture, entertainment, and various life events through photos and video headlines. The platform aims to connect citizen journalists with major news organizations, facilitating real-time coverage of significant events as they unfold. By leveraging the contributions of everyday users, NowPublic enhances the diversity and immediacy of news reporting, providing a unique perspective on current affairs.
KoolSpan, Inc. is a provider of secure communication solutions that enable businesses and consumers to make phone calls and send text messages securely through smartphones. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with an additional office in the Asia Pacific region, KoolSpan offers a range of encryption solutions, including TrustCall Native Enterprise for policy enforcement and automated encryption, as well as TrustCall for Government, designed for secure classified communication. The company’s platform supports Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry devices, ensuring robust, cross-platform security. KoolSpan addresses the increasing threats to intellectual property and sensitive information, serving government organizations and enterprises across various sectors in over 60 countries. The company's services include multiple deployment options, such as TrustCall Global Service and TrustCall On-Prem, and it is recognized for its validated security measures and numerous patents.
Gust is a global platform dedicated to supporting the founding, incorporation, and operation of scalable, high-growth companies. It provides tools and resources for entrepreneurs to navigate corporate legal requirements, equity formation, and funding throughout their business lifecycle, from startup to exit. The platform connects over 500,000 early-stage ventures with more than 75,000 accredited investors across 191 countries, facilitating collaboration and capital raising opportunities. Gust also powers over 2,000 investment organizations in 157 countries, enhancing the early-stage investing ecosystem. Founded by David S. Rose in New York City, Gust aims to streamline the entrepreneurial process and foster connections between startups and investment groups worldwide.
Critical Media
Series A in 2004
[Critical Media Inc.](http://www.criticalmediainc.com) develops end-to-end digital video solutions to capture, monetize, distribute and syndicate content online. The company's three business units—[Critical Mention](http://www.criticalmention.com/web/index.php), [ClipSyndicate](http://www.clipsyndicate.com/) and [Syndicaster](http://syndicaster.tv/)—provide robust solutions for corporations, publishers and media organizations to leverage video content. Its real-time broadcast capture infrastructure is the underlying technology of Critical Mention, a dynamic, real-time broadcast monitoring platform. Utilized by 25% of the Fortune 100, Critical Mention provides access to over 15,000 hours of keyword searchable, digitized news broadcasts from 4 continents. Focused on building the world's largest ad-supported repository of fully searchable, authoritative video news and information, ClipSyndicate offers publishers an unmatched distribution platform. Critical Media's most recent addition, Syndicaster offers broadcasters and content owners a comprehensive video ecosystem—a streamlined solution to upload, edit and publish, syndicate and monetize its video assets online. Critical Media was founded in 2002 under the name Critical Mention by Sean Morgan, one of the founders of Screaming Media—the largest text syndication company on the Internet now owned by Dow Jones, Inc.—and is headquartered in New York City. For more information please visit www.critical-media.com.
KoolSpan
Seed Round in 2003
KoolSpan, Inc. is a provider of secure communication solutions that enable businesses and consumers to make phone calls and send text messages securely through smartphones. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with an additional office in the Asia Pacific region, KoolSpan offers a range of encryption solutions, including TrustCall Native Enterprise for policy enforcement and automated encryption, as well as TrustCall for Government, designed for secure classified communication. The company’s platform supports Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry devices, ensuring robust, cross-platform security. KoolSpan addresses the increasing threats to intellectual property and sensitive information, serving government organizations and enterprises across various sectors in over 60 countries. The company's services include multiple deployment options, such as TrustCall Global Service and TrustCall On-Prem, and it is recognized for its validated security measures and numerous patents.