Tappi
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tappi is a SaaS company focused on empowering small businesses in Africa to acquire customers online. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including messaging, payments, and AI-driven customer profiling, to help these businesses enhance their online presence, engage with customers, and build reputation.
Woovly Shop Socially
Venture Round in 2023
Woovly India Pvt. Ltd operates a social media platform designed for users to share, connect, and explore diverse bucket list ideas and experiences, including photography, sports, adventure activities, travel, food, hobbies, and fitness. Founded in 2017 and based in Bengaluru, India, the platform caters primarily to Tier 2 and Tier 3 millennials, facilitating social commerce through engaging short video content created by micro and nano influencers. Woovly incentivizes these influencers with cash rewards for content that generates user engagement and drives sales, creating a dynamic environment for discovery and shopping of lifestyle products.
Metamorph'd
Seed Round in 2023
Metamorph'd helps set up, optimize, and manage your digital content and community assets.
Its headquarters is located in Karachi, Sindh.
Genetsis Group
Convertible Note in 2023
Genetsis Group is a specialized agency offering comprehensive digital marketing solutions. They focus on strategic development and management in digital environments, providing integrated communication, interactive design, relationship marketing, and digital transformation services to enhance user experiences and optimize business processes.
Tappi is a SaaS company focused on empowering small businesses in Africa to acquire customers online. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including messaging, payments, and AI-driven customer profiling, to help these businesses enhance their online presence, engage with customers, and build reputation.
KulturShift
Seed Round in 2022
KulturShift is a company focused on the distribution of celebrity-owned brands, specializing in beauty, fragrance, apparel, and lifestyle products. By connecting American celebrities with their fans in Asia, KulturShift facilitates the launch and sale of these brands, thereby bridging cultural gaps through art, entertainment, and commerce. The company operates as a platform that empowers celebrities to effectively engage with Asian markets, enhancing their reach and impact in the region.
Tinychef
Convertible Note in 2022
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
Linkstar
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Linkstar provides a vetted network of professional freelance marketers and influencers with experience at some of the best brands, startups and agencies, that can be accessed on demand and on a budget. Our matching algorithm selects the best talent for a business utilising 10 data points.
Our talent also get access to a subscription based landing page that can be used to drive their own traffic for example via Instagram's link in bio eg. https://muneebtasneem.linkstar
We provide matching services as well as managed solutions for clients where we provide an account manager to manage their Freelance team.
We are on average 50% more cost effective than agencies and can save over a 100 hours of productivity spent on bad agency hiring.
Instoried
Series A in 2022
Instoried is an augmented writing platform founded in 2018. It uses AI to predict and optimize emotional engagement in written content, assisting content marketers across various industries such as e-commerce, news, and FMCG.
Flickstree
Series A in 2022
Flickstree is a company that specializes in creating and aggregating short, engaging videos for various publishers, including websites and apps. Its video player can be embedded by publishers without any investment, allowing them to enhance user engagement and monetize their traffic. The content produced includes entertainment, performance marketing, and user-generated videos, which are localized in multiple languages. Flickstree partners with OTT platforms and telecom companies to license its video content. Entertainment videos are monetized through branding campaigns featuring pre-roll and mid-roll ads, while performance marketing videos utilize a Cost Per Sale model, offering competitive affiliate commissions on product sales across diverse categories. The company's extensive reach of over 50 million users facilitates effective brand campaigns through its "Glocal" publisher network. Flickstree employs artificial intelligence to create compelling video content at scale, enhancing the efficiency of affiliate marketing efforts for brands. The company has received backing from notable investors, including Samsung Ventures Investment and the Facebook FBStart program.
Linkstar
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Linkstar provides a vetted network of professional freelance marketers and influencers with experience at some of the best brands, startups and agencies, that can be accessed on demand and on a budget. Our matching algorithm selects the best talent for a business utilising 10 data points.
Our talent also get access to a subscription based landing page that can be used to drive their own traffic for example via Instagram's link in bio eg. https://muneebtasneem.linkstar
We provide matching services as well as managed solutions for clients where we provide an account manager to manage their Freelance team.
We are on average 50% more cost effective than agencies and can save over a 100 hours of productivity spent on bad agency hiring.
Primo World
Seed Round in 2022
Primo World is a company that develops a personal shopping assistant app and an omnichannel marketing platform. The platform is designed to help businesses build stronger relationships with their customers by providing tools for personalized communication and engagement. It offers various modules that allow marketers to interact with customers in dynamic ways, tailoring experiences based on customer behavior across multiple channels. By facilitating cross-promotion among retailers, Primo World aims to enhance customer acquisition while reducing marketing costs.
Fairmart
Seed Round in 2021
Fairmart is a company that helps retail stores increase sales by making their products easily searchable online. It assists retailers in automatically digitizing their inventory, allowing customers to find and pre-order products from nearby physical stores. This service facilitates the digital transformation of Singapore's minimarts, grocery stores, and specialty shops by automating inventory management and enabling omnichannel customer engagement.
Kiko is India's pioneering live commerce platform, enabling retailers to sell products online and through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). The company focuses on digitizing millions of retail stores across India, which significantly contribute to the nation's economy. Kiko's platform facilitates quick commerce through innovative live-streaming capabilities, allowing users to interact with content while shopping. Its application harnesses artificial intelligence to enhance user experience, enabling individuals to become influencers and engage in live streaming to promote brands and products effectively. By blending entertainment with e-commerce, Kiko aims to reshape the retail landscape in India.
Instoried
Venture Round in 2021
Instoried is an augmented writing platform founded in 2018. It uses AI to predict and optimize emotional engagement in written content, assisting content marketers across various industries such as e-commerce, news, and FMCG.
Primo World
Seed Round in 2021
Primo World is a company that develops a personal shopping assistant app and an omnichannel marketing platform. The platform is designed to help businesses build stronger relationships with their customers by providing tools for personalized communication and engagement. It offers various modules that allow marketers to interact with customers in dynamic ways, tailoring experiences based on customer behavior across multiple channels. By facilitating cross-promotion among retailers, Primo World aims to enhance customer acquisition while reducing marketing costs.
Billo.app UAB is a marketing management platform based in Kaunas, Lithuania. The company specializes in providing tools for content creation and sharing, enabling brands to connect effectively with their audiences. Billo offers an all-in-one solution for producing custom eCommerce videos, video advertisements, product videos, and commercials, streamlining the video marketing process for businesses.
Tinychef
Seed Round in 2021
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
Genetsis G-Commerce
Seed Round in 2021
Our AI-powered business intelligence model, provides analysis, predictions, and optimizations that drive our fully integrated e-commerce and digital marketing multiplatform operations for global brands.
Kiko is India's pioneering live commerce platform, enabling retailers to sell products online and through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). The company focuses on digitizing millions of retail stores across India, which significantly contribute to the nation's economy. Kiko's platform facilitates quick commerce through innovative live-streaming capabilities, allowing users to interact with content while shopping. Its application harnesses artificial intelligence to enhance user experience, enabling individuals to become influencers and engage in live streaming to promote brands and products effectively. By blending entertainment with e-commerce, Kiko aims to reshape the retail landscape in India.
Shopal is a software solutions provider for offline retailers, primarily focused on the cosmetics industry. Founded in 2017 and based in China, the company offers a mobile app that facilitates communication between store staff and customers. Additionally, it provides a backend platform that supports customer segmentation, sales prediction, and data analytics. Shopal also features a mobile application enabling customers to locate desired products easily. The company is part of a broader initiative to help global brands scale in the Chinese market, particularly in the beauty and wellness sectors, by offering integrated, data-driven services that enhance brand presence and operational efficiency.
ARO Entertainment
Seed Round in 2021
ARO Entertainment is a unique provider of retail and brand management services that specializes in the distribution of celebrity brands in China, the world’s largest e-commerce market. As the only company focused exclusively on this niche, ARO Entertainment facilitates the entry of celebrity brands into the Chinese market, enabling them to reach and engage with approximately 120 million fans of Western celebrities. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including market positioning, brand strategy, product design and development, as well as supply chain logistics and operations management. By leveraging its expertise, ARO Entertainment helps celebrities effectively market and sell their products directly to consumers in China.
Klaud9 is an online platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to connect brands with professional photographers quickly and efficiently. By streamlining the photo shoot ordering process, Klaud9 eliminates the need for manual operations, allowing companies to source and hire photographers worldwide in a matter of seconds. The platform not only matches brands with suitable photographers for social media and marketing campaigns but also offers resources for photographers to showcase their work effectively online. This innovative approach enhances the photography sourcing experience for both clients and photographers, facilitating the sale of photographs through an integrated online portal.
Kiko is India's pioneering live commerce platform, enabling retailers to sell products online and through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). The company focuses on digitizing millions of retail stores across India, which significantly contribute to the nation's economy. Kiko's platform facilitates quick commerce through innovative live-streaming capabilities, allowing users to interact with content while shopping. Its application harnesses artificial intelligence to enhance user experience, enabling individuals to become influencers and engage in live streaming to promote brands and products effectively. By blending entertainment with e-commerce, Kiko aims to reshape the retail landscape in India.
Sophie Society
Seed Round in 2021
Sophie Society is a company dedicated to enhancing sales conversion and traffic for small to medium-sized e-commerce businesses on Amazon. Comprised of top-tier marketplace experts, the organization offers comprehensive services that span high-level strategy, Amazon advertising, content generation, and account management. In addition to its focus on e-commerce, Sophie Society provides data discovery services designed to analyze and uncover effective strategies for business success. By delivering global coverage and promoting visual branding, the company equips its clients with the tools necessary to increase website traffic and effectively convert leads into sales.
Fairmart
Seed Round in 2020
Fairmart is a company that helps retail stores increase sales by making their products easily searchable online. It assists retailers in automatically digitizing their inventory, allowing customers to find and pre-order products from nearby physical stores. This service facilitates the digital transformation of Singapore's minimarts, grocery stores, and specialty shops by automating inventory management and enabling omnichannel customer engagement.
BE TAGGED
Convertible Note in 2020
Be Tagged is an Influencer marketing company and platform which gives advertisers data and deep analytics on influencers in Indonesia. It enables brands and agencies analyze, engage, launch and measure influencer campaigns in Indonesia with the platform leveraging technology to automate much of the process.
BE TAGGED
Seed Round in 2020
Be Tagged is an Influencer marketing company and platform which gives advertisers data and deep analytics on influencers in Indonesia. It enables brands and agencies analyze, engage, launch and measure influencer campaigns in Indonesia with the platform leveraging technology to automate much of the process.
GetCraft
Seed Round in 2020
GetCraft is a Southeast Asia-based platform that operates as a premium creative directory and a marketing technology provider. It connects brands with vetted marketing, content, and media providers for marketing initiatives, supporting more than 1,500 large companies and coordinating engagements with thousands of providers on projects valued at over US$24 million. The company also offers a marketing automation platform that streamlines marketing processes for small and medium-sized businesses, featuring email marketing, lead management, and analytics to drive targeted campaigns and data-driven improvements in conversions.
Billo.app UAB is a marketing management platform based in Kaunas, Lithuania. The company specializes in providing tools for content creation and sharing, enabling brands to connect effectively with their audiences. Billo offers an all-in-one solution for producing custom eCommerce videos, video advertisements, product videos, and commercials, streamlining the video marketing process for businesses.
Instoried
Seed Round in 2020
Instoried is an augmented writing platform founded in 2018. It uses AI to predict and optimize emotional engagement in written content, assisting content marketers across various industries such as e-commerce, news, and FMCG.
Tinychef
Seed Round in 2020
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
Lootcakes
Seed Round in 2020
Lootcakes Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2012 that provides an online platform focused on gaming data, particularly for free-to-play games. The platform allows players to consolidate their gaming activity and social engagement across different platforms. By utilizing in-game purchasing and social data, Lootcakes connects high-value players—those who spend money and engage socially with others—to game publishers. This connection is essential as game publishers increasingly rely on these players, who drive revenue and attract new users through their social interactions. Lootcakes aims to empower gamers by helping them unlock the value of their game activity data, enabling them to benefit from their influence within the gaming community.
Genetsis Group
Seed Round in 2020
Genetsis Group is a specialized agency offering comprehensive digital marketing solutions. They focus on strategic development and management in digital environments, providing integrated communication, interactive design, relationship marketing, and digital transformation services to enhance user experiences and optimize business processes.
Deyor is a travel and hospitality company based in Gurgaon, Haryana, founded in 2015 by Dheeraj Jain. The company operates a platform that aggregates a budget hotel chain, ensuring consistent customer satisfaction through reliable hotel experiences. Deyor also caters to adventure-driven travelers by providing boutique accommodations, including houseboats and traditional townhouses, while facilitating bookings for campgrounds. Additionally, it serves as a lifestyle community for Indian millennials, fostering engagement through unique online experiences and tailored trips. By addressing the specific needs of millennial travelers in a rapidly growing sector, Deyor has established itself as a market leader in the Indian travel industry.
Genetsis G-Commerce
Seed Round in 2020
Our AI-powered business intelligence model, provides analysis, predictions, and optimizations that drive our fully integrated e-commerce and digital marketing multiplatform operations for global brands.
Giladiskon Indonesia
Venture Round in 2020
Giladiskon is an Indonesian company that operates an online platform where users can discover, share, and discuss various deals, discounts, vouchers, and promotional codes available online. Founded in 2017 and based in Jakarta, the company has developed a mobile application designed to facilitate access to promotional information for both online and offline retailers across diverse categories, including food, fashion, and supermarket offerings. This platform not only assists consumers in availing themselves of discounts but also provides brands with a means to promote their products and services effectively. Giladiskon was fully acquired by Frontier Consulting Group, indicating its strategic importance in the market.
Flickstree
Series A in 2020
Flickstree is a company that specializes in creating and aggregating short, engaging videos for various publishers, including websites and apps. Its video player can be embedded by publishers without any investment, allowing them to enhance user engagement and monetize their traffic. The content produced includes entertainment, performance marketing, and user-generated videos, which are localized in multiple languages. Flickstree partners with OTT platforms and telecom companies to license its video content. Entertainment videos are monetized through branding campaigns featuring pre-roll and mid-roll ads, while performance marketing videos utilize a Cost Per Sale model, offering competitive affiliate commissions on product sales across diverse categories. The company's extensive reach of over 50 million users facilitates effective brand campaigns through its "Glocal" publisher network. Flickstree employs artificial intelligence to create compelling video content at scale, enhancing the efficiency of affiliate marketing efforts for brands. The company has received backing from notable investors, including Samsung Ventures Investment and the Facebook FBStart program.
Instoried
Seed Round in 2020
Instoried is an augmented writing platform founded in 2018. It uses AI to predict and optimize emotional engagement in written content, assisting content marketers across various industries such as e-commerce, news, and FMCG.
Tinychef
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
The Futures
Seed Round in 2020
The Futures is a provider of graphic design services that specializes in transforming ideas into visual stories. The company offers a range of services, including the creation of brochures, advertisements for digital platforms as well as newspapers and magazines, social media graphics, and video content. By delivering high-quality designs in less than 24 hours, The Futures caters to a diverse clientele, including business owners, agencies, entrepreneurs, and marketers, enabling them to effectively create marketing, advertising, and sales materials in both digital and printed formats.
FlashFomo Pty
Seed Round in 2019
FlashFomo Pty Ltd is an online marketplace based in Collingwood, Australia, that connects Asian social influencers with their fans by offering personalized products through flash sales. Founded in 2019, the company enables influencers to leverage their creativity by collaborating with FlashFomo to transform their followers into consumers. The platform features a diverse range of custom-designed items, including home wares, fashion accessories, jewelry, mobile cases, sunglasses, caps, bags, gift cards, and stickers, all created by the influencers. FlashFomo operates on a profit-sharing model that incentivizes influencers, emphasizing immediate sales rather than mere social media engagement. This business model allows influencers to maximize their economic potential while providing unique products to their audience.
Bubbleye is a rapidly growing AI startup specializing in mobile marketing solutions. With its research and development headquarters in Taipei and business development teams worldwide, the company focuses on addressing inefficiencies in mobile user acquisition through advanced automation and inferential algorithms. Founded by a diverse team of AI experts and mobile gaming enthusiasts from Italy, Taiwan, the USA, and the UK, Bubbleye is committed to innovation and disruption in the mobile marketing sector. The firm serves a global clientele of leading game publishers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Supported by backers including prominent angel investors and venture funds, Bubbleye is positioned at the forefront of the global mobile user acquisition landscape, leveraging its unique technology and skilled team to significantly enhance marketing performance for its clients.
Woovly Shop Socially
Seed Round in 2019
Woovly India Pvt. Ltd operates a social media platform designed for users to share, connect, and explore diverse bucket list ideas and experiences, including photography, sports, adventure activities, travel, food, hobbies, and fitness. Founded in 2017 and based in Bengaluru, India, the platform caters primarily to Tier 2 and Tier 3 millennials, facilitating social commerce through engaging short video content created by micro and nano influencers. Woovly incentivizes these influencers with cash rewards for content that generates user engagement and drives sales, creating a dynamic environment for discovery and shopping of lifestyle products.
Match operates a platform that focuses on job matching and e-commerce, primarily in the beauty sector. It aims to streamline the process of connecting job seekers with relevant opportunities while also facilitating the sale of beauty products based on customer reviews. By integrating detailed business network information, Match enhances the user experience for both job seekers and consumers, allowing them to find suitable candidates for job openings and purchase beauty products effectively. The platform seeks to eliminate barriers in marketing and improve the overall influencer marketing experience.
Oz Content
Seed Round in 2019
Oz Content is a SaaS company focused on enhancing content and demand marketing for B2B marketers in small and mid-sized businesses. Its AI-powered software addresses a common challenge faced by these companies: the majority of blog content goes unread by target audiences, resulting in missed sales opportunities. By utilizing advanced audience and keyword targeting, Oz enables clients to significantly reduce the unread rate of their content from 80% to under 10%. The platform facilitates content idea generation through machine learning and predictive analytics, equipping marketers with tools to create effective content efficiently. Furthermore, Oz Content seamlessly integrates with leading marketing automation platforms, enhancing its utility and effectiveness for businesses aiming to generate leads and increase revenue through their blogs.
Bubbleye
Convertible Note in 2019
Bubbleye is a rapidly growing AI startup specializing in mobile marketing solutions. With its research and development headquarters in Taipei and business development teams worldwide, the company focuses on addressing inefficiencies in mobile user acquisition through advanced automation and inferential algorithms. Founded by a diverse team of AI experts and mobile gaming enthusiasts from Italy, Taiwan, the USA, and the UK, Bubbleye is committed to innovation and disruption in the mobile marketing sector. The firm serves a global clientele of leading game publishers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Supported by backers including prominent angel investors and venture funds, Bubbleye is positioned at the forefront of the global mobile user acquisition landscape, leveraging its unique technology and skilled team to significantly enhance marketing performance for its clients.
Yumi is a Shanghai-based company that specializes in developing e-commerce software solutions, enabling merchants to establish WeChat shops in under ten minutes. The platform facilitates social commerce by allowing users to pin products they find appealing, discover new items through their social networks, and earn commissions by assisting brands in sales. Yumi has successfully supported various brands in transcending borders and integrating social media with e-commerce, making it a valuable tool for modern retail. Notably, several prominent millennial brands utilize Yumi’s services to enhance their WeChat presence and monetize their content effectively.
Miro AI
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Miro AI is a developer of a sports analytics platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and computer vision to analyze sports content. The company's technology focuses on identifying athletes and extracting insights from event photos and videos. By leveraging deep learning and scalable cloud infrastructure, Miro AI analyzes the human body in motion, enabling the extraction of valuable data that can be used for various applications, including advertising and customer relationship management. This innovative approach provides brands and retailers with unique actionable insights, enhancing their ability to engage with audiences and optimize marketing strategies.
Judolaunch
Seed Round in 2019
Judolaunch is a San Francisco-based company that operates a product launch platform designed to assist small e-commerce brands in expanding internationally. Founded in 2016, Judolaunch facilitates the product launch process by connecting brands with a global community of consumers through a concierge service that utilizes promotional codes for a pre-vetted audience. The company offers comprehensive support services, including customer support, listing monitoring, feedback management, refund and return management, and communication assistance with Amazon. By providing these resources, Judolaunch aims to accelerate the development and marketing of new products, enabling entrepreneurs to effectively engage with customers and enhance their sales across various markets.
Primo World
Seed Round in 2018
Primo World is a company that develops a personal shopping assistant app and an omnichannel marketing platform. The platform is designed to help businesses build stronger relationships with their customers by providing tools for personalized communication and engagement. It offers various modules that allow marketers to interact with customers in dynamic ways, tailoring experiences based on customer behavior across multiple channels. By facilitating cross-promotion among retailers, Primo World aims to enhance customer acquisition while reducing marketing costs.
Flickstree
Seed Round in 2018
Flickstree is a company that specializes in creating and aggregating short, engaging videos for various publishers, including websites and apps. Its video player can be embedded by publishers without any investment, allowing them to enhance user engagement and monetize their traffic. The content produced includes entertainment, performance marketing, and user-generated videos, which are localized in multiple languages. Flickstree partners with OTT platforms and telecom companies to license its video content. Entertainment videos are monetized through branding campaigns featuring pre-roll and mid-roll ads, while performance marketing videos utilize a Cost Per Sale model, offering competitive affiliate commissions on product sales across diverse categories. The company's extensive reach of over 50 million users facilitates effective brand campaigns through its "Glocal" publisher network. Flickstree employs artificial intelligence to create compelling video content at scale, enhancing the efficiency of affiliate marketing efforts for brands. The company has received backing from notable investors, including Samsung Ventures Investment and the Facebook FBStart program.
Misk is a company that operates a mobile platform focused on enhancing the dining experience through social connections. The platform allows users to discover restaurant recommendations from their friends, facilitating informed decisions about where to dine or have a drink. Additionally, Misk provides tools for brands to reach specific audiences, increase brand awareness, and boost revenues by connecting with food enthusiasts.
YuzzBuzz
Seed Round in 2018
YuzzBuzz is an advertising agency. They offer various solutions including digital strategy, SEO, social media, email marketing, analytics, web development, PPC, paid social ads, display ads, logo design, brand guidelines, business cards, business letterhead, and more.
Robin8
Venture Round in 2018
Robin8 is an AI-powered social and content marketing platform that simplifies PR outreach. It curates a database of influencers using machine learning and big data, personalizing results based on user preferences.
Tinychef
Convertible Note in 2018
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
Judolaunch
Seed Round in 2018
Judolaunch is a San Francisco-based company that operates a product launch platform designed to assist small e-commerce brands in expanding internationally. Founded in 2016, Judolaunch facilitates the product launch process by connecting brands with a global community of consumers through a concierge service that utilizes promotional codes for a pre-vetted audience. The company offers comprehensive support services, including customer support, listing monitoring, feedback management, refund and return management, and communication assistance with Amazon. By providing these resources, Judolaunch aims to accelerate the development and marketing of new products, enabling entrepreneurs to effectively engage with customers and enhance their sales across various markets.
Mybrana
Seed Round in 2017
Mybrana is a technology company based in Valencia, Spain, specializing in augmented reality (AR) solutions that incorporate computer vision features like face recognition and 3D location mapping. Founded in 2012, the company aims to empower brands to launch innovative social interactive AR campaigns, whether on users' faces or in urban environments. Mybrana's cutting-edge technology supports the development of advanced advertising and shopping formats, enhancing how brands engage with consumers in social networks and e-commerce. With a team of skilled professionals, Mybrana aspires to become a leading reference for the next generation of advertising and shopping platforms.
Mycashback
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Mycashback operates an online cashback platform that uses affiliate marketing and cookie tracking to generate cashback for shoppers. The service partners with retailers to earn commissions on purchases and, according to its disclosures, passes 100% of those affiliate commissions back to users, offering cashback rewards of up to 30% on purchases. The platform emphasizes quick payouts, with claims of cashing out within one day, and positions itself as a free service for consumers.
Tinychef
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
Lootcakes
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Lootcakes Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2012 that provides an online platform focused on gaming data, particularly for free-to-play games. The platform allows players to consolidate their gaming activity and social engagement across different platforms. By utilizing in-game purchasing and social data, Lootcakes connects high-value players—those who spend money and engage socially with others—to game publishers. This connection is essential as game publishers increasingly rely on these players, who drive revenue and attract new users through their social interactions. Lootcakes aims to empower gamers by helping them unlock the value of their game activity data, enabling them to benefit from their influence within the gaming community.
ExpoPromoter
Venture Round in 2017
ExpoPromoter is an online platform focused on enhancing the exhibition experience in China, the world's second-largest exhibition market, valued at $10 billion. The company specializes in attracting professional buyers from around the globe to trade shows, addressing a significant challenge faced by event organizers who seek to draw these buyers, particularly from overseas. ExpoPromoter leverages targeted digital marketing and a network of affiliate partners to sell booth spaces and tickets online. The platform has established partnerships with over 800 exhibitions and has successfully delivered one million attendees to various trade shows in China. As a revenue-generating entity, ExpoPromoter is dedicated to expanding its market presence while providing valuable solutions for both organizers and exhibitors.
Tongdao is a customer engagement platform that specializes in assisting mobile-focused companies in China to gain insights into their users and engage them in a personalized manner. The platform employs a mobile marketing automation system that leverages real-time user behavior and a proprietary machine learning algorithm. This technology enables businesses to enhance user activity, improve retention rates, and increase conversion rates. By focusing on personalized interactions, Tongdao aims to empower companies to effectively understand and engage their users, ultimately driving better business outcomes.
Maijin is a platform that connects brands with a closed ecosystem of universities in China, leveraging a network of influencers across more than 1,000 campuses. With over 200,000 university students engaged in 20 cities, Maijin facilitates the collection of real-time data through its mobile app. This data provides valuable insights that help brands refine their strategies and enhance sales within the Chinese market. Additionally, the platform supports students and teachers in promoting environmental initiatives at their universities and allows students to participate as content creators, further enriching the engagement between brands and the university community.
Mybrana
Seed Round in 2016
Mybrana is a technology company based in Valencia, Spain, specializing in augmented reality (AR) solutions that incorporate computer vision features like face recognition and 3D location mapping. Founded in 2012, the company aims to empower brands to launch innovative social interactive AR campaigns, whether on users' faces or in urban environments. Mybrana's cutting-edge technology supports the development of advanced advertising and shopping formats, enhancing how brands engage with consumers in social networks and e-commerce. With a team of skilled professionals, Mybrana aspires to become a leading reference for the next generation of advertising and shopping platforms.
Urbem is an online platform established in early 2015, focused on enhancing the dining experience by providing personalized culinary recommendations and exclusive offers to its members. The company aims to support quality restaurants by encouraging frequent dining out and fostering new customer engagement. Through its unique marketing strategies, Urbem enhances restaurant visibility, ultimately increasing new bookings and customer traffic. By offering a subscription-based service, Urbem connects users with tailored dining options, ensuring they receive exceptional value and recommendations for their culinary adventures.
OCheng is an intelligent marketing platform that specializes in providing advanced marketing solutions and payment services for brands. The company develops a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system designed for enterprise cloud systems, enabling businesses to enhance their marketing efforts. OCheng offers an omnichannel member automatic marketing platform, AI-driven marketing chatbots, and B2B marketing services. These services assist brands in integrating online and offline customer data, fostering effective data asset management, and improving customer engagement. By leveraging artificial intelligence, OCheng aims to streamline marketing processes and enhance the overall customer experience for its clients.
Tinychef
Angel Round in 2016
Tinychef is a pioneering voice-activated cooking platform that streamlines meal planning, shopping, and preparation. It offers features like voice-interactive recipes, personalized meal plans, contextual advertising, and grocery integration, making home cooking more efficient and enjoyable.
Tongdao
Seed Round in 2016
Tongdao is a customer engagement platform that specializes in assisting mobile-focused companies in China to gain insights into their users and engage them in a personalized manner. The platform employs a mobile marketing automation system that leverages real-time user behavior and a proprietary machine learning algorithm. This technology enables businesses to enhance user activity, improve retention rates, and increase conversion rates. By focusing on personalized interactions, Tongdao aims to empower companies to effectively understand and engage their users, ultimately driving better business outcomes.
Mycashback
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Mycashback operates an online cashback platform that uses affiliate marketing and cookie tracking to generate cashback for shoppers. The service partners with retailers to earn commissions on purchases and, according to its disclosures, passes 100% of those affiliate commissions back to users, offering cashback rewards of up to 30% on purchases. The platform emphasizes quick payouts, with claims of cashing out within one day, and positions itself as a free service for consumers.
TrustLuxe
Seed Round in 2016
TrustLuxe is a luxury online retailer and fashion influencer based in Shanghai, China. The company offers affluent consumers access to a carefully curated selection of niche luxury brands, providing an inspirational shopping experience both online and offline. TrustLuxe collaborates with a diverse range of brands, designers, artists, galleries, and expert craftsmen from around the world, showcasing their creations to a discerning Chinese clientele. Through its e-commerce platform, social media presence, and physical showrooms, TrustLuxe connects Western luxury brands directly with Chinese consumers, ensuring that information is presented in Chinese and tailored to local tastes.
China Admissions
Seed Round in 2016
China Admissions is a company based in Beijing, China, founded in 2010. It specializes in assisting foreign students in studying at various Chinese universities. The company operates an online platform that provides information about admissions, educational programs, and application procedures, making the process smoother for international students. Additionally, China Admissions supports Chinese universities by offering international marketing services and helping them recruit foreign students.
China Admissions
Convertible Note in 2016
China Admissions is a company based in Beijing, China, founded in 2010. It specializes in assisting foreign students in studying at various Chinese universities. The company operates an online platform that provides information about admissions, educational programs, and application procedures, making the process smoother for international students. Additionally, China Admissions supports Chinese universities by offering international marketing services and helping them recruit foreign students.
Crowdly
Venture Round in 2016
Crowdly is an advocate marketing platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2011. The company specializes in connecting large consumer brands with their authentic advocates, facilitating the activation of these advocates to enhance word-of-mouth promotion and brand advocacy. By leveraging its platform, Crowdly enables brands to understand advocate behavior, which in turn helps them drive stronger branding and achieve a greater return on investment. The company's focus spans various sectors, including finance, social media, advertising, and social media marketing, positioning it as a key player in the advocate marketing landscape.
Eattiamo
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Eattiamo is a digital platform that connects Italian food producers with a broader market by aggregating their offerings in a cohesive network. The company focuses on enhancing the visibility and commercial reach of these producers, both nationally and internationally, by providing them with innovative tools and services. Eattiamo manages the creation of content and the uploading of products not only on its own e-commerce site but also across various key partner platforms in Italy and beyond. Additionally, Eattiamo handles logistics, pricing, and online payments, thereby streamlining the sales process for producers. By featuring products across multiple marketplaces, Eattiamo amplifies sales opportunities, increases brand awareness, and promotes the diverse range of Italian food products. The company's mission centers on leveraging the power of networks to connect individuals who share a passion for quality food.
Bubbleye
Seed Round in 2016
Bubbleye is a rapidly growing AI startup specializing in mobile marketing solutions. With its research and development headquarters in Taipei and business development teams worldwide, the company focuses on addressing inefficiencies in mobile user acquisition through advanced automation and inferential algorithms. Founded by a diverse team of AI experts and mobile gaming enthusiasts from Italy, Taiwan, the USA, and the UK, Bubbleye is committed to innovation and disruption in the mobile marketing sector. The firm serves a global clientele of leading game publishers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Supported by backers including prominent angel investors and venture funds, Bubbleye is positioned at the forefront of the global mobile user acquisition landscape, leveraging its unique technology and skilled team to significantly enhance marketing performance for its clients.
Mingbo Media
Venture Round in 2015
Mingbo Media is a China-based company specializing in mobile e-commerce solutions that leverage inaudible ultrasound technology for advertisement transmission to smartphones and tablets. The company provides a comprehensive software platform designed to meet the needs of e-commerce businesses, facilitating micro-payment processing, customer relationship management integration, and customer engagement systems. This allows businesses to efficiently create online merchandising systems within the social mobile internet, enhancing retail information technology and promoting brands rapidly on mobile platforms. Mingbo Media aims to support businesses in navigating the complexities of modern retail through innovative technology and effective customer engagement strategies.
Urbem
Venture Round in 2015
Urbem is an online platform established in early 2015, focused on enhancing the dining experience by providing personalized culinary recommendations and exclusive offers to its members. The company aims to support quality restaurants by encouraging frequent dining out and fostering new customer engagement. Through its unique marketing strategies, Urbem enhances restaurant visibility, ultimately increasing new bookings and customer traffic. By offering a subscription-based service, Urbem connects users with tailored dining options, ensuring they receive exceptional value and recommendations for their culinary adventures.
Tongdao
Seed Round in 2015
Tongdao is a customer engagement platform that specializes in assisting mobile-focused companies in China to gain insights into their users and engage them in a personalized manner. The platform employs a mobile marketing automation system that leverages real-time user behavior and a proprietary machine learning algorithm. This technology enables businesses to enhance user activity, improve retention rates, and increase conversion rates. By focusing on personalized interactions, Tongdao aims to empower companies to effectively understand and engage their users, ultimately driving better business outcomes.
Magnet Technologies
Seed Round in 2015
Magnet Technologies, Inc. is a company based in Walnut, California, that specializes in developing solutions to enhance visitor engagement across various sectors, including community, corporate, education, entertainment, hospitality, and retail. By utilizing location-aware technologies, such as beacons, Magnet delivers personalized, on-demand services to users, helping brands engage with customers at the right moment. This approach not only provides visitors with tailored experiences but also enables businesses to reduce wait times, boost revenue, and gain valuable insights through detailed analytics. Magnet's innovative solutions cater to a diverse range of locations, ensuring effective interaction and community nurturing for its clients.
Crowdly
Venture Round in 2015
Crowdly is an advocate marketing platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2011. The company specializes in connecting large consumer brands with their authentic advocates, facilitating the activation of these advocates to enhance word-of-mouth promotion and brand advocacy. By leveraging its platform, Crowdly enables brands to understand advocate behavior, which in turn helps them drive stronger branding and achieve a greater return on investment. The company's focus spans various sectors, including finance, social media, advertising, and social media marketing, positioning it as a key player in the advocate marketing landscape.
Oz Content
Seed Round in 2015
Oz Content is a SaaS company focused on enhancing content and demand marketing for B2B marketers in small and mid-sized businesses. Its AI-powered software addresses a common challenge faced by these companies: the majority of blog content goes unread by target audiences, resulting in missed sales opportunities. By utilizing advanced audience and keyword targeting, Oz enables clients to significantly reduce the unread rate of their content from 80% to under 10%. The platform facilitates content idea generation through machine learning and predictive analytics, equipping marketers with tools to create effective content efficiently. Furthermore, Oz Content seamlessly integrates with leading marketing automation platforms, enhancing its utility and effectiveness for businesses aiming to generate leads and increase revenue through their blogs.
FancyCellar
Seed Round in 2015
FancyCellar is an e-commerce platform based in Shanghai that specializes in boutique wines and spirits. The company connects a community of wine enthusiasts with exclusive opportunities to purchase high-quality wines directly imported from sought-after producers. Each product featured on the platform undergoes careful evaluation by a team of experts to ensure quality. Additionally, FancyCellar offers digital marketing services tailored for wine and spirits producers, including e-store creation, influencer marketing, and social media strategy, thereby assisting clients in enhancing their online presence in both the French and Chinese markets.
Robin8 is an AI-powered social and content marketing platform that simplifies PR outreach. It curates a database of influencers using machine learning and big data, personalizing results based on user preferences.
Sian's Plan
Convertible Note in 2014
Sian's Plan makes healthy eating convenient.
They're up early, in bed late and in between it's go go go.
Throw a couple of kids into the equation and where is the time for healthy food? All of a sudden it becomes very difficult for you to take care of what matters most to you, keeping yourself and your family healthy. Sian's Plan solves this.
✷Target Market✷
Their target market are young professional/busy mums with one or more school going children. They are technology savvy, using the internet daily and spend on average £100 per weekly shop. Young professionals are a secondary market showing organic growth and They intend to expand into this
market once resources allow.
✷Key stats✷
◇ Average time spent by an active member is 4 min on recipes, 4 min on meal planning and 4 min on grocery list per visit.
◇ 5k members if free beta
◇ Beat Yummly to be awarded "Most innovative digital solution for home cooks globally" in 2012.
✷Business model✷
Primary – Subscriptions: Subscribers pay either £4.99/m and £9.99/m.
Secondary – Affiliate commission: Supermarkets pay between £5 and £8 per new purchasing sign up and between 25p and £1 per transaction originating from Sian’s Plan.
✷Team✷
Vincent is the hands on CEO described as 'one of London's
hottest culinary entreprenuers' by The Guardian. Sian is the expert who embodies the home cook. Fiona brings vast experience in operations and business development from her managerial position in Deloitte. Glyn Britton (Albion London) advises on marketing, Colin Mitchell (ex-CTO Tesco diets) on
tech and Sian Porter (spokeswoman for the British Dietetic Association) on nutrition.
✷Market✷
Currently focused on the UK they are perfectly positioned to scale to the US and Australia where current angels are based. The Mama Market is $2.1 Trillion Strong and growing (Forbes). 19.5 million households in the UK alone engage in some sort of menu planning and with 44% of us shopping online for groceries, sales are expected to be £9.6bn by 2015.
✷Latest member review✷
Hi Sian, thank you guys!! You ve really helped me out, with 2 young boys and little culinary imagination it's [Sian's Plan] amazing! Rose, UK.
Rose averages 1.47 visits per day over 30 days, signed up to the yearly £9.99 package and in her own words "I have recommended it to a lot of other mums!".
Mingbo Media
Venture Round in 2014
Mingbo Media is a China-based company specializing in mobile e-commerce solutions that leverage inaudible ultrasound technology for advertisement transmission to smartphones and tablets. The company provides a comprehensive software platform designed to meet the needs of e-commerce businesses, facilitating micro-payment processing, customer relationship management integration, and customer engagement systems. This allows businesses to efficiently create online merchandising systems within the social mobile internet, enhancing retail information technology and promoting brands rapidly on mobile platforms. Mingbo Media aims to support businesses in navigating the complexities of modern retail through innovative technology and effective customer engagement strategies.
Sian's Plan
Seed Round in 2014
Sian's Plan makes healthy eating convenient.
They're up early, in bed late and in between it's go go go.
Throw a couple of kids into the equation and where is the time for healthy food? All of a sudden it becomes very difficult for you to take care of what matters most to you, keeping yourself and your family healthy. Sian's Plan solves this.
✷Target Market✷
Their target market are young professional/busy mums with one or more school going children. They are technology savvy, using the internet daily and spend on average £100 per weekly shop. Young professionals are a secondary market showing organic growth and They intend to expand into this
market once resources allow.
✷Key stats✷
◇ Average time spent by an active member is 4 min on recipes, 4 min on meal planning and 4 min on grocery list per visit.
◇ 5k members if free beta
◇ Beat Yummly to be awarded "Most innovative digital solution for home cooks globally" in 2012.
✷Business model✷
Primary – Subscriptions: Subscribers pay either £4.99/m and £9.99/m.
Secondary – Affiliate commission: Supermarkets pay between £5 and £8 per new purchasing sign up and between 25p and £1 per transaction originating from Sian’s Plan.
✷Team✷
Vincent is the hands on CEO described as 'one of London's
hottest culinary entreprenuers' by The Guardian. Sian is the expert who embodies the home cook. Fiona brings vast experience in operations and business development from her managerial position in Deloitte. Glyn Britton (Albion London) advises on marketing, Colin Mitchell (ex-CTO Tesco diets) on
tech and Sian Porter (spokeswoman for the British Dietetic Association) on nutrition.
✷Market✷
Currently focused on the UK they are perfectly positioned to scale to the US and Australia where current angels are based. The Mama Market is $2.1 Trillion Strong and growing (Forbes). 19.5 million households in the UK alone engage in some sort of menu planning and with 44% of us shopping online for groceries, sales are expected to be £9.6bn by 2015.
✷Latest member review✷
Hi Sian, thank you guys!! You ve really helped me out, with 2 young boys and little culinary imagination it's [Sian's Plan] amazing! Rose, UK.
Rose averages 1.47 visits per day over 30 days, signed up to the yearly £9.99 package and in her own words "I have recommended it to a lot of other mums!".
FancyCellar
Seed Round in 2014
FancyCellar is an e-commerce platform based in Shanghai that specializes in boutique wines and spirits. The company connects a community of wine enthusiasts with exclusive opportunities to purchase high-quality wines directly imported from sought-after producers. Each product featured on the platform undergoes careful evaluation by a team of experts to ensure quality. Additionally, FancyCellar offers digital marketing services tailored for wine and spirits producers, including e-store creation, influencer marketing, and social media strategy, thereby assisting clients in enhancing their online presence in both the French and Chinese markets.
Launchpilots
Seed Round in 2014
Launchpilots Limited is a marketplace that facilitates connections between university students and brands through campus event sponsorships. Based in China, the company offers a platform where student leaders can apply for brand sponsorships that align with their event needs. Launchpilots aggregates campus event information, enabling both students and brands to effectively engage in sponsorship opportunities. Additionally, the company's performance-based pricing system tailors millennial campaigns to specific brand objectives and key performance indicators, enhancing the effectiveness of marketing efforts. By leveraging social media, Launchpilots helps students promote their sponsored events and attract attendees, thereby creating a dynamic ecosystem for event sponsorship on campuses across Asia.
Monitor Backlinks
Seed Round in 2013
Monitor Backlinks is an online SEO tool that tracks and notifies users of changes in their backlinks. It offers features like PageRank checker, import/export functionality, bookmarklet, automated email notifications, and IP, dofollow, country checkers.
Hexology
Seed Round in 2013
Hexology is a company that provides a marketing and information platform designed to integrate digital media with the physical world. Its platform enables users to access and share exclusive content in specific locations, creating an interactive experience for individuals seeking information about music, literature, or local events. Through its free app, Hexology allows users to broadcast messages that can be discovered by others nearby, facilitating communication without the need for an internet connection. The company aims to empower individuals and brands to connect and share information seamlessly, thus enhancing the way people experience their surroundings.
Launchpilots
Venture Round in 2013
Launchpilots Limited is a marketplace that facilitates connections between university students and brands through campus event sponsorships. Based in China, the company offers a platform where student leaders can apply for brand sponsorships that align with their event needs. Launchpilots aggregates campus event information, enabling both students and brands to effectively engage in sponsorship opportunities. Additionally, the company's performance-based pricing system tailors millennial campaigns to specific brand objectives and key performance indicators, enhancing the effectiveness of marketing efforts. By leveraging social media, Launchpilots helps students promote their sponsored events and attract attendees, thereby creating a dynamic ecosystem for event sponsorship on campuses across Asia.
Product World
Seed Round in 2013
ProductWorld offers a solution for B2B marketing professionals by providing an easy-to-use platform for creating searchable product catalogs that can be accessed on mobile devices, tablets, and desktop computers. The platform addresses common frustrations faced by users who struggle to find specific products on corporate websites, which can lead to lost leads and revenue. By utilizing advanced technologies such as the semantic web and facet search, ProductWorld enhances product discovery, allowing users to quickly locate items. Its web-based interface is designed for non-technical users, enabling them to implement the catalog solution without coding knowledge. Additionally, ProductWorld employs a scalable cloud-based infrastructure that supports multiple clients and data structures, facilitating collaboration among partner companies to create interconnected product offerings. This comprehensive approach aims to streamline the product search process within the B2B sector, ultimately driving sales and improving customer satisfaction.
Monitor Backlinks
Seed Round in 2013
Monitor Backlinks is an online SEO tool that tracks and notifies users of changes in their backlinks. It offers features like PageRank checker, import/export functionality, bookmarklet, automated email notifications, and IP, dofollow, country checkers.
Kwestr is a gaming company based in China that operates an online social gaming platform designed to help users accomplish goals and complete tasks in a fun and engaging manner. The platform features a series of guided lists, milestones, and to-do items that users can share with friends and colleagues, encouraging them to complete "kwests" and earn badges. By breaking down larger problems into manageable steps, Kwestr enhances user engagement and promotes social interaction. Additionally, the platform supports companies and brands by unifying online and offline marketing efforts, engaging customer communities, and providing metrics and analysis of user activities. Overall, Kwestr serves as a digital environment for fostering social experiences among individuals and groups.
Buz is a digital marketing agency that specializes in helping clients achieve their sales and marketing objectives through a range of services, including digital marketing, web development, and graphic design. With a focus on user experience design, the company ensures that websites are optimized for performance and usability. Buz's team is skilled in developing various technologies, from user-friendly mobile-optimized web pages to complex multi-function applications. The agency's extensive experience in data management enhances its ability to deliver effective marketing solutions, enabling clients to build strong, valued brands.
NetGenesis
Venture Round in 1995
Net.Genesis Corp. provides software and professional services that help its customers understand, analyze and improve their online businesses.
Its software enables companies to collect, store, organize, and analyze detailed information about the online behavior of customers and other visitors on their web sites. Net.Genesis software also enables its customers to import and analyze information about e-customers from other online and off-line software systems and databases. In addition, the company offers professional services including strategic analytic consulting, product implementation, application integration, training programs, and technical support services. The company markets its products and related services in United States, Europe, and Australia. It was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
As of December 21, 2001, net.Genesis Corp. was acquired by SPSS Inc.
Covario is a provider of SaaS-based interactive marketing analytics solutions, specializing in search and content marketing. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio that includes tools for paid search advertising and organic search engine optimization, enabling global organizations to optimize their marketing strategies. Covario's Paid Search Insight allows businesses to enhance their paid search campaigns across various search engines and target demographics, while its Organic Search Insight helps companies create optimized content to improve search rankings. By serving complex and distributed organizations, Covario facilitates brand integrity, budget transparency, and measurable results across multiple business units and channels. The company has been recognized as a leading independent search marketing provider, having earned accolades such as the Search Agency of the Year multiple times.
Eat Mubarak is a company that specializes in empowering restaurants by providing a digital platform for food ordering and marketing. It has developed a food delivery application that facilitates online restaurant discovery, allowing users to search for and find nearby restaurants. The application features a user-friendly interface where individuals can browse through restaurant menus, view photos, and read user reviews and ratings. This comprehensive approach enables users to easily explore dining options and streamline the food ordering process, enhancing the overall customer experience while supporting restaurants in building their digital presence.