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Allstar is a video gaming platform that aims to democratize gaming content by empowering gamers to create and share professional-quality short-form videos. Through its advanced creator tools and infrastructure, Allstar enables users to easily capture, personalize, and distribute their best gaming and esports moments as high-quality "snackable" videos across various platforms and devices. This innovative approach allows gamers to take center stage in their own content, fostering a creative community where gaming experiences can be showcased and celebrated.

Rodeo creates application software that helps users discover the best moments to connect and strengthen friendships

222 operates as a consumer marketplace that enhances in-person social experiences at local venues. The company has developed a platform that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to connect individuals based on shared interests and preferences. By utilizing a survey to gather insights about users' tastes, 222 enables customers to discover and participate in social events, fostering meaningful connections and networks. This focus on facilitating chance encounters and social interactions positions 222 as a unique player in the market of social engagement.

Slate, Ltd. is a content creation platform designed for social media, offering a range of tools such as custom fonts, colors, filters, graphics, and animations through a mobile application. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the platform facilitates brand management and content creation specifically for teams, enabling them to maintain brand consistency across their social media posts. Slate's user-friendly interface allows organizations to produce and share on-brand content efficiently on various platforms, including Instagram stories. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach, having been listed as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2022, and is utilized by prominent brands like the NFL, VISA, and Budweiser.

Revel.xyz is a Web3 personal media collecting and trading platform, forming communities around shared assets and people.

Proxi powers the future of personalized navigation. Today, Proxi's no-code mapping software makes mapping and crowdsourcing geographic recommendations accessible to everyone. Local experts and influencers use Proxi to create, customize and embed highly interactive maps into their social media accounts, websites, and apps. Enabling and hosting this curated content will power future tech-enabled, location-based experiences.

Serif is a digital community connecting LGBTQ+ people through virtual experiences. Serif supports real-time conversations and allows to share experiences, thereby enabling users to connect and converse with members one-on-one or in small groups and feel less isolated.

FanUp is a rapidly growing platform that caters to sports and pop culture enthusiasts, focusing on providing interactive and rewarding experiences for its users. With a significant presence on social media, including over 850 million views on TikTok and a strong following, the platform primarily attracts Gen Z and casual fans. FanUp distinguishes itself from traditional betting and fantasy apps by offering engaging, free-to-play contests that blend elements of sports and pop culture. Users can participate in various contests, including daily and season-long fantasy competitions, while competing for cash prizes and brand rewards. The platform emphasizes personalization, allowing fans to connect with their favorite athletes and celebrities through experiences like meet and greets and exclusive events. Backed by notable investors from various industries, FanUp is positioned as a unique bridge between fans, athletes, and brands, aiming to redefine the fan experience in a fun and entertaining manner.

SoWork is a virtual co-working platform that facilitates remote work for companies by providing a comprehensive virtual office environment. The platform features video, audio, chat capabilities, and various integrations, all backed by enterprise-grade security. It allows for the creation of custom maps and avatars, catering to the needs of remote, distributed, and hybrid teams. By utilizing SoWork, organizations can foster a sense of connection, energy, and innovation among their employees, ensuring that remote work does not compromise company culture.

Civis Analytics, Inc. is a data science software company that empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Civis offers a range of tools designed to enhance data analysis and audience engagement. Its Civis platform provides predictive analytics capabilities, facilitating end-to-end data science workflows. Key offerings include the Community Outreach and Engagement Hub, which assists government and nonprofit teams in effectively reaching and influencing their target audiences, and the Census Intelligence Center, a resource for supporting census efforts. Additionally, the company features tools such as the Audience Center for customer targeting, Creative Focus for message testing, and Civis Media Optimizer for optimizing TV advertising strategies. Civis Analytics also delivers consumer insights, market research, and data science consulting services, helping clients leverage data to gain a competitive edge in their operations.

Lumanu, Inc. is a digital marketing platform that facilitates connections between companies and brand ambassadors, primarily serving brand marketers, performance marketers, agency marketers, and creators. Founded in 2016 and based in Oakland, California, with an additional office in Milwaukee, the company offers a range of solutions including SocialCert, which enables influencers to share content and usage rights with marketers; Content Manager, which helps in content ingestion from influencers; and SmartBoost, which generates advertisements using influencer-created content. In addition to its marketing solutions, Lumanu provides financial management tools that simplify payment processes and compliance for creators and freelancers, enabling them to efficiently manage their business operations while fostering a supportive community.

Groovetime is a mobile app designed to enhance the experience of learning and competing in dance challenges. It provides users with real-time feedback and personalized dance feeds, making the process of improving dance skills both fun and engaging. The app fosters a safe social environment where dance enthusiasts of all levels can connect with others, share their passion, and participate in challenges that encourage growth and creativity. By combining technology with the art of dance, Groovetime aims to create a positive and interactive platform for users to enjoy and excel in their dance journey.

Primer is a company that provides audience automation, Linkedln automation, and marketing and sales automation. Primer Serve ads only to pre-qualified leads from CRM, boosts ad budget efficiency and conversion rates, and extends reach with nearly identical audiences in FB, Google, and LinkedIn.

Markable Creators specializes in transforming social media content into shoppable experiences through advanced image recognition and AI-driven technology. By utilizing computer vision and deep learning, the platform allows users to identify fashion products featured in videos and photos, seamlessly linking them to e-commerce sites for easy purchasing. With a vast inventory of 200 million SKUs, which are regularly updated to ensure availability, Markable Creators addresses the growing demand for social commerce, especially among Gen Z consumers who increasingly discover products through digital content rather than traditional retail channels. The company has established partnerships with major social media platforms in Asia and has been recognized for its innovative solutions, winning top accolades for its contributions to AI and e-commerce integration.

Civis Analytics, Inc. is a data science software company that empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Civis offers a range of tools designed to enhance data analysis and audience engagement. Its Civis platform provides predictive analytics capabilities, facilitating end-to-end data science workflows. Key offerings include the Community Outreach and Engagement Hub, which assists government and nonprofit teams in effectively reaching and influencing their target audiences, and the Census Intelligence Center, a resource for supporting census efforts. Additionally, the company features tools such as the Audience Center for customer targeting, Creative Focus for message testing, and Civis Media Optimizer for optimizing TV advertising strategies. Civis Analytics also delivers consumer insights, market research, and data science consulting services, helping clients leverage data to gain a competitive edge in their operations.

FanUp is a rapidly growing platform that caters to sports and pop culture enthusiasts, focusing on providing interactive and rewarding experiences for its users. With a significant presence on social media, including over 850 million views on TikTok and a strong following, the platform primarily attracts Gen Z and casual fans. FanUp distinguishes itself from traditional betting and fantasy apps by offering engaging, free-to-play contests that blend elements of sports and pop culture. Users can participate in various contests, including daily and season-long fantasy competitions, while competing for cash prizes and brand rewards. The platform emphasizes personalization, allowing fans to connect with their favorite athletes and celebrities through experiences like meet and greets and exclusive events. Backed by notable investors from various industries, FanUp is positioned as a unique bridge between fans, athletes, and brands, aiming to redefine the fan experience in a fun and entertaining manner.

Fan Controlled Football is the first fan-run professional sports league. From selecting the team logos, colors and head coaches to calling plays, the fans are calling the shots.

Next Big Idea Club is a subscription-based book club that aims to provide access to transformative ideas while fostering a community for discussion and collaboration. The platform serves as an online media hub, connecting readers with influential writers and thinkers. It organizes content around the creators' brands, facilitating direct interaction between readers and authors. By emphasizing high-profile thought leaders, Next Big Idea Club seeks to empower individuals to enhance their lives and environments through the exchange of innovative concepts.

Fan Controlled Football is the first fan-run professional sports league. From selecting the team logos, colors and head coaches to calling plays, the fans are calling the shots.

Brella Ltd. is a Finnish company that specializes in developing a networking platform designed for events, conferences, and live streams. Founded in 2016 and based in Jyvaskyla, Brella's application utilizes a matchmaking algorithm powered by artificial intelligence to facilitate connections among attendees. It enables professionals to discover high-value contacts, such as potential clients, colleagues, investors, and other relevant business connections, thereby enhancing their networking experiences. By streamlining the process of finding and meeting the right people at the right time, Brella aims to simplify and improve the overall effectiveness of networking at various events.

Fan Controlled Football is the first fan-run professional sports league. From selecting the team logos, colors and head coaches to calling plays, the fans are calling the shots.

influence.co, Inc. is an online platform that connects influencers, brands, marketers, talent managers, and agencies, facilitating collaboration within the influencer economy. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Melbourne, Denver, New York, and Las Vegas, the company provides a range of influencer marketing services. These services include creating public digital media kits, enabling communication among members, and allowing influencers to apply directly to brands they wish to partner with. The platform equips users with tools to showcase their work, manage campaigns, and track content performance, fostering a professional online presence for influencers and supporting their business growth through a collaborative community.

Adventr is a company that offers a cloud-based platform for creating, distributing, and analyzing interactive video content. Its flagship product is a user-friendly, drag-and-drop software that allows users to design engaging videos where viewers can make choices that influence the narrative in real-time. This interactive feature enhances viewer engagement and allows for a more personalized experience. Adventr's platform also provides users with tools to track content performance through real-time analytics, enabling them to optimize their videos based on viewer interactions. The content created can be easily embedded or shared across various online platforms and ad networks, broadening its reach and accessibility.

Stacks is a social video studio building the future of entertainment.

Capture Technologies is a technology and social media company headquartered in California, with an additional office in Moscow, Russia. The company focuses on developing its flagship product, the Capture app, which enhances social interactions through smartphone camera functionalities. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, Capture Technologies aims to create a unique user experience that blurs the lines between real-time communication and digital interaction. The app facilitates connections among users, allowing them to engage in meaningful social exchanges while utilizing the capabilities of their mobile devices.

influence.co, Inc. is an online platform that connects influencers, brands, marketers, talent managers, and agencies, facilitating collaboration within the influencer economy. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Melbourne, Denver, New York, and Las Vegas, the company provides a range of influencer marketing services. These services include creating public digital media kits, enabling communication among members, and allowing influencers to apply directly to brands they wish to partner with. The platform equips users with tools to showcase their work, manage campaigns, and track content performance, fostering a professional online presence for influencers and supporting their business growth through a collaborative community.

Markable Creators specializes in transforming social media content into shoppable experiences through advanced image recognition and AI-driven technology. By utilizing computer vision and deep learning, the platform allows users to identify fashion products featured in videos and photos, seamlessly linking them to e-commerce sites for easy purchasing. With a vast inventory of 200 million SKUs, which are regularly updated to ensure availability, Markable Creators addresses the growing demand for social commerce, especially among Gen Z consumers who increasingly discover products through digital content rather than traditional retail channels. The company has established partnerships with major social media platforms in Asia and has been recognized for its innovative solutions, winning top accolades for its contributions to AI and e-commerce integration.

Mammoth Media is redefining entertainment for the mobile-first generation. Mammoth is the first to produce, distribute and monetize original entertainment apps for the moments of micro-boredom in daily life, and in doing so, delivers revenue, brand value and data-driven insights to content owners and advertisers. Mammoth is the studio behind Yarn, the innovative micro-storytelling platform with stories delivered as text messages. Yarn has become a dominant destination for short-form storytelling with a total of 60 million stories and 8 billion messages read to date. The average user reads 4 times per day for 2 minutes per session totaling 56 minutes in their first week. Users spend 82,000 hours per week reading Yarn stories. Wishbone is Mammoth’s tap-to-vote social networking app where users generate polls and side-by-side comparisons. On Wishbone a total of 80 million cards have been created. The app has an average of 352 million votes per month and a total of 18 billion votes cast to date, reaching 2 million teen girls (12-16) every month. Both Yarn and Wishbone are consistently ranked in the Top 100 App charts in the United States and have collectively touched more than 30% of United States Generation Z and Millennials.

Songclip™ is a new licensed music format built specifically for texting, social posts, and quick communication. Songclip’s multi-patented networked product solution, the Songclip API, integrates seamlessly into social platforms, mobile apps, and virtual marketplaces to drive expression, monetization, and music streaming. Songclip operates the world’s foremost searchable library of 5-30 second meta-tagged music clips, in partnership with the music industry. For more information, visit songclip.com

Dataminr is an AI platform that detects the earliest signs of high-impact events and emerging risks from publicly available information. It discovers, distills, and delivers alerts from the increasingly diverse and complex landscape of publicly available information including social media, blogs, information sensors, and the dark web, ensuring that businesses have the knowledge they need to act with confidence.

Capture Technologies is a technology and social media company headquartered in California, with an additional office in Moscow, Russia. The company focuses on developing its flagship product, the Capture app, which enhances social interactions through smartphone camera functionalities. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, Capture Technologies aims to create a unique user experience that blurs the lines between real-time communication and digital interaction. The app facilitates connections among users, allowing them to engage in meaningful social exchanges while utilizing the capabilities of their mobile devices.

Markable Creators specializes in transforming social media content into shoppable experiences through advanced image recognition and AI-driven technology. By utilizing computer vision and deep learning, the platform allows users to identify fashion products featured in videos and photos, seamlessly linking them to e-commerce sites for easy purchasing. With a vast inventory of 200 million SKUs, which are regularly updated to ensure availability, Markable Creators addresses the growing demand for social commerce, especially among Gen Z consumers who increasingly discover products through digital content rather than traditional retail channels. The company has established partnerships with major social media platforms in Asia and has been recognized for its innovative solutions, winning top accolades for its contributions to AI and e-commerce integration.

Vertical Mass, Inc. is a data management platform based in Los Angeles that specializes in serving celebrities and companies in the music, entertainment, and sports industries. Founded in 2013, the company offers tools that enable its users to collect, manage, and securely store data about their fans across various digital channels, including social media, websites, mobile applications, e-commerce, and content streaming services. By leveraging this proprietary data, clients can gain deeper insights into their audience, enhance their marketing strategies, and effectively target fans with tailored advertising and content. Additionally, Vertical Mass supports its clients in monetizing their audience data through aggregation, selling, or licensing, thereby helping them increase revenue and improve the effectiveness of media spending.

Vertical Mass, Inc. is a data management platform based in Los Angeles that specializes in serving celebrities and companies in the music, entertainment, and sports industries. Founded in 2013, the company offers tools that enable its users to collect, manage, and securely store data about their fans across various digital channels, including social media, websites, mobile applications, e-commerce, and content streaming services. By leveraging this proprietary data, clients can gain deeper insights into their audience, enhance their marketing strategies, and effectively target fans with tailored advertising and content. Additionally, Vertical Mass supports its clients in monetizing their audience data through aggregation, selling, or licensing, thereby helping them increase revenue and improve the effectiveness of media spending.

Statisfy is a marketing technology platform that enables consumers and brands to easily ask and answer questions in a fun, addictive way. For brands, our tools provide targeted native advertisements and engagements with customers, giving insights and intelligence unavailable any other way. Statisfy entertains and delights users, while natively collecting market intelligence in an inviting cross-screen experience. Because answering questions and comparing answers is fun, easy and social, audiences freely participate - constantly offering up their opinions, preferences, in seconds. Users can instantly create a question and share it on their social touch points. Natively embedded in Statisfy are brand-created questions and we have an attractive business model on Day 1.

Dataminr is an AI platform that detects the earliest signs of high-impact events and emerging risks from publicly available information. It discovers, distills, and delivers alerts from the increasingly diverse and complex landscape of publicly available information including social media, blogs, information sensors, and the dark web, ensuring that businesses have the knowledge they need to act with confidence.