AOL

AOL is a global advertising-supported web company known for its extensive display advertising network in the United States and a diverse portfolio of popular web brands and products. The company serves a substantial worldwide audience and has a significant presence in Europe through its Aol Europe segment. One of its notable offerings is AOL Lifestream, a web-based application that enables users to track and manage their social media interactions by allowing them to publish statuses and respond to comments across multiple platforms from a single interface. This service enhances user engagement by streamlining interactions with various social networks.

Steve Case

Co-Founder

Britney Burley

SVP, Head of Corporate Development and Strategic Partnerships

140 past transactions

Bellabeat

Venture Round in 2018
Bellabeat, Inc. is a wellness technology company focused on developing products specifically for women. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a range of health tracking devices, including the Leaf, Ivy, and various accessories, which allow users to monitor their sleep, activity, and reproductive health across different life stages. With a strong emphasis on design and functionality, Bellabeat has gained recognition as a leading brand in the femtech sector, providing hyper-personalized wellness solutions that align with women’s menstrual cycles. In addition to its product offerings, Bellabeat operates a research platform that evaluates wellness techniques and products, enabling users to share encrypted data and gain personalized insights. The company distributes its products through independent stores, resellers, and online channels, contributing to its rapid growth and international expansion.

Holisto

Seed Round in 2017
Holisto is an online hotel booking platform that leverages technology to offer customers access to better deals on lodging. By analyzing a vast array of information from various brokers, agents, and hotels, Holisto provides travelers with optimized pricing options that go beyond traditional rates offered by travel suppliers. The platform innovatively splits reservations into smaller units and creates unique packages, allowing users to find attractive deals tailored to their needs. This approach not only enhances travel experiences but also helps customers save money while planning their trips.

Crunchbase

Series B in 2017
Crunchbase is a comprehensive platform that assists over 80 million investors, analysts, and dealmakers in identifying and acting on private market opportunities through detailed analysis of company activities. It enables users to discover significant companies via its homepage, Crunchbase Scout, and search functionalities. The platform offers proprietary predictions and insights on organizational profiles, facilitating informed decision-making. Additionally, Crunchbase enhances team efficiency with various features such as data exports, administrative tools, and integrations. By providing unique private company intelligence, Crunchbase bridges the gap between data access and actionable business decisions, ultimately supporting users in navigating the complexities of the investment landscape.

Nito

Acquisition in 2016
NITO leverages advanced, patent-pending facial mapping technology and applies it to avatars. This allows anyone in the world, with only a few seconds calibration, to animate and control an avatar with their personal facial expressions, mannerisms and movements. People can communicate, role-play and have fun with characters of their choice while bringing their own unique gestures to the avatar. NITO blends reality and the virtual world in real time.

Shoppimon

Venture Round in 2016
Shoppimon, Ltd. is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in performance management solutions for e-commerce Magento stores. Founded in 2012, Shoppimon offers a platform designed to help online store owners identify and resolve issues that hinder customer conversions. The platform provides real-time notifications about site problems and contextualizes these issues to highlight their impact on sales. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Shoppimon enables users to monitor their store's performance against industry benchmarks, track trends over time, and meet critical performance targets with minimal setup and integration time. This comprehensive approach allows clients to improve their online shopping experience, thereby increasing revenue and reducing customer loss.

AlephD

Acquisition in 2016
AlephD specializes in providing real-time bidding solutions for online publishers, enhancing their revenue generation capabilities. Founded in 2012 by a former executive from Criteo and two experienced data scientists, the company offers innovative algorithms that predict auction performance just before each impression is served. By applying these algorithms to billions of auction logs, AlephD can optimize selling strategies to attract the most relevant buyers at optimal prices, resulting in potential revenue increases of up to 30% for its clients. The company's technology includes InstantPredict and InventoryLab, which integrate data analysis and business intelligence tools to support publishers in their decision-making processes. AlephD aims to equip publishers with advanced technological capabilities similar to those of top-tier advertisers, fostering a more equitable environment in the real-time bidding market and creating new opportunities for both buyers and sellers.

Circulate

Venture Round in 2015
Circulate, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that specializes in developing a data supply side platform (DSSP) tailored for the data, advertising, technology, and publishing sectors. The company focuses on assisting publishers, networks, and SDK providers in optimizing their first-party data monetization strategies through a straightforward integration that prioritizes privacy. Circulate enhances targeting and media attribution by enabling industry partners to leverage match Data as a Service. This capability empowers marketers and their agencies to deliver a cohesive consumer experience, accurately attribute marketing success, prioritize investments, expand their reach, and personalize content effectively.

Millennial Media

Acquisition in 2015
Millennial Media Inc. is a prominent provider of mobile advertising solutions, catering to advertisers and developers in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the company offers a range of services that enable advertisers to effectively reach and engage their target audiences across various mobile devices. Its offerings include a demand-side platform for direct inventory access, a premium mobile advertising exchange, and tools for designing advertisements. Millennial Media also supports developers with software development kits for various ad formats, ad serving capabilities, and mediation tools that optimize ad requests from multiple sources. Additionally, the company operates MYDAS, a mobile advertising technology that identifies unique users and tailors ad delivery based on interests and behaviors. Millennial Media serves a significant portion of leading advertisers and is recognized for providing an attractive monetization platform for app developers and publishers.

Kanvas Labs

Acquisition in 2015
Kanvas Labs, Inc. is a mobile social networking platform that allows users to create and share social photo stories centered around real-world experiences. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, the company offers a product called Kanvas, which enables users to create engaging content utilizing photos, videos, gifs, and custom stop motion animation. Users can enhance their creations with text, stickers, overlays, drawings, and music before sharing them with friends and followers across various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Originally known as Tracks Media, Inc., Kanvas Labs operates as a subsidiary of AOL Inc. and focuses on fostering micro-social networks that connect users through shared visual narratives.

Docady

Seed Round in 2015
Docady is a mobile application that provides a secure and user-friendly platform for managing important documents for individuals and families. It utilizes cloud-based technology to automatically identify and categorize essential documents by accessing the services used by the customer. This makes it easier for users to organize, manage, and store their documents efficiently. Docady aims to streamline document management, ensuring that crucial information is easily accessible and well-organized.

velos

Acquisition in 2015
Sociocast’s Big Data platform provides businesses with predictive analytics for their high volume, time-ordered data sets. Our first solution is focused on the Advertising & Media vertical where we help data aggregators, ad networks, and ad agencies maximize the utilization of their first-party, proprietary data for advertising and media initiatives. We are integrated with 10+ companies ranging from web to mobile data owners and have shown great results in market

Sociocast

Acquisition in 2015
Sociocast makes it easy for companies to quickly deploy, business-impacting predictive analytics. Working across various verticals and platforms, Sociocast has reinvented the way companies can extract insights from rapidly evolving data. The company’s groundbreaking technology allows businesses to access enterprise-grade prediction at a fraction of the cost of existing solutions, while saving time.

Vidible

Acquisition in 2014
Vidible is a multi-platform, programmatic video exchange platform for discovering and distributing video content. It is now integrated into ONE by AOL. AOL Platforms enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile, and TV through premium experiences, programmatic buying, and performance-driven campaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers, and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online.

PrecisionDemand

Acquisition in 2014
PrecisionDemand, formerly Lucid Commerce, is an early stage company and television media agency based in Seattle and New York. PrecisionDemand applies sophisticated analytic techniques to cost-efficiently target more impressions on advertisers' best prospects. Using their cutting-edge technology platform, PrecisionDemand is able to precision-target the TV audience and quantify the impact these targeted impressions are having on sales. This targeting leverages many hundreds of individual and household demographic and behavioral attributes. Through their revolutionary Buyometric targeting system, PrecisionDemand has been able to decrease their clients' cost-per-sale by over 25% while predicting sales volumes through multiple channels with over 95% accuracy. The PrecisionDemand team is made up of industry leading experts in media, technology, and data mining.

Convertro

Acquisition in 2014
Convertro is a company that specializes in measuring and optimizing advertising campaign effectiveness through cross-channel attribution, integrating both online and traditional media channels. By using advanced algorithmic attribution models, Convertro analyzes marketing costs and conversion data, including in-store metrics, to provide clients with actionable recommendations for reallocating their marketing budgets. This approach enables businesses to shift their spending from unprofitable sources to more profitable ones across various marketing channels, including online platforms like PPC, SEO, and social media, as well as offline channels such as television, radio, and direct mail. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Convertro also has offices in New York and Israel.

Scoutmob

Series B in 2014
Scoutmob is an Atlanta-based curated ecommerce site of more than 1,000 independent US makers and their 10,000+ products. Our primary channels of business are our own site, our wholesale program, and our retail partnerships, which include Target, Amazon, and URBN. Over the last four years, we’ve developed a proprietary marketing and distribution platform which allows us to promote our products across a wide array of partners, capitalizing on the ever-increasing appetite for authentic, distinctive, handcrafted goods that purveys the current retail landscape. In the process, we’ve refined the noise and clutter of large open marketplaces (e.g., Etsy) by creating a lifestyle-branded retail concept (think West Elm, Anthropologie) that’s composed entirely of goods produced by America’s independent makers. Our most popular categories include home décor, small-batch edibles, art, apparel, jewelry, and accessories.

Shoppimon

Seed Round in 2014
Shoppimon, Ltd. is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in performance management solutions for e-commerce Magento stores. Founded in 2012, Shoppimon offers a platform designed to help online store owners identify and resolve issues that hinder customer conversions. The platform provides real-time notifications about site problems and contextualizes these issues to highlight their impact on sales. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Shoppimon enables users to monitor their store's performance against industry benchmarks, track trends over time, and meet critical performance targets with minimal setup and integration time. This comprehensive approach allows clients to improve their online shopping experience, thereby increasing revenue and reducing customer loss.

Spree Commerce

Series A in 2014
At Spree Commerce, our mission is to empower the world’s sellers. Spree Commerce began as an open source e-commerce platform in 2008. The modular platform allows for easy customizations and upgrades so developers and store owners can configure Spree for their specific needs. Spree’s vibrant, international community has been an important factor in the company’s success. Almost 500 developers have contributed to the Spree platform, and it is now one of the top open source projects in the world. In 2013, the company launched the Spree Commerce hub. The hub automates backend operations for storefronts using any platform, not just Spree, including stores operated by some of the world’s largest e-commerce retailers.

Vungle

Series B in 2014
Vungle, Inc. operates a performance marketing platform focused on in-app video advertisements for mobile businesses, advertisers, and publishers globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in major cities including London, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore, Vungle aims to connect advertisers with high-value users through engaging video ads. The company provides a range of services, including creative and lifetime value (LTV) optimization technologies, programmatic buying solutions for agencies, and mobile attribution tools that help users assess the effectiveness of their ad campaigns. By leveraging its innovative technologies and insights, Vungle allows publishers to monetize their applications effectively while delivering high-definition video ads to target audiences.

Gravity

Acquisition in 2014
Gravity is a company focused on enhancing user experiences through advanced personalization technology. It employs a proprietary Interest Graph that analyzes individual user preferences and interactions, allowing websites and applications to adapt and provide tailored recommendations. This technology aims to optimize engagement by understanding users' interests and adjusting content accordingly. Additionally, Gravity is committed to social responsibility, providing basic services to marginalized communities in Mexico, thereby addressing both technological innovation and community needs.

Sailthru

Series C in 2013
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

ActionX

Series A in 2013
The ActionX platform connects the dots between mobile customer acquisition and mobile retargeting to drive transactions and maximize customer lifetime value.

Adap.tv

Acquisition in 2013
Adap.tv, now a part of ONE by AOL, is transforming the way programmatic video advertising is bought and sold. AOL Platforms enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile and TV through premium experiences, programmatic buying and performance-driven campaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online. For more information, please visit onebyaol.com, or follow AOL Platforms on Twitter @AOLPlatforms, Facebook at facebook.com/aolplatforms and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/organization/aolplatforms.

Vungle

Series A in 2013
Vungle, Inc. operates a performance marketing platform focused on in-app video advertisements for mobile businesses, advertisers, and publishers globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in major cities including London, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore, Vungle aims to connect advertisers with high-value users through engaging video ads. The company provides a range of services, including creative and lifetime value (LTV) optimization technologies, programmatic buying solutions for agencies, and mobile attribution tools that help users assess the effectiveness of their ad campaigns. By leveraging its innovative technologies and insights, Vungle allows publishers to monetize their applications effectively while delivering high-definition video ads to target audiences.

Solve Media

Series B in 2013
Solve Media, Inc. is an advertising company that specializes in providing a digital media platform designed for publishers, advertisers, and agencies. The company offers various advertising solutions, including online and mobile formats such as CAPTCHA, display ads, videos, and skippable pre-rolls. These services aim to enhance brand engagement and improve key performance metrics like message delivery, recall rates, and return on investment for advertisers. Additionally, Solve Media's platform serves to protect website publishers from automated submissions and fraudulent activities. Founded in 2009 and originally known as AdCopy, Inc., the company rebranded to Solve Media in 2010 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in major cities including New York, Chicago, and London. Since 2015, Solve Media has operated as a subsidiary of Adiant.

Aiguarentacar

Acquisition in 2013
Aiguarentacar Rent-A-Car offers many locations throughout the Alghero area, including both airport and neighborhood car rental

SocialFlow

Series B in 2013
SocialFlow, Inc. is a New York-based software company that specializes in social media distribution and monetization solutions tailored for publishers and media organizations. Established in 2009, SocialFlow's platform employs advanced algorithms to optimize post timing, relevance, and audience targeting. It identifies high-performing content for amplification through advertising, integrates these posts into platform-specific ad formats, and continuously analyzes audience responses to enhance engagement. The company's technology is utilized by numerous journalists and media companies, allowing them to effectively distribute compelling social content and generate new revenue streams. With a client roster that includes prominent organizations such as Condé Nast, CNN, and the BBC, SocialFlow leverages the vast reach of social networks to maximize the impact of editorial content.

TastemakerX

Series B in 2013
TastemakerX is a music-discovery platform that allows users to explore, listen to, and share their musical tastes with an online community. The application enables music lovers to curate collections of their favorite artists and discover new music by browsing the selections of others. Users can engage with artists through various services such as Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTube, and more, creating a comprehensive and interactive experience. TastemakerX aims to revitalize the joy of music discovery by fostering connections among users, much like the passionate recommendations from record store clerks and music critics. The platform's latest version, TastemakerX 2.0, was launched in September 2013, enhancing its capabilities for both iOS and web users.

gdgt

Acquisition in 2013
gdgt (parent company: PastFuture) is a consumer electronics site by [Peter Rojas](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/peter-rojas) and [Ryan Block](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ryan-block). Rojas was the founding editor of [Engadget](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/engadget) and Gizmodo and Block was editor-in-chief of Engadget.

Sailthru

Series B in 2013
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

Scoutmob

Venture Round in 2012
Scoutmob is an Atlanta-based curated ecommerce site of more than 1,000 independent US makers and their 10,000+ products. Our primary channels of business are our own site, our wholesale program, and our retail partnerships, which include Target, Amazon, and URBN. Over the last four years, we’ve developed a proprietary marketing and distribution platform which allows us to promote our products across a wide array of partners, capitalizing on the ever-increasing appetite for authentic, distinctive, handcrafted goods that purveys the current retail landscape. In the process, we’ve refined the noise and clutter of large open marketplaces (e.g., Etsy) by creating a lifestyle-branded retail concept (think West Elm, Anthropologie) that’s composed entirely of goods produced by America’s independent makers. Our most popular categories include home décor, small-batch edibles, art, apparel, jewelry, and accessories.

Metamarkets

Series B in 2012
Metamarkets is an interactive analytics platform designed for the programmatic advertising sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company provides users with real-time analysis of media marketplaces, empowering both buyers and sellers to enhance their business performance. Metamarkets' platform facilitates ad hoc data navigation and visualization, enabling marketers to gain insights quickly and effectively. Among its clientele are notable companies in the digital advertising space, such as Twitter, AOL, and Rubicon Project. The platform emphasizes security through SSL-encrypted data transfers and offers self-service permissions, ensuring that users can access and manage their data efficiently.

Hipster

Acquisition in 2012
Hipster is a company that offers a web platform enabling users to share their locations and activities in real-time through photographic postcards. Founded in 2010 by Doug Ludlow, Ethan Czahor, and Steffen Hoffman, the company is based in SOMA, San Francisco. Users can send these postcards from their iPhones and Android devices, which become permanently linked to the locations from which they were sent, creating a visual public record that remains accessible to future visitors. By combining social networking with location-based services, Hipster aims to enhance the way people interact with their surroundings and share experiences.

ActionX

Seed Round in 2012
The ActionX platform connects the dots between mobile customer acquisition and mobile retargeting to drive transactions and maximize customer lifetime value.

TastemakerX

Series A in 2012
TastemakerX is a music-discovery platform that allows users to explore, listen to, and share their musical tastes with an online community. The application enables music lovers to curate collections of their favorite artists and discover new music by browsing the selections of others. Users can engage with artists through various services such as Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTube, and more, creating a comprehensive and interactive experience. TastemakerX aims to revitalize the joy of music discovery by fostering connections among users, much like the passionate recommendations from record store clerks and music critics. The platform's latest version, TastemakerX 2.0, was launched in September 2013, enhancing its capabilities for both iOS and web users.

appssavvy

Series A in 2011
appssavvy is a technology company with the mission of rethinking the delivery and reception of web and mobile advertising. Focused on activity, appssavvy redefines how brands reach consumers, creates native ad experiences for publishers, and most importantly, improves advertising through data and insights about real-time behavior.

Welcome

Series A in 2011
Welcome, a brand under NewsCred, is a leading marketing orchestration platform designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing teams. It enables ambitious brands to align their efforts seamlessly, simplify execution, and achieve measurable outcomes. Welcome addresses the complexities of modern marketing by providing a scalable solution that accommodates large teams and integrates with various marketing technology tools. The platform empowers marketers to collaborate effectively, plan and manage campaigns, and elevate overall performance, making it a preferred choice for many of the world's top brands.

Impermium

Series A in 2011
Impermium is a cybersecurity technology startup that specializes in protecting online businesses from cybercrime. With a focus on real-time monitoring, the company has developed an advanced risk-evaluation platform that helps identify fraudulent registrations, compromised logins, and risky transactions. It serves over 1.5 million sites and has processed more than 8 billion transactions in its short history. By utilizing a combination of machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and a proprietary database of malicious actors, Impermium effectively stops fraudulent user account registrations in real time. This technology is particularly beneficial for large consumer Internet companies, enabling them to eliminate fraud and web abuse while enhancing overall account management.

Spree Commerce

Seed Round in 2011
At Spree Commerce, our mission is to empower the world’s sellers. Spree Commerce began as an open source e-commerce platform in 2008. The modular platform allows for easy customizations and upgrades so developers and store owners can configure Spree for their specific needs. Spree’s vibrant, international community has been an important factor in the company’s success. Almost 500 developers have contributed to the Spree platform, and it is now one of the top open source projects in the world. In 2013, the company launched the Spree Commerce hub. The hub automates backend operations for storefronts using any platform, not just Spree, including stores operated by some of the world’s largest e-commerce retailers.

Sailthru

Series A in 2011
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

Apteligent

Seed Round in 2011
Apteligent, Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile application intelligence solutions, providing tools for real-time data collection and reporting. Its offerings include Userflows, which connect user experiences with business metrics, and a Crash Reporting solution that identifies and monitors application errors to mitigate user impact. Additionally, Apteligent provides Service Monitoring to analyze the performance of service and API metrics. The platform supports various mobile operating systems, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Hybrid, and HTML5 applications. Its solutions cater to businesses across multiple industries, including finance, retail, travel, media, and gaming. Formerly known as Crittercism, Apteligent was established in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. As of 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Impermium

Seed Round in 2011
Impermium is a cybersecurity technology startup that specializes in protecting online businesses from cybercrime. With a focus on real-time monitoring, the company has developed an advanced risk-evaluation platform that helps identify fraudulent registrations, compromised logins, and risky transactions. It serves over 1.5 million sites and has processed more than 8 billion transactions in its short history. By utilizing a combination of machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and a proprietary database of malicious actors, Impermium effectively stops fraudulent user account registrations in real time. This technology is particularly beneficial for large consumer Internet companies, enabling them to eliminate fraud and web abuse while enhancing overall account management.

OpenX

Series D in 2011
OpenX Limited, based in Pasadena, California, specializes in digital advertising technology that aids businesses in managing ad revenue. Through its advanced platform, OpenX empowers brands to effectively reach their target audiences across various connected screens and ad formats. The company operates one of the world's largest and highest quality ad exchanges, where it aggregates and curates consumer interest in real time. This capability allows OpenX to serve over 30,000 recognized brands, more than 1,200 websites, and over 2,000 premium mobile apps. By providing insights into audience engagement, OpenX enables clients to optimize their advertising strategies and navigate the complexities of the open web efficiently.

SocialFlow

Series A in 2011
SocialFlow, Inc. is a New York-based software company that specializes in social media distribution and monetization solutions tailored for publishers and media organizations. Established in 2009, SocialFlow's platform employs advanced algorithms to optimize post timing, relevance, and audience targeting. It identifies high-performing content for amplification through advertising, integrates these posts into platform-specific ad formats, and continuously analyzes audience responses to enhance engagement. The company's technology is utilized by numerous journalists and media companies, allowing them to effectively distribute compelling social content and generate new revenue streams. With a client roster that includes prominent organizations such as Condé Nast, CNN, and the BBC, SocialFlow leverages the vast reach of social networks to maximize the impact of editorial content.

Outside.in

Acquisition in 2011
New York-based [Outside.in](http://www.outside.in) is an aggregator aimed at creating a place for neighborhoods to share and explore different information. They attempt to do for blogging "what [Google](http://www.google.com) local search has done for the web." Outside.in makes local blogs the focal point of information access, rather than forums or reviews.Primary funding for Outside.in comes from a series of angels as well as a few VC firms. Those firms include Union Square Ventures, Milestone Venture Partners, and Village Ventures.

HuffPost

Acquisition in 2011
HuffPost is an online news provider and blog that offers coverage of U.S. politics, entertainment, style, world news, technology, and comedy. It is comprised of 80,000 bloggers and 126 million monthly visitors. In 2012, HuffPost became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. It was launched in 2005 and is based in New York, N.Y.

goviral

Acquisition in 2011
Goviral is a U.K.-based video platform for brands that create, syndicate, and measure contents and campaigns.

Crunched

Seed Round in 2011
Crunched is a presentation and analytics platform that helps business professionals close more deals with deeper insights into their customers. Crunched shows you who your most valuable customers are so you can prioritize the right people at the right time with the right solution.

about.me

Acquisition in 2010
about.me is a platform for representing personal identity online. The service allows users to create and maintain a curated page for self-expression. about.me pages offer features including bios, contact information and buttons that link to social network content, including [Facebook](/organization/facebook), [LinkedIn](/organization/linkedin), [Twitter](/organization/twitter), WordPress, [Instagram](/organization/instagram) and more. Users can customize their profile with personal photos, custom backdrops, colors and fonts to further express their personality. Additional features including Collections, Replies, Compliments, Invite Friends, Search and more allow users to connect and further engage with others through the platform. about.me was founded in 2010 by CEO Tony Conrad, CPO Ryan Freitas and Tim Young. In February 2013, about.me was bought back from AOL by founders Tony Conrad and Ryan Freitas along with the about.me management team.

Pictela

Acquisition in 2010
Pictela is a provider of a high-definition content marketing platform that specializes in delivering video, photos, and applications for online advertising and social media. The company is integrated into ONE by AOL, which allows top marketers and media brands to engage consumers across various platforms, including desktop, mobile, and television. Through its services, Pictela aims to enhance the effectiveness of advertising campaigns by focusing on premium experiences and programmatic buying, positioning itself as a key partner for publishers, advertisers, and agencies looking to optimize their brand value in the digital landscape.

Unblab

Acquisition in 2010
Unblab creates Artificial Intelligence to solve big problems. Today we’re solving Email Overload by helping Gmail users quickly find their most important emails. Unblab is an angel-funded company located in Research Triangle, NC. Unblab’s first product is Gtriage, an email overload solution for your Gmail or Google Apps inbox. Gtriage is a fast, easy way to manage Email Overload. It automatically learns which emails are important to you and then simply labels them "Important!". Gtriage gives you all the benefits of organized email - without any of the work.

Bitly

Series B in 2010
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage, shorten, and optimize their links across various channels. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver, Bitly offers tools for tracking link performance, gathering audience insights, and measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. The platform supports branded links that enhance brand visibility and employs HTTP 301 redirects, allowing companies to use custom domains for shortened links. By providing a comprehensive solution for omnichannel campaign tracking, Bitly helps brands improve customer engagement and optimize their marketing strategies. The company serves a global clientele through a network of representatives and offers browser plug-ins and software applications for easy access to its services.

TechCrunch

Acquisition in 2010
TechCrunch is an online magazine that focuses on technology news, analysis, and opinions. Established in June 2005, it is dedicated to profiling and reviewing emerging Internet products and startups, while also covering established companies that significantly influence the technology landscape. The platform serves as a prominent source for breaking news in the tech industry, offering insights into trends, innovations, and the dynamics of the startup ecosystem. TechCrunch aims to provide comprehensive information that helps readers understand the rapidly evolving world of technology and entrepreneurship.

5min Media

Acquisition in 2010
5min Media operates a leading syndication platform specializing in lifestyle, knowledge, and instructional videos. By reinventing the concept of a cable network in the online space, 5min effectively connects with engaged audiences across hundreds of lifestyle and niche websites. The platform boasts a diverse library of over 200,000 short-form videos sourced from prominent media companies and innovative independent producers. Its extensive content spans various categories, including arts, automobiles, business, fitness, food, health, sports, technology, and more, allowing users to access high-quality information and enhance their learning experiences.

20x200

Series A in 2010
20x200 is a NYC-based e-commerce site that transforms design-minded consumers into art collectors. The site features a curated selection of affordable, limited-edition, exhibition-quality prints, which are delivered with artist-signed certificates of authenticity. Working directly with hundreds of artists—emerging, established and legendary—they release new, exclusive editions each week at prices ranging from $24 to $10,000.

Schematic Labs

Seed Round in 2010
Schematic Labs is a mobile technology company focused on creating entertainment applications for Android and iOS devices. Specializing in mobile social entertainment, the company develops software that allows users to share music and engage with others in a social context. Through its innovative applications, Schematic Labs aims to enhance the way users experience and interact with music on their mobile devices.

Sailthru

Seed Round in 2010
Sailthru, Inc. is a marketing technology platform that focuses on consumer interest-based strategies for middle market and enterprise companies. Established in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in helping modern marketers acquire, grow, and retain customers. With a portfolio managing over 1.6 billion global consumer profiles, Sailthru offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities, including high-performance email marketing, onsite personalization, and mobile marketing automation. These tools are designed to enhance revenue, improve customer lifetime value, and reduce churn. Sailthru serves a diverse range of clients, including leading publishers and rapidly growing e-commerce brands, providing them with innovative solutions to achieve their marketing goals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Campaign Monitor Pty Limited.

gdgt

Series A in 2010
gdgt (parent company: PastFuture) is a consumer electronics site by [Peter Rojas](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/peter-rojas) and [Ryan Block](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ryan-block). Rojas was the founding editor of [Engadget](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/engadget) and Gizmodo and Block was editor-in-chief of Engadget.

MMAFighting.com

Acquisition in 2009
News Site that have: News and information, including exclusive interviews with MMA stars and personalities reported by a full-time team of top MMA writers and editors, including Michael David Smith, Ariel Helwani, Michael Chiappetta, Bryan Tucker and Ray Hui; Analysis of fighters and upcoming events; Photos and exclusive videos from events; Podcasts featuring top MMA talent; Power rankings, fighter salaries, a schedule of events and the latest MMA results; MMA discussion forums for fans to discuss the latest news and events.

Patch

Acquisition in 2009
Patch is a community-specific news and information platform dedicated to providing comprehensive, hyper-localized coverage for individual towns and communities.

Emurse

Acquisition in 2009
Emurse operates an online job portal that specializes in resume management and distribution. The platform enables users to create and post their resumes, facilitating connections with potential employers. By focusing on the essential aspects of job searching, Emurse provides tools for users to effectively manage their resumes and engage in recruitment activities, thereby enhancing their visibility to hiring companies. The site aims to streamline the job search process, making it easier for individuals to present their qualifications to the right employers.

Streampad

Acquisition in 2008
Streampad is an audio player for blogs and websites that is customizable and works on numerous platforms. The company is located in the United States and it was founded by Dan Kantor in 2005.

eVoice

Acquisition in 2008
Since eVoice® was launched in 2000, we have been dedicated to helping small businesses manage calls more efficiently, maintain a professional image, and empower our customers with the freedom to work from anywhere. In short, eVoice® is a better way to connect. Cited by Inc. Magazine as one of the “Best Voicemail Management Services,” eVoice gives entrepreneurs and small businesses the flexibility they need to manage their communications on the go. Our service has been positively cited in Forbes, PC Magazine, Business Tech Edge, Fox News, Information Week, Biz Report, Tech Journal, Gigaom, and more. eVoice is powered by j2 Global, a cutting-edge provider of cloud-based, unified communications services for businesses worldwide. Formed in 1995, the j2 Global network provides a suite of virtual office solutions to over 11 million subscribers in over 4,700 cities, 49 countries and 6 continents. j2 operates other critical business communication services such as eFax (online fax), Campaigner (email marketing) and Keep it Safe (online backup).

Surphace

Acquisition in 2008
Surphace (formerly Sphere) provides contextual content tools that make connections between text, video, photos and ads. Surphace helps online publishers create a more engaging reader experience leading to longer time spent on site and increased PVs per visit along with a new incremental revenue stream. Surphace is currently integrated into over 150,000 leading sites and is live on over 1.2 Billion monthly article pages across the web. Surphace's core technology is a patent-pending process utilizing Sphere’s proprietary Content Genome.™ The Content Genome™ was developed specifically to deliver high-precision, low-cost (automated) related content delivery in dynamic online publishing and news environments. Unlike many other solutions, the Content Genome™ does not require a taxonomy or training — Surphace can index any text artifacts, or media with associated text, and generate related content out of the box. Integration time on the publishers’ side is minimal, and no additional meta-data is required. Surphace has a broad range of partners including leading A-list publishers, micro-publishers and independent blogs.

Peak Steal Buildings

Acquisition in 2008
Bebo is a social networking website launched in 2005. It now describes itself as "a company that dreams up ideas for fun social apps".

Goowy

Acquisition in 2008
Founded by four friends in 2004, Goowy Media offers free Web 2.0 products Goowy Webtop and YourMinis that let people share and communicate easily on the web. Goowy Webtop includes a comprehensive set of tools for instant messaging, e-mail, calendar, news, rss, file storage, and sharing. YourMinis, the company's other product, essentially provides users with a very personalized and integrated web homepage. Prior to Goowy, the company's founders were collectively involved in two other internet startups, eShare Technologies and eAssist Global Solutions. Sold to a public company in 1999, eShare was a highly successful company that developed chat, bulletin board, and customer service software for AOL, Lycos, and others. Their other company, eAssist, was much less successful and was sold in 2004. The founders' most recent company seems to be following a more propitious path. In March 2006, Goowy was reported to have over 100,000 registered users. Goowy has also received funding from Dallas Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban, who infuses both capital and star-power to the company.

Buy.at

Acquisition in 2008
Buy.at operates as an affiliate marketing network, connecting businesses with publishers who promote their products and services. This network enables companies to leverage affiliate partnerships to increase their reach and drive sales through performance-based marketing strategies. By facilitating relationships between advertisers and affiliates, Buy.at helps businesses tap into new customer segments while providing publishers with opportunities to earn commissions based on their marketing efforts. This model allows for a cost-effective way for brands to enhance visibility and generate revenue through targeted online marketing campaigns.

Yedda (AOL Answers)

Acquisition in 2007
Social Q&A

Quigo

Acquisition in 2007
Quigo is an ad-targeting network that specializes in contextual advertising services, catering to a range of prominent media websites such as ABCNews.com, CNNMoney.com, Forbes.com, and USAToday.com. Competing directly with Google's Adsense, Quigo provides performance-based marketing technology that includes pay-per-click, paid inclusion, and comparison shopping services for websites and advertisers. In 2007, Quigo was acquired by AOL for $340 million and became a part of its Platform-A advertising solution.

TACODA

Acquisition in 2007
Tacoda, based in New York, is a leading provider of behaviorally targeted online advertising services. The company operates TACODA Audience Networks™, allowing brand advertisers to effectively reach their desired audiences on a vast scale across over 3,000 websites. By delivering relevant advertisements to more than 130 million unique users, Tacoda simplifies the process of behaviorally targeted advertising, making it both cost-effective and efficient. The company offers various products, including Audience Point for pre-qualified audience delivery, Targeted Spectrum for optimizing against campaign objectives, and Spectrum programs that help advertisers analyze and leverage audience behaviors. Tacoda has facilitated advertising campaigns for virtually every top online advertiser, solidifying its position as a key player in the digital advertising landscape.

Advertising.com

Acquisition in 2007
ADTECH, now a part of ONE by AOL, offers an integrated ad serving platform, enabling advertisers to measure, manage and serve campaigns. AOL Platforms enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile and TV through premium experiences, programmatic buying and performance-driven campaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online. For more information, please visit www.onebyaol.com, or follow AOL Platforms on Twitter @AOLPlatforms, Facebook at facebook.com/aolplatforms and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/organization/aolplatforms.

Third Screen Media

Acquisition in 2007
Third Screen Media is Platform-A's mobile ad-serving platform and network that enables advertising on mobile devices. Its mobile solutions link advertisers, publishers and carriers on a common platform to buy and sell mobile advertising. Offering one of the world's most-respected mobile advertising networks, Third Screen Media offers best-in-class content, including [AOL's](/organization/aol) popular consumer brands and mobile applications; the largest availability of carrier on-deck mobile inventory; and a mobile network of more than 100 premium publishers representing 200+ sites. Customers and partners, including many of the world's largest marketers, agencies and media companies, rely on Third Screen Media's products and services to manage and optimize their mobile advertising campaigns.

Brightcove

Series C in 2007
Brightcove is a video technology company established in 2004 that provides cloud-based streaming solutions for a diverse range of sectors, including media, broadcasting, digital publishing, sports, entertainment, retail, and education. The company's flagship product, Brightcove Video Cloud, enables organizations to publish and distribute video content across various internet-connected devices. By leveraging innovative technologies and a robust global infrastructure, Brightcove empowers businesses in over 70 countries to enhance their engagement with audiences through professional video experiences. The company operates on a subscription-based software-as-a-service model, offering reliable customer support to ensure effective utilization of its services.

Userplane

Acquisition in 2006
Userplane, founded in 2001 and acquired by AOL in 2006, is a hosted social discovery platform that provides an integrated messaging solution for online communities. The company positions itself as a Social-as-a-Service provider, enabling partners to enhance user engagement through real-time messaging features. Userplane's platform supports live text, audio, and video communication, allowing businesses to deliver rich experiences that connect users with their community and content. As a white-label service, it offers customizable features that maintain the integrity of the customer's brand while fostering interaction. Userplane competes with other companies in the messaging space, including FlashComs, AVChat, and Meebo.

Lightningcast

Acquisition in 2006
Lightningcast is a broadband software company that provides seamless content and ad insertion; stream customization and localization; campaign management and reporting; targeting and auditing; audience measurement and analytics; streaming operations and support; media management; and other enabling technologies. Companies and partners utilizing Lightningcast's platform include AOL, Disney/ABC, NPR, MTV and others.

Truveo

Acquisition in 2006
Truveo is a video search engine acquired by AOL in January 2006. Re-launched in August of the same year, it claims to have an edge over competitors in the field of online video websites. Founded by PhDs from MIT, Truveo tackles the very difficult problem of creating metadata from video; unlike text-based content, it is very difficult to determine context of video and audio content without a human to actually view it. Truveo says it has a sharper focus on professional content: conduct a search, and commercially produced media is given priority over user-generated content. Truveo has also recently signed a deal with CBS to extend its video content capabilities to nearly 3 dozen of CBS's online radio websites. Some (of the many) competitors include: [YouTube](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/youtube), [SlapVid](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/slapvid), [Vimeo](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vimeo), and [VideoEgg](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/videoegg).

Brightcove

Series B in 2005
Brightcove is a video technology company established in 2004 that provides cloud-based streaming solutions for a diverse range of sectors, including media, broadcasting, digital publishing, sports, entertainment, retail, and education. The company's flagship product, Brightcove Video Cloud, enables organizations to publish and distribute video content across various internet-connected devices. By leveraging innovative technologies and a robust global infrastructure, Brightcove empowers businesses in over 70 countries to enhance their engagement with audiences through professional video experiences. The company operates on a subscription-based software-as-a-service model, offering reliable customer support to ensure effective utilization of its services.

Wildseed

Acquisition in 2005
Mobile technology startup, launched cellular handset platform that won the 2004 CES Design & Engineering Showcase Award.

Xdrive

Acquisition in 2005
Xdrive Technologies Inc. is a privately held company based in Santa Monica that specializes in digital asset management, online storage, and file sharing services. The company offers infrastructure software and services tailored for Internet information management, catering to the large-scale needs of service providers and their clients. By focusing on efficient data handling and storage solutions, Xdrive aims to enhance the management and accessibility of digital assets for various businesses.

MailBlocks

Acquisition in 2005
Mailblocks was a web-based email provider that highlighted its anti-spam technology, enabled by whitelisting a user's contact list and challenging all other incoming addresses.

KAYAK

Series B in 2004
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Advertising.com

Acquisition in 2004
Advertising.com, now a part of ONE by AOL, enables marketers to reach consumers via programmatic buying and performance-driven campaigns. AOL Platforms enables the world's top marketers and media brands to reach consumers across desktop, mobile, tablet and TVs through premium experiences, programmatic buying and performance-driven campaigns. It is the global partner of choice for leading publishers, advertisers and agencies seeking to maximize the value of their brands online. For more information, please visit www.onebyaol.com, or follow AOL Platforms on Twitter @AOLPlatforms, Facebook at facebook.com/aolplatforms and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/organization/aolplatforms.

KAYAK

Series A in 2004
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Singing Fish

Acquisition in 2003
Singing Fish was an audio/video search engine that powered Windows Media Player search. SingingFish was acquired by AOL in 2003.

Mozilla

Venture Round in 2003
Mozilla is a nonprofit organization founded in 1998, dedicated to promoting an open and accessible internet. Its primary product is the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which provides users with features like syncing and private browsing across various devices, including web, iOS, and Android. In addition to Firefox, Mozilla develops other internet solutions such as Thunderbird, an email application, and experimental tools like Raindrop and Rainbow, which focus on messaging and multimedia capabilities. The organization fosters a global community of volunteers and advocates who contribute to its mission by developing software, teaching digital literacy, and organizing campaigns for internet openness. Mozilla's initiatives aim to connect leaders in the open internet movement and engage citizens in advocacy efforts, ultimately striving to ensure that users remain at the forefront of web innovation and control.

Codeonline

Series B in 2002
Codeonline Ltd., a developer of interactive mobile entertainment, and Springtoys, a developer of wireless gaming technology, have agreed to merge to create what they claim will be the world’s largest wireless entertainment company. Under the terms of the agreement, the merger will be carried out through a share swap.

Moxi Digital

Venture Round in 2002
Moxi Digital, Inc. is a home-entertainment platform company, designs software and hardware for cable and satellite set-top boxes. Founded in January 2000 by WebTV(R) creator Steve Perlman, Moxi Digital, Inc. is focused delivering a total home entertainment solution that enhances and simplifies the consumer experience, while providing new revenue opportunities for broadband operators. The Company will fulfill this promise by providing advanced platforms, products and enabling technologies to broadband network operators such as cable, satellite and DSL providers. Moxi can provide a complete end-to-end solution including both hardware and software or specific components that are integrated into existing cable and satellite systems. The Company's first all-in-one home entertainment platform, the Moxi Media Center, is a combination digital set-top box, video and music jukebox, media server, and Internet gateway and firewall. Through this device, which costs about the same as a basic digital set-top box in a typical home configuration, operators can deliver revenue-generating video, music and data applications to subscribers. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the privately-held start-up has attracted $67 million in Series A financing from America Online, Cisco Systems, EchoStar Communications, Mayfield, Vulcan Ventures, The Barksdale Group, The Washington Post Company and Macromedia Ventures.

SkyPilot Networks

Series B in 2001
SkyPilot Networks is a prominent provider of broadband wireless equipment designed for service providers, municipalities, and public safety agencies to efficiently deploy various network services. These services include last-mile Internet access, voice over IP, Wi-Fi hotspots, and video surveillance. The company's innovative solution employs a patented multi-hop point-to-multipoint architecture that enhances reach, reduces interference, and optimizes spectral efficiency. This technology results in a scalable, reliable, and deterministic broadband wireless network that simplifies design, increases deployment flexibility, and lowers both equipment and operational costs. SkyPilot's products include the SkyPilot Connector Mini and Pro, which offer cost-effective customer premises equipment for long-range connectivity, and the SkyPilot EMS, an element management system that aids in the deployment and management of wireless mesh networks. With a proven track record, SkyPilot has delivered its systems to customers in over 50 countries and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Amazon

Post in 2001
Amazon is a leading online marketplace that offers a diverse range of products, including electronics, books, apparel, and household items. The company is known for its extensive logistics and delivery network, which enables efficient shipping and timely delivery to customers. In addition to its retail operations, Amazon also provides computer processing and data preparation services, particularly through its European division. This combination of e-commerce and technology services positions Amazon as a multifaceted business with a significant impact on both consumer shopping and digital infrastructure.
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