Swanston Labs
Seed Round in 2025
Swanston Labs builds data-driven solutions aimed at disrupting the convergence of media, entertainment, technology, and commerce. The company focuses on leveraging innovative technologies to address the $7 trillion global leisure spending market. Swanston Labs operates under the Swanston Organization, which also includes Swanston Family Ventures and Swanston Philanthropy, collectively advancing the mission of innovation and inclusion.
AI-powered Digital Twin Creation through Advanced 3D Scanning
Vidyard
Venture Round in 2024
Vidyard is a business-focused video platform that enhances engagement and converts views into action. It offers video hosting, management, and analytics features, helping global companies like Honeywell and Lenovo drive revenue through online video strategies.
JARS AI
Seed Round in 2024
JARS AI is a technology company that develops a web-based platform for creating personalized, interactive shows using advanced generative AI. The platform leverages multiple large language models to transform social chat prompts into short, real-time episodes, allowing users to enjoy content based on live chat submissions.
Aghanim
Seed Round in 2024
Aghanim is a company that specializes in providing an integrated commerce and live operations automation platform designed specifically for mobile game monetization. It has developed a direct-to-consumer platform that facilitates community engagement and payment solutions, empowering game developers to establish web-based game hubs. This platform enables developers to deliver personalized offers and cultivates player communities by offering meta-gaming experiences, including news updates, leaderboards, achievements, and daily rewards. Through its innovative services, Aghanim aims to enhance the gaming experience and streamline monetization for mobile game developers.
Crate is an AI-powered platform for saving, organizing, and sharing online content. The service collects data from across the internet and provides automatic sorting and categorization, along with AI-generated summaries, to help users find and use saved material. Content can be captured from anywhere via a browser extension, enabling easy access to organized information. Founded in 2021, Crate is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Alloy
Venture Round in 2022
Alloy is a technology company specializing in identity verification solutions for financial institutions. It offers an API-driven platform that simplifies fraud detection and compliance processes such as KYC, AML, and fraud prevention.
Pepper Content
Series A in 2022
Pepper Content Pvt. Ltd., established in 2017 and based in Mumbai, India, operates an online content marketplace. It connects businesses, primarily in sectors like healthcare, education, and technology, with a vast pool of skilled writers. The platform facilitates a wide range of content services, including blog writing, copywriting, and translation, tailored to clients' needs. Pepper Content does not directly engage with writers but mediates the demand and supply chain, enabling businesses to find suitable content creators for their marketing activities.
Avant Arte
Series A in 2022
Avant Arte B.V. is a digital platform based in Naarden, the Netherlands, focused on making collectible art more accessible to a new generation. Founded in 2015, the company has evolved from a blog about contemporary artists into the world's largest online art community, boasting over 2 million followers, predominantly under the age of 35. Avant Arte collaborates with renowned contemporary artists, including Jenny Holzer and Cai Guo-Qiang, to offer a range of artworks such as sculpture editions and unique prints. The platform not only allows users to buy and share art but also fosters connections among aspiring collectors, artists, and gallerists. Avant Arte's artist launches are highly sought after, often selling out within seconds, reflecting the company's success in engaging a young audience that views art collecting as akin to fashion.
MediBuddy
Series C in 2022
MediBuddy is a digital healthcare platform that facilitates access to various services such as online doctor consultations, lab tests, and medicine delivery. Its mission is to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone, anytime, anywhere.
MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.
MyGlamm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Alloy is a technology company specializing in identity verification solutions for financial institutions. It offers an API-driven platform that simplifies fraud detection and compliance processes such as KYC, AML, and fraud prevention.
MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.
MyGlamm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Pearpop is a platform facilitating collaborations between creators and their followers on social media. It enables influencers, artists, and other content creators to monetize their work by partnering with brands, thereby boosting their visibility and engagement.
Zoomin Software Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, specializes in transforming underutilized technical product content into a valuable business resource. The company's core product is an intelligent software platform that ingests diverse product content, such as manuals, API documentation, and support articles, and delivers it as a unified source of product answers across various customer touchpoints. These include documentation sites, customer service portals, and online communities. Zoomin's platform also offers detailed analytics and actionable insights, enabling businesses to enhance user engagement and provide swift, accurate product-related information.
ZoomIn is an online photo printing and gifting platform based in India that specializes in preserving personal memories through high-quality photo products. The company provides a user-friendly service that allows customers to create custom photobooks, prints, and a variety of personalized gifts including calendars, cards, and mugs. Additionally, ZoomIn offers free cloud storage for photos, which can be easily imported or exported from social media platforms. This enables users to creatively express themselves and share their memories in unique ways, all while maintaining affordability in their product offerings.
MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.
MyGlamm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
MediBuddy
Series B in 2021
MediBuddy is a digital healthcare platform that facilitates access to various services such as online doctor consultations, lab tests, and medicine delivery. Its mission is to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone, anytime, anywhere.
Pager
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pager is building a new way to capture digital experiences.
Zoomin Software Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, specializes in transforming underutilized technical product content into a valuable business resource. The company's core product is an intelligent software platform that ingests diverse product content, such as manuals, API documentation, and support articles, and delivers it as a unified source of product answers across various customer touchpoints. These include documentation sites, customer service portals, and online communities. Zoomin's platform also offers detailed analytics and actionable insights, enabling businesses to enhance user engagement and provide swift, accurate product-related information.
Zoomin
Venture Round in 2020
ZoomIn is an online photo printing and gifting platform based in India that specializes in preserving personal memories through high-quality photo products. The company provides a user-friendly service that allows customers to create custom photobooks, prints, and a variety of personalized gifts including calendars, cards, and mugs. Additionally, ZoomIn offers free cloud storage for photos, which can be easily imported or exported from social media platforms. This enables users to creatively express themselves and share their memories in unique ways, all while maintaining affordability in their product offerings.
Zoomin
Venture Round in 2020
Zoomin Software Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, specializes in transforming underutilized technical product content into a valuable business resource. The company's core product is an intelligent software platform that ingests diverse product content, such as manuals, API documentation, and support articles, and delivers it as a unified source of product answers across various customer touchpoints. These include documentation sites, customer service portals, and online communities. Zoomin's platform also offers detailed analytics and actionable insights, enabling businesses to enhance user engagement and provide swift, accurate product-related information.
Alloy is a technology company specializing in identity verification solutions for financial institutions. It offers an API-driven platform that simplifies fraud detection and compliance processes such as KYC, AML, and fraud prevention.
MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.
MyGlamm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Wildlife Studios
Series A in 2020
Wildlife Studios is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes mobile games across genres, including arcade and battle royale titles, for devices ranging from smartphones to tablets. The company focuses on product, engineering, art, marketing, and data to build skilled teams and operations in offices in Argentina, Brazil, Ireland, and the United States. Wildlife Studios strives to create games that mark a generation by delivering quality experiences and continuous updates.
Pager
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pager is building a new way to capture digital experiences.
Wildlife Studios
Series A in 2019
Wildlife Studios is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes mobile games across genres, including arcade and battle royale titles, for devices ranging from smartphones to tablets. The company focuses on product, engineering, art, marketing, and data to build skilled teams and operations in offices in Argentina, Brazil, Ireland, and the United States. Wildlife Studios strives to create games that mark a generation by delivering quality experiences and continuous updates.
Alloy is a technology company specializing in identity verification solutions for financial institutions. It offers an API-driven platform that simplifies fraud detection and compliance processes such as KYC, AML, and fraud prevention.
MyGlamm
Venture Round in 2019
MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.
MyGlamm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
KERV Interactive
Venture Round in 2019
KERV Interactive is a digital advertising platform that utilizes advanced patented technology to enhance user engagement through video content. The company has developed an AI-powered video creative technology that employs machine learning to accurately identify objects and their dimensions within video streams, mimicking human visual perception. This innovative approach allows for every frame in a digital video to become an immersive and interactive experience for consumers. By leveraging these capabilities, KERV aims to improve the performance of digital advertising, making it more effective for brands and engaging for audiences.
Light Labs Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, specializes in advancing photography through innovative technology. The company's flagship product, the Light L16 Camera, is a multi-aperture computational camera designed to deliver DSLR-quality images in a compact, pocket-sized format. By employing multiple lenses and sophisticated computational algorithms, the L16 captures high-definition photographs that combine the perspectives from several apertures simultaneously. This technology allows users to obtain a 52-megapixel image with exceptional detail and clarity, making high-quality photography more accessible to everyday users. Light's commitment to pushing the boundaries of camera technology aims to revolutionize the way individuals capture and experience photography.
Zoomin
Venture Round in 2018
Zoomin Software Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, specializes in transforming underutilized technical product content into a valuable business resource. The company's core product is an intelligent software platform that ingests diverse product content, such as manuals, API documentation, and support articles, and delivers it as a unified source of product answers across various customer touchpoints. These include documentation sites, customer service portals, and online communities. Zoomin's platform also offers detailed analytics and actionable insights, enabling businesses to enhance user engagement and provide swift, accurate product-related information.
Docent Health
Series A in 2016
Docent Health is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing software and mobile applications aimed at enhancing patient care and engagement for health systems. Its enterprise consumer engagement platform integrates digital and human interactions to provide personalized support for patients, guiding them according to their specific needs and preferences. By utilizing intelligent, real-time text messaging, Docent Health focuses on fostering lasting patient relationships and improving customer experiences. The company's approach combines insights from various industries, including retail and hospitality, to deliver customer-centric care that enhances patient satisfaction, increases customer lifetime value, and helps health systems grow their market share.
Hungama
Venture Round in 2016
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is a leading aggregator and distributor of Bollywood and South-Asian entertainment content globally. It offers a diverse range of digital services, including music, video on demand, gaming, and infotainment, catering to a wide audience across 47 countries. With partnerships with over 400 content creators, Hungama holds exclusive digital rights to millions of music and video titles, ensuring robust content availability. The company operates a premium digital entertainment storefront, Hungama.com, which provides access to music tracks, movies, and mobile content for download. Additionally, Hungama's gaming division develops content for mobile and PC, including over 100 games based on Bollywood themes. The company has also established itself as a prominent player in digital advertising, managing numerous successful campaigns for various brands. With its extensive distribution network and innovative approach, Hungama has earned nearly 100 international awards across multiple categories, solidifying its position as a key player in the digital entertainment landscape.
Vidyard is a business-focused video platform that enhances engagement and converts views into action. It offers video hosting, management, and analytics features, helping global companies like Honeywell and Lenovo drive revenue through online video strategies.
Docent Health
Seed Round in 2016
Docent Health is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing software and mobile applications aimed at enhancing patient care and engagement for health systems. Its enterprise consumer engagement platform integrates digital and human interactions to provide personalized support for patients, guiding them according to their specific needs and preferences. By utilizing intelligent, real-time text messaging, Docent Health focuses on fostering lasting patient relationships and improving customer experiences. The company's approach combines insights from various industries, including retail and hospitality, to deliver customer-centric care that enhances patient satisfaction, increases customer lifetime value, and helps health systems grow their market share.
Light Labs Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, specializes in advancing photography through innovative technology. The company's flagship product, the Light L16 Camera, is a multi-aperture computational camera designed to deliver DSLR-quality images in a compact, pocket-sized format. By employing multiple lenses and sophisticated computational algorithms, the L16 captures high-definition photographs that combine the perspectives from several apertures simultaneously. This technology allows users to obtain a 52-megapixel image with exceptional detail and clarity, making high-quality photography more accessible to everyday users. Light's commitment to pushing the boundaries of camera technology aims to revolutionize the way individuals capture and experience photography.
Delivery Agent
Venture Round in 2015
Delivery Agent, Inc. is a company that specializes in transforming audiences into revenue-generating customers for brands and media companies globally. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, it offers innovative solutions such as ShopTV, which enables direct engagement and transactions from advertisements and television shows via web, mobile, and advanced television applications. The company provides a cloud-based shopping platform that facilitates omni-channel commerce and delivers personalized product offers based on viewers' content consumption. Delivery Agent collaborates with various stakeholders, including broadcasters, advertisers, and smart TV manufacturers, to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the advertising ecosystem. Despite its innovative offerings, the company faced financial difficulties, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016, which was later converted to Chapter 7 in 2017.
Vidooly
Seed Round in 2015
Vidooly Media Tech Pvt. Ltd. is a provider of YouTube marketing and analytics services, aimed at content creators, brands, and multi-channel networks. Founded in 2013 and based in Noida, India, the company offers a comprehensive dashboard that helps users grow their channels, connect with influencers, and maximize organic views on YouTube. Vidooly's platform enables users to analyze video engagement, track subscriber activity, and categorize their audience for targeted outreach across social media. Additionally, the company provides tools for competitor tracking and content suggestions, empowering users to refine their video strategies. With a big data engine that analyzes engagement from over 500 million viewers and tracks 250 million videos across various platforms, Vidooly serves a diverse clientele, including notable names in the media industry. The company's innovative solutions have attracted over 30,000 video content creators globally, enhancing their ability to optimize video distribution and engagement.
Pinterest
Series G in 2015
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
Hungama
Private Equity Round in 2015
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is a leading aggregator and distributor of Bollywood and South-Asian entertainment content globally. It offers a diverse range of digital services, including music, video on demand, gaming, and infotainment, catering to a wide audience across 47 countries. With partnerships with over 400 content creators, Hungama holds exclusive digital rights to millions of music and video titles, ensuring robust content availability. The company operates a premium digital entertainment storefront, Hungama.com, which provides access to music tracks, movies, and mobile content for download. Additionally, Hungama's gaming division develops content for mobile and PC, including over 100 games based on Bollywood themes. The company has also established itself as a prominent player in digital advertising, managing numerous successful campaigns for various brands. With its extensive distribution network and innovative approach, Hungama has earned nearly 100 international awards across multiple categories, solidifying its position as a key player in the digital entertainment landscape.
Pinterest
Series G in 2015
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
nToggle delivers heightened efficiency and transparency for buyers and sellers amidst the rapid rise of programmatic advertising. nToggle's proprietary algorithm-driven software platform helps supply and demand partners manage the ever expanding bid stream. nToggle's big data platform “toggles” real time bidding requests across all digital media utilizing the latest analytical and machine learning techniques to optimally match supply and demand.
Vidyard is a business-focused video platform that enhances engagement and converts views into action. It offers video hosting, management, and analytics features, helping global companies like Honeywell and Lenovo drive revenue through online video strategies.
Wikia is the developer of Fandom, a global entertainment media platform that serves as a hub for fans to explore and celebrate various aspects of pop culture. The platform enables users to engage with content related to games, movies, television, and anime, as well as contribute to fandom wikis. Fandom provides a centralized space for pop culture news, discussions, and discovery, fostering a strong community among enthusiasts. Additionally, it hosts D&D Beyond, a direct-to-consumer service that supports the community of Dungeons & Dragons players and fans.
Hungama
Venture Round in 2014
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is a leading aggregator and distributor of Bollywood and South-Asian entertainment content globally. It offers a diverse range of digital services, including music, video on demand, gaming, and infotainment, catering to a wide audience across 47 countries. With partnerships with over 400 content creators, Hungama holds exclusive digital rights to millions of music and video titles, ensuring robust content availability. The company operates a premium digital entertainment storefront, Hungama.com, which provides access to music tracks, movies, and mobile content for download. Additionally, Hungama's gaming division develops content for mobile and PC, including over 100 games based on Bollywood themes. The company has also established itself as a prominent player in digital advertising, managing numerous successful campaigns for various brands. With its extensive distribution network and innovative approach, Hungama has earned nearly 100 international awards across multiple categories, solidifying its position as a key player in the digital entertainment landscape.
Light Labs Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, specializes in advancing photography through innovative technology. The company's flagship product, the Light L16 Camera, is a multi-aperture computational camera designed to deliver DSLR-quality images in a compact, pocket-sized format. By employing multiple lenses and sophisticated computational algorithms, the L16 captures high-definition photographs that combine the perspectives from several apertures simultaneously. This technology allows users to obtain a 52-megapixel image with exceptional detail and clarity, making high-quality photography more accessible to everyday users. Light's commitment to pushing the boundaries of camera technology aims to revolutionize the way individuals capture and experience photography.
Pinterest
Series F in 2014
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
ColorChip
Venture Round in 2013
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for datacom and telecom markets. Its products include transceivers, PLC splitter chips, planar lightwave circuits, and industrialized optics, based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits.
Pinterest
Series E in 2013
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
Delivery Agent
Private Equity Round in 2013
Delivery Agent, Inc. is a company that specializes in transforming audiences into revenue-generating customers for brands and media companies globally. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, it offers innovative solutions such as ShopTV, which enables direct engagement and transactions from advertisements and television shows via web, mobile, and advanced television applications. The company provides a cloud-based shopping platform that facilitates omni-channel commerce and delivers personalized product offers based on viewers' content consumption. Delivery Agent collaborates with various stakeholders, including broadcasters, advertisers, and smart TV manufacturers, to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the advertising ecosystem. Despite its innovative offerings, the company faced financial difficulties, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016, which was later converted to Chapter 7 in 2017.
Pinterest
Series D in 2013
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
ColorChip
Venture Round in 2013
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for datacom and telecom markets. Its products include transceivers, PLC splitter chips, planar lightwave circuits, and industrialized optics, based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits.
Convertro
Series B in 2013
Convertro is a company that specializes in measuring and optimizing advertising campaign effectiveness through cross-channel attribution. It offers actionable spend recommendations, enabling clients to reallocate their marketing budgets from unprofitable sources to more profitable ones. Utilizing algorithmic attribution models, Convertro integrates marketing cost and conversion data, including in-store metrics, with detailed customer marketing exposures. This regression-based approach, supported by proprietary technologies, allows for high flexibility in generating spend optimizations across various marketing channels, both online—such as pay-per-click, search engine optimization, display, affiliate, and social media—and offline, including television, radio, and direct mail. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Convertro also has offices in New York and Israel.
Wikia is the developer of Fandom, a global entertainment media platform that serves as a hub for fans to explore and celebrate various aspects of pop culture. The platform enables users to engage with content related to games, movies, television, and anime, as well as contribute to fandom wikis. Fandom provides a centralized space for pop culture news, discussions, and discovery, fostering a strong community among enthusiasts. Additionally, it hosts D&D Beyond, a direct-to-consumer service that supports the community of Dungeons & Dragons players and fans.
Pinterest
Series C in 2012
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
Delivery Agent
Series E in 2011
Delivery Agent, Inc. is a company that specializes in transforming audiences into revenue-generating customers for brands and media companies globally. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, it offers innovative solutions such as ShopTV, which enables direct engagement and transactions from advertisements and television shows via web, mobile, and advanced television applications. The company provides a cloud-based shopping platform that facilitates omni-channel commerce and delivers personalized product offers based on viewers' content consumption. Delivery Agent collaborates with various stakeholders, including broadcasters, advertisers, and smart TV manufacturers, to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the advertising ecosystem. Despite its innovative offerings, the company faced financial difficulties, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016, which was later converted to Chapter 7 in 2017.
MediBuddy
Series A in 2011
MediBuddy is a digital healthcare platform that facilitates access to various services such as online doctor consultations, lab tests, and medicine delivery. Its mission is to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone, anytime, anywhere.
Pinterest
Series B in 2011
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
Pinterest
Series A in 2011
Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform headquartered in San Francisco that enables users to find inspiration and ideas across categories such as recipes, home and fashion, travel, and more. The service presents visual recommendations based on user interests and allows saving images on thematic boards, following others, and sharing ideas. It operates as a social media platform focused on product and idea discovery, with a global user base of more than 500 million monthly active users, two-thirds of whom are female. It was founded in 2008 and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising.
Adap.tv, now integrated into ONE by AOL, specializes in programmatic video advertising, facilitating the buying and selling of video ads across various platforms, including desktop, mobile, and television. The company provides innovative tools and services designed for video publishers, most notably through its Adap.tv OneSource platform. This open video advertising solution enables publishers to efficiently manage and serve advertisements from both their in-house sales teams and external advertising networks within a single, user-friendly interface. By focusing on enhancing the advertising experience, Adap.tv positions itself as a key partner for publishers, advertisers, and agencies aiming to optimize their online brand value.
Tilera Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, with additional locations in Westborough, Massachusetts, and Beijing, China. Founded in 2004, Tilera specializes in designing multicore embedded processors tailored for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company's product portfolio includes the TILEPro multicore processor, which is designed to deliver high-performance computing for various embedded applications such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing. Additionally, Tilera offers a multicore development environment for programming solutions and TILExpress PCIe production cards.
Millennial Media
Series D in 2011
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.
Millennial Media
Series C in 2009
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.
Delivery Agent
Series D in 2009
Delivery Agent, Inc. is a company that specializes in transforming audiences into revenue-generating customers for brands and media companies globally. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, it offers innovative solutions such as ShopTV, which enables direct engagement and transactions from advertisements and television shows via web, mobile, and advanced television applications. The company provides a cloud-based shopping platform that facilitates omni-channel commerce and delivers personalized product offers based on viewers' content consumption. Delivery Agent collaborates with various stakeholders, including broadcasters, advertisers, and smart TV manufacturers, to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the advertising ecosystem. Despite its innovative offerings, the company faced financial difficulties, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016, which was later converted to Chapter 7 in 2017.
Convertro
Series A in 2009
Convertro is a company that specializes in measuring and optimizing advertising campaign effectiveness through cross-channel attribution. It offers actionable spend recommendations, enabling clients to reallocate their marketing budgets from unprofitable sources to more profitable ones. Utilizing algorithmic attribution models, Convertro integrates marketing cost and conversion data, including in-store metrics, with detailed customer marketing exposures. This regression-based approach, supported by proprietary technologies, allows for high flexibility in generating spend optimizations across various marketing channels, both online—such as pay-per-click, search engine optimization, display, affiliate, and social media—and offline, including television, radio, and direct mail. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Convertro also has offices in New York and Israel.
Millennial Media
Series B in 2007
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.
Delivery Agent
Series C in 2007
Delivery Agent, Inc. is a company that specializes in transforming audiences into revenue-generating customers for brands and media companies globally. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, it offers innovative solutions such as ShopTV, which enables direct engagement and transactions from advertisements and television shows via web, mobile, and advanced television applications. The company provides a cloud-based shopping platform that facilitates omni-channel commerce and delivers personalized product offers based on viewers' content consumption. Delivery Agent collaborates with various stakeholders, including broadcasters, advertisers, and smart TV manufacturers, to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the advertising ecosystem. Despite its innovative offerings, the company faced financial difficulties, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016, which was later converted to Chapter 7 in 2017.
ColorChip
Series C in 2007
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for datacom and telecom markets. Its products include transceivers, PLC splitter chips, planar lightwave circuits, and industrialized optics, based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits.
Tilera Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, with additional locations in Westborough, Massachusetts, and Beijing, China. Founded in 2004, Tilera specializes in designing multicore embedded processors tailored for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company's product portfolio includes the TILEPro multicore processor, which is designed to deliver high-performance computing for various embedded applications such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing. Additionally, Tilera offers a multicore development environment for programming solutions and TILExpress PCIe production cards.
Millennial Media
Series A in 2007
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.
Wikia is the developer of Fandom, a global entertainment media platform that serves as a hub for fans to explore and celebrate various aspects of pop culture. The platform enables users to engage with content related to games, movies, television, and anime, as well as contribute to fandom wikis. Fandom provides a centralized space for pop culture news, discussions, and discovery, fostering a strong community among enthusiasts. Additionally, it hosts D&D Beyond, a direct-to-consumer service that supports the community of Dungeons & Dragons players and fans.
Revver Digital
Venture Round in 2006
Revver Digital is a video sharing platform founded in 2004, notable for being one of the first to implement a revenue-sharing model for user-generated content. The company allows users to upload and share videos while offering a 50/50 revenue split, attracting a diverse range of creators and content, including popular series like Ask a Ninja and LonelyGirl15. Revver provides a suite of tools and services, including peer-to-peer technology and an API, enabling the creation of video portals with user accounts, sharing capabilities, and access to a vast library of videos. Users can embed videos in blogs and social media, as well as utilize features like RSS feeds and podcasting. Revver's content spans various categories such as entertainment, sports, technology, and lifestyle, catering to a broad audience while competing against other platforms like YouTube and Veoh. Despite facing stiff competition, Revver continues to grow its viewership and maintain relevance in the evolving digital landscape.
Delivery Agent
Series B in 2006
Delivery Agent, Inc. is a company that specializes in transforming audiences into revenue-generating customers for brands and media companies globally. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, it offers innovative solutions such as ShopTV, which enables direct engagement and transactions from advertisements and television shows via web, mobile, and advanced television applications. The company provides a cloud-based shopping platform that facilitates omni-channel commerce and delivers personalized product offers based on viewers' content consumption. Delivery Agent collaborates with various stakeholders, including broadcasters, advertisers, and smart TV manufacturers, to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the advertising ecosystem. Despite its innovative offerings, the company faced financial difficulties, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016, which was later converted to Chapter 7 in 2017.
Revver Digital
Series B in 2006
Revver Digital is a video sharing platform founded in 2004, notable for being one of the first to implement a revenue-sharing model for user-generated content. The company allows users to upload and share videos while offering a 50/50 revenue split, attracting a diverse range of creators and content, including popular series like Ask a Ninja and LonelyGirl15. Revver provides a suite of tools and services, including peer-to-peer technology and an API, enabling the creation of video portals with user accounts, sharing capabilities, and access to a vast library of videos. Users can embed videos in blogs and social media, as well as utilize features like RSS feeds and podcasting. Revver's content spans various categories such as entertainment, sports, technology, and lifestyle, catering to a broad audience while competing against other platforms like YouTube and Veoh. Despite facing stiff competition, Revver continues to grow its viewership and maintain relevance in the evolving digital landscape.
Wikia is the developer of Fandom, a global entertainment media platform that serves as a hub for fans to explore and celebrate various aspects of pop culture. The platform enables users to engage with content related to games, movies, television, and anime, as well as contribute to fandom wikis. Fandom provides a centralized space for pop culture news, discussions, and discovery, fostering a strong community among enthusiasts. Additionally, it hosts D&D Beyond, a direct-to-consumer service that supports the community of Dungeons & Dragons players and fans.
WorkMetro
Series B in 2006
WorkMetro is a prominent provider of online recruitment solutions based in the United States, established in 2003 by David Lambert, Jon Stevenson, and Paul Swiencicki. The company focuses on connecting local employers with job seekers through innovative web technology and a business model tailored to local markets. WorkMetro offers a range of services, including job posting options, access to a resume database, and facilitation of job fairs. Additionally, it features interactive job postings through video OnDemand channels on cable television, enhancing its reach and engagement with potential candidates. Through aggressive local advertising campaigns, WorkMetro addresses the specific needs of communities, making it a significant player in the online recruitment marketplace.
ColorChip
Series B in 2006
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for datacom and telecom markets. Its products include transceivers, PLC splitter chips, planar lightwave circuits, and industrialized optics, based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits.
MForma Group
Series D in 2005
MFORMA is a leading global publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment. MFORMA provides wireless operators and their customers with the world's best content and brands, and provides developers and brand owners with the shortest route to market. MFORMA's customers include more than 100 of the world's leading wireless carriers. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive catalog of BREW, Java, SMS, MMS, and WAP games, MFORMA also provides sports, lifestyle, and information services subscription products. MFORMA's carrier-grade platform manages the delivery of downloadable games and applications for some of the world's largest carriers. MFORMA is a U.S. corporation with offices in San Francisco (headquarters), San Diego, and Los Angeles, California; Bellevue, Washington; London and Manchester, England; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea.
Revver Digital
Series A in 2005
Revver Digital is a video sharing platform founded in 2004, notable for being one of the first to implement a revenue-sharing model for user-generated content. The company allows users to upload and share videos while offering a 50/50 revenue split, attracting a diverse range of creators and content, including popular series like Ask a Ninja and LonelyGirl15. Revver provides a suite of tools and services, including peer-to-peer technology and an API, enabling the creation of video portals with user accounts, sharing capabilities, and access to a vast library of videos. Users can embed videos in blogs and social media, as well as utilize features like RSS feeds and podcasting. Revver's content spans various categories such as entertainment, sports, technology, and lifestyle, catering to a broad audience while competing against other platforms like YouTube and Veoh. Despite facing stiff competition, Revver continues to grow its viewership and maintain relevance in the evolving digital landscape.
MForma Group
Series C in 2005
MFORMA is a leading global publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment. MFORMA provides wireless operators and their customers with the world's best content and brands, and provides developers and brand owners with the shortest route to market. MFORMA's customers include more than 100 of the world's leading wireless carriers. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive catalog of BREW, Java, SMS, MMS, and WAP games, MFORMA also provides sports, lifestyle, and information services subscription products. MFORMA's carrier-grade platform manages the delivery of downloadable games and applications for some of the world's largest carriers. MFORMA is a U.S. corporation with offices in San Francisco (headquarters), San Diego, and Los Angeles, California; Bellevue, Washington; London and Manchester, England; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea.
Tilera Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, with additional locations in Westborough, Massachusetts, and Beijing, China. Founded in 2004, Tilera specializes in designing multicore embedded processors tailored for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company's product portfolio includes the TILEPro multicore processor, which is designed to deliver high-performance computing for various embedded applications such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing. Additionally, Tilera offers a multicore development environment for programming solutions and TILExpress PCIe production cards.
MForma Group
Series B in 2004
MFORMA is a leading global publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment. MFORMA provides wireless operators and their customers with the world's best content and brands, and provides developers and brand owners with the shortest route to market. MFORMA's customers include more than 100 of the world's leading wireless carriers. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive catalog of BREW, Java, SMS, MMS, and WAP games, MFORMA also provides sports, lifestyle, and information services subscription products. MFORMA's carrier-grade platform manages the delivery of downloadable games and applications for some of the world's largest carriers. MFORMA is a U.S. corporation with offices in San Francisco (headquarters), San Diego, and Los Angeles, California; Bellevue, Washington; London and Manchester, England; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea.
MForma Group
Series A in 2004
MFORMA is a leading global publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment. MFORMA provides wireless operators and their customers with the world's best content and brands, and provides developers and brand owners with the shortest route to market. MFORMA's customers include more than 100 of the world's leading wireless carriers. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive catalog of BREW, Java, SMS, MMS, and WAP games, MFORMA also provides sports, lifestyle, and information services subscription products. MFORMA's carrier-grade platform manages the delivery of downloadable games and applications for some of the world's largest carriers. MFORMA is a U.S. corporation with offices in San Francisco (headquarters), San Diego, and Los Angeles, California; Bellevue, Washington; London and Manchester, England; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea.