MassChallenge

MassChallenge is a non-equity startup accelerator headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional locations in Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, Texas, and the UK. Founded in 2009, it focuses on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting high-potential startups across various industries globally. MassChallenge provides expert mentorship, a tailored curriculum, and access to corporate partners without taking any equity from the startups. Its programs, including specialized initiatives like MassChallenge FinTech and MassChallenge HealthTech, aim to facilitate partnerships between startups and established companies to drive innovation and growth. To date, MassChallenge has helped over 1,200 alumni raise more than $2 billion in funding and create over 65,000 jobs, demonstrating its significant impact on the global innovation ecosystem.

Cait Brumme

Acting CEO

Cait Brumme

Managing Partner

Siobhan Dullea

CEO

Matt Lashmar

Managing Director

Camila Lecaros

Managing Director

Yonit Serkin

Managing Director

Devon Sherman

Founding Director, Head of MassChallenge FinTech

Michelle Williams

Vice President and Head of Texas Strategy

Past deals in Digital Media

CardMedic

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
CardMedic is a healthcare platform designed to enhance communication between healthcare staff and patients, addressing various barriers such as language differences, visual and hearing impairments, cognitive challenges, and literacy issues. The platform features a comprehensive library of digital flashcards that replicate clinical conversations on common healthcare topics. These flashcards are available in multiple formats, including multilingual options, sign language, easy-to-read text, and read-aloud capabilities. By facilitating clearer communication, CardMedic aims to improve the quality of care and reduce health inequalities, ensuring that patients can access essential healthcare information in a way that is understandable to them. The platform is accessible via smartphones, tablets, or desktops, making it a versatile tool for both patients and healthcare providers.

CardMedic

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
CardMedic is a healthcare platform designed to enhance communication between healthcare staff and patients, addressing various barriers such as language differences, visual and hearing impairments, cognitive challenges, and literacy issues. The platform features a comprehensive library of digital flashcards that replicate clinical conversations on common healthcare topics. These flashcards are available in multiple formats, including multilingual options, sign language, easy-to-read text, and read-aloud capabilities. By facilitating clearer communication, CardMedic aims to improve the quality of care and reduce health inequalities, ensuring that patients can access essential healthcare information in a way that is understandable to them. The platform is accessible via smartphones, tablets, or desktops, making it a versatile tool for both patients and healthcare providers.

AsianFeed

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
AsianFeed is a digital media outlet that centers around news, lifestyle, and entertainment content that celebrates the AAPI identity.

Carta Digital

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Carta Digital develops a platform, Biblewhere, which serves as a Bible search engine and database architecture. It also develops an unparalleled databank of curated content, linked to any name in the Bible, and connected to the relevant verses.

Digital Patient XP

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Digital Patient XP is a digital platform that reimagines the cycle of care. It provides real-time feedback on patients’ progress, recollection, engagement, and other determinants.

Voike

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Voike has developed a digital music platform tailored for emerging markets, focusing on the unique consumption habits of users in these regions. The platform allows advertisers to effectively reach this audience through both online and offline channels. Additionally, Voike offers a social media solution that facilitates voice-based communications, enabling users to share messages with friends and family. This service is particularly beneficial for prepaid cellphone users who may not have access to unlimited data, as it simulates an online experience that allows for the distribution of voice messages across various social media platforms. Through these innovations, Voike aims to enhance digital media engagement in emerging markets.

DanceFight

Seed Round in 2020
DanceFight is a mobile application platform that serves as a mobile video competition platform that will start with a focus on dance but will spread quickly to all kinds of UGC video verticals were people. It specializes in the fields of internet, mobile apps, and video streaming.

Hauoli LLC

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Revolutionize how users interact with the world.

BrandMe

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Nuestra empresa crea herramientas y tecnología innovadora para marcas líderes a nivel global con Creadores de Contenido influyente ayudando a una correcta colaboración recompensada por generar y distribuir contenido patrocinado. Desde el 2013 hemos completado más de 2 millones de transacciones para nuestros clientes que van desde pequeñas empresas y startups hasta organizaciones Fortune 500. Democratizamos los medios La manera de crear, consumir y compartir contenido ha cambiado, por ello logramos que cualquier persona como estudiantes universitarios y amas de casa o celebridades, periodistas y bloggers tengan la oportunidad de monetizar sus redes sociales vía piezas de contenido creativas e influyentes.

Indiefy

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of an online music publishing platform intended to distribute and stream music. The company's platform helps music operators publish their music on the top online music platforms worldwide with copyright facilities belonging to them and facilitates tracking of revenue with a free earnings report, enabling music operators to make money from their music.

Vikidz

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Vikidz is a digital platform focused on enhancing math education through an engaging combination of video games and teamwork. It aims to make math practice enjoyable for students, transforming a traditionally challenging subject into a motivating experience. The platform serves both classroom and home environments, providing teachers with valuable reports that can help significantly improve student performance in mathematics. By integrating fun learning activities, Vikidz strives to foster a more effective and enjoyable approach to math education.

MemoryWell

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
MemoryWell LLC operates a digital platform designed to help individuals living with Alzheimer's and dementia share their life stories. By replacing traditional intake questionnaires with personal narratives, MemoryWell facilitates a more empathetic understanding among families, senior living communities, and home-based providers. The platform allows for the creation of collaborative timelines that incorporate photos, videos, letters, and other documents, enriching the storytelling experience. Founded in 2016 and based in Washington, D.C., MemoryWell partners with retirement homes to document the stories of their residents, providing meaningful keepsakes for families and enhancing the overall care experience.

MindCoord

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Developer of a cloud-based interactive animation media platform designed for animators and studios. The company's platform offers a full range of cross-platform Interactive Reality content creation ecology and 3D and AR/VR content creation tools for countless creators, enabling users with an interactive experience of virtual and reality at their fingertips.

video.bot

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Video.Bot, developed by OvermediaCast, specializes in interactive and personalized video-based bots designed for educational and informational purposes. The platform aims to simplify complex subjects by facilitating one-on-one interactive conversations that incorporate rich visuals and an engaging format. This approach enhances user engagement and offers personalized experiences, making it suitable for educational institutions, online learning platforms, businesses, and various organizations. By combining elements of sound, image, and movement, Video.Bot enriches the learning experience, helping users to better understand intricate topics. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in São Paulo, OvermediaCast has been recognized for its innovative contributions to marketing and technology, particularly in improving customer experiences for banks and brands.

video.bot

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Video.Bot, developed by OvermediaCast, specializes in interactive and personalized video-based bots designed for educational and informational purposes. The platform aims to simplify complex subjects by facilitating one-on-one interactive conversations that incorporate rich visuals and an engaging format. This approach enhances user engagement and offers personalized experiences, making it suitable for educational institutions, online learning platforms, businesses, and various organizations. By combining elements of sound, image, and movement, Video.Bot enriches the learning experience, helping users to better understand intricate topics. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in São Paulo, OvermediaCast has been recognized for its innovative contributions to marketing and technology, particularly in improving customer experiences for banks and brands.

Blings.io

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Blings.io is a content creation platform that specializes in producing dynamic, data-driven videos aimed at enhancing communication and maximizing the return on investment for video campaigns. Utilizing an artificial intelligence-based approach, the platform enables users to create videos instantly without limitations on cost or scale, catering to any data-based content. This capability allows businesses to effectively engage their audiences and drive conversions through tailored video content.

Tomplay

Grant in 2019
A digitised score that automatically scrolls across the screen, synchronised with the accompanying music. Tomplay invented the Interactive Sheet Music and offers all musicians a unique tool to learn and play music.

Project Daredevil

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Developer of a 3D radio-drama platform designed to help the blind. The company's platform is a medium for the blind to make comics accessible to them in an immersive format using 3D sound, motion simulation, and smell, enabling blind people to read without any constraints.

HINTS

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
HINTS Providing a solution for social media companies to instantaneously detect the spread of fake news of any medium: text, audio, or video.

Ludibuk

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Ludibuk turns regular books into more engaging experiences. Our digital library, accessible via desktop computers and/or our mobile apps, offers a revolutionary reading experience for K-12 Spanish speaking students, working to improve their reading rates and level of comprehension. Through a gamification strategy and customizable effects, Ludibuk creates an immersive experience that helps bring the material to life. Pedagogical material is shown in various formats, which helps promote individualized experiences for the reader providing customized feedback and reports on progress in real-time for teachers, highlighting each student’s strengths and weaknesses.

Day Dreamer

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Day Dreamer is a cross-platform mobile application that helps creatives connect and collaborate with local artists both in and outside of their medium.

Digital Onboarding

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Digital Onboarding Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a SaaS-based platform aimed at enhancing the new account activation process for financial institutions, such as banks and credit unions. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers an automated solution that facilitates seamless communication with customers, improving engagement and education regarding financial products and services. Through its platform, Digital Onboarding enables institutions to create personalized email and SMS reminders, guiding customers through tailored digital journeys that encourage the adoption of essential services like direct deposit and online bill pay. By streamlining the onboarding experience, the company helps banks and credit unions strengthen relationships with account holders, ultimately driving profitability through increased customer activation and engagement.

Multisensor Diagnostics

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Multisensor Diagnostics (MDx), LLC, is a diversified health and wellness company primarily serving the high-acuity patients.

Prodibi

Grant in 2018
Prodibi Sàrl is a cloud-based software company specializing in high-resolution image display technology. Founded in 2011 and based in Petit-Lancy, Switzerland, Prodibi provides a platform that allows users to showcase images without size limitations, enhancing brand visibility and user engagement. The service is designed for a diverse clientele, including casual and professional photographers, artists, watchmakers, fashion photographers, business users, and web publishers. Prodibi's solution addresses common challenges in online image management, such as quality, performance, color management, and search engine optimization, streamlining the process for developers and reducing the time spent on image cropping and adjustments. By enabling clients to easily replace images without the need for extensive redesigns, Prodibi enhances the overall visual experience while maintaining the integrity of brand presentation.

Clerk

Grant in 2018
Popspots, LLC is a digital advertising network that focuses on enhancing the retail experience for grocers and brands through innovative technology. Founded in 2016 and based in Austin, Texas, the company provides a range of digital advertising services aimed at local businesses and media buyers across various U.S. markets, including major cities like Los Angeles, Houston, and Birmingham. By leveraging digital solutions, Popspots addresses challenges such as out-of-stocks and planogram compliance, thereby improving product awareness and driving sales in grocery environments. Since its inception, the company has expanded its presence in grocery stores nationwide, collaborating with well-known brands to ensure effective consumer engagement and measurable advertising impact.

Decidata

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Decidata develops solutions to help companies bridge the gap between their online and offline marketing strategy. Decidata's proprietary technology detects, monitors and analyzes every TV commercial, allowing our clients to synchronize them in real time with their digital marketing campaigns. This solution is a first step towards a full digital integration of marketing campaign purchase and monitoring, based on Programmatic TV and Digital Billboards.

Zegments

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Operator of a digital platform intended to offer online courses for students. The company's web education platform offers courses in the formats of video lessons, interactive maps and exercises, enabling students to learn math, physics, chemistry history, geography, biology and more in an entertaining manner.

Socialyte

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
SOCIALYTE is an agency that connects brands to 500 hand-selected tastemakers, representing branded media on over 60% of the world's most followed personal style blogs, as well as digital properties for Vanity Fair, Glamour, Details, Lucky, and Teen Vogue. In the past year, we've launched 500+ native advertising campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as Coca Cola, Intel, 3M, NBC Universal, and fashion and beauty brands such as Coach, Olay, Nivea, IWC, Gap, Nordstrom, Diesel, Guess, and H&M.

Those

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Those is a design studio founded in 2015 with the intent to pursue the use of technologies in design. It focuses on connecting the physical and the digital worlds. Its first product was Woodpecker, a scalable digital drawing tool that can be placed and programmed to draw on any surface. With a mission to create new ways to combine the digital with the physical, Those has now created Joto, an antidote to our reliance on pixels and glass screens. Joto takes the concept behind Woodpecker – transferring digital files, whether it’s pictures, texts or tweets, and into a real life image – and applies it to a product accessible and suitable for home use.

T-Time Productions

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Operator of a unique programming and media content company intended to eliminate the curriculum void students experience by integrating diverse representations into classroom curriculums. The company's content combines creativity and flexibility with the knowledge of programming, production, digital marketing, and advertising sales, enabling viewers to seamlessly achieve academic excellence with a combination of education and entertainment via great storytelling.

MTtech

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
MTTech Interactive Multimedia Systems Ltd develops multi touch display system in Israel. The system can use for product demonstration, research and development purpose, training, and team meeting. MTTech Interactive Multimedia Systems Ltd is headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel with additional offices in Burcharest, Romania; Holmdel, New Jersey; and Alamos, Mexico.

Abraxas Technology

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Abraxas Technology is bringing outdoor advertising into the digital age using patent-pending technology that tracks the frequency and duration of impressions and captures conversion rates. Our mission is to make outdoor advertising as effective as online advertising.

Open Media

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Open.Media is the nonprofit online transparency portal for governments of all sizes. Open.Media allows you to upload, timestamp and archive video of meetings and proceedings with searchable, automated transcriptions.

ReillyWorks

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
At ReillyWorks, they build PHYGITAL Story World Experiences. That means they make products that combine the PHYsical and diGITAL worlds. They created a platform, CARPE´™ that blends Story, Augmented Reality, and Smart Objects to create experiences where people Play Together.

Multisensor Diagnostics

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Multisensor Diagnostics (MDx), LLC, is a diversified health and wellness company primarily serving the high-acuity patients.

MoComics

Grant in 2017
MoComics disrupts the rules of comics editing business in providing an internet based service plateform sustaining a unique - immersive, tactile and enriched reading experience on mobile. Mocomics connects new and confirmed Comics, manga, graphic novels and children books authors with their worldwide growing millennial audience, while offering direct revenue generation for authors through own production, direct readers funding and content sales via own on-line / mobile shop.

Mediprint

Grant in 2017
MediPrint is a Mexico City-based company focused on creating customized high-tech medical solutions through 3D printing technology. Collaborating with medical professionals and institutions, the company develops a variety of products, including rehabilitation braces, orthopedic insoles, supports for dental prostheses, and anatomical models for medical use. MediPrint also engages in individual projects, offering personalized services to clients interested in their innovative developments. Additionally, the company operates a division called 3DPlus, which extends its 3D printing capabilities beyond healthcare to produce prototypes, molds, and custom objects for various applications. By making advanced 3D printing technology accessible, MediPrint aims to enhance patient care and provide tailored solutions in the medical field.

Capricia Productions

Grant in 2017
Capricia Productions specializes in creating video games tailored and interacted with musical albums, compositions and other audible art. They are currently working on their first Music Video Game (MVG).

Mentes Hábiles

Grant in 2017
Mentes Habiles is a manualized school evidence-based drug abuse prevention program that use engaging technology like videos, handouts and digital clips that maintain adolescents attention to develop social and emotional skills. Compared to other countries like the U.S. and the Europe Union, México has no programs that have proved effectivity. We have been implementing this program since 2016 with an excellent response. They are ready to take their program to the next level.

Mintrics

Grant in 2016
Mintrics LTD operates a social video analytics platform that consolidates the performance analysis of videos across major social media channels, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, into a single dashboard. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an office in Cairo, the company enables users to gain insights into video consumption and audience engagement. By providing detailed reports, Mintrics helps clients identify what captivates their viewers and what content fails to engage them. The platform allows users to compare videos, track performance metrics, and understand audience preferences, ultimately aiding in data-driven decision-making to enhance viewership. Additionally, it offers a competitive leaderboard feature for monitoring competitor performance.

mDoc

Grant in 2016
mDoc is a digital health company focused on enhancing care for individuals with chronic conditions in Nigeria. By employing a high-tech, high-touch approach, mDoc integrates behavioral science, quality improvement methodologies, data, and technology to create a comprehensive care solution. Their self-care support platform connects users to healthcare providers and features a health information directory, enabling individuals to track their health data and effectively manage their chronic conditions. This approach aims to optimize the overall healthcare experience for those with ongoing health needs.

Amondo

Seed Round in 2016
Amondo is a developer of a content curation tool designed to capture and showcase content generated around live events and campaigns. Its platform allows users to create curated feeds, known as Imprints, which compile photos, videos, and social media content related to specific events. These Imprints can be easily shared and embedded across various online platforms, including social media and venue screens. Additionally, the platform offers functionalities for monetization through brand messaging, data capture, and e-commerce, enabling users to derive new value from their content.

Sonic Bloom

Grant in 2016
We started Sonic Bloom out of a desire to enable creators, developers, artists, and technologists to leverage music and audio to create experiences that can deeply connect to audiences. Our technologies will always simplify the complexities of working with music for the benefit of creators and audiences alike.

Naturebytes

Grant in 2016
Naturebytes is bringing a different emphasis to this tech-plus-education space. It’s aiming to combine hackable technology with a mission to spark kids’ curiosity in the great outdoors. And given kids’ dictionaries have this year been jettisoning nature-related words such as acorn and buttercup, and adding in tech terms like broadband and ‘cut and paste’, there are perhaps signs technology risks becoming a little all consuming for ‘digital natives’.

The NewsCoin

Grant in 2016
The NewsCoin aims to reinvent the way digital media is consumed. They are building a platform that allows newspapers, magazines and blogs to directly monetize online content. Using their system, readers can pay a trivial amount (a few pennies) per article read, resulting in dramatic increases revenues content providers and very little weight on the readers' pockets.

Vinylmint

Seed Round in 2016
Vinylmint, LLC is an online marketplace based in Norfolk, Virginia, specializing in custom audio solutions for various industries. Founded in 2011, the platform connects digital sound creators with clients—ranging from brands to film studios—allowing them to submit specific audio requests through an online sound brief. Users can launch contests to receive submissions and select winning audio pieces for download. The marketplace features a diverse range of professionals, including voice actors, sound designers, music composers, and translators, who are prepared to meet the unique audio needs of sound libraries, software applications, and virtual environments.

SoundBridge

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
SoundBridge is a music production powerhouse providing state-of-the art software and educational products. Their team consist of music producers and musicians with years of professional experience working in all aspects of music technology.

Lobster

Seed Round in 2016
Lobster IT Limited operates a social content marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of photo licenses. The platform connects users from social media platforms such as Instagram, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo, enabling brands, agencies, and media outlets to license visual content directly from everyday users. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence technology, Lobster efficiently searches through vast amounts of online content, utilizing image recognition and metadata to identify high-quality, authentic visual materials. This innovative approach allows semi-professional photographers and videographers to monetize their work while offering clients a diverse range of genuine and relatable images and videos, often more compelling than traditional stock photography. Founded in 2013 and based in London, Lobster aims to simplify the search for relevant content, making it accessible for various media campaigns and storytelling needs.

Burst Insights

Grant in 2015
Burst Insights is a short-form video discovery engine that tracks brands and influencer video content under 30 seconds on Instagram, Twitter Video, and Vine. It develops in-demand insight tools that lead to improved consumer engagement.

Vidsy

Grant in 2015
Vidsy Media Limited is a London-based company that operates an online content creation platform designed to help global brands efficiently produce original video advertisements. Founded in 2014, Vidsy connects brands with a community of over 6,000 vetted creators, enabling the development of effective mobile video ads tailored for various digital channels. The platform supports a range of video formats, including short-form videos, GIFs, and animations, allowing brands to quickly adapt to market changes and capitalize on digital opportunities. Through its fully managed services and technological capabilities, Vidsy aims to transform digital advertising, providing brands with the tools necessary for consistent growth in an evolving landscape.

Vidsy

Angel Round in 2015
Vidsy Media Limited is a London-based company that operates an online content creation platform designed to help global brands efficiently produce original video advertisements. Founded in 2014, Vidsy connects brands with a community of over 6,000 vetted creators, enabling the development of effective mobile video ads tailored for various digital channels. The platform supports a range of video formats, including short-form videos, GIFs, and animations, allowing brands to quickly adapt to market changes and capitalize on digital opportunities. Through its fully managed services and technological capabilities, Vidsy aims to transform digital advertising, providing brands with the tools necessary for consistent growth in an evolving landscape.

Lobster

Non Equity Assistance in 2015
Lobster IT Limited operates a social content marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of photo licenses. The platform connects users from social media platforms such as Instagram, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo, enabling brands, agencies, and media outlets to license visual content directly from everyday users. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence technology, Lobster efficiently searches through vast amounts of online content, utilizing image recognition and metadata to identify high-quality, authentic visual materials. This innovative approach allows semi-professional photographers and videographers to monetize their work while offering clients a diverse range of genuine and relatable images and videos, often more compelling than traditional stock photography. Founded in 2013 and based in London, Lobster aims to simplify the search for relevant content, making it accessible for various media campaigns and storytelling needs.

Dreamland Technology

Grant in 2014
Dreamland Technology is a media company founded in 2012 in France and relocated to Portland, Maine, in 2013. The company encompasses Memory Lane Therapeutics, a division dedicated to researching and developing non-pharmaceutical, media-based therapies for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Its flagship product, Memory-Lane.Tv, is a subscription service that delivers therapeutic and entertaining content to both institutional settings and family residences. Additionally, Dreamland Technology offers post-production facilities and services focused on photography and media design, assisting clients in creating promotional advertising tools and participating in marketing strategies for trade shows and events. The company operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Community Television Network, a historical partner in its mission.
DCDI changes the uncomfortable and time consuming current dentures impression technique, which is a major pain and involves physical elastic impression materials, proposing a quick and elegant optical solution. This is a unique solution for a multi-billion $ market.

Trill

Grant in 2014
Trill was a social media platform centered around arts and culture events, sparking daily dialogue and event attendance in Boston, NYC, Asbury Park, and LA.

Bubbl

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Bubbl is a United States-based company that specializes in mobile video clip sharing services. It enables users to capture and share short highlights from streaming content, enhancing the viewing experience. The company offers a suite of interactive features, including single-click clip-and-share, video meme creation, and real-time filters, aimed at increasing fan engagement. Bubbl collaborates with media companies, video platforms, and publishers to broaden content reach and create new advertising revenue opportunities. As of May 30, 2018, Bubbl operates as a subsidiary of Cricket Media Group Ltd.

Bubbl

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
Bubbl is a United States-based company that specializes in mobile video clip sharing services. It enables users to capture and share short highlights from streaming content, enhancing the viewing experience. The company offers a suite of interactive features, including single-click clip-and-share, video meme creation, and real-time filters, aimed at increasing fan engagement. Bubbl collaborates with media companies, video platforms, and publishers to broaden content reach and create new advertising revenue opportunities. As of May 30, 2018, Bubbl operates as a subsidiary of Cricket Media Group Ltd.
Monkey in the Middle Apps is a company which makes work fun for students to practice their middle school subjects. Play. Learn. Repeat. Monkey In The Middle Apps LLC has designed apps like Middle School Math 7th Grade and Middle School Math Pro 7th Grade.

ViralGains

Grant in 2013
ViralGains, Inc. operates a video marketing platform aimed at enhancing the advertising experience for brands and consumers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boston, the company focuses on enabling advertising agencies and brands to connect with their target audiences through engaging video content. By integrating videos into various online environments such as blogs, social games, and social news, ViralGains facilitates two-way conversations between brands and consumers. This approach allows marketers to gather insights into consumer preferences and sentiments, ultimately helping them tailor their messaging to generate awareness, motivate intent, and influence purchase decisions. The platform measures consumer interactions with video content, enhancing the overall effectiveness of marketing strategies.

ZoomTilt

Seed Round in 2013
ZoomTilt, Inc. operates a community and marketplace for screenwriters focused on branded video entertainment. Based in Somerville, Massachusetts, the company facilitates a screenwriters' clubhouse where members can participate in writing exercises and receive feedback on their scripts and concepts. Additionally, ZoomTilt offers insights and advice on online video strategies to help content creators and brands make informed decisions. The company aims to bridge the gap between video creativity and data, providing advertisers, agencies, and media companies with the tools necessary to create engaging content that resonates with audiences. Its services include matching brands with top creative talent, offering content measurement analytics, and employing innovative video distribution strategies to enhance video marketing campaigns.

Dpicd

Grant in 2012
Dpicd enhances experiences at events. They compile live updated pictures and videos at events and enable people to see different perspectives, from different people, at the same event.

Tomorrowish

Grant in 2012
Tomorrowish creates tools for Capturing, Automatically Curating, Syncing and Replaying Social media conversations from live events like TV shows, conferences, sports and political events among others. They sell integration services to media organizations that want to more deeply engage their viewer base and they also have a B2C consumer portal using their partnership with Hulu to show synchronized Social Media conversations with Hulu premium content.

Design Museum Boston

Grant in 2012
Design Museum Boston is a non-profit organization with the goal of creating, establishing, and operating virtual and physical design exhibit spaces online, in Boston, and all over New England. These spaces will exhibit design work as well as host events and programs related to design education.

Movl

Grant in 2012
Movl is a developer of connected applications that enhance the interaction between smart TVs and mobile devices over home networks. The company focuses on creating innovative TV applications that leverage cloud connectivity to enable multi-user experiences. Notably, Movl's proprietary platform has produced award-winning applications, including WeTeli and WeDraw. In 2011, the company received significant recognition for its contributions to the TV app landscape, winning first prize in Samsung's Free the TV Challenge for WeDraw, which provided an engaging living room experience, and earning an honorable mention for WeTeli at CES 2011. Movl's experienced team is committed to advancing the TV app revolution with further innovative releases.

Magru

Grant in 2012
Magru is an online service that helps users publish and sell e-books, magazines, presentations, articles, and other literary work. The platform also allows readers to discover interesting publications through different categories and themes, purchase them directly from the authors, and collect their own cloud e-library.

IntegralReach

Grant in 2012
IntegralReach has developed a predictive analytics platform that aggregates data from various sources, including set-top boxes, smart TVs, tablets, and streaming servers. This comprehensive integration allows media companies and inventory owners to enhance the value of the audiences they reach. The cloud-based platform is designed to provide timely intelligence and actionable insights derived from data collected from millions of households. In addition to its analytics capabilities, IntegralReach specializes in managing services for digital content, focusing on information retrieval and data processing.

WGBH News

Grant in 2011
WGBH News is a public media organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 1951. It offers a diverse array of educational content through various platforms, including television, radio, podcasts, and online media. The organization covers topics such as science, history, public affairs, arts, lifestyle, travel, food, and current events. WGBH is dedicated to expanding access to media, including initiatives aimed at serving individuals with disabilities through innovative technologies. Over the years, the company has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including Emmys, Peabodys, duPont-Columbia Awards, and Academy Awards, reflecting its commitment to high-quality journalism and educational programming.

KidsCOOK Productions

Grant in 2011
KidsCOOK Productions is an interactive, digital, sitcom-like show for health and wellness education! Celebrities.

ClassMetric

Grant in 2011
ClassMetric is an education software developer focused on enhancing the classroom experience for university professors by fostering student engagement and collaboration. Its primary product, a real-time "confusion meter" and question feed, enables professors to gauge student understanding instantaneously, allowing them to address misunderstandings as they arise. By providing real-time feedback on student comprehension, ClassMetric aims to strengthen the connection between professors and their students. The platform is currently in beta testing at several prestigious universities, including the University of California Berkeley, Stanford University, MIT, and Boston University. ClassMetric is committed to leveraging technology to promote more effective teaching and learning environments.

Her Campus

Grant in 2011
Her Campus Media is a leading media portfolio focused on serving college and GenZennial women through various platforms, including Her Campus, College Fashionista, Spoon University, InfluenceHer Collective, and Her20s. The organization is dedicated to empowering young women by providing them with a range of resources, including a magazine, community platform, and opportunities for peer-to-peer marketing. Her Campus Media also hosts proprietary events such as Her Conference® and College Fashion Week®, which foster community engagement and professional development. By leveraging its extensive on-campus chapter network, the company effectively connects brands with its targeted audience, offering customized content and experiential advertising solutions. The commitment to supporting the next generation is reflected in the success of its team members, who have secured prominent positions in the media and marketing sectors.

Olapic

Seed Round in 2011
Olapic Inc. is a visual marketing platform that transforms consumer-generated photos and videos into valuable brand assets for marketing and e-commerce use. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, the company specializes in collecting, curating, publishing, and analyzing visual content from social media to enhance brand engagement and boost sales performance. Olapic offers various solutions, including predictive consumer-generated ads, ad retargeting, and Instagram shopping, catering to brands and retailers across multiple sectors such as apparel, beauty, home, and travel. The platform enables businesses to create authentic marketing experiences that resonate with consumers, driving engagement and improving campaign effectiveness. As of September 2020, Olapic operates as a subsidiary of Social Native LLC, with additional offices in Cordoba, Argentina, and London, United Kingdom.

inStream Media, Inc.

Grant in 2010
inStream Media, Inc. is a targeted marketing technology company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializing in enhancing customer engagement for brands and retailers. Founded in 2007, the company provides a marketing platform called SmartConnect, which delivers tailored advertisements to customers at the point of sale. This software utilizes various factors, such as store location, time of day, and customer spending patterns, to optimize marketing efforts. inStream Media offers a range of services, including SmartConnect Receipts, SmartConnect eReceipts, and loyalty program integration, as well as in-store marketing and promotional analytics. The company collaborates with national retailers and Fortune 100 brands, including notable names like TimeInc., Kraft, Purina, and Unilever, to transform everyday transactions into effective marketing opportunities that enhance the shopping experience and drive sales.

MySuperMe

Grant in 2010
MySuperMe (MSM) is the next generation of ACTIVE video gaming. MSM kids play in an action packed online world while anywhere: outside, on the go, with friends, or even at recess. We۪ve built an online platform based on an engaging brand, fun story line & technical backend system that integrates different sensor technologies to encourage, verify & reward real world play & healthy habits.

Embedly

Grant in 2010
Embedly provides a platform and suite of tools to make embedding and previewing links simple. Embedly helps publishers and consumers manage embed codes from more than 100 Websites and APIs, including YouTube, Flickr, Ustream, Picassa, Hulu, Twitpic, Quantcast, and CrunchBase. It automatically convert links from these sources into embedded media on the fly.

Loudcaster

Grant in 2010
Loudcaster is an internet platform that enables users to create interactive online radio stations. It was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts.

FiVi.com

Grant in 2010
FiVi.com used social media to make leading an informed active lifestyle fun and motivating. FiVi.com has some of the best (and growing) tools for logging, sharing, and tracking activities. Anyone can model and upload a workout with rich media. As people use your workout, we will rank the most effective training programs. Their goal is to provide the most credible destination of peer validated information on what works by tapping into the collective intelligence of active communities.

3Play Media

Grant in 2010
3Play Media, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2007 that specializes in video accessibility services, including captioning, transcription, audio description, translation, and subtitling. It offers solutions that enhance online video accessibility for various sectors, such as media and entertainment, education, corporate, market research, and government, as well as for churches and religious broadcasters. The company employs advanced technologies, including natural language processing and machine learning, to provide high-quality services with efficient workflows and fast turnaround times. With a client base exceeding 2,000 customers, 3Play Media focuses on delivering cost-effective solutions while ensuring accuracy across all major caption formats.
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