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Developer of an all-in-one commerce & content platform designed to serve as a bridge between existing Web2 services and the Web3 ecosystem. The company's platform helps the creator turn their personal website into a creative library & digitally-native commerce platform, and expands the accessibility of Web3 to all creators, enabling them to build an interactive website, portfolio, or link-in-bio in minutes for every drop.

We're a team of Marketers, Brand Experts, Data Scientists, and Engineers, with a passion for changing how Marketers start conversations with their consumers. We're tackling the massive problem virtually every consumer brand faces today: 64% of consumers will choose, avoid, switch, or boycott a brand based on its stand on societal issues they care about. Today's generation of consumers is the most disloyal in history. Why? Because they won't stay loyal just based off products, unlike their parents before them. They insist on buying from socially responsible brands that stand for the causes they support. We're solving for this through the Because SaaS Belief Marketing Platform. Because helps the 80% of U.S. consumer businesses who give back to charity, to build long-term brand differentiation with their consumers through belief-based social media engagement, rather than product advertising. How it works: Because uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to produce a daily curation of the highest quality "matches"​ for Marketing teams to organically engage their ideal influencers, who are live on social talking about the same social causes their brand supports. Then they can share their story out with their network, and give you an opportunity to expose your brand to potential customers through common beliefs. And eventually, turn them into loyal customers. Because helps Marketing teams reduce customer acquisition costs by moving away from paid influencer engagements and product-driven advertising, to organic Because engagements with micro-influencers who just so happen to already love the causes you love. We'd love to meet new customers, talent, and investors. Reach out to us at learn@becauseintelligence.com

Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process.

MyMedBot is an alert application for schools, connecting students and staff to nurses and counselors, through chat and indoor geolocation.

The community-building and wellbeing platform for the modern workforce

Jet Media Network operates a media platform focused on creating customized digital destinations for high-profile athletes and celebrities. The company emphasizes data-driven strategies to develop next-generation media networks that empower communities. By providing tailored mobile experiences, Jet Media Network facilitates direct connections between athletes, celebrities, and their fans, fostering engagement and interaction.

Steady Media UG, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, offers an online subscription platform tailored for independent content creators such as bloggers, podcasters, and video producers. The platform enables these creators to monetize their communities by converting followers into paying members, thus providing a more stable revenue stream compared to traditional advertising or donations. Steady's comprehensive tools assist users with marketing, community management, and financial aspects of their subscription strategies, allowing creators to focus on content production while managing subscriptions efficiently. The company operates by taking a share from each transaction, providing a streamlined solution for content monetization.

Otis AI offers a data-driven digital marketing platform that simplifies advertising for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By utilizing artificial intelligence, Otis AI helps these businesses leverage their own data to acquire and retain valuable customers through an easy-to-use, one-click ad management system. The platform enables users to launch advertising campaigns across various social media channels while providing comprehensive analysis of marketing performance. Key features include automation of marketing efforts such as retargeting, online-to-offline attribution, and creative optimization. This allows SMBs to efficiently conduct cross-platform campaigns and maximize their return on investment in real-time. Otis AI serves as an essential tool for builders, creators, and small businesses aiming to enhance their marketing efforts with minimal complexity.

Developer of a memorialization platform designed to create lasting legacies for the ones they love and for their stories to inspire generations to come. The company features the ability to let users hand-pick personality traits and interests, and send questionnaires to family and friends so they can contribute their memories, enabling individuals to tell stories about their special ones and memorialize every part of their world.

Scopio, LLC is an image search engine and licensing platform that focuses on trending images and videos from social media. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company utilizes artificial intelligence to facilitate the discovery and licensing of user-generated content. Its platform allows businesses, brands, non-governmental organizations, and live events to access a vast library of authentic and diverse photos, enabling them to customize messages and build their visual content libraries. Additionally, Scopio streamlines the copyright process for these images and videos, making it easier for users to search, license, publish, and analyze visual content sourced from social media.

Developer of a food delivery platform designed to find the various food options available through social media. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence to show various restaurants with recommendations based on preference, and at the same time, the delivery time of the different providers can be compared along with booking and reservation features, enabling users to save money and follow other foodies and restaurants.

Lumanu, Inc. is a digital marketing platform that connects companies with brand ambassadors, focusing on the creator economy. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Oakland, California, with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lumanu offers several solutions to facilitate collaboration between brands and creators. Its SocialCert solution enables influencers to share content and usage rights with marketers, while Content Manager allows for easy ingestion of influencer content. SmartBoost generates advertisements using influencer-created content, enhancing marketing effectiveness. Lumanu streamlines business transactions and payments for creators, ensuring they earn more and receive payments promptly. For businesses, the platform reduces friction in accessing exclusive creator intellectual property and first-party data, ultimately improving return on investment.

Allstar is a gaming company focused on empowering gamers to become content creators by providing innovative tools for content generation. The company's platform enables users to capture, discover, and share their significant esports moments as professional-quality video clips. By democratizing gaming content, Allstar aims to elevate everyday gamers and help them showcase their skills and achievements within the gaming community.

We are a mission-driven PBC creating tools for the truthful and secure exchange of information through video. We developed a technology we call Certified Reality(tm) which authenticates the time and place of each video and prevents tampering. Our solution is as simple as it is foolproof: tethered content. Our first application is yaza, a map-based video storytelling app that realtors use to record immersive home and neighborhood tours. The authenticity of these narrated tours builds trust with remote buyers and helps realtors sell more homes. It is a realtor-centric market network that combines the viral nature of social messaging with a marketplace that becomes defensible at scale due to network effects. Trends in e-commerce point to the rise of social selling and market networks, where trusted friends or influencers guide purchases rather than star ratings by strangers. The real estate market invented social selling, with Realtors being the original influencers. Yet, ironically, most proptech business models count on cutting realtors out. Yaza is different. We put realtors front and center, a unique approach that is winning praise from customers and industry press alike. ( www.yaza.io/press ) Beyond the experience of our team, our secret sauce is the aforementioned Certified Reality. It has enabled new use cases around remote property management and allows us to reach international buyers and properties, currently untapped by existing proptech leaders. Try yaza free on the App Store here: http://bit.ly/yazaApp

Developer of a food delivery platform designed to find the various food options available through social media. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence to show various restaurants with recommendations based on preference, and at the same time, the delivery time of the different providers can be compared along with booking and reservation features, enabling users to save money and follow other foodies and restaurants.

Holler Technologies, Inc. is a Conversational Media company based in New York, established in 2016. It specializes in the creation and delivery of expressive visual content designed to enhance online conversations. The company utilizes its Suggestion AI Technology to provide users with relevant content at opportune moments, making peer-to-peer messaging more engaging and effective. Holler also operates a full-service animation production studio and creative agency, focusing on original animation and relatable characters that resonate with audiences. With a dedicated team of technologists, digital animators, and media industry professionals, Holler processes and services over 1 billion messages daily, contributing significantly to the digital communication landscape.

Pico is a company that designs and develops audience relationship management software solutions tailored for online businesses. Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, it provides pre-made templates equipped with high-converting Facebook and Google sign-in buttons. Pico's platform caters to various sectors, including newsletters, e-commerce, subscriptions, memberships, and donations. Its services are particularly beneficial for small and midsize businesses that aim to foster close-knit communities around content and identity, such as local newsrooms, trade publications, and non-profit organizations.

Influencer marketing isn't a tricky business, it's an opaque business. Kyndoo is looking to rip open the shades and let the light in. When their founder, Kelly McDonald, started Kyndoo she believed that there are thousands of amazing and talented influencers out there who care about their audience, the brands they work with and the authenticity of standing behind the products they represent. And what they found from talking with thousands of influencers over the past few years is that Influencers and Brands share the same concerns surrounding #Fakeinfluencers crowding the industry and giving it a bad name. At Kyndoo they've set out to do something about changing that perspective. Kyndoo is bringing the data and the platform to help move the social influence industry from being a marketing "side-hustle" to the highest producing revenue channel at any organization.

Operator of a community network application intended to simplify the search for lost dogs. The company's platform allows users to post a picture of their lost pets across the community in order to prepare a personalized, step-by-step action plan, enabling individuals to alert the community and facilitate the pet search process efficiently.

Banyan is a digital marketing and patient engagement platform focused on the healthcare sector, enabling medical practices to enhance their online presence and connect with patients. The company offers a HIPAA-compliant media consent application that facilitates the sharing of patient photos on popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Banyan also features tools for soliciting and managing patient reviews, allowing practices to gather feedback before patients leave the office and request reviews on platforms like Google. Additionally, the company provides personalized websites that reflect the practice's values and culture, as well as a comprehensive listing service that ensures accurate contact information across numerous online directories. Founded in 2013 and based in Orem, Utah, Banyan operates as a subsidiary of NUVI LLC and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals humanize their services and improve patient engagement.