SV Angel

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based seed fund founded by Ron Conway, specializing in early-stage investments primarily in the Internet software sector. Established in 1992, the firm distinguishes itself from traditional venture capital by adopting a portfolio approach, investing in a larger number of companies while refraining from taking board seats. This allows SV Angel to focus on providing extensive business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic advice to its portfolio companies. Over the years, SV Angel has supported numerous high-profile startups, including Facebook, Google, and Airbnb. The firm continues to leverage its extensive network to facilitate growth and innovation within the companies it invests in, aiming to foster a thriving startup ecosystem across the United States.

Ron Conway

Founder and Managing Partner

Ronald Conway

Founder and Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Sourav Gupta

Principal

Steven Lee

Partner

Robert Pollak

Partner

Beth Turner

Managing Partner - Seed

Past deals in Mobile Advertising

Cooper

Seed Round in 2021
Cooper is a mobile app that allows users to chat, party, and hang out while playing games.

Skiff

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Skiff (formerly FirstPaper) is an e-reading and advertising company formed to address the needs of consumers, publishers, and advertisers as print media increasingly migrates to new forms of digital consumption. This includes the emerging class of dedicated e-readers and reading-friendly devices, which create new opportunities and demand new business approaches. Headquarters located in NYC with second office in Palo Alto, CA.

Cappuccino.fm

Seed Round in 2020
Cappuccino.fm develops a mobile audio group messaging application intended to connect people. The company product allows users to record voice memos and share them with customizable groups.

Drum

Seed Round in 2019
Drum Technologies, Inc. operates a gig economy platform and mobile application designed to help users earn money by promoting various businesses. The Drum application facilitates a commission-based model where users, referred to as drummers, can share promotional offers created by businesses, sign up new businesses, and expand their network of fellow drummers. The platform allows consumers to discover these offers across multiple industries, including personal services, retail, food and drink, automotive, health and fitness, travel, business services, home services, and utilities. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Drum aims to create a streamlined sales force for businesses, allowing them to engage in sales efforts more efficiently than traditional advertising methods.

The Custom Movement

Pre Seed Round in 2019
The Custom Movement is an online platform that allows users to connect with their favorite celebrities through messaging and exclusive updates. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company aims to provide fans with a unique way to engage with public figures and access personalized content. By subscribing to specific accounts, users can receive tailored notifications and stay informed about the latest happenings related to their preferred celebrities. The service enhances the interaction between fans and celebrities, creating a more intimate and engaging experience.

Flowcode

Seed Round in 2019
Flowcode is a company focused on creating direct connections between brands and consumers through innovative technology. By integrating data-driven design with advanced QR code solutions, Flowcode facilitates contactless interactions that prioritize speed, security, and user privacy. As a leading provider of QR technology, Flowcode offers a reliable platform for brands to enhance their customer engagement. Accompanying its QR services is Flowpage, a tool that consolidates digital content into a mobile-friendly landing page, allowing users to manage their online presence effectively. Together, these products enable seamless integration of real-world experiences with digital interactions, providing clients with valuable insights through real-time analytics and empowering them to strengthen their customer relationships.

JetFuel

Seed Round in 2018
JetFuel is an influencer driven app promotion service.

Blockstack

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that empowers users to control their data and login credentials while facilitating the development of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the company operates an open-source platform that allows developers to create secure, privacy-focused applications. Users can register digital assets, such as domain names and applications, through Blockstack Token LLC, a subsidiary established in 2017. The network enables the creation, trading, and management of digital assets without relying on central authorities. With over 120 independent developer teams building on its platform, Blockstack aims to provide a scalable and user-centric alternative to traditional tech solutions, ensuring privacy, security, and freedom in the digital space.

SelfMade

Series A in 2017
SelfMade, Inc. is a New York-based technology company that specializes in image transformation and sharing, particularly tailored for social media. Established in 2015, it provides a members-only mobile application that employs artificial intelligence and proprietary technology to connect users with professional photo editors and social media strategists. This platform enables individuals and brands to enhance their online presence by offering personalized photo editing services and strategic social media support. Users can determine their brand aesthetic, develop growth strategies, and optimize posting schedules, making professional-grade marketing accessible to a broader audience. By democratizing access to high-quality image editing and social media management, SelfMade empowers its members to effectively express and grow their personal brands.

Zenreach

Series C in 2017
Zenreach, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in online marketing solutions for businesses with physical locations. Established in 2011, Zenreach focuses on enhancing customer acquisition and lifetime value through its innovative Walk-Through Marketing approach. The company's offerings include Zenreach Engage, which automatically tracks customer visits and develops comprehensive customer profiles, and Zenreach Attract, designed to improve advertising performance by targeting audiences based on existing customers. Zenreach measures success through its proprietary Walk-Through Rate™, which indicates when individuals exposed to an advertisement subsequently visit a location. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including independent merchants and well-known brands, helping them establish meaningful customer relationships that drive real business results.

Amplify.ai

Seed Round in 2017
Amplify.ai gives marketing and support teams conversational superpowers. Our unique enterprise-class Conversational AI platform enables truly conversational natural language engagement across the entire customer journey. On behalf of our major brand clients, our platform has already handled over 2.5 billion engagements with over 175 million consumers around the world.

Hooked

Seed Round in 2016
Hooked, formerly known as Telepathic, is a mobile media company that has pioneered the chat fiction format, appealing primarily to the Snapchat generation. With a readership of 50 million, Hooked has reached the top of the App Store in 25 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. The company utilizes proprietary technology and artificial intelligence to analyze billions of data points in order to predict content trends and develop popular media. This innovative approach positions Hooked as a potential leader in the evolving entertainment landscape, akin to future giants like Netflix and Disney. The company has attracted significant venture funding from notable investors in both Silicon Valley and Hollywood, further solidifying its growth and impact in the industry.

Zenreach

Series B in 2016
Zenreach, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in online marketing solutions for businesses with physical locations. Established in 2011, Zenreach focuses on enhancing customer acquisition and lifetime value through its innovative Walk-Through Marketing approach. The company's offerings include Zenreach Engage, which automatically tracks customer visits and develops comprehensive customer profiles, and Zenreach Attract, designed to improve advertising performance by targeting audiences based on existing customers. Zenreach measures success through its proprietary Walk-Through Rate™, which indicates when individuals exposed to an advertisement subsequently visit a location. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including independent merchants and well-known brands, helping them establish meaningful customer relationships that drive real business results.

Projector

Seed Round in 2016
Projector, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, develops a mobile notification platform aimed at enhancing product experiences for developers and product teams. The company focuses on creating collaborative tools for visual communication, enabling users to integrate videos, GIFs, social media, and presentations into their applications. By facilitating visual storytelling, Projector helps teams expand their creative capabilities beyond traditional app boundaries.

SelfMade

Seed Round in 2016
SelfMade, Inc. is a New York-based technology company that specializes in image transformation and sharing, particularly tailored for social media. Established in 2015, it provides a members-only mobile application that employs artificial intelligence and proprietary technology to connect users with professional photo editors and social media strategists. This platform enables individuals and brands to enhance their online presence by offering personalized photo editing services and strategic social media support. Users can determine their brand aesthetic, develop growth strategies, and optimize posting schedules, making professional-grade marketing accessible to a broader audience. By democratizing access to high-quality image editing and social media management, SelfMade empowers its members to effectively express and grow their personal brands.

Hooked

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Hooked, formerly known as Telepathic, is a mobile media company that has pioneered the chat fiction format, appealing primarily to the Snapchat generation. With a readership of 50 million, Hooked has reached the top of the App Store in 25 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. The company utilizes proprietary technology and artificial intelligence to analyze billions of data points in order to predict content trends and develop popular media. This innovative approach positions Hooked as a potential leader in the evolving entertainment landscape, akin to future giants like Netflix and Disney. The company has attracted significant venture funding from notable investors in both Silicon Valley and Hollywood, further solidifying its growth and impact in the industry.

Hooked

Seed Round in 2015
Hooked, formerly known as Telepathic, is a mobile media company that has pioneered the chat fiction format, appealing primarily to the Snapchat generation. With a readership of 50 million, Hooked has reached the top of the App Store in 25 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. The company utilizes proprietary technology and artificial intelligence to analyze billions of data points in order to predict content trends and develop popular media. This innovative approach positions Hooked as a potential leader in the evolving entertainment landscape, akin to future giants like Netflix and Disney. The company has attracted significant venture funding from notable investors in both Silicon Valley and Hollywood, further solidifying its growth and impact in the industry.

Beeswax

Seed Round in 2015
Beeswax, Inc. is an advertising technology company that specializes in providing a customizable and scalable Bidder-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform for digital media. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with additional locations in London and San Francisco, Beeswax enables its clients, including marketers, brands, technology platforms, and publishers, to effectively purchase ad space across websites, mobile apps, and video players. The platform allows users to leverage both proprietary and third-party data for programmatic advertising, facilitating the use of tailored targeting models and bidding strategies without the need for coding. This approach grants clients flexibility and the ability to optimize their advertising efforts through extensible APIs, making Beeswax a significant player in the video and omnichannel advertising markets.

Stacks

Seed Round in 2014
Stacks is a mobile communications company based in Melbourne, Australia, that specializes in branded contact sharing solutions. The company provides innovative business cards for iPhone users, enabling them to share contact information seamlessly via iOS 7 and AirDrop. Users can efficiently organize the business cards they receive into customized stacks based on categories such as company, profession, or event. Additionally, any updates made to contact details are automatically synchronized with their contacts, ensuring that information remains current and accessible. Stacks focuses on enhancing the way individuals manage and share their professional connections.

Boostable

Seed Round in 2014
Boostable, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, operates an online marketplace that enables sellers to preview and launch their digital advertisements. The company offers a cooperative digital advertising solution tailored for e-commerce marketplaces, retailers, and platforms, allowing them to provide digital advertising as a service. Boostable’s innovative model focuses on sharing costs, data, and resources among companies, facilitating the creation of high-performing ad campaigns. The leadership team comprises experienced professionals from renowned digital advertising firms, bringing extensive expertise to the company. Boostable is backed by prominent investors, including Y Combinator, SV Angel, 500 Startups, Omidyar Network, and Morado Ventures.

Quettra

Seed Round in 2014
Quettra, Inc. is a mobile intelligence company based in Milpitas, California, founded in 2013. The company specializes in mobile advertising services, operating an online platform that connects advertisers with their target audiences. Quettra's software compiles extensive information about mobile users, enabling app developers to gain insights into user interactions at a deep operating system level. This understanding aids in personalizing mobile experiences and enhancing monetization strategies. As of December 2015, Quettra operates as a subsidiary of SimilarGroup Ltd.

Two Tap

Seed Round in 2014
Two Tap is a platform that facilitates direct product sales for publishers within their applications, enhancing the e-commerce experience. It allows shoppers to order products seamlessly without exiting the app, benefiting from a shared wallet feature. The platform supports quick checkouts on popular browsers such as iOS Safari and Google Chrome. Developers can integrate Two Tap's functionalities using an HTML5 interface or API, enabling orders from various e-commerce sites. Two Tap offers different service tiers, including free, standard, and enterprise options. Founded by Radu Spineanu and Razvan Roman in Palo Alto, California, the platform connects retailers with consumers across mobile, desktop, and offline devices.

Amino

Seed Round in 2014
Amino Apps is a mobile community platform that connects individuals through shared interests and passions. Established in 2011, the platform facilitates a network of communities where users can explore, discover, and engage deeply with various topics. Through features such as chat, blogs, and polls, Amino enables users to unite with like-minded individuals from around the world, fostering interaction and collaboration within these interest-based groups.

LotusFlare

Seed Round in 2014
We build awesome digital experiences to drive Growth. Our mission is to bridge established companies with the software stack and Growth mindset of the most successful Internet players. We partner with companies in telecom, finance, media and technology to build intuitive, engaging digital products and to systematically drive user engagement, retention and monetization on these apps and websites. We also create digital B-brands, often focused towards Millenials who expect a 100% digital experience when interacting with companies.

LotusFlare

Seed Round in 2014
We build awesome digital experiences to drive Growth. Our mission is to bridge established companies with the software stack and Growth mindset of the most successful Internet players. We partner with companies in telecom, finance, media and technology to build intuitive, engaging digital products and to systematically drive user engagement, retention and monetization on these apps and websites. We also create digital B-brands, often focused towards Millenials who expect a 100% digital experience when interacting with companies.

URX

Series A in 2014
URX empowers publishers to monetize mobile content and enables advertisers to drive mobile commerce. The world's most forward-thinking companies use URX to connect users directly to relevant commerce experiences.

Boostable

Seed Round in 2014
Boostable, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, operates an online marketplace that enables sellers to preview and launch their digital advertisements. The company offers a cooperative digital advertising solution tailored for e-commerce marketplaces, retailers, and platforms, allowing them to provide digital advertising as a service. Boostable’s innovative model focuses on sharing costs, data, and resources among companies, facilitating the creation of high-performing ad campaigns. The leadership team comprises experienced professionals from renowned digital advertising firms, bringing extensive expertise to the company. Boostable is backed by prominent investors, including Y Combinator, SV Angel, 500 Startups, Omidyar Network, and Morado Ventures.

Clique

Series A in 2014
Clique Brands Inc. is a media and marketing company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2006. It operates several well-known brands, including Who What Wear, MyDomaine, Byrdie, CollegeFashionista, and Obsessee, targeting millennial women and Gen Z girls. Clique leverages data science alongside its editorial expertise to develop compelling content and products that resonate with its audience. The company offers two primary marketing services: CMG Studios, an in-house creative agency, and the INF Network, which represents over 55 top bloggers and influencers. These services facilitate integrated and native advertising programs that encourage consumer engagement and shopping. Notably, Clique launched a successful line of clothing, shoes, and accessories in collaboration with Target under the Who What Wear brand, solidifying its position in the retail market.

URX

Seed Round in 2013
URX empowers publishers to monetize mobile content and enables advertisers to drive mobile commerce. The world's most forward-thinking companies use URX to connect users directly to relevant commerce experiences.

Vungle

Series A in 2013
Vungle, Inc. operates a performance marketing platform that specializes in in-app video advertising for mobile businesses, advertisers, and publishers globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services including in-app video ads, creative and lifetime value optimization technologies, software development kits, and comprehensive ad serving solutions. Vungle also offers a Programmatic Buying solution tailored for agencies and trading desks, along with a Mobile Attribution solution that allows clients to assess the source and user value of their installs and track ad campaign performance. With additional offices in major cities around the world, Vungle aims to connect advertisers with high-value users through engaging video content.

Kiwi

Series A in 2013
Kiwi, Inc. is a mobile entertainment company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in developing mobile games, particularly for the Android platform. Founded in 2007, the company has established itself as a notable player in the industry, boasting multiple applications that have ranked within the Top 100 Grossing on Google Play. With a team of over 160 employees, Kiwi is dedicated to creating engaging gaming experiences and contributes to the Android developer ecosystem through its innovative tools. The company has successfully raised $9 million in funding, attracting investment from prominent backers, including Sequoia Capital and notable figures in the gaming industry. In 2015, Kiwi, Inc. became a subsidiary of SGN Games, Inc., further expanding its reach in the mobile gaming sector.

Snaplion

Seed Round in 2013
Snaplion designs and creates customized Android and iPhone applications.

Wildcard

Series A in 2013
Wildcard offers a mobile Internet technology designed to enhance the browsing experience on smartphones. By providing a vast library of cards, Wildcard enables users to access web content faster than traditional browsers and with greater efficiency than downloading native apps. Its innovative approach serves as a seamless replacement for conventional Internet browsing, allowing users to find the information they need quickly and effectively.

MessageMe

Series A in 2013
MessageMe is a mobile messaging application designed to enhance communication through personalized and emotionally engaging interactions. The platform focuses on creating a fun and lightweight user experience, encouraging users to send and respond to messages in a dynamic manner. By applying techniques from social gaming, MessageMe aims to enrich the emotional context of messaging, thereby increasing user engagement and excitement. The company has attracted interest from major players in the tech industry, including Snapchat and Truecaller. Ultimately, MessageMe was acquired by Yahoo for a sum estimated between $30 million and $40 million, reflecting its potential in the competitive messaging app landscape.

MessageMe

Seed Round in 2013
MessageMe is a mobile messaging application designed to enhance communication through personalized and emotionally engaging interactions. The platform focuses on creating a fun and lightweight user experience, encouraging users to send and respond to messages in a dynamic manner. By applying techniques from social gaming, MessageMe aims to enrich the emotional context of messaging, thereby increasing user engagement and excitement. The company has attracted interest from major players in the tech industry, including Snapchat and Truecaller. Ultimately, MessageMe was acquired by Yahoo for a sum estimated between $30 million and $40 million, reflecting its potential in the competitive messaging app landscape.

Amaze Software

Series A in 2013
When a company can revolutionize the ease of creation, storage, and management of something that has become integral to business and culture, that company can build a billion dollar empire. Microsoft did it with Word, which revolutionized documents; it did it with Excel for spreadsheets; and it did it again with Powerpoint for presentations. Together with the Microsoft Operating System called Windows, Microsoft built an empire on a bundled suite now called Microsoft Office 365. Since Microsoft, the world has moved online, has moved to mobile, and the things that are now integral to business and culture have shifted. Today, if you created a pie chart of the utilities that are essential to business and society it would consist of mobile apps, videos, ads, articles, and online presentations. The problem for these modern utilities is they suffer from the same problems that documents, spreadsheets, and presentations did at the dawn of Microsoft’s empire. They are time consuming, they are costly to create, and there exists to no unified, integrated way of managing and storing them. What Famous intends to do is revolutionize creation, storage, and management of these new Internet utilities. Together with our platform, called Famous Studio, we will offer powerful creation tools for Instant Apps, Instant Ads, Instant Videos, Instant Articles, and Instant Presentations that reduce creation time from months to minutes. To manage and store assets created with our Famous Studio, we offer Famous Publisher to manage them, Famous Analytics to measure their performance, and Famous Drive to store every beautiful creation.

Toro

Seed Round in 2013
Toro, founded in March 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, is a company that specializes in providing marketing services for app developers. Established by former developers and product managers from popular social games, Toro focuses on equipping app companies with essential tools for mobile marketing. The company's mission is to democratize access to effective marketing strategies, thereby enabling developers to optimize their campaign setups. Toro's marketing plans are primarily executed through the Facebook advertising platform, ensuring that clients can leverage one of the largest social media networks to reach their target audience effectively.

InstallMonetizer

Seed Round in 2013
InstallMonetizer.com helps software developers generate additional revenue from their installations. Most software developers lose revenue from 95% of their free/trial installs. We help them monetize these lost installs. Our publishers experience 60-85% conversion and earn between $0.25 to $1.00 per install. Our backend provides detailed stats to keep developers informed on their earnings. We work with quality advertisers. Our software publishers are assured we NEVER have spyware/adware products in our co-bundle. Watch our “How it Works” video: http://installmonetizer.com/HowitWorks.php To sign up, visit: http://installmonetizer.com/pub_signup_step1.php Professional Help: Order to help you to code our co-bundle code in to your software, please contact: Skype: nguyenquocviet254 Email: vietnq254@live.com

ItsOn

Series B in 2012
ItsOn, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based software platform designed to enhance the performance of mobile networks for service and content providers. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, ItsOn enables real-time service customization, allowing businesses to offer smart mobile services tailored to specific user demographics and device types. The platform enhances brand awareness for mobile partners and improves targeted app placement, while also providing consumers and enterprise managers with real-time visibility and control over voice, text, and data usage. ItsOn has developed solutions for wireless carriers, including key accounts, and has been recognized for launching the first end-to-end solution for virtual policy and billing in 2014. The company serves a diverse clientele, including mobile operators, OEMs, OS suppliers, retailers, brands, and consumers both in the United States and internationally.

M.dot

Seed Round in 2012
M.dot enables all businesses and individuals to be accessible & discoverable on mobile devices. With M.dot, small businesses can create and promote their mobile presence in minutes using a smartphone app. No technical skills required. 160 million websites are still not mobile ready – websites will eventually be replaced and mobile presence will become primary. M.dot makes the transition from www. to m. simple yet rich in features.

Perfect Audience

Seed Round in 2012
Perfect Audience is a retargeting platform that helps businesses reconnect with lost customers and enhance sales. The platform provides an online application that focuses on retargeting advertising, measuring the effectiveness of ad views and clicks on conversions and revenue. It integrates seamlessly with various applications, including Facebook and Shopify, allowing clients to optimize their advertising strategies and ultimately increase their revenue. By leveraging data-driven insights, Perfect Audience enables businesses to engage potential customers who have previously shown interest, thereby improving overall marketing efficacy.

Scoutzie

Seed Round in 2012
Scoutzie, LLC is an online community based in Seattle, Washington, that connects mobile designers with clients seeking professional design services. The platform allows mobile designers to showcase their work for various devices, including iPhones, iPads, Androids, and Windows devices. By facilitating access to a global talent pool, Scoutzie helps clients find the right designer for their projects based solely on the quality of their portfolios. This community emphasizes merit-based representation, enabling direct collaboration between clients and top design talents, ensuring that users can find the best fit for their design needs without relying on personal networks.

Open Air Publishing

Angel Round in 2012
Open Air Publishing Inc. publishes digital books for iPads. It designs how to books which allow readers to touch, watch, listen, read, and learn new skills. The books comprise The Better Bacon Book, Master Your DSLR Camera, Holiday Recipe and Survival Guide, and Speakeasy Cocktails. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

MNTN

Venture Round in 2012
MNTN is a provider of cloud-based advertising software designed for direct marketers, agencies, and brands of all sizes. Its comprehensive advertising suite enables users to effectively launch retargeting and prospecting campaigns across various platforms, including display, mobile, and social media. Additionally, MNTN offers a creative suite that empowers users to design visually appealing advertisements utilizing available content. The platform is known for its emphasis on transparency and control, allowing advertisers to manage their campaigns efficiently with one of the fastest go-live times in the industry. MNTN has received multiple accolades for its innovative solutions and workplace culture, establishing itself as a prominent player in the digital advertising landscape.

OmniVirt

Seed Round in 2012
OmniVirt's technology enables any digital marketer to create and distribute immersive ads (360° / 3D / VR / AR) that deliver 10X greater performance than traditional advertising. OmniVirt’s advanced technology in 360° / 3D rendering is ad platform agnostic, 99% browser compatible, and trusted by world-class publishers such as The New York Times, WSJ, Washington Post, Forbes, and more.

Moped

Venture Round in 2012
Moped is a free messaging application that enables its users to send messages from desktops and mobiles as well as integrate with a bunch of other web services such as [Dropbox](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dropbox), [Foursquare](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/foursquare), Chrome, IFTTT, [Twitter](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/twitter), and [Facebook](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/facebook). Accquired by [6Wunderkinder](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/6wunderkinder) as of December 13, 2013, Moped was launched in Berlin, Germany.

Clique

Seed Round in 2012
Clique Brands Inc. is a media and marketing company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2006. It operates several well-known brands, including Who What Wear, MyDomaine, Byrdie, CollegeFashionista, and Obsessee, targeting millennial women and Gen Z girls. Clique leverages data science alongside its editorial expertise to develop compelling content and products that resonate with its audience. The company offers two primary marketing services: CMG Studios, an in-house creative agency, and the INF Network, which represents over 55 top bloggers and influencers. These services facilitate integrated and native advertising programs that encourage consumer engagement and shopping. Notably, Clique launched a successful line of clothing, shoes, and accessories in collaboration with Target under the Who What Wear brand, solidifying its position in the retail market.

Zenreach

Venture Round in 2012
Zenreach, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in online marketing solutions for businesses with physical locations. Established in 2011, Zenreach focuses on enhancing customer acquisition and lifetime value through its innovative Walk-Through Marketing approach. The company's offerings include Zenreach Engage, which automatically tracks customer visits and develops comprehensive customer profiles, and Zenreach Attract, designed to improve advertising performance by targeting audiences based on existing customers. Zenreach measures success through its proprietary Walk-Through Rate™, which indicates when individuals exposed to an advertisement subsequently visit a location. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including independent merchants and well-known brands, helping them establish meaningful customer relationships that drive real business results.

Vungle

Seed Round in 2012
Vungle, Inc. operates a performance marketing platform that specializes in in-app video advertising for mobile businesses, advertisers, and publishers globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a range of services including in-app video ads, creative and lifetime value optimization technologies, software development kits, and comprehensive ad serving solutions. Vungle also offers a Programmatic Buying solution tailored for agencies and trading desks, along with a Mobile Attribution solution that allows clients to assess the source and user value of their installs and track ad campaign performance. With additional offices in major cities around the world, Vungle aims to connect advertisers with high-value users through engaging video content.

Moat

Series B in 2012
Moat is a free search engine for display ads. Moat also offers heatmap analytics and resources for creative. Online ads tend to be transient: visible one second and gone the next. Whether you want to see the ads from a particular brand, discover new advertisers, or get inspiration from innovative creative campaigns, the need for a centralized ad search is evident. Enter: Moat. Moat Ad Search is a search engine that focuses entirely on ads instead of other kinds of online content. Similar to traditional search engines, its results are compiled using a web crawler that is specifically tuned to look for ads on the web and index them for later retrieval. Moat also accepts submissions from advertisers and agencies that wish to have their ads included.

DoubleRecall

Seed Round in 2012
DoubleRecall is an advertising platform that offers a monetization solution for online media and mobile publishers. It enables these publishers to generate revenue while maintaining their audience by providing a non-intrusive way to monetize content. The platform enhances brand recall for advertisers, making it appealing for those looking to engage with users who are typically reached through television advertising. For readers, DoubleRecall ensures a more streamlined reading experience by presenting leaner articles with fewer distractions, allowing access to quality content without a paywall. This approach supports publishers in increasing profitability while prioritizing user engagement and satisfaction.

Highlight

Seed Round in 2012
Highlight is a mobile ambient awareness app. When you come within a few blocks of another Highlight user who is your Facebook friend or that you have friends or interests in common with, Highlight sends you a push notification and lets you message them. The app's homescreen displays a reverse chronological list of all the people you've crossed paths with.

Endorse

Series A in 2012
Endorse is a mobile offline marketing platform designed for consumer product companies, enabling them to connect with shoppers on an individual level. The company allows consumers to earn rewards for their loyalty to favorite brands, effectively closing the online-to-offline purchase loop. By utilizing item-level receipt data, Endorse provides personalized offers tailored to consumers' purchase histories and social media profiles. This approach helps brands enhance their marketing strategies and engage customers more effectively, ultimately driving proven retail sales in physical stores.

Embark

Seed Round in 2012
Embark is a mobile application designed to make it easy to get around cities using mass transit. Among other features, the iOS and Android application tells users when trains and busses are coming and will send push notifications when services are delayed. With over half a million users and rapid growth, Embark's simple and powerful mobile application is designed to bring urban transportation into the age of the smartphone. Embark is available for twelve major transportation systems in the US and the UK and is expanding rapidly. Embark won best transit and mobility app awards from the New York MTA App Quest and NYC Big Apps 3.0 contests.

Trigger.io

Seed Round in 2012
Trigger.io is a San Francisco-based company that has developed a cross-platform mobile development framework specifically designed for web developers aiming to create native mobile applications. Its application development platform leverages an HTML5 operating system, enabling efficient interaction between companies and their customers through digital media. The platform is regularly updated to address bugs, which helps reduce data consumption, allowing developers to build native mobile applications more swiftly and effectively. By focusing on enhancing the development process, Trigger.io provides a valuable solution for businesses looking to engage with their audiences through mobile technology.

MNTN

Series B in 2011
MNTN is a provider of cloud-based advertising software designed for direct marketers, agencies, and brands of all sizes. Its comprehensive advertising suite enables users to effectively launch retargeting and prospecting campaigns across various platforms, including display, mobile, and social media. Additionally, MNTN offers a creative suite that empowers users to design visually appealing advertisements utilizing available content. The platform is known for its emphasis on transparency and control, allowing advertisers to manage their campaigns efficiently with one of the fastest go-live times in the industry. MNTN has received multiple accolades for its innovative solutions and workplace culture, establishing itself as a prominent player in the digital advertising landscape.

nprogress

Seed Round in 2011
nProgress is the creator of ntro, a mobile social discovery platform for iPhone and Android. ntro is a social discovery smartphone app that helps you discover and connect with nearby people who share your interests, whether it’s food trucks, TechCrunch or zombies. Simply enter your interests or download them from Facebook – ntro connects you to other people who like the same things and lets you know if you have any friends in common. ntro is available for free on iPhone and Android in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The app will expand to more cities soon. Get more info at www.ntro.com

Firebase

Seed Round in 2011
Firebase was acquired by Google in 2014 and has become Googles flagship mobile platform for developers building iOS, Android, and Web apps. Firebase has been bolstered by 3 acquisitions since joining Google: Fabric/Crashlytics, Divshot, and LaunchKit. Firebase is used by >1,000,000 developers and is made up of complementary features that you can mix-and-match to fit your needs including: Free & unlimited Analytics, a Realtime Database, User Authentication, Crash Reporting, Push Notifications, and more. Learn more at http://www.firebase.com

Mino Games

Seed Round in 2011
Mino Games is a mobile gaming studio focused on developing free-to-play games across various genres. Known for its successful title Mino Monsters, which has garnered over 13 million downloads and ranked among the top 50 grossing mobile games, the studio is dedicated to creating engaging experiences for a global audience. Based in Montreal, Mino Games combines the talents of engineers, artists, and analysts to produce games that resonate with players for years. Their latest offering, Cat Game, has achieved a spot in the App Store's Top 100 Grossing Chart in Canada during its soft launch, demonstrating strong early performance. The company aims to expand its team with ambitious talent to support the growth of Cat Game and future projects as it continues to establish itself in the competitive mobile gaming industry.

Fullscreen

Seed Round in 2011
Fullscreen Media is a leading media company that specializes in social-first entertainment experiences, catering to creators, brands, and consumers. Founded in 2011 and based in Culver City, California, Fullscreen provides technology and services that enable the creation and sharing of video content for a connected audience. The company's offerings include marketing services that help brands engage and monetize their social audiences through effective social and creative strategies. Additionally, Fullscreen supports artists and creators by facilitating audience engagement and providing merchandise for men, women, and children, alongside various accessories available online. As a subsidiary of Otter Media, Fullscreen continues to innovate in the digital media landscape.

Egomotion

Seed Round in 2011
Egomotion Corp. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in designing and developing mobile applications. The company's flagship products include Status, an Android application that displays user statuses before making calls; Agent, a mobile application that provides context-aware tools to assist users throughout their day; and Trigger, which automates daily tasks to enhance efficiency. Through these applications, Egomotion aims to make smartphones more intelligent and user-friendly.

Origami

Debt Financing in 2011
Origami Labs operates a mobile platform focused on cashless payments, aiming to innovate the future of money, payment, and commerce. Established in 2012, Origami Pay has expanded its services nationwide, enabling transactions at convenience stores, international fast food chains, taxis, department stores, and various retail outlets. Additionally, Origami offers families a private and customizable website that facilitates the sharing of daily updates and cherished memories through photos, videos, and quotes. This dual approach positions Origami Labs at the intersection of financial technology and personal connection, catering to both commercial and familial needs.

Swrve

Seed Round in 2011
Swrve Inc. is a prominent developer of mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solutions, aimed at enhancing engagement and monetization for enterprises. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Swrve offers an integrated platform that encompasses mobile engagement, retention, and monetization strategies. The platform automates the collection and analysis of engagement metrics, enabling businesses to perform conversion and funnel analysis, retention studies, and monetization assessments. Key features include push and SMS messaging, in-app messaging, email notifications, and advanced analytics, which allow businesses to optimize user interactions through A/B testing and segmentation. Swrve serves a diverse range of industries, including airlines, hospitality, media, finance, gaming, telecom, e-commerce, and retail. With additional offices in Dublin, London, Irvine, and Sydney, Swrve continues to establish itself as a leader in the fast-growing mobile engagement marketing sector.

Game Closure

Seed Round in 2011
The Game Closure SDK is an HTML-based multiplayer game development environment. Its customers can use familiar Web APIs to create production quality games.The company's mobile application helps game studios to develop and publish games across the iOS and Android ecosystems, enabling users to play games on various devices.

Moat

Series A in 2011
Moat is a free search engine for display ads. Moat also offers heatmap analytics and resources for creative. Online ads tend to be transient: visible one second and gone the next. Whether you want to see the ads from a particular brand, discover new advertisers, or get inspiration from innovative creative campaigns, the need for a centralized ad search is evident. Enter: Moat. Moat Ad Search is a search engine that focuses entirely on ads instead of other kinds of online content. Similar to traditional search engines, its results are compiled using a web crawler that is specifically tuned to look for ads on the web and index them for later retrieval. Moat also accepts submissions from advertisers and agencies that wish to have their ads included.

Just.me

Seed Round in 2011
Just.me, Inc. is a mobile messaging platform headquartered in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2011. It integrates various communication features, including camera functionality, video capture, voice messaging, and traditional text messaging, into a single application. Users can create and share memories through unlimited photos, videos, voice, and text, allowing them to document life events and control their audience. The platform offers options to share content privately with select individuals or publish it publicly. By leveraging the smartphone address book, Just.me ensures clarity in sharing, as users can easily manage who sees their messages. Currently, the app is in beta for iPhone, with an Android version under development and a web version available with limited features.

AppRedeem

Seed Round in 2011
AppRedeem, Inc. provides an advertising platform for mobile application discovery, branding, and monetization. The company’s platform enables members to receive points for trying mobile applications and redeem points by giving feedback to application developers. It serves advertisers and mobile developers in the United States. AppRedeem, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Mountain View, California. As of September 21, 2015, AppRedeem, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Perk.com Inc.

OnSwipe

Venture Round in 2011
OnSwipe is a platform designed to enhance the presentation of content and advertising for publishers on touch-enabled devices through web browsers. By enabling media companies to deliver a magazine-like experience, OnSwipe allows their content to appear and function similarly to native applications, catering to the increasing prevalence of tablet usage. The platform simplifies the process of publishing across various touch devices, addressing the evolving needs of the media industry.

AddThis

Series D in 2011
AddThis operates a social sharing and analytics platform that facilitates the distribution and tracking of online content across various domains. Founded in 2004 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company provides tools for publishers, brands, consumers, and advertisers to enhance user engagement and drive traffic. With a presence on over 15 million domains and a reach of approximately 2 billion unique users, AddThis enables clients to analyze content sharing on social networks, track email shares, and monitor user interactions with content. Their audience intelligence platform allows marketers to identify and engage high-value customer segments based on shared interests and behaviors. As of 2016, AddThis operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, leveraging a vast footprint of 1 trillion page views annually to deliver personalized online experiences.

140 Proof

Series B in 2011
140 Proof is a mobile-based software platform specializing in social advertising by leveraging individuals' social activities to identify interests and deliver targeted advertisements. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes its proprietary Blended Interest Graph to reach over 66 million unique social users. By analyzing data from various social networks, 140 Proof's technology allows for a deeper understanding of user preferences, enabling the delivery of highly relevant ads. Their offerings include brand advertisements in the form of 140-character messages and 140-second videos, which are tailored to specific interest-based personas. Unlike traditional advertising on platforms like Facebook or Twitter, 140 Proof's approach provides a more comprehensive view of user engagement across multiple social channels, enhancing the effectiveness of in-app advertising. The company's Relevance API serves as a primary revenue stream for premium applications.

Flipboard

Series B in 2011
Flipboard, Inc. is a company that develops a mobile application allowing users to collect and share articles, videos, and photos from various sources, all presented in a digital magazine format. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in New York and Beijing, Flipboard enables users to aggregate web content based on their personal interests. The platform allows users to create personalized social magazines that can be shared and followed on social media, facilitating access to news and stories from around the world. Additionally, Flipboard provides custom branded layout solutions for publishers and offers native and display advertising services for advertisers, enhancing the user experience while supporting content creators.

Milk

Angel Round in 2011
Milk is a mobile development lab founded by Kevin Rose, Jeff Hodsdon, and Daniel Burka. Milk has announced its first mobile app, Oink, released last fall. The company has since been acquired by Google.

TinyCo

Series A in 2011
Founded in 2009 by Suli Ali, TinyCo has developed more than a dozen successful games for the App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon App store with titles such as Marvel Avengers Academy and Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff. The company's mission is to make people happy five minutes at a time through incredibly fun mobile entertainment, based on the world's biggest brands. The company's investors include Andreessen Horowitz and angel investors including Ron Conway and Keith Rabois. TinyCo was acquired by Jam City. Jam City is a global leader in mobile entertainment, providing social gaming experiences for millions of players around the world. Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest grossing and most enduring social gaming franchises for mobile, including Cookie Jam (Facebook “Game of the Year” winner) and Panda Pop. Jam City is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative rich mobile games for iconic entertainment brands including Harry Potter, Family Guy, Marvel Avengers and Futurama.

Lightbox

Seed Round in 2011
Lightbox is a company that develops consumer mobile applications, primarily for the Android platform. Its flagship product, Lightbox Photos, enhances the user experience by replacing the standard Android camera app. This application allows users to sync photos from their devices with various social networks while also offering cloud hosting services for their images on Lightbox.com. The team behind Lightbox was previously acquired by Facebook, which highlights the company's expertise and potential in the mobile app market.

Bump Technologies

Series B in 2011
Bump Technologies, founded in 2008 and based in Mountain View, California, specializes in developing mobile applications and APIs that facilitate data transfer between smartphones through physical contact. By simply bumping two devices together, users can exchange contact information, photos, and other data seamlessly. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz, enhancing its ability to innovate in the mobile technology space.

OnSwipe

Seed Round in 2011
OnSwipe is a platform designed to enhance the presentation of content and advertising for publishers on touch-enabled devices through web browsers. By enabling media companies to deliver a magazine-like experience, OnSwipe allows their content to appear and function similarly to native applications, catering to the increasing prevalence of tablet usage. The platform simplifies the process of publishing across various touch devices, addressing the evolving needs of the media industry.

Mino Games

Pre Seed Round in 2011
Mino Games is a mobile gaming studio focused on developing free-to-play games across various genres. Known for its successful title Mino Monsters, which has garnered over 13 million downloads and ranked among the top 50 grossing mobile games, the studio is dedicated to creating engaging experiences for a global audience. Based in Montreal, Mino Games combines the talents of engineers, artists, and analysts to produce games that resonate with players for years. Their latest offering, Cat Game, has achieved a spot in the App Store's Top 100 Grossing Chart in Canada during its soft launch, demonstrating strong early performance. The company aims to expand its team with ambitious talent to support the growth of Cat Game and future projects as it continues to establish itself in the competitive mobile gaming industry.

Factual

Series A in 2010
Factual Inc. specializes in providing location-based data tailored for mobile advertising, developers, and enterprise applications. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the company offers a range of services, including APIs for local business and points of interest data, geofencing capabilities, and UPC-centric datasets for consumer packaged goods. Factual's platform enables product and engineering teams, marketers, and data analysts to access comprehensive and accurate location data, facilitating informed decision-making and effective marketing strategies. The company also features Geotag, a reverse geocoder designed for high-volume geotagging. With additional offices in New York and Shanghai, Factual operates as a subsidiary of Foursquare Labs, Inc., and has established a strategic partnership with Mitsui & Co.

Bitly

Series B in 2010
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that provides businesses with tools to shorten, brand, and optimize links for their marketing efforts across various channels. The platform enables companies to track link analytics, gather audience insights, and measure campaign performance effectively in one location. By offering branded short links and mobile deep linking, Bitly enhances brand visibility while allowing businesses to utilize their own custom domains for link generation. This comprehensive marketing solution helps brands improve customer experiences and optimize their marketing strategies. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Bitly also has offices in San Francisco and Denver, serving a global customer base through a network of representatives and software applications.

Flipboard

Series A in 2010
Flipboard, Inc. is a company that develops a mobile application allowing users to collect and share articles, videos, and photos from various sources, all presented in a digital magazine format. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in New York and Beijing, Flipboard enables users to aggregate web content based on their personal interests. The platform allows users to create personalized social magazines that can be shared and followed on social media, facilitating access to news and stories from around the world. Additionally, Flipboard provides custom branded layout solutions for publishers and offers native and display advertising services for advertisers, enhancing the user experience while supporting content creators.

Shopkick

Series B in 2010
Shopkick is a shopping reward application designed to enhance the consumer shopping experience by offering rewards for various activities, including shopping, dining, and engaging with brands. Users earn "kicks," the app's proprietary currency, by participating in different activities such as watching videos, browsing content, and making purchases, both online and in physical stores. The app aims to create a personalized and engaging shopping journey, allowing users to enjoy rewards simply for walking into stores. Shopkick partners with numerous well-known brands and retailers, providing them with valuable consumer engagement insights and targeting capabilities. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Shopkick has evolved into a prominent platform that enhances the interaction between consumers and brands while rewarding users for their everyday shopping activities. The app is available for free on both the App Store and Google Play.

Foursquare

Series B in 2010
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that offers a variety of business solutions and consumer products centered around location intelligence. The company provides tools such as Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK, which enables real-time location awareness in mobile applications. Additionally, Foursquare offers the Places API for accessing detailed data on commercial locations and analytics services that deliver insights into consumer behavior. Its consumer applications, Foursquare and Swarm, allow users to track and share their visited locations. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City, Foursquare also operates offices in San Francisco, London, and Chicago, focusing on helping brands connect with targeted audiences and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Magnetic

Series A in 2010
Magnetic Media Online, Inc. is a digital marketing and artificial intelligence company headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in major U.S. cities and locations in Europe and Canada. Founded in 2008, the company specializes in providing a marketing platform that utilizes advanced data analytics to help enterprises, brands, and agencies enhance their advertising strategies. Magnetic's solutions include a media buying platform, audience targeting through its Magnetic Live Audiences, and various forms of advertising such as video, connected television, and cross-device advertising. The company's offerings leverage unique data resources, including purchase intent data from over 450,000 partner sites and behavioral insights from a billion active devices, to effectively assist marketers in attracting, retaining, and re-engaging customers.

UberMedia

Series A in 2010
UberMedia is a technology company headquartered in Pasadena, California, that specializes in targeted mobile advertising. It processes billions of social, demographic, and location signals daily to provide businesses with insights that enhance decision-making and consumer engagement. By delivering dynamic advertising solutions, UberMedia helps Fortune 500 companies across various sectors, including retail, automotive, entertainment, and consumer markets, achieve specific business goals such as increasing customer visits and boosting sales. The company is recognized as a pioneer in its field and has received accolades for its innovative approach.

Chomp

Series A in 2010
Chomp, Inc., founded in 2009 by Ben Keighran and Cathy Edwards, is a search platform that specializes in app functionalities, enabling users to discover applications based on their specific needs. With the rapid growth in app downloads, reaching one billion per month, Chomp addresses the challenge of finding suitable apps through its patent-pending algorithm, which matches user intentions with the capabilities of various apps. The platform also offers developers tools to seamlessly integrate app search into their content. Chomp serves a diverse clientele, including major companies such as Verizon and Carphone Warehouse. Based in San Francisco, California, Chomp gained significant recognition and investment from notable Silicon Valley investors and was acquired by Apple in February 2012.

MNTN

Seed Round in 2010
MNTN is a provider of cloud-based advertising software designed for direct marketers, agencies, and brands of all sizes. Its comprehensive advertising suite enables users to effectively launch retargeting and prospecting campaigns across various platforms, including display, mobile, and social media. Additionally, MNTN offers a creative suite that empowers users to design visually appealing advertisements utilizing available content. The platform is known for its emphasis on transparency and control, allowing advertisers to manage their campaigns efficiently with one of the fastest go-live times in the industry. MNTN has received multiple accolades for its innovative solutions and workplace culture, establishing itself as a prominent player in the digital advertising landscape.

CitizenNet

Seed Round in 2010
CitizenNet, Inc. is a marketing platform that specializes in interpreting real-time social signals from various social media sources, including Twitter and Facebook, to enhance ad targeting. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, the company utilizes a semantic platform that aggregates and analyzes social content, allowing for the automatic matching of relevant content to web pages. Its offerings include tools for capturing real-time activity, content analytics for monitoring trends and sentiment, user analytics to gather information on social interactions, and outreach tools to engage potential customers. CitizenNet has a strong focus on improving social media advertising performance through advanced audience prediction and media optimization, drawing on a wealth of expertise from its diverse team, which has backgrounds in technology, advertising, and entertainment. The company operates as a subsidiary of Condé Nast.

App.net

Seed Round in 2010
App.net is an ad-free, subscription-based social networking and development platform launched in August 2012. Owned and operated by Mixed Media Labs, the company was founded by Dalton Caldwell and Bryan Berg. App.net aims to serve as the backbone of the social web by providing infrastructure that facilitates meaningful interactions among users while enabling developers to create a variety of social applications. The platform supports features such as group messaging, photo and document sharing, and microblogging, allowing for a diverse range of applications within its ecosystem.

SimpleGeo

Seed Round in 2009
SimpleGeo, founded in 2009 by Matt Galligan and Joe Stump, developed a location infrastructure designed to integrate location-aware features into applications. The company provided an API that enabled developers to create geo-aware applications for mobile devices. SimpleGeo's offerings included Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Location-Based Services (LBS), which supplied geographical information to mobile applications. This allowed clients to efficiently store and scale their location data while facilitating complex geospatial and temporal queries. In October 2011, SimpleGeo was acquired by Urban Airship.

Chomp

Seed Round in 2009
Chomp, Inc., founded in 2009 by Ben Keighran and Cathy Edwards, is a search platform that specializes in app functionalities, enabling users to discover applications based on their specific needs. With the rapid growth in app downloads, reaching one billion per month, Chomp addresses the challenge of finding suitable apps through its patent-pending algorithm, which matches user intentions with the capabilities of various apps. The platform also offers developers tools to seamlessly integrate app search into their content. Chomp serves a diverse clientele, including major companies such as Verizon and Carphone Warehouse. Based in San Francisco, California, Chomp gained significant recognition and investment from notable Silicon Valley investors and was acquired by Apple in February 2012.

Bump Technologies

Series A in 2009
Bump Technologies, founded in 2008 and based in Mountain View, California, specializes in developing mobile applications and APIs that facilitate data transfer between smartphones through physical contact. By simply bumping two devices together, users can exchange contact information, photos, and other data seamlessly. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz, enhancing its ability to innovate in the mobile technology space.

Foursquare

Series A in 2009
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that offers a variety of business solutions and consumer products centered around location intelligence. The company provides tools such as Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK, which enables real-time location awareness in mobile applications. Additionally, Foursquare offers the Places API for accessing detailed data on commercial locations and analytics services that deliver insights into consumer behavior. Its consumer applications, Foursquare and Swarm, allow users to track and share their visited locations. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City, Foursquare also operates offices in San Francisco, London, and Chicago, focusing on helping brands connect with targeted audiences and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Inadco

Series A in 2009
Inadco, Inc. operates Inadco, a platform for cost-per-lead (CPL) and display advertising for advertisers and publishers. Its platform creates, serves, and hosts lead forms inside advertisements; enables advertisers to build CPL campaigns and buy media on a CPL basis; and allows publishers to sell advertisements inventory on a CPL basis. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

SocialDeck

Seed Round in 2009
SocialDeck, founded in 2008, specializes in social gaming by developing titles for platforms such as the iPhone, Facebook, and BlackBerry. The company focuses on creating an engaging gaming experience that allows simultaneous play across various mobile devices and social networks. Utilizing its proprietary technology, SocialDeck enhances viral content discovery and distribution, enabling effective monetization strategies for its games. Through its innovative approach, SocialDeck aims to provide users with flexible gaming options that can be accessed anytime and anywhere.

Shopkick

Series A in 2009
Shopkick is a shopping reward application designed to enhance the consumer shopping experience by offering rewards for various activities, including shopping, dining, and engaging with brands. Users earn "kicks," the app's proprietary currency, by participating in different activities such as watching videos, browsing content, and making purchases, both online and in physical stores. The app aims to create a personalized and engaging shopping journey, allowing users to enjoy rewards simply for walking into stores. Shopkick partners with numerous well-known brands and retailers, providing them with valuable consumer engagement insights and targeting capabilities. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Shopkick has evolved into a prominent platform that enhances the interaction between consumers and brands while rewarding users for their everyday shopping activities. The app is available for free on both the App Store and Google Play.

Motally

Series A in 2009
Motally provides mobile analytics such as user tracking and reporting. The hosted service is built specifically for mobile and offers tracking mechanisms that are designed for mobile devices, apps, and platforms. The service has more than 10K devices and more than 10K carrier IP address range blocks in the database. The integration is easy and takes only a few minutes. Motally users can get daily reports, web-based dynamic reports and user statistics such as unique users, page views, search keyworks, average pages/visit, etc. As a business tool, Motally enables deeper insight on customers and their behavior to help optimize product offerings and maximize ROI on advertising campaigns.

Bump Technologies

Seed Round in 2009
Bump Technologies, founded in 2008 and based in Mountain View, California, specializes in developing mobile applications and APIs that facilitate data transfer between smartphones through physical contact. By simply bumping two devices together, users can exchange contact information, photos, and other data seamlessly. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz, enhancing its ability to innovate in the mobile technology space.

Bitly

Series A in 2009
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that provides businesses with tools to shorten, brand, and optimize links for their marketing efforts across various channels. The platform enables companies to track link analytics, gather audience insights, and measure campaign performance effectively in one location. By offering branded short links and mobile deep linking, Bitly enhances brand visibility while allowing businesses to utilize their own custom domains for link generation. This comprehensive marketing solution helps brands improve customer experiences and optimize their marketing strategies. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Bitly also has offices in San Francisco and Denver, serving a global customer base through a network of representatives and software applications.

Luminate

Series A in 2009
Luminate, Inc., founded in 2008 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in creating interactive image applications for the web. The company serves over 150 million users monthly, managing approximately 30 billion image views annually. Luminate's platform integrates computer vision, machine learning, and crowdsourcing technology to enhance static images by delivering relevant, layered informational content. This innovative approach allows consumers to engage with images interactively, transforming the way they experience visual content online. Luminate is privately funded by various venture capital firms, including August Capital, CMEA Capital, Google Ventures, and Shasta Ventures.

Adara

Seed Round in 2009
Adara, the global leader in permissioned data and verified identity, combines the power of global data consortiums to inform its 1 billion digital identities with over 22 billion data elements across 130 countries and serving Global 2,000 customers. Whether informing digital marketing, programmatic advertising, search, identity and verification, or stopping fraud, Adara provides you with more customers, less friction, and better outcomes. For more information, visit us at www.ADARA.com.
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