First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 and based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in seed-stage investments, primarily focusing on technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. The firm aims to support early-stage companies, often acting as their first source of outside capital, with typical initial investments around $500,000. First Round Capital takes an active role in its portfolio companies, fostering a community of entrepreneurs through various services, including custom software and unique in-person experiences. The firm has helped its founders raise over $2.5 billion in follow-on capital, showcasing its effective support for burgeoning businesses. Additionally, First Round Capital has initiated a VC-sponsored Exchange Fund, allowing its entrepreneurs to share in the performance of their collective investments. With offices in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York, the firm continues to invest nationally, focusing on nurturing innovative ideas and helping small companies grow into significant players in their respective markets.

Meka Asonye

Partner

Hayley Barna

Partner

Brett Berson

Partner

Jeffrey Donnon

CFO

Annie Duke

Special Partner

Molly Fowler

CEO

Amy Fu

Vice President, Investments

Rob Hayes

Partner

Todd Jackson

Partner

Josh Kopelman

Partner

Whitnie Narcisse

Operating Partner

Cory Perkins

Partner Operations Manager

Bill Trenchard

Partner

Liz Wessel

Partner

James Wu

Infrastructure and AI / ML Investor

Past deals in Social Media

koodos

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a digital platform designed to empower users to manage their data and enhance their online experiences. The company offers innovative products for personal data management and secure integrations, enabling individuals and developers to gain control over their digital lives and foster data portability.

Wisdom

Seed Round in 2021
Wisdom provides a platform for one-to-one style conversations with a focus on mentoring.

Telepath

Seed Round in 2020
Telepath provides a social network application that enables users to discuss their interests. Its platform is secure and easier, enabling users to connect with each other very easily.

Molly

Seed Round in 2019
Molly is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that has developed a web-based platform designed to centralize information from various online profiles into one accessible location. The platform features an interactive "ask me anything" (AMA) capability, allowing users to seek answers about individuals. Responses are aggregated from diverse sources, including Medium, Twitter, and Instagram, facilitating a comprehensive understanding of the person in question. By cross-pollinating information, Molly enhances the user experience by making relevant data easily retrievable and organized.

Mighty Networks

Series A in 2019
Mighty Networks is a software company that provides a platform for building online communities and engaging audiences around shared interests. Founded in 2010 and located in Palo Alto, California, the company enables creators to develop and manage branded spaces where they can offer online courses, paid memberships, and events. By utilizing advanced algorithms and technology, Mighty Networks connects passionate fans and followers based on their interests and locations. The platform allows creators to consolidate their content, conversations, and community interactions in one place, enhancing the experience for both creators and their members. Through its services, Mighty Networks supports the creation of meaningful relationships and experiences, focusing on community engagement and subscription commerce under the creator's brand.

Clara Labs

Series A in 2017
Clara Labs operates an online platform called Clara, which facilitates meeting scheduling through email. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform is designed to assist enterprises and their employees by managing the complexities of calendar coordination. Clara utilizes advanced human-in-the-loop natural language processing systems to enhance user experience and streamline the scheduling process, enabling users to arrange meetings based on their preferred times and locations. In 2019, Clara Labs was acquired by TopFunnel, which continues to provide the service, while Twitter acquired some of Clara's research and development talent and intellectual property for content moderation purposes.

Vidme

Series A in 2016
Vidme is an online video sharing platform based in Los Angeles that provides a community for users to express and share their ideas through video content. The platform allows individuals to upload videos across various categories, including gaming, animation, movies, and entertainment. Vidme facilitates a seamless user experience by enabling video uploads without requiring users to create an account, thereby encouraging broader participation and interaction within its community.

Mighty Networks

Series A in 2016
Mighty Networks is a software company that provides a platform for building online communities and engaging audiences around shared interests. Founded in 2010 and located in Palo Alto, California, the company enables creators to develop and manage branded spaces where they can offer online courses, paid memberships, and events. By utilizing advanced algorithms and technology, Mighty Networks connects passionate fans and followers based on their interests and locations. The platform allows creators to consolidate their content, conversations, and community interactions in one place, enhancing the experience for both creators and their members. Through its services, Mighty Networks supports the creation of meaningful relationships and experiences, focusing on community engagement and subscription commerce under the creator's brand.

Curalate

Series C in 2016
Curalate, Inc. operates an online platform designed to facilitate product discovery and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. By transforming images and videos into digital storefronts, the platform allows brands to integrate their products into social media channels, advertisements, and emails effectively. Curalate provides tools for brands to automatically share content, track social media engagement metrics, and monitor campaigns, competitors, and influencers. Established in 2011 and originally named Storably, Curalate is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in New York, Seattle, and London. The company serves numerous prominent brands, including Gap, Neiman Marcus, and Sephora, by enabling a seamless transition from product discovery on social media to on-site purchases. As of July 2020, Curalate operates as a subsidiary of Bazaarvoice, Inc.

Percolate

Series C in 2015
Percolate Industries, Inc. operates a comprehensive content marketing platform aimed at enhancing enterprise marketing efforts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Denver, and London, Percolate's platform facilitates collaboration across departments, enabling users to plan, execute, and manage marketing campaigns effectively. It allows for the centralization and sharing of files, integration with various marketing channels, and monitoring of audience engagement. The platform is designed to increase productivity, improve brand visibility, and drive sales by organizing marketing programs and providing tools for audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. As of November 2019, Percolate functions as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc.

Vidme

Seed Round in 2015
Vidme is an online video sharing platform based in Los Angeles that provides a community for users to express and share their ideas through video content. The platform allows individuals to upload videos across various categories, including gaming, animation, movies, and entertainment. Vidme facilitates a seamless user experience by enabling video uploads without requiring users to create an account, thereby encouraging broader participation and interaction within its community.

Twenty20

Series A in 2015
Twenty20 provides a modern, real-world alternative to traditional stock photography. In the era of Instagram and the iPhone, stock photos can feel staged and uninspired. Twenty20 provides fresh, inspiring photography supplied by a global contributor community of ~ 250,000 mobile photographers. All imagery is available via a simple, royalty-free license.

Clara Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Clara Labs operates an online platform called Clara, which facilitates meeting scheduling through email. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform is designed to assist enterprises and their employees by managing the complexities of calendar coordination. Clara utilizes advanced human-in-the-loop natural language processing systems to enhance user experience and streamline the scheduling process, enabling users to arrange meetings based on their preferred times and locations. In 2019, Clara Labs was acquired by TopFunnel, which continues to provide the service, while Twitter acquired some of Clara's research and development talent and intellectual property for content moderation purposes.

Swipe Labs

Series A in 2015
Swipe allows users to share private photos and videos that wouldn’t get posted on Facebook. It experiments with new social products to craft better mobile communication experiences for the users. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

SAY Media

Venture Round in 2014
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.

ShareThis

Series C in 2014
ShareThis, Inc. operates a social data platform that provides tools for consumer engagement and content sharing, enabling publishers and advertisers to leverage first-party data in real time. The company offers a variety of social sharing tools, including share buttons for multiple platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as mobile options like SMS and WhatsApp. These tools are designed to enhance user engagement, increase web traffic, and facilitate personalized experiences. Additionally, ShareThis features a Real-Time Marketing Engine that allows brands to activate audiences across various digital formats. Founded in 2004 and formerly known as Nextumi, Inc., ShareThis has been collecting social share data since 2007, transforming it into actionable insights for marketers and content creators. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Chicago, Manhattan Beach, New York City, and Boston.

Curalate

Series B in 2014
Curalate, Inc. operates an online platform designed to facilitate product discovery and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. By transforming images and videos into digital storefronts, the platform allows brands to integrate their products into social media channels, advertisements, and emails effectively. Curalate provides tools for brands to automatically share content, track social media engagement metrics, and monitor campaigns, competitors, and influencers. Established in 2011 and originally named Storably, Curalate is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in New York, Seattle, and London. The company serves numerous prominent brands, including Gap, Neiman Marcus, and Sephora, by enabling a seamless transition from product discovery on social media to on-site purchases. As of July 2020, Curalate operates as a subsidiary of Bazaarvoice, Inc.

Soldsie

Series A in 2014
Soldsie is a social commerce platform that enables merchants to monetize their Facebook pages by facilitating purchases through customer comments. Customers register their payment information with Soldsie, allowing them to comment on products posted by merchants to trigger a charge and initiate the shipping process. The platform allows brands to display their products with images on social media, enhancing engagement and enabling direct sales through comments. Merchants benefit from an administrative dashboard that helps them manage inventory and shipping while increasing user interaction through comments, views, and viral shares.

Percolate

Series B in 2014
Percolate Industries, Inc. operates a comprehensive content marketing platform aimed at enhancing enterprise marketing efforts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Denver, and London, Percolate's platform facilitates collaboration across departments, enabling users to plan, execute, and manage marketing campaigns effectively. It allows for the centralization and sharing of files, integration with various marketing channels, and monitoring of audience engagement. The platform is designed to increase productivity, improve brand visibility, and drive sales by organizing marketing programs and providing tools for audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. As of November 2019, Percolate functions as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc.

Path

Series C in 2014
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to facilitate personal social networking among users and their closest contacts, limited to 150 connections. The platform emphasizes simplicity, quality, and privacy, aiming to enhance the way individuals share their life's moments with friends and family. Path offers features that enable users to capture and share experiences in a secure environment, underlining the importance of close relationships. The service has evolved with a focus on creating meaningful connections, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

Swipe Labs

Seed Round in 2013
Swipe allows users to share private photos and videos that wouldn’t get posted on Facebook. It experiments with new social products to craft better mobile communication experiences for the users. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Cluster

Seed Round in 2013
Cluster Labs is a mobile application that allows its users to create albums and share photos with friends and family members. The application enables its users to create a Cluster by adding a set of photos of an event or topic and tag people who were present at the event, allowing them to contribute photos to the album. It enables brides to collect photos from wedding guests; parents to collect photos of their children; students to build photo collections of each year; travelers to collect photos from travel companions; and more. Cluster Labs was launched in January 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Pagevamp

Seed Round in 2013
Pagevamp is the easiest and fastest way to publish a website. Pagevamp allows users to create and update their website from their Facebook Page in one click. Rather than forcing users to learn a whole new site creation and management interface, Pagevamp lets its users update their website from a platform they already know: Facebook. Now anyone can create a good looking and up-to-date website using Pagevamp. Prior to Pagevamp, co-founders Vincent Sanchez-Gomez, Atulya Pandey, and Fred Wang ran a small traditional design agency where they learned that many small business and organization websites never got updated because the existing platforms (cms and wysiwyg) were too difficult to manage without a web expert on hand. They created the first version of Pagevamp at PennApps Hackathon Fall 2012 and released Pagevamp's first public beta in late March, 2013.

Solve Media

Series B in 2013
Solve Media, Inc. is a digital media technology company that offers a hosted security platform tailored for publishers, advertisers, and agencies. The company provides an online and mobile advertising platform that enhances branding opportunities, allowing brands to engage consumers through various formats, including CAPTCHA, display ads, videos, and mobile formats. By protecting website publishers from automated submissions, spam, and other fraudulent activities, Solve Media aims to improve brand message delivery and recall rates while maximizing return on investment for advertisers. Founded in 2009 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Solve Media has additional offices in major cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and London. The company was previously known as AdCopy, Inc. before rebranding in September 2010 and is currently a subsidiary of Adiant.

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.

Manifest

Seed Round in 2013
Manifest, Inc. operates a product feed-based advertising platform that enables retailers to optimize their product catalogs for promotion on various digital platforms, including Facebook and Google. The platform allows users to add product feeds, create product groups, and gain insights into customer preferences. Manifest's Matching Engine enhances advertising effectiveness by helping retailers not only retarget existing customers but also discover and engage new ones by showcasing relevant products. The company has facilitated the optimization of over 14 million products across 4 billion ads, resulting in more than $70 million in revenue for its clients. Established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Manifest was formerly known as SocialWire, Inc. and rebranded in 2015. It serves a diverse clientele that includes notable retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Gilt, and it operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten Marketing LLC.

ShareThis

Series C in 2013
ShareThis, Inc. operates a social data platform that provides tools for consumer engagement and content sharing, enabling publishers and advertisers to leverage first-party data in real time. The company offers a variety of social sharing tools, including share buttons for multiple platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as mobile options like SMS and WhatsApp. These tools are designed to enhance user engagement, increase web traffic, and facilitate personalized experiences. Additionally, ShareThis features a Real-Time Marketing Engine that allows brands to activate audiences across various digital formats. Founded in 2004 and formerly known as Nextumi, Inc., ShareThis has been collecting social share data since 2007, transforming it into actionable insights for marketers and content creators. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Chicago, Manhattan Beach, New York City, and Boston.

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.

Curalate

Series A in 2013
Curalate, Inc. operates an online platform designed to facilitate product discovery and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. By transforming images and videos into digital storefronts, the platform allows brands to integrate their products into social media channels, advertisements, and emails effectively. Curalate provides tools for brands to automatically share content, track social media engagement metrics, and monitor campaigns, competitors, and influencers. Established in 2011 and originally named Storably, Curalate is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in New York, Seattle, and London. The company serves numerous prominent brands, including Gap, Neiman Marcus, and Sephora, by enabling a seamless transition from product discovery on social media to on-site purchases. As of July 2020, Curalate operates as a subsidiary of Bazaarvoice, Inc.

Refinery29

Series B in 2013
Refinery29 Inc. is a digital media and entertainment company that focuses on lifestyle content for women. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, the company also has operations in Los Angeles, London, and Berlin. Refinery29 connects its audience with a wide range of topics, including fashion, beauty, health, work, entertainment, and food, through engaging stories and original video programming. The platform aims to inspire women to lead independent, stylish, and informed lives, offering tools and insights that resonate with their interests and aspirations.

Percolate

Series A in 2012
Percolate Industries, Inc. operates a comprehensive content marketing platform aimed at enhancing enterprise marketing efforts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Denver, and London, Percolate's platform facilitates collaboration across departments, enabling users to plan, execute, and manage marketing campaigns effectively. It allows for the centralization and sharing of files, integration with various marketing channels, and monitoring of audience engagement. The platform is designed to increase productivity, improve brand visibility, and drive sales by organizing marketing programs and providing tools for audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. As of November 2019, Percolate functions as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc.

Manifest

Seed Round in 2012
Manifest, Inc. operates a product feed-based advertising platform that enables retailers to optimize their product catalogs for promotion on various digital platforms, including Facebook and Google. The platform allows users to add product feeds, create product groups, and gain insights into customer preferences. Manifest's Matching Engine enhances advertising effectiveness by helping retailers not only retarget existing customers but also discover and engage new ones by showcasing relevant products. The company has facilitated the optimization of over 14 million products across 4 billion ads, resulting in more than $70 million in revenue for its clients. Established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Manifest was formerly known as SocialWire, Inc. and rebranded in 2015. It serves a diverse clientele that includes notable retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Gilt, and it operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten Marketing LLC.

RebelMouse

Seed Round in 2012
RebelMouse, Inc. is a social media aggregator and digital publishing platform founded in 2012 and based in New York City. It enables brands, media companies, and individuals to create and manage dynamic content experiences that foster community engagement and audience growth across various social channels. Unlike traditional content management systems, RebelMouse emphasizes a distributed approach, allowing content to be shared across multiple platforms, including websites, social media, and applications. The platform features tools for social sharing, post creation, and analytics, which help users understand how their content is consumed and shared. RebelMouse has gained recognition for its innovative strategies that have driven significant online traffic for various publishers and brands, including prominent projects with media entities and initiatives to enhance brand engagement, such as transforming United Airlines Hub into a leading airline blog.

Perceptual Networks

Seed Round in 2012
Perceptual Networks was formed to make it easy for everyone to find the best people for them to meet next in their lives. Whether you are looking for an employee, a golf buddy, a spouse or a roommate, they're making apps for that.

9gag

Seed Round in 2012
9GAG, Inc. is a social media platform founded in 2008 and based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in user-generated content focused on humor. The site allows users to post and comment on a wide array of entertaining media, including funny pictures, videos, and memes across various categories such as gaming, anime, movies, TV shows, and sports. 9GAG.TV, a subsidiary of the main platform, features user-generated videos that cover similar themes, including comedy, pranks, and cute moments. The platform is updated daily, providing a dynamic space for users to engage with content, share laughs, and connect with others who enjoy lighthearted entertainment.

33Across

Series C in 2012
33Across Inc. is a technology company that operates a social sharing and content discovery platform, focusing on enhancing consumer attention through automated advertising solutions. Founded in 2007 and based in New York, the company offers several key products, including SocialDNA Targeting, which helps clients identify social networks related to their brands, and BRAND GRAPH, which predicts potential consumers based on social and interest data. Additionally, it provides Social Personas, a real-time solution that captures social activity and demographic insights, and the Real Platform, which ensures ad quality by verifying viewability and preventing fraudulent traffic. 33Across aims to assist marketers in identifying high-potential prospects connected to existing customers while enabling publishers to effectively monetize their inventory, particularly in a cookieless environment. The company has additional offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Salt Lake City, and Chicago.

SAY Media

Venture Round in 2012
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.

Twenty20

Seed Round in 2012
Twenty20 provides a modern, real-world alternative to traditional stock photography. In the era of Instagram and the iPhone, stock photos can feel staged and uninspired. Twenty20 provides fresh, inspiring photography supplied by a global contributor community of ~ 250,000 mobile photographers. All imagery is available via a simple, royalty-free license.

Rewind Me

Seed Round in 2012
Rewind Me Inc. is a New York City-based company that offers a service designed to aggregate personal data from various digital tracking and sharing platforms. The company provides The Rewind.Me App, an iOS application that transforms user check-ins into a personal management tool and social experience, leveraging data from platforms such as Foursquare, Facebook, TripIt, Fitbit, RunKeeper, and Netflix. Founded in 2005, Rewind Me aims to empower individuals by allowing them to manage their digital history and turn it into a valuable personal asset. The company focuses on enabling users to control their personal data and benefit from its value, thereby changing the dynamics between consumers and marketers in the digital landscape.

Curalate

Seed Round in 2012
Curalate, Inc. operates an online platform designed to facilitate product discovery and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. By transforming images and videos into digital storefronts, the platform allows brands to integrate their products into social media channels, advertisements, and emails effectively. Curalate provides tools for brands to automatically share content, track social media engagement metrics, and monitor campaigns, competitors, and influencers. Established in 2011 and originally named Storably, Curalate is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in New York, Seattle, and London. The company serves numerous prominent brands, including Gap, Neiman Marcus, and Sephora, by enabling a seamless transition from product discovery on social media to on-site purchases. As of July 2020, Curalate operates as a subsidiary of Bazaarvoice, Inc.

SchoolFeed

Seed Round in 2012
schoolFeed, a San Mateo, CA-based classmate network online. Launched in July 2011 by Lance Tokuda, schoolFeed connects online users between the ages of 35-55, who didn’t have social networks while in school, and may have difficulty locating classmates today. The classmate network offers an online yearbook and class directory with news feed, interest subscriptions and virtual currency. It is already used by over 7 million users

Percolate

Seed Round in 2011
Percolate Industries, Inc. operates a comprehensive content marketing platform aimed at enhancing enterprise marketing efforts. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Denver, and London, Percolate's platform facilitates collaboration across departments, enabling users to plan, execute, and manage marketing campaigns effectively. It allows for the centralization and sharing of files, integration with various marketing channels, and monitoring of audience engagement. The platform is designed to increase productivity, improve brand visibility, and drive sales by organizing marketing programs and providing tools for audience acquisition, customer management, and analytics. As of November 2019, Percolate functions as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc.

PublicStuff

Seed Round in 2011
PublicStuff LLC is a civic engagement platform that enhances communication between residents and local governments to foster community improvement. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company offers a mobile application that allows residents to report issues, comment on submissions, and receive alerts regarding city events, emergencies, and service updates. The platform also facilitates access to various city services, including bill payments and trash collection schedules. For local governments, PublicStuff streamlines the management of service requests by automatically routing and assigning tasks while providing updates to residents on the status of their inquiries. This two-way communication not only helps address community concerns but also enables governments to make data-driven decisions to enhance resident services. PublicStuff operates as a subsidiary of Accela, Inc., as of May 2015.

Refinery29

Series A in 2011
Refinery29 Inc. is a digital media and entertainment company that focuses on lifestyle content for women. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, the company also has operations in Los Angeles, London, and Berlin. Refinery29 connects its audience with a wide range of topics, including fashion, beauty, health, work, entertainment, and food, through engaging stories and original video programming. The platform aims to inspire women to lead independent, stylish, and informed lives, offering tools and insights that resonate with their interests and aspirations.

Rockmelt

Series B in 2011
Rockmelt is a social web browser developed on the Chromium platform, featuring deep integration with popular social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Its unique interface includes "Edges," which display online friends and followed feeds, along with update notifications. Rockmelt offers an innovative search experience, providing a dedicated search field that delivers complete results in a dropdown format over the current webpage, allowing users to easily switch between search results from a single query. The browser also includes a built-in URL shortener, me.lt, and is compatible with both Windows and OS X operating systems. Rockmelt is backed by prominent Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen, and its principal engineer, Robert John Churchill, previously worked on Netscape Navigator.

Adaptly

Series A in 2011
Adaptly, Inc. is a digital advertising solutions provider that specializes in helping advertisers scale their campaigns across major social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Pinterest. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including personalized planning, strategy development, media buying, execution, and performance analysis. Adaptly utilizes proprietary technology to deliver real-time insights and auto-optimization, allowing brands to achieve their advertising objectives more effectively. The company operates additional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Sydney, and employs over 120 professionals. As of December 2018, Adaptly functions as a subsidiary of Accenture plc.

StumbleUpon

Series B in 2011
StumbleUpon is a content discovery platform that helps users find and engage with personalized web content. With over 25 million users, it curates a diverse range of information and entertainment tailored to individual preferences. The platform enables users to discover new and original web pages, share their favorites, and provide ratings and reviews, enhancing the overall experience of content exploration. Additionally, StumbleUpon offers a Paid Discovery service utilized by more than 80,000 brands and marketers to promote their products and services, allowing them to reach potential customers effectively. The platform has established itself as a valuable tool for both users seeking engaging content and marketers looking to enhance their visibility online.

Path

Series A in 2011
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to facilitate personal social networking among users and their closest contacts, limited to 150 connections. The platform emphasizes simplicity, quality, and privacy, aiming to enhance the way individuals share their life's moments with friends and family. Path offers features that enable users to capture and share experiences in a secure environment, underlining the importance of close relationships. The service has evolved with a focus on creating meaningful connections, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

33Across

Series B in 2011
33Across Inc. is a technology company that operates a social sharing and content discovery platform, focusing on enhancing consumer attention through automated advertising solutions. Founded in 2007 and based in New York, the company offers several key products, including SocialDNA Targeting, which helps clients identify social networks related to their brands, and BRAND GRAPH, which predicts potential consumers based on social and interest data. Additionally, it provides Social Personas, a real-time solution that captures social activity and demographic insights, and the Real Platform, which ensures ad quality by verifying viewability and preventing fraudulent traffic. 33Across aims to assist marketers in identifying high-potential prospects connected to existing customers while enabling publishers to effectively monetize their inventory, particularly in a cookieless environment. The company has additional offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Salt Lake City, and Chicago.

Gnip

Venture Round in 2010
Gnip provides social media data for customers in sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. The company customers deliver social media analytics to over 95% of the Fortune 500. It also delivers more than 120 billion real-time social data activities each month, providing access to data from dozens of sources. Gnip was founded by Eric Marcoullier in March 2008 and is based in Boulder, Colorado with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington.

FanBridge

Series A in 2010
FanBridge, Inc. offers a fan relationship management platform that integrates email marketing and social networking to help artists, brands, and content creators grow, engage, and monetize their fan bases. The company provides tools for managing fan acquisition, retention, and engagement, serving a diverse clientele that includes musicians, comedians, YouTubers, and major brands. FanBridge's services enable clients to establish direct connections with their audiences through various channels, including email and social media, while also offering integrated advertising solutions that allow brands to effectively reach their target demographics. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, FanBridge has established itself as a prominent player in the fan audience CRM space, managing over 600 million fan relationships.

tlee.com

Venture Round in 2010
was an online resource for building, managing, and researching professional reputation, using community-contributed, professional reviews. Users can create or claim their profile, request reviews from colleagues and respond to comments. .

Ze Frank Games

Seed Round in 2010
social network meets social game

SafetyWeb

Series A in 2010
SafetyWeb is a company that specializes in cloud-based personal security products aimed at protecting privacy, identity, reputation, and safety. Founded in 2009, it offers a subscription service designed to assist parents in monitoring their children's activities on social networking sites. The company's tools empower parents to discuss safe online interactions with their children. By monitoring the web, SafetyWeb provides reports and immediate alerts regarding any irregularities or potential dangers associated with kids' and teens' online behavior.

Stickybits

Series A in 2010
Stickybits operates as a social object network, bridging the gap between the digital and physical realms. The company offers unique barcodes known as "stickybits," which can be scanned using iPhone or Android devices. These codes allow users to augment their experiences with user-generated content, enabling them to receive notifications when their codes are scanned, modified, or relocated by others. Stickybits also provides a product line that includes a pack of aesthetically designed stickers available for purchase on Amazon, alongside the option for users to print their own codes at home through the company's website.

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.

Invite Media

Series A in 2009
Invite Media is a technology company based in Philadelphia, PA, focused on developing innovative solutions for the display advertising market. The company is working with a team of Wharton statisticians to create media buying optimization technology. Its platform enables advertisers and agencies to utilize real-time bidding for purchasing display ad space, facilitating the management of automated strategies to optimize ad campaigns. This technology supports intelligent buying across various sources of real-time bidded inventory, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of online media purchases.

Rockmelt

Series A in 2009
Rockmelt is a social web browser developed on the Chromium platform, featuring deep integration with popular social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Its unique interface includes "Edges," which display online friends and followed feeds, along with update notifications. Rockmelt offers an innovative search experience, providing a dedicated search field that delivers complete results in a dropdown format over the current webpage, allowing users to easily switch between search results from a single query. The browser also includes a built-in URL shortener, me.lt, and is compatible with both Windows and OS X operating systems. Rockmelt is backed by prominent Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen, and its principal engineer, Robert John Churchill, previously worked on Netscape Navigator.

Sofa Labs

Series A in 2009
Sofa Labs, Inc. is a developer of social web platforms based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2009. The company is known for creating Thread, a social application designed to facilitate connections among users through their existing friendships. This platform enables individuals to meet new friends by leveraging their current social networks. Sofa Labs gained recognition as a winner of fbFund REV in 2009, highlighting its innovative contributions to social applications.

CoTweet

Series A in 2009
CoTweet is a business front-end for Twitter, enabling companies to engage in proactive marketing and response-oriented customer service activities. On March 2, 2010 CoTweet was acquired by ExactTarget.

StumbleUpon

Series A in 2009
StumbleUpon is a content discovery platform that helps users find and engage with personalized web content. With over 25 million users, it curates a diverse range of information and entertainment tailored to individual preferences. The platform enables users to discover new and original web pages, share their favorites, and provide ratings and reviews, enhancing the overall experience of content exploration. Additionally, StumbleUpon offers a Paid Discovery service utilized by more than 80,000 brands and marketers to promote their products and services, allowing them to reach potential customers effectively. The platform has established itself as a valuable tool for both users seeking engaging content and marketers looking to enhance their visibility online.

33Across

Seed Round in 2009
33Across Inc. is a technology company that operates a social sharing and content discovery platform, focusing on enhancing consumer attention through automated advertising solutions. Founded in 2007 and based in New York, the company offers several key products, including SocialDNA Targeting, which helps clients identify social networks related to their brands, and BRAND GRAPH, which predicts potential consumers based on social and interest data. Additionally, it provides Social Personas, a real-time solution that captures social activity and demographic insights, and the Real Platform, which ensures ad quality by verifying viewability and preventing fraudulent traffic. 33Across aims to assist marketers in identifying high-potential prospects connected to existing customers while enabling publishers to effectively monetize their inventory, particularly in a cookieless environment. The company has additional offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Salt Lake City, and Chicago.

Rockmelt

Seed Round in 2009
Rockmelt is a social web browser developed on the Chromium platform, featuring deep integration with popular social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Its unique interface includes "Edges," which display online friends and followed feeds, along with update notifications. Rockmelt offers an innovative search experience, providing a dedicated search field that delivers complete results in a dropdown format over the current webpage, allowing users to easily switch between search results from a single query. The browser also includes a built-in URL shortener, me.lt, and is compatible with both Windows and OS X operating systems. Rockmelt is backed by prominent Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen, and its principal engineer, Robert John Churchill, previously worked on Netscape Navigator.

SocialBomb

Seed Round in 2008
Socialbomb's platform connects your audience’s mobile phones, blu-ray players, computers, and connected devices to their friends and the things they love. Every brand manager wants to build apps that will kickstart conversations across the world's Facebook pages, Twitter streams and iPhones. Socialbomb helps developers and creatives build those apps. They provide a single API that communicates with many social networks at once, so developers can spend their time on the core application instead of programing for each individual service. The Socialbomb engine is a RESTful API that lets customers exchange data dynamically with specific services. They push data to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and other social networks, and then pull information back into their customers' applications for richer features and more meaningful analytics. The Socialbomb API can provide detailed feedback about which content users like, comment on, and share. They also provide a web‐based administration and analytics suite to manage and measure the apps running on their platform. Customers can add publication channels, edit the services they make available, and review user activity metrics.

Gnip

Series B in 2008
Gnip provides social media data for customers in sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. The company customers deliver social media analytics to over 95% of the Fortune 500. It also delivers more than 120 billion real-time social data activities each month, providing access to data from dozens of sources. Gnip was founded by Eric Marcoullier in March 2008 and is based in Boulder, Colorado with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington.

MeetMe

Series B in 2008
MeetMe® (formerly MyYearbook) is the leading social network for meeting new people in the US and the public market leader for social discovery (NYSE MKT: MEET). MeetMe makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by both advertising and virtual currency. With 60% of traffic coming from mobile, MeetMe is fast becoming the social gathering place for the mobile generation. The company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Pinch Media

Seed Round in 2008
Pinch Media helps mobile application developers grow their businesses through free developer tools. The New York-based startup's initial products are focused on the iPhone SDK. Pinch Analytics, Pinch Media's first product, is a free analytics library that tracks all metrics necessary to optimize an iPhone application. Launched before the launch of Apple's AppStore, Pinch Analytics is in many live iPhone applications, including some of the largest. Regularly compiled in research reports, the aggregated information from Pinch Analytics helps developers plan their release and update strategies. Developers can gain access to this information and the insights gained from several million application downloads only by installing the Pinch Analytics library. While early, our platform has already been used to produce 500% increases in application sales. Pinch Media has also partnered with JumpTap, a prominent mobile network, to offer a Pinch Advertising program. Pinch Media's technology and JumpTap's dedicated sales force and strong relationship combine to provide unobtrusive mobile banners from high-quality brands for free, ad-supported applications. Pinch Media is currently accepting additional clients for both Pinch Analytics and Pinch Advertising.

Invite Media

Seed Round in 2008
Invite Media is a technology company based in Philadelphia, PA, focused on developing innovative solutions for the display advertising market. The company is working with a team of Wharton statisticians to create media buying optimization technology. Its platform enables advertisers and agencies to utilize real-time bidding for purchasing display ad space, facilitating the management of automated strategies to optimize ad campaigns. This technology supports intelligent buying across various sources of real-time bidded inventory, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of online media purchases.

Gnip

Series A in 2008
Gnip provides social media data for customers in sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance. The company customers deliver social media analytics to over 95% of the Fortune 500. It also delivers more than 120 billion real-time social data activities each month, providing access to data from dozens of sources. Gnip was founded by Eric Marcoullier in March 2008 and is based in Boulder, Colorado with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Washington.

Invite Media

Seed Round in 2007
Invite Media is a technology company based in Philadelphia, PA, focused on developing innovative solutions for the display advertising market. The company is working with a team of Wharton statisticians to create media buying optimization technology. Its platform enables advertisers and agencies to utilize real-time bidding for purchasing display ad space, facilitating the management of automated strategies to optimize ad campaigns. This technology supports intelligent buying across various sources of real-time bidded inventory, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of online media purchases.

SAY Media

Series D in 2007
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.

SAY Media

Series D in 2007
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.

MeetMe

Series A in 2007
MeetMe® (formerly MyYearbook) is the leading social network for meeting new people in the US and the public market leader for social discovery (NYSE MKT: MEET). MeetMe makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by both advertising and virtual currency. With 60% of traffic coming from mobile, MeetMe is fast becoming the social gathering place for the mobile generation. The company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

SAY Media

Series C in 2006
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.

Wikia

Series A in 2006
Wikia, the developer of Fandom, is a global entertainment media brand dedicated to serving the interests of fans across various pop culture domains. The platform allows users to explore, contribute to, and celebrate their favorite fandoms, promoting interaction through the collaborative addition and updating of content. Fandom is recognized as a trusted source for in-depth information and insights on entertainment, offering a blend of fan-expert knowledge and original content across multiple platforms. This focus on community engagement enables both personal and collective creativity, making Fandom a vibrant hub for fans to connect and share their passions.

SAY Media

Series B in 2006
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.

StumbleUpon

Seed Round in 2005
StumbleUpon is a content discovery platform that helps users find and engage with personalized web content. With over 25 million users, it curates a diverse range of information and entertainment tailored to individual preferences. The platform enables users to discover new and original web pages, share their favorites, and provide ratings and reviews, enhancing the overall experience of content exploration. Additionally, StumbleUpon offers a Paid Discovery service utilized by more than 80,000 brands and marketers to promote their products and services, allowing them to reach potential customers effectively. The platform has established itself as a valuable tool for both users seeking engaging content and marketers looking to enhance their visibility online.

SAY Media

Series A in 2005
Say Media, Inc. is a digital publishing company that specializes in creating, distributing, and monetizing content through its innovative Tempest platform. This platform supports independent content creators in building engaged communities across various consumer interests such as Style, Living, Food, and Tech. Say Media offers services that enhance audience engagement, such as AdFrames, which are interactive media ad units, and Portable Creative, which allows for flexible advertising across different platforms. The company reaches over 400 million people globally, providing brands with effective ways to connect with these audiences. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and other locations, Say Media operates as a subsidiary of TheMaven, Inc. since 2018.
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