Gaingels

Founded in 2014, Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate dedicated to supporting the LGBT+ community. It invests globally in companies led by LGBT+ founders or C-suite executives at all stages of growth, focusing on inclusivity and positive social change.

David Beatty

Managing Partner

Jesse Curran

Principal

Nancy Fechnay

Venture Partner

Paul Grossinger

Founder

Todd Havill

Research Operations and Principal, Investment

Past deals in Video

Overplay

Seed Round in 2023
Overplay is a venture-backed startup that provides a platform enabling users to create, share, and play casual mobile games quickly and without any coding experience. The company's innovative game engine utilizes artificial intelligence to transform passive video content into interactive experiences, allowing users to engage with videos in a more dynamic way. Overplay's technology supports the development of various game types, including racing, jumping, and drone piloting, offering brands the ability to create playable game advertisements based on their video content. This approach significantly reduces the cost and time needed to produce interactive media, making content more entertaining and engaging for users.

Zoog

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Zoog is a visual communication platform that brings books alive through interactive videos. It offers asynchronous communication experiences with built-in AR masks, filters, sound effects, and animations, enabling users to create engaging content for families.

Trendio

Seed Round in 2022
Trendio is a video shopping entertainment platform based in Bellevue, Washington, founded in 2021. The company specializes in creating engaging and innovative digital shopping experiences, particularly in the beauty sector. Trendio has developed an AI-optimized video platform that curates brands and products, using real human presenters to explain and recommend these items. This approach not only enhances viewer engagement but also provides a unique space for beauty influencers to connect with their audiences, grow their following, and monetize their content. By optimizing and personalizing shopping videos for consumer packaged goods brands, Trendio aims to improve conversion rates on video shopping platforms and enhance the overall shopping experience for customers.

Vyrill

Seed Round in 2022
Vyrill is a technology company that builds an AI‑powered platform for discovering, analyzing, and leveraging user‑generated video content. Its core product enables brands, retailers, and solution providers to search inside any video on the web or mobile, index and rank video moments, and embed interactive widgets that drive customer acquisition, engagement, and conversion. The platform aggregates videos such as demos, unboxing, reviews, and installation guides from multiple sites, provides analytics and licensing tools, and generates marketing assets like hashtags and product recommendations. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Vyrill helps businesses turn authentic video experiences into measurable growth.

Overplay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Overplay is a venture-backed startup that provides a platform enabling users to create, share, and play casual mobile games quickly and without any coding experience. The company's innovative game engine utilizes artificial intelligence to transform passive video content into interactive experiences, allowing users to engage with videos in a more dynamic way. Overplay's technology supports the development of various game types, including racing, jumping, and drone piloting, offering brands the ability to create playable game advertisements based on their video content. This approach significantly reduces the cost and time needed to produce interactive media, making content more entertaining and engaging for users.

Allstar

Seed Round in 2021
Allstar is a company that focuses on empowering gamers to become creators of short-form video content through innovative tools and infrastructure. Its platform allows users to easily capture, personalize, and share their most significant gaming and esports moments as high-quality videos. By democratizing gaming content, Allstar enables gamers to produce professional-quality clips, facilitating the discovery and sharing of their favorite gaming experiences across various platforms and devices. Through its technology, Allstar aims to enhance the gaming community's engagement and creativity by providing accessible content creation solutions.

Yaza

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We are a mission-driven public benefit corporation creating tools for the secure exchange of factual information through video. We are disrupting TV News in partnership with news organizations to help them transition to a post-television world.

VideoElephant

Series A in 2019
VideoElephant Limited is a video content solutions provider that caters to advertising technology providers, publishers, and advertisers globally. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company operates an online marketplace that offers a diverse library of video content, including both short and long-form videos such as TV shows, movies, and documentaries. VideoElephant's platform allows users to select between a content-only solution or a comprehensive package that includes a video player, premium content, content delivery network (CDN), and monetization services. The company streamlines the content sourcing process by enabling users to access and license video content from multiple providers under a single contract. VideoElephant also has additional offices in London, Berlin, New York, and Los Angeles.

Nim

Generative Video for Professionals
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