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Hoop helps make sure you don't miss a thing by automatically capturing your todos and action items from meetings and chat.

Double is a service that connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants, facilitating the delegation of various tasks. The platform streamlines support for professionals by offering assistance with email management, scheduling meetings, organizing contacts, and other administrative responsibilities. By utilizing Double, users can delegate work such as calendar management, inbox organization, employee recruitment, and event planning to skilled assistants. This enables executives to save time, enhance focus, and prioritize their most important tasks. The service aims to provide on-demand business support that meets the needs of professionals seeking to optimize their productivity.

Cord is a developer of collaboration tools aimed at enhancing team communication within digital products. Its toolkit offers customizable, pre-built components, a rich software development kit (SDK), and powerful application programming interfaces (APIs) designed to integrate chat, commenting, presence, notifications, and other live collaboration features. By enabling users to chat, leave voice messages, and initiate video calls directly within any page, Cord facilitates smart, real-time feedback among team members. This functionality not only boosts productivity but also fosters network effects, allowing teams to collaborate more effectively in context.

Gather Town helps people, well, gather in virtual spaces for any reason, whether it be for weddings, magic conventions, or, just a regular day at work.

Peanut App Limited is a London-based company that has developed a social networking application designed to connect mothers with shared interests and similar-aged children. Launched in 2016, the app facilitates group chats and encourages face-to-face meetings, fostering a supportive community for women at comparable stages in life. Peanut's mission is to create a safe environment where women can build friendships, seek support, and exchange knowledge. The app is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms.

Peanut App Limited is a London-based company that has developed a social networking application designed to connect mothers with shared interests and similar-aged children. Launched in 2016, the app facilitates group chats and encourages face-to-face meetings, fostering a supportive community for women at comparable stages in life. Peanut's mission is to create a safe environment where women can build friendships, seek support, and exchange knowledge. The app is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms.

Double is a service that connects busy executives with experienced part-time assistants, facilitating the delegation of various tasks. The platform streamlines support for professionals by offering assistance with email management, scheduling meetings, organizing contacts, and other administrative responsibilities. By utilizing Double, users can delegate work such as calendar management, inbox organization, employee recruitment, and event planning to skilled assistants. This enables executives to save time, enhance focus, and prioritize their most important tasks. The service aims to provide on-demand business support that meets the needs of professionals seeking to optimize their productivity.

Fuze is a global, cloud-based unified communications platform that empowers productivity and delivers insights across the enterprise by enabling simplified business voice communications, flexible video conferencing, and always-on collaboration. Fuze allows the modern, mobile workforce to seamlessly communicate anytime, anywhere, across any device. Fuze was acquired by 8x8.

GroupSpaces Limited is a London-based company that offers an online platform designed for managing membership groups, including clubs, charities, professional associations, and alumni networks. Established in 2007, the platform provides a range of features for group leaders, allowing them to organize member records, send newsletters, host forums, manage events, and collect membership fees. With a user base exceeding one million memberships, GroupSpaces aims to simplify the management of various organizations by enabling them to promote their activities online effectively. The company was founded by David Langer and Andy Young, who sought to improve their own experiences managing groups during their time at university. GroupSpaces serves a global customer base and is supported by various investors.

Dimdim provides a browser-based web conferencing service that enables users to host and attend meetings without the need for software downloads. Built on an open source platform, it allows users to download the code for installation on their own servers. The service facilitates various forms of interaction, including desktop sharing, slide presentations, audio communication, and video broadcasting, as well as chat functionality. Dimdim's offerings include Dimdim Pro and Dimdim Enterprise, which support content sharing and management, web collaboration, and real-time communication among participants.

WooMe brings the speed dating craze online and extends it to let users meet new people live in fast, fun and free speed sessions. There are no long forms or lengthy profile descriptions, simply find a session that interests you and meet 5 people in 5 minutes. Or, create your own sessions based on your interests, such as "TechCrunch Readers in San Fran." Invite friends or strangers to play with you and immediately decide if you are woo'd by someone. WooMe's in-browser video and voice capability delivers a live interactive experience where users play for fun, to hook up, or just meet new people around shared interests. There are no tedious profiles and no software to download. The company site has, however, been called out by TechCrunch writer Robin Wauters over alleged dubious practices. Backed by Niklas Zennstrom's (Skype Founder) Atomico Investments, the original investors in Skype (Mangrove Capital), and Klaus Hommels (Europe's Investor of the Year, 2006), WooMe is catapulting the $1 billion+ speed dating market into the online world. With WooMe, meeting people online is transformed into a live interactive experience that makes sifting through contrived profiles a thing of the past. Founded in 2006, WooMe's management team has experience in bringing innovative web applications to market for companies including: AltaVista, CMGI, BT, Accenture, Qwest, Shopzilla, Trilogy. Stephen Stokols, Co-Founder/CEO, successfully sold an internet start-up and went on to become BT's youngest VP, growing their eCommerce revenues over 300% to over $1bn in his first 12 months. George Berkowski, Co-Founder/Product Director, brings extensive technical and marketing experience in the online space and in outer space (he played a role in sending the first tourist to the Space Station).

Dimdim provides a browser-based web conferencing service that enables users to host and attend meetings without the need for software downloads. Built on an open source platform, it allows users to download the code for installation on their own servers. The service facilitates various forms of interaction, including desktop sharing, slide presentations, audio communication, and video broadcasting, as well as chat functionality. Dimdim's offerings include Dimdim Pro and Dimdim Enterprise, which support content sharing and management, web collaboration, and real-time communication among participants.

Webfair, founded 1997 in Munich, is a leading European software solution provider for interactive Business Communities. webfair's Community Engine™ 4.0 offers a modular internet based software that enables the creation of effective information- and communication networks.