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Adaptive Security is a computer network security company that focuses on deepfake attacks and provides cybersecurity services.

Era is a financial management platform driven by AI that makes asset management more accessible.

Function Health is a health platform focused on providing individuals with lab tests to monitor their health. It offers a comprehensive health data platform designed to assess personal disease risk through routine whole-body lab testing. The platform not only facilitates these tests but also provides personalized guidance from experienced doctors, helping patients maintain their health effectively.

Splash Sports is a real-money gaming platform that aims to modernize the sports pool industry by enabling friends and groups to engage in skill-based activities. Currently in private beta, the platform provides a legal and safe environment for contest organizers to run peer-to-peer competitions. It offers essential content and community management tools, as well as an integrated payment system that simplifies the process of collecting entry fees and distributing winnings. By focusing on skill-based contests, Splash Sports serves as a contemporary alternative to traditional betting options, giving gamers an opportunity to earn money while enjoying their favorite sports activities.

Reworth is a developer of a payment relationship marketing platform that facilitates interactions between banks and merchants to enhance customer engagement. By leveraging anonymous transactional data, Reworth enables financial institutions to offer personalized merchant-funded cashback programs, which help increase customer loyalty and drive revenue. The platform's API infrastructure supports various services, including credit scoring, fraud prevention, B2B payments, and personal finance management, contributing to the future of Open Finance. Reworth equips its partners with valuable first-party data, real-time business intelligence, and competitor analysis, allowing them to accurately predict consumer behavior and create tailored experiences that resonate with customers.

Socket is a Web3 privacy infrastructure for social interactions for crypto-related purposes.

Nava is a health insurance brokerage based in New York, dedicated to providing high-quality and affordable healthcare solutions for employers and their employees. The company offers a range of services, including healthcare tools, year-round employee advocacy, and ongoing plan measurement. These services are designed to help clients select and manage their healthcare plans effectively, ensuring that they can offer necessary benefits while also reducing overall costs. Through its innovative approach, Nava aims to enhance the healthcare experience for both employers and employees.

Chainguard specializes in supply chain security by providing hardened, minimal container images that are continuously rebuilt from source in secure environments. These images are designed to eliminate known vulnerabilities and ensure end-to-end integrity, featuring built-in cryptographic signatures, Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), and Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) provenance. In addition to its container images, Chainguard offers a catalog of guarded Java dependencies through its Chainguard Libraries, which are also built securely from source in SLSA-certified infrastructure. The company emphasizes its commitment to the open source community by contributing to and maintaining several widely used open source projects. By applying zero-trust principles and utilizing compliant-build systems, Chainguard enables businesses to effectively manage their supply chain security risks throughout the software lifecycle.

SESO Inc. operates an online agricultural labor recruitment platform aimed at addressing the labor shortages faced by U.S. agriculture, which incurs significant annual losses due to this issue. The company specializes in connecting agricultural employers with qualified seasonal workers through the H-2A visa program, allowing these employers to hire foreign workers for temporary or seasonal agricultural labor. SESO provides a comprehensive range of services, including the recruitment, qualification, and training of workers, as well as automation of the H-2A visa process. Additionally, the company offers workforce management software designed to assist employers in maintaining compliance with complex local and federal regulations. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, SESO is committed to enhancing the quality of the agricultural workforce while providing safe and meaningful employment opportunities for workers.

Our Simply-Bread artisan baking oven increases micro-bakers output 6-fold. Providing them with a steady income, financial independence, and increased life quality. This connected kitchen appliance product can provide insights and metrics both to the user and to us the manufacturer. Our software portal/e-commerce platform will become the go-to place for artisan, locally produced bread. Consumers will use our app/portal to discover new baked products wherever they go, producers will use this platform as an online store, order management tool, and payment processor. Later the platform can add ingredient and material procurement options, or act as a co-op.

Partly is a developer of innovative databases and solutions tailored for the auto parts sector. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Canterbury, New Zealand, the company provides an inventory and fitment management system that enhances the efficiency of parts procurement. By offering a software infrastructure, Partly streamlines workflows and improves repair cycle times, allowing repairers and suppliers to access real-time pricing and availability from various suppliers. This facilitates quicker transactions and helps users find the right parts more effectively. Additionally, Partly plans to launch an online parts market, enabling auto parts companies to connect with customers globally and expand their product offerings.

Jetty Insurance Agency LLC, founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, provides property and casualty insurance products with a focus on the real estate sector. The company aims to simplify the leasing process and enhance conversion rates for property managers while making renting more affordable and accessible for residents. Jetty's innovative platform helps property managers reduce bad debt and streamline operations, ultimately lowering the financial barriers for renters and saving them significant move-in costs.

Kitterly sells knitting & crochet kits to make anything from accessories, clothing and dog sweaters.

BIOS Health is a pioneering company focused on developing neural digital therapies by leveraging data from the human nervous system. By identifying neural biomarkers that correlate nerve activity to specific medical conditions, BIOS aims to revolutionize precision medicine. Their research offers the potential for innovative treatments for a range of chronic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Co-founded by experts from Cambridge University, the team includes professionals from diverse fields such as neuroscience, machine learning, and biotechnology. Additionally, BIOS is working on prosthetic connectors that standardize connections between bionic devices and neural systems, facilitating neural control and feedback for amputees. This dual approach positions BIOS at the forefront of improving the quality of life for individuals with chronic conditions and those requiring prosthetic solutions.

Creator Inc. is a San Francisco-based start-up specializing in the development of robotic systems for automating hamburger production. Founded in 2009, the company designs robots that can create gourmet hamburgers from scratch, processing raw ingredients including grinding beef and slicing fresh vegetables. These devices are targeted at burger restaurants, convenience stores, food trucks, and vending applications, allowing for the production of high-quality food at fast-food prices without human intervention. The team comprises experienced food lovers and engineers with backgrounds in robotics from esteemed institutions and companies, including Berkeley, Stanford, Tesla, and NASA, alongside culinary experts from renowned restaurants. Creator Inc. aims to revolutionize the food industry by merging culinary artistry with advanced robotic technology.

Microdermics Inc. is a medical device company based in Vancouver, Canada, that specializes in a hollow microneedle delivery platform for the biopharmaceutical market. Founded in 2014, the company emerged from research conducted at the University of British Columbia. Microdermics designs, manufactures, and tests hollow metal microneedles aimed at enhancing the delivery of various therapeutics and traditional intramuscular vaccinations. Its innovative delivery system offers a low-cost, scalable solution that mitigates the risks associated with traditional hypodermic needles, such as accidental needle sticks and needle phobia. By providing biopharmaceutical companies with a unique means of differentiating their products, Microdermics contributes to the advancement of treatments, including those for biosimilars, while potentially reducing therapeutic doses through precision injection into the intradermal space.

Niles is a real-time wiki who lives in Slack and turns chats and docs into team knowledge.

Inklocker is changing the printing game by seamlessly connecting print shops to e-commerce platforms. Inklocker is a leading global cloud-based printer platform designed apparel designers who want to utilize small and medium-sized print shops to produce orders closest to the customer. Print shops can use the software to streamline production, outsource jobs, and integrate across multiple sales channels, including leading shopping carts like Shopify and woocommerce.The Inklocker platform was engineered for network capabilities with a uniformed production software across the custom product manufacturing industry.

Proseeder operates an online platform designed to facilitate financial transactions and support fundraising efforts. Established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the platform provides tools for recruiting new members, automating deal workflows, and accessing diverse investment opportunities. It enables users to syndicate deals with other groups and accredited investors, while also assisting financial professionals in various transactions, including the solicitation and qualification of accredited investors. Additionally, Proseeder's technology can be customized for corporations to manage and report on their initiatives, acquisitions, and partnerships, thus enhancing collaboration and execution. The platform helps organizations quantify the strategic return on investment from their investments and partnerships, ultimately fostering innovation and growth.

TinyKicks is a technology company based in Irvine, California, founded in 2014 by France Helfer. The company specializes in developing a wireless smart sensor system that captures fetal movement to promote healthy pregnancy outcomes. Its flagship product, the TinyKicks eMotion fetal activity monitor, is a wearable device that detects and distinguishes between the baby's kicks and the mother's movements. This continuous monitoring system automatically uploads data to the user's smartphone, allowing pregnant women to track their baby's activity. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, TinyKicks can identify abnormal fetal movement patterns, alerting users to potential complications and thereby reducing the costs associated with pregnancy-related issues.

Digsy, Inc. operates an innovative online platform focused on real estate marketing and lead generation, specifically tailored for small business owners and startups seeking office spaces. Founded in 2015 and based in Fullerton, California, Digsy's platform leverages artificial intelligence to connect tenants and buyers with landlords, sellers, and real estate agents. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by small businesses—who often lack the resources to hire commercial real estate agents—Digsy offers a solution that combines software automation with a network of relocation experts. This platform enables users to easily find suitable office spaces and secure favorable deals on essential services such as telecommunications, office equipment, and moving services. Digsy generates revenue by facilitating connections between landlords, brokers, and service providers, ultimately allowing business owners to focus on their core operations while finding their ideal work environment.

Submittable, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in submission management and content curation, enabling organizations to efficiently handle digital content, applications, and submissions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana, with an additional office in New York, Submittable offers comprehensive solutions for managing grants, awards, fellowships, and various intake processes. Its platform features customizable workflows, allowing users to tailor their review processes, and supports team collaboration through shared review panels and task assignments. Additionally, Submittable provides analytics and reporting tools to help organizations assess their impact and make data-driven decisions. The platform is versatile, catering to publishers, competitions, academic applications, and arts organizations by facilitating the submission of diverse media formats such as audio, video, manuscripts, and resumes.

Visage is a developer of a content creation platform designed to help marketers produce effective and on-brand graphics for engaging audiences of various sizes. Established in 2014 and based in Irvine, California, the platform allows users to create branded visual content tailored for the distribution channels that are critical to their business. This capability enables companies to maintain brand consistency while working more efficiently.

Connectifier, Inc. operates an online platform designed to facilitate connections between recruiters and job candidates. By leveraging a comprehensive database of candidate profiles, the platform enables recruiters to efficiently identify and contact suitable candidates. Key offerings include Connectifier Search, which aggregates professional information from various sources to deliver relevant candidate databases, and Connectifier Auto Search, a browser plug-in that provides additional insights, such as contact details, when viewing profiles on social networking sites. The company serves a diverse clientele, including agencies, startups, and Fortune 100 companies globally. Established in 2011 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Connectifier has been a subsidiary of LinkedIn Corporation since February 2016.

A dessert and food subscription based model featuring an ecommerce marketplace for dropship vendors, subscriber-only curation platform, and a team of expert bakers curating 1000s of delicious goods around the USA.

Coin offers a smart payment device that stores the accounts and information of multiple swipeable cards in one place. Its primary product, Coin 2.0, is an electronic device that allows users to store multiple debit, credit, gift, loyalty, and membership card numbers in a single piece of plastic used for magnetic stripe and NFC tap-to-pay purchases. Its Coin Developer Program, in partnership with MasterCard and Visa, enables wearable manufacturers to seamlessly integrate secure payments into their devices, including fitness trackers, smartwatches, and jewelry. Coin was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Instant Blood Pressure is an app that measures blood pressure using the phone. It uses a patent-pending process created by a team of biomedical engineers. The measurements take less than 40 seconds and produce a systolic, diastolic, and heart rate measurement. It is available on the iOS Store.

Connect Now is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing mobile applications for real estate professionals. It offers a real-time lead routing platform that connects real estate consumers with agents, facilitating immediate and personalized interactions. This platform allows brokers to manage and optimize inbound leads, providing valuable insights and intelligent routing to enhance marketing effectiveness and team performance. Agents benefit from the mobile application by having lead qualification and follow-up capabilities readily available, thus improving their response times and conversion rates. Founded in 2015, Connect Now aims to bridge the gap between lead generators and customer relationship management systems, enabling brokerages to maximize the potential of their incoming leads.

Strikingly, Inc. is a website development platform founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California. It offers users the ability to create mobile-optimized websites and online stores without needing coding or design skills. The platform features user-friendly tools such as drag-and-drop editing, professional templates, and responsive designs that cater to smartphones, tablets, and desktops. Users can enhance their websites with features like e-commerce capabilities, membership options, and blogging functionalities. Strikingly generates revenue through premium subscription plans, which provide additional benefits such as custom domain connections, the removal of Strikingly branding, and expanded store features. The platform primarily serves small businesses and individuals seeking to establish their online presence and attract customers.

TrueVault is the first data security company entirely focused on protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII). TrueVault decouples consumer identity from consumer behavior to eliminate data security risks and compliance liabilities, giving companies only the data they need. As organizations collect and store more data to drive their businesses forward, they are simultaneously increasing their risk and liability. TrueVault removes 100 percent of that liability and ensures compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, and the California Privacy Act.

AirPair, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that operates an on-demand platform connecting users with software experts through video chat and screen sharing. Founded in 2013, it specializes in providing development resources and assisting businesses in completing projects. AirPair offers services such as pair programming, code review, mentoring, training, and problem-solving sessions tailored for enterprises, startups, small and medium-sized businesses, and entrepreneurs. The company aims to accelerate software development by pairing its experienced professionals with clients' engineers in real time, facilitating one-off knowledge transfers that help learners and professionals alike navigate various technology stacks and programming challenges.

Javelin provides software for enterprise product teams to launch new products and improve existing ones. It is co-founded by Grace Ng and Trevor Owens.

Immediately is mobile sales enablement, designed for the always-on workforce. Sales can no longer be a 9-5 job; over 70% of lost deals are due to slow reaction time. Immediately brings the full sales workflow into one mobile app designed to enable capturing opportunities and closing deals in real time. From getting intelligence on leads, to sending instrumented emails, to making and logging phone calls and updating opportunity status. Immediately is the sales rep’s best weapon. We plug into Google Apps and Salesforce to integrate seamlessly with existing workflows. We believe the future of sales is not CRM, but a beautiful data-driven, highly automated, and platform-agnostic integrated sales experience. Creating it is our passion. Our customer is the closer - and we believe that in sales, everyone should be a closer.

SquareOne works with the biggest and most established personalities and content creators in gaming. We understand the unique needs of each of our partners, provide focused support and real value to help them continue to grow and prosper, and we refuse to sacrifice our high quality of service for a high quantity of channels. Visit SquareOne on CrunchBase: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/squareone.

Crowdfunder, Inc. operates Crowdfunder.com, an equity crowdfunding platform that links entrepreneurs with investors to facilitate business funding globally. Established in 2011 and based in Los Angeles, California, Crowdfunder enables entrepreneurs to raise capital through a structured online process and provides access to a diverse network of investors. The platform primarily caters to small businesses, tech startups, social enterprises, and film and entertainment companies. With a community of over 130,000 entrepreneurs and investors, Crowdfunder offers opportunities for direct investment in individual high-growth ventures, as well as the chance to invest in a diversified portfolio of early-stage startups through its VC Index Fund, which is supported by prominent venture capital firms and private investors.

Compass provides a solution for automated management reports and benchmarks for small and medium-sized online businesses. Its analytics and bench-marking platform offers relevant metrics, reference points, and benchmarks of the metrics against similar businesses and also generates automated recommendations regarding how to improve those metrics that enable eCommerce businesses to accelerate their growth with unique and actionable insights to help them grow and improve their performance.

qLearning is a platform for the creation of own learning materials.

Pogoseat, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in developing mobile applications that enhance fan engagement during live events such as sports games and concerts. Pogoseat's platform allows fans to upgrade their seats in real-time through their smartphones, offering features like text-to-buy and subscription passes. The company provides a white-labeled system that enables sports teams, concert venues, ticket brokers, and promoters to monetize unused inventory and gather valuable data on fan behavior and preferences. By leveraging AI-driven personalization, Pogoseat aims to create new revenue streams and improve the overall fan experience.

BioBeats is a London-based company that develops artificial intelligence products aimed at addressing global mental health issues. As mental and substance use disorders account for a significant portion of the global disease burden, BioBeats seeks to provide innovative solutions through its psychological wellness application. This app calculates a baseline wellbeing score and offers personalized support by integrating biometric data from biosensors and wearable devices. By analyzing both physiological and psychological indicators, the application helps users identify harmful patterns and understand their responses to stress, ultimately aiming to enhance overall mental wellbeing. With a foundation built on 15 years of research, including collaborations with the University of Oxford, BioBeats leverages real-time data to improve psychological therapy and facilitate early intervention for mental health disorders. The company was established in 2012 and has been committed to advancing mental health support through technology.

Infobitt is an online crowdsourcing platform that provides its users with front page news. It is based in Menifee, California.

Strikingly, Inc. is a website development platform founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California. It offers users the ability to create mobile-optimized websites and online stores without needing coding or design skills. The platform features user-friendly tools such as drag-and-drop editing, professional templates, and responsive designs that cater to smartphones, tablets, and desktops. Users can enhance their websites with features like e-commerce capabilities, membership options, and blogging functionalities. Strikingly generates revenue through premium subscription plans, which provide additional benefits such as custom domain connections, the removal of Strikingly branding, and expanded store features. The platform primarily serves small businesses and individuals seeking to establish their online presence and attract customers.

MascotSecret is a fun fan-facing app that allows fans to access exclusive upgrades and experiences. It is a fan engagement and inventory management system that lets venues and sports teams upgrade seats and improve fan experiences at live events. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Yorxs AG is an online retailer based in Munich, Germany, specializing in bulk diamonds and diamond jewelry. Established in 2011, the company provides customers with the ability to purchase certified diamonds in various shapes and sizes, alongside a diverse selection of jewelry, including rings, necklaces, pendants, and bracelets. Yorxs emphasizes transparency regarding the origins of its diamonds and offers a wide range of customization options, allowing customers to design their own unique ornaments. Through its user-friendly online portal, Yorxs facilitates a convenient shopping experience for individuals seeking high-quality diamond products.

Plasmyd is a company that offers an innovative online platform designed for researchers to read, organize, and annotate scientific papers directly within their browsers. By creating a community for researchers, Plasmyd facilitates peer review and discussion, allowing users to collaborate and share insights on various research topics. This platform enhances the research process by streamlining the way scientific literature is accessed and interacted with, ultimately fostering a more connected and engaged academic environment.

At Raynforest, our mission is to build the first and best influencer advertising marketplace — where any company can EASILY and COST-EFFECTIVELY succeed with influencer marketing. We enable influential people to promote and monetize themselves and their content online and we make it easy for brands to work with the best influencers to get their message and promote their products, company, or cause. Because influencers already have large followings and have developed trust, they can quickly help people in their audience narrow choices about product and services brought to their attention through the influencer's channels. Our marketplace facilitates the process of hiring and managing influencer engagements, as well as monitoring and measuring results.

Nextlanding is ending the chaos of the rental housing market by building a tenant-facing multiple listing service ("MLS") for rental housing. Nextlanding helps tenants find apartments by aggregating listing information from every source conceivable, verifying that what tenants see on Nextlanding is accurate and still available, and updating information constantly on the tenants' behalf.

Social Rewards' focus is Entertainment Social Media Marketing including Movie Trailer Marketing, a $4BB Industry via their Social Loyalty platform. Social Rewards won "Best Use of Engagement Technique" at the 2013 Gamification Summit with their client Caesars Entertainment, the largest Casino Resorts Entertainment Company in the world .

Creator Inc. is a San Francisco-based start-up specializing in the development of robotic systems for automating hamburger production. Founded in 2009, the company designs robots that can create gourmet hamburgers from scratch, processing raw ingredients including grinding beef and slicing fresh vegetables. These devices are targeted at burger restaurants, convenience stores, food trucks, and vending applications, allowing for the production of high-quality food at fast-food prices without human intervention. The team comprises experienced food lovers and engineers with backgrounds in robotics from esteemed institutions and companies, including Berkeley, Stanford, Tesla, and NASA, alongside culinary experts from renowned restaurants. Creator Inc. aims to revolutionize the food industry by merging culinary artistry with advanced robotic technology.

Submittable, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that specializes in submission management and content curation, enabling organizations to efficiently handle digital content, applications, and submissions. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana, with an additional office in New York, Submittable offers comprehensive solutions for managing grants, awards, fellowships, and various intake processes. Its platform features customizable workflows, allowing users to tailor their review processes, and supports team collaboration through shared review panels and task assignments. Additionally, Submittable provides analytics and reporting tools to help organizations assess their impact and make data-driven decisions. The platform is versatile, catering to publishers, competitions, academic applications, and arts organizations by facilitating the submission of diverse media formats such as audio, video, manuscripts, and resumes.

Conductrics is intelligent Decisions as a Service. Combining ideas from web analytics, machine learning, and economics, Conductrics provides a simple API for improving the effectiveness of your site or digital app.

LensGen is an ophthalmic medical device company that has developed a biomimetic, curvature changing fluid-optic intraocular lens designed for the treatment of cataracts and presbyopia. It offers Juvene™ which is designed to fit inside the same location as the natural human lens and adjusts dioptric power on demand through curvature change by using the same tiny muscle contractions that occur within the eye.

Kids are creative and talented in many ways - Could be a great writer, artist or the next Edison. On Nanoogo, kids are the authors, creators, and inventors. And it's fun, social, and inspirational. This is a unique approach as opposed to the current kids industry that is predominant with gaming, which is why Nanoogo is welcomed by parents. Nanoogo is a memory book full of their kids' creations. We are also loved by educators - http://bit.ly/OHn9mj with over 100 schools and teachers signups.

Talkable is a company that specializes in referral program software aimed at helping online stores boost their revenue by leveraging the influence of existing customers. The platform allows customers to share personalized deals with their friends through social media or direct links, incentivizing both the referrer and the referred with rebates on their purchases. By utilizing in-depth data analysis, Talkable identifies and targets valuable customers, enabling brands to create tailored referral campaigns. The software also offers features such as A/B testing and ongoing campaign optimization, allowing businesses to refine their marketing strategies and enhance sales performance. Through its innovative approach, Talkable empowers brands to turn satisfied customers into effective marketers.

Unfold offers a comprehensive toolkit for corporations, advocacy groups, and trade associations to enhance their effectiveness in government relations. The platform merges traditional tracking and customer relationship management features with predictive analytics and data science, enabling users to determine which bills to monitor, identify key legislators, and engage with influential figures. By utilizing a combination of media aggregation and human analysis, Unfold provides actionable insights to inform legislative outreach strategies. Additionally, it features a robust policy database and ranking system tailored to clients' specific areas of focus. Unfold also keeps users informed about current issues through customized alerts and recommendations, thereby transforming the landscape of advocacy and lobbying.

AwayFind is a web application that lets you stop checking your inbox every 5 minutes but still allows urgent emails to find you quickly by pushing them right to you with alerts. When there's an urgent email, AwayFind will call, SMS, IM, DM (Twitter), or notify you through iPhone and Android apps. The application lets both individuals and organizations get away from their inboxes without having to worry about missing urgent messages. Whether to get some "real" work done, go to a meeting, or even on vacation, AwayFind makes sure that the urgent messages the user specifies still finds them. AwayFind does not require any installation or learning curve, and it supports all major email platforms including Google Apps/Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo Mail, and IMAP. The company has been featured by The New York Times, NPR, TechCrunch, MSNBC, The NY Post, CNET, Gartner, The Guardian, Forbes and many others. AwayFind offers a free basic service in addition to its Pro Plan packages.

Drumbi Inc. operates an intelligent communications and workflow optimization platform designed to enhance interactions between enterprise customers and their clients. Founded in 2010 and based in Irvine, California, the platform supports various applications and devices, facilitating seamless communication. It provides call tracking and customer information to agents, allowing them to efficiently gather and relay essential customer details such as names, email addresses, and account numbers. Drumbi aims to transform the traditional dialing experience, making voice communication more dynamic and effective.

CudaSign, a Newport Beach, CA-based technology startup that offers tools to e-sign digital files without the need to scan, fax or mail documents.