KEC Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York, established in 2011. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, specifically targeting startups in the software technology sector. KEC Ventures primarily invests in companies located in New York and Los Angeles, aiming to support innovative solutions and advancements within the software industry.
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
RentSpree
Series B in 2022
RentSpree LLC is a rental platform based in Woodland Hills, California, focused on facilitating the apartment rental process, particularly in Southern California. Founded in 2016, RentSpree offers a comprehensive software solution for tenant screening and renter management that is utilized across all 50 states. The platform automates the lease application process for real estate agents by providing a centralized system for screening applicants. This service simplifies the rental experience by allowing users to connect with multiple property representatives while protecting their credit scores from hard inquiries. Additionally, RentSpree features a partnership program and a rental screening API, enabling integration with other platforms to streamline the tenant screening process efficiently.
Gooten
Venture Round in 2021
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
Sanctuary
Seed Round in 2021
Sanctuary is a company focused on providing mystical products and services, primarily targeting millennial audiences. It has developed an astrology application that offers daily personalized horoscopes and live birth chart readings. The app features insights from real astrologers, tarot readings, and personalized forecasts, allowing users to explore various supernatural tools designed to address the existential challenges of contemporary life. Additionally, Sanctuary incorporates AI and chatbot technologies to enhance user engagement and enrich the overall experience, promoting a deeper connection with astrology and other mystical practices.
Aclaimant
Series B in 2021
Aclaimant, Inc. develops a comprehensive incident management system aimed at efficiently handling workplace-related incidents. The Aclaimant platform allows employees, employers, and insurance carriers to utilize a personalized dashboard for tracking incidents and reports, facilitating the incident resolution process. This system promotes collaboration among all parties involved, encouraging a shared responsibility for workplace safety. Aclaimant serves a diverse range of clients, including staffing firms, elder care facilities, small to medium-sized businesses, municipalities, insurance brokers, and carriers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Aclaimant is dedicated to reducing the time, effort, and costs associated with managing workplace incidents and related insurance claims.
Aclaimant
Series A in 2020
Aclaimant, Inc. develops a comprehensive incident management system aimed at efficiently handling workplace-related incidents. The Aclaimant platform allows employees, employers, and insurance carriers to utilize a personalized dashboard for tracking incidents and reports, facilitating the incident resolution process. This system promotes collaboration among all parties involved, encouraging a shared responsibility for workplace safety. Aclaimant serves a diverse range of clients, including staffing firms, elder care facilities, small to medium-sized businesses, municipalities, insurance brokers, and carriers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Aclaimant is dedicated to reducing the time, effort, and costs associated with managing workplace incidents and related insurance claims.
Anagram
Series A in 2020
Anagram Inc. is a software company based in Santa Monica, California, that develops a platform to support healthcare professionals, particularly in the eye care sector, with the complexities of health insurance networks. Established in 2014 and previously known as Glass Health, Inc., Anagram offers an online insurance assistant designed to help manage patients' healthcare plans by highlighting out-of-network benefits and simplifying claim submissions. The platform enables eye care providers to navigate insurance benefits effectively, facilitating seamless billing and instant rebates through collaborations with eyewear labs and frame manufacturers. This approach allows providers to deliver services without the limitations imposed by managed vision plans, enhancing the overall patient experience.
Sanctuary
Seed Round in 2019
Sanctuary is a company focused on providing mystical products and services, primarily targeting millennial audiences. It has developed an astrology application that offers daily personalized horoscopes and live birth chart readings. The app features insights from real astrologers, tarot readings, and personalized forecasts, allowing users to explore various supernatural tools designed to address the existential challenges of contemporary life. Additionally, Sanctuary incorporates AI and chatbot technologies to enhance user engagement and enrich the overall experience, promoting a deeper connection with astrology and other mystical practices.
FinTech Studios
Venture Round in 2019
FinTech Studios, founded in 2014 by Jim Tousignant, develops a search and analytics platform that provides real-time insights into businesses and market conditions. Utilizing AI-based applications and big-data analytics, the company analyzes and curates content from millions of online sources and proprietary databases. Its technology enables financial institutions and professionals to access timely and relevant market intelligence, news, and research in a secure manner. By delivering actionable insights, FinTech Studios supports investors and business executives in making informed decisions based on comprehensive market analysis.
The Bouqs Company
Series C in 2019
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.
Bleximo
Seed Round in 2018
Bleximo Corp. is a developer of quantum accelerators and processors, established in 2017 and based in Walnut Creek, California. The company focuses on creating full-stack superconducting application-specific systems designed to address complex challenges in physics, chemistry, and materials science. Bleximo's integrated approach allows for the co-design of processors, software, and control systems, ensuring that all aspects of the technology—from superconducting physics to software dynamics—are optimized for high-value practical applications. By leveraging state-of-the-art coherence times in its superconducting processor technology, Bleximo aims to provide advanced solutions that enable companies to perform data analysis and numerical modeling more efficiently and accurately than traditional computing methods. This strategic differentiation positions Bleximo to help businesses remain competitive in their respective fields.
Anagram
Funding Round in 2018
Anagram Inc. is a software company based in Santa Monica, California, that develops a platform to support healthcare professionals, particularly in the eye care sector, with the complexities of health insurance networks. Established in 2014 and previously known as Glass Health, Inc., Anagram offers an online insurance assistant designed to help manage patients' healthcare plans by highlighting out-of-network benefits and simplifying claim submissions. The platform enables eye care providers to navigate insurance benefits effectively, facilitating seamless billing and instant rebates through collaborations with eyewear labs and frame manufacturers. This approach allows providers to deliver services without the limitations imposed by managed vision plans, enhancing the overall patient experience.
Teampay
Seed Round in 2018
Teampay offers a distributed spend management platform aimed at larger small and medium-sized businesses, as well as middle-market companies, across various industries. The platform simplifies the purchase process by integrating virtual and physical cards, invoices, and reimbursements, making transactions more efficient for both employees and finance teams. Teampay's user-friendly workflow addresses common issues such as policy misalignment, lack of transparency, and unpredictable spending by facilitating better alignment between spenders and finance departments. Additionally, the platform collects essential data and integrates it into existing systems, ensuring secure and intelligent payment solutions.
Reonomy
Venture Round in 2018
Reonomy leverages big data, partnerships, and machine learning to connect the fragmented world of commercial real estate. Reonomy products empower individuals, teams, and companies to unlock insights and discover new opportunities by providing unparalleled access to property intelligence.
Sanctuary
Seed Round in 2017
Sanctuary is a company focused on providing mystical products and services, primarily targeting millennial audiences. It has developed an astrology application that offers daily personalized horoscopes and live birth chart readings. The app features insights from real astrologers, tarot readings, and personalized forecasts, allowing users to explore various supernatural tools designed to address the existential challenges of contemporary life. Additionally, Sanctuary incorporates AI and chatbot technologies to enhance user engagement and enrich the overall experience, promoting a deeper connection with astrology and other mystical practices.
FinTech Studios
Seed Round in 2017
FinTech Studios, founded in 2014 by Jim Tousignant, develops a search and analytics platform that provides real-time insights into businesses and market conditions. Utilizing AI-based applications and big-data analytics, the company analyzes and curates content from millions of online sources and proprietary databases. Its technology enables financial institutions and professionals to access timely and relevant market intelligence, news, and research in a secure manner. By delivering actionable insights, FinTech Studios supports investors and business executives in making informed decisions based on comprehensive market analysis.
Aclaimant
Seed Round in 2017
Aclaimant, Inc. develops a comprehensive incident management system aimed at efficiently handling workplace-related incidents. The Aclaimant platform allows employees, employers, and insurance carriers to utilize a personalized dashboard for tracking incidents and reports, facilitating the incident resolution process. This system promotes collaboration among all parties involved, encouraging a shared responsibility for workplace safety. Aclaimant serves a diverse range of clients, including staffing firms, elder care facilities, small to medium-sized businesses, municipalities, insurance brokers, and carriers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Aclaimant is dedicated to reducing the time, effort, and costs associated with managing workplace incidents and related insurance claims.
The Bouqs Company
Series C in 2017
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.
Anagram
Seed Round in 2016
Anagram Inc. is a software company based in Santa Monica, California, that develops a platform to support healthcare professionals, particularly in the eye care sector, with the complexities of health insurance networks. Established in 2014 and previously known as Glass Health, Inc., Anagram offers an online insurance assistant designed to help manage patients' healthcare plans by highlighting out-of-network benefits and simplifying claim submissions. The platform enables eye care providers to navigate insurance benefits effectively, facilitating seamless billing and instant rebates through collaborations with eyewear labs and frame manufacturers. This approach allows providers to deliver services without the limitations imposed by managed vision plans, enhancing the overall patient experience.
Markett
Seed Round in 2016
Markett is an on-demand sales force that generates new customers for the fastest growing brands. It connects high-growth companies with influencers to generate new business using authentic content. The platform empowers young professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives to make money on their own terms using unique promotion codes. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Venice, California.
Teampay
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Teampay offers a distributed spend management platform aimed at larger small and medium-sized businesses, as well as middle-market companies, across various industries. The platform simplifies the purchase process by integrating virtual and physical cards, invoices, and reimbursements, making transactions more efficient for both employees and finance teams. Teampay's user-friendly workflow addresses common issues such as policy misalignment, lack of transparency, and unpredictable spending by facilitating better alignment between spenders and finance departments. Additionally, the platform collects essential data and integrates it into existing systems, ensuring secure and intelligent payment solutions.
Virgil Security
Series A in 2016
Virgil Security, Inc. is a company based in Manassas, Virginia, that specializes in developing and marketing cryptographic software and services aimed at both developers and end-users. The company provides user-friendly encryption libraries and public key management infrastructure designed to simplify the integration of strong cryptography into applications. Its offerings include password-free authentication, encryption, and distributed immutable data storage through blockchain technology. Virgil Security focuses on enhancing privacy and security for a wide range of applications, cloud services, and Internet of Things devices, making it easier for users to secure their digital environments.
Navisens
Seed Round in 2016
Navisens is a software company that specializes in a location platform capable of operating both indoors and outdoors without the need for traditional infrastructure such as WiFi, GPS, or Bluetooth beacons. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, Navisens utilizes its patent-pending motionDNA technology, which processes data from the inertial sensors found in mobile devices, including accelerometers and gyroscopes. This innovative approach enables accurate 3D navigation and location tracking in various environments, including multi-level buildings and underground spaces, without the installation of additional sensors or the collection of environmental data. The platform is designed to help users easily locate personnel and mobile devices, enhancing usability across diverse settings.
RocksBox
Series A in 2016
Rocksbox, Inc. is a membership-based jewelry styling service based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012. The company offers a subscription platform that allows women to shop, rent, and swap designer jewelry. Members receive a curated selection of jewelry pieces on loan, with the flexibility to purchase or exchange items at any time. Rocksbox aims to transform the jewelry shopping experience by leveraging technology and data to provide products that resonate with its customers. The service focuses on making high-quality, designer jewelry accessible and allows users to discover new styles while enjoying the benefits of a rental model.
Gooten
Venture Round in 2016
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
The Bouqs Company
Series B in 2016
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.
Canvs AI
Series A in 2016
Canvs AI is an insights platform that specializes in analyzing open-ended text from various sources, such as surveys, customer reviews, and social media. Utilizing advanced AI-powered text analysis and patented natural language algorithms, Canvs transforms unstructured consumer feedback into actionable business intelligence. This platform is designed to help brands, research agencies, and media companies gain critical insights quickly and cost-effectively, enhancing their understanding of consumer behavior. By streamlining the process of deriving insights from complex data, Canvs AI enables organizations to make informed decisions and respond effectively to market needs.
Gem
Series A in 2016
Gem is a cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain platform. Their seasoned team of cryptocurrency software architects and blockchain engineers are building apps for the next generation of consumers, offering secure ways to participate in the digital marketplace. They support payment methods that allow trading options for users.
Gooten
Convertible Note in 2015
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
Print.io
Convertible Note in 2015
Print.io offers Hellopics, an application that enables its users to order custom printed products, including iPhone and iPad cases, canvas wraps, posters, mugs, and more. Print.io was founded by Austen Bernstein in 2010 and is based in New York.
Yhat
Seed Round in 2015
Yhat (pronounced Y-hat) provides an end-to-end data science platform for developing, deploying, and managing real-time decision APIs. Yhat eliminates painful IT obstacles involved in cloud-based data science like server setup and config. With Yhat, data scientists can transform static insights into production-ready decision making APIs that integrate seamlessly with any customer- or employee-facing app. Yhat also created Rodeo, an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for Python. Yhat was founded in 2013 and is based in New York. The team is composed of entrepreneurs, data scientists, and engineers formerly at OnDeck, AppNexus, Guidespark, Shareablee and the Washington Post.
Jump Ramp
Series C in 2015
Jump Ramp is a rapidly growing mobile-focused company based in New York City, specializing in innovative promotions and rewards through free mobile casual gaming. The company operates a gaming platform that allows users to win real cash prizes and earn rewards, which can be redeemed for gift cards from over 30 major brands and retailers. Its flagship app, Lucktastic, launched in 2014, has garnered nearly 10 million installs on Android and iOS and consistently ranks among the top lifestyle apps in major app stores. With a robust social media presence and a weekly reach of 12 million unique consumers in the U.S., Lucktastic is becoming a household name. Jump Ramp aims to expand its network of apps and innovative content, with plans for international growth, particularly in Asia. The company boasts a tight-knit team of approximately 40 employees and is looking to double its workforce in the coming months, seeking talent that thrives in an entrepreneurial environment.
AlphaDraft
Pre Seed Round in 2015
AlphaDraft also brought on board strategic backers in Melo7 Tech Partners (the investment shop founded by Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony) and former NBA Commissioner David Stern.
Print.io
Seed Round in 2015
Print.io offers Hellopics, an application that enables its users to order custom printed products, including iPhone and iPad cases, canvas wraps, posters, mugs, and more. Print.io was founded by Austen Bernstein in 2010 and is based in New York.
Gooten
Seed Round in 2015
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
Gem
Seed Round in 2015
Gem is a cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain platform. Their seasoned team of cryptocurrency software architects and blockchain engineers are building apps for the next generation of consumers, offering secure ways to participate in the digital marketplace. They support payment methods that allow trading options for users.
WiGo
Seed Round in 2015
WiGo, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing a social application designed for college students to coordinate their social activities. Launched in 2014, the platform enables users to see which of their peers are going out, where they are headed, and allows them to invite friends to join their plans. The application offers a daily reset feature, ensuring that each day presents a fresh opportunity for social engagement. By facilitating real-time connections among students, WiGo enhances the college social experience.
Print.io
Seed Round in 2015
Print.io offers Hellopics, an application that enables its users to order custom printed products, including iPhone and iPad cases, canvas wraps, posters, mugs, and more. Print.io was founded by Austen Bernstein in 2010 and is based in New York.
Gooten
Venture Round in 2015
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
MaestroQA
Seed Round in 2015
MaestroQA is a software company that provides quality assurance solutions for customer care teams, enabling businesses to shift their customer service from a cost center to a strategic growth driver. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the company offers a comprehensive platform that tracks customer behavior, application usage, and feedback to analyze preferences and improve the overall customer experience. Its features include integrations with CRM and support tools, customizable scorecards, and real-time feedback for agents, allowing organizations to gain granular insights into performance and deliver targeted coaching. This approach helps companies optimize their customer service operations and enhance engagement across various marketing channels.
Reonomy
Series B in 2015
Reonomy leverages big data, partnerships, and machine learning to connect the fragmented world of commercial real estate. Reonomy products empower individuals, teams, and companies to unlock insights and discover new opportunities by providing unparalleled access to property intelligence.
Seen
Seed Round in 2014
Seen’s mission is to connect people more deeply to the world and their collective stories by making every event visible. New tools for a new type of media, Seen identifies signal in the noise of the real time web, reconstructing stories from their social data. At the heart of Seen is an engine that can automatically surface real-time trends within feeds. Seen is built on Google award-winning research, and was selected as one of the first companies for The New York Times incubator initiative, [TimeSpace](http://www.nytimes.com/timespace).
Wedding Spot
Series A in 2014
Wedding Spot is the first online marketplace that allows users to search, price, and book thousands of wedding venues. Working directly with venues, Wedding Spot gathers all the information required to allow newly engaged couples to easily search for venues based on budget, location, style, and guest count. Users can "build out" their ideal wedding day by selecting specific services and options to see a price estimate and then book a venue viewing appointment with one click of a button. Wedding Spot’s proprietary technology enables wedding venues to manage their entire wedding booking process on its platform, including acquiring customers, organizing content, and marketing inventory. Launched in August 2013, Wedding Spot is based in San Francisco, CA and is backed by leading VC investors.
Gem
Seed Round in 2014
Gem is a cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain platform. Their seasoned team of cryptocurrency software architects and blockchain engineers are building apps for the next generation of consumers, offering secure ways to participate in the digital marketplace. They support payment methods that allow trading options for users.
Feed.fm
Seed Round in 2014
Feed.fm, a business unit of Feed Media Group, is a B2B music platform that facilitates the legal streaming of major label music to enhance digital customer experiences. The platform provides a comprehensive Unified Music System (UMS) that includes music APIs and SDKs, allowing businesses to access pre-cleared commercial music curated by industry experts. This service not only streamlines music licensing and app integration but also offers analytics and payments to rights holders, ensuring legal protection for clients. Feed.fm caters to a range of businesses, from established brands like Mirror and Nautilus to emerging startups utilizing its Adaptr service for unique music experiences. Additionally, Feed.fm recently introduced flexible licensing options for original content from renowned artists through Feed Originals, further enriching its offerings in the music ecosystem.
TechStyle Fashion Group
Series D in 2014
TechStyle Fashion Group is a global fashion and lifestyle retailer established in 2010, focused on providing access, quality, and style at exceptional value. The company combines advanced technology with contemporary fashion trends to create a unique shopping experience for millions of customers, including five million VIP members. With a portfolio that features well-known brands such as JustFab, Fabletics, ShoeDazzle, Savage X Fenty, and FabKids, TechStyle operates in several countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. The company emphasizes data-driven personalization and vertical integration to enhance consumer engagement and offer curated shopping options, enabling customers to make informed fashion choices.
Ayehu Software Technologies
Series A in 2014
Ayehu Software Technologies, Ltd. develops and markets software solutions aimed at minimizing downtime in network and information technology systems. The company's flagship product, eyeShare, is a critical situation management solution that allows IT managers to effectively design, plan, and execute operational tasks. This solution incorporates methodologies for situation profiling, real-time analysis, solution building, communication, and resolution processes, while also enabling integration with third-party software through APIs. Ayehu also offers an IT automation and orchestration platform, enhancing the efficiency of IT and security operations for various clients, including managed service providers and managed security service providers. Founded in 2007, Ayehu is headquartered in Holon, Israel, with additional offices in San Jose, California, and New York.
The Bouqs Company
Series A in 2014
The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded in 2012 by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar, who aimed to transform the floral industry through a modern approach to flower sourcing and delivery. Based in Marina Del Rey, California, The Bouqs Company offers a variety of bouquets and flowers for occasions such as weddings, events, and business services. The company emphasizes sustainability by sourcing flowers directly from eco-friendly farms around the world, connecting these producers to consumers while eliminating traditional supply chain overhead costs. This model not only enhances product quality but also redefines the purchasing experience for customers and the economic dynamics for producers.
Tinybop
Series A in 2014
Tinybop, Inc. is a developer of educational applications aimed at children globally, focusing on fostering creativity and learning through immersive experiences. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers a portfolio that includes the Library application, which allows children to explore the invisible wonders of the world, and the Digital Toys application, an open-ended construction kit for building and testing imaginative concepts. Tinybop's applications are designed for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices, catering to children aged 4 and older. The company's mission emphasizes the importance of learning through play, experimentation, and inquiry, enabling kids to develop foundational science literacy, as well as skills in creative thinking, problem-solving, and storytelling.
Filip Technologies
Venture Round in 2014
Filip Technologies develops a smart locator device aimed at enhancing communication between parents and their young children. This device integrates real-time location updates with communication capabilities, allowing caregivers to stay informed about their children's whereabouts. By utilizing a dedicated platform, Filip enables parents to send commands and requests, facilitating a secure connection that helps ensure the safety and well-being of their children.
Print.io
Seed Round in 2014
Print.io offers Hellopics, an application that enables its users to order custom printed products, including iPhone and iPad cases, canvas wraps, posters, mugs, and more. Print.io was founded by Austen Bernstein in 2010 and is based in New York.
BetterCompany
Seed Round in 2014
At BetterCompany, it is our mission to help companies connect with best candidates at the best time, when they're looking! We use a blend of art and science to match candidates to roles and companies and we understand that timing is everything.
Drync
Seed Round in 2014
Drync Wine operates a leading mobile platform that serves wine enthusiasts by offering a seamless experience for discovering, tracking, and purchasing wines. With a database of over 3 million wines, the app features instant image recognition to help users identify wines easily. The platform caters to 300,000 affluent users, managing a virtual inventory of 600,000 bottles and facilitating over 2 million wine searches. Recognized by prominent media outlets, Drync provides personalized recommendations and expert-curated selections, ensuring consumers can navigate the wine market effortlessly.
Gooten
Seed Round in 2014
Gooten is an automated fulfillment and store operations solution tailored for online retailers. The company specializes in on-demand manufacturing and drop-shipping, utilizing a global network of manufacturers to streamline the production and delivery of custom merchandise. Gooten's platform supports an extensive range of product types and integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce, as well as offering an API for personalized customer experiences. By managing the complexities of order processing, manufacturing, and shipping, Gooten enables businesses to efficiently create, manage, and fulfill orders without the need for extensive inventory or logistics management.
Fisoc
Venture Round in 2014
fisoc leads the merchant funded loyalty space with its Buzz Points platform. Buzz Points rewards customers for shopping and spending, with even more rewards for spending locally at our network of local merchants. With Buzz Points, Financial Institutions realize substantially increased non-interest fee based income, while providing their users with a next gen loyalty platform on the web and mobile. Local merchants win with dramatically increased revenues. The program is turn-key, and provides valuable data and metrics
Reonomy
Series A in 2014
Reonomy leverages big data, partnerships, and machine learning to connect the fragmented world of commercial real estate. Reonomy products empower individuals, teams, and companies to unlock insights and discover new opportunities by providing unparalleled access to property intelligence.
Kanvas Labs
Seed Round in 2014
Kanvas Labs, Inc. is a mobile social networking platform that allows users to create and share social photo stories centered around real-world experiences. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, the company offers a product called Kanvas, which enables users to create engaging content utilizing photos, videos, gifs, and custom stop motion animation. Users can enhance their creations with text, stickers, overlays, drawings, and music before sharing them with friends and followers across various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Originally known as Tracks Media, Inc., Kanvas Labs operates as a subsidiary of AOL Inc. and focuses on fostering micro-social networks that connect users through shared visual narratives.
Gem
Seed Round in 2014
Gem is a cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain platform. Their seasoned team of cryptocurrency software architects and blockchain engineers are building apps for the next generation of consumers, offering secure ways to participate in the digital marketplace. They support payment methods that allow trading options for users.
Kanvas Labs
Seed Round in 2013
Kanvas Labs, Inc. is a mobile social networking platform that allows users to create and share social photo stories centered around real-world experiences. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, the company offers a product called Kanvas, which enables users to create engaging content utilizing photos, videos, gifs, and custom stop motion animation. Users can enhance their creations with text, stickers, overlays, drawings, and music before sharing them with friends and followers across various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Originally known as Tracks Media, Inc., Kanvas Labs operates as a subsidiary of AOL Inc. and focuses on fostering micro-social networks that connect users through shared visual narratives.
Sound Pharmaceuticals
Venture Round in 2013
Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in developing neurotologic drugs aimed at treating sensorineural diseases of the inner ear. Established in 2001, the company focuses on creating prescription medications that help prevent and treat hearing loss. Its innovative platform works by developing compounds that antagonize growth inhibitory proteins, allowing normally non-dividing epithelial cells in the inner ear to divide and potentially become replacement auditory hair cells. This process, which does not occur naturally in humans after birth, offers a new approach to addressing various forms of hearing loss in a cost-effective manner.
Jump Ramp
Series B in 2013
Jump Ramp is a rapidly growing mobile-focused company based in New York City, specializing in innovative promotions and rewards through free mobile casual gaming. The company operates a gaming platform that allows users to win real cash prizes and earn rewards, which can be redeemed for gift cards from over 30 major brands and retailers. Its flagship app, Lucktastic, launched in 2014, has garnered nearly 10 million installs on Android and iOS and consistently ranks among the top lifestyle apps in major app stores. With a robust social media presence and a weekly reach of 12 million unique consumers in the U.S., Lucktastic is becoming a household name. Jump Ramp aims to expand its network of apps and innovative content, with plans for international growth, particularly in Asia. The company boasts a tight-knit team of approximately 40 employees and is looking to double its workforce in the coming months, seeking talent that thrives in an entrepreneurial environment.
Luminate Health
Seed Round in 2013
Luminate Health, Inc. provides a HIPAA-compliant, SaaS solution to labs and healthcare providers, which enables patients to access, manage, and understand their lab results. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Mateo, California.
Yhat
Seed Round in 2013
Yhat (pronounced Y-hat) provides an end-to-end data science platform for developing, deploying, and managing real-time decision APIs. Yhat eliminates painful IT obstacles involved in cloud-based data science like server setup and config. With Yhat, data scientists can transform static insights into production-ready decision making APIs that integrate seamlessly with any customer- or employee-facing app. Yhat also created Rodeo, an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for Python. Yhat was founded in 2013 and is based in New York. The team is composed of entrepreneurs, data scientists, and engineers formerly at OnDeck, AppNexus, Guidespark, Shareablee and the Washington Post.
Giraffic
Series A in 2013
Giraffic, Inc. specializes in video-on-demand streaming acceleration technology, which allows online content providers to deliver high-definition video and rich media with minimal interruptions. Founded in 2008 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Giraffic's technology enables simultaneous data retrieval from multiple sources, effectively eliminating re-buffering during video playback. The company initially led the market in multimedia software acceleration, with its Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) technology enhancing the reliability of streaming services like Netflix. Following the acquisition of AVA technology by Roku, Giraffic shifted focus to the data cloud storage sector, developing its Distributed Adaptive Storage (DASS) platform. This platform supports distributed and hybrid cloud solutions and offers a consumer backup application designed to provide virtually infinite storage capabilities. Giraffic's innovations have allowed media companies and content distributors to enhance their services significantly, accelerating streaming speeds and reducing buffering challenges across various devices.
Fisoc
Series D in 2013
fisoc leads the merchant funded loyalty space with its Buzz Points platform. Buzz Points rewards customers for shopping and spending, with even more rewards for spending locally at our network of local merchants. With Buzz Points, Financial Institutions realize substantially increased non-interest fee based income, while providing their users with a next gen loyalty platform on the web and mobile. Local merchants win with dramatically increased revenues. The program is turn-key, and provides valuable data and metrics
ISVS
Seed Round in 2013
International Skill Verification Services or ISVS has been created to transform the English language higher education admission process to the benefit of schools, international candidates and their families. ISCAP, our live interview-based International Study Candidate Assessment Process, flips standardized testing on its head to give higher education institutions a highly accurate, holistic overview of a candidate as a human being, not just a set of numbers. Our reports enable an institution to truly get to know their applicant, and candidates to get a much better idea of how well prepared they are to study overseas and what additional preparation and knowledge they may need to make the most of such a major commitment.
Zillabyte
Seed Round in 2013
Zillabyte is a cloud platform for data analysis. Build apps, not infrastructure. Recently, Google & Amazon have announced competing products, as follows: 1. Google Cloud Dataflow: http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2014/06/cloud-platform-at-google-io-new-big.html . 2. Amazon Kinesis: http://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-kinesis-real-time-processing-of-streamed-data/?utm_source=fee.... . We are a direct competitor to these technologies, and turnkey solution for other platform players to quickly get into this space.
Reonomy
Seed Round in 2013
Reonomy leverages big data, partnerships, and machine learning to connect the fragmented world of commercial real estate. Reonomy products empower individuals, teams, and companies to unlock insights and discover new opportunities by providing unparalleled access to property intelligence.
Fireblade
Series A in 2013
FireBlade empowers websites with uncompromising security, visibility and control over their traffic. FireBlade’s security solution provides website monitoring that is a blend of behavioral analysis, risk assessment engine and a global reputation engine. The company was co-founded in 2009 by Shay Rapaport and Erez Azaria in response to the growing website security threats and malicious bot traffic. Following its initial successes in scraping prevention on immense websites, the FireBlade team succeeded in quickly adapting its core engine to protect websites from a wide variety of threats such as hacking, spamming, and distributed DoS attacks. FireBlade’s solution is invisible to the website visitor while simultaneously improving the user experience. FireBlade serves and protects billions of page-hits each given month and with a fast growing client-base, which includes some of the webs largest and busiest websites.
Fisoc
Series C in 2012
fisoc leads the merchant funded loyalty space with its Buzz Points platform. Buzz Points rewards customers for shopping and spending, with even more rewards for spending locally at our network of local merchants. With Buzz Points, Financial Institutions realize substantially increased non-interest fee based income, while providing their users with a next gen loyalty platform on the web and mobile. Local merchants win with dramatically increased revenues. The program is turn-key, and provides valuable data and metrics
Tinybop
Seed Round in 2012
Tinybop, Inc. is a developer of educational applications aimed at children globally, focusing on fostering creativity and learning through immersive experiences. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers a portfolio that includes the Library application, which allows children to explore the invisible wonders of the world, and the Digital Toys application, an open-ended construction kit for building and testing imaginative concepts. Tinybop's applications are designed for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices, catering to children aged 4 and older. The company's mission emphasizes the importance of learning through play, experimentation, and inquiry, enabling kids to develop foundational science literacy, as well as skills in creative thinking, problem-solving, and storytelling.
Innovaci
Seed Round in 2011
Innovaci Inc. is a consumer products company based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, established in 2011. The company specializes in innovative solutions for the health and wellness sector, focusing on the development, engineering, and manufacturing of unique products. Its flagship offering, AireSpa, is an advanced air enhancement system designed for hospitality environments. AireSpa combines air purification, cool mist humidification, aromatherapy, and soundscapes into one device. It features a touchscreen remote control and is equipped with custom cloud-based monitoring and reporting software, which seamlessly integrates with hotel billing systems. This innovative approach enables users to enjoy a stylish and efficient system that provides self-diagnostics for easy maintenance.
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