Opus Clip
Series A in 2025
Opus Clip is a software company specializing in generative AI video editing tools. Its platform analyzes long videos and identifies short, engaging clips suitable for social media sharing, helping creators maximize their content's reach.
LTK is an influencer platform that specializes in creating marketing campaigns for brands of various sizes. The company offers a range of services, from self-service tools to full-service solutions, focusing on return on investment and comprehensive brand performance measurement from initial discovery to transaction. LTK's platform enables brands and style influencers to measure and monetize content influence across owned and social channels, enhancing their economic success. Additionally, the company provides consulting for brand partnerships, shopper distribution, and performance measurement, as well as a shopping app to streamline the consumer experience.
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family.
The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Founded in 2016, Sendoso is a global platform that enhances customer engagement by integrating digital and physical sending strategies. It enables businesses to stand out with new ways to engage customers throughout the buyer's journey, improving relationships and increasing effectiveness of go-to-market programs.
PicsArt is a global digital creation platform offering AI-powered tools for photo and video editing, drawing, and sharing. It provides an extensive open-source content library, serving consumers, creators, and businesses alike through its mobile and web applications. PicsArt's enterprise solutions include APIs and SDKs for image editing and processing.
Jellysmack
Series C in 2021
Jellysmack is a global creator company founded in 2016 by Swann Maizil, Robin Sabban, and Michael Philippe. It specializes in supporting content creators by leveraging technology and data to enhance their growth across multiple social media platforms. The company employs advanced artificial intelligence to identify promising creators and assists them in expanding their audience through multi-platform distribution and data-driven content strategies. By providing comprehensive solutions, Jellysmack enables creators to optimize their time, take calculated risks, and maximize their overall value in the competitive landscape of social media content creation.
Arkose Labs
Series C in 2021
Arkose Labs develops an online fraud and abuse prevention platform that protects businesses in sectors such as online marketplaces, travel, banking, social media, ticketing, and online gaming. The platform defends consumer actions against account takeover, fake account abuse, scraping, spam, and gift‑card fraud. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in London, Costa Rica, and Brisbane. It is recognized as a leader in bot detection and mitigation, offering a $1 million warranty for credential‑stuffing and SMS toll fraud. Arkose Labs’ AI‑powered system combines global telemetry, dynamic threat response, and a bilateral feedback loop to validate suspicious traffic and train enforcement, reducing friction for legitimate users while authenticating identities across all customer touchpoints.
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family.
The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Game Jolt
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Game Jolt operates as a social media platform and community for gamers, centered on user-generated content. The platform enables users to share games, participate in on-platform events and mini-games, and engage with friends and other players. It also develops a user-generated marketplace for digital collectibles aimed at brands and creators, connecting with millions of Gen Z gamers and providing a channel to showcase and trade digital assets tied to video games and related experiences.
C Channel
Venture Round in 2020
C Channel is an online video media provider that focuses on delivering high-quality content tailored to women aged 20 to 34. The company offers a diverse range of lifestyle-related information, including topics such as hairstyling, food, fashion, and travel tips. By leveraging video as its primary medium, C Channel aims to engage its audience with relevant and inspiring content. Additionally, the company operates as a marketing and advertising agency, specializing in the production and management of impactful influencers to enhance its outreach and effectiveness in connecting with its target demographic.
Overtime is a digital-first sports network targeting the next generation of fans. Based in New York City, it produces original content across various platforms, including YouTube, Snapchat, IGTV, Instagram, and TikTok. The company generates revenue through sponsorships, advertising, media rights, and merchandise sales.
ByteDance
Series E in 2018
ByteDance develops global digital content platforms like TikTok and Douyin, fostering user connection and creativity through short videos. It also offers enterprise collaboration tools and AI services, driven by advanced recommendation engines.
Line Mobile
Acquisition in 2018
Line Mobile Corporation is a mobile virtual network operator based in Shinjuku, Japan, and a subsidiary of LINE Corporation. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on providing affordable mobile services, including internet access, telecommunications, internet telephony, and budget smartphones and SIM cards. Line Mobile allows users to enjoy unlimited data for popular social networking applications such as LINE, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, as well as the LINE MUSIC service, without affecting their data limits. The company positions its offerings around three core values: simplicity, freedom, and value, ensuring that its plans are transparent and tailored to meet the diverse usage behaviors and needs of individual customers. Additionally, Line Mobile operates in both Japan and Taiwan, enhancing its presence in the mobile communications market.
Snow Corporation
Series A in 2018
Snow is the developer and operator of the selfie pic and video app SNOW, featuring face recognition-enabled stickers and GIF-enabled chat functionality. With SNOW, users pick from over 700 stickers and 30 types of filters to liven up their photos and videos, then send the finished product to their friends or post them within the SNOW app to give their friends a peek into what they are up to now. User numbers have been growing steadily since the app first launched in Korea, with service being expanded to Japan and China in November 2015 and February 2016, respectively. In Japan, the number of users has been growing rapidly, and the app has been ranked as No.1 in both iOS App Store’s free app Photo & Video category and Google Play’s Photography category.
Radish is a mobile platform specializing in serialized storytelling. It offers thousands of bite-sized stories across various genres, allowing readers to engage directly with authors via live chat rooms. Authors can publish original works, revive backlist titles, and pre-release upcoming books to build buzz.
C Channel
Venture Round in 2016
C Channel is an online video media provider that focuses on delivering high-quality content tailored to women aged 20 to 34. The company offers a diverse range of lifestyle-related information, including topics such as hairstyling, food, fashion, and travel tips. By leveraging video as its primary medium, C Channel aims to engage its audience with relevant and inspiring content. Additionally, the company operates as a marketing and advertising agency, specializing in the production and management of impactful influencers to enhance its outreach and effectiveness in connecting with its target demographic.
Hike is a technology company that develops in-store, online, and on-the-go selling platforms for retailers, along with retail management software hosted on the cloud.
NowThis Media, Inc. is a digital video news outlet established in 2012 and based in New York City. The company specializes in producing short video news clips tailored for mobile devices and social media platforms, primarily targeting audiences aged 18 to 34. With a focus on engaging content, NowThis delivers daily updates through various channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, and its own applications for iOS and Android. The platform emphasizes key trends in digital consumption, such as social interaction, video format, and mobile accessibility. Co-founded by notable figures from the Huffington Post and Bedrocket Media, NowThis aims to provide original news content that resonates with young adults who increasingly rely on mobile technology and social media for news and commentary. The company is known for its partnerships with prominent digital outlets, further extending its reach and influence in the digital news landscape.
SocialFlow
Series C in 2015
SocialFlow, Inc. is a software company that specializes in social media distribution and monetization solutions tailored for publishers and media organizations. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, SocialFlow utilizes an advanced algorithm to optimize the timing, relevance, and audience targeting of social media posts. The platform identifies high-performing content for amplification through advertising and integrates these posts into platform-specific advertising formats. Furthermore, it establishes a feedback loop that analyzes audience responses, facilitating the development of new advertising opportunities that enhance client reach to segmented audiences. SocialFlow’s technologies enable publishers to distribute engaging content effectively while generating new revenue streams, and its client roster includes prominent organizations such as Condé Nast, The Associated Press, and CNN. The software supports tens of thousands of journalists globally in extending the reach and engagement of editorial content across various social platforms.
Hyperconnect
Series A in 2015
Hyperconnect is a Seoul-based global technology company that develops video and artificial intelligence-powered social discovery products. Its flagship app Azar enables real-time one-to-one video chats to help people connect across cultures, and the company has expanded into Hakuna Live, a social live-streaming platform. Hyperconnect uses machine learning and advanced video technology to enhance user experience while emphasizing safety and privacy. The company serves international markets with a diverse workforce and continues to advance real-time video communication and discovery experiences through its platform suite.
The Dodo is a digital media company based in New York that focuses on animals, providing a blend of news, entertainment, and advocacy. It aims to be the leading online community for animal lovers, offering engaging stories and videos that highlight animal-related issues and promote animal activism. The Dodo also facilitates connections between its audience and animal welfare initiatives, encouraging care and awareness for various species. Through its content, the company seeks to inspire and inform individuals about the importance of animal welfare and the natural world.
Soapbox
Seed Round in 2015
Soapbox was conceived as an idea in early 2012, by taking Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London, as an inspiration. Soon after development began later that year, Soapbox acquired its first investor.
Soapbox is an early stage startup in beta.
Beabloo
Venture Round in 2015
Beabloo is a company that specializes in marketing software designed to enhance customer engagement through digital communications. Its platform integrates digital signage, analytics, and automation, allowing businesses to create, manage, and optimize marketing strategies across various channels, including digital signage screens, websites, mobile devices, and social media. The software facilitates content creation, upload, scheduling, and centralized control while providing campaign analytics to measure effectiveness. In addition to its software capabilities, Beabloo offers support services such as hardware certification, live assistance, training, and content management. This comprehensive approach enables organizations to understand customer behavior better and deliver personalized purchasing experiences that enhance marketing impact in commercial environments.
Banjo, Inc. is a live intelligence platform that enables users to explore social and local conversations across various social networks. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Park City, Utah, the company also maintains offices in Redwood City, California; Washington, D.C.; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Banjo's services, accessible through a mobile application, focus on delivering critical and life-saving information rapidly, thereby contributing to the reduction of human suffering. By providing relevant updates on nearby events and conversations, Banjo enhances situational awareness for its users.
RebelMouse
Series A in 2015
RebelMouse, Inc. is a social media aggregator and digital publishing platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City. The platform enables brands, media companies, and individuals to create engaging content experiences that foster community building and audience growth across various social media channels. RebelMouse's innovative approach transcends conventional content management by liberating content across multiple sites, apps, and advertisements. It enhances audience engagement through intelligent recommendations, real-time trending alerts, and social calls to action. The company has been instrumental in generating significant online traffic for various publishers, including Axios and The Dodo, while also revitalizing established brands like PAPER Magazine. Additionally, RebelMouse assists organizations, such as United Airlines, in adopting media-centric strategies to enhance their online presence.
Taykey is a technology company specializing in real-time advertising solutions for Fortune 500 brands. It mines data from thousands of online sources to identify trends specific to target audiences, automating the media buying process. This enables brands like American Express and Volkswagen to create more relevant ads and improve marketing strategies by leveraging real-time insights into consumer sentiment and trending conversations.
NowThis Media, Inc. is a digital video news outlet established in 2012 and based in New York City. The company specializes in producing short video news clips tailored for mobile devices and social media platforms, primarily targeting audiences aged 18 to 34. With a focus on engaging content, NowThis delivers daily updates through various channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, and its own applications for iOS and Android. The platform emphasizes key trends in digital consumption, such as social interaction, video format, and mobile accessibility. Co-founded by notable figures from the Huffington Post and Bedrocket Media, NowThis aims to provide original news content that resonates with young adults who increasingly rely on mobile technology and social media for news and commentary. The company is known for its partnerships with prominent digital outlets, further extending its reach and influence in the digital news landscape.
The Dodo is a digital media company based in New York that focuses on animals, providing a blend of news, entertainment, and advocacy. It aims to be the leading online community for animal lovers, offering engaging stories and videos that highlight animal-related issues and promote animal activism. The Dodo also facilitates connections between its audience and animal welfare initiatives, encouraging care and awareness for various species. Through its content, the company seeks to inspire and inform individuals about the importance of animal welfare and the natural world.
Shareablee
Series A in 2014
Founded in 2012, Shareablee operates an online platform offering data-driven insights for brands' social media performance. Its platform enables competitive benchmarking, measures brand-consumer interactions, and provides psychographic insights across multiple platforms.
The Dodo
Seed Round in 2014
The Dodo is a digital media company based in New York that focuses on animals, providing a blend of news, entertainment, and advocacy. It aims to be the leading online community for animal lovers, offering engaging stories and videos that highlight animal-related issues and promote animal activism. The Dodo also facilitates connections between its audience and animal welfare initiatives, encouraging care and awareness for various species. Through its content, the company seeks to inspire and inform individuals about the importance of animal welfare and the natural world.
RebelMouse
Series A in 2013
RebelMouse, Inc. is a social media aggregator and digital publishing platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City. The platform enables brands, media companies, and individuals to create engaging content experiences that foster community building and audience growth across various social media channels. RebelMouse's innovative approach transcends conventional content management by liberating content across multiple sites, apps, and advertisements. It enhances audience engagement through intelligent recommendations, real-time trending alerts, and social calls to action. The company has been instrumental in generating significant online traffic for various publishers, including Axios and The Dodo, while also revitalizing established brands like PAPER Magazine. Additionally, RebelMouse assists organizations, such as United Airlines, in adopting media-centric strategies to enhance their online presence.
Taykey is a technology company specializing in real-time advertising solutions for Fortune 500 brands. It mines data from thousands of online sources to identify trends specific to target audiences, automating the media buying process. This enables brands like American Express and Volkswagen to create more relevant ads and improve marketing strategies by leveraging real-time insights into consumer sentiment and trending conversations.
NowThis Media, Inc. is a digital video news outlet established in 2012 and based in New York City. The company specializes in producing short video news clips tailored for mobile devices and social media platforms, primarily targeting audiences aged 18 to 34. With a focus on engaging content, NowThis delivers daily updates through various channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, and its own applications for iOS and Android. The platform emphasizes key trends in digital consumption, such as social interaction, video format, and mobile accessibility. Co-founded by notable figures from the Huffington Post and Bedrocket Media, NowThis aims to provide original news content that resonates with young adults who increasingly rely on mobile technology and social media for news and commentary. The company is known for its partnerships with prominent digital outlets, further extending its reach and influence in the digital news landscape.
SocialFlow
Series B in 2013
SocialFlow, Inc. is a software company that specializes in social media distribution and monetization solutions tailored for publishers and media organizations. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, SocialFlow utilizes an advanced algorithm to optimize the timing, relevance, and audience targeting of social media posts. The platform identifies high-performing content for amplification through advertising and integrates these posts into platform-specific advertising formats. Furthermore, it establishes a feedback loop that analyzes audience responses, facilitating the development of new advertising opportunities that enhance client reach to segmented audiences. SocialFlow’s technologies enable publishers to distribute engaging content effectively while generating new revenue streams, and its client roster includes prominent organizations such as Condé Nast, The Associated Press, and CNN. The software supports tens of thousands of journalists globally in extending the reach and engagement of editorial content across various social platforms.
BuzzFeed, Inc. is a tech-driven media company that specializes in delivering breaking news, original reporting, and entertainment content across various digital platforms. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, BuzzFeed engages a global audience with its diverse offerings, which include articles, quizzes, videos, and lifestyle content through well-known brands such as Tasty. The company also emphasizes investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and produces original content for multiple formats via BuzzFeed Studios. Additionally, BuzzFeed Commerce focuses on social commerce products, licensing, and strategic partnerships. With a reach of over 200 million users, BuzzFeed aims to create shareable content that resonates across the social web.
Cheezburger
Venture Round in 2012
Cheezburger is a Seattle-based company that operates a digital humor network of social humor websites and content platforms. It enables visitors to view, create, remix, and share humorous images, memes, GIFs, videos, and news across sites such as I Can Has Cheezburger, FAIL Blog, Know Your Meme, and Memebase, and offers advertising services. Founded in 2007 by Ben Huh and Eric Nakagawa, the company builds a community around meme culture and user-generated humor.
RebelMouse
Seed Round in 2012
RebelMouse, Inc. is a social media aggregator and digital publishing platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City. The platform enables brands, media companies, and individuals to create engaging content experiences that foster community building and audience growth across various social media channels. RebelMouse's innovative approach transcends conventional content management by liberating content across multiple sites, apps, and advertisements. It enhances audience engagement through intelligent recommendations, real-time trending alerts, and social calls to action. The company has been instrumental in generating significant online traffic for various publishers, including Axios and The Dodo, while also revitalizing established brands like PAPER Magazine. Additionally, RebelMouse assists organizations, such as United Airlines, in adopting media-centric strategies to enhance their online presence.
Poptip
Convertible Note in 2012
Poptip is a conversation analysis platform that helps brands and media fully understand public opinion in real-time and make decisions quickly based on that opinion. The platform simultaneously empowers the public’s voice and turns their opinions into actionable data. Poptip’s clients include L’Oreal, NBA, ESPN, NFL, Spotify, Budweiser and Yoplait. The New York-based company was founded in 2012 by Kelsey Falter. Poptip has raised $2.4 million to date in funding notably from Lerer Ventures, SoftBank Capital and RSE Ventures. For more information, please visit www.poptip.com.
Founded in 2010 by Craig Marks, former top editor of Spin, Blender, and Billboard magazines, Popdust is an online platform dedicated to pop music culture. It connects fans with popular artists through voting competitions, revealing interviews, shareable content, and real-time news feeds. The company is headquartered in New York.
Piictu is a mobile application that enables users to share photos and engage with friends and a wider community through interactive picture-based communication. Users can capture images, add captions, and post them on Piictu and their social networks, encouraging live responses and interactions. This platform serves as an influence-based photo gaming tool, allowing for creative collaboration around ideas and experiences. It offers a simple and enjoyable way for individuals and brands to connect with audiences, making it an effective tool for both personal expression and customer engagement.
Poptip is a conversation analysis platform that helps brands and media fully understand public opinion in real-time and make decisions quickly based on that opinion. The platform simultaneously empowers the public’s voice and turns their opinions into actionable data. Poptip’s clients include L’Oreal, NBA, ESPN, NFL, Spotify, Budweiser and Yoplait. The New York-based company was founded in 2012 by Kelsey Falter. Poptip has raised $2.4 million to date in funding notably from Lerer Ventures, SoftBank Capital and RSE Ventures. For more information, please visit www.poptip.com.
Visual Revenue
Series A in 2012
Founded in 2010, Visual Revenue, Inc. is a company that develops a real-time predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing editorial decision-making in data-driven newsrooms. The platform provides tools that support human editors by delivering real-time recommendations and measuring social media success, thereby facilitating content discovery for media organizations. By reducing the complexity of content management, Visual Revenue enables publishers to engage their audiences more effectively while preserving their unique editorial voice. The company's focus is on empowering editors rather than replacing them, ensuring that editorial judgment remains central to the content creation process. In 2013, Visual Revenue was acquired by Outbrain.
Bluefin Labs
Series B in 2012
Bluefin Labs is a social TV analytics company that specializes in providing solutions to brand advertisers, advertising agencies, and television networks. Founded in 2008 and based in Cambridge, MA, with an additional office in New York, NY, the company leverages advanced technology and data analytics to connect social media commentary with the television shows and commercials viewed by audiences. This ability allows clients to access and analyze data at scale, enhancing their understanding of viewer engagement and advertising effectiveness. Grounded in extensive research in cognitive science and machine learning from the MIT Media Lab, Bluefin Labs was acquired by Twitter in 2013.
BuzzFeed, Inc. is a tech-driven media company that specializes in delivering breaking news, original reporting, and entertainment content across various digital platforms. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, BuzzFeed engages a global audience with its diverse offerings, which include articles, quizzes, videos, and lifestyle content through well-known brands such as Tasty. The company also emphasizes investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and produces original content for multiple formats via BuzzFeed Studios. Additionally, BuzzFeed Commerce focuses on social commerce products, licensing, and strategic partnerships. With a reach of over 200 million users, BuzzFeed aims to create shareable content that resonates across the social web.
Piictu is a mobile application that enables users to share photos and engage with friends and a wider community through interactive picture-based communication. Users can capture images, add captions, and post them on Piictu and their social networks, encouraging live responses and interactions. This platform serves as an influence-based photo gaming tool, allowing for creative collaboration around ideas and experiences. It offers a simple and enjoyable way for individuals and brands to connect with audiences, making it an effective tool for both personal expression and customer engagement.
Thumb is a platform designed to facilitate self-expression and foster connections among users. Through its mobile application available on iOS and Android, as well as its website, Thumb allows individuals to share their opinions and preferences by 'thumbing' various topics. This feature encourages engagement and generates instant feedback from friends, family, and a broader community, enabling users to discover like-minded individuals and build meaningful relationships based on shared interests. Thumb's focus on creating a purpose-driven community makes it a unique tool for personal expression and social interaction.
Yoke is a Facebook dating app that matches you with single friends of friends. It makes accurate suggestions for potential dates by referencing your Facebook Likes and listening activity against data from Amazon, Netflix, Echnonest, and its own proprietary Facebook Page and college graphs. Users can contact matches via Facebook messages, ask a mutual friend for an introduction, or play matchmaker for their friends.
http://apps.facebook.com/yokeapp
Taykey is a technology company specializing in real-time advertising solutions for Fortune 500 brands. It mines data from thousands of online sources to identify trends specific to target audiences, automating the media buying process. This enables brands like American Express and Volkswagen to create more relevant ads and improve marketing strategies by leveraging real-time insights into consumer sentiment and trending conversations.
SocialFlow
Series A in 2011
SocialFlow, Inc. is a software company that specializes in social media distribution and monetization solutions tailored for publishers and media organizations. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, SocialFlow utilizes an advanced algorithm to optimize the timing, relevance, and audience targeting of social media posts. The platform identifies high-performing content for amplification through advertising and integrates these posts into platform-specific advertising formats. Furthermore, it establishes a feedback loop that analyzes audience responses, facilitating the development of new advertising opportunities that enhance client reach to segmented audiences. SocialFlow’s technologies enable publishers to distribute engaging content effectively while generating new revenue streams, and its client roster includes prominent organizations such as Condé Nast, The Associated Press, and CNN. The software supports tens of thousands of journalists globally in extending the reach and engagement of editorial content across various social platforms.
Thumb is a platform designed to facilitate self-expression and foster connections among users. Through its mobile application available on iOS and Android, as well as its website, Thumb allows individuals to share their opinions and preferences by 'thumbing' various topics. This feature encourages engagement and generates instant feedback from friends, family, and a broader community, enabling users to discover like-minded individuals and build meaningful relationships based on shared interests. Thumb's focus on creating a purpose-driven community makes it a unique tool for personal expression and social interaction.
PPTV is a Chinese online video network technology platform that specializes in providing a comprehensive array of video content, including TV shows, news, and entertainment. The company offers a robust online video distribution platform that supports live streaming and video-on-demand services. In addition to its core offerings, PPTV provides features such as online live broadcasting, community engagement tools, a video accelerator, and a video search service, catering to a diverse audience and enhancing the viewing experience.
Founded in 2010 by Craig Marks, former top editor of Spin, Blender, and Billboard magazines, Popdust is an online platform dedicated to pop music culture. It connects fans with popular artists through voting competitions, revealing interviews, shareable content, and real-time news feeds. The company is headquartered in New York.
Seesmic, headquartered in San Francisco, offers a comprehensive suite of social media management and collaboration tools for businesses and individuals. Their platform, accessible on various platforms including mobile devices, enables users to build and manage their online brands effectively. With over 80 third-party plugins, Seesmic provides extensive customization options. The company was founded by French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur.
Cheezburger
Venture Round in 2011
Cheezburger is a Seattle-based company that operates a digital humor network of social humor websites and content platforms. It enables visitors to view, create, remix, and share humorous images, memes, GIFs, videos, and news across sites such as I Can Has Cheezburger, FAIL Blog, Know Your Meme, and Memebase, and offers advertising services. Founded in 2007 by Ben Huh and Eric Nakagawa, the company builds a community around meme culture and user-generated humor.
Buddy Media
Series C in 2010
Buddy Media is a provider of social media marketing applications that enable companies to engage and expand their audiences on social networks. Favored by eight of the world's top ten global advertisers, Buddy Media offers a comprehensive social marketing suite designed to help brands foster meaningful connections with consumers throughout the customer journey. The platform features a scalable and secure architecture, along with data-driven insights that guide brands from initial contact to the point of purchase. Headquartered in New York City, Buddy Media also maintains additional offices in Asia, London, and San Francisco, underscoring its global reach in the social enterprise software market.
Hyperpublic
Seed Round in 2010
Hyperpublic is a developer of an open database that focuses on capturing information about people, places, and events associated with specific locations. The platform allows users to contribute data, creating a comprehensive resource that can be utilized by developers to build applications. These applications can feature various types of local information, including recent check-ins, daily deal aggregations, and user reviews. By providing access to this localized data, Hyperpublic enables users to engage more effectively with their surroundings and enhances the development of location-based services.
YouAre.TV
Series A in 2010
YouAre.TV offers a participatory broadcast platform that enables users to engage with live video streaming services directly through their webcams. The platform allows audiences to not only watch live shows but also to actively participate by making video calls, enhancing the viewing experience. Users can join in on the interactive content from their phones or desktops. One of the highlights of YouAre.TV's programming is a weekly show featuring Merton, an improv piano player known from Chatroulette, which airs every Wednesday at 10 PM Eastern. This combination of live interaction and entertainment positions YouAre.TV as a unique player in the interactive media landscape.
RockYou Media
Venture Round in 2010
RockYou, Inc. is an interactive media and entertainment company that specializes in in-game video advertising and the development of social games. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, the company operates a video advertising platform that connects premium brands with users across various digital environments, including Facebook, the web, and mobile devices. RockYou's advertising network reaches approximately 68 million monthly viewers, providing brands and publishers with engaging content tailored for a multicultural audience. The company's portfolio includes a diverse range of free-to-play games spanning multiple genres and platforms, aimed at entertaining users while facilitating connections in an online networking space. However, in February 2019, RockYou, Inc. filed for voluntary liquidation under Chapter 7 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
BuzzFeed, Inc. is a tech-driven media company that specializes in delivering breaking news, original reporting, and entertainment content across various digital platforms. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, BuzzFeed engages a global audience with its diverse offerings, which include articles, quizzes, videos, and lifestyle content through well-known brands such as Tasty. The company also emphasizes investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and produces original content for multiple formats via BuzzFeed Studios. Additionally, BuzzFeed Commerce focuses on social commerce products, licensing, and strategic partnerships. With a reach of over 200 million users, BuzzFeed aims to create shareable content that resonates across the social web.
RockYou Media
Series D in 2009
RockYou, Inc. is an interactive media and entertainment company that specializes in in-game video advertising and the development of social games. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, the company operates a video advertising platform that connects premium brands with users across various digital environments, including Facebook, the web, and mobile devices. RockYou's advertising network reaches approximately 68 million monthly viewers, providing brands and publishers with engaging content tailored for a multicultural audience. The company's portfolio includes a diverse range of free-to-play games spanning multiple genres and platforms, aimed at entertaining users while facilitating connections in an online networking space. However, in February 2019, RockYou, Inc. filed for voluntary liquidation under Chapter 7 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
KickApps is a provider of on-demand social media applications designed for web publishers and marketers to enhance audience engagement and monetization. Its software-as-a-service platform features a Social Graph Engine that empowers users to create social networks and integrate various social software components, including user-generated content, programmable video players, and customizable widgets. Additionally, KickApps offers tools for member management and media moderation, along with reporting capabilities. The platform gained notable traction in March 2007 when it partnered with YouTube, enabling affiliates to seamlessly incorporate videos from the YouTube library into their KickApps-powered networks and publish content back to YouTube. This comprehensive suite of applications supports users in building and managing robust online communities.
RockYou Media
Series C in 2008
RockYou, Inc. is an interactive media and entertainment company that specializes in in-game video advertising and the development of social games. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, the company operates a video advertising platform that connects premium brands with users across various digital environments, including Facebook, the web, and mobile devices. RockYou's advertising network reaches approximately 68 million monthly viewers, providing brands and publishers with engaging content tailored for a multicultural audience. The company's portfolio includes a diverse range of free-to-play games spanning multiple genres and platforms, aimed at entertaining users while facilitating connections in an online networking space. However, in February 2019, RockYou, Inc. filed for voluntary liquidation under Chapter 7 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
BuzzFeed, Inc. is a tech-driven media company that specializes in delivering breaking news, original reporting, and entertainment content across various digital platforms. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, BuzzFeed engages a global audience with its diverse offerings, which include articles, quizzes, videos, and lifestyle content through well-known brands such as Tasty. The company also emphasizes investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and produces original content for multiple formats via BuzzFeed Studios. Additionally, BuzzFeed Commerce focuses on social commerce products, licensing, and strategic partnerships. With a reach of over 200 million users, BuzzFeed aims to create shareable content that resonates across the social web.
Buddy Media
Series B in 2008
Buddy Media is a provider of social media marketing applications that enable companies to engage and expand their audiences on social networks. Favored by eight of the world's top ten global advertisers, Buddy Media offers a comprehensive social marketing suite designed to help brands foster meaningful connections with consumers throughout the customer journey. The platform features a scalable and secure architecture, along with data-driven insights that guide brands from initial contact to the point of purchase. Headquartered in New York City, Buddy Media also maintains additional offices in Asia, London, and San Francisco, underscoring its global reach in the social enterprise software market.
KickApps is a provider of on-demand social media applications designed for web publishers and marketers to enhance audience engagement and monetization. Its software-as-a-service platform features a Social Graph Engine that empowers users to create social networks and integrate various social software components, including user-generated content, programmable video players, and customizable widgets. Additionally, KickApps offers tools for member management and media moderation, along with reporting capabilities. The platform gained notable traction in March 2007 when it partnered with YouTube, enabling affiliates to seamlessly incorporate videos from the YouTube library into their KickApps-powered networks and publish content back to YouTube. This comprehensive suite of applications supports users in building and managing robust online communities.
NetEase is a leading Chinese internet technology company offering premium online services focused on content, community, communication, and commerce. Established in 1997, the company operates popular PC-client and mobile games, an e-commerce platform (Yanxuan), and other innovative services such as music streaming, live broadcasting, and online education.
SINA Corporation
Series C in 1999
SINA is an online media company based in the People's Republic of China, serving both domestic and global Chinese communities. It operates a network of localized websites, with its primary platforms being SINA.com for news and content, Weibo.com for microblogging, and SINA Mobile for mobile value-added services. The company offers a diverse range of services, including online portals, microblogging, video and music streaming, photo sharing, online gaming, email, search, classified listings, and e-commerce. SINA primarily generates revenue through online advertising and mobile services, supplemented by fee-based offerings. It aims to be a leading media platform for information retrieval, opinion sharing, and social networking, while also assisting businesses in marketing their products. The company's targeted content across its various websites is designed to enhance user engagement and expand its audience within the Chinese online community.