Portfolio
Qik’s focus is on developing the perfect mobile video platform, providing the highest quality of live video experience across all mobile devices and networks. - Qik.com
Add a new dimension to your online presence with streaming video. Become a reporter—get the scoop with backstage interviews with celebrities and experts. Even better, Qik lets you share the results live on any website. Imagine sharing your travels live with friends back home, showing your baby’s first steps as they happen, having Grandma “attend” the birthday party, even though she’s on the other side of the planet. Share your world through your phone. (Acquired by Skype 1/2011)
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CrowdFlower provides crowdsourced work for enterprise customers. Connect instantly with thousands of people around the world willing to do small online jobs for micropayments. - CrowdFlower.com
Similar to cloud storage or cloud computing, CrowdFlower offers “Cloud Labor”, a scalable, on-demand, pay-as-you-go work force . Please see more on CrowdFlower innovations on www.CrowdFlower.com. Received a follow on investment from Bessemer Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures. 11/2009
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Retailigence powers location-based shopping. - www.retailigence.com
Retailigence has developed an open API (Application Programming Interface) for current and new mobile and web applications. The company’s technology bridges ‘brick and mortar’ local stores with mobile shoppers who want to save time by finding in-stock products for immediate touch, try-on or purchase. Created to ensure location-based purchasing for consumers is based on real available inventory, Retailigence can work with any mobile shopping application, location-based service (such as Google® Maps, Foursquare™ and Gowalla™) or GPS to drive foot traffic and additional sales opportunities for local business. Retailigence connects back-end inventory solutions (ranging from the most advanced software solutions such as those from SAP®, NetSuite and Microsoft® to the humble exported spreadsheet) and unlocks that data for use in the widest possible range of mobile and web platforms.
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1BOG is a community buying club that negotiates group discounts for solar energy. With safety in numbers, 1BOG plans to change the world one household at a time. - 1BOG.com
1BOG (“One Block Off the Grid”) is a San Francisco, California based company which organizes community buying of solar power to make the process more affordable and transparent for residential consumers, and to foster an environment of community activism and responsibility. Received follow on investment from New Enterprise Associates, 1/2010
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Premiere iPhone development studio with the most downloaded game on the App store with over 15 million downloads - Tapulous.com
Tapulous is a developer of applications for the iPhone and other next generation mobile platform. Its award-winning applications, Tap Tap Revenge, Tap Tap Dance and other premium music applications aim to deliver to users the next great interactive music experience for mobile. Acquired by Disney, 6/2010
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Participative Event Platform for Media Shows and Corporate Conferences - Vivu.tv
ViVu is developing a first-of-its-kind Participative Event Platform that enables live video participation from a PC, Macintosh or smart phone without any proprietary downloads and seamlessly integrates with most of the popular streaming video and conference solutions. The solution can scale from corporate training sessions to large video events with thousands of participants. Received follow on investment from Draper Associates and Inventus Capital Partners 09/2009
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Making the increasing amount of video content easier to digest through intelligent video summary. - Highlightcam.com
HighlighCam provides customers the capability to variably summarize video content, allowing for videos to convey their information without having the need to watch through an entire video, or fast forward.
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Fididel is about making real time ecommerce work integrations for the service industry. - Fididel.com
Fididel’s innovative ecommerce solutions help you convert visitors into buyers by enabling real-time negotiations. They’re designed for a range of services represented on the Internet, including mortgage companies, car dealerships and others.
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The first commission-free ad platform! - isocket.com
isocket is an exciting new application that makes it easier to sell any kind of advertising, such as a website banner, mobile video or out-of-home digital sign.
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Event discovery, planning and ticketing through social media - be-sociable.com
Sociable is the first service tailored specifically for ticketing, event discovery, and event planning sites to connect their users to their social networks. Our goal is to help anyone trying to increase event awareness take advantage of the marketing potential of social media.
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500 Friends helps you promote your online store on the social web. - 500friends.com
500 Friends founders know first hand just how difficult it is for online retailers to monetize social media. In fact, despite the fact that Facebook is the most visited site in the United States, it only accounts for 2% of e-commerce transactions. 500Friends was founded to solve the seemingly simple yet elusive problem: how to drive sales from social media.
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Empowering customers to reach certified experts quickly. - www.newscertified.com
Founded by veteran journalists, NewsCertified provides the global news media with a searchable database of credible, interview-ready experts and story ideas that are accessible 24/7.
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Ifeelgoods is the first platform to allow retailers to offer Facebook Credits as an incentive in their online stores. - www.ifeelgoods.com
Ifeelgoods makes online retail promotions more effective and less expensive by using relevant virtual goods and currencies from the most popular social games in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Requiring light integration, Ifeelgoods is a hosted solution that manages a retailers’ virtual goods promotion offers, redemption and customer service.
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Get the best apps for your Facebook Pages and Places. - www.appbistro.com
Appbistro is a simple, easy-to-use marketplace of Facebook business applications. In just a few minutes you can create an engaging and viral Facebook Page and Place. Once you’ve logged in with your Facebook account, Appbistro will show you which apps work best for your Page based on its category. Alternatively, you can browse the marketplace by using the category navigation. On the app details page, you will see an “Install on Facebook” link which will guide you through the installation and configuration of the app. That’s all there is to it!
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Group Texting + Instant Conference Calls + Location Sharing = Built to party! - www.fastsociety.com
Use Fast Society to create temporary teams over your mobile phone with friends around fun events in your life!
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Smart-phone app publisher with more than 1000 app innovators utilizing Genwi - iSites for expertise in developing, deploying, and managing apps. - www.genwi.com
Want to create your personal business app right now? iSites will get you up and running quickly so you can create and self manage your iPhone and Android app today within 15 minutes!
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Groundcrew activates your social networks and lists. It turns them into action networks, and it puts mission control in your pocket. - www.groundcrew.us
Groundcrew makes a new level of coordination possible in society, so we can face the challenges of the 21st century, come together as tighter communities, and make every business and every organization run smoother. Use messaging and maps to organize better. See who’s available and collect input in advance, contact them via SMS, IM, email, or Twitter and assemble teams by location, interests, and skills
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We’re working on bridging the gap between the social web and energy conservation. - www.formativelabs.com
Formative Labs is building engaging and social experiences that motivate consumers to improve energy consumption habits. While the supply of new forms of energy is important, decreasing demand is the most cost-effective and efficient solution.
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Stipple is the fastest way to label and share the content of photos on your site or blog. - www.stippleit.com
Stipple provides a new revenue opportunity for product images, while making your photo content discoverable. Publishers receive a significant revenue share whenever users interact with product labels. All you need to do is add one line of JavaScript to your site.
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See where your users look with eye tracking that has never been this simple!- www.gazehawk.com
Gazehawk provides eye tracking studies for you with results in a clear, actionable interface that can be used to improve your conversions, test landing pages and measure ad spot quality
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Stealth!- www.inlogy.com
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Build your followers on Twitter and leverage your network to create effective campaigns! - www.converse.ly
Converse.ly helps you achieve an effective presence on Twitter through analytics that teach you how to improve and expand that presence in terms of size, reach, and engagement. Converse.ly then helps you take actions that move the needle on each one of these measures to fulfill the promise of ROI on social media marketing.
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Treehouse is the best way to share photos from your iPhone!- www.fliggo.com
Fliggo makes the most simple app yet to allow you to share photos (and videos) from your iPhone with your friends. “You start up the app, take (or load) a picture/video, and upload it. From there, it will be placed into your friends’ Treehouse timelines where they can comment on it and “like” it. Each photo/video is also tagged with the location where it was taken.” - MG Siegler, Techcrunch
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Xgraph provides insightful solutions for highly targeted marketing. - www.xgraph.com
XGraph provides Audience Buyers and Sellers with Connected Audience Marketing™ solutions to identify and target high-value custom audiences who share similar lifestyles, values, and purchasing habits. Received follow on funding from Rho Ventures 7/2010
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Mobile Spinach, it’s tasty - www.xgraph.com
Details to follow. 