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Sector LBS/Mobile
Description Service for meeting new people based on location and interests Location-based mobile app with gaming elements Mobile photo sharing platform
City LA
Other Investors Initial Capital, Baroda Ventures, WGI, Jarl Mohn, Angels Andreessen Horowitz,Union Square Ventures, OATV Accel Partners, Morgenthaler, Gideon Yu, Alex Zubillaga Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital
LBS/Mobile LBS/Mobile
NY SF
LBS/Mobile
SF
LBS/Mobile
SF
Apr 29 2010
LBS/Mobile
One
Mobile LBS app to connect with people around you based on Cory Levy, Michael common interests Callahan Intuitive word search dialing, engaging mobile users in dynamic phone call interactions Short form party planning allowing users to share plans with friends Geo and alternate reality platform for apps Wendell Brown, Steve Larson Chuck Lam, Ibrahim Okuyucu Joe Stump, Matt Galligan
SF
Mar 17 2011
Founder Collective, Keith Rabois, Ben Ling, Alex Zubillaga CRV, True Ventures, General Catalyst, Keith Rabois Angels Deep Nishar, Paul Buchheit, XG Ventures First Round Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Dave Morin, Shawn Fanning, Joshua Schachter, Lowercase Capital, Kevin Rose DraperRichards, BetaWorks, SK Ventures, Georges Harik, Paul Bucheit Softtech, Founders Collective, Keith Rabois Union Square, Founders Fund, Bessemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Mitch Kapor, Dave McClure, Jeff Fluhr, Angels Intel Capital
SF SF SF
LBS/Mobile
Skynet
SF
May 08 2008
LBS/Mobile LBS/Mobile
Topguest Twilio
Service that allows travel brands to reward customers for checking in at their favorite spots API for developers to build SMS and voice applications
SF SF
LBS/Mobile
Swrve
Feb 02 2011
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Sector LBS/Mobile
City SV
LBS/Mobile
Hotel Tonight
Sam Shenk
SV
Instart Noteleaf Placeholderna me Pulse Reader (Alphonso Labs) Shopkick Stitcher Gowalla
Manav Mital
SV
Other Investors Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Felicis Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Angels Battery Ventures, Accel Partners, First Round Capital, Founder Collective Greylock, Guarav Garg, Jim Greer, Angels Webb Investment Network, Jerry Yang NEA, Redpoint Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Mayfield Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, BV Capital Kleiner Perkins, Greylock Benchmark Capital Greylock, Shasta, Founders Fund, Lowercase Capital, Maples Investments, Kevin Rose, Jason Calcanis, Shervin Pishevar
Time management tool for meetings and business graph Jake Klamka SV Location based marketing and advertising allowing SMB's to Michael La Guardia SV establish connections with valued customers Content platform for mobile devices. Akshay Kothari, Ankit SV Gupta
Web service that connects online and offline shopping Media service that allows audio content to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices Location based service/game to track your activities and experiences
SV SV TX
Deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. A website that offers daily design inspirations and sales of up to 70% off retail. Recruiting platform for engineers that helps them find jobs at startups. Online directory for local businesses utilizing pay per action technology. Social media dashboard designed to help businesses effectively grow and manage their presence online a mobile development lab
Andrew Mason Jason Goldberg David Albert, Nicholas BergsonShilcock Howard Lerman Ricky Yean
CHI NY NY
Andreessen Horowitz, DST, Accel, NEA First Round Capital, Ashton Kutcher Founder Collective
NY SF
Sutter Hill, IVP Nils Johnson, Y Combinator Ashton Kutcher, First Round Capital, True Ventures, Greylock, Floodgate, Tony Hsieh, Chamath Palihapitiya, Angels
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Company Newsle Melt Spotzer Steelhouse The Trade Desk UberSocial (PostUp) AppNexus Buddy Media Buzzfeed
Description A series of apps that tracks people in the news Soup and grilled cheese stores Global low-cost multi-media video ad technology Ad re-targeting platform Media buying platform for buyers to purchase and measure advertising across different networks Social media ad platform Next generation ad exchange and platform Ad system that helps brands and agencies manage, control and measure social media campaigns Web service that identifies and measures viral content allowing creators to serve highly targeted advertising Media and technology solutions provider for display advertising *via acquisition of Personifi Online marketing technology research and solutions Ad re-targeting platform
Founder(s) Jonah Varon, Axel Hansen Jonathan Kaplan Andrew Klein Mark Douglas Jeff Green
City SF SV EU LA LA
Other Investors Lerer Ventures Sequoia Sierra Ventures, Johan van Marle, Andy Klein, Angels Baroda Ventures Founder Collective, IA Ventures, Jerry Neumann, Josh Stylman Betaworks, First Round Capital, Index Ventures First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Venrock Softbank, Peter Thiel, IVP, Greycroft Founder Collective, Hearst, Lerer Ventures, RRE, Softbank Greycroft, iNovia Partners, Accel Partners Founder Collective, Baseline Ventures CRV, Founder Collective, IA Ventures Bain Capital, Madrona, Khosla Ventures Floodgate Fund, Ariel Poler WIN, Deep Nishar Greylock, Baseline Ventures WRHambrecht, DFJ, Greycroft, iNovia Blue Run Ventures, Founders Fund Jim Pitkow, Aydin Senkut, Morganthaler, Onset
LA NY NY NY
Ad Technologies
Collective Media Datalot Magnetic (Domdex) AdReady Sharethrough TapSense TellApart Vizu 140 proof Adara Media (formerly Opinmind)
Joe Apprendi
NY
Jun 03 2008
Ad Technologies Ad Technologies
Josh Reznick Josh ShatkinMargolis, Mike Peralta Aaron Finn Brett Keintz, Dan Greenberg Ash Kumar, Amit Manjhi Josh McFarland Dan Beltramo Jon Elvekrog James Kim
NY NY Feb 01 2010
Ad technology focused on improving display advertising Social video marketing platform Helps mobile app developers acquire users at cost-effective and profitable rates. Platform for valuing lead quality for publishers and e-tailers Online brand advertising metrics platform Social media ad technology via adviser Online advertising ecosystem; brings together loyalty program audience partners with brand advertisers
SEA SF SF SF SF SV SV
Nov 15 2007 Apr 01 2007 Sep 28 2011 Jul 17 2009 Mar 01 2006 Feb 09 2010 Feb 20 2006
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Sector Ad Technologies
City SV
Platform for advertising mobile apps with pay-per-install service Content tracking for online publishers Technology for optimizing and measuring lead gen advertising
SV SV SV
Other Investors Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital, Floodgate Fund, OVP, DAG Blue Run Ventures Selby Ventures, Sigma Partners, Jafco Redpoint Ventures, WGI Group, Matt Coffin, Twin Capital LLC, GC&H Investments August Capital, First Round Capital, Focus Ventures, Maveron, WPP Andreessen Horowitz, DST, Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Ashton Kutcher, Jeff Bezos Angels Michael Birch (original Bebo founder) RRE, Lerer Ventures Betaworks Highline Ventures, Founder Collective Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, Joshua Schacter
Ad Technologies
Performance-based ad offering designed specifically for brand advertisers - via acquisition of Rojo/SixApart
Matt Sanchez
SV
Nov 15 2010
Airbnb
Online marketplace enabling private residents or commercial Brian Chesky, Joe property owners to rent their extra space Gebbia, Nate Blecharczyk Community around make-up/style Sharing platform for teenagers Incubator/Co. around real-time data ecosystem Service for connecting systems modular data visualization views SMS community for framing and sharing conversations Topic-based social forums allowing users to asynchronously contribute their ideas via photos Nils Johnson, Vu Nguyen Adam Levin
SF
May 04 2010
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
SF SF
John Borthwick, Andy NY Weissman Ben Cerveny SF Lauren Leto Chris Poole NY NY
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
ClassDojo
Clearspring Digg.com
A real-time behavior management tool being used by teachers to improve bad behavior, using real-time feedback loops and some game dynamics. Social distribution network User-based rating and tagging of news
Sam Chaudhary, Liam Don Hooman Radfar, Austin Fath Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson
UK
Oct 06 2011
NY SF
Novak Biddle, Steve Case, Miles Gilbourn, Mark Jung Greylock, Omidyar Network, Spark Capital, Highland Capital
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Company Dojo
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
Armen Berjikly
SF
Feb 15 2007
Other Investors Michael Birch, Ignition Partners, Keith Rabois, Joe Lonsdale, Jed Stremel, Barney Pell, Angels Floodgate Fund, Steve Blank, Katherine Gould, DE Shaw DST, Accel Partners, Greylock, Meritech, Founders Fund, MSFT Highline Ventures, Ashton Kutcher Baseline, Maples Investments, Freestyle, TerraFlex, Esplanade Founder Collective, Greylock, Felicis Ventures, Keith Rabois, Ben Ling, Vast Ventures Y Combinator, Webb Investment Network First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix, CRV, Ashton Kutcher, Keith Rabois, Angels Angels, Tugboat, Shasta Ventures Marc Andreessen, Lightspeed, Angels Highline, FirstMark, Angels Redpoint Ventures,YCombinator, XG Ventures, Mitch Kapor (KC), Felicis Ventures Harrison Metal, Gideon Yu, Angels
Mark Zuckerberg
SV
Mar 01 2006
Fashism
NY SF
Gobble
Ooshma Garg
SV
Nov 23 2010
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
Grubwithus Honestly.com Like A Little (Hawthorne Labs) MamaPedia Ning Pinterest Posterous
Platform that brings people together over group meals Semi-anonymous review and reputation service for individuals. Anonymous flirting for college students
Eddy Lu, Daishin Sugano Jason Heidema Evan Reas, Prasanna S, Shubham Mittal Artie Wu
CHI SF SV
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
SF SV SV SF
User generated apps for social networking/tagging for groups Marc Andreessen, Gina Bianchini Virtual pinboard to create collections of things you love and Ben Silbermann "follow" user-generated collections Simple web publishing Garry Tan, Sachin Agarwal
Project Campfire
Naveen Koorakula
SF
Sep 23 2009
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Company Rentcycle
City SF
Other Investors Andreesen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Collaborative Fund, Amicus Capital, Max Levchin, Farhat Mohit Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, First Round Capital, Angels Atomico, SoftTech, Ariel Poler Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Founder Collective Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mission Ventures Jarr Capital, Don McLagan, Andrew Blachman, Ben Littauer Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, WIN True Ventures, Founder Collective, Bullpen Capital, Lowercase Capital, Felicis Ventures, Angels Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Tomorrow Ventures Social + Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital Sequoia, True Ventures, Gil Elbaz, Rob Solomon, Brian Lee, Brandee Barker, Randi Zuckerberg Sequoia, Paul Bucheit, Adam D'Angelo, Geoff Ralston CRV, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Benchmark Capital, IVP
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
RockMelt
Social browser
Eric Vishria
SV
Oct 02 2009
Seesmic Skillshare
Service to manage your lifestream from Facebook & multiple Loic Le Meur Twitter accounts Crowdsourced learning platform Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Malcolm Ong Collective intelligence via wisdom of crowds / social network Jason Feffer Stock exchange for athletes Jeremy Levine
SF NY
LA BOS
Tasty Labs
Joshua Schachter
SV
Nov 23 2010
Tello
Web service enabling customers to leave reviews for any customer service agent at any company allowing companies to better understand their quality of service
Joe Beninato
SV
Jun 03 2010
Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms Social Media & Networking/Platforms
The Backplane Building a network of highly engaging communities on a powerful platform. topProspect Website for hiring with gaming mechanics
Matthew Michelsen, Joey Primiani, Alex Moore, Troy Carter Rotem Perelmuter
PA
Jun 27 2011
SF
Mar 12 2010
Trippy.com
J.R. Johnson
SF
Oct 11 2011
Tutorspree
Aaron Harris, Ryan NY Bednar, Josh Abrams Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone SF
Apr 14 2011
Jul 25 2007
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Company Veri
City NY
Votizen
Network for registered voters that makes civic participation simple and meaningful
SV
Jul 27 2010
Other Investors Betaworks, Founders Collective, Thrive Capital, Lerer Ventures, Joel Spolsky, Vivi Nevo, Freestyle Capital, Angels Founders Fund, Founder Collective, Keith Rabois Greylock, Paul Bucheit, Keith Rabois True Ventures, Founder Collective, Zach Klein, Angels Jim Ramo, Alison Lam, Angels Andreessen Horowitz, Fritz Lanman Maveron, Nils Johnson, Tuna Investments Getty Images, NY Times, Balderton Capital, Arts Alliance, Angels First Round Capital, Lerer Ventures, Angels Benchmark, WPP Betaworks, Lowercase Capital Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Index Ventures, Broadbeach Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Richard Rosenblatt, Esther Dyson, Scott Kurnit Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Jack Dorsey, Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Currie, The Chernin Group, Ashton Kutcher, Quincy Smith Ignition Partners, Banexi (France), Digital Garage (Japan), Angels
1000Memories Site that allows users to create memorials online 20x200 Online art market
SF NY
Embedded social streams curated around a brand or topic Allows users to save clips from around the web
LA SEA SV
Dec 14 2009
Online homework help site that provides a platform for tutors Andrew Grauer Media curation and aggregation platform
Upendra Shardanand NY
A cross-platform web based App development tool. Interactive data visualization software and solutions for businesses A service that transforms every link into embeddable rich media Technology that creates and updates structured data
Reeve Thompson, Jeremy Gordon Josh James Art Gibson, Sean Creeley Gil Elbaz, Timothy Chklovski
SF SV, UT BOS LA
Content Platforms
iPad app that creates a personalized magazine based off your social graph
SV
Apr 14 2010
Content Platforms
Fotopedia
Jean-Marie Hullot
EU
Apr 01 2008
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Company Gdgt
Description Website where users can follow their friends and share tips on their favorite gadgets
City SF
Content Platforms
Hyperpublic Service connecting people, places & things by location Jordan Cooper, Doug NY (JumpPost) Petkanics Interview Street Coding tests that help companies hire the best programmers Vivek Ravisankar, SV Harishankaran Karunanidhi Knewton Adaptive learning engine that customizes educational content Jose Ferreira NY to meet the individual needs of each student
Other Investors AOL Ventures, Betaworks, Lerer Ventures, Spark, True Ventures Lerer Ventures Khosla Ventures, Jawed Karim Accel, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman, Shana Fisher, Jonathan Glick, Peter Stern, Chris Dixon, Tom Pinkney Andreessen Horowitz, Floodgate Fund, Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital, TriplePoint Capital Y Combinator, Baroda Ventures CMEA, August, Google Ventures, Shasta Ventures David Rosenblatt Spark Capital, Betaworks, Waikit Lau, Canaan Partners, Anthem Venture Partners Founder Collective, Next View Ventures
Aug 01 2008
Content Platforms
Kno
SV
Dec 11 2009
Content Platforms Content Platforms Content Platforms Content Platforms Content Platforms Content Platforms Content Platforms
Leftronic Luminate Narrative Science OnSwipe Piazza Plixi Savvy Textbooks (Boundless Learning) SB Nation
Large screen dashboards to monitor critical metrics in realtime. Revenue tool for monetizing images through crowdsourcing
Lionel Jingles, Rajiv Ghanta James Everingham, Bob Lisbonne Service that automatically generates full length articles based Stuart Frankel on statistical information Publishing platform for mobile devices Andres Barreto, Jason Baptiste Q&A tool for education Pooja Nath Photo sharing service Mike Herman *via advisor A content platform disrupting educational publishing market Ariel Diaz
SF SV NY NY SV SD NY
Nov 17 2010
May 04 2011
Content Platforms
Jim Bankoff
SF
Dec 13 2010
Content Platforms
ShowMe
NY
Jul 28 2011
Accel Partners, Allen & Co, Ted Leonsis, Comcast Interactive Capital, Khosla Ventures Lerer Ventures, Betaworks, DreamIt Ventures, Naval Ravikant
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Company Simperium
City SF
Other Investors YCombinator, Geoff Ralston, Kal Vepuri (Trisiras Group), David Tisch, Alex Payne, David Sloo First Round Capital, Spark Capital, CRV, Chamath Palihapitiya, Adam Smith, Paul Bucheit, Ariel Poler, Angels Union Square Ventures, Founder Collective, Spark, Index, Naval Ravikant, Joshua Schacter, Angels Sequoia Capital, NBC Universal IA Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Village Ventures, Mark Gerson, Angels True Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Lowercase Capital, Founder Collective, Ev Williams, Matt Mullenweg Lerer Ventures, Kima Ventures Brad Inman, Floodgate Fund, Baseline Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Greenhill, Vantage Point Mitch Kapor, Max Levchin, Keith Rabois Baseline, Floodgate Fund, Felicis Ventures, Paul Bucheit CAA, MLB, FirstMark Capital Bessemer Ventures, Angels, Amazon
Content Platforms
Sincerely
Matt Brezina
SF
Mar 04 2011
Content Platforms
Stack Exchange
NY
May 05 2010
Content Platforms
Sugar, Inc.
Content Platforms
Sulia
Lifestyle, entertainment, fashion and shopping network for trendsetting women *via acquisition of BookFresh Platform to organize and monetize bundles of streams
SF
Jun 08 2010
NY
Sep 22 2009
Content Platforms
Typekit
SF
Jun 24 2009
Content Platforms
Visual Revenue Provides a predictive analytics solution that helps online Inc. media organizations automatically position their content. Vook Online publishing platform for e-books
Content Platforms
NY
Jul 06 2011
SF
Jan 22 2010
Wavii Weebly
Content aggregator based on advanced NLP Technologies Simple, drag and drop website creation
Adrian Aoun
SEA
Weplay Wikia
Glam for sports fans Wikipedia like app. for vertical markets
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Company Wordnik
City SV
Other Investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Floodgate Fund, Baseline Ventures, Angels Phil Schlein, Adams Street Partners Madrona Ventures, Adam Dell Lightbank, Excelerate, Gary Vaynerchuk, Angels Monashees Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya, Felicis Ventures, Intel Capital, Thrive Capital, David Gilboa First Round Capital, IA Ventures, Village Ventures, Shasta Ventures Felicis Ventures, The Washington Post Company, Aditya Agarwal, Naval Ravikant, Rick Dalzell, Josh McFarland, Transcosmos, TPG Softbank, Lerer Ventures, Peter Thiel Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital, Paypal, Venrock Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Bessemer Ventures, Founder Collective, IA Ventures CRV, Sequoia Capital, Philip Kaplan, Jason Calcanis, Ev Williams, James Hong
Doron Friedman
CHI
Jun 18 2006
Mike Smith
SEA
May 01 2006
Jessica Kim
CHI
E-Commerce/Finance BankSimple
Simplified online banking solution targeted to retail bank customers Mobile app where users can scan product barcodes on their phone and see related products harnessed by community
Alex Payne, Joshua NY Reich, Shamir Karkal Blake Scholl, Jason Crawford SF
Sep 30 2010
ECommerce/Shopping
Barcode Hero
Apr 20 2010
ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping
Become BestVendor
Shopping comparison search engine Social recommendations for faster, smarter business purchasing Short term micro loans for recurring bills
Michael Yang Jeff Giesea, Ben Zhuk, Magnus von Koeller Ryan Gilbert
SV NY
E-Commerce/Finance BillFloat
SF
Jun 25 2010
E-Commerce/Finance BillGuard
Crowdsourced "collective vigilance" to help users easily spot, Yaron Samid understand and take action against unwanted charges on their bills Online commerce platform for artisanal products
NY
May 28 2010
ECommerce/Payments
Blippy
Dec 08 2009
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Company BluBet
City SF
Other Investors Kevin Hartz, Keith Rabois, Jawed Karim, Joe Greenstein Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures QED Fund, FF Angel, Felicis Ventures NEA, Index Ventures
Mark Britto
SV
Oct 01 2008
E-Commerce/Finance Credit Karma ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Payments ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Payments CruiseWise
Kenneth Lin
SF
Amit Aharoni, Nicolas SV Meunier, Steve Davis Sam Shenk SV SV, BOS NY
Dealbase E la Carte
Touchscreen mobile devices on restaurant tables and sports Rajat Suri bars for guests to order, pay and play games from their seats new concept brand that sells curated, exclusive capsule collections of luxury fashion and lifestyle products from top designers Mobile app for easily selling anything Event management web service to promote, manage and monetize events Jessica Kamel, Estafania Lacayo Dan Zheng, Brian Lynch Kevin Hartz
Bob Zipp, Russ Siegelman, Buddy Arnheim Paul Buchheit, Tomorrow Ventures Highline Captial, Lerer Ventures, Kal Valpuri, IA Ventures, Angels Blue Run Ventures, CRV, Trinity Ventures, Angels Sequoia Capital, Michael Birch, Softtech, Jawed Karim, Keith Rabois, David Sacks, Tenaya Capital, Peter Jackson, DAG Ventures Kleiner Perkins, Keith Rabois, Brian Sugar, Dave Morin, Karl Jacob Montagu Newhall Associates, Battery Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, TCV Redpoint, Baseline Ventures, Travis Kalanick Collaborative Fund, First Round Capital, Lowercase, David Tisch, Seth Goldstein, Naval Ravikant Sequoia, Paul Buchheit, Angels
Edition01
Jun 23 2011
EggCartel Eventbrite
SF SF
ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping
Everlane
SF
Mar 29 2011
ExactTarget
CHI
Mar 10 2010
Automated expense report service Allows anyone with digital content to sell directly to their fanbase
SF SV
ECommerce/Shopping
John Graham
SF
Apr 01 2011
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Sector ECommerce/Shopping
Company Listia
City SV
Other Investors Andreessen Horowitz, Alex Zubillaga, Max Levchin, The Hit Forge, Founder Collective, Highline Ventures, Vivi Nevo Naval Ravikant, Angels Kleiner Perkins, Russ Siegelman, Omar Hamoui, Angels First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, RRE Greycroft
ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping
SF SV
E-Commerce/Finance On Deck ECommerce/Payments ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Payments ECommerce/Payments ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Shopping ECommerce/Payments ECommerce/Shopping OpenBucks
Small biz micro-loans with credit card receipts as collateral Payment system using gift cards
Mitch Jacobs Itamar Kandel, Marc Rochman John Caplan, Kevin Ambrosini Manish Chandra, Keiron McCammon, Tracy Sun David Rochon Jack Dorsey, Jim McKelvey
NY SV
OpenSky
NY
May 15 2009
SV
Feb 10 2011
Platform that connects online grocery coupons to offline grocery loyalty cards Mobile app/credit card terminal/POS
BOS SF
First Round Capital Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Angels General Catalyst, Sequoia, YC Angels Spark Capital, Founder Collective, Dennis Crowley, Jason Hirschhorn Michael Birch, Ron Bouganim, Frederik Fleck First Round Capital, Greylock, Index Ventures, Alfred Lina, Keith Rabois, Chris Sacca
Stripe
Nov 17 2010
Online style / shopping show *via adviser Retail bookmarking and recommendation service
SwipeGood
Swipely
Online service that lets users donate to charities easily using Steli Efti, Anthony credit card transactions Nemitz, Thomas Steinacher A secure platform for consumers to save money, earn Angus Davis rewards and have more fun shopping
SF
Mar 23 2011
MA
Apr 29 2010
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Company TrialPay
City SV
Other Investors Battery Ventures, Index, Bob Pittman Index Ventures, Bernard Arnault, Herbert Kloiber, Jacob Rothschild, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf Lerer Ventures, First Round Capital
Viagogo
Erik Baker
EU
Mar 01 2006
ECommerce/Shopping
Warby Parker
Neil Blumenthal, NY Andrew Hunt, Jeffrey Raider, David Gilboa David Friedberg SF
May 18 2011
E-Commerce/Finance Weatherbill
Dec 09 2010
WePay
Easy solution for groups to collect and manage money online Bill Clerico, Rich Aberman Personalized digest of discount offers based on personal preferences and location. A location based want ad mobile platform. Vin Vacanti, Jim Moran Bo Fishback
SV
Dec 08 2009
Yipit Zaarly
NY LA
Atomico Ventures, Index Ventures, Allen & Co., NEA, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, CODE Advisors August Capital, YCombinator, Angels, Highland Capital Partners Highland, DFJ Gotham, IA Ventures, RRE Lightbank, Ashton Kutcher
Enterprise/SaaS
Betterworks
Paige Craig, George LA Ishii, Zao Yang Jon Vein Mark Gerson LA NY
Nov 23 2010
Redpoint, Keith Rabois, Jim Pallotta, Angels Elevation Partners Bessemer, Silverlake
Enterprise/SaaS Enterprise/SaaS
Market Share Took to improve marketing programs Partners Gerson High-end market research Lehrman Group SocialFlow Inc. SaaS bridge between social media and direct marketing ThinkFuse Smart tools provider for team collaboration
Enterprise/SaaS Enterprise/SaaS
Enterprise/SaaS Enterprise/SaaS
Software to speed up communication, collaboration and knowledge Online discussion service and PR targeting
Frank Speiser, Mike Perrone Steve Krenzel, Brandon Bloom, Aydin Ghajar Dustin Moskovitz Rob Crumpler
NY SEA
Softbank, Betaworks Ali & Hadi Partovi, Scott Banister, Founders Co-op Benchmark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz Adam Street
SF SF
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Company ccLoop
City SF SF
Hearsay Social Social Media Marketing automation and fan management tools
Enterprise/SaaS
Mashery
Oren Michaels
SF
Oct 15 2006
Appstore for enterprise apps Phone & SMS alerting and on-call scheduling for IT monitoring tools Business intelligence analytics service Cause-based resources and marketplace
Todd McKinnon, Frederic Kerrest Alex Solomon Bob Goodson Tom Serres, Jonas Lamis, Naveed Lalani, Brian Upton Richard White Tim Weingarten
SF SF SF SF
Other Investors Benchmark, Floodgate, Felicis, Ariel Poler Sequoia, NEA, Felicis Ventures, Nils Johnson, Michael Abbott, Dave Morin, Aaron Sittig, David Lawee First Round, Dave McClure, .406 Ventures, Cisco, Formative Ventures Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Khosla Ventures YCombinator, Baseline, Harrison Metal Capital Founders Fund, Atomico Floodgate
SF SF
Enterprise mobility management *via acquisition of Agistics WebMynd Corp Framework for HTML5 mobile apps w/native functionality
Sahil Jain, Patrick SF Buckley, Amir Nathoo, James Brady Matt Brezina, Adam Smith, Jeff Bonforte David Sacks SF
Enterprise/SaaS
Xobni
Feb 15 2007
Enterprise/SaaS
Yammer
SF
Jan 22 2010
RRE, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Cisco, Blackberry Partners Fund Emergence Capital, Founders Fund, CRV (George Zachary), Goldcrest Investments, Angels Angels WIN Andreessen Horowitz Andreesen Horowitz, Ignition Capital, Salesforce, Karl Jacob, Paul Buchheit
Kingfish Group Private experts network Mailgun Email Interface for your App. Send, receive, store and forward emails using Mailgun APIs Nicira Router software based on OpenFlow standard NowJS (Flotype) Real time communications architecture.
Christian Dubiel Ev Kontsevoy, Taylor Wakefield Martin Casado, Scott Shenker Darshan Shankar, Eric Zhang, Sridatta
SV SV SV SV
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Sector Enterprise/SaaS
Company oDesk
City SV
Enterprise/SaaS
Opzi
Euwyn Poon
SV
Aug 09 2010
Group collaboration and publication CRM with relationship intelligence File back-up software
SV SV SV
Other Investors Sigma Ventures, Benchmark, Globespan Capital Partners, DAG Softtech, First Round Capital, Naval Ravikant, Hadi Partovi, Ali Partovi, Paul Buchheit, Fritz Lanman, Raymond Tonsing Mohr Davidow Ventures, Chris Yeh Sigma Partners, Bud Cooligan, DFJ, Selby Angels, Portage (DFJ) Peggy Taylor, Angels Andreessen Horowitz, Betaworks, Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, Joshua Schachter Betaworks, Spark Capital, Bessemer Connector Ventures, Shawn Fanning, Richard Kain Polaris, Ariel Poler Andreesen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Yuri Milner Angels, Bay Partners Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Bradley Horowitz, Jeff Weiner Andreesen Horowitz, Keith Rabois, Anthony Castellana, Ari Emmanuel Reid Hoffman, Union Square Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Foundry Group, Avalon, Andreessen Horowitz
Seven Lights Gaming collectables virtual economies for MMOG Tim Harris Extreme Reality SW only 3D Human Machine Interface for gaming and Virtual Dor Givon Remote using single standard webcam Star.me Social game where players give each other virtual "gold Ze Frank stars" based on social capital
CHI ISR LA
Gaming Gaming
OMGPop Beatlab
Social casual real time gaming site Social platform for music creation and competition
Gaming Gaming
Social games and user generated FB apps Social game where players collect and battle pet monsters
Kavin Stewart Josh Buckley, TJ Murphy, Tyler Diaz Jason Kellerman Stewart Butterfield, Daniel Burka
SF SF
Gaming Gaming
Online poker destination using virtual goods model MMO flash games
SF SF
Gaming
TinyCo
SF
Feb 18 2011
Gaming
Zynga
SF
Jun 05 2010
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Description Online social games Gaming platform for iPhone MMPG Game authoring Platform 3D realistic virtual pets Facebook ad platform via social applications
Founder(s) Frederic Descamps Gabe Leydon Bill Turpin Ron Hornbaker Jia Shen, Lance Tokuda
City SV SV SV SV SV
Other Investors Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, Angels YCombinator Angels Floodgate Fund, Softbank Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, Partech, Doll Capital
Search/Discovery
Hunch
Task and decision engine that gives recommendations on any topic Stream-based system for content discovery - via acquisition of Radar Networks Medical search company focused on doctors Mobile application for discovery and purchase of apps Content discovery & distribution platform based on state of the art machine learning and natural language processing technology Search across personalized cloud services
Chris Dixon
NY
Mar 12 2010
SEA SF SF SF
Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst Vulcan Capital Angels Blue Run Ventures, Felicis Ventures Keith Rabois, Joe Lonsdale, Steve Chen, Hank Vigil, Fritz Lanman, Nils Johnson Sequoia, Founder Collective, Lerer, SK Telecom, Bret Taylor, Paul Buchheit Accel Partners, August, Sherpalo Ventures Scott Banister, BlueRun, Founders Fund Founder Collective, Betaworks, Baseline Ventures, Floodgate Fund, Angels Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Deep Fork Capital CMEA, USVP, Marc Andreessen USVP, Paul Pederson, Frank Caufield Jr., Felicis Ventures, Maurice Werdegar
Search/Discovery
Greplin
Aug 11 2010
Discover interesting web pages, photos and videos recommended by friends and like-minded people Search engine via influencer links Crowdsourced travel info and discovery
SF SF SF
Real Estate search and marketing site Next-generation search engine Real-time search engine
Pete Flint, Sami SF Inkinen Rich Skrenta, Mike SV Markson Paul Pederson, Sean SV Gaddis
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Sector Search/Discovery
Company Hipmunk
City SV
Other Investors Maynard Webb, Paul Buchheit, Tuna Investments (Steve Chen), Ashton Kutcher, Ignition Partners, Michael Mullenweg, Raymond Tonsing, General Catalyst Partners, AOL, Accel, Sequoia Capital, GoldHill, Oak, Trident Foundation Capital, Fox Interactive Angels General Catalyst Index Ventures, Accel Marissa Mayer, Marc Andreessen Sequoia Capital, Mark Kvamme, Reid Hoffman, CAA Betaworks, OATV, Mitch Kapor
Search/Discovery
Kayak
Steve Hafner
SV
Dec 01 2007
Website for job seekers Personal search/ *via adviser Social media management platform for brands Mobile application for viewing and sharing photos. Platform for content producers for distribution and monetization Comedic ugc or exclusive original video content
Anil Godhwani Brandon Cotter Reggie Bradford Thai Tran Greg Goodfried, Miles Beckett Dick Glover
SV TX ATL EU LA LA
Mar 01 2006 Dec 01 2006 Oct 28 2006 Feb 16 2011 Nov 15 2007 Aug 01 2007
Media/Video
bit.ly
Media/Video
Blip.tv
Todd Levy, Nate Folkman, Jay Ridgeway, John Borthwick Dina Kaplan, Mike Hudack, Justin Day
NY
May 01 2009
NY
Mar 01 2006
Media/Video
Tremor Media
Video ad technology
Waikit Lau
NY
Mar 01 2006
Ambient Sound Investments, Bain Capital, Canaan Partners, Mark Gerson, Atomico First Round Capital, General Catalyst, Time Warner Greycroft Paul Buchheit, Aydin Senkut, Mike Maples, Georges Harik Greycroft
Media/Video Media/Video
Programmed video content for the web Live video broadcast platform / *via adviser
NY SF
Media/Video
Iain Scholnick
SF
Feb 15 2007
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Sector Media/Video
Company Nowbox
Other Investors Paul Buchheit, Charles River Partners, Jeff Clavier, Ashton Kutcher, XG Ventures Angels, Greylock Steve Chen, David King, Nils Johnson, Saar Gur Hearst, Khosla Ventures, NY Times, Mayfield, Greycroft Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Founder Collective, Ignition Ventures, Lowercase, Y Combinator, James Lindenbaum
Internet video/podcast production and distribution Instapaper for video Ad infrastructure and technology for video
SF SF SF
Media/Video
Zencoder
SF
Apr 27 2011
Super simple online video chats Comprehensive online video platform Browser-based multi-party video conferencing
David King Bismarck Lepe, Jay Fulcher Nick Triantos, Ian Small Brad Inman, Bud Rosenthal Jayant Kadambi Michael Mathieu Tony Haile, Billy Chasen, John Borthwick
SV SV SV
Sierra Ventures, RVP Sequoia Capital, Youniversity Ventures, Bain Capital Angels, Will Hearst, Venrock
Media/Video Media/Video
TurnHere YuMe
SV SV Aug 01 2006
Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, BV Capital Betaworks, Lowercase Capital, Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, OATV, Freestyle Capital, Softtech, Index Ventures First Round Capital, General Catalyst Highline Ventures, Techstars Founders Fund, Fritz Lanman
Cloud Computing
ChartBeat
NY
Aug 31 2010
Platform-as-a-Service and marketplace for Node.js applications. Simple tool to migrate data to the cloud and sync across cloud services More intuitive Windows interface
NY NY SEA
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Company DotCloud
Description Platform-as-a-Service to build and deploy any application to the cloud and manage it all in one place
City SF
Other Investors Benchmark, Ignition Capital, Trinity Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Jerry Yang, Raymond Tonsing, Ash Patel, Kenny Van Zant, Angels Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Steve Chen, Founder Collective, Felicis Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Nils Johnson Peggy Taylor, Angels WIN Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Diane Greene, Angels NEA, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Paul Bucheit DFJ, Founders Fund First Round Capital, Menlo Ventures, USVP Highland Capital Partners, Avalon Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Russ Siegelman, CRV, Amicus Capital, Angels Highland Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, WIN, Avalon Ventures, Russ Siegelman, CRV, Amicus Capital, Angels Rajeev Motwani, Sand Hill Group Sigma, Foundation, Angels Angels, Polar Ventures, Jake Steinfeld, Tim Armstrong DST Global, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff
Cloud Computing
Optimizely
SF
Mar 17 2010
Consumer hardware device that allows remote access to external hard drives Software to connect the computing power and memory of multiple devices Enterprise-level support to users of Apache Hadoop/* via adviser Database accelerator Free VOIP calling via telephone hardware Web service creating a virtual marketplace for on-demand labor MySQL storage engine for solid-state drives
Jed Putterman
SF
Eric Frenkiel, Nikita Shamgunov Andrew Frame Bill Trenchard Slava Akhmechet
SV SV SV SV
Cloud Computing
ReThinkDB*
Slava Akhmechet
SV
Sep 08 2011
Voice/text IM on websites Enterprise storage solution Online personal training and weight loss solutions delivered through interactive content and one-to-one interactions OpenTable and Salesforce.com-like service for doctor appointments
Guda Venkatesh Jeff Treuhaft Jake Steinfeld, Nick Desai Cyrus Massoumi
SV SV LA
ZocDoc
NY
Mar 01 2010
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Sector Life Sciences/Healthcare Life Sciences/Healthcare Life Sciences/Healthcare Life Sciences/Healthcare Security
Description A next-generation review tool to review, report, visualize, and analyze clinical data Electronic health records; provides a free, web-based Electronic Medical Record / EMR system to physicians Platform for analyzing and managing DNA sequences on a scalable cloud-computing infrastructure Point of care web software for physicians
City SF SF SV
Elation
SV
Jun 25 2010
Other Investors Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Yuri Milner Morgenthaler, Founders Fund, Felicis Ventures First Round Capital, Mark Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, Mark Goines, SoftTech Early Facebook employees
AZ
Apr 01 2006
Security for nternet-scale applications and services for connected devices Website certification for having good privacy practices Consumer authentication Enterprise security for confidential docs
SF SF SV
Security Security
Sreekanth Ravi, SV Daniel Udoutch (current CEO) GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) applications Chris Goodwin, Chris SV Caldwell Network security/web content filtering software into SMB and Dirk Morris, Bob SV educational institutions Walters
Kleiner Perkins, Norwest Venture Partners, Peggy Taylor Shasta Ventures, Southern Cross Venture Partners Accel Partners Peggy Taylor, First Round Capital Bay Partners, Sierra Ventures
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