Adam Edelman

Co-Founder & CEO at Local Hero/Boulder Heavy Industries

📍 Boulder, Colorado, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2015
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Aug 2015
Glamhive - Since 2015, Glamhive Inc. has provided innovative technologies for style influencers. Glamhive.com was the first to introduce shoppable photos on a platform where content creators could share images of their outfits and get rewarded for the purchases they generated. Today, the company has expanded to create a virtual styling platform for personal stylists and makeup artists worldwide. Glamhive is the first end-to-end, online platform for providing personalized styling services. Glamhive has created a seamless solution that enables all aspects related to styling, from customer communication to payments, and style delivery. Stylists and makeup artists can finally focus on what they do best: providing advice, inspiration, and wardrobe/beauty product curation to their clients. Glamhive’s stylist and makeup artist network already includes top LA and NYC stylists such as Tara Swennen (Hollywood Reporter Top 25 Most Influential Stylists in Hollywood and stylist to Kristen Stewart, Mandy Moore, Nicole Scherzinger and more), Lindsey Dupuis (who has styled Sarah Silverman, Brittany Snow, Jessica Alba, Reese Witherspoon and more), Rachel Wirkus (clients include Liv Tyler, Devon Windsor, and more), Caley Rinker (has dressed some of the most stylish women in Hollywood including Gwyneth Paltrow, Camila Alves and Gillian Jacobs), Madison Guest (stylist to Victoria Justice) and Jamie Greenberg (clients include Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, and more). The platform is designed to democratize personal styling by creating an accessible and affordable way for people to work with stylists and makeup artists. We welcome talented personal stylists, image consultants, and makeup artists who want to build their online business and be part of something big. Join us!
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Jun 2015
As a strategic B2B leader, you need to have your thumb on the pulse of the market. But with all of the tools your teams use, it’s hard to connect the dots and figure out if your message is resonating with the right audience at the perfect time. The CaliberMind platform organizes and makes sense of your data so your insights are clearer. Sure, we do attribution, engagement scoring, funnel analytics, and more. But the real gift we give revenue leaders is the ability to spot issues and trends before anyone else can.
Investor/Board Member
May 2015
Brandzooka is the most powerful way to advertise online and on TV. We believe in creating a world where the size of your idea matters more than the size of your budget. Our digital advertising platform powers 20,000+ brands worldwide by putting their ads in front of their audience. We are hard-charging, deadline-making, big chip-shouldering, lateral-thinking, fast-decisioning, intense-listening, collaborative-working, foul-mouthed, mischief making, equality-loving, multi-colored, scrappy underdogs, and we wont stop until everyone has access to programmatic video advertising. Follow us for updates as we flip the #media and #adtech world upside down with a revolutionary new movement we call #BrandTech: twitter.com/brandzooka facebook.com/brandzooka instagram.com/brandzooka
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Apr 2015
Orbit is a leader in digital health care programs for people with musculoskeletal pain. Our programs are based on the team's extensive background in orthopedic physical therapy, clinical research, exercise physiology, program design, and behavior change. Our online experience allows individuals to easily login from wherever they are and receive guidance and support from the program and our Certified Telespine Coaches. The founder, Dr. Barnes, recognized that patients with low back pain didn’t have the tools and resources to be engaged in their care the 99% of the time they were not in the clinic, nor did most patients need office visits, MRI’s, injections or surgeries to recover.
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Jan 2014
SodaPup is the leader in food-based enrichment tools for dogs, including slow feeder bowls, lick mats and rubber and nylon food puzzle toys. All Sodapup products are made in the USA from FDA compliant materials that are safe for dogs. SodaPup. Good for you, your dog, and the planet.
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2019
Co-Founder
Jan 2019
Local Hero is a self-service digital local marketing app that helps franchisees achieve bottom-line results with online TV/CTV, radio, and social ad campaigns that can be launched in just a few clicks. Local Hero is the culmination of listening to brands talk about the importance of providing local digital opportunities for their franchise partners that are easy to use and hit major digital channels.
2016
Co-Founder/Chairman
Oct 2016
Respondology enables brands of all types to regain control of their presence in social media by immediately and discreetly removing damaging social comments and bots across Paid, Organic and Influencer Social Marketing. Organizations across the NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR and Premier League to global consumer brands such as GoPro partner with Respondology. Our clients represent over 1 billion social followers. Do not allow brand abuse, racism, homophobia and the ubiquitous bots invade your social media.
Founder & Chairman
Aug 2016
Boulder Heavy Industries is a collective of marketing agencies strategically formed around a deep understanding of the digital ecosystem. With each agency operating under one roof, we're able to deliver greater creative fire power, smarter thinking, exceptional efficiencies, and proprietary analytics platforms - all of which results in better performing client brands.
2015
Investor
Aug 2015
Glamhive - Since 2015, Glamhive Inc. has provided innovative technologies for style influencers. Glamhive.com was the first to introduce shoppable photos on a platform where content creators could share images of their outfits and get rewarded for the purchases they generated. Today, the company has expanded to create a virtual styling platform for personal stylists and makeup artists worldwide. Glamhive is the first end-to-end, online platform for providing personalized styling services. Glamhive has created a seamless solution that enables all aspects related to styling, from customer communication to payments, and style delivery. Stylists and makeup artists can finally focus on what they do best: providing advice, inspiration, and wardrobe/beauty product curation to their clients. Glamhive’s stylist and makeup artist network already includes top LA and NYC stylists such as Tara Swennen (Hollywood Reporter Top 25 Most Influential Stylists in Hollywood and stylist to Kristen Stewart, Mandy Moore, Nicole Scherzinger and more), Lindsey Dupuis (who has styled Sarah Silverman, Brittany Snow, Jessica Alba, Reese Witherspoon and more), Rachel Wirkus (clients include Liv Tyler, Devon Windsor, and more), Caley Rinker (has dressed some of the most stylish women in Hollywood including Gwyneth Paltrow, Camila Alves and Gillian Jacobs), Madison Guest (stylist to Victoria Justice) and Jamie Greenberg (clients include Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, and more). The platform is designed to democratize personal styling by creating an accessible and affordable way for people to work with stylists and makeup artists. We welcome talented personal stylists, image consultants, and makeup artists who want to build their online business and be part of something big. Join us!
Investor
Jun 2015
As a strategic B2B leader, you need to have your thumb on the pulse of the market. But with all of the tools your teams use, it’s hard to connect the dots and figure out if your message is resonating with the right audience at the perfect time. The CaliberMind platform organizes and makes sense of your data so your insights are clearer. Sure, we do attribution, engagement scoring, funnel analytics, and more. But the real gift we give revenue leaders is the ability to spot issues and trends before anyone else can.
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2014–2015 · 5 investments
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