Corey Ferengul

Exited Operator and BOD Member. Experienced Investor.

📍 Carol Stream, Illinois, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Oct 2023
SmartCommerce is a technology and data platform that transforms brands’ marketing touchpoints into e-commerce launch points. Our suite of solutions makes the carting process as simple and seamless as possible, driving sales via digital ads, social posts, video, email, and more. Real-time data and insights let clients manage campaigns, make changes, and meet their goals faster!
Board Member
Oct 2022
The worlds most engaging media platform.
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Popular Pays is an all-in-one influencer marketing and visual content creation platform for brands of all sizes. Designed to make collaboration easy and intuitive, Popular Pays enables you to scale your content creation efforts and launch marketing campaigns that drive business impact, without juggling multiple platforms or creator touchpoints. Our creator marketplace allows you to easily source and find the influencers and creators who align with your brand values and audience. Popular Pays is an official partner of Meta, TikTok, Amazon, and Pinterest, and works with brands such as Kelloggs, Kraft, Delta, and Lyft.
Board Member
May 2019
As the leader in journey advertising, illumin provides an AI-powered advertising technology platform that enables you to break free from line-item, siloed media buying and market the way you always dreamed. With our new Facebook and Instagram integration, the illumin canvas makes it easy to reach your customers where they are with content that matters to them across Open Web channels, DOOH, and social media. illumins insights and reporting make it easy to see how upper-funnel activity impacts lower-funnel conversions with a simple button click. Journey advertising makes it easy to weed through the noise and make sense of the entire consumer journey from a single connected platform. Leverage the power of connected journey advertising to drive more meaningful results with illumin.
Board Member
May 2019
Dscout is a flexible Experience Research Platform for capturing in-context insights from high-quality participants. Leading brands use Dscout to test ideas, iterate quickly, collaborate, and build confidently.
Board Member
May 2019
Historically, TV measurement has been limited to paid advertising, overlooking the impact and return on brand exposure within the content — where audiences are most engaged. As advertisers and agencies evolve their paid TV strategies to include earned media and brand sponsorship, they need TV monitoring, measurement and signaling solutions that reach across local, national and even global markets. Kinetiq’s global TV intelligence network identifies brand mentions, second by second across thousands of TV Stations, enabling brands to evaluate TV and video with the same speed, accuracy and agility as digital.
Board Member
Jan 2017
The largest online marketplace that simplifies the complex process of ordering wholesale alcohol by connecting buyers, distributors and suppliers all in one place. Bar, restaurant and retail buyers use Provi to search, discover, order and pay, all in a single, best-in-class marketplace. Buyers and sales reps: Sign up for Provi for free today! Interested in joining our team? Check out our open positions at https://www.provi.com/careers.
Board Member
Jun 2015
Packback is an education technology company located in Chicago Illinois. Packback’s platform, Packback Questions, is an AI-supported online discussion platform that supports student curiosity, communication and critical thinking skills. Packback Questions delivers a scalable asynchronous discussion experience using AI for automation of moderation and coaching, features that help professors scale their impact, and industry-leading service and support.
Board Member and Investor
Oct 2012
HPA is a leading early-stage investor. Our People First model leverages world-class operating expertise, a powerful business network, and venture capital to fuel startup success. As a result, our founders transform their businesses into industry leaders, our investors generate best-in-class returns, and our community experiences job creation and economic growth.
Experience · 15 entries
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2024
Operating Partner
Aug 2024
Founded in 2018, Aperiam is at the forefront of transforming advertising technology. Our mission is to catalyze growth and innovation in the digital advertising sector, focusing on challenges like privacy-centric targeting, the expansion of connected TV (CTV), commerce media, and the innovative applications of AI. As career founders and operators, we built the venture firm we wanted to have on the cap table. We love to back repeat entrepreneurs, as well as the next generation of talent. We invest in key categories, seeking to stay ahead of market evolution and technology innovation. Backed by a wealth of industry knowledge and industry professionals, we provide targeted advice and commercial activation to companies large and small navigating the dynamic landscape of advertising and marketing technology. Our insights empower businesses to make informed decisions, with a focus on delivering quantifiable business impacts. At Aperiam, collaboration, innovation, and an outcomes-oriented approach are the pillars of our success. These values are embedded in our work, driving us to achieve remarkable results for both our portfolio companies and advisory clients. Join us in shaping the future of advertising technology, where were not just part of the change – were leading it.
2023
Board Member
Oct 2023
SmartCommerce is a technology and data platform that transforms brands’ marketing touchpoints into e-commerce launch points. Our suite of solutions makes the carting process as simple and seamless as possible, driving sales via digital ads, social posts, video, email, and more. Real-time data and insights let clients manage campaigns, make changes, and meet their goals faster!
2022
Board Member
Oct 2022
The worlds most engaging media platform.
2020
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Popular Pays is an all-in-one influencer marketing and visual content creation platform for brands of all sizes. Designed to make collaboration easy and intuitive, Popular Pays enables you to scale your content creation efforts and launch marketing campaigns that drive business impact, without juggling multiple platforms or creator touchpoints. Our creator marketplace allows you to easily source and find the influencers and creators who align with your brand values and audience. Popular Pays is an official partner of Meta, TikTok, Amazon, and Pinterest, and works with brands such as Kelloggs, Kraft, Delta, and Lyft.
2019
Board Member
May 2019
As the leader in journey advertising, illumin provides an AI-powered advertising technology platform that enables you to break free from line-item, siloed media buying and market the way you always dreamed. With our new Facebook and Instagram integration, the illumin canvas makes it easy to reach your customers where they are with content that matters to them across Open Web channels, DOOH, and social media. illumins insights and reporting make it easy to see how upper-funnel activity impacts lower-funnel conversions with a simple button click. Journey advertising makes it easy to weed through the noise and make sense of the entire consumer journey from a single connected platform. Leverage the power of connected journey advertising to drive more meaningful results with illumin.
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