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Seed Investor
Apr 2017
Our technology enables “things to do” companies to easily connect with third parties that resell their tickets and power some of the world’s most iconic tourist attractions through the distribution of rates, inventory, and bookings with gate-readable barcodes.
Because our technology sits centrally between experiences companies and resellers, we work with some of the newest and most exciting technologies to enable the high volume of transactions that flow through our system.
Connecting with Redeam decreases operational overhead while increasing sales and improving the customer experience.
Investor
Aug 2015
StoreYas marketing platform offers the only fully autonomous, performance-based advertising AI solution for eCommerce. Founded in 2012, we currently serve over 500,000 online sellers, entrepreneurs, and innovators, just like you.
Created by former eCommerce owners and expert PPC managers, our founding team understands the day-to-day struggles that you face. This first-hand knowledge of these common difficulties — such as lack of workforce, budget, and resources — led to the development and launch of StoreYa.
Ultimately, were here to help online sellers like you scale and succeed, offering a host of free and paid eCommerce marketing tools.
Our most popular tool is Traffic Booster.
We created Traffic Booster to manage Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Microsoft Ads and optimize these campaigns in real-time. And as Google and Facebook partners, we were vetted by PayPal for two years and chosen to be PayPals sole solution for its merchants at its app center.
About Traffic Booster
Traffic Booster manages and optimizes Google Search, Shopping, YouTube, remarketing, Smart Display, and Performance Max ads, as well as Facebook and Instagram acquisition and retargeting ads for your brand. It is ultimately designed to ensure the best possible ROAS.
Our unique algorithm was designed to drive the most targeted customers to the most relevant product pages at the lowest cost possible.
Board Member
Nov 2012
Communication, as we experience it today, is damaged. Too much information, too many technologies, too much digital chaos.
Powtoon’s Visual Communication Platform was built to solve this global challenge by providing teams, organizations, and academic institutions with state of the art tools to easily create, manage, distribute, and measure visual content, at scale.
With Powtoon, all of your visual resources are unified into a single, interactive ecosystem where company-wide stakeholders can discover, collaborate, and experience your content like never before.
Learn how a Visual Communication Platform can create positive communication experiences at your organization → www.powtoon.com
Board Member
May 2010
Telesign provides Continuous Trust™ to leading global enterprises by connecting, protecting, and defending their digital identities. Telesign verifies over five billion unique phone numbers a month, representing half of the world’s mobile users, and provides critical insight into the remaining billions. The company’s powerful AI and extensive data science deliver identity with a unique combination of speed, accuracy, and global reach. Telesign solutions prevent fraud, secure communications, and enable the digital economy by allowing companies and customers to engage with confidence.
Board Member
Jan 2004
As a lender, marketer and servicer of vehicle-secured Loans, Wheels Financial Group, LLC d/b/a LoanMart proudly provides fast, professional assistance to financially stressed or credit-challenged segment of borrowers. We connect with our customers directly or through a vast network of storefront partners in the local communities throughout the country. Our place in the community was built over twenty years, growing from a two-person operation, single-store front in Van Nuys, CA into the largest auto title lender in California. LoanMart continues to evolve and expand into a progressive, technology-centric powerhouse in the industry, adding new financial products to serve our customers.
OUR MISSION: Enable our customers to overcome lifes credit challenges with fast, trustworthy credit options.
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2023
Co-Founder
Jan 2023
What do former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Robinhood (online investing platform), Google Authenticator, a private citizen using Coinbase, and Slack have in common?
They all fell victim to traditional two-factor authentication (2FA) limitations. As fraud becomes more sophisticated, its clear that 2FA alone isnt enough to safeguard your company or your customers.
What TRULY makes Identity Verification Trustworthy?
Confidence in face-to-face meetings is when you can look someone in the eye and know they are who they claim to be. 💯
Our mission is to bring the same confidence level to digital interactions you experience in face-to-face meetings. We replicate the trust and security of in-person meetings in today’s online workflow environment.
Trust was once naturally established in face-to-face business transactions, but as business has moved online, that assurance diminished, leading to a rise in fraud.
FaceSign.ai offers a unique combination of advanced facial recognition and AI-driven fraud detection. We provide businesses superior protection against fraud while enhancing user experience and ensuring regulatory compliance.
In just 30 seconds, FaceSign.ai captures biometric data—such as age, gender, facial hair, glasses, hairstyle, etc.—while analyzing environmental signals like device type, location, and even subtle clues like a shopping bag or mismatched weather conditions.
✨ What sets FaceSign.ai apart? Real-time Adaptability ✨
Our AI interacts with users, adjusting based on risk. If fraud is suspected, the system digs deeper with follow-up questions. We also incorporate multi-factor authentication, monitor watchlists of known fraudsters, and detect deepfakes by spotting micro-expressions that reveal false identities.
FaceSign.ai restores the human element of digital identity verification, providing your business with the security and trust it needs in its high-trust, fast-paced online workflow environment.
2021
Co-Founder
Feb 2021
Upstager adds design and shopping features to Matterport virtual tours.
By offering these solutions within virtual tours, Upstager improves real estate listings while increasing furniture sales.
2017
Seed Investor
Apr 2017
Our technology enables “things to do” companies to easily connect with third parties that resell their tickets and power some of the world’s most iconic tourist attractions through the distribution of rates, inventory, and bookings with gate-readable barcodes.
Because our technology sits centrally between experiences companies and resellers, we work with some of the newest and most exciting technologies to enable the high volume of transactions that flow through our system.
Connecting with Redeam decreases operational overhead while increasing sales and improving the customer experience.
2015
Investor
Aug 2015
StoreYas marketing platform offers the only fully autonomous, performance-based advertising AI solution for eCommerce. Founded in 2012, we currently serve over 500,000 online sellers, entrepreneurs, and innovators, just like you.
Created by former eCommerce owners and expert PPC managers, our founding team understands the day-to-day struggles that you face. This first-hand knowledge of these common difficulties — such as lack of workforce, budget, and resources — led to the development and launch of StoreYa.
Ultimately, were here to help online sellers like you scale and succeed, offering a host of free and paid eCommerce marketing tools.
Our most popular tool is Traffic Booster.
We created Traffic Booster to manage Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Microsoft Ads and optimize these campaigns in real-time. And as Google and Facebook partners, we were vetted by PayPal for two years and chosen to be PayPals sole solution for its merchants at its app center.
About Traffic Booster
Traffic Booster manages and optimizes Google Search, Shopping, YouTube, remarketing, Smart Display, and Performance Max ads, as well as Facebook and Instagram acquisition and retargeting ads for your brand. It is ultimately designed to ensure the best possible ROAS.
Our unique algorithm was designed to drive the most targeted customers to the most relevant product pages at the lowest cost possible.
2012
Board Member
Nov 2012
Communication, as we experience it today, is damaged. Too much information, too many technologies, too much digital chaos.
Powtoon’s Visual Communication Platform was built to solve this global challenge by providing teams, organizations, and academic institutions with state of the art tools to easily create, manage, distribute, and measure visual content, at scale.
With Powtoon, all of your visual resources are unified into a single, interactive ecosystem where company-wide stakeholders can discover, collaborate, and experience your content like never before.
Learn how a Visual Communication Platform can create positive communication experiences at your organization → www.powtoon.com
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