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Aug 2022
Digital twins are revolutionizing industries from aerospace to agriculture. Istari Digital makes them simple and more secure, unlocking models and simulations for better products - better everything. A faster, cheaper, greener digital future awaits.
With Istari Digital, simple and secure collaboration finally comes to software-enabled physical systems, empowering your team with internet-like possibilities.
Board Member
May 2017
Venture capitalists are committed to funding America’s most innovative entrepreneurs, working closely with them to transform breakthrough ideas into emerging growth companies that drive U.S. job creation and economic growth.
As the voice of the U.S. venture capital community, the National Venture Capital Association empowers its members and the entrepreneurs they fund by advocating for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. The NVCA also serves as the definitive resource for venture capital data and unites its members through a full range of professional services.
Board Member
Dec 2016
Thanx is the leading loyalty and guest engagement platform to grow restaurant customer lifetime value in the digital era - without relying on expensive discounts
How can we help your brand grow customer LTV better than anyone else? thanx.com/why-thanx
Board Member
Oct 2015
Cloudflare Area 1 is a cloud-native email security service that identifies and blocks attacks before they hit user inboxes, enabling more effective protection against spear phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and other advanced threats that evade existing defenses. Area 1 is part of the Cloudflare Zero Trust platform.
Acquired by Cloudflare in April 2022
Investor
Feb 2015
Synack’s Penetration Testing as a Service platform manages customers’ attack surfaces by discovering new assets, pentesting for critical vulnerabilities and gaining visibility into the root causes of security risks. We are committed to making the world more secure by harnessing a talented, vetted community of security researchers to deliver continuous penetration testing and vulnerability management, with actionable results. Synacks PTaaS platform has uncovered more than 71,000 exploitable vulnerabilities to date, protecting a growing list of Global 2000 customers and U.S. agencies in a FedRAMP Moderate Authorized environment.
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Jun 2014
COMPANY:
Ordinarily, we would devote this space to telling you all the typical things about our innovative company, our experienced management team, and our inspiring culture. But talk is cheap. So instead, we'll let our work speak for us. At the end of the day, it is the ultimate reflection of who we are and what we value. And through this work, we hope that principles like creativity, quality, and fun are seen as more than empty aspirations. We hope that they are recognized as the defining attributes of all that we do.
CULTURE:
We believe that a company culture is not defined by a brightly colored office, a nice ping pong table, or a well-stocked kitchen. We believe it is revealed in the number of times each day that we laugh out loud, learn something new, get inspired, look forward to a class reunion, take time for lunch, choose the music, test our limits, get what we need, ship something great, recognize our impact, and wake up excited. If that’s not your current career story, then we’d love to have you join ours.
TEAM:
PLAYSTUDIOS is the banner flown by a tight-knit crew of entrepreneurs, artists, software developers, product managers, and producers. Although we come from different lands and disciplines, we share a passion for our work and a belief in the opportunity we are pursuing.
Investor
Feb 2012
TuneIn, the world’s leading live audio service, brings together live radio, sports, news, music, podcasts, and audiobooks from around the globe.
With more than 75 million monthly active users, TuneIn is one of the most widely used audio platforms in the world. TuneIn broadcasts over 100k owned & operated and partner radio stations.
With premier distribution across 200 platforms and connected devices including Tesla and Alexa, TuneIn empowers listeners to hear what they love wherever they are, including exclusive commercial-free stations from the minds of folks like Garth Brooks.
TuneIn Premium subscribers get additional exclusive access to commercial-free news from top networks like CNN, Fox News Radio, MSNBC, and Bloomberg, as well as live, cant miss F1, MLB, NHL, and college sports.
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TuneIn has been made aware of fraudulent activities by individuals impersonating our company. We have reported this fraudulent activity to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice, and local authorities.
When considering a position at TuneIn, keep in mind that all legitimate communications from TuneIn will come from official email addresses ending in @tunein.com, and all of our current job openings are listed on our official careers page. If you find a job listing on another site, cross-check it with our official website.
TuneIn does not require any form of payment or sensitive personal information during the recruitment process and all genuine interviews are conducted through Zoom. If you receive any suspicious communication, please do not hesitate to verify its authenticity by reaching out to us via TuneIn LinkedIn’s page.
If you have been targeted by these scammers, we encourage you to report it to the FTC at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/, and the FBI at https://www.ic3.gov/.
Investor
Aug 2011
Posterous emerged from Y Combinator in the summer of 2008 as an innovative company focused on making blogging simple - as simple as sending an email - and now has more than 15 million monthly users.
With the launch of Posterous Spaces, the company is bringing its trademark simplicity to help people share smarter with intuitive privacy controls to share selectively across multiple platforms.
Board Member
Jul 2011
Founded in 2009, KIXEYE is consistently redefining the intersection of fidelity and accessibility by creating innovative experiences for competitive gamers. Our headquarters are in Victoria, BC with additional employees spread across Canada and the United States. KIXEYE is the creative force behind Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, War Commander, VEGA Conflict, and War Commander: Rogue Assault.
KIXEYE pioneered the much emulated Massively Multiplayer Online Real Time Strategy genre and have spent the last several years perfecting it. Our leadership team and board of directors are comprised of video game veterans, serial entrepreneurs, and obsessive innovators working together to push the boundaries on immersive gameplay.
Investor
Feb 2010
Clicker is the complete guide to Internet Television. Our mission is to make it simple for you to find the right show, right now.
As massive amounts of programming move online, consumers entering a world of infinite choices, all on-demand. Great! Finding the show you want to watch? Painful. Thousands of episodes from thousands of shows are housed on thousands of different sites, mixed among billions of random clips and videos.
Clicker catalogs all broadcast programming online, along with TV-quality Web originals, from these silos and delivers them in one seamless, organized experience so you can easily discover what's available to watch (and what isn't) online, where to watch it, and what's worth watching.
Board Member
Dec 2008
true[X] delivers effective advertising for on-demand, interactive media. We believe that ads should be enabling rather than interruptive, and have built the definitive engagement advertising system around our core product of true[ATTENTION], which delivers on the promise of “zero waste” advertising. true[X] provides the best advertising experience for consumers, the best monetization for premium publishers and the best return for brand advertisers. Put simply, we have created the commercial break for interactive media.
Originally founded in 2007, true[X] pioneered the engagement-based ad model, and is headquartered in Los Angeles and New York, with offices in Chicago, Atlanta, and Detroit. For more information, visit www.truex.com, www.facebook.com/truex.io, Google+, or follow us on Twitter @truex
Board Member
Dec 2008
Ocarina Networks, a storage/data compression software technology was acquired by Dell/Quest Software July 31, 2010.
Ocarina provides an industry-first online storage optimization solution, helping customers store up to 10 times more data on their current storage from any storage vendor. Ocarina's file-aware optimization technology makes Ocarina a leader in online storage optimization solutions.
Ocarina's technology allows companies to reduce their storage footprint and achieve a ten-fold capacity increase on their current storage systems. Unlike other solutions aimed at reducing storage data footprints such as dedupe and generic compression, Ocarina uniquely has the ability to optimize large, media rich files.
Investor
Oct 2008
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the worlds greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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Apr 2008
Meebo is a consumer internet company that organizes the web around people and reaches nearly half of the internet population. Meebo also provides publishers and advertisers a surprisingly simple way to leverage this massive audience, by organically weaving content engagement and brand experiences into the consumer’s web experience. Meebo is a privately held company that was founded in 2005. For more information, visit meebo.com.
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Aug 2022
Digital twins are revolutionizing industries from aerospace to agriculture. Istari Digital makes them simple and more secure, unlocking models and simulations for better products - better everything. A faster, cheaper, greener digital future awaits.
With Istari Digital, simple and secure collaboration finally comes to software-enabled physical systems, empowering your team with internet-like possibilities.
2019
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Jun 2019
Global Worldwide have been global leaders in Agriculture, Materials Science, Genetic Engineering, Election Management Systems, and Pharmaceutical Testing since our inception in 1945. Each division of the company has led its respective industry through productive, science-based innovation to meet the needs of customers and help solve global challenges. Now we’re making mobile video games.
2017
Board Member
May 2017
Venture capitalists are committed to funding America’s most innovative entrepreneurs, working closely with them to transform breakthrough ideas into emerging growth companies that drive U.S. job creation and economic growth.
As the voice of the U.S. venture capital community, the National Venture Capital Association empowers its members and the entrepreneurs they fund by advocating for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. The NVCA also serves as the definitive resource for venture capital data and unites its members through a full range of professional services.
2016
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Dec 2016
Thanx is the leading loyalty and guest engagement platform to grow restaurant customer lifetime value in the digital era - without relying on expensive discounts
How can we help your brand grow customer LTV better than anyone else? thanx.com/why-thanx
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