Leon G.

Leav is building the store automation platform for the future of retail.

Crafted Pour is a cutting-edge marketing technology platform leveraging the exploding interest in craft cocktails and craft spirits. Craft spirits have seen a tenfold increase in market share in the U.S. over the last decade. Positioned at the heart of the $500 spirits billion spirits industry, we operate as a "LinkedIn for Bartenders" and a "Pinterest of Cocktails," enabling unique connections between mixologists, brands, and enthusiasts. For brands, our platform amplifies awareness and augments sales via cocktail content and reviews validated by our mixologist contributors. The platform already supports over 40 brands, including Hotaling & Co and Old Harbor Distilling. Partner brands send their products to our community of mixologists, who then create and post reviews and recipes on Crafted Pour and their social media, significantly broadening the reach and impact of these brands. Our growing database hosts over 2,500 recipes from 1,000+ contributors. This authentic content is then propagated across multiple channels. These include the mixologists and Crafted Pours social media, partner e-commerce sites via our unique site plugin, and even in physical retail stores through QR codes on shelf and bottle tags. Our system ensures consumers encounter our cocktail content at critical touchpoints in their purchase journey. The Crafted Pour iPhone and Android apps offer another layer of engagement. Enthusiasts can collect and reference their favorite recipes and products, reinforcing continuous interaction with the brands. Success stories, like Dented Brick and Shadow Ridge, underline our programs efficacy, with brands witnessing exceptional additional YOY sales increases of up to 91.7%. We are expanding our network of e-commerce and retail partners. Moving forward, we plan to integrate with bars to publish their cocktail menus, offering even more opportunities for brand exposure and cross-promotion within our app. Led by a team of seasoned industry professionals, Craf

Leav is building the store automation platform for the future of retail.

district m has created a transparent and flexible programmatic ecosystem for advertisers and publishers. The company has risen to the top 10 ad exchanges in the world. Since its inception in Montreal in 2013, district m has grown exponentially, evident in the growth of its revenues, its workforce, as well as its expansion in opening offices in Toronto and New York. Since 2016, after two rounds of funding, district m has raised $20 million from two major investors - the Fonds de solidarité (FSTQ) and Investissement Québec (IQ). In addition to its many investments to grow the company, District M has accumulated various prizes and recognitions and ranks favourably in prestigious awards such as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Technology Fast 50 Canada and Fast 500 North America from Deloitte, the Top 500 Growing Companies of the Globe and Mail, and Canada’s Top 100 Employers of MediaCorp Canada.

LiftDNA was acquired by OpenX in February 2012. Please see the company profile for OpenX for more current information. Through September 2011: LiftDNA provides first party yield optimization & data management for online publishers. The Company currently optimizes in excess of 8 billion ad impressions per month, including an additional 100 million mobile ad impressions, making it one of the largest players in this space.