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Strategic Adviser and Investor
Mar 2016
Vyng has built a next-generation phone platform that visualizes every call.
Vyng is an LA-based company that transforms how conversations start on mobile by bringing emotion to the lockscreen. Vyng’s app lets users set videos as ringtones for friends, playing a fresh video on the lockscreen with every call. Vyng boasts 3 Billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2017. The company is backed by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Google Ventures partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe.
Check out this video at the 9 minute mark to see us win big $$: https://bit.ly/2PmU2fj
What We're Building
With over 5 million downloads, Vyng transforms a user’s caller ID into a video chosen by either the user or the incoming caller. The Vyng phone dialer replacement allows users to create their own Vyngtone or caller ID, or choose from a curated library of videos arranged by interest channels. The company has three current patents for its proprietary technology delivering video through calls and contextual texting.
Mobile notifications, including incoming phone calls, have long been relegated to a generic, sterile design that lacks creativity. Believing in the untapped potential of lockscreens, Vyng facilitates the quickest, most impactful way to communicate through the delivery of a video to the lockscreen of a device. Since Vyng’s launch of Vyngtones last year, it has served over three billion videos in 170 countries and is driving engagement in regions like South Asia and North Africa where smartphone adoption continues to grow rapidly.
Strategic Adviser and Shareholder
Dec 2015
FRESH BROTHERS is a premium family-style pizzeria; offering dine-in, take-out and delivery from 21 locations throughout Southern California. This popular group of fast-casual restaurants is known for serving healthier comfort food like deep dish, thin, skinny and multigrain pizzas, baked wings and chopped salads made fresh on demand. Fresh Brothers is passionate about feeding people with diverse dietary demands such as vegans, vegetarians, and those managing food allergies. Fresh Brothers has many options and can cater to carnivores and vegans, Celiacs and gluten gluttons safely utilizing a program designed by the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. The restaurant chain also is also entirely nut-free.
Current locations include Westlake Village, Calabasas, Encino, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Burbank, Manhattan Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, Redondo Beach, Newport Beach, Newport Mesa, Irvine at The Market Place, Irvine at Harvard Place, Laguna Niguel and Carmel Valley in San Diego.
Visit our website to find out more! http://www.FreshBrothers.com/
Board Member, Strategic Adviser, Investor
Nov 2015
TuneGO is powering the future of music. We empower artists and delight fans. We believe the current economic model does not work for the vast majority of creators. We believe fans demand better experiences. We’ve built the solution. We’ve invented patented technology that powers the experiences of tomorrow. We’re trusted by visionary celebrity and independent music artists and entertainment brands. We’ve come so far and we’re just getting started!
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2016
Strategic Adviser and Investor
Mar 2016
Vyng has built a next-generation phone platform that visualizes every call.
Vyng is an LA-based company that transforms how conversations start on mobile by bringing emotion to the lockscreen. Vyng’s app lets users set videos as ringtones for friends, playing a fresh video on the lockscreen with every call. Vyng boasts 3 Billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2017. The company is backed by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Google Ventures partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe.
Check out this video at the 9 minute mark to see us win big $$: https://bit.ly/2PmU2fj
What We're Building
With over 5 million downloads, Vyng transforms a user’s caller ID into a video chosen by either the user or the incoming caller. The Vyng phone dialer replacement allows users to create their own Vyngtone or caller ID, or choose from a curated library of videos arranged by interest channels. The company has three current patents for its proprietary technology delivering video through calls and contextual texting.
Mobile notifications, including incoming phone calls, have long been relegated to a generic, sterile design that lacks creativity. Believing in the untapped potential of lockscreens, Vyng facilitates the quickest, most impactful way to communicate through the delivery of a video to the lockscreen of a device. Since Vyng’s launch of Vyngtones last year, it has served over three billion videos in 170 countries and is driving engagement in regions like South Asia and North Africa where smartphone adoption continues to grow rapidly.
2015
Strategic Adviser and Shareholder
Dec 2015
FRESH BROTHERS is a premium family-style pizzeria; offering dine-in, take-out and delivery from 21 locations throughout Southern California. This popular group of fast-casual restaurants is known for serving healthier comfort food like deep dish, thin, skinny and multigrain pizzas, baked wings and chopped salads made fresh on demand. Fresh Brothers is passionate about feeding people with diverse dietary demands such as vegans, vegetarians, and those managing food allergies. Fresh Brothers has many options and can cater to carnivores and vegans, Celiacs and gluten gluttons safely utilizing a program designed by the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. The restaurant chain also is also entirely nut-free.
Current locations include Westlake Village, Calabasas, Encino, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Burbank, Manhattan Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, Redondo Beach, Newport Beach, Newport Mesa, Irvine at The Market Place, Irvine at Harvard Place, Laguna Niguel and Carmel Valley in San Diego.
Visit our website to find out more! http://www.FreshBrothers.com/
Board Member, Strategic Adviser, Investor
Nov 2015
TuneGO is powering the future of music. We empower artists and delight fans. We believe the current economic model does not work for the vast majority of creators. We believe fans demand better experiences. We’ve built the solution. We’ve invented patented technology that powers the experiences of tomorrow. We’re trusted by visionary celebrity and independent music artists and entertainment brands. We’ve come so far and we’re just getting started!
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The Goldston Group
Chairman, CEO and Founder
Nov 2013
2009
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Athletic Propulsion Labs, LLC
General Partner and Major Investor
Mar 2009
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