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ADstruc

ADstruc is helping brands and digital agencies buy Out Of Home advertising online.

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ADstruc

ADstruc is helping brands and digital agencies buy Out Of Home advertising online.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: John Laramie, Josh Warrum

CEO: John Laramie

M&A: Project X (Oct. 16)

Animoto

Animoto democratizes video creation for consumers and businesses.

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Animoto

Animoto democratizes video creation for consumers and businesses.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Brad Jefferson, Jason Hsiao, Stevie Clifton, Tom Clifton

CEO: Brad Jefferson

M&A: Redbrick (Aug. '23)

Bitly

Bitly is a Link Management Platform that offers tools, data and analytics to marketers.

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Bitly

Bitly is a Link Management Platform that offers tools, data and analytics to marketers.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: John Borthwick, Nathan Folkman

CEO: Mark Josephson

M&A: Spectrum Equity (July '17)

Bleacher Report

Bleacher Report is the leading sports culture media company.

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Bleacher Report

Bleacher Report is the leading sports culture media company.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Dave Finocchio, Alexander Freund, Bryan Goldberg, Dave Nemetz

CEO: Brian Grey

M&A: Time Warner (Aug. '12)

Blekko

Blekko offers a web search engine and social news platform that provided users with curated links for the entered search criteria.

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Blekko

Blekko offers a web search engine and social news platform that provided users with curated links for the entered search criteria.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Bryn Dole, Bob Truel, Keith Peters, Greg Lindahl, Rich Skrenta, Mike Markson

CEO: Rich Skrenta

M&A: IBM (Mar. '15)

Britely

Britely is a contextual browser plugin that allows users to save and organize their preferred web content.

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Britely

Britely is a contextual browser plugin that allows users to save and organize their preferred web content.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Justin Label, David Cowan, Johan Sundström, Ranjit Padmanabhan

CEO: Val Agostino

M&A: Groupon (Feb. '13)

Buysight

Buysight offers ShopperConnect™, an online display advertising network that provided solutions for brand and performance advertisers.

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Buysight

Buysight offers ShopperConnect™, an online display advertising network that provided solutions for brand and performance advertisers.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Navdeep Saini, Shaukat Shamim, Stanley Wong

CEO: Armin Ebrahimi

M&A: AOL (Dec. '12)

Chartbeat

Chartbeat's content intelligence platform helps media companies understand reader engagement.

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Chartbeat

Chartbeat's content intelligence platform helps media companies understand reader engagement.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Tony Haile

CEO: John Saroff

M&A: Cuadrilla Capital 2022

Circle of Moms

Circle of Moms is a parenting social network for mothers to share stories, problems, and tips of motherhood.

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Circle of Moms

Circle of Moms is a parenting social network for mothers to share stories, problems, and tips of motherhood.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Ephraim Luft, Mike Greenfield

CEO: Ephraim Luft

M&A: Sugar Inc. (Feb. '12)

Curse

Curse is a global multimedia and technology company that created content and products for gamers.

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Curse

Curse is a global multimedia and technology company that created content and products for gamers.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Hubert Thieblot

CEO: Hubert Thieblot

M&A: Twitch (Aug. '16)

DNAnexus

DNAnexus is offering a cloud-based platform providing secure, scalable and collaborative solutions for the genomics industry.

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DNAnexus

DNAnexus is offering a cloud-based platform providing secure, scalable and collaborative solutions for the genomics industry.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Andreas Sundquist, Arend Sidow, Serafim Batzoglou

CEO: Thomas Laur

Status: Active

Estately

Estately makes it easy to find and buy a home online.

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Estately

Estately makes it easy to find and buy a home online.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Galen Ward, Doug Cole

CEO: Galen Ward

M&A: NRT (Apr. '15)

Eventbrite

Eventbrite

Eventbrite is the world’s largest event technology platform.

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Eventbrite

Eventbrite is the world’s largest event technology platform.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz, Renaud Visage

CEO: Julia Hartz

IPO: NYSE:EB (Sep. '18)

FanBridge

Helping content creators grow and engage their fan audiences.

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FanBridge

Helping content creators grow and engage their fan audiences.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Noah Dinkin & Spencer Richardson

CEO: Noah Dinkin

M&A: ConvertKit (Apr. '21)

Fitbit

Fitbit

Fitbit designs products and experiences that help people lead healthier, more active lives.

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Fitbit

Fitbit designs products and experiences that help people lead healthier, more active lives.

Category: Hardware

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II, SoftTech VC III

Founded By: James Park, Eric Freidman

CEO: James Park

IPO: NYSE:FIT (Jun. '15)

FreshPlanet

FreshPlanet

FreshPlanet is a social, casual gaming company developing online games for the iPad and Facebook.

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FreshPlanet

FreshPlanet is a social, casual gaming company developing online games for the iPad and Facebook.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Mathieu Nouzareth, Romain Nouzareth

CEO: Mathieu Nouzareth

M&A: Gameloft (Dec. '18)

Friend.ly

Friend.ly is a social Q&A site allowing users to post questions on different subjects and get answers from the community.

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Friend.ly

Friend.ly is a social Q&A site allowing users to post questions on different subjects and get answers from the community.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Ed Baker, Joachim de Lombaert, Bryan Guillemette

CEO: Ed Baker

M&A: Facebook (Oct. '11)

GeoAPI

The Mixerlabs GeoAPI provides application developers with the ability to query the world.

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GeoAPI

The Mixerlabs GeoAPI provides application developers with the ability to query the world.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Othman Laraki, Elad Gil

CEO: Elad Gil

M&A: Twitter (Dec. '09)

Get Satisfaction

GetSatisfaction is a community platform that fosters online conversations about a company's products and services.

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Get Satisfaction

GetSatisfaction is a community platform that fosters online conversations about a company's products and services.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Lane Becker, Thor Muller, Jonathan Grubb, Amy Muller

CEO: Rahul Sachdev

M&A: Sprinklr (Apr. '15)

Gnip

Gnip provides social media data for customers in sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance.

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Gnip

Gnip provides social media data for customers in sectors such as social media monitoring, business intelligence, government, and finance.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Jud Valeski, Eric Marcoullier

CEO: Chris Moody

M&A: Twitter (Apr. '14)

isocket

Isocket offered an ad technology platform that is focused on buying and selling fixed price inventory.

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isocket

Isocket offered an ad technology platform that is focused on buying and selling fixed price inventory.

Category: Marketplaces

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: John Ramey

CEO: John Ramey

M&A: Rubicon Project (Nov. '14)

Mesmo

Mesmo, Inc. is the leading developer of social and mobile games.

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Mesmo

Mesmo, Inc. is the leading developer of social and mobile games.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Davin Miyoshi, Jesse Hull, Debarshi Kar

CEO: Davin Miyoshi

M&A: GSN (May '10)

Milo

Milo enables shoppers to research products online and buy locally while tracking real-time availability and price.

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Milo

Milo enables shoppers to research products online and buy locally while tracking real-time availability and price.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Jack Abraham, Ted Dziuba, John Evans

CEO: Jack Abraham

M&A: eBay (Dec. '10)

Mob.ly

Mob.ly provides advanced mobile application development services and infrastructure.

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Mob.ly

Mob.ly provides advanced mobile application development services and infrastructure.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Mihir Shah, Yishai Lerner

CEO: Mihir Shah

M&A: Groupon (May. '10)

Next Big Sound

Next Big Sound is an online music analytics platform tracking artists’ popularity and profitability across major social networks.

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Next Big Sound

Next Big Sound is an online music analytics platform tracking artists’ popularity and profitability across major social networks.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Alex White, David Hoffman, Samir Rayani

CEO: Alex White

M&A: Pandora (May. '10)

Ohloh (SourceForge)

Ohloh API helps to create applications and web services based on Open Hub data.

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Ohloh (SourceForge)

Ohloh API helps to create applications and web services based on Open Hub data.

Category: Developer Tools & Infrastructure

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Jason Allen, Scott Collison

CEO: Scott Collison

M&A: SourceForge (May. '09)

Outright

Outright is an online book keeping application for small businesses to track their income and expenses.

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Outright

Outright is an online book keeping application for small businesses to track their income and expenses.

Category: SaaS

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Kevin Reeth, Ben Curren

CEO: Steven Aldrich

M&A: GoDaddy (Jul. '12)

Reputation

Reputation.com helps large organizations monitor and manage online reviews.

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Reputation

Reputation.com helps large organizations monitor and manage online reviews.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Michael Fertik

CEO: Joe Burton

Status: Active

Rixty

Rixty through its payment platform allows users to spend money on online games, virtual worlds and other types of digital content.

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Rixty

Rixty through its payment platform allows users to spend money on online games, virtual worlds and other types of digital content.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Ted Sorom, Don Ferguson

CEO: Ted Sorom

M&A: MOL (Oct. '12)

SendGrid

SendGrid is the email service trusted by developers and marketers for time-savings, scalability, and delivery expertise.

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SendGrid

SendGrid is the email service trusted by developers and marketers for time-savings, scalability, and delivery expertise.

Category: Developer Tools & Infrastructure

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II, SoftTech VC Plus

Founded By: Isaac Saldana, Jose Lopez, Tim Jenkins

CEO: Sameer Dholakia

IPO: NYSE:SEND (Nov. '17)

SmartBiz Loans

SmartBiz(R) is the #1 online SBA marketplace for small business loans.

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SmartBiz Loans

SmartBiz(R) is the #1 online SBA marketplace for small business loans.

Category: Marketplaces

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Ryan Gilbert, Sean O'Malley

CEO: Evan Singer

Status: Active

Songkick

Songkick is the largest global concert database and music ticketing platform.

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Songkick

Songkick is the largest global concert database and music ticketing platform.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Ian Hogarth, Pete Smith, Michelle You

CEO: Matt Jones

M&A: Warner Music Group (Jul. '17)

Sportgenic

Sportgenic connects sport enthusiasts with products and information to fulfill their passion for sport.

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Sportgenic

Sportgenic connects sport enthusiasts with products and information to fulfill their passion for sport.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Robert Tas

CEO: Robert Tas

M&A: Glam Media (Jul. '10)

Stensul

Stensul is the premiere Email Creation Platform (ECP) used by enterprises and large organizations.

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Stensul

Stensul is the premiere Email Creation Platform (ECP) used by enterprises and large organizations.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Noah Dinkin

CEO: Noah Dinkin

Status: Active

StyleSeat

The online destination for beauty and wellness professionals and their clients.

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StyleSeat

The online destination for beauty and wellness professionals and their clients.

Category: Marketplaces

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Melody McCloskey, Dan Levine

CEO: Melody McCloskey

Status: Active

Tapulous

Tapulous is a developer and publisher of video games such as Tap Tap Revenge.

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Tapulous

Tapulous is a developer and publisher of video games such as Tap Tap Revenge.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Bart Decrem, Andrew Lacy

CEO: Bart Decrem

M&A: Disney (Jul. '10)

Thing Labs

Thing Labs develops web-based software that enables users to create, share, explore and enjoy content.

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Thing Labs

Thing Labs develops web-based software that enables users to create, share, explore and enjoy content.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Simeon Simeonov, Jason Shellen

CEO: Jason Shellen

M&A: Aol (Sep. '10)

Topguest

Topguest provides social loyalty and infrastructure solutions for global loyalty programs.

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Topguest

Topguest provides social loyalty and infrastructure solutions for global loyalty programs.

Category: Consumer

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Geoff Lewis, Ash Fontana, Ozan Onay

CEO: Geoff Lewis

M&A: Switchfly (Dec. '11)

VigLink

VigLink

VigLink is a platform for monetizing ordinary links to over 30,000 retailers with technology that works across sites, apps, and social networks.

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VigLink

VigLink is a platform for monetizing ordinary links to over 30,000 retailers with technology that works across sites, apps, and social networks.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Oliver Roup

CEO: Oliver Roup

M&A: Sovrn (Dec. '18)

Wildfire Interactive Inc

Wildfire is a provider of enterprise social media marketing software.

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Wildfire Interactive Inc

Wildfire is a provider of enterprise social media marketing software.

Category: B2B Applications & Services

Partner: Jeff Clavier

Fund: SoftTech VC II

Founded By: Victoria Ransom, Alain Chuard

CEO: Victoria Ransom

M&A: Google (Jul. '12)

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