Greycroft is a venture capital firm that focuses on technology start-ups and investments in the Internet and mobile markets. With offices in two of the most important business hubs in the world, New York and Los Angeles Greycroft uniquely positioned to serve entrepreneurs who have chosen us as their partners. The firm leverages an extensive network of media and technology industry connections to help entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, bring their products to market, and build successful businesses.  Greycroft manages in excess of $1 billion and has made over 200 investments since its inception in leading companies including Acorns, App Annie, Bird, Botkeeper, Bright Health, Boxed, Braintree, Buddy Media, Everything But The House, Extreme Reach, Huffington Post, Icertis, JW Player, Maker Studios, Plated, Scopely, Shipt, TheRealReal, Thrive Market, Trunk Club, Venmo, WideOrbit, and Yeahka. Greycroft has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

Greycroft

StarVest Partners is a New York City-based growth equity firm with nearly two decades of experience investing in outstanding technology-enabled, business-to-business services companies, with a sector focus on Software-as-a-Service, Data & Analytics, E-Commerce Infrastructure, and Digital Marketing Services. While the firm has its roots investing at the expansion-stage, today its portfolio is primarily growth equity/late stage.

StarVest Partners

As one of the established firms in the venture industry, Grotech Ventures has built a reputation for being a collaborative, long-term partner for CEOs and entrepreneurs by aligning their definition of success with that of their partners. They initially invest between $500,000 and $5 million in high-growth technology companies, reserving significant capital for subsequent investments to support companies through their early and growth stages. They look to partner with entrepreneurs who have fresh ideas, breakthrough innovations, and unconventional approaches that will yield explosive growth. They believe that their ability to meaningfully contribute to a business’s development is just as important as the capital they invest. As such, they seek investment opportunities that offer them the chance to leverage the experience, insight, and network they have built since their inception in 1984. Their approach is personal and long-term, not institutional.

Grotech Ventures

CNF Investments, LLC (CNF) is a private investment firm with a focus on venture capital and private equity opportunities. CNF manages over $350 million in capital, with current investments in technology, healthcare, and energy, and will consider direct as well as fund investments.   CNF is an active investor that looks to partner with experienced and passionate entrepreneurs and co-investors to build great companies. CNF focuses on growth stage companies, but will consider investments in early and late stage businesses as well.  CNF conducts thorough and efficient diligence processes but focuses most of its analysis on the potential investment's management team and other key players. CNF believes that success is based on the right combination of people, experience, hard work, focus, and execution.   CNF is an affiliate of Clark Enterprises, Inc.

CNF Investments, LLC

Silicon Valley Bank works with technology, life science, cleantech, venture capital, private equity, and premium wine businesses. SVB provides industry knowledge and connections, financing, treasury management, corporate investment, and international banking services to its clients worldwide through 27 U.S. offices and seven international operations.   Banking innovative companies and exclusive wineries, Silicon Valley Bank’s diverse financial services, knowledge, global network, and world-class service increase its clients’ probability of success. Forbes Magazine ranks SVB among America’s Best Banks, and Fortune Magazine named SVB one of the Best Companies to Work For in 2012.

Silicon Valley Bank

Sigma Prime Ventures invests in early stage technology companies focusing on SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, disruptive technologies and technology-enabled service companies.   Sigma Prime Ventures primarily cover the East Coast, focusing on Boston, New York and Atlanta.  Their first-hand experience allows us to give early-stage companies both tactical and strategic guidance and access to a powerful business network.   Their team has founded or cofounded 10 companies, helped run 10 companies, and collectively been responsible for exits worth over $4.2B in companies where they were operators.

Sigma Prime Ventures

Greenspring Associates is a global investment firm that provides commingled funds and customized partnership capabilities to a diverse group of institutions and individuals in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. Through a synergistic platform, the firm invests in established and emerging venture capital fund managers, in early and growth stage venture-backed companies and in secondary venture capital fund and secondary direct investments. Currently managing over $7.3 billion of committed capital, its dedicated investment team combines broad venture fund and direct investment expertise.

Greenspring Associates

Sumeru Equity Partners is a technology-focused private equity firm, founded in 2014 by an experienced team from Silver Lake Sumeru, a $1.1 billion mid-market firm started in 2007 within Silver Lake.   Consistent with the strategy of its predecessor firm,* Sumeru Equity Partners invests in building leaders in software, technology enabled services, and hardware. SEP partners with management teams and adds value through deep sector expertise and the application of strategic and operating services.

Sumeru Equity Partners

Ceros

Ceros is a cloud-based experiential content creation platform that empowers marketers and designers to create rich, interactive content without code or traditional web development.

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Creating affordable content for the digital age

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    Ceros is a cloud-based design platform for creating and managing customer web experiences that can be embedded anywhere on the web and is compatible with most CMS platforms. The platform's features include no-code content creation tools, a content marketplace, and data asset management (DAM).  Through a series of acquisitions the firm has extended its capabilities to include solutions for gathering customer feedback across multiple channels (Markup), content team management tools (Oroson),  and an online chart-building tool (Chartblocks). The firm also has a team of 40+  consultants to provide guidance on content strategy. As of April 2022, the firm had more than 550 clients including Conde Nast, Pinterest, Terminus, Pendo, and McKinsey.
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    Co-founded by noteworthy Philanthrapist Melanie Perkins, Canva is one of the most popular web-based graphic design platforms that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, using drag-and-drop&nbsp; design tools. The platform also includes a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. In September 2021, the firm announced the launch of a video editing suite as it extends its capability into video content creation. 
    As of March 2023, the platform operated in more than 190 countries with a customer base of over 120 million monthly users including companies like Blackbird, GivingTuesday, Philadelphia Eagles, Upworthy, 
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    In April 2021, the firm raised USD 71 million in venture round funding led by Dragoneer Investment Group and T. Rowe Price. Just 5 months later, Canva raised an additional USD 200 million&nbsp; by T. Rowe Price and was valued at USD 40 billion, making it the 5th most valuable startup in the world. The firm claims to be on track to hit USD 1 billion in annualized revenue for 2021. During 2022, the firm plans to utilize its funding to double its team size from its current 2,000+ employees.
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    Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant technology that works seamlessly across multiple platforms and devices. The platform includes a grammar checker, plagiarism checker, essay checker, tone detector, style guide, snippets, analytics, and brand tones. It integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and Forbes. Grammarly serves over 30 million people and more than 30,000 teams globally. It provides suggestions in desktop applications and sites across the web, including emails and messages, documents and projects, and social media. It is a privately held company.
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    Picsart is a digital creation platform for editing photos and videos. It creates, remixes, and shares billions of visual stories using powerful and easy-to-use editing tools. Picsart’s product line comprises a photo editor, video editor, mobile apps, and business solutions. The business offers API services, platform integrations, co-marketing, and custom enterprise solutions. Some use cases include making YouTube banners, Pinterest pins, brochures, and gift certificates. Picsart serves over 150 million users and processes more than one billion edits per month. The privately held company acquired DeepCraft in 2021 and Code Republic in 2022.
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    Typeform is a no-code SaaS platform for creating customer forms, quizzes, and surveys. Typeform claims to drive more than 500 million digital interactions per year and its platform integrates with workflow and marketing campaign automation tools including  HubSpot, Calendly, Slack, and Mailchimp. The firm provides templates for use cases including marketing as well as enterprise solutions for brands to deliver customer interactions at scale. As of April 2022, brands using Typeform's tools include L'Occitane, Headspace, Hermes and Lyft.
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    In March 2022, the firm raised USD 135 million led by Sofina, and had a post-money valuation of USD 935 million. The new funding will be used for product development and to add further integrations. The firm claims to have grown its revenue by 3x since 2018 and reached an ARR of USD 70 million in 2021. 
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NLP automates the creation of personalized written media content for different use cases

For written and visual content creation AI/ML is a core part of the end result

Uses generative AI to automate the creation of personalized content across multiple media formats

Platforms that provide an all-in-one solution that covers the entire content creation process. Typically also provides consultancy services covering content strategy, design, and analytics.

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