The Hub Angels Investment Group is an angel group structured as a fund, with more than 100 members acriss its five funds.  Hub invests in technology-focused businesses primarily in the Boston area.  Through 2015, the Hub portfolio includes 38 investments in companies like Zipcar (IPO), CircleLending (acquired by Virgin Money), Intelligent Bio-Systems (acquired by Qiagen), Copiun (acquired by Good Technology), and Incentive Targeting (acquired by Google).  Between its funds and members, Hub has invested more than $25 million, with co-investors adding another $250 million. The Hub Angels Investment Group was founded in March 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hub Angels Investment Group

LaunchCapital invests in entrepreneurs who build the future. It focuses on the seed and early stages of development. They plan to make significant follow-on investments in exceptional companies as they continue growing.

LaunchCapital

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.4 billion in assets under management. The firm invests in founders who are building fast-growing technology companies. It focuses on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can generate long-term value and economic growth. 500 Global collaborates with key stakeholders and provides advisory services to governments on fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems to support startups. The firm has invested in over 5,000 founders and more than 2,800 companies across 80+ countries. It has funded over 35 companies valued at more than $1 billion and over 160 companies valued at over $100 million, including those that are private, public, or have exited. The team consists of over 190 members based in more than 25 countries, with experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from leading technology companies.

500 Global

QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets. The company's collective experience has shaped our approach to investing by allowing us to quickly recognize and capitalize on key trends. Furthermore, by focusing on co-investment opportunities with leading venture capital funds and angel investors in Silicon Valley, we have unique access to very attractive companies. Successful venture capital investing is highly influenced by a network of reputable investors. QBVP aligns itself with firms that have proven their ability to source and invest in the next generation of leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and emerging markets. We bring capital along with our network of industry veterans and corporate relationships to accelerate the development of the companies in which we co-invest. We seek to partner with firms that generate the most value among VCs and back the companies that reach enterprise value of over $1 billion on a regular basis. The general partners of QBVP are industry veterans in consumer products & services, media & entertainment, and financial services. We have (i) advised tech, media, and entertainment companies in raising over $20 billion of capital at bulge bracket Wall Street firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs; Deutsche Bank) (ii) started over twenty businesses, (iii) produced and/or recorded six number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, (iv) sold over 25 million records worldwide, (v) have products in over 3,000 stores.

QueensBridge Venture Partners

Pallasite Ventures provides early-stage financing for high-growth companies across a variety of industries. It was founded by David Light and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Pallasite Ventures

We are angel investors that focus on seed stage, bridge and A round financing of a start-up's funding cycle. Although we do not have a focus on a particular vertical, there are several criteria that we do look for. An established core team. A clear monetizition and go-to-market strategy. The ability to execute. We prefer making our investments as part of a syndicate.

Kernel Capital

Walnut Venture Associates is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed, and early stage companies. The firm typically invests in information technology sectors. It typically invests in companies based in the New England area. The firm prefers to invest between $250,000 and $1 million. It seeks to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Walnut Venture Associates is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.  Walnut Venture Associates is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and investors seeking investment opportunities in seed and early-stage companies in the New England area. We are focused on information technology companies with significant technology addressing rapidly growing markets. We can commit $250,000 to $1,000,000 to a single financing. Our objective is to help talented entrepreneurs build lasting businesses of significant value and to participate as active investors.  Walnut Venture Associates can help your company by working with you to refine your business plan, to fill out the management team, to develop financing strategies, and to make key contacts for strategic partnerships. A single member of the group will normally serve on the Board of Directors of your company, but the resources of the entire group are available to you

Walnut Venture Associates

SGAN is an early stage VC fund, anchored by the multi-billion dollar Thakral group of companies. SGAN is one of the largest angel funds with investments in over 110 companies across India, Singapore and USA.

Singapore Angel Network

Stage 1 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is seeking to build partnerships with great entrepreneurs that are flexible and who want to build meaningful companies. They want to assist you with their global network of relationships as well as provide the capital you need to fuel the growth of your company. Their market focus today is in Mobile, the Executable Internet or Software as a Service (SaaS) , IPTV and Internet Video, Pay-For-Performance Marketing and Advertising, and Security.

Stage 1 Ventures

Beta Fund is an early-stage venture fund focused on emerging high-tech and biotechnology companies.

Beta Fund

DHG Communications Network BV is an independent investment company with a no nonsense mentality. Besides providing capital, they bring in their personal experience and know how. They invest smart capital in The Netherlands, USA, Singapore, India and Israël. Working closely with investment funds like Peak Capital, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures and YL Ventures.

DHG Communications Network BV

First Analysis is a leading venture capital investor. They have one of the longest records (30 years) in venture capital, having invested more than $750 million across multiple highly diversified funds. First Analysis invests mainly in the United States with a focus on our sectors of expertise: technology/software, healthcare, services, and clean-tech/chemicals. They help established companies become profitable leaders in large markets, funding growth plans and working closely with management in areas including strategy, recruitment, sales and marketing, and corporate development. Their flexible approach targets investing $3-10 million as lead investor or as a syndicate partner who brings valuable perspective to the table.

First Analysis

Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth software, marketplace, and consumer businesses shaping the 'Digital Native Economy'.  Founded in 1999, the firm has the unique distinction of having multiple funds in the top 5% on realized performance. Typical check size is $500K to $8M. Select exits include Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), BacklotCars, Tock, Ahalogy, and Teem. To learn more, visit www.originventures.com.

Origin Ventures

Square 1 Bank is a full service commercial bank dedicated exclusively to serving the financial needs of the venture capital community and entrepreneurs in all stages of growth and expansion. Square 1's expertise, focus and strong capital base provide solid support for its clients' needs. The bank offers tailored products and solutions aided by the latest in technological innovations. To serve its relationships, Square 1 has offices coast to coast in Austin, Boston, DC, Denver, Durham, New York, San Diego, Santa Monica, Seattle, and Silicon Valley.

Square 1 Bank

ViralGains

ViralGains is a marketing platform that enables brands to discover, understand and nurture new and returning customers by leveraging zero-party data via interactive ads, surveys, and audience building technology to support brand-defined strategies.

ViralGains offers “Odyssey” which is a customer journey and insights platform that enables firms to reach their target audience and send them personalized and interactive video ads across mobile web or connected tv. The platform can present interactive ad experiences to gather insights and feedback from the customer and analyze it in real-time. Using the platform’s proprietary machine learning (ML) system, firms can anticipate customer queries and automate responses to scale its advertising campaigns.&nbsp;

Using AI to automate, enhance and optimize marketing activities

Marketing Automation

ViralGains: Enabling Brands To Nurture Customers By Utilizing Zero-Party Data Via Interactive Ads

ViralGains offers “Odyssey” which is a customer journey and insights platform that enables firms to reach their target audience and send them personalized and interactive video ads across mobile web or connected tv. The platform can present interactive ad experiences to gather insights and feedback from the customer and analyze it in real-time. Using the platform’s proprietary machine learning (ML) system, firms can anticipate customer queries and automate responses to scale its advertising campaigns.&nbsp;According to the firm and its investors, a unique aspect of Odyssey is that it creates personalized video ad experiences at different points along the customer's journey, which the firm believes leads to forming more authentic connections with consumers. As per a study done by ViralGains, MAGNA, and IPG Media Lab (in January 2019), the platform claims to have helped firms double their website visits and reduce the number of wasted impressions by 59%.Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;By August 2020, ViralGains customers included around 100 of the Fortune 500 companies.

Outbrain is an algorithm-based content recommendation and discovery platform that curates native advertising content from the open web, providing personalized content for brands to increase customer engagement. Outbrain also allows content publishers to amplify its reach by supplying content to the platform. As of September 2023, customers could access 7,000+ online content sources including content by the Washington Post, Guardian, and BBC.&nbsp;Outbrain has been a pioneer in the content recommendation space and was the first to introduce an algorithm-based content recommendation in 2008. It was also the first to introduce a self-service platform for content recommendation in 2012. In May 2021, it tested “QualityRatings,” a tool that implements quality guidelines for the content featured on its platform while using machine learning and AI to create a more personalized user experience. In September 2022, the firm launched <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13122">Keystone</a>, a business optimization solution for publishers.&nbsp;Outbrain has made a series of acquisitions over the years while making enhancements to its product offerings. In November 2021, <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/6992">Outbrain acquired vi</a>, a contextual video intelligence platform for USD 55 million to grow its CTV and other display ads offerings. In August 2024, Outbrain acquired <a href="https://www.adexchanger.com/online-advertising/outbrain-acquires-teads-from-altice-for-1-billion/">Teads</a>, an SSP and video monetization company, to create an "end-to-end, full-funnel platform" by expanding into TV, video, and CTV advertising.&nbsp; Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;Outbrain’s customers include leading news media outlets such as CNN, MSN, and Sky News, serving more than a billion monthly users (by December 2022).&nbsp;&nbsp;In April 2022, Outbrain’s platform was <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9907">integrated with ID5</a> to provide a privacy-first customer identification solution.

Outbrain

Marin Software is an adTech firm offering a suite of solutions for brands looking to conduct search, social media, and ecommerce advertising. The firm’s “MarineOne” solution enables Brands to integrate their data under a single platform; coupled with machine learning tools, marketers can optimize ad spending across multiple platforms. In the case of search and social media advertising, Brands can increase their visibility across a number of search engines and social media platforms including Google, Facebook, and Apple Search Ads.&nbsp;In recent years the firm has been making enhancements to transform its Marine One Software as a complete marketing campaign management &amp; intelligence solution. In line with the firm expanded its ecommerce advertising solution capabilities by increasing the number of integrations to include Criteo’s commerce media platform and Instacart’s advertising platform. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/12159">2022</a>, the firm rolled out a number of new product and features including 1) MarinOne bidding, the firm's ad bidding marketplace, 2) MarinOne support, to enable advertisers to improve ad performance with multi-edit ad scheduling solutions, 3) social rules engine, to help automate workflows, and 4) <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/15019">Budget Optimizer</a>, an ad budget management solution. More recently, in April 2023, the firm introduced an automation tool <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17565">“MarinOne Scripts,”</a> which integrates Python scripting with its MarineOne platform, providing marketers with customized and data-driven solutions to optimize campaigns.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of October 2021, several brands from varied industries, including Nissan, American Eagle outfitters, and Harmony, use the firm’s solutions.In 2021, the firm made a number of new initiatives in 2021, including an <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/7635">integration with Amazon Ads</a> and a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/6973">partnership with CitrusAd </a>to expand the ecommerce capabilities of its platform. In January 2023, the company announced an <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16172">integration with Yahoo</a> to broaden access to programmatic ad content.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Marin Software

Founded in China, Terminus claims to have the first account-based marketing (ABM) platform that unifies the marketing and sales teams’ roles under a single platform. Terminus specializes in B2B marketing and, according to the firm, its “Terminus Data Studio” has one of the largest B2B account databases, which by September 2021, covered more than 70 million businesses. Terminus’s customer data platform (CDP) is fully integrated with its marketing automation platform, through which teams can run multi-channel targeted campaigns across many channels including email, ad networks, live chat, and the web. This can then be analyzed with Terminus’ suite of analytics and attribution tools. By September 2021, Terminus served more than 1,000 customers, including Salesloft, Foundry, and Quantum Workplace.According to a study done by Forrester (in Q2 2020), Terminus has been recognized among the ABM platform leaders.Through a series of acquisitions, Terminus has transformed into a marketing cloud platform offering a range of services. Its two latest acquisitions took place within 12 months. In November 2020, it acquired Growflare, a lead generation and account-based intelligence platform catering to B2B startups, followed by B2B CDP Zylotech in September 2021. Terminus hoped to capitalize on these to build the most comprehensive ABM platform on the market.

Terminus

Founded in France, Brevo <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/18241">(formerly Sendinblue)</a> began as an email marketing automation platform catering to small and medium-scale businesses (SMB). It has since extended its services to become an all-in-one marketing platform; the range of services found on Brevo's platform include email and SMS marketing, customer relationship management (CRM) tools, landing page creation, and Facebook ad management, among others. In November 2022, the firm launched an <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/14388">integrated meetings solution</a> that brings together scheduling, video conferencing, and payment solutions. In March 2023, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17462">unveiled “Conversations”</a> to manage customer conversations across messaging channels in one centralized location.Brevo’s platform is compared with other well-known competitors such as Mailchimp and Hubspot and is commended for its live support and fair pricing, making it a strong contender in the SMB space.&nbsp;The company has expanded its product offering through a series of acquisitions during 2021-2022. Brevo acquired three firms in September 2021 for USD 47 million: 1) Metrilo, a provider of customer analytics and marketing services for ecommerce stores, 2) Chatra, a live chat messenger app for increasing online sales, and 3) PushOwl, a customer re-engagement website that uses web-based push notifications. In March 2022, the firm <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9009">acquired MeetFox</a>, a meeting scheduling and video conferencing platform. In September 2022, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13360">acquired Yodel.io,</a> an Austrian cloud-based phone system provider, to enable additional customer touchpoints, and reduce the overall digital marketing spend for SMBs. More recently, in February 2023, the firm <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16271?industryIds=62">acquired Captain Wallet,</a> a mobile wallet marketing platform, to broaden its reach internationally. In December 2023, Brevo acquired <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24833">WonderPush and Octolis,</a> two customer interaction platforms, to expand its CRM capabilities.&nbsp;&nbsp;The firm achieved <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/15834">USD 100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)</a> at the end of 2022 while maintaining a positive EBITDA position.&nbsp;Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;The platform catered to 500,000+ customers across 180 countries as of end December 2022.

Brevo

Acquia provides a digital experience platform (DXP) to support medium to large enterprises that use Drupal, an open-source content management system (CMS) that provides the back-end infrastructure for websites and by September 2021, powered approximately 2.1% of websites on the internet. The core product offered by Acquia is a marketing cloud that provides a full suite of services to manage the customer journey. The platform features a customer data platform (CDP), unifying data across multiple sources; sales automation tools to deliver personalized marketing campaigns across multiple delivery channels; marketing campaign management tools to manage distributed marketing teams; and a content management platform to organize and monitor content.&nbsp;Having been built on the Drupal framework, which does not require any programming skills to implement, Acquia’s marketing cloud claims to be more accessible and agile than enterprise cloud solutions provided by incumbents such as Adobe and Oracle. In 2021, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report named Acquia a leader in DXP platforms, while a study done by Forrester (in July 2021) found that customers of Acquia’s DXP solutions experienced a payback on their investment in less than six months, generating an average return on investment (ROI) of 589% over three years.&nbsp;Acquia has made several investments and enhancements to its DXP platform. In January 2021, Acquia, in partnership with Commercetools and Lucidworks, launched “Acquia Digital Commerce,” a service for creating personalized digital shopping experiences for customers. The firm has also added a number of self-serve features to its CDP such as&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11422">“right to erasure”</a> to bolster the privacy and security features of its platform to cater to enterprise users. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35334">October 2024,</a> Acquia added AI capabilities to digital asset management solutions to accelerate campaign delivery.&nbsp;In September 2021, Acquia acquired Widen Enterprises, a digital asset management (DAM) and product information management (PIM) software company, for an undisclosed amount. As a result, customers can have a fully integrated experience on the platform, while the acquisition also added a further 700+ customers. In November 2023, the company acquired Monsido, a website accessibility and optimization solution from CivicPlus, to expand its platform capabilities.&nbsp;In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36365">November 2024,&nbsp;</a>Acquia acquired Monsid to expand Acquia's digital experience platform capabilities.Key customers and partnershipsBy September 2021, Acquia counted one in four Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson &amp; Johnson, Bayer, and Xerox, among its customers.&nbsp;As of September 2024, the company served more than 4,000 customers globally.&nbsp;In June 2022, Acquia&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11352">partnered with Workato</a> (enterprise-level workflow automation platform) to integrate with Acquia’s CDP to expand enterprise use of the platform. The integration added 100+ technology integrations compatible with Acquia’s marketing cloud.&nbsp;

Acquia

Firms positioned as an 'all-in-one' marketing platform,  providing a variety of functions across the MarTech stack

Startups providing platforms for planning and managing marketing campaigns.

Startups offering tools for finding and attracting potential customers with targeted ads.

Startups providing tools to automate the execution of marketing campaigns across varied channels.

Startups providing tools for gathering, cleaning, and enhancing customer data to provide deep analytics. This also includes firms offering account-based marketing (ABM) solutions to drive targeted and personalized campaigns.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for marketing

Personalization tools are mainly used in AdTech and marketing campaign automation

Marketing automation provides measurement and attribution solutions to measure marketing effectiveness

Uses GenAI to automate content creation  and personalize content for marketing campaigns

Uses AI/ML to enable marketing automation, making it a core part of many companies' products

Metaverse advertising is being explored by AdTech segments for in-game advertising

The in-game advertising segment is in development and has a niche relevance to this area

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