| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Marc Witzke |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
DogVacay is the largest and fastest growing online and mobile community of pet care providers. The company has over 20,000 vetted pet sitters across the U.S. and Canada. It`s a safe, convenient, and superior way to make sure your best friend is in good care while you’re away. All reservations include premium medical coverage, 24/7 customer support, and daily photo updates. Our sitters offer daycare, grooming, walking, and other services too. DogVacay has booked millions of stays and racked up hundreds of thousands of 5-star reviews. The company has raised $47 million in funding from top-tier venture capitalist firms including Benchmark and Andreessen Horowitz. We work in large, bright, dog-friendly office in the heart of Santa Monica just blocks from the beach. Our 90+ employees across Customer Care, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Operations, and Finance love playing with dogs at work every day! Our key investors include Benchmark Capital’s Bill Gurley (Uber, Zillow, GrubHub) and Foundation Capital’s Charles Moldow (Lending Club, Adroll). Founder and CEO is Aaron Hirschhorn, UCLA MBA and the first-ever DogVacay sitter. Visit www.dogvacay.com/press to read hundreds of articles by leading publications: USA Today, NBC, Huffington Post, FOX, WSJ, ABC, Forbes, New York Post, Inc, The Economist, and others.
Rubicon Project is a leading technology company automating the buying and selling of advertising. Relentless in its efforts for innovation, Rubicon Project has engineered one of the largest real-time cloud and Big Data computing systems, processing trillions of transactions within milliseconds each month. The company`s pioneering technology created a new model for the advertising industry – similar to what NASDAQ did for stock trading. Rubicon Project`s automated advertising platform is used by the world`s leading publishers and applications to transact with top brands around the globe. Founded in 2007, Rubicon Project`s mission is to keep the Internet free and open and fuel its growth by making it easy and safe to buy and sell advertising. Rubicon Project pioneered advertising automation technology to enable the world`s leading brands, content creators and application developers to trade and protect trillions of advertising requests each month and to improve the advertising experiences of consumers. Rubicon Project is a publicly traded company (NYSE: RUBI) headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Skyroam was founded in Silicon Valley by technology veterans who have identified a common point of pain among fellow business travelers: getting a fast, reliable mobile internet connection while on the road is a challenge. And when returning home, the traveler invariably receives a shockingly high roaming bill. This problem is becoming more acute as data consumption skyrockets, driven by smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and even wearables. Skyroam`s solution to this problem is Skyroam Hotspot, a global mobile hotspot that provides easy, fast, secure and affordable mobile data around the world. Skyroam Hotspot keeps you connected on the road; keeps your corporate data secure; and drives efficiency into your company’s BYOD program. The next step for Skyroam is to power the Internet of Things. By leveraging our patented virtual SIM technology, Skyroam delivers a local SIM over the air to ensure a seamless data connection around the world for your IoT application. Skyroam`s vSIM technology enables companies in the wireless ecosystem to easily deploy mobile connectivity anywhere in the world, simplifying supply chain, reducing costs, and improving service levels.
FastBridge Learning helps teachers foster greater learning outcomes with evidence-based classroom assessments in math, reading, and behavior developed by a team of nationally-renowned researchers from the University of Minnesota which provide teachers the best data and real-time feedback to inform intervention and instruction decisions that are highly targeted to the individual learner. We offer the only online system (FAST) with both Computer-Adaptive Tests and Curriculum-Based Measurements: a multi-modal, multi-source model that generates more precise data about students` strengths and weaknesses and learning growth. We offer universal screening (3-5 times per school year) to pinpoint skills strengths/weaknesses, provide a predictor of a student`s reading and math abilities, and forecast future performance on high-stakes tests. Benchmark screening is used to identify which students are on target or at risk and thus need supplemental support or intensive intervention as part of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) or Response to Intervention (RTI) program. We also offer ongoing progress monitoring to precisely measure learning growth. Our evidence-based assessments are highly efficient and accurate, so teachers spend less time testing or guessing and more time teaching.
Rubikloud is a retail intelligence platform that transforms a traditional omni-channel retailer into a modern data-driven retailer. What does this mean? Founded in 2013, Rubikloud has been quietly working with some of the world’s largest retail conglomerates and brands on revolutionizing their data capabilities. The Rubikloud platform has already processed over 20 billion in transactions from 8 countries and over 5000 stores. Rubikloud aims to help the retailer through two data transformation stages: 1) We ingest, cleanse and convert traditional data sources into the Rubikloud big data compliant format. 2) Rubikloud platform enables the retailer to deliver true promotion, product, and price personalization. Not only does Rubikloud provide the machine learning to generate the personalization campaigns, but the platform also integrates directly into the execution pieces such as the email marketing system, promotional builders, and point of sale systems. Rubikloud is based in Toronto with an industry leading team from leading open source big data contributions, machine learning disciplines, and deep retail expertise. Rubikloud has raised $8.5 million led by Horizons Ventures over the past year and is on a 200% year over year growth rate.