| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Thierry Bedos |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Oyster is the leading subscription service for books, offering readers unlimited access to over 1 million books—everything from New York Times Best Sellers and award-winners to children's titles and more. Readers can browse and discover on their own, or get expert recommendations from our editorial team. Over time, Oyster gets to know what readers like, and recommends books based on their reading habits and tastes. Oyster is available for Apple iOS, Android, Nook HD, and Kindle Fire, as well as on the web. Launched in 2013, Oyster is headquartered in New York City and is backed by Founders Fund and Highland Capital Partners.
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.
StellaService helps companies grow through better service across their stores, contact centers and ecommerce fulfillment. The company offers solutions including employee engagement tools, real-time customer feedback surveys and objective performance measurement across online and in-store channels. Together, these solutions enable companies like Walmart, Zappos and Ralph Lauren to build brand equity, increase customer advocacy and drive sales.
MeetMe® is the leading social network for meeting new people in the US and the public market leader for social discovery (NASDAQ: MEET). MeetMe makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by both advertising and virtual currency. With approximately 75 percent of traffic coming from mobile, MeetMe is fast becoming the social gathering place for the mobile generation. The company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Turkish and Korean.
Royole was founded with the mission to create the highest quality electronic applications utilizing its proprietary digital display technology. Royole develops innovative display technologies and related electronic products, and provides IP licenses, services and solutions for a variety of industries associated with display applications. Royole creates and manufacturers the most advanced flexible displays, flexible sensors and wearable consumer electronics. In 2014, Royole introduced the world`s thinnest full-color flexible displays with a thickness of 0.01 mm and a bending radius of 1 mm. In 2015, Royole began mass production of its proprietary flexible electronics at its production facility in Shenzhen China. In September 2015, Royole announced the world`s first foldable Virtual Mobile Theater. Royole has operations in Silicon Valley, USA, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. The company is led by a team of technologists from top research institutes around the globe and is backed by leading venture capitalists including IDG Capital Partners and Shenzhen Capital Group. Only three years since its inception, Royole has filed hundreds of patents and become one of the few `unicorn` start-ups in the world.