| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Thierry Bedos |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Lycos was founded as one of the first search engines. In stride with the changing Internet, Lycos has gone through propitious transformations, acquiring Gamesville.com, Tripod.com, and Angelfire.com, to build the established network that it is today.
Spark Networks SE is a leading global dating company with a widening portfolio of premium & freemium apps. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange American under the ticker symbol `LOV`, the company was formed in 2017 following the merger between Berlin-based Affinitas GmbH and US-based Spark Networks Inc. From small start-up to the world`s 2nd largest publicly listed dating company with over one million monthly paying subscribers, Spark`s success story is nothing short of remarkable. Building relationships is at the heart of what we do. This isn`t just about helping our millions of users find love – it also extends to how we treat each other. The proof? Every year we run an Employee Satisfaction Survey, and over 90% of employees say that Spark Networks has a `great working atmosphere`. We know that strong innovation comes from diverse ideas, and one of our greatest assets is that we have around 250 employees representing over 50 nationalities, from New Zealand to America and everywhere in between. When we hire we look for proactive `doers`, clear communicators, results-focused achievers, entrepreneurial thinkers and active team players.
Appboy empowers mobile marketers to build better relationships with their customers. We`re a team of 120+ based in New York. We built the world`s best intelligent CRM so marketers can connect human-to-human, at scale, with their customers, driving deep engagement and ROI. The center of our platform is the holistic user profile that offers a single view of the customer. Our robust audience segmentation and advanced multi-channel messaging allow brands to use the data from those user profiles to create and automate highly personalized marketing campaigns, and build meaningful dialogues with their audiences across devices and channels at scale. Thousands of global marketers use Appboy to power over a billion user profiles worldwide. We help brands like Dominos, Etsy, iHeartMedia, PicsArt, Soundcloud, and Urban Outfitters to better engage, retain, and monetize their customers. Appboy is venture funded.
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.
We started Narrative Science in order to solve a big problem—giving people a fast and simple way to understand data. While companies have invested billions sourcing and aggregating data, spreadsheets and dashboards as mechanisms to understand data simply aren’t cutting it. People want the stories the data supports—about their operations, about their business, about their life. And, what better way to tell stories than through language? That`s why we are focused on creating exceptional software, starting with our Artificial Intelligence platform, Quill, that transforms data into meaningful and insightful narratives people can simply read. Quill enables organizations to spend less time crunching numbers and more time providing their employees and customers with actionable information that, ultimately, makes them smarter.