| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
V.J. LeBlanc |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
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.
Brandwatch is a world-leading social media monitoring and analytics provider, helping more than 700 leading brands and agencies to monitor and identify key insights from the social web to make smarter business decisions. The company recently launched Vizia, a beautifully-presented multi-screen social command centre product.
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.
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.
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.