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WePay started with a simple idea: an app that made it easy for friends to pool money for shared expenses like ski trips and club activities. Yet that simple idea wasn`t so simple to execute. It was 2008, and no payments system could easily and safely pool money from groups of people to pay out to others. So we built one. The team spent nearly two years negotiating contracts, dealing with regulators, and wrestling with bank integrations. We developed easy sign-up and frictionless checkout experiences. We also built one of the most advanced fraud detections systems around so we wouldn`t lose our shirts. And it worked. WePay started to get traction. There was just one problem.
We started SlickLogin because security measures had become overly complicated and annoying. Our friends thought we were insane, but we knew we could do better. So we set out to improve security while still making it simple for people to log in. Today we`re announcing that the SlickLogin team is joining Google, a company that shares our core beliefs that logging in should be easy instead of frustrating, and authentication should be effective without getting in the way. Google was the first company to offer 2-step verification to everyone, for free - and they're working on some great ideas that will make the internet safer for everyone. We couldn`t be more excited to join their efforts.
OptionsCity is a financial technology company founded in 2006 by three Chicago software professionals and friends who shared the same passion and vision for technology and options trading. Together, Hazem Dawani, Rudy Fasouliotis, and Victor Glava created a powerful, intuitive, and reliable product that would change the way traders conducted business. The founders brought their experience and drive from previous leading roles at a successful Chicago options trading company.
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.
In 2003, the Glam Media founders had a vision that was simple and revolutionary - that people will be the filters for all content and commerce for consumers. Glam pioneered the next generation media model by connecting vertical social media and brand advertisers with targeted vertical audiences online. Since its launch in 2005, it has grown to reach more than 280 million monthly unique visitors globally - and is #1 for lifestyle, #1 for women and a Top 10 US Web Property as measured by comScore. Glam has more than 4,500 premium content creators organized across multiple verticals online including Glam.com for style, entertainment & home; Brash.com for men, Bliss.com for health & wellness, Foodie for Food and Tend for Parenting. In 2011 it bought the social media pioneer Ning, which has over 100,000 social networks with a professional monthly subscription business. Glam is a technology driven media company with one of the largest brand ad platforms - Glam Adapt for premium display, rich media, social, mobile and video making it the 9th largest publisher in the US as measured by comScore. Glam Media is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Brisbane, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Pune and Mumbai.