| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jonah Harris |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
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.
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.
The BizEquity solution allows professional business advisors to quickly develop accurate and comprehensive business valuation assessments for business owners. Financial advisors, accountants, business coaches, insurance agents, and bankers use BizEquity’s online solution and data to deliver greater value to their clients, generate additional revenue, enhance their professional credibility, and identify prospective clients. Customized business valuation reports, access to data on millions of privately-owned businesses, and expert support help professional advisors to effectively leverage the BizEquity solution to enhance their practice. The BizEquity solution is more comprehensive than simple business valuation calculators that rely only on tax return data or “rules of thumb.” And in contrast to reports prepared by business valuation specialty firms, assessments can be prepared more quickly, less expensively, and more transparently. Developed and supported by experts with first-hand experience, BizEquity is working with more than 300 leading professional advisory firms in the US, Europe, and Asia.
WebSafety, Inc. is the leading provider of mobile phone software solutions that notify parents and employers of cyberbullying, explicit or degrading texting, and suspicious or unlawful online behavior and prevents distracted driving by disabling the cell phone's ability to text, email or browse the web in a moving vehicle. With the rise of smart phones and tablets, and the expansion of social networks,we have developed tools to give parents visibilities into their child’s daily activities via mobile devices and computers. The mobile software application supports devices using Android operating systems and operates on all four of the major wireless carriers in the United States and the three major wireless carriers in Canada.
Boomerang Commerce enables omni-channel retailers to maximize revenue and margin growth while remaining competitive. Our SaaS based software rapidly analyzes, tests and deploys smart pricing strategies at scale for millions of products including private label. Led by veterans from Amazon, Adobe and McKinsey, Boomerang uses advanced machine learning and real-time data analytics to drive strategic pricing decisions. Top 100 omni-channel retailers such as Staples, OfficeDepot and web-only retailers such as Groupon Goods are using Boomerang today and realize $40M in incremental revenue and $9M in incremental margins for every $1B in revenue they run through our platform. Boomerang is named a Gartner Cool Vendor for Digital Commerce 2015 and one of the Top 50 Big Data companies in the world.