| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Andreas Gal |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
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.
At Say Media we build digital magazines, we develop state-of-the-art technology, and we partner with advertisers. Our unique ecosystem for brands engages audiences and provides exceptional reader experiences. WE BUILD DIGITAL MAGAZINES We own and partner with a portfolio of influential digital magazines, including xoJane, xoVain, Fashionista, Gear Patrol, Remodelista, Honestly...WTF, Not Impossible Now, ReadWrite, LifetimeMoms, and Bio. They each have compelling, quality content and readerships that were organically grown, making them real, devoted, and hyper-engaged. WE PROVIDE AN AWARD-WINNING PUBLISHING PLATFORM CALLED TEMPEST Tempest is our next-generation publishing platform that caters to the needs of storytellers, marketers, and readers. With features like editor-friendly smart layouts, premium advertising experiences like Adaptive Ads [link to Adaptive description], and device-agnostic article pages, Tempest creates quality editorial experiences focused on driving engagement rather than inflating pageviews. WE PARTNER WITH ADVERTISERS We work with marketers to create authentic campaigns that are aligned with editorial and designed to captivate readers. Our accountable pricing models guarantee that advertisers are only charged for real consumer engagement. And we do this at scale—between our portfolio and our extended network of high-quality lifestyle sites, Say Media reaches 400 million people worldwide.
Snap Retail is a marketing technology company that creates social media and emarketing tools for independent retailers.
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.
FastBridge Learning helps teachers foster greater learning outcomes with evidence-based classroom assessments in math, reading, and behavior developed by a team of nationally-renowned researchers from the University of Minnesota which provide teachers the best data and real-time feedback to inform intervention and instruction decisions that are highly targeted to the individual learner. We offer the only online system (FAST) with both Computer-Adaptive Tests and Curriculum-Based Measurements: a multi-modal, multi-source model that generates more precise data about students` strengths and weaknesses and learning growth. We offer universal screening (3-5 times per school year) to pinpoint skills strengths/weaknesses, provide a predictor of a student`s reading and math abilities, and forecast future performance on high-stakes tests. Benchmark screening is used to identify which students are on target or at risk and thus need supplemental support or intensive intervention as part of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) or Response to Intervention (RTI) program. We also offer ongoing progress monitoring to precisely measure learning growth. Our evidence-based assessments are highly efficient and accurate, so teachers spend less time testing or guessing and more time teaching.