• Infogram

  Participated · Equity · Feb 2014

  Infogr.am provides a simple, web-based platform for creating embeddable infographics and operates as an infographic marketplace. The service offers both free and paid versions and claims about 1 million users who have created over 1.7 million infograms. Major publishers including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera and Yahoo have used the platform. Future product plans include real-time data support, Google Drive integration for live-data infographics, and a video infographic generator. The company was founded two years ago by engineers Uldis Leiterts, Raimonds Kaze and Alise Semjonova and is based in Latvia. Recent funding will support U.S. expansion via a new sales and marketing office. Infogr.am is a web-based application that enables users to create infographics without programming or design skills. The product is pitched as an online equivalent of Adobe Illustrator for creating infographics and aims to democratize high-quality data visualization. Users can craft graphical statements or arguments and then share them across social networks. Infographics created on the platform can be embedded on webpages or shared as a link or an image. The service emphasizes ease of use, likening the process to snapping a photo and sharing it. The company is based in Riga, Latvia.

• Filmaster

  Led · Seed · Jul 2011

  Filmaster is a Polish startup that develops a movie recommendation app. The company raised €191K (about $250K) from HackFwd at a valuation of €636,000 (around $1M). It intends to use the funds to further develop the product, build versions for mobile platforms beyond iOS (including Android), and expand internationally. The immediate priorities are a new version of the website and an update to the Filmaster iPhone app adding TV recommendations features. In the longer term, the co‑founders plan to create apps based on the Filmaster API targeted at different user groups. One planned project is a movie discovery game designed for iPad.

• Loved.by

  Led · Equity · Sep 2010

  Loved.by is a newly launched site that enables users to share product URLs via Twitter and Facebook and earn money when their recommendations generate affiliate revenue. Users paste a product link, add a short description, and share it via integrated accounts or a provided bookmarklet; there is also a Facebook app. Affiliate links can give up to a 15% kickback on the product price, with users keeping 75% of the affiliate revenue and Loved.by taking a 25% cut. The site aims to reward trend spotters and passionate product fans and is launching multilingual support in English, German, French and Spanish with additional languages planned. Financially, the company has secured investment from HackFwd, which took a 27% stake in exchange for €141k.

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