• Fuisz Media

  Led · Series A · Jul 2015

  Led by founder and CEO Justin Fuisz, Fuisz Media turns videos into interactive experiences that allow viewers to touch or click on objects to discover product information, branded content, links to company websites and the ability to buy items. The company works with advertising agencies and global brands including Wal‑Mart, Microsoft, Victoria’s Secret, Gillette and Target. Fuisz Media is based in Santa Monica, California and also has offices in New York and Tokyo. The company closed a $10m Series A funding round to support its business. In conjunction with the funding, Ross Levinsohn and Ian Doody, a principal at Evolution Media Capital, joined Fuisz Media’s board of directors. The articles do not disclose revenues or user metrics. Fuisz Media builds computer-vision technology that identifies and tags specific items in video, enabling interactive overlays for brands, advertisers, and publishers. The system tracks items frame-by-frame and is designed to work across multiple platforms, ad servers, and devices including desktop, mobile, and tablets. The company says it achieves a high rate of accuracy in item identification and reports unusually high click-through rates—around 20 percent or higher on some campaigns. Fuisz has signed enterprise clients including Nike, Target, and Walmart to deploy interactive video experiences. After roughly two years of development in stealth, the company has emerged publicly and is commercializing its product. Financially, Fuisz announced $2.1 million in seed funding to support its launch and growth.

• Suja Life

  Participated · Equity · Feb 2015

  Suja Juice Co. is a San Diego-based provider of cold-pressed juices and smoothies that uses High Pressure Processing (HPP) to kill harmful bacteria and preserve nutrition and taste. Launched in May 2012 by James Brennan, the company offers three handcrafted lines: Suja Classic, Suja Elements and Suja Essentials, all Certified Organic and verified Non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project. Its products are sold via SujaJuice.com, Amazon.com, and through natural and select national grocery chains. The company closed in excess of $20m in financing in mid-2015. It intends to use the funds to expand its manufacturing facility and increase production capacity. Suja Juice produces 100% organic, non-GMO verified cold-pressed juices and smoothies and sells at Whole Foods Markets, Sprouts, and select natural and grocery stores nationwide. The company offers two handcrafted lines, Suja Classic and Suja Elements, both Certified Organic and verified by the Non-GMO Project. Founded in May 2012 by CEO Jeff Church, Suja focuses on product innovation within the refrigerated juice category. The company says it will use proceeds from the investment for product innovation, distribution expansion and consumer marketing efforts. The article does not disclose revenue, users, valuation, or other financial metrics.

• theAudience

  Participated · Series A · Nov 2012

  theAudience helps celebrities navigate and monetize social media by managing their accounts and producing optimized posts. The company developed software to track post success and fan engagement, measure time-on-post, and identify optimal posting times, and it uses an "affinity cluster" approach to program content. It manages accounts for roughly 300 celebrities who collectively reach over 800 million fans and charges a monthly fee starting at around $5,000. theAudience works directly with record labels, movie marketers and promoters and partnered with the Obama campaign to create networked, shareable content. Led by acting CEO Oliver Luckett and formed in partnership by Sean Parker and Ari Emanuel, the company plans to expand its network, court sponsors and build out staff. It previously raised significant seed financing from William Morris Endeavor and has closed a $20 million Series A to support growth.

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