Participated · Series B · Aug 2017

VideoAmp offers currency-grade measurement, planning and optimization tools that combine Set-Top Box and Smart TV ACR inputs to create a large, weighted dataset for cross-screen media measurement. Its platform produces reach, frequency and attribution insights and powers an advanced media currency product intended to redefine how media is valued, bought and sold. VideoAmp reports a dataset of nearly 40 million households and more than 60 million devices in the U.S. and says it has 13 major linear and streaming publishers on board, all major media holding companies, several independent agencies and 75+ advertisers. The company says hundreds of campaigns have transacted on VideoAmp currency and it is on track to deliver billions of advertising spend in currency-guaranteed campaigns for the 2023/2024 broadcast year. Recent funding is intended to accelerate growth, expand adoption of its advanced currency and further establish VideoAmp’s category leadership. VideoAmp is headquartered in Los Angeles and New York. VideoAmp is a software and data company providing cross-platform media measurement and optimization tools that unify audiences across traditional TV, streaming video and digital platforms. Its platform leverages large-scale impression-level data and advanced data science to create a privacy-safe, unified source of truth that connects ad exposures to advertiser sales and enables cross-platform deduplicated audience views. The company reports an exponential revenue CAGR of over 100% for the last five years and positions its platform as a media currency for advertisers, agencies and media sellers. VideoAmp plans to use new capital to accelerate rollout and adoption of its platform and to scale enterprise sales, engineering, data science and client success teams. Recent milestones include currency pilots with six major advertising holding companies, a partnership with ViacomCBS to use VideoAmp as an alternative currency for TV guarantees, and official Facebook Multi-Touch Attribution Measurement Partner status. Headquartered in Los Angeles, VideoAmp is targeting a legacy $120B U.S. advertising market it says has been slow to evolve. VideoAmp provides a unified, privacy-first platform for planning, measurement, optimization and currency solutions across linear TV, streaming and digital media. Its proprietary dataset commingles ACR and set-top-box data across 28M households and integrates with multiple digital sources using privacy-safe clean-room methodologies. The platform delivers impression-level measurement, deduplicated views of advertising performance, and tools to power an alternative media currency. VideoAmp has experienced over 700% growth in the last five years and was on track to approximately double year-over-year growth in 2021. The company has been hiring senior executives (including former Trade Desk CFO Paul Ross) and plans to expand sales, client success and engineering teams. Strategic partnerships cited include OpenAP, Omnicom Media Group, NBCUniversal and dentsu. VideoAmp, based in Los Angeles, provides a software platform that enables marketers and media owners to measure how linear TV, OTT and digital video ads perform against in‑market sales prospects. The platform recommends optimizations and automates their execution to help maximize return on marketing investment. Led by Co‑Founder & CEO Ross McCray, the company serves more than 50 Fortune 500 brands as well as global holding companies, media agencies and media owners including GroupM, Essence, Tyson Foods, A+E Networks, AMC Networks and Tubi. VideoAmp raised a growth round to support scaling efforts and plans to use the funds to expand its enterprise sales by growing customer success and data science teams. The financing is intended to support increased demand from marketers, agencies and media owners. VideoAmp provides an integrated TV operating system that enables advertisers to plan, buy and measure campaigns reaching linear TV, VOD, OTT and digital audiences. Its software and data solution includes a linear suite that allows use of digital data for planning and allocation of upfront TV commitments within existing workflows. The company has structured over 41 strategic partnerships across measurement, distribution and agency partners, including Mediaocean, comScore, Nielsen, FreeWheel, Publicis Groupe, Omnicom and others. VideoAmp intends to use the new funds to expand its engineering team and to license additional first‑party data sets. The company is based in Santa Monica, CA and is led by Co‑Founder & CEO Ross McCray. After this round VideoAmp has raised $36.6M to date.

Led · Series A · Aug 2017

Inception combines proprietary technology and content formats to deliver engaging interactive VR experiences, including original programming created with publishers and rights owners. Its offerings include channels of serialized interactive content and curated third-party content delivered via an app. Launched in October 2016, Inception has apps for Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear, iOS, Android, Google Daydream and HTC Vive, with Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality and Sony PSVR coming soon. Founded in early 2016 by CEO Benny Arbel, CMO Dana Porter Rubinshtein, CCO Effi Wizen and CTO Nitzan Shenar, the company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Inception raised $15M in a Series A led by RTL Group, with participation from James Packer, Gigi Levy-Weiss and iAngels. The company intends to use the funds to expand its content catalog, enhance its technology platform and accelerate growth.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2017

Job Today offers a mobile app that replaces traditional CVs with user profiles so candidates can apply and chat with employers via an in-app messaging platform. The approach targets high-turnover service jobs and is used by hirers such as Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger and Eat. The company says it has more than 5 million registered job seekers, has delivered over 100 million candidate applications to 400,000+ predominantly small-business hirers, and has had 1M+ jobs posted. Founded in 2015, Job Today currently operates in Spain and the UK. The startup integrated with Google Jobs (launched in the UK in July 2018) and saw 101% user growth in the first month after integration. It plans to use the new funding to expand its presence in the UK and is positioning for a potential Brexit-driven increase in demand for casual labour. Job Today is a Luxembourg-based mobile app that matches blue-collar jobseekers and employers using location-based search and in-app chat. The app emphasizes speed and simplicity as an alternative to CV-style recruitment and competes with CornerJob, Jobandtalent, inploi and Gig. It currently operates in the U.K. and Spain, where it has more than 2.5 million registered users and over 200,000 registered employers. The platform processes about one million job applications per week. Job Today closed a $20 million Series B last November and has now struck a $35 million media-for-equity agreement to gain broadcast and other advertising inventory. The company plans to focus on solidifying leadership in the U.K. and Spain over the next six months and to launch in Germany later this year, using broadcaster partners to help enter additional markets. Job Today operates a mobile jobs marketplace focused on the hospitality, retail and services sectors, offering an app used by small businesses and large brands such as McDonald’s, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Subway and Holiday Inn. The platform is led by CEO Eugene Mizin and COO Polina Montano. It processes close to one million job applications every week in its primary markets of the UK and Spain. The company has raised $30m in total funding to date. Job Today intends to use the newly raised capital to continue expanding operations into the US and across major European countries. The product emphasizes rapid matching between employers and candidates via mobile-first workflows. JobToday offers a low-friction, location-based mobile app that replaces traditional CVs with brief profiles and a messaging interface to speed hiring in retail, hospitality, delivery and other service sectors. Candidates and employers create basic profiles listing key details (language skills, availability, last job) and then connect via chat, with the company pledging responses within 24 hours. The app launched in Spain in April of the prior year and is now active in major Spanish cities and newly launched in London and Paris. JobToday reports about 20,000 employers signed up, an estimated 10,000 jobs filled since launch, and two million job applications processed. It is not currently charging employers to list jobs, focusing first on marketplace scale before monetization. The company plans to use new funding to strengthen positions in existing markets and tailor its product for new cities in 2016.

Led · Equity · Dec 2016

AlloVoisins is a location-based platform that enables the exchange of local services and equipment "between neighbours." The marketplace covers categories including gardening, sports equipment, DIY, child care, cleaning, maintenance and repairs. The company was founded in 2013 by Edward Dumortier, Ronan Le Moal and Charles Cabillic. It is based in Nantes. Financially, AlloVoisins has received recent investment from Groupe RTL, raising €2.5 million in the latest round. That investment follows a €1.7 million injection by RTL one year earlier.

Led · Series B · Apr 2015

clypd, founded in 2012 by CEO Joshua Summers and based in Boston, provides a sell-side technology platform for television media owners. Its product offers workflow automation, data-enhanced decisioning and tools for media partners to manage sales efforts. The company lists clients including Cox, Discovery and Univision. clypd has raised approximately $30M in financing to date. The new capital is intended to expand resources across product development, data science, business development, engineering and marketing. Management also plans to use the funds to enter new markets, including Europe and APAC. Clypd builds a platform that lets advertisers purchase short TV commercials, offering ad slots as small as 15 seconds. The company partners with TV channels to allow them to sell 'open' airtime to smaller customers while preserving and controlling the value of that inventory, according to co-founder Joshua Summers. Over the past year the team has recruited engineers and executives from the TV industry to develop the product. Founders include the creators of WHERE, which was acquired by PayPal. Clypd recently raised $7.2 million in a Series A-1 round to advance its offering. The product aims to open traditional TV inventory to smaller advertisers through more advanced technologies. Founded in 2013 and based in Cambridge, MA, clypd operates an exchange for interactive television and video advertising. The company’s platform is designed to help agencies, publishers and ad networks drive engagement through contextually relevant ads on interactive televisions. clypd was founded by CEO Joshua Summers and Doug Hurd. Its technology focuses on matching video inventory with interactive ad formats to increase viewer engagement. The company completed a Series A financing, reflecting early-stage commercial and investor interest.