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InstantService (now Oracle) is an application service provider of integrated chat, email management, knowledge base and lead capture solutions - where customer service for the Internet was born. Oracle acquired InstantService/ATG in a $1 billion rollup in 2010 (now Oracle Live Help).

Powerset (now Microsoft Bing) is a search engine focused on natural language processing - it will not search based simply on keywords alone, but will try to understand the semantic meaning behind the search phrase as a whole. Microsoft acquired Powerset in 2008 for ~$100 million and is now known as the Bing Decision Engine.

Etacts (now Salesforce) is a CRM for people - it helps you keep in touch with people in your address book. SalesForce acquired Etacts in 2011.

Payz is a digital payments system offering end-to-end credit card issuing, acquisition and settlement services, including stored-value, loyalty and reward programs. From online retail purchases and reward programs points to virtual goods and credits, Payz provides a unified digital wallet platform technology that allows consumers to keep all their digital currency and credits in one account.

ClientQ bridges the gap between social media engagement and live customer care with an enterprise-class analytics, tracking and customer service platform. Using intelligent data profiling, ClientQ separates out unnecessary chatter and parses the stream of incoming social conversations, identifying global and local trends, recognizing customer service issues, and prioritizing customers who are struggling with their self-help experience.

Barterpop is an online platform that facilitates the bilateral and multilateral exchange of goods and services via trading circles. Individuals and businesses are able to use Barterpop to swap and trade, increase sales, conserve cash, move inventory, and monetize excess production capacity.

ActiveCause is an online software services platform that uses the power of game mechanics to manage and streamline the corporate-giving process, providing incentives for companies and their employees to become more socially responsible.

@activecause

CrowdFlower is the leader in enterprise crowdsourcing. CrowdFlower's technology platform offers quality-ensured crowdsourcing at massive scale. The company solves problems ranging from product categorization to business lead verification to content creation. Clients from startups to the Fortune 500 enjoy increased flexibility, faster turnaround time and cost savings.

Gobble lets you order delicious meals from the best chefs in your neighborhood. Everything is freshly prepared and available for pick-up or delivery. Whether it's authentic hungarian lamb stew, a light spring salad with avocado, grapefruit and satsuma vinaigrette, tender filet mignon in red wine sauce, or spicy tempeh chili verde with spanish rice... you'll find something to satisfy your taste buds every time

LucidChart is the missing link in online productivity suites. LucidChart allows users to create, collaborate on, and publish attractive flowcharts and other diagrams from a web browser.

Rangri, pronounced "hungry" in Portuguese, is an online food ordering service that targets urban, upper class Brazilians. With stylish design, social networking features, and a focus on the most popular restaurants in each target city, Rangri appeals to the fast-growing luxury lifestyle sector in Brazil. Rangri users pay only the cost of food and delivery. Revenue is generated from participating restaurants that pay a percentage fee on each order total. Rangri will stand out as one of Brazil's first for-profit business with a social mission at its core.

ENSO is a data-analytics business that assists hedge funds to actively manage counterparty risk and optimally finance their portfolios. By leveraging ENSO's community and platform ENSO is able to provide clients more insight into the financing markets. ENSO's tools empower funds by streamlining the delivery of actionable information in order to reduce risk and preserve returns that ultimately benefits hedge fund investors.

8coupons is the largest source for local deals and daily deals. 8coupons' network of 500,000 live, geo-targeted deals come from partners such as Valpak, Restaurant.com, Groupon, LivingSocial, plus 2,000 other sources. 8coupons aggregates deal information from just about everywhere so our users can be confident they're seeing the best deals from one place.

Wizpert is an online marketplace that makes it fun and easy to get one-on-one advice and coaching about any topic, any time. Users select their topic, and are connected for a real-time conversation with one of our Wizperts - people with experience in the selected topic. Recently launched in beta, we have hundreds of experts signed-up and taking user calls about relationships, parenting, nutrition, exercise, and even foreign languages (learn/practice).

Doochoo's mission is to be the most important massive opinion collector providing real-time tangible poll results through the Internet; a dynamic tool for knowing what people think about things that may change the world, change your next decision, or simply entertain you... while, at the same time, providing valuable data to advertisers and brands.

This way, to instantly create a strong bond between facts and opinions, proposes itself as a high interaction input/output "cloud" made of an open framework (structure and data repository) where everybody can contribute to the data content and data structure... an Entity Graph for the opinions, with a Social & Business Intelligence engine on top.

Searcheeze makes search collaboration easy. With Searcheeze you can collect any kind of web content from online search results. Collaborate with others. Share your work on your blog and social accounts.

Our experience and process bring a new lens to existing IP - accelerating the creation of fully protected commercial entities.

Exits

	InstantService (now Oracle) is an application service provider of integrated chat, email management, knowledge base and lead capture solutions - where customer service for the Internet was born. Oracle acquired InstantService/ATG in a $1 billion rollup in 2010 (now Oracle Live Help).

	Powerset (now Microsoft Bing) is a search engine focused on natural language processing - it will not search based simply on keywords alone, but will try to understand the semantic meaning behind the search phrase as a whole. Microsoft acquired Powerset in 2008 for ~$100 million and is now known as the Bing Decision Engine.

	Etacts (now Salesforce) is a CRM for people - it helps you keep in touch with people in your address book. SalesForce acquired Etacts in 2011.


Investments

	Payz is a digital payments system offering end-to-end credit card issuing, acquisition and settlement services, including stored-value, loyalty and reward programs. From online retail purchases and reward programs points to virtual goods and credits, Payz provides a unified digital wallet platform technology that allows consumers to keep all their digital currency and credits in one account.

	ClientQ bridges the gap between social media engagement and live customer care with an enterprise-class analytics, tracking and customer service platform. Using intelligent data profiling, ClientQ separates out unnecessary chatter and parses the stream of incoming social conversations, identifying global and local trends, recognizing customer service issues, and prioritizing customers who are struggling with their self-help experience.

	Barterpop is an online platform that facilitates the bilateral and multilateral exchange of goods and services via trading circles. Individuals and businesses are able to use Barterpop to swap and trade, increase sales, conserve cash, move inventory, and monetize excess production capacity.

	ActiveCause is an online software services platform that uses the power of game mechanics to manage and streamline the corporate-giving process, providing incentives for companies and their employees to become more socially responsible. @activecause

	CrowdFlower is the leader in enterprise crowdsourcing. CrowdFlower's technology platform offers quality-ensured crowdsourcing at massive scale. The company solves problems ranging from product categorization to business lead verification to content creation. Clients from startups to the Fortune 500 enjoy increased flexibility, faster turnaround time and cost savings.

	Gobble lets you order delicious meals from the best chefs in your neighborhood. Everything is freshly prepared and available for pick-up or delivery. Whether it's authentic hungarian lamb stew, a light spring salad with avocado, grapefruit and satsuma vinaigrette, tender filet mignon in red wine sauce, or spicy tempeh chili verde with spanish rice... you'll find something to satisfy your taste buds every time

	LucidChart is the missing link in online productivity suites. LucidChart allows users to create, collaborate on, and publish attractive flowcharts and other diagrams from a web browser.


Advisory / Board


	Rangri, pronounced "hungry" in Portuguese, is an online food ordering service that targets urban, upper class Brazilians. With stylish design, social networking features, and a focus on the most popular restaurants in each target city, Rangri appeals to the fast-growing luxury lifestyle sector in Brazil. Rangri users pay only the cost of food and delivery. Revenue is generated from participating restaurants that pay a percentage fee on each order total. Rangri will stand out as one of Brazil's first for-profit business with a social mission at its core.

	ENSO is a data-analytics business that assists hedge funds to actively manage counterparty risk and optimally finance their portfolios. By leveraging ENSO's community and platform ENSO is able to provide clients more insight into the financing markets. ENSO's tools empower funds by streamlining the delivery of actionable information in order to reduce risk and preserve returns that ultimately benefits hedge fund investors.

	8coupons is the largest source for local deals and daily deals. 8coupons' network of 500,000 live, geo-targeted deals come from partners such as Valpak, Restaurant.com, Groupon, LivingSocial, plus 2,000 other sources. 8coupons aggregates deal information from just about everywhere so our users can be confident they're seeing the best deals from one place.

	Wizpert is an online marketplace that makes it fun and easy to get one-on-one advice and coaching about any topic, any time. Users select their topic, and are connected for a real-time conversation with one of our Wizperts - people with experience in the selected topic. Recently launched in beta, we have hundreds of experts signed-up and taking user calls about relationships, parenting, nutrition, exercise, and even foreign languages (learn/practice).

	Doochoo's mission is to be the most important massive opinion collector providing real-time tangible poll results through the Internet; a dynamic tool for knowing what people think about things that may change the world, change your next decision, or simply entertain you... while, at the same time, providing valuable data to advertisers and brands. This way, to instantly create a strong bond between facts and opinions, proposes itself as a high interaction input/output "cloud" made of an open framework (structure and data repository) where everybody can contribute to the data content and data structure... an Entity Graph for the opinions, with a Social & Business Intelligence engine on top.

	Searcheeze makes search collaboration easy. With Searcheeze you can collect any kind of web content from online search results. Collaborate with others. Share your work on your blog and social accounts.