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Insperity
Insperity, a trusted advisor to America’s best businesses since 1986, provides an array of human resources and business solutions designed to help improve business performance. Insperity provides high-performance HR and business solutions to help companies run better, grow faster and make more money. insperity.com
Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy
crowleystrategy.com
Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy is a boutique transactional firm specializing in providing corporate counsel to emerging technology companies. Whether you are a startup looking for your first customer or a public company with hundreds of employees, we understand the unique challenges facing your business and are committed to providing the strategic advice and legal expertise you need to get you over the finish line.
Knobbe Martens
knobbe.com
Knobbe Martens is one of America’s largest Intellectual Property and technology law firms — a team of smart, aggressive attorneys, scientists and technical experts committed to promoting and protecting innovation.
Moss Adams
mossadams.com
Nationwide, Moss Adams and its affiliates provide insight and expertise integral to the success of organizations across the globe. A leader in assurance, tax, consulting, risk management, transaction and private client services, Moss Adams has a staff of over 2,000 that includes more than 250 partners. We focus on serving public, private, and not-for-profit enterprises across the nation through specialized industry and service teams.
Invest BC
britishcolumbia.ca/invest
Trade and Invest B.C. works with international enterprises to help them build strong links to the resources, skills and businesses that make British Columbia an attractive place to work and invest.
PWC
pwc.com
PwC provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 140,000 people in 149 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. PwC is the service provider of choice to venture capital and private equity firms around the world. While we are known for providing specialized tax and assurance services to clients, we also recognize that venture capitalists succeed only when their portfolio succeeds. Consequently, our approach to serving venture capital and private equity clients is oriented around helping portfolio companies turn their visions into reality. In that regard, PwC has helped countless start-up companies develop their business plans, secure financing, execute their strategy, build value and create wealth through IPOs, merger transactions and other liquidity events.
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP
stubbsalderton.com
We are a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, entertainment, intellectual property, brand protection and business litigation practice groups focusing on the representation of, among others, venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. Our Firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, video game, apparel and medical device sectors. Our mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of our Firm.
Troy Gould, PC
troygould.com
Since 1970, TroyGould has been a nationally and internationally recognized law firm for business. We’ve built an innovative mid-size firm that understands what is important to business leaders and how to deliver it. We represent many public as well as privately held companies that range from start-ups to middle-market and “Fortune 500” companies. Our clients also include lenders, investors and senior corporate executives.
DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a market leader in emerging growth and venture capital, with 200 lawyers in the US and 400 around the world who specifically serve entrepreneurs, technology companies and venture funds. With nearly 80 offices in over 30 countries, DLA Piper is strategically positioned to effectively represent companies going global and venture capital clients investing abroad. In the US, DLA Piper offers extensive geographic coverage with experienced practitioners in all major emerging growth and venture capital markets. Our experience has helped DLA Piper consistently earn recognition as a global leader based on the volume of M&A and venture capital deals completed. DLA Piper’s rankings in 2015 in mergermarket, Pitchbook and Global Corporate Venturing solidify its position as a global leader in the representation of emerging companies and their investors. dlapiper.com
Stradling
sycr.com
Originally founded in 1975 in Newport Beach to represent Southern California’s most innovative emerging growth companies, Stradling is known today as a leading fullservice law firm with 150 attorneys in 10 offices west of the Rockies. The Stradling—Santa Monica office focuses primarily on institutional M&A and investment, debt finance, venture capital, litigation and bankruptcy. Stradling’s size, structure and culture allow it to provide big-firm representation with small-firm flexibility, responsiveness and pricing. For more information, visit www.sycr.com.
Square 1 Bank
square1bank.com
Square 1 Bank is a division of Pacific Western Bank, a Los Angeles-based commercial bank with over $21 billion in assets. A full service financial services partner to entrepreneurs and their investors, Square 1 provides clients flexible resources and attentive service to help their companies grow. Square 1 offers a broad range of venture debt, treasury and cash management solutions through offices in top innovation centers: Atlanta, Austin, the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Durham, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC. Pacific Western Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW). For more information, visit www.square1bank.com.
VC INVESTORS
Accordant Ventures
Rich Abronson
Noname Ventures
Taylor Adams
Angel Investor
Brian Allman
Make in LA
Shaun Arora
Quake VC
Arnaud Auvray
Autochrome Ventures
Vaughn Blake
Tech Coast Angels
Steven Borochoff
Tech Coast Angels
Jim Brandt
Angel Investor
Jeff Chuang
Hollywood Portfolio
Mariana Danilovic
Kairos Ventures
Jim Demetriades
Kairos Ventures
Nancy Demetriades
The VR Fund
Marco DeMiroz
Alacrity Foundation
Richard Egli
Venture Fuel
AllieFeinstein
Interstate VC
Frank Grant
Keiretsu Forum
Connie Harrell
DPH Ventures
Daniel P. Harris
Pasadena Angels
Kevin Herzberg
OCV Partners
Nick Hunter
Fusionlabs
Guy Katsovich
Bravos capital
Jeff Kendig
Morpheus Ventures
Howard Ko
Arroyo Ventures
Kim Kovacs
March Capital Partners
Riley Kovatch
Angel Investor
Asher Leids
Infinio Capital
Eric Lin
Deshe Inc.
Zohar Loshitzer
Plug and Play
Alex Mojtahedi
Moore Venture Partners
Terry Moore
HotB Software
Sergio Munoz
Angel Investor
Victor Nikonets
Toronto Stock Exchange
Delilah Panio
Switchboard Fund
Dan Stefanis
Pasadena Angels
Anthony Valencia
Fusionlabs
Yair Vardi
Anthem Venture Partners
Samit Varma
Infini Ventures labs
Darius Vasefi
Stage Venture Partners
Rob Vickery
Pasadena Angels
Chris Wadden
Okapi VC
John Waller
Sway VC
Dylan Weening
Plug and Play
Vanessa Yang
PARTICIPATING STARTUP COMPANIES
UNOMI
HaloLoop
Checkplis
Screen Door Labs
StarMetrics
GlyTR Therapeutics
Payclub
Sidewalk
Yin and Yang Living
Duro Labs
VineOnBrick Inc
Embershot
RankLogic, Inc.
axle ai, Inc.
Gazingle
Ballsy
Sloane & Tate
Kitterly
Canvass Labs
Natural Wonders Technology
Divvy Up, Inc.
Doc2Doc Connect
Tigerflo Global Payments, Inc.
Classtime
Psync
Edoughble LLC
Rivet Anomalytics
Zuzor
WorkDone Inc.
MPMI Solutions, Inc.
CrossRoads Pharmaceuticals
SlideCatcher
Autum
SaaSquatch
WorkPatterns
ZAM Helmets
Magnify Progress
Xiara
Coozie Gear
Nerib
Soft Health Technologies
CBio
Capsul
Pani Energy Inc.
AWEARE
AsterionDB Inc.
MotiSpark
CellOnyx
The Change You Want To See
Shipsi
Surf
EV Safe Charge Inc.
optima curis inc
Echosec
Life Beat
Best Food Trucks
ReBLDing LLC
Aperture
Magnify
Matnik Holdings Inc.
Nature’s Dream Inc (aka Cannacopia)
FamiLeague, Inc.
EVVEMI
FitTrace
GW Apps
Tapp That App
WhosUp
Shopping Knight
Spark Console
Emerj
Eloops
Rentmania, Inc
Legally
Cayuga Biotech, Inc.
Classic Stills
Farm Dog
MAKEiT, Inc.
Gigmor
UNOMI
getunomi.com
UNOMI is a SaaS for animators and video game developers. UNOMI leverages advanced, patent-pending voice recognition and motion capture technology that automates a lot of the most time-consuming aspects of animation production. Our voice recognition software understands human speech in multiple languages. This allows animators to easily create the speech of multiple 2D and 3D animated characters and for some, UNOMI gives them the ability to create content on a daily basis. UNOMI’s motion capture software will give content creators the ability to easily track human movement within their home or studio, which will eliminate the need to rent expensive motion capture studio space and equipment. Large-scale animation studios will be able to drastically reduce costs allowing them to create more content in a significantly shorter amount of time. UNOMI will also be releasing an Augmented Reality and VR, 3D object plugin for Adobe software which will allow users to easily implement and animate 3D objects quickly and easily. Each UNOMI software will be intuitive, which will eliminate a learning curve for most users.
Yin and Yang Living
yinandyangliving.com
Yin and Yang Living is an online resource that provides holistic and spiritual living tips for your mind, body and soul. It will launch its e-store in Sept. 2018 (yinandyangliving. com/shop) based on its blog, yinandyangliving.com. With no marketing Yin & Yang Living has 130,000 YouTube subscribers.
Screen Door Labs
screendoorlabs.com
Screen Door Labs created ARescue, an Augmented Reality team communication software for “boots on the ground”. Built for first responders, the system organizes and displays data onto AR glasses. First responders have access to 2D and 3D maps, as well as geotags and video feeds from drone operators and other responders. ARescue allows first responders to work safer, respond faster, and communicate better as a team.
HaloLoop
haloloop.com
HaloLoop is an interfaith marketplace where people and organizations can stream religious services, receive donations, and inspire lives.
GlyTR Therapeutics
glytrtherapeutics.com
Cancer immunotherapy provides unprecedented new approaches for cancer treatment. Bi-specific antibodies (eg BiTE) and engineered CAR T show the greatest activity, with complete response rates as high as ~90% in B cell malignancies. However, applying these two therapeutic approaches to the vast majority of cancer types is greatly restricted by 1) the lack of cancer specific protein antigens and 2) development time and costs associated with generating unique therapeutics for each cancer indication. GlyTR (pronounced ʻglitter’) Therapeutics is a disruptive immunotherapy platform technology that overcomes these shortcomings by targeting Tumor associated carbohydrate antigens (TACA’s). TACA’s are the most abundant and widely expressed cell surface cancer antigens known. A single GlyTR therapeutic is capable of killing a wide diversity of solid and blood cancers, from leukemia to breast cancer. GlyTR platform technology can generate multiple distinct bi-specific proteins and/or CAR T cells that target different TACA’s expressed in the vast majority of blood and solid cancers. GlyTR Therapeutics is following a proven developmental model for bi-specific and CAR T cells that has led to significant exits: KiTE Pharma’s and Juno Therapeutics CAR T technologies were recently bought for ~$12B (Gilead) and ~$9B (Celgene), respectively.
StarMetrics
starmetrics.com
StarMetrics is an entertainment analytics platform and suite of tools designed to make the casting, financing and forecasting process easier for content creators. With StarMetrics, creators can easily understand and identify actors, directors and other talent across many data points, such as international value, social media reach, or box office impact. In an increasingly global and complex entertainment marketplace, StarMetrics provides instant and up to the minute intelligence and analytics to creators.
Checkplis
checkplis.com
Checkplis is a mobile app integrated into restaurants, bars, and clubs POS systems so customers can pay, tip and split the check from their phones. Think Venmo to pay restaurants.
Duro Labs
durolabs.co
Duro provides cloud-based SaaS software to help hardware companies manage the design and manufacturing of their custom hardware products. Duro’s workflow management solution is as simple to use as a spreadsheet, but integrates automated data entry and validation to enforce hardware product development industry standards and best practices.
MPMI Solutions, Inc.
MPMI Solutions is a technology company that develops and provides solutions in the world of data transfer, synchronization and transformation. #1 product in the market is GatewaySync, a data transfer and synchronization software application. •Move data quickly, securely and effortlessly anywhere in the world. •Think Dropbox, but without limitations or issues of the cloud. But different than Dropbox, GatewaySync automatically and instantly transfers and syncs data point-to-point without any uploading or downloading in the cloud, and without any limits for file sizes or number of people to sync with. •Super simple to install and use, runs in the background on your computer or device. •Unlimited: data file sizes, number of folders/files, number of people/devices to connect/sync with. •Perfect for all industries and market verticals, from consumers to small business to large enterprise. We have other technology solutions in the market, and are in active development on future products. Our current products do what they do better than anything in the market, they are best in class, and are low cost to the customer. Success so far in the enterprise market with A-list media and entertainment companies. Customers and pipeline include: Disney, MLB Network, Amazon, Jim Henson Company (Muppets), Paramount Pictures and many others. •Within Disney, GatewaySync is used daily be every ABC Television station around the country. Significant expansion of the product further within Disney organization is underway. Very Large Market Opportunity •In addition to enterprise, GatewaySync’s opportunity is in the consumer and small business markets, where Dropbox and Box are the only major players. • Box’s CEO stated earlier this year that these two companies operate in a $40B to $50B market. Yet, currently Box and Dropbox combined only have less than $2B share. Financial Themes •EBITDA positive YTD 2018 •Recurring revenue model •High margin business. Gross margins 70+% and EBITDA margins 40+% •Low CapEx needs •Low fixed costs. Experienced management team of 7 key executives, each with 20+ years of technology, emerging company and financial management experience. MPMI Solutions is currently seeking capital for growth. Only friends & family & founder money raised to date.
WorkDone Inc.
workdone.ai
WorkDone is an AI Digital Workforce Platform which enables organizations to seamlessly automate business processes between major SaaS platforms (SAP, Office 365, Salesforce, NetSuite, etc.) with no user training or programming required. Our patent-pending technology, Expertise Capture™, uses machine learning to train WorkDone Agents to complete repetitive back office tasks so humans can do higher value work. WorkDone Agents interoperate to create systems of intelligence that preserve the corporate memory so that no institutional knowledge is lost when an employee retires or leaves the company.
Pani Energy Inc.
Pani Energy is recognized as one of the “Top 5 Most Disruptive Water Technologies”, by industry leaders at the Global Water Summit in Paris of 2018. Pani Energy is a spin-off company from the University of Victoria developing and commercializing a complete suite of technologies (through proprietary software and off-the shelf hardware with patent-pending system design and operation) that reduce the operational cost of water treatment. Pani works with plant owners/operators and suppliers with a subscription based licensing model and extremely low up-front capital requirement from the client, reducing the entry barrier and allowing wide spread adoption in the initial years. Although determined on a plant-to-plant basis, Pani Energy’s technologies have the potential to generate savings in the order of 5-40% annually.
Pani’s beachhead market is the desalination industry where it is currently engaged in paid pilots with Fortune 500 clients in India. Pani is excited to bring Artificial Intelligence to the industry and is continuously developing features to enhance its core offerings in an industry where such powerful computational technologies have never been commercialized until now. Pani believes in disruptive improvement with a non-disruptive adoption from the end-user. Pani will continue to iterate on its business models and on-boarding techniques to meet the needs of a growing 600-700 billion dollar water market. panienergy.com
Magnify Progress
magnifyprogress.com
Magnify Progress is an activism app aimed at increasing social and political engagement by harnessing social networks. By utilizing user’s social networks, and personalizing content per user, Magnify Progress can deeply engage users within the platform.
Zuzor
zuzor.co
Zuzor provides a computer system add-on for digital displays providing motion and gesture activated interactive advertisement and experiential content. With custom design and online content management service, our system offers a more engaging experience that leads to a higher frequency and longer user engagement and interaction, providing an opportunity to enhance brands and monitor revenue across multiple deployment locations. The technology is sold through value-added resellers that install and manage it for their clientele. The main application of the technology is for Location-Based Businesses and Brands looking to better attract and engage their customers such as hotels | casinos | nightclubs | live performances experiential marketing agencies | airports | event planners | houses of worship | family entertainment centers | retail | conferences and tradeshows. To see learn more visit https://zuzor.co/case-studies/
Embershot
embershot.com
Embershot is an identity based content delivery platform. The identity of a viewer is either set or disclosed to the owner of the content. This results in two applications. The first is video distribution platform where content owners have the identity of every viewer and can reach them directly via email or mobile. The second is a file sharing service where content can be locked to certain identities and only viewable by them. We have clients and revenue. We are looking for funds to build out a proper team.
Payclub
payclub.co
Payclub is building a next-generation payment platform to help groups of all sizes manage money together. Payclub empowers you to create a group for any reason, each with its own unique digital wallet and debit card, providing transparency and accountability to an otherwise hidden and isolated payment experience. Payclub is revolutionizing the expanding $330 Billion experience economy with the financial tools necessary for the highly sought after Gen-Z market with 100x lower acquisitioncost than a traditional bank. The team is led by C-Level domain expertise in FinTech and consumer platforms with prior acquisitions from Acorns, ZestFinance, & JusCollege.
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Sloane & Tate
sloaneandtate.com
Sloane & Tate is a Los Angeles based rebel underwear brand. We are the #1 underwear line for rule breakers, outside of the box thinkers, and those who don’t follow the crowd. Sloane & Tate is not only your first layer, it is an act of selfexpression for those who want to go out and create what they imagine and believe is possible.
Autum
Autum helps consumers take control of data on what media they watch or are interested in and creates an exchange where businesses can compensate consumers directly for access to their data insights. This creates a virtuous cycle where both sides benefit from better data. autum.com
Sidewalk
Sidewalk is an end-to-end platform for residential real estate.
sidewalk.ai
RankLogic, Inc.
rankipedia.com
Artificially-intelligent, big-data, rating/ranking system that cannot be “gamed”; nor can someone “buy their way to the top”. Connects professionals and consumers based entirely on merit and value allowing professionals with any sized marketing budget to compete fairly while consumers finally can locate products, services and providers by exactly what they need.
axle ai, Inc.
axle.ai
axle ai makes software that helps media teams search, tag and collaborate with their video files. We are bootstrapped and have had double-digit growth every year since our founding and were cash flow positive in 2017 and the first half of 2018; we are on track for $1.1m in revenue for 2018. We have over 500 customers including NBCU, WB (Ellen Show), Paramount, PWC, Harvard U, Madison Square Garden, Reebok and REI. We recently received our first institutional funding, from Quake Venture Capital, and are in the process of raising a $1.5m round in October and November.
Gazingle
gazingle.com
Gazingle is a SaaS CRM and Project Management system that is designed for the people that manage their business mainly outside of the office, or on-the-go. The uniqueness of Gazingle is that its not only managing your leads, clients and contacts, but it gives you insights about your business and coaches you to make factual based decisions and grow without the need of spending fortune on business coaching management skills and resources.
VineOnBrick Inc
VineOnBrick is a building industry platform with online escrow for small construction projects and accompanying project management tools. It is made for homeowners and professionals in the building industry – architects, designers engineers, builders, real estate agents, vendors….It helps them take control of their projects. vineonbrick.com
Natural Wonders Technology
Zero shock Aquarium strollers and car transports.
naturalwonderstech.com
Divvy Up, Inc.
divvyupnow.com
Planning a trip with your friends? Heading to a concert? Put in charge of that bachelorette party? With Divvy, you can start saving money TOGETHER with friends, holding each other accountable, monitoring your progress and meeting your goal effortlessly! Divvy is the first social-saving app designed to help people do more financially together. Whether you ask for a gift for your birthday or honeymoon fund or offer support to a friend in need, whether you’re saving for a goal that’s all your own or an experience shared with friends, Divvy helps you reach the untapped financial support of your existing community to get further together.
Nerib
nerib.io
Getting basic computer vision algorithms to run is anything but basic. We take the pain out of running any algorithm in our online marketplace.
Kitterly
kitterly.com
Kitterly is a one stop shopping solution for crafters, where we eliminate the time wasted and hassle that comes with searching for your next project. We have a curated, boutique like experience for our busy working professionals that live to create but don’t have the time to hunt for supplies. We are backed by Wavemaker Partners, BAM Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the ACE Fund. Kitterly is a Batch 16 graduate of 500 Startups.
Canvass Labs
canvasslabs.com
Canvass Labs was formed in 2017 with the goal of building an Open Source Software (OSS) scanning and management solution better than those currently in the market by leveraging machine learning, natural language processing and artificial intelligence. The Company’s long term vision is to create a robust big data and AI foundation and build a comprehensive suite of OSS security and management tools on top that will contribute to a sustainable OSS ecosystem.
Psync
theIndustryTherapist.com
Psync is an online marketplace for mental health that is taking the space to the next level, incorporating the power of the crowd and a comprehensive and unique approach to healing mental health issues.
Edoughble LLC
edoughble.com
In sunny Los Angeles, California we’re on a mission to craft the best cookie dough you’ve ever tasted, and best of all, we make it safe-to-eat. Each of our one-of-a-kind, edible cookie dough flavors is dreamt up and perfectly handcrafted by Founder, Mother and trained Pastry Chef, Rana, with premium, all-natural and non-GMO ingredients. Uniquely, Edoughble uses no egg, no chemical leaveners, and heattreated flour to ensure our product is 100% safe for the consumer to enjoy.
Classtime
classtime.com
Classtime is a solution for classrooms that complements in-class teaching with immediate feedback on students’ level of understanding.
Doc2Doc Connect
Doc2DocConnect.com
Doc2Doc Connect is a peer to peer marketplace enabling the 20 million professionals in the healthcare community to share resources. Healthcare has no centralized method for communicating and addressing unmet needs. We connect users to opportunities for office space and jobs, plus facilitating equipment sharing and sales. Companies of all types intersect in our one-stop marketplace for healthcare practitioners.
Rivet Anomalytics
Rivet Anomalytics is building software to find and manage corrosion problems in bridges, chemical plants, and port facilities. Specifically, we’re building a 3D geographic information system (GIS) that finds problems using computer vision and needs only a bunch of pictures to get started. Using just pictures, we help engineers eliminate maintenance surprises, collaborate better remotely, and make regulatory inspection and reporting a cinch!
Tigerflo Global Payments, Inc.
tigerflo.com
Tigerflo is a financial technology startup focused on saving money and simplifying cross-border payments for small-to-medium size businesses.
Xiara
xiara.io
Xiara is an operations platform that helps corporate information security teams avoid the operational errors that contribute to billions of dollars being lost every year. Through its unique data architecture and intuitive system map, Xiara enables analysts to easily understand the type and location of the threat that has been detectedwhether the analyst is highly experienced or a new employee. This enables teams to spend their time responding to threats, rather than interpreting alerts.
WorkPatterns
WorkPatterns.ai
WorkPatterns automatically collects email, calendar and chat metadata, and provides AI-driven actionable insights on individual and team dynamics that help HR/Sales/ Engineering managers improve organizational performance.
SlideCatcher
slidecatcher.com
SlideCatcher is a subscription based SaaS platform that broadcasts your slides to all devices and enhances your presentation with greater engagement. We enable the presenter and the audience to interact efficiently, allowing participants to receive more information and better absorb the material. SlideCatcher connects the presenter with the audience on an individual level, maximizes the outcome and makes the presentation last.
AWEARE
awearetech.com
AWEARE is developing a super-resolution automotive radar to prevent autonomous vehicles from running into things. Current radar technology is not sufficient to allow for TL4 & TL5 automation, ours will.
FamiLeague, Inc.
famileague.com
FamiLeague is a leading, family-focused digital media company, uniquely intersecting content, technology and play via its mobile application and OTT platform offerings.
Emerj
emerj-work.com
Emerj helps companies increase productivity, reduce turnover and maximize employee ROI by connecting people within organizations to share knowledge and provide mentorship. Three key components of the platform: 1) Revolutionary on-demand mentorship model powered by NLP and machine learning 2) White-label, cloudbased SaaS solution. 3) Designed to maximize employee retention and increase productivity. Emerj has raised a pre-seed from investors in Israel and the US and is working with Fortune 500 companies as clients.
ZAM Helmets
zamhelmets.com
ZAM addresses the long standing issue of fit, safety and performance in foam helmets with our personalized 3D printed helmets. We’re working with the SJ Sharks to launch our hockey offering as our first step to dominating the $17B helmet market.
Coozie Gear
cooziegear.com
Coozie Gear is transforming the outdoor industry by eliminating the need to ever own outdoor gear again. Coozie Gear allows customers to book premium outdoor gear and have that gear delivered and picked up at their door via courier. There’s no longer a need to spend hundreds of dollars buying gear, use coveted closet space to store gear or waste time maintaining gear. Coozie Gear is the easiest and most sustainable way to experience the outdoors.
MotiSpark
MotiSpark offers healthcare providers a value-based patient engagement and education mobile video platform. Our patent-pending platform delivers goldstandard cognitive behavioral therapy and illness specific education while harnessing people’s love of their phones and social media. motispark.com
FitTrace
fittrace.com
FitTrace helps optimize athletic performance, health, and fitness by advanced body composition analytics.
CBio
cbio.io
CBio is a pre-revenue biotech company that manufactures and sells a suite of bio analytical tools to help pharmaceutical companies discovery new drugs. Our technology is based on intellectual property (IP) developed at CBio and exclusively licensed from Arizona State University (ASU). Our first product, cellPhoresis™, is rapid litmus test for drug resistant bacteria. With it, researchers studying diseases like Alzheimer’s and Antimicrobial Resistance have a better way to characterize bacterial organisms implicated and make better treatments. The current hardware available to them is not sufficient for their development needs. Our hardware solution will ultimately lead to better outcomes for patients and drive down the cost of healthcare.
Capsul
capsuljewelry.com
Capsul turns life’s joyous moments into modern, timeless jewelry you’ll wear everyday. Each piece is uniquely 3D-printed with your handwriting, the sound wave of a voice, or the engraving of a special name, date, place, or phrase.
CrossRoads Pharmaceuticals
Shipsi
shipsi.com
Our technology enables retailers to offer 1 hr delivery by providing an additional option at checkout.
CrossRoads Pharmaceuticals
facebook.com/john.neely.7923
Crossroads Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company based in Santa Monica, California. We are working to bring a novel, safe, and highly effective therapy for the treatment of obesity and Type II diabetes to market. Preclinical studies have shown our therapy is significantly more effective than anything currently on the market for the treatment of obesity and, no adverse side effects have been demonstrated. Over ninety million Americans are obese and, as many as thirty million suffer from Type II diabetes. These conditions lie at the heart of many of the chronic diseases ruining lives and bankrupting the American healthcare system. Effective treatment will have immediate health benefits for patients and, may also serve as a vaccine against chronic disease by turning off many of the cellular cascades that lead to the multiple complications of the metabolic syndrome years before they manifest as pathology.
Matnik Holdings Inc.
pilldown.com
My patent helps people with dysphagia. A problem that I have struggled with my entire life. Despite the prevalence, there is not a lot of public awareness on this topic. Most suffer in silence with their struggle. 40% of American adults have trouble swallowing pills. My product will provide convenience for this population, kids, and patients in hospital settings. The pharmaceutical companies realize how important the delivery system is. Their current development will not be available in the near future. I have solved this problem which will be available over the counter.
Tapp That App
tappthatapp.io
Tapp That App is an app store built for Generation Z, that social, smart, and fun to use. Users can share their homescreens and favorite apps with friends, or follow what their favorite influencers are using. It’s the ideal space to discover new apps, games, and trends with friends.
Surf
ridewithsurf.com
Surf places tablets in Uber and Lyft cars to entertain passengers, promote brands and increase the driver’s income.
SaaSquatch
saasquatch.com
Why do companies spend so much more time and money on acquiring customers than growing existing ones? We know selling to existing customers is substantially more profitable, but the technical, political and financial blockers continue to stop teams. At SaaSquatch we’re working with Unicorns, Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups to balance this equation. SaaSquatch is redefining customer loyalty for the digital economy. Encouraging activities like monthly logins or number of rides given can be key to the success of a digital business but are ignored by today’s systems which are built to support coffee shops and credit cards. Using SaaSquatch, companies can run digital reward and incentive programs that impact the metrics that matter to them without the need for constant custom development. As even the largest businesses in the world launching subscription, on-demand and marketplace services the need for reinventing customer loyalty is only getting bigger.
Fusit Inc
Fuse.it is an augmented reality app consisting of a ʻfused reality platform’ that allows users to integrate themselves with content varying from memes, news, trending topics, sports and sporting events to virtually anything out there. This is made possible by providing a one-tap tool, designed to allow users to create generated content right at the palm of their hands. Real people and 3D characters are also able to merge together while using the app, enabling everyday users to create funny, trending and professional quality videos. The fuse.it app is bridging the gap between content owners and everyday users with state of the art AR and audio technologies that are featured. What once started in Israel, the new transition of moving part of the company to the U.S. has definitely flourished. We are a growing team and continue to grow as a company each day. Our app was released at the end of January 2018 and has already reached more than 40K, whom are mainly users from the U.S. The app is currently evolving from its beta version. This change is expected to reach an exceptionally higher volume of consumers that use the app frequently as well as advertisers using our digital platform to engage with these consumers. These new tractions have opened doors and allowed us to connect with a few major Venture Capitals that are now following our app and its tech, very closely. Fuse.it has grown and will continue to grow into a promising company with all the right people on-board. We are excited for this new journey and thank you for your continuous support. Sincerely,
Liat Sade-Strenberg, CEO
Rentmania, Inc
rentmania.com/los-angeles
Rentmania is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace that introduces the goods-on-demand concept to the World. Our service connects owners that posses underutilized items such as motorhomes, sports gears, high-end electronics and DIY tools with people who need them right now. We equip every deal with insurance, delivery, and scoring for a hassle-free experience. Our long-term vision is to turn expensive goods into assets at no additional risk. It’s the new philosophy of tech-enabled consumption for a sustainable future.
Farm Dog
farmdog.ag
Agriculture pest and disease management does not work. Despite spending $60B+ on treatments per year, growers suffer from $500B+ of yield loss and unnecessarily damage the environment. Farm Dog is an AI-enabled end-to-end pest and disease management platform that helps growers optimize pesticide use, increase yields, and promote environmental sustainability. The company is generating revenue, is being used on over 1.5 million acres, and has strong strategic partnerships with John Deere, Adama (multi-billion dollar pesticide company), and the US Department of Agriculture.
MAKEiT, Inc.
makeit-3d.com
“This process has saved me 75% of my designing time. Time is money. I need it!” said Ivan Tampi, the owner of ITC Automotive Design & MFG. This Corvette Customization House in valley has adopted MAKEiT large format 3D printing to increase his mold making efficiency, no more heaving labor building mold with clay or wood like he used to. Traditionally, C&C machining has also been used to make large scale mold. It’s not only expensive, time consuming, producing waste in the cutting process, but it has technical limitation: can’t cut certain shapes. To solve the problem, MAKEiT, Inc. has developed innovative yet low cost large format 3D printing equipment MacroMAKEiT, able to make polymer prototypes and molds faster, cheaper, less waste. In addition, it can be used for making low cost jigs and fixtures needed on mfg floor, saving production time and money. We have received couple pre-orders before launching the first SoCal large format 3D printing project on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1329226361/macromakeitaffordable-large-scale-3d-printer?ref=category_location&ref=discovery. Industrial 3D printing is on the rise. Forbes recently has predicted a massive boom in the coming years. According to HP, the global manufacturing market opportunity is $12 trillion. There are 9743 manufacturing companies in California. Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in US. We have partnered with CMTC, USC Center of Advanced Manufacturing to collaborate. Besides making equipment, we also provide large format 3D printing service. We are confident our solution will bring value to LA manufacturing community. As a small highly technically talented team, we are looking for solid business leadership and working capital to bring us to the next level.
Shopping Knight
A Knight whenever you need him. -grocery list -local grocery store locator -find your items in store with a birds eye veiw (pin point) - Routing button to find the short way to get items and get out. -add photos and description to receive points and level up. -redeem points for rewards kck.st/2NVkiwv
3Diligent
3Diligent.com
3Diligent is a digital manufacturing service, backed by a distributed network of 3D Printing, CNC Machining, Casting, and Injection Molding fabricators. We offer engineers and procurement agents across various industries a one-stop shop to conveniently purchase custom fabricated parts. In this way, we can support our customers from prototype development through to mass production with very little overhead or operating expense. We capture healthy margins on every transaction because of the efficiency we create with our supply marketplace, including utilization of excess capacity.
Soft Health Technologies
havefiness.com
Soft Health developed and makes Finess®, the first FDA-cleared over-the-counter bladder leak product that actually stops the leaks, and the first-ever solution that actually address a woman’s concerns: wetness and odor. A totally new approach to managing mild to moderate bladder leakage, Finess is comprised of a hypoallergenic foam body that fits comfortably and a gentle hydrogel adhesive. It is easily placed over the urethral opening, stopping leaks before they happen. With Finess there are no bulky pads, no uncomfortable inserts, no odor, no discomfort, no embarrassment … no leaks. We’re currently selling only on our online e-commerce site, where we’ve already sold over 600,000 individual units. Over 90% of these purchases take place on a mobile device, where 86% of the purchasers are under 55. We have testimonials – from, runners, cross-fitters, and young mom’s taking their kids to the trampoline park – talking about how Finess has given them back their active lifestyle without wetness and without fear of odor. The venture is significantly de-risked, with FDA clearance, commercial proof including repeat customers, and a very strong IP moat. We’re current seeking to raise growth capital which will go almost exclusively to scaling of our marketing efforts and development of new distribution channels.
Cayuga Biotech, Inc.
Cayuga Biotech is a startup developing novel materials to manage bleeding episodes and save lives in all bleeding populations. Cayuga was spun out of the Stucky lab at UCSB, which developed QuikClot Combat Gauze for the US military. Our lead candidate, nanopolyP, is a polyphosphate-coated nanoparticle that mimics endogenous polyphosphate secreted by platelets. In both rat and pig trials, nanopolyP significantly reduced blood loss following major injury. Cayuga’s regulatory advisor is a 23-year veteran of the FDA and is developing a regulatory plan to file for an IND in 12 months and NDA four years later. cayugabiotech.com
Legally
Legally helps consumers understand the daily contracts they sign using the combination of AI technology and real attorneys. Legally provides consumers the peace of mind they need through an affordable, accurate, and fast solution. legally.space
Gigmor
gigmor.com
Gigmor is the United States’ fastest growing marketplace tackling the $12B+ live music industry. Gigmor has 50K+ artists and 1,000 Venues. Partners with American Idol, The Mint, Whisky, Viper Room, Canyon Club and many others.
AsterionDB Inc.
asteriondb.com
AsterionDB is a horizontally aligned platform company with patented, paradigm changing software and multi-billion dollar potential. AsterionDB has invented and patented the technology that does away with the traditional, hierarchical file-system - a 50+ year old technology paradigm. Patent #9,740,799 was awarded for the technology that enables the streaming of media from relational databases. Patent #10,089,315 has been granted to the technology that allows file based programs to access unstructured data within the database as if it were a file. AsterionDB has merged the storage, manipulation and access of both structured and unstructured data within a relational database. This paradigm changing innovation allows AsterionDB to move all user-data files into the database. The security example is simple, if all of an organization’s PDF files are in the database and there are none in the directories - how does a hacker find information to steal? How does a virus or ransomware find files to infect? There is hardly an application in use today that does not utilize both structured and unstructured data. This basic fact underpins AsterionDB’s impact as a horizontal platform company. We have innovative technology that is driving the creation of additional, unique, Intellectual Property; inventions that only exist because of the demands and opportunities presented by the AsterionDB platform.
Classic Stills
classicstills.com
Classic Stills solves a problem for clients in TV/film, sports and music by helping to monetize the vast libraries of photos they own that do not generate revenue. We have fully-executed, signed contracts with Marvel, Universal Pictures, Sony, HBO, BBC and more, and after a successful soft-launch in Q4, 2017, we fully launched in September 2018. Our short-term solution is to create official collections of fine art prints from movies and TV shows (the first in the history of Hollywood), while our longterm solution involves using AI technology to connect pop culture fans with our clients’ vast photo libraries.
Spark Console
Spark Console is a marketplace that gives gamers a new way to play with better players who usually wouldn’t play with them. We give skilled players the ability to monetize their gaming experience by selling gaming sessions to novice players. It solves the biggest frustration all gamers face before starting a gaming session - “Who will I be matched with?” sparkconsole.com
Eloops
The Eloops platform turns every HR manager to an employee experience expert by providing them not only with the tools, but also with the content and smart suggestions they need to keep employees engaged and in the loop from their first day, to their last day. eloops.com
WhosUp
getwhosup.com
WhosUp streamlines the way people attend and experience events (Concerts, Movies & Sports) through its easy-to-use, fully-integrated SaaS platform that helps media companies transform user engagement from an arduous, fragmented model to a compelling social event experience, creating massive revenue upside. WhosUp guides users from a virtual to real world experience, combining discovery, planning, event and post event follow up with rich data tracking. The platform moves the engagement model from a single transaction (“Buy Tickets”) to social planning combined with services (uber, directions, restaurants, rich media content) all while leveraging the user’s choice of existing social communication platforms. WhosUp supports mobile web as well as a thick client experience. sample concert: Childish Gambino https:// whosupmobile.com/#!/r1viT6k5m WhosUp is on track for contracted pilots with Paramount, Fandango and Warner Bros. Records.
Nature’s Dream Inc (aka Cannacopia)
cannacopia.com
Targeting the emerging mass-market marijuana consumer, our Cannacopia mobile app, available free from iTunes and Google App Stores, is the only platform that enables you to discover which marijuana strains help you feel the way you want, based on your desired mental mood, physical effects, medical condition, and taste preferences. Cannacopia’s patent-pending technology will help shape the future of mass-market marijuana.
Magnify
royce.siggard@yahoo.com
Magnify transforms the leadership development, coaching, and career management industry. Magnify flips the power dynamics and empowers each individual to create and implement their own career development path. Magnify makes professional HR tools accessible to individual participants, provides a framework to prioritize development activities and enlist mentors and peer coaches, and provides insights and tactics to accelerate learning. Magnify helps individuals increase awareness and develop the skills and experience needed to accelerate their careers.
ReBLDing LLC
reblding.com
ReBLDing is an online platform creating trust, transparency and timing between homeowners and contractors by streamlining and safeguarding the entire repair process from beginning to end. This platform allows homeowners to post jobs, negotiate estimates and close contracts directly with contractors then allows for the ability to document the repair process for both parties. Contractors receive free leads, marketing exposure and the ability to grow their business by being curated through ReBLDing and customer reviews.
optima curis inc
optimacuris.com
eCuris is combining digital patient engagement, social networking, remote patient monitoring, Rewards, and collaboration tools to create a platform that will make it easier for providers, patients and the family circle to engage, collaborate and interact and also a way to encourage and reward health behavior and actions. The vision for eCuris is to become the world’s leading social, collaboration, and rewards platform for health. We believe we can improve the health of individuals by leveraging the power of many to teach, encourage, and reward healthy actions and outcomes. The eCuris platform is intended to be a virtual extension of the physical care environment breaking down geographic boundaries, removing transportation and communication hurdles.
Life Beat
Life Beat
life-beat.com
Life Beat is a music-based treatment platform, helping people worldwide reach emotional balance and reduce stress levels through a new and enjoyable personal music experience. Our first patented treatment utilizes the user’s heartbeat as a metronome, and adjusts the music tempo accordingly. This treatment has been proven efficient in reducing stress & anxiety. Our vision is to become a leading music-based treatment platform that will leverage the emerging research of music effect, taking music therapy to the next generation while making it more personalized, sciencebased, measurable, and accessible.
The Change You Want To See
changeyouwant2c.com
The Change You Want To See is an Internet media company that tells stories about nonprofits that work on solving the most complex social issues of our times. We do this by producing cinematic micro-documentaries that serve as a megaphone for the work of our featured nonprofits. Click on this link for our micro-documentary about LA Kitchen: http://changeyouwant2c.com/second-chance-culinary-class. We have published 12 micro-documentaries in the last 7 months, and and are in talks to get our first customer on the platform. We will monetize our platform by being a premium publisher of branded content and by fundraising for nonprofits.
Best Food Trucks
bestfoodtrucks.com
We’re a B2B company that focuses on the Real Estate space (our initial partners for example are CBRE, Lincoln, Ratkovich, and others who want to provide unparalleled amenities for their tenants). But we’re also interested in changing the dynamics of food globally, where restaurants are no longer bound by the rules of brick-and-mortar. Our goal is to create and power food truck & mobile vending economies globally. $100K Gross/mo, team has a previous exit & unparalleled domain expertise in the space.
Aperture
Aperture is a Los Angeles based real estate technology and investment company. We have developed proprietary tech for the sourcing, pricing and acquisition of residential real estate investments. Our tech can be used on any property in the US and we have over $180MM of real estate partnerships. We are currently seeking growth capital, primarily to expand staffing, hold as working capital and to complete our next generation of tech. Our extremely experienced team has created fintech startups, worked on Wall St, renovated more than 3,000 properties, originated more than $400MM of mortgage loans, closed over $150B of real estate structured financing transactions and created enterprise real estate technology for some of the largest investment banks in the world.
GW Apps
gwapps.com
GWApps offers a NoCode productivity tool that enables business people to rapidly build application for their business units, eliminate waste from inefficient business processes and accelerate their digital transformation at an affordable cost.
EV Safe Charge Inc.
evsafecharge.com
EV charging is a growth industry; a recent report from Wood Mackenzie Ltd. States there will be as many as 40 million charging stations around the globe by 2030. With EVs projected to make up at least 11 percent of new car sales by then EV Safe Charge is there to help consumers, businesses and OEMs navigate this staggering growth period. EV Safe Charge has a wide array of customers; homeowners, commercial and residential property managers, developers, automotive dealers, school districts and more. They also offer a rental based solution for Level 2 and DC fast charging, EV Charge Mobile, for events and locations that lack charging infrastructure. Additionally EV Safe Charge also provides consulting services for businesses and developments that are looking to install EV chargers but are unsure how to proceed – current projects are focused around ADA compliance and EV charging. EV Safe Charge has received several accolades; Assemblymember Eloise Reyes authored a resolution commending them for providing the first EV chargers for school buses in California and they were named a Top 10 Startup for 2017 by the Los Angeles Auto Show & AutoMobility LA as well as having been selected by Pepperdine Graziadio Business School as one of the 15 Most Fundable Companies (more than 2500 applied). EV Safe Charge is certified by the Green Business Bureau and for each EV charger installed they fund a tree being planted through the Arbor Day Foundation.
CellOnyx
As a cost-effective, easy-to-adopt, quick-turn-around, dynamically adjustable alternative to existing solutions available to mobile operators, CellOnyx offers software-only cellular load balancing solutions that minimize the congestion of cellular infrastructure in metropolitan areas through the use of patent-pending iSON (AI-based Self Organizing Network) technology. CellOnyx uses a Software-As-ASubscription (SAAS) business model. Pricing is determined based on capacity and geographical region size with the objective of offering major cost savings with respect to the anticipated cost of traditional infrastructure solutions. CellOnyx is at the tailend of a very successful live field trial in greater Los Angeles area and anticipates receiving its first major PO in October 2018. cellonyx.com
Echosec
echosec.net
Echosec is a location-based discovery platform. Aggregating and mapping data from over fifteen sources including social media, blogs, news sources, and the Dark Web, Echosec shows users what’s happening anywhere in the world in real time. Our clients use the Echosec platform to visualize, understand, action and often predict activities.
EVVEMI
evvemi.com
EVVEMI - Take total control of your beauty journey. Smart beauty decisions start here. EVVEMI is a platform that empowers you to reach the look you love by matching and engaging personalized beauty solutions and providers based on your unique needs. For the first time, people control their personal beauty journey through EVVEMI’s dynamic Electronic Beauty Record (EBR TM) and proprietary matching tools. EVVEMI captures critical and unique information such as hair type, past treatments, life stage, health conditions, product and service desires, and personality traits to create a detailed profile of a person’s individual attributes and preferences. With this information, EVVEMI matches the right service providers, product, and content quickly and efficiently. Our solution closes the gap that exists between what people know and want, and what people actually need in their beauty regimen. Upon matching, EVVEMI informs screened and vetted service providers of a client’s unique needs and attributes, allowing choice in accepting a new client and driving educated plans and decisions for services and product. Problem: Currently people identify both service providers and products through disparate, fragmented research and advertising in the beauty market. There is a struggle to personalize solutions for people and so the drive of innovation here is higher than ever before in history. Current apps are segmented or tied to a brand, leaving people no personal hub to understand needs, control and manage full beauty profiles and drive an effective regimen of self care. Nowhere in beauty is this lack of personalization more evident than in the hair industry, where EVVEMI is launching its solution. The lack of alignment between people’s unique needs and hair providers (hairstylists and barbers) that can actually meet those specific needs is glaring. Across the industry, 70% of people visiting a hairstylist or barber never return after their first visit. Another 50% leave after their second visit. Despite spending over 60 hours to find a provider online, interpreting 5 star recommendations, the match usually fails. The churn is phenomenal, anxiety is high and people are frustrated and tired. EVVEMI’s goal is to bring empowerment through beautiful transformations, every time.
