Bibs Won Pitch Demo Day(Consumer Mobile) Followed by Staytuned
Winner’s Introduction:
Bibs: bibs is a platform for modernizing running events.
Go here for Angellist Profile
Bibs ties together online registration, rfid chip timing and result sharing into a single platform.
For athletes and spectators, bibs is a mobile app to sign up for events, receive times and results and share with their friends. For event organizers, bibs is a powerful tool that connects event registration, timing and management into a single platform and allows them to connect with partners and sponsors.
Bibs has:
– The top race results app in the United States
– The world’s first universal RFID platform for sports timing
– The official app of multiple top 100 events in the US
Bibs raised an angel investment from two industry leaders and is currently looking to grow more.
Galen Danziger, CTO at Bibs.
Galen has an educational background in Computational Physics and experience in numerical computing/algorithm design. He worked at multiple gambling software companies and a wearable company building a fitness tracker, then moved to help founding bibs.
Job Openings at Bibs:
Runner up’s Introduction:
Staytuned: Staytuned is a context aware user interface that provides users with the right apps at the right moment, directly on their lock screen.
Go here for Angellist Profile
Staytuned collects devices’ hardware (sensors) and software (usage of mobile apps) data to learn from the users and predict their future
behavior. It provides users with a direct access to their most used
applications for every context and with the most suitable applications already available in their devices. Additionally, it works as a platform for app developers increase their loyal users from their already existing user base.
Founder and CEO: Alejandro Garcia Del Bosque
Business techy with an entrepreneurial spirit and strong international background. Founder and CEO of Staytuned, a young startup in the mobile industry based in Palo Alto. Previous experience in cross-border M&A/Fundraising operations in the TMT industry and business development at a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley. Networks in the US/Germany/Mexico.
Pictures from the event:
Judges with winners and runner up
Thanks everyone for coming yesterday!
Thanks PubNub for sponsoring us great venue and food!
Six Rising Startups are Selected to Present at Pitch Demo Day: Consumer Mobile Sept 10th
When: 5-8:30PM, Sept 10th Wednesday
Where: PubNub, 725 Folsom St, San Francisco
Check out more details here.
=== Startup Pitching List ===
- Staytuned: Staytuned is a context aware user interface that provides users with the right apps at the right moment, directly on their lock screen.
- DoctorQuickly: Instant Health Care through your Phone.
- Drively: A simple snapshot of your driving.
- Blush Messenger: Send a secret message to a friend, get a video of their reaction as your message is revealed.
- Bibs: bibs is a platform for modernizing running events.
- GEO: A mobile app that allows you to share information as you walk by people.
=== Details ===
Staytuned: Staytuned is a context aware user interface that provides users with the right apps at the right moment, directly on their lock screen.
Staytuned collects devices’ hardware (sensors) and software (usage of mobile apps) data to learn from the users and predict their future
behavior. It provides users with a direct access to their most used
applications for every context and with the most suitable applications already available in their devices. Additionally, it works as a platform for app developers increase their loyal users from their already existing user base.
Website: http://www.staytuned-app.com/
Angelist: http://angel.co/staytuned
Presented by Alejandro Garcia Del Bosque, Founder and CEO of Staytuned
Business techy with an entrepreneurial spirit and strong international background. Founder and CEO of Staytuned, a young startup in the mobile industry based in Palo Alto. Previous experience in cross-border M&A/Fundraising operations in the TMT industry and business development at a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley. Networks in the US/Germany/Mexico.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agdelb
DoctorQuickly: Instant Health Care through your Phone.
* DoctorQuickly is the First Mobile Application which can provide live video/audio/messaging health care consultations 24/7.
* DoctorQuickly makes sure you reach a doctor right away in necessity no matter what time.
* DoctorQuickly brings Doctors and Patients closer with truly innovative solutions.
* DoctorQuickly is Uber for Doctors, with seamless Doctor Communications, Payments and Ratings systems.
* Tele Video Consultation market is projected to grow to $13.7 Billion in 2018.
* DoctorQuickly provides HIPAA Compliant Video, Audio, Photos and Messaging channels.
* DoctorQuickly is redefining the mobile healthcare professional services market.
Presented by Hirish, CEO, Co-Founder at DoctorQuickly
Serial Entrepreneur. More than decade of experience with startups and fortune 50 companies. Lead Architect for Cisco Video Streaming.
Drively: A simple snapshot of your driving.
US drivers spend about 1 hour daily on the road, but there is very little actionable information. Fleet management systems are already using statistical information to improve vehicle usability, maintenance and driver safety. Consumers should have easy and affordable access to this information as well.
Our application is based on a cheep OBD device that could be purchased today for ~$10. The device plugs into any car made since 1996. This device together with a cell phone becomes a powerful cloud enabled analytics tool. Our android application is available through Google Play store with >1000 downloads and >50000 total miles driven by users.
Links to website and the application:
http://drively.co
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drively.mechconnect
Presented by Eldar Khaliullin, Founder and CEO at Drively
Ph.D from Purdue University in Electrical Engineering. Spent some time in Software startups in Semiconductor Manufacturing. Successfully co-founded and sold a business in the area and about year and a half moved to automotive telematics and consumer applications.
Blush Messenger: Send a secret message to a friend, get a video of their reaction as your message is revealed.
Blush is a mobile messaging application with a unique implementation of video. Blush uses the front-facing camera to record the reactions of friends as your private messages are revealed to them. Blush enhances the offline convenience and openness of texting with the human element of face-to-face communication
Presented by Danny Espinoza, Founder and CEO at Blush Messenger
In 2003 I started my own consulting business, Mesa Dynamics, which led to an asset acquisition where I met my business partner. He and I started three startups: Quece (patent portfolio acquired by Intellectual Ventures in 2007), Lumifi (SaaS document analysis company shuttered in 2008) and CardStar (acquired by Constant Contact in 2012), a mobile application for managing customer loyalty.
I was awarded a U.S. patent for technology created at CardStar (8,468,054).
Bibs: bibs is a platform for modernizing running events.
Bibs is creating a platform that unites runners and event directors. We have a registration system that allows runners to sign up for events and handles the transaction and ties directly into event management software. We also have an easy to use hardware platform that times runners at the day of the event and a fraction of the price event directors are used to paying. This plugs directly into the app, which allows runners to view and share their results in addition to discovering new events. Bibs received an angel investment from two respected event directors and timers in the running industry at the beginning of the year.
Presented by Galen, CTO of Bibs.
Galen has an educational background in Computational Physics and experience in numerical computing/algorithm design. He worked at multiple gambling software companies and a wearables company building a fitness tracker, then moved to help founding bibs.
GEO: A mobile app that allows you to share information as you walk by people.
We are a mobile app that will allow people to walk by one another and share information. After people receive information, they can than share it with others as they walk by one another. Consider us like a Twitter with feet. We plan to change the information age forever, and our unique server design that monitors people’s location so they can constantly share information while moving will revamp digital content sharing forever. Imagine a college kid throwing a party? He can share his thought out and others can share it, and therefore his thought could go viral as people move around.
Presented by Alden Morri
My name is Alden Morris, I am an inventor and entrepreneur. We are building a mobile app that allows users to walk past one another and share ideas, events, photos, music, and more. When one user receives a thought, another user can share their thought as they walk around.
Here is my Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alden-morris/97/72a/b2b
Groopie, Inc. Won the August Pitch Demo Day Followed by iSmartAlarm, Inc. and Flow State Media
Last Saturday SVE’s monthly startup contest Pitch Demo Day was successfully hosted at InnoSpring. We got a great turnout of 150 around people showing up! 7 selected startups pitched in front of a judge panel consists of 4 investors. Everyone enjoyed the event!
- Winner’s Intro
Groopie, Inc: Groopie is a place where you can create shows with groups of friends.
“We have developed a mobile first platform that brings vlogging to a collaborative social era. Groopie is the only place that lets you create shows with your friends and share stories together. Everyone part of a show can contribute to the story with their unique perspectives and social experiences, from anywhere in the world. Unlike YouTube, the recording and editing tools are part of the user experience, and simple enough for anyone to achieve TV-style production. With Groopie you can send someone a record request and shoot an episode using two cameras from two locations. Our editing studio lets you merge footage by choosing which camera angles you want to create one continuous video. Finally, titles and subtitles can be added to any part of an episode, giving viewers and content creators a reality TV like experience. Groopie adds a fun, social dynamic that is essential for engaging mobile users.”
Founder & CEO: Fuad Hawit
Fuad Hawit is the Founder and CEO of Groopie, Inc., where he has been leading design and product development from its inception. Fuad brings high energy and a fearless drive, motivating his team to achieve success and greatness while ensuring that everyone shares the same vision. Prior to undertaking his own venture, Fuad co-founded Mixberry Media as a technology sales and business development executive, where he structured new business opportunities, strategic alliances, partnerships and the sales process. In 2009, he co-founded Monica, the first virtual assistant iPhone app to use voice recognition (before Siri). Fuad holds a B.S. in Business Administration, with a concentration in Marketing Management from California State University.
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- Runner-ups Intro:
iSmart Alarm, Inc.: iSmartAlarm is making the best smartphone enabled home system and connected home system.
iSmart Alarm, Inc. is a leader in the DIY Home Security market and an innovator in the Internet of Things (IoT). The iSmartAlarm ecosystem was created to be the first smartphone-controlled do-it-yourself (DIY) home security solution that is easily portable, easy to set up, requires no wiring, and gives the user the opportunity to protect their home intelligently. There are no monthly fees, no subscription fees, and no long-term contracts as would be expected from older, traditional systems. The iSmartAlarm communicates through the user’s smartphone, giving access to monitoring, system control, and statistics to increase the safety of home, property, and family. Revolutionary in the home security space, iSmartAlarm provides the whole family the ability to integrate with the free iPhone and Android Apps and remotely arm, disarm, and monitor the security system from their cell phone, from anywhere, in real time. Currently iSmartAlarm products are available at tier-1 online retailers such as Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Newegg and smarthome, etc as well as “Brick and Mortor” such as Fry’s Electronics and Micro Center, etc.
Co-Founder & CEO: Raymond Meng
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Flow State Media: MIT/Zynga casual gaming studio with strong live, mobile multiplayer game engine
Strong team: CEO: Zynga, Activision, Call of Duty, Rockstar Games. MIT MBA, CompSci degree from Penn.
CTO: 20th Zynga Employee. Original Zynga Poker and FarmVille developer. Client/server/web/mobile experience. 20+ yrs making games.
Head of Product: Zynga 4.5 yrs. 8 games launches, 6 mobile, 2 MIT degrees. 4 more artists & developers each with 15-20 yrs game development experience. Most in Philippines keeping our dev costs a small fraction of US developers.
Strong traction: 750k installs via organic growth and several Facebook App Center Features. No marketing spent yet. Live crossword game “Letter UP” generates $29 ARPPU and $.24 ARPU (12x better than average Facebook ARPU). 3M+ games played on Facebook and growing. Long-term retention: June 2013 installers still contribute 15% of monthly revenues in 2014. Players average 1/hr a day, twice the competition. Generating $5k+/month. Net monthly burn is only $17k/month. Tops in terms of “quality per dollar spent”.
Presented by Kahn Jekarl, CEO at Flow State Media
Meet with Ted Kraus, Adam Gold, Ryan Bloomer, Mike Loftus and David Cao at Saturday’s Pitch Demo Day
When: 9AM – 12:30PM Aug 16th Saturday
Where: InnoSpring, 2901 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA
Judge Panel List
- Ted Kraus, Managing Partner at Tech-Rx Ventures
- Adam Gold, Founder at Espial Ventures
- Ryan Bloomer, Managing Partner at Momentum Accelerator
- Mike Loftus, Startup Executive & Angel Investor at F50
- David Cao, Startup Hunter, Angel Investor at F50
Judge Panel Bio
Ted is a Managing Partner at Tech-Rx (www.tech-rx.vc) where he focuses on commercializing consumer products and technologies in the energy, biotechnology and web industries. Prior to Tech-Rx, he was a Principal at 8 Rivers Capital (www.8riverscapital.com) where he managed deal flow and due diligence for potential investment opportunities and developed commercialization strategies for NET Power, ParkIntuit and Hemosonics. In 2011, he Founded BUYSTAND (merged), an ECN and trading platform for consumer goods, where he served as COO from 2011 – 2013. Early in his career, Ted was a Technology Analyst for Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investment network in the US. He received an MBA from Loyola Marymount and a BS in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona. In 2013 Ted completed the Executive Program in Design Thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.
He lives in Silicon Valley and is an avid snowboarder, runner and mountain biker.
Adam Gold, Founder at Espial Ventures
Espial Ventures was launched to invest in the next generation of leading companies with a keen focus on backing imagination and innovation. Prior to Espial Ventures in 2014, Adam founded Espial Capital in 2012 to capitalize on the tectonic shifts underway across the global public equity technology, media, and telecommunication (TMT) universe. Espial’s strategy capitalizes on powerful tailwinds and headwinds that result in behavioral changes in consumption, distribution, retailing, and computing, across dozens of electronics, services, and digital and physical product categories. Adam previously ran money at Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co (GGHC) in New York, which he joined in 2008. GGHC managed $5B in capital with a focus on global growth investing. Prior to GGHC, Adam worked at Coatue Management, a $10B fund with a focus on global TMT investing, which he joined in 2007. Adam began his career at EnTrust Capital in 2001 as an Intern and Summer Analyst, and became a full-time analyst in 2005, where he covered all of EnTrust’s TMT investments. Graduating early with numerous honors and distinctions from New York University’s Stern School of Business in 2004, Adam holds a B.S. Magna Cum Laude with double-majors in Finance and Accounting and a minor in Journalism & Mass Communication. Adam is also Chairman of the Espial Foundation, which he started in 2013 to invest in the next generation of student leaders and innovators. The Foundation’s core tenet: TECH (Technology | Education | Children | Health) is an investment in a more innovative and skilled workforce, and a more vibrant economy.
Ryan Bloomer, Managing Partner at Momentum Venture Partners
We invest and grow leading mobile startups from around the world.
Mike Loftus, Startup Executive & Angel Investor at F50
David Cao, Startup Hunter, Angel Investor at F50
Seven Rising Startups Will be Pitching on Pitch Demo Day Aug 16th #SVEPnD
Seven rising startups will be pitching on Aug 16th @InnoSpring, 2901 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA
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• iSmart Alarm, Inc.: iSmartAlarm is making the best smartphone enabled home system and connected home system.
• Inventalator: Inventalator is a crowdsourced development community that helps entrepreneurs validate, develop, & launch technology products.
• Fundoo Innovations: Integrating “E-Commerce & E-Gaming,” to create a novel channel of gamified promo marketing
• FeelingsIntel Company: Targeted Advertising from Context specific feelings extracted from Smart-Phone texting
• Grush: Grush transforms the brushing chore into a fun and interactive game. Motion sensing brush and mobile games guide kids’ brushing and lets parents track results.
• Groopie, Inc: Groopie is a place where you can create shows with groups of friends.
Startup Profile
Flow State Media: MIT/Zynga casual gaming studio with strong live, mobile multiplayer game engine.
Strong team: CEO: Zynga, Activision, Call of Duty, Rockstar Games. MIT MBA, CompSci degree from Penn.
CTO: 20th Zynga Employee. Original Zynga Poker and FarmVille developer. Client/server/web/mobile experience. 20+ yrs making games.
Head of Product: Zynga 4.5 yrs. 8 games launches, 6 mobile, 2 MIT degrees. 4 more artists & developers each with 15-20 yrs game development experience. Most in Philippines keeping our dev costs a small fraction of US developers.
Strong traction: 750k installs via organic growth and several Facebook App Center Features. No marketing spent yet. Live crossword game “Letter UP” generates $29 ARPPU and $.24 ARPU (12x better than average Facebook ARPU). 3M+ games played on Facebook and growing. Long-term retention: June 2013 installers still contribute 15% of monthly revenues in 2014. Players average 1/hr a day, twice the competition. Generating $5k+/month. Net monthly burn is only $17k/month. Tops in terms of “quality per dollar spent”.
iSmart Alarm, Inc.: iSmartAlarm is making the best smartphone enabled home system and connected home system.
iSmart Alarm, Inc. is a leader in the DIY Home Security market and an innovator in the Internet of Things (IoT). The iSmartAlarm ecosystem was created to be the first smartphone-controlled do-it-yourself (DIY) home security solution that is easily portable, easy to set up, requires no wiring, and gives the user the opportunity to protect their home intelligently. There are no monthly fees, no subscription fees, and no long-term contracts as would be expected from older, traditional systems. The iSmartAlarm communicates through the user’s smartphone, giving access to monitoring, system control, and statistics to increase the safety of home, property, and family. Revolutionary in the home security space, iSmartAlarm provides the whole family the ability to integrate with the free iPhone and Android Apps and remotely arm, disarm, and monitor the security system from their cell phone, from anywhere, in real time. Currently iSmartAlarm products are available at tier-1 online retailers such as Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Newegg and smarthome, etc as well as “Brick and Mortor” such as Fry’s Electronics and Micro Center, etc.
Inventalator: Inventalator is a crowdsourced development community that helps entrepreneurs validate, develop, & launch technology products.
Inventalator is an intelligence community that provides crowdsourced research and development to entrepreneurs and SMB’s. Our platform allows companies to connect with our crowd to perform research & development on new product concepts, allowing them to gauge demand, perform market analysis, raise financial capital, and connect with the resources necessary to develop and commercialize new products.
Fundoo Innovations: Integrating “E-Commerce & E-Gaming,” to create a novel channel of gamified promo marketing
Our product line, seamlessly integrates (a) entertainment, (b) simple wagering by players, on (c) easy-to-learn games, with a (d) winning opportunity on (e) selected discounted consumer products & services (P&S). We have granted patents, a couple of customers and dev teams in USA & India. Adequate funding will accelerate our growth trajectory.
FeelingsIntel Company: Targeted Advertising from Context specific feelings extracted from Smart-Phone texting
Human communication has to be processed by an “affect language parser” (ALP) to extract emotions and draw human-like inferences, which are credible & therefore understandable / acceptable to humans. This emotion extraction enables targeted advertising for products & services, to be sent to opt-in consumer, in a timely manner. We have an “unfair advantage” in ALP technology, disclosed in granted patents, thereby making “FeelingsIntel” a sustainable funding-worthy enterprise.
Grush: Grush transforms the brushing chore into a fun and interactive game. Motion sensing brush and mobile games guide kids’ brushing and lets parents track results.
Problem: Tooth brushing is often viewed by children as an unpleasant chore because they can’t see what they are doing and do not know whether they are doing it properly. Additionally, they find the twice daily task as boring because they don’t understand the benefits of brushing and receive no feedback or reward from it. It’s hard for kids to consistently brush their teeth with proper technique when they get no feedback. Parents have to spend a lot of time supervising their child’s brushing to avoid tooth decay and high dental treatment costs.
Solution: The Grush (Patent Pending)platform makes brushing visible for kids and turns brushing into a fun game. This interactive game rewards kids for proper brushing technique. Parents are provided with a method to monitor kids’ brushing. Brushing results are stored in the cloud for data access.
Grush Campaign
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Groopie, Inc: Groopie is a place where you can create shows with groups of friends.
We have developed a mobile first platform that brings vlogging to a collaborative social era. Groopie is the only place that lets you create shows with your friends and share stories together. Everyone part of a show can contribute to the story with their unique perspectives and social experiences, from anywhere in the world. Unlike YouTube, the recording and editing tools are part of the user experience, and simple enough for anyone to achieve TV-style production. With Groopie you can send someone a record request and shoot an episode using two cameras from two locations. Our editing studio lets you merge footage by choosing which camera angles you want to create one continuous video. Finally, titles and subtitles can be added to any part of an episode, giving viewers and content creators a reality TV like experience. Groopie adds a fun, social dynamic that is essential for engaging mobile users.
Come meet with Neil Weintraut, Erin Delacroix, Indu Navar, Saji Johnson, and Eugene Zhang at Jan 25 Pitch Demo Day#SVEPnD
Come meet with our judge panel for Jan25 Pitch Demo Day! Thanks to all of them for being judge on Saturday.
===Judge Panel List===
• Erin Delacroix, Innovator at LinkedIn
• Indu Navar, Managing Director of Woodside Capital Partners
• Saji Johnson, Managing Partner of Anicca Ventures
• Neil Weintraut, Cloud Venture
• Eugene Zhang, CEO, InnoSpring Inc.; General Partner, TEEC Angel Fund
• David Cao, Serial Entrepreneur, Founder of SVEntrepreneurs & Startups, Founder & CEO at GWC, Earlier Stage Mobile Angel Investor
===Judge Panel Bio===
Erin received her BFA in New Media from AAU. She has a strong focus on strategy, innovative product design, and business development. One Kings Lane, Coin, ebay, URBN, World Golf Tour, and Wells Fargo are among the various companies within her portfolio.
Indu Navar advises software and Internet services companies on strategic financing transactions and M&A. Over the past 20 years, Indu has served as a founder and CEO of successful companies, developing a proven…
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