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Tealium has been at the forefront of delivering trusted customer data orchestration solutions to enterprises for over a decade. Our products have pioneered new categories for Tag Management Systems and Customer Data Platforms. Our Customer Data Hub now encompasses tag management, an API hub, a customer data platform, and data management solutions that enable organizations to leverage real-time data for creating insight and building personalized digital experiences across every organizational team, technology, and customer touchpoint.

Influencer marketing 2.0 #paid is a creator marketing platform that enables DTC brands to drive revenue through creators (not influencers). Aren't creators and influencers the same thing? No.. creators build their following through higher quality, authentic content in their space. They don't have fake followers and their audiences are conditioned to buy. Our platform matches you with creators who love your brand and want to work with you. We also enable you to test and scale paid ads through creator handles, which converts 25% better than traditional paid social ads. That's how brands like Native and Pretty Litter are turning influencer marketing into a predictable, sustainable acquisition channel.

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Shopify Plus gives you a multi-channel platform with unmatched scalability so you can grow your business, instead of worrying about your website.

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levAR is an 3D and augmented reality SaaS platform designed specifically for growing eCommerce brands. levAR's end-to-end platform powers higher conversion rates through existing marketing and e-commerce channels in less than 2 weeks with 3D and AR experiences. We work with a diversity of industries and brands to bring their products to life, from furniture to coffee makers to outdoor recreation equipment and yoga mats, any retailer that sells a physical product can access the benefits of AR.

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Each year, Lighter Capital works with hundreds of tech entrepreneurs—product-innovating, job-creating, company-building, visionary founders making a difference in their industries and communities. Founded by Andy Sack, a Seattle-area entrepreneur and mentor to early-stage companies, Lighter Capital was one of the first lenders to use revenue-based financing to fund tech startups. Since 2012, we’ve provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies. Our goal is to revolutionize the business of startup finance and help founders maintain control of their companies—and their destinies.

Walnut is the world's first Sales Experience Platform. With Walnut, B2B sales teams can create interactive and customized product demos without coding. The goal of the platform is to make the sales process more customer-centric while improving the sales team’s productivity. With Walnut, sellers can scale their demo personalization, share interactive and guided demos with prospects, and collect insights to optimize their sales cycle. Buyers can discover the seller’s product early on in the process and enjoy tailor-made demos that focus on value. Main capabilities: * Codeless demo editor: Capture and edit any SaaS product easily * Demo insights: Analyze and optimize demo performance * Sharing and collaboration tools: Maximize efficiency and knowledge sharing * Embedding option: Display a demo everywhere—website, landing pages, and more. * Demo wizard: Automatically customize demos with prospects’ information

We are a full-service PR firm that specializes in securing press coverage for our clients.

Lemonlight is an on-demand video production company that offers brands and agencies access to high-quality, affordable video content nationwide.

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Creative Industry Association: Membership to the Creative Industry Association gives members. We are an inclusive association, forming collaborations and an industry community. Membership gives one-to-one experience, offering members everything needed to achieve goals and reach the next level of their business journey with proprietary industry information and knowledge helping members stay ahead. As a collective we are engaged for the betterment of the global creative, craft and hobby industry. Creative Industry News is an independent, an unbiased, accessible news and information portal for the global creative, crafts and hobby industry. To enhance the sector by distributing relevant news and information, so that the industry can stay up to date on relevant new. We want to help share business news, brands or product releases and any retailers, suppliers and creative professionals who are still able to be open and trading.

Founded in 2019, Run The World is a virtual events platform for interactive online experiences that build social relationships and communities. The company helps organizers create engaging and actually enjoyable conferences, networking events, and social gatherings utilizing innovative ways to engage event attendees, ranging from 1:1 Cocktail Party networking to using Grab the Mic to join speakers on stage. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Will Smith, and Kevin Hart, attendees worldwide have participated in over 15,000 events on Run The World. For more information, please visit www.runtheworld.today

Shogun is a powerful drag and drop page builder for eCommerce websites. We have seamless integrations with Shopify and BigCommerce. Try Shogun for free today!

Plantt.io is a customer service automation platform. Plantt helps companies provide their customers with answers in seconds and avoid long wait times on their digital channels by integrating into their sales and support tools, learning how they interact with their customers, and creating an automated, tailor-made, conversational experience.

Marpipe is the first platform that enables multivariate testing for ad creative. With Marpipe, you can make thousands of ads in minutes, upload to FB/IG in one click, and analyze results, tying performance data (purchases, leads, installs, clicks...) to specific creative assets (copy, product, models, backgrounds...) Within a week, you'll find high-performing ads & assets for perfect audience-creative fit. Use it to find new audiences, pre-test products, and compound data for ever-increasing Return on Ad Spend.

Take advantage of swift and seamless cross-border transactions—avoid the challenges of securing additional bank accounts and paying excessive cross-border fees that shrink profits. Expand your international payment capabilities by enabling convenient, flexible currency cash flow management. eCommerce and online sellers choose Tempus' eCommerce payment solutions and increase revenues by up to 50%! International Bank Account Number - A common misconception is that in order to work internationally with foreign currency you are required to open a bank account abroad or deal with high bank fees and unreasonable rates of exchange. Tempus offers a more cost-effective and trouble-free alternative by providing “virtual” multi-currency accounts with no costs. You enjoy all the benefits of having foreign bank accounts without the associated costs and hassle. Tempus Online - Manage your account and global payments wherever and whenever you want. Tempus Online provides 24x7 access to view your real-time foreign currency holdings and convert and transfer your funds at competitive rates of exchange and minimal fees. excess holding balances may be converted back to US dollars. Tempus specializes in providing corporate foreign currency exchange and tailored global payments solutions. Whether you are paying invoices in a foreign currency or receiving international payments, we protect your business profits and deliver measurable savings. We bring unparalleled market insights and the services and tools necessary to reduce your FX exposure and mitigate profit risk. Top-ranked foreign currency forecaster by Bloomberg Dedicated account managers proactively track and advise on market conditions Customizable hedging strategies to protect your profit margin Fast, flexible and secure global payments platform available 24/7 Part of Monex, a leading financial institution providing foreign currency Nationally licensed and bonded Money Service Business founded in 1999

Swapt enables businesses to capture data and deliver personalized consumer experiences with intelligent QR codes and NFC technology.

Our mission is to build software that enables companies to create frictionless digital journeys for their customers. As a company, we strive to do the right thing. We care about each other and do our best to support our employees, partners and customers. Our hope is that they trust us and rely on us. We’re enthusiastic, highly energized and always tell it like it is. We like to move fast, but still take time to keep things transparent. Our software combines the best of these elements. It’s powerful, open and in constant motion. It serves a worthy purpose—to give you complete, rich insights about your web and mobile app experiences, which you can confidently use to make life better for your customers. Creating frictionless journeys removes frustration and accelerates loyalty, growth and differentiation. It creates passionate fans and better business performance.

Keyword Tool is a software-as-a-service product that uses Google Autocomplete and other search engines to generate relevant long-tail keywords and related keywords for any topic.

Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising and technology company that owns hundreds of top mobile apps and games on the App Store and Google Play. Maple Media’s apps, including Player FM, ScanPro, WeekCal, We Heart It, Pic Stitch, Minesweeper Puzzle Bomb, and BlackJack 21, reach more than 60M users worldwide every month.

Slingshot Ahead is a program funded by the University of Chicago, Techstars, and Carnegie Mellon University that matches Gen Z coding prodigies with jobs at startups. Our AI engine identifies students who start coding for fun in elementary school and are better than a mid-career developer by the time they enter college. Then we pass them through technical and behavioral interviews as well as startup-specific professional training. Our students are looking for salaries of around $15 per/hour at companies where they can gain experience and receive strong college recommendations.

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Unstoppable is an advisory program for B2B SaaS CEOs where we help you accelerate growth to $3M ARR and beyond with a scalable Go-To-Market strategy.

Punch Financial is an outsourced CFO & accounting firm specializing in startups, high-growth companies, e-commerce, and services firms. Punch provides monthly accounting operations, financial statements, KPI establishment, fundraising, and all other back-office operations. Why hire an in-house CFO and bookkeeping team when for a fraction of the cost you can outsource the best team with proven results? Get so much more than bookkeeping—get expert business strategies aimed at helping you achieve your goals.