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Penny Black is a New York based private investment firm, focused on seed- and early-stage venture capital. What the Penny Black did for communication in the 19th century, we strive to replicate by investing in game-changing companies that improve the way people share ideas and utilize knowledge.

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Penny Black is a New York based private investment firm, focused on seed- and early-stage venture capital. What the Penny Black did for communication in the 19th century, we strive to replicate by investing in game-changing companies that improve the way people share ideas and utilize knowledge.

With a young team at the helm, we’re not your traditional VC firm. We sit in the trenches with our CEOs, and work all hours to provide them with an unfair advantage as they grow and build markets. We invest early, and stay actively involved in the development and growth of each company.

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numberFire is an analytics framework that empowers sports consumers to make smarter decisions. Over 50 million people play fantasy sports or bet on the games, but they are lost when it comes to advice, as most of the content available is opinionated, qualitative, and non-substantive.

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numberFire is an analytics framework that empowers sports consumers to make smarter decisions. Over 50 million people play fantasy sports or bet on the games, but they are lost when it comes to advice, as most of the content available is opinionated, qualitative, and non-substantive. To meet the opportunities in this market, we apply Wall Street-style quantitative analysis to the massive amounts of data that exists around sports in order to deliver best-in-breed insight and advice for our users and media partners.

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ScaleArc is the pioneer in a new category of database infrastructure software that simplifies the way database environments are deployed and managed, and lowers costs without any changes to applications or databases.

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ScaleArc is the pioneer in a new category of database infrastructure software that simplifies the way database environments are deployed and managed, and lowers costs without any changes to applications or databases. The ScaleArc iDB software abstracts database servers from application servers to provide instant horizontal scaling and connection management, and enablesreal-time visibility into every query to provide real-time analytics and instant troubleshooting, one-click query caching, wire-speed security enforcement, and much more.

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Spreecast™ is a social video platform that lets people broadcast together, creating shared experiences that inform and entertain.

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Spreecast™ is a social video platform that lets people broadcast together, creating shared experiences that inform and entertain.

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TriplePoint Capital offers leases and loans to finance companies’ equipment or growth-capital needs.

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TriplePoint Capital offers leases and loans to finance companies’ equipment or growth-capital needs. The company offers debt-financing products, including equipment leases, equipment loans, and growth capital loans.

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Omada Health is building a web-based program based on a landmark clinical trial in order to help people with prediabetes reduce the chance they get diabetes.

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Omada Health is building a web-based program based on a landmark clinical trial in order to help people with prediabetes reduce the chance they get diabetes.

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Trilogy Partnership is a financial organization formed by John W. Stanton and investing in wireless startups.

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Trilogy Partnership is a financial organization formed by John W. Stanton and investing in wireless startups.

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GIZA VENTURE CAPITAL established in 1992, is a pioneer investor in seed and early-stage technology companies. Giza currently manages five funds totaling about US$600 million.

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GIZA VENTURE CAPITAL established in 1992, is a pioneer investor in seed and early-stage technology companies. Giza currently manages five funds totaling about US$600 million.

Giza investment professionals bring wealth of expertise and experience in Communications, Semiconductors, Information Technology, Enterprise Software, Life Sciences, CleanTech, Media, Internet & Entertainment.

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Xeround (pronounced zeh-round) is a service that replaces your existing MySQL database and provides seamless MySQL scalability and high availability.

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Xeround (pronounced zeh-round) is a service that replaces your existing MySQL database and provides seamless MySQL scalability and high availability. Xeround runs in the cloud, allowing you to scale your database up or out automatically, and maintain availability even in the event of failure. Currently, you can run your database on Amazon Web Services and on Rackspace, as well as via the Heroku platform, with additional cloud service providers being added.

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Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, Mashable, MSNBC and Slate.

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Outbrain (www.outbrain.com) is the leading content discovery platform, reaching a highly engaged audience through distribution on top publisher sites, including CNN, Fox News, Hachette Filipacchi Media, Mashable, MSNBC and Slate. Outbrain provides publishers a service for recommended links to increase traffic and generate revenue.

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