From February 25th through the 28th of 2019, the VentureOut team powered a wonderful week for New Media startups that are planning on accelerating their growth by leveraging all the opportunities available to them in NYC.
In this one-week program, the startups had the opportunity to venture around New York City to learn how to scale and raise capital and got connected with some of the top tech influencers and investors in NYC.
The startups:
Close Kulfy
Kulfy App is your library for short-form entertainment (Videos, GIFs & Images). Kulfy is the simplest way to search your favorite content. And easily share with your Family & Friends via chat or any Social Network. We’re a creative and passionate group of individuals obsessed with short-media. We are continuing to build what we believe is the future of communication and entertainment. We have big goals and are looking for talented & like-minded people to join us!
kulfyapp.com MotionLab
Motionlab is a platform for creating personalized video in high volume. We can produce customized scenarios for every customer, leverage their historical data or consider their behavior to deliver unique personalized experience. We primary focus on the segment of clients who value interactions with their customers and who seek new innovative channels to help reach their set goals. These goals can involve increasing conversion, strengthening loyalty to the brand, increasing satisfaction and the extent of involvement. This solution primarily finds application in the following verticals:
http://motionlab.cz Seven Seas Music
Seven Seas Music, Inc. is a streaming and licensing platform supporting creative professionals seeking quality international music for their media projects. The website provides custom search tools and other unique features that make discovery and licensing of distant talent fast, easy and streamlined. Monies we collect from licenses go back to the artists in their respective countries. We are thrilled to be able to empower both sides - producers and artists - deliver memorable audio-visual experiences to audiences.
http://bmw@sevenseasmusic.com Sourcecall
Sourcecall’s custom video calling solution and payment processing allows users to book video talks with celebrities for a fee, which is also donated to a charity. They provide custom video calling solution and payment processing which allows users to earn money in exchange for their services.
http://sourcecall.com The Regeneration
The Regeneration Magazine highlights creatives, thinkers, artists, and entrepreneurs who are making waves in the environmental movement and changing the conversation about climate change. The publication offers something that traditional media outlets do not when it comes to covering the climate crisis: hope. The magazine, available in digital or print, showcases the good news when it comes to climate change, namely the work of real people doing real work right now to solve the climate crisis.
theregenerationmag.com Voxion
Voxion offers everything from an easy to use platform for creating branded voice apps to full service application development. Seamlessly create, publish, and manage apps for Amazon Alexa and Google Home all in one place, without writing a single line of code.
www.voxion.us
A One-Week Hyper Accelerator Program:
Our dense one week program was able to provide the New Media startups with not only core business knowledge, such as how to communicate your brand and product as well as fundamentals in fundraising, but also with meaningful connections they can count on to help them grow and scale their startups.
Click here to discover the full agenda and complete mentor list of the program.
Pictured below: some of the highlights of the program.
Workshops & mentoring
investor office visits & Company insights
The Pitch Night
The pitch night is by far the highlight of the week. It is a night filled with great presentations from the startups, networking, and refreshments. The startups have two minutes to pitch their company which then follows insights from an all-star panel of investors. It is a night that cannot be missed and one to remember for both the audience and participants.
Our investor panel featured:
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