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- Date founded: September 2011
- Location: New York, NY
- Management team: Paige Brown (Cofounder and CEO), Alex Torrenegra (Cofounder and Chairman), Gisella Borja (CTO), Leonardo Suarez (Cofounder and COO), Darell Garbe (Cofounder and VP of Business Development)
- What it is: An app for credit card terminals to allow small businesses to interact with customers in real time through paperless loyalty programs and social media
- Date founded: January, 2011
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Management team: Aron Schwarzkopf (CEO), Sebastian Castro (COO), Marty Sirkin (CTO)
- What it is: A local, social and mobile marketing platform that's as easy to use as email and puts a local business everywhere it needs to be
- Date founded: June 2010
- Location: New York, NY
- Management team: David Pachter (CEO and Cofounder), Trevor Sumner (President and Cofounder), Forest Mars (CTO), Adam Green (VP of Finance & Operations)
- What it is: A web-based program for people with pre-diabetes to reduce the risk they progress into full-blown diabetes
- Date founded: May 2011
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Management team: Sean Duffy (Cofounder), Adrian James (Cofounder and President), Andrew DiMichele (Cofounder and CTO), Paula Chang (Director of Design)
- What it is: A Facebook Credits-based loyalty program that rewards Facebook members for dining and making purchases at favorite restaurants and stores.
- Date founded: April 2011
- Location: Denver, CO
- Management team: Peter Vogel (Cofounder, Sales and Business Development), Matthew Lord (Cofounder, Product Development and Marketing), Bryan Tyler (IT, Systems Development and Technology Leadership)
- What it is: A localized web and mobile-based peer to peer lending technology
- Date founded: N/A
- Location: Mason, OH
- Management team: Candace Suzanne Klein (Founder, CEO), Christopher Calvert (COO), Rahul Bawa (CTO), Cheryl Stamm (VP, Sales)
- What it is: is a credit card fraud prevention SaaS platform that helps small businesses reduce chargebacks
- Date founded: April 2011
- Location: New York, NY
- Management team: Edward Lin (Cofounder), Rita H Lin (Cofounder), Mark Lin (Cofounder)
- What it is: A trusted partner network for global trade, connecting buyers and suppliers on a seamless platform for international sourcing
- Date founded: January 2010
- Location: New York, NY
- Management team: Tanjila Islam (CEO, Founder), Ivan Kedrin (CTO), Bhavna Lal (VP, Business Development)
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