Founder Collective: When Entrepreneurs Form Their Own Seed-Stage Venture Firm

to “Document and share your life with others. Get real time updates on what your friends and family are doing every day.”

Datalot, a New York startup with predictive technology to deliver qualified and valuable leads to marketers.

Giiv, a Los Angeles-based firm that enables people to send codes to their friends via text messages that can be used as vouchers for gifts at certain retailers.

Hot Potato, a Brooklyn, NY-based firm that provides “tools for groups both large and small to collaboratively document and socialize around live events, in real time.”

National Payment Network, a San Mateo, CA, startup that has a product called CustomPay that facilitates payment plans to help consumers pay down debt more quickly than the terms of their existing loans for, say, a car or a home.

Soluto, a provider of software for PC users that helps them resolve problems with their Windows-based computers.

—-Vaultive, a Tel Aviv-based firm that Founder says is “focused on enabling companies to secure and retain control of sensitive information stored off-premise in SaaS systems and cloud computing platforms.”

Author: Ryan McBride

Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News. Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.