Wednesday, January 21, 2009

United Sample is a provider of online sample solutions to the global marketing research industry

What Company Is Offering:
United Sample is a leading provider of online sample solutions to the global marketing research industry. Using proprietary technology with an emphasis on data quality, United Sample builds double opt-in Internet survey panels. These panels allow United Sample to supply its clients with targeted and unique respondents, providing demographically representative survey research facts.

How Much They Got From VCs:

United Sample, a provider of innovative online sample solutions for the market research industry, announced the closing of a $3M Series B round of venture capital financing led by Greycroft Partners .Previous investor DFJ Frontier also participated in the round. The new funds will be used to grow sales, increase marketing efforts, develop technology, and enhance operations. In connection with the financing, Dana Settle, a partner at Greycroft, will join the company’s board of directors. United Sample also announced its business metrics for the second half of 2008, revealing a rapidly growing number of panelists and strong web traffic.

More at:www.UnitedSample.com

SendMeHome.com --Tracking And Recovery Service

What Company Is Offering:
SendMeHome.com is a premier item tracking and recovery service. It allows users to label any physical item with a unique SendMeHome ID. With the launch of its lost and found service in September - the first free service of its kind in the world - SendMeHome.com allowed its users to safeguard their valuables from loss. With the addition of SendMeHome Stories, users can now use labeled items as a catalyst to inspire online communication in new and creative ways.

How It Works:

A SendMeHome story can be created by anyone for free - all that is needed is an interesting object, an internet connection, and some creativity. To begin a story, a user must register an object at SendMeHome.com. The object is then passed from person to person; each person who receives the item can use its unique SendMeHome ID as a key to add a chapter to the online story. For example, an artist could register a blank canvas and ask each of its recipients to contribute in order to eventually form a finished painting. Each recipient would add to the painting, post a photograph of the progress, and pass it on to another painter. Users would then be able to watch the painting evolve over time and connect with the other contributors.
SendMeHome.com allows story creators to set detailed objectives and specific destinations for their objects. In addition, it provides a rich interface for writing each chapter - complete with images, videos, maps, and a full-featured text editor - with one of the fastest and most intuitive interfaces available online.

More at:http://www.sendmehome.com/

MobIncentive.com is all about collective incentives

What Company Is Offering:
MobIncentive.com is all about collective incentives. They allow people to set up an incentive for getting something done and let everyone else in the world "pile on" to the idea. The hope is that if enough people get behind an idea and "put their money where their mouths are", things will get done.

How It Works:

MobIncentive.com works through collective incentives. Anyone can post an idea or challenge, and anyone can "pile on" to ideas they like with fame and/or fortune. As people "put their money where their mouths are" the reward for taking action on that idea grows.

More at:http://mobincentive.com/

Adobe products with insider tips, innovative techniques

What Company Is Offering:
Adobe products with insider tips, innovative techniques, and behind-the-scenes tours delivered on video, on demand. Get to know Adobe personalities by tuning in to Russell Brown revealing Adobe Photoshop secrets, Greg Rewis taming the web, or Jason Levine editing video. See the favorite tricks of design luminaries, take tours of cutting-edge creative shops, and find out what Adobe employees do with technology in their spare time. The best of Adobe’s expertise and community is now in one place. Watch when you want and where you want, save episodes, subscribe to your favorite channel, and post shows on your blog. And it’s not only the talent that’s in action – Adobe TV itself is produced and delivered using Adobe product and technologies. From planning to playback, Adobe TV is brought to you by Adobe.

More at:http://tv.adobe.com/

Sports Coach Network is a social network designed for coaches

What Company Is Offering:
Sports Coach Network is a social network designed for coaches, athletes, clubs and businesses. Where everyone can network, share and find the information they need, when they need it. Pages are organized in a wiki style so that everyone can contribute more information, videos and photos. Sports Coach Network is currently in beta, but is open to sign-ups, and feedback.

More at:http://www.thescn.com/