Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
ChargePoint (formerly Coulomb Technologies) is the leader in electric vehicle charging systems and application services, with the ChargePoint Network, a network of electric vehicle charging stations, now operating in 14 countries, and Network Operations Centers in the US, London, and Hong Kong.
B2C e-commerce
360buy.com, or Jingdong Mall, is one of the largest B2C e-commerce retailers in China. As the biggest 3C (Computer, Communication, and Consumer Electronics) online retailer in China, it also offers its customers a wide selection of products across many categories.
Social learning games for kids
Airy Labs is creating the next generation of social learning games for kids. We build mobile and tablet games, browser-based social games, and massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), all with a core educational mission to teach kids the things they need to be successful in their lives.
Mobile game developer
• Acquired by CJ E&M Corporation (KOSDAQ:130960)
Bluepepper is a mobile game developer in Korea. The current hit title, Sticker Shooting Star, has received positive reviews and won awards in Korea. The company’s technology allows users to produce and incorporate their own content into games.
Social commerce
Coupang, a group buying platform, is Korea’s leading social commerce website. Launched in August 2010 and currently the market leader in Korea, Coupang has become Asia’s fastest growing e-commerce company.
Multiplayer online game publisher
GamersFirst is a leading global publisher of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Using a free-to-play, in-game transaction model, the company has grown to over 28 million registered users in North and South America, Turkey, India, and Europe.
Online insurance service provider
InsCom (www.baoxian.com) is a leading independent online insurance service provider in China. InsCom currently operates a widely recognized independent e-commerce insurance website in China that offers a variety of insurance products online as well as the most up-to-date industry and regulatory information.
Mobile commerce
• Acquired by Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)
Karma Science is revolutionizing the way we give to one another. Currently in stealth mode, the company is building a platform that allows person-to-person gifts of products or services via a mobile device.
Mobile fitness app developer
Noom (formerly WorkSmart Labs) is a fitness technology company with a mission to make exercise and wellness a fun and seamless part of everyday life. Our mobile applications let you follow a personalized weight loss plan, schedule workouts, record them with your smartphone, track your eating habits, and more.
Social game developer
Noritown Studio is a social game developer in Korea. The company is developing social games on Korean social gaming platform (Cyworld and Naver), Facebook and iOS. Noritown’s game, Happy Idol, was one of the most successful social games in the Korean market.
Scientifically-tested cognitive games
Ntelligent Games analyzes human brain function based on neuro-psychological methodology and medical research, and develops functional social games for improving users’ cognitive abilities.
Social networking
The Backplane is a communities platform for influencers focused on creating technology around deep fan interaction and exclusive content. The Backplane is launching with the web’s largest and most hardcore fan community, Lady Gaga’s “Little Monsters.”
Hardware & Infrastructure
Optical technology for consumer electronics
• Acquired by a private investment group
LensVector is leading a revolution in solid-state optics with solutions that replace moving parts of tiny cameras found in mobile phones, laptops and other consumer electronics with solid-state optical components. LensVector delivers the smallest autofocus products in the industry, and the solution integrates easily with any camera module.
Semiconductor-based storage system
Taejin Infotech provides enterprise clients with cutting-edge semiconductor-based high-speed data storage and server systems. Combining semiconductor memory (DDR RAM) with solid state flash drives (SSD), Taejin is a clear improvement over traditional data storage equipment, resulting in improved performance and power/space savings.
Front and back office SaaS solution for home care industry
ClearCare offers the most robust software solution for the home care industry. ClearCare’s award winning web and mobile platform makes the business of home care administration intuitive, efficient, and paper-free.
Multi-platform, cloud productivity software
Evernote is helping the world remember everything by building innovative products and services that allow individuals to capture, find and interact with their memories. Evernote apps are available on all major computer, web, mobile, and tablet platforms.
Natural language processing (NLP) software
Ginger’s mission is to build products deeply rooted in the Semantic Web and more specifically in Natural Language Processing (NLP), which revolutionize the way computers and mobile devices understand language.
Ginger’s patent-pending technology understands the context and semantic meaning of written text by comparing the sentence to billions of similar sentences from the web.
Data integration and analysis software
Palantir is the world’s leading company for data integration and analysis software. Palantir has two product groups: one for governments seeking to combat criminal activity and one for financial services firms attempting to detect patterns in market data.
Enterprise software for contingent labor spend management
• Acquired by Pinnacle Technical Resources
Provade delivers the only enterprise Vendor Management System (VMS) for global workforce spend management. Provade’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution helps businesses achieve efficiency and measurable savings in their staffing, statement of work (SOW) and outsourced services spend.