CommentSold helps business sell products digitally. They have announced Sarah Lodato as their VP of People Operations. Sarah will help continue building out the HR organization. She was most recently the Head of People Ops at Roadie where she led all things, culture, engagement, learning and development, and recruitment. She is also a Regional Organizer for Tech Ladies, an organization that helps connect women with the best jobs and opportunities in technology.

With the CommentSold platform, businesses can manage inventory, automate invoicing, enable sales through social networking, and power web and mobile applications. Their mission is to democratize e-commerce by creating affordable, innovative, and easy-to-use software solutions. They were named 2019 BEST EASE OF USE for Billing & Invoicing, and Inventory Management according to Capterra. CommentSold is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.

FUNDING: Zelnick Media Capital

CafeMedia connects authentic publishers, engaged audiences and leading brands to make the internet a better place. They have announced David Rowley as their new Chief Technology Officer. He will oversee the growth and expansion of CafeMedia’s technology products and teams. Most recently David was the CTO for Ask Media Group.

CafeMedia is a leading digital media company that supports nearly 2,000 high-quality content creators. The company’s content collective, AdThrive, is the first and preeminent ad monetization platform for premium mid-sized digital publishers with superior ad optimization support, the latest ad fulfillment technology, and a customer-first approach. AdThrive empowers its creators to make a living doing what they love – producing great content – while managing the advertising for them.

The collective force of content creators reaches 102 million monthly unique visitors and 417 million social followers. CafeMedia provides premium programmatic media solutions that connect brands to deeply engaged audiences in food, family, home, and more. Brand partners get access to a highly curated pool of inventory with a focus on high viewability, brand-safe units and the right context or audience to drive exceptional performance.

FUNDING: Threshold (formerly DFJ), Highland Capital Partners

* Acquired by Zelnick Media Capital 2018

EnergyHub, a dynamic energy software technology company has announced it’s new VP of Engineering will be Max Whitney. She was formerly the VP of Engineering at Noom Inc. She has a Masters in Computer Science from NYU. Max will help Energyhub further its technology mission and grow its team.

EnergyHub's platform lets consumers turn their smart thermostats, water heaters, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power. We work on technology that already provides energy and cost savings to more than a million people through partnerships with the most exciting companies in the 'internet of things.' EnergyHub is an independent subsidiary of Alarm.com, the leading technology provider of connected home solutions. They are headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

FUNDING: .406 Ventures, Physic Ventures, Acadia Woods Partners, NYSERDA, Partnership Fund for New York City

* Acquired by Alarm.com 2013

Fundera, an NYC-based online credit marketplace for small business, announced Jason Rodriguez as Chief Technology Officer. As a 20-year technologist who helped lead multiple successful startups, most recently at SoulCycle, Jason will be an important driver in taking our tech organization to the next level as we continue growing investments in technology and our team to get there. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from NYU-Polytechnic School of Engineering.

With Fundera, business owners can get competing offers from dozens of the country's leading small business lenders by submitting just one application. Their mission is to put the power to borrow back in the hands of business owners.

FUNDING: BoxGroup, Khosla Ventures, Susquehanna Growth Equity, Core Innovation Capital, First Round, QED Investors

* Acquired byNerdWallet 2020

Tinkergarten provides early childhood education with outdoor classes and activities. They have announced Kelly Newton as their VP of Marketing. Kelly will be responsible for shaping the company’s marketing strategy, priorities, programs, and plans for achieving Tinkergarten’s growth goals. She was most recently VP of Marketing at Marcus by Goldman Sachs, and prior was the Head of Growth Marketing for Audible, an Amazon Company.

Tinkergarten brings high quality early childhood education to a park near you. Their technology platform vets, trains and mobilizes a distributed workforce of passionate, local leaders who run fun, social, and educational activity-based kids classes in green spaces everywhere. With Tinkergarten, kids become well-balanced people who can problem-solve, lead, and create.

FUNDING: WnderCo,Reach Capital,Owl Ventures,Omidyar Capital,Blue Collective,Structure Capital,Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

7Park Data transforms data to revolutionize business decisions. They have announced Jodi Weissberg as their Head of Legal and Compliance. Jodi will oversee all internal and external legal and compliance matters for the company. Previously Jodi was Associate General Counsel of 451 Research where she handled all corporate legal matters, real property leases, human resource issues and litigation in the United States and internationally.

Leveraging advanced machine intelligence, their platform transforms one petabyte of unstructured information into Leading Performance indicators for over 10,000 companies. Their Clients are the most sophisticated investment firms and Fortune 500 corporations who depend on 7Park Data for more accurate benchmarking, forecasting and strategic decision making.

FUNDING: Mueller Ventures, Granite Capital Management

* Acquired byVista Equity Partners 2018

TripleLift creates advertising technology for the next generation of content. They have announced Andrew King as Senior Director of Product Management. Andrew will oversee the video product line, which is a critical and fast growing product lane for the company. Most recently Andrew was Head of Product at TayKey, acquired by Innovid in December ‘17.

TripleLift helps marketers reach hundreds of millions of consumers across any device, in as many channels as possible, while staying true to our core value of providing the most user-centric forms of advertising for each channel. Since its founding in 2012, TripleLift has consistently been named one of Crain's New York Business's Best Places to Work in NYC, has appeared on the Inc. 500 multiple times, all while being profitable.

FUNDING: NextView Ventures,True Ventures,Inovia Capital,Laconia Capital,Edison Partners

BestPass, the leading provider of single-source payment and streamlined toll management services for commercial fleets nationwide, has announced Michael Sebast as their new VP of Engineering. Michael has spent the last 13 years at IEEE GlobalSpec in Albany, NY. Most recently as VP of Technology and Delivery, he oversaw a team of 65 engineers focused on the design, development, and architecture of all major software solutions.

Founded in 2001 by the Trucking Association of New York, BestPass is currently 90 employees and was privatized by Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC in October 2018.

FUNDING: Susquehanna Growth Equity

CardFlight, a NYC based SaaS startup offering mobile payments technology and point of sale solutions for enterprises, has hired Nate Meagher as their VP of People. Nate is the former VP of People at NYC startup Animoto where he led the growth, hiring 85 employees across 3 office location. He developed key company culture iniatives to impact team success in a hybrid operations and resources leadership role. He oversaw recruiting, hiring, real estate management, benefits administration, compliance and asset management.

CardFlight takes pride in building and maintaining solutions that are a step ahead of the curve in technology, reliability, and user experience. As the US leader in EMV Quick Chip enablement, CardFlight makes it easy, accessible, and secure for partners and merchants to accept payments.

FUNDING: ff Venture Capital, MATH Venture Partners, Accomplice, Atlas Ventures, ERA, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Payment Ventures

Opentrons, the maker of robots for biologists, has announced Ben Donohue as their new VP of Engineering. Ben will help grow and already outstanding engineering team. He will also further Opentrons’ commitment to the Open Source community. Ben brings an accomplished career as a technology executive across industries such as business intelligence, dark web intelligence, adtech, music/audio and financial services.

Opentrons’ mission is to provide the scientific community with a common platform to easily share protocols and reproduce results. Opentrons’ robots automate experiments that would otherwise be done by hand, allowing scientists to spend more time pursuing answers to some of the 21st century’s most important questions.

FUNDING: Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, SOSV, Lerer Hippeau, HAX, TSVC, NYU Innovation Venture Fund

Morty, the smart home mortgage, has announced Cindy Chin as their first Head of Marketing. Cindy will be spearheading all marketing initiatives to help provide research-driven plans and opportunities for brand awareness and growth. Cindy has lead marketing at early stage startups and growth stage companies such as Flocabulary and MarkerBot, as well as lead Digital Marketing and Retention for American Express.

Morty’s mission has been to empower homebuyers to make smarter home financing decisions. Whether it’s the best rate, product, technology or service, consumers deserve to be able to get the best of what they need in order to feel comfortable buying their dream home. Morty is committed to bringing this all under one roof through a seamless mortgage process providing buyers with a modern, transparent and empowering experience.

FUNDING: Thrive Capital, Prudence Holdings, FJ Labs, Techstars, SV Angel, Corigin Ventures

Frame.io, the platform powering the future of creative collaboration, has announced Bryan Medway as their Head of Design. He will help lead design strategy and execution while growing their design team. Bryan most recently was leading Experience Design for Adobe’s Creative Cloud platform in San Francisco.

Today's Leading media companies use Frame.io to streamline their video review and collaboration process with teammates, clients, and a variety of stakeholders. They supercharge post-production workflows for more than 500K video professionals by bringing together media and stakeholders. Their platform makes things faster, smoother and more efficient while allowing you to work seamlessly across both web and mobile.

FUNDING: Accel, Shasta Ventures, SignalFire, FirstMark, Tectonic Capital, Kortschak Investments

* Acquired by Adobe August 2021