Polyvore

Rubber Ducky Labs Raises $1.5 Million to Build Operational Analytics for Recommender Systems

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
Data Analytics, Data Management, Professional Services, Technology, Software, Heart, Meta, Algorithm, Multimedia, Natural rubber, Carnegie Mellon University, Recommender system, Machine learning, Y Combinator, Bain Capital Ventures, Stitch Fix, Knowledge, Cryptocurrency, Online shopping, Polyvore, Bacalhau

Rubber Ducky Labs completed Y Combinator in Winter 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Rubber Ducky Labs completed Y Combinator in Winter 2023.
  • By establishing a paved path for analyzing and iterating on recommender systems, Rubber Ducky Labs gives teams the answers they’re looking for in minutes instead of days.
  • Rubber Ducky Labs was founded in 2022 by Alexandra Johnson, an engineer with a background in fashion at Polyvore, and then a machine learning-focused developer at SigOpt.
  • Her co-founder, Georgia Hong is CTO of Rubber Ducky Labs.

HERETIC VENTURES ANNOUNCES SEED FINANCING OF ITS PORTFOLIO COMPANY, TONIC.XYZ: BLOCKCHAIN ART FOR WEB3 NATIVES AND NEWBIES ALIKE

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Boston Consulting Group, Blockchain, DNA, Culture, Innovation system, Stanford University, General partnership, Patronage, Tidal, SAN, Commerce, Creative Artists Agency, Knowledge, Entrepreneurship, Digital, AI, Syndicate, Marvel Entertainment, IDEO, GMV, TPG Inc., Cryptocurrency, Online shopping, Industrial design, Management, WhatsApp, Gagosian Gallery, Polyvore, Heresy

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heretic Ventures, the San Francisco-based venture studio launched by serial entrepreneur Mariam Naficy and backed by industry-leading investors and entrepreneurs including Reid Hoffman, Ev Williams, Chris Dixon, Jeremy Stoppelman, April Underwood, and others, announces that Tonic.xyz, a leading gallery offering highly curated art on the blockchain, has raised $5 million in a seed financing round co-led by Patron.xyz and TTCER.

Key Points: 
  • "Mariam and the team she is building at Heretic are as special as they come," says Gerald Risk, Partner at TTCER.
  • Tonic.xyz, a Heretic venture, reimagines the art collectors' experience and extends access to blockchain art beyond crypto-native consumers.
  • As a part of their 0-to-1 development process, Heretic Ventures utilizes a deep network of advisors and experts across industries and technologies.
  • Heretic Ventures is currently working on incubating AI-based businesses, with renowned engineer and entrepreneur Pasha Sadri (Polyvore, Whatsapp) as an advisor.

Bicycle Health Expands Executive Team to Power National Growth and Enhance Virtual Treatment Model for Opioid Use Disorder

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
Head, OUD, MAT, Health, IPO, Patient, Engineering, Opioid use disorder, Wheel, Technology, Goal, Addiction, CEO, Analytics, DaVita Inc., Opioid, GLOBE, Axia, CTO, FDA, Management, Pharmaceutical industry, Guadagno, Polyvore

Based in Austin, Texas, Norris has taken four startups to IPO and multi-$100M acquisitions, including Polyvore, MessageOne, and Darby Smart.

Key Points: 
  • Based in Austin, Texas, Norris has taken four startups to IPO and multi-$100M acquisitions, including Polyvore, MessageOne, and Darby Smart.
  • As CTO at Bicycle Health, Norris will lead the Engineering, Product, Analytics, and IT teams, focusing on enhancing the companys virtual OUD treatment offering to ensure accessibility, convenience, and a high-quality experience.
  • Bicycle Health has become an impactful leader in its five-year history, using the power of technology to address one of our nations most pressing crises, said Norris.
  • Bicycle Health is facing an extremely difficult issue head-on, and is using technology and strategic partnerships to do so.

URSTYLE.com Develops Social Commerce Community in Wake of Polyvore Shutdown

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Software, Computing, World Wide Web, Photo sharing, Social networking services, Polyvore, E-commerce, Social commerce, Pinterest, Instagram, Blockchain, Community

Without any specific marketing budget and strategic investors, they were able to build more engaged social commerce community.

Key Points: 
  • Without any specific marketing budget and strategic investors, they were able to build more engaged social commerce community.
  • URSTYLE wants to build on this success and develop an advanced community platform similar to Pinterest or Instagram, with the newest technologies supported by Blockchain and AI.
  • The company's virtual moodboard function allows community members to add products into a shared product index, and use them to create image collages called "Sets".
  • This creative outlet offered a new home for the ex Polyvore community.

Polyvore Substitute, known as ChicVore, Puts Emphasis on Building a Creative & Art Community, Over Building a Store

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Monday, April 23, 2018
Polyvore, World Wide Web, Digital media

At least, that is the philosophy driving a new Polyvore substitute, called ChicVore .

Key Points: 
  • At least, that is the philosophy driving a new Polyvore substitute, called ChicVore .
  • The site's founding group of ex-Polyvore users aim to build a new community with an emphasis on its creators and artists, rather than its store.
  • To them, Polyvore had a store as a result of its creative community, but the store was always secondary.
  • ChicVore has also announced an initiative to restore art sets from Polyvore user profiles through an upload feature.