WELCOME! Miles joins the TechNexus portfolio.
Miles is a frequent flyer program for ground transportation. They are a high-growth company well-versed in helping brands create owned loyalty programs. They drive deep consumer engagement by promoting activities, challenges, games, and trips in exchange for incentives & rewards. Miles powers loyalty programs for some of the world’s leading brands in various mobility sectors. Learn more about Miles.
From West coast to MidWest coast - we've got two portfolio companies making the list for BuiltIn's 2021 Watch List...Miles (Bay Area) and Ocient (Chicago) (BuiltInSF; BuiltInCHI)
Rapchat announced a new $2.3 million funding round to support artists working to launch careers in music. Rapchat's investors include Sony Music Entertainment, Adjacent, M25, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, 500 startups, and more. (Forbes)
The Guardian names Double Elvis Production's new hit podcast, Hear Comes the Break its Pick of the Week. In collaboration with Def Jam Records, the new podcast fuses a fictional story about a hip-hop show with artist interviews and new music. (The Guardian) | Listen here.
Congratulations to QCODE and Pushkin Industries for their nominations at the Podcast Academy’s inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio, also known as the Ambies. QCODE Productions won Best Performer in Audio Fiction, Best Production, and Sound Design, (The Left Right Game), and Best Scriptwriting, Fiction (Dirty Diana). Pushkin nominated in multiple categories for The Happiness Lab, Revisionist History. (Hollywood Reporter)
Losant receives 2021 IoT Application Development Platform of the Year Award (PRWeb)
Eddie Bauer Becomes Exclusive National Sponsor of The Dyrt. Plus, How to Reserve a Campsite, Even at the Last Minute via The New York Times (NYT)
How a homegrown experiment became one of the fastest-growing companies in fitness tech (Tonal EC-1 - TechCrunch)