SURKUS Covered in New York Times

Need Models for Your Party? There’s an App for That SURKUS was covered recently in an New York Times article: “Need Models for Your Party? There’s an App for That”.   “Surkus members have been paid to attend restaurant openings, off-nights at clubs (where they are known as “atmosphere models”) and promotional parties for products. Some get cast for film and …

Mashable covers EcoQube C Aquarium

The Aqua Design Innovations EcoQube C Aquarium was reviewed as  one of “5 crowdfunded products that actually delivered on the hype” by Mashable.com. “Let’s be real, caring for fish mostly requires daily sprinklings of odd-smelling flakes. But if you aren’t particularly motivated to keep their underwater environment clean, that neglected tank will quickly become Hotel California. Since siphoning out several …

Tesloop’s First Tesla Model S Hit’s the 300,000 Mile Mark

Portfolio company Tesloop made the news this week as they reported that their first Tesla Model S has been in service for 300,000 miles.  What has been amazing is that the cost of maintenance and electricity for the vehicle has only been $10,492, which is an extremely low figure for auto maintenance and fuel costs. Read the article in Motor …

Dubset Inks Major Deal with Sony

August 22, 2017 Dubset announces today a major deal with Sony Music to utilize Dubset’s proprietary techmology to tag and recognize their music catalog, allowing licensing to be extended to DJ mixes and remixes. Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/now-in-the-mix-for-sony-music-artists-royalties-from-dj-sets-1503406803 TechCrunch:  https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/22/dubset-makes-sony-the-first-major-label-legalized-for-remixing/ The deal unlocks Sony’s catalog for use in mixes and remixes and they have begun delivering content as of today.  Here …

Sports 1 Marketing Wins Golden Stevie Award

AMP Beats DraftKings For a Gold Stevie at The 2017 American Business Awards Sports 1 Marketing‘s AMP was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Best Mobile Site & Application category at the 15th Annual American Business Awards.  The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program.  More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes …

RaiseTheMoney.com Closes Series A

Launches Global Political Processing Platform with Stripe LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (January 5, 2017) – RaiseTheMoney.com, a political software and payment processing platform, closed its Series A of $1 million. The round was led in part by the Fund for Arkansas’ Future II, LLC and a New York-based private investment firm. In 2015, RaiseTheMoney.com was approved to offer equity investment tax …

Global Trust Group Leads Series A Investment Round for Surkus

Los Angeles.  June 12, 2017.  Surkus Inc. (www.Surkus.com) lead investor Global Trust Group is joined by CUI, EverBright Financial Group, Nan Fung Group, Opus Financial Group, NetEase Venture Fund, Head & Shoulders Financial Group and other investors in funding the Series A investment round for Surkus Inc. Surkus is the first crowdsourcing marketplace where brands and venues can acquire their …