Portfolio
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Knovel is a web-based reference source of authoritative content and productivity tools designed for engineers and scientists. Knovel brings essential Sci-tech data to life in a virtual technical library that solves problems for engineers, applied scientists and librarians worldwide. Users can analyze and reorganize the data in over 800 full-text engineering and scientific reference works, handbooks, and databases. They can sort, filter and export data from 'live tables', resolve equations and plot graphs, and capture values from existing graphs.
Co-Investment Partners: CSFB, Himalaya Capital
“The Cue Ball team provides keen strategic insight and guidance as we look to scale our business. Cue Ball was also instrumental in having Dave Shaffer, former COO of Thomson Corporation and a Cue Ball investor, join as our Chairman. The industry and management experience of Dave and the overall Cue Ball team is an enormous value-add for Knovel.””
Chris Forbes, CEO of Knovel Corporation
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Tickets-for-Charity® gives music, sports and theater fans an easy way to support important causes while gaining access to great seats at entertainment and sports events nationwide.
Tickets-for-Charity® is a for profit corporation that pays artists and concert promoters full face value for each ticket. It then resells the tickets, donating the additional revenue to charity and collecting a Ticketmaster-style service fee. Currently, Tickets-for-Charity® supports over 30 charities, ranging from the Boys and Girls Club of America to Habitat for Humanity.
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Cruxy is a social commerce platform for independent artists to promote, sell, and distribute digital content. Further, fans can trial, download, and promote digital content, and industry players can identify top emerging artists by genre.
“Thanks to Cue Ball we were able to engage an interim CEO with a wealth of experience from her former executive role at Disney Publishing. Cue Ball has a knack for identifying highly intelligent people who are passionate, fun to work with, and willing to put some skin in the game.”
Jon and Nathan, co-founders of www.cruxy.com
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PowerMetal Technologies is a leading high-performance component supplier of nanomaterials to the billion dollar sporting goods and consumer products industries. PowerMetal partners with industry leaders to design and develop nanometal components with unique properties that enable sporting goods companies to create breakthrough products which significantly enhance product performance.
Co-Investment Partners: Mosaic Venture Partners
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MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge which aims to “Starbuck” the nail salon industry and become the “Go To” place for essential beauty care products. MiniLuxe focuses on offering a high quality and superior consumer experience at an affordable price point.
“Cue Ball’s vision to transform the nail salon industry is a much welcomed advancement from the perspective of a medical professional. MiniLuxe raises the standards of hygiene, professionalism, and experience in an industry frozen in an antiquated system of health standards. Cue Ball’s focus on game-changing investment ideas combined with its unique network matched to those ideas is a powerful formula for success.”
Mehmet Oz, Author of You – The Owner’s Manual and Vice Chairman and Director of Cardiovascular Institute at Columbia University
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Epic Burger is the contemporary version of the classic American Burger Joint. It is a premium burger concept offering a better tasting, all natural burger to be enjoyed in (or carried out of) a hip and eco-friendly environment.
Epic Burger is a healthier alternative to typical burger restaurants. It serves only the finest naturally raised meats. (i.e. beef, turkey and chicken raised without hormones or antibiotics and fed a strict vegetarian diet). All products are of the highest quality using local suppliers when possible and natural ingredients. Burger patties are hand-formed and never frozen, french fries are hand cut and all of Epic Burgers food will be free of preservatives, food colorings or artificial ingredients differentiating itself from the high-fat, preservative-laden offerings of most “super-sized” fast-food outlets.
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PlanetTran is a pioneering “eco-livery” service company and the nation's first transportation service based exclusively on environmentally-friendly hybrid vehicles. Founded in 2003 by Seth Riney, the vision was to build a smarter urban transportation solution that would also serve as a platform to influence senior executives, professionals, and opinion leaders on the importance of environmentally responsible transportation.
PlanetTran currently services New England and the San Francisco Bay Area, providing both individuals and organizations with scheduled hybrid car service. Clients may make reservations online at www.planettran.com or they may call 1888 PLNT TRN.
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Shape Up The Nation is the first wellness company focused on leveraging the power of trusted social networks to promote healthy living. Founded in 2006, Shape Up The Nation has pioneered an innovative approach to behavior change that uses social networking to reduce health care costs by improving the health of large populations through peer motivation, support, and accountability. Shape Up The Nation’s evidence-based online platform is used by hundreds of leading self-insured employers and health plans.
Co-Investment Partners: Excel Venture Management
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1-800-DENTIST is become the nation’s leading resource for consumers in search of a dentist. The service has matched millions Americans with independent dentists, helping them to make an informed decision about their oral health. For dentists, the company offers the 1-800-DENTIST new patient program which provides qualified patient leads to dental practices across the country, as well as marketing programs that helps dentists communicate with their current patient base.
Co-Investment Partners: Bain Capital Ventures
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Stylesight.com is the premier provider of trend content and Software as a Service (SaaS) designer tools, and the only service available in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and English translation. Stylesight offers its global subscribers the unrivaled ability to intercept, interpret and transmit the impulses of the style industry through its timely, relative trend content and state-of-the-art technology.
Co-Investment Partners: Volition Capital