Technology

Acer Corporate Office

Acer was founded in 1976 by Stanley and Carolyn Shih in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The original name of the company was Mutlitech International. The company started with only $25,000 US dollars and 11 employees. Today, this international company had annual revenue in 2014 of $10.52 billion.

Acer makes a variety of computers and hardware, including laptops, notebooks, desktops, computer components, such as motherboards and RAM, as well as monitors, televisions, servers, projectors, and storage solutions. Business workstations offer support for a wide range of professional applications. The company sells their products in retail locations, as well as direct online sales.

In July 2011, Acer Inc. bought iGware Inc. for $320 million to try to enter the potentially lucrative cloud market.

In September of 2015, the company acquired both GPS cycling computer brand Xplova, as well as the robotics startup company Jibo. The company is listed as the 6th largest computer vendor in the world in 2015.

Acer America opened their headquarters in Mountain View, California, in 1985 with a staff of 3. It has since moved to San Jose, California, in 1990. The company has repair facilities and a call center in Richardson, Texas.

The company currently has more than 7,000 employees worldwide, operates in 70 countries, and has approximately 95,000 retail locations spread in more than 160 countries.

Acer America

History

In July 2011, Acer Inc. bought iGware Inc. for $320 million to try to enter the potentially lucrative cloud market.

The company currently has more than 7,000 employees worldwide, operates in 70 countries, and has approximately 95,000 retail locations spread in more than 160 countries.

TrackR Corporate Office

TrackR was founded by Chris Herbert and Christian Smith in 2009. This pair of entrepreneurs met at Santa Barbara College and shared their woes about the pain of losing items. The idea for TrackR was born.

TrackR makes devices the size of coins that can be attached to various items. The tag can then be tracked via the GPS system on smartphones. There are TrackR devices that can make your cell phone ring, even if you have it set to silent, ones that can be placed in your wallet, and tags that can be attached to pet collars.

The company is listed as #155 on the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America. TrackR had a three-year growth rate of 2,541% and an annual revenue in 2014 of $2.7 million. The company has 15 employees, with 8 of these jobs being added in the past 3 years.

Track R is also listed as #14 on the Inc. list of Top Consumer Products and Services. In late 2018, the company rebranded itself as Adero.

TrackR

History

Track R is also listed as #14 on the Inc. list of Top Consumer Products and Services. In late 2018, the company rebranded itself as Adero.

FanDuel Corporate Office

FanDuel, also known as FanDuel.com, was founded in 2009 by Hubdub, a prediction market game company. FanDuel is a daily fantasy sports company where players can wager on daily fantasy sports competitions as opposed to the traditional weekly competitions.

Daily fantasy sports is possible legally due to a 2006 law which banned internet gambling. This law included an exclusion for “skill based games” which allows sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings to operate.

FanDuel received $1.2 million in seed investment from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

In early 2013, the company raised $11 million in funding in a Series C round. The round was led by Comcast Ventures, Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch.

In September 2014, the company raised an additional $70 million in Series D funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and KKR.

In November 2014, the company announced a partnership with the NBA. As part of the agreement, the NBA received an equity stake in the company in exchange for promoting them as their “Official One Day Fantasy Basketball Game”.

In July 2015, the company raised another $275 million in a Series E round which valued the company at over $1 billion dollars. The company used part of these funds to acquire analytics company numberFire.

On October 4, 2015, DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350,000 on FanDuel. This came 1 week after Haskell had leaked sensitive information that would give players a competitive advantage. The FBI and US DOJ both open cases while DraftKings and FanDuel temporarily ban employees from wagering. FanDuel hires a DC lobbying firm on Oct 14th.

On October 15, 2015, Nevada bans all daily fantasy sports sites from being used by Nevada residents.

Today, FanDuel has over 1 million active users and will pay out over $2 billion to players in 2015. The company has raised $363 million in total funding and has partnered with 16 NFL and 14 NBA teams.

FanDuel

FanDuel received $1.2 million in seed investment from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

History

In early 2013, the company raised $11 million in funding in a Series C round. The round was led by Comcast Ventures, Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch.

In September 2014, the company raised an additional $70 million in Series D funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and KKR.

On October 15, 2015, Nevada bans all daily fantasy sports sites from being used by Nevada residents.

Scopely Corporate Office

Scopely was founded in 2011 by Walter Driver, a social gaming entrepreneur, Eytan Elbaz, Applied Semantics co-founder, Ankur Bulsara, lead software developer at MySpace, and Eric Futtoran, a startup veteran.

The company partners with touchscreen game developers and entertainment companies to help them monetize their games, as well as provide them with marketing, business development, analytics, and community management.

Scopely’s best-selling games are Dice with Buddies, Mini Golf MatchUp, Slots Vacation, Wordly, The Walking Dead, and Skee-ball Arcade.

In January 2020, the company acquired FoxNext Games and ColdIron Studios from Disney for an estimated $71.3 billion.

Scopely is #9 on the 2015 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the United States with a three-year growth rate of 19,55%. The company has added 101 jobs over the past three years, for a total of 102 employees. Scopely is #2 in the Inc. list of Top Advertising & Marketing companies, # in Top California Companies, and #4 in Los Angeles Metro Area companies.

In October 2020, Scopely raised $340 millin in Series E funding.

The company maintains a corporate office in Culver City, California.

Scopely

History

Scopely’s best-selling games are Dice with Buddies, Mini Golf MatchUp, Slots Vacation, Wordly, The Walking Dead, and Skee-ball Arcade.

In January 2020, the company acquired FoxNext Games and ColdIron Studios from Disney for an estimated $71.3 billion.

In October 2020, Scopely raised $340 millin in Series E funding.

The company maintains a corporate office in Culver City, California.

StartApp Corporate Office

StartApp created a way for app developers to earn money off downloads of their apps – by turning apps into businesses. The relationship with developers allows the company to to offer advertisers access to 350 million active monthly users, maximizing revenue while minimizing user experience interference.

The company was founded in 2010 but experienced explosive growth once it received$4.3 million in investment from Ascent Venture Partners and Cedar Fund.

StartApp is #7 in the 2015 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the United States with a three-year growth rate of 22,036%. The company has added 70 jobs over the past three years, for a total number of 81 employees. StartApp had $37.2 million in revenue in 2014.

StartApp

The company was founded in 2010 but experienced explosive growth once it received$4.3 million in investment from Ascent Venture Partners and Cedar Fund.