Session 5: Productivity & Web Apps

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Presenting Companies

Xobni

Xobni
  • Location: San Francisco, CA
  • Funding: Angel, Seed, Series A - Undisclosed Amounts
  • CEO: Adam Smith

Xobni is "inbox" spelled backwards, which works perfectly with their goal of "taking email back." The company's products improve the way users organize, search and navigate their email. Xobni improves the email experience by creating an information profile for each person you communicate with, and provides you with historical information that is relevant to what you are working on. Xobni displays contact information, threaded conversations, attachments, related people, email usage statistics, and information from the web. Right now, their products integrate with email clients like Outlook, social networks like Facebook and IM applications.

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Orgoo

Orgoo

Orgoo is your personal communications cockpit, where every tool you need to communicate and express yourself online is organized and integrated together in one place. All of your email accounts, IM accounts, video chat, video mail, SMS, voice, all working together to give you one seamless experience. Orgoo is free, requires no downloads, and can be accessed from any web browser or mobile phone.

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app2you

app2you

App2you is a custom web application creator that lets developers create web apps without doing database coding or designing. All the app creators have to do is sketch their pages from scratch or by choose a template from app2you's gallery and customize it. Once the pages have been outlined app2you creates a hosted, database-driven web app using patent-pending technology originated in UCSD's Web and Databases lab. Their web app features include multiple-step processes, involving users with different roles and rights; pages with rich structure, including arbitrary nesting of tables, lists, calendars; and automatically created report pages that combine and filter data from multiple pages and steps of the process. App2you derives revenue from usage-based fees for enterprise applications and ad-based revenue from non-enterprise applications.

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Mint

Mint

Mint is a personal finance application that lets users track and monitor their financials in one place without the need of routine maintenance or accounting knowledge. Their application tracks bank, credit union and credit card transactions and alerts users to upcoming bills, low balances or unusual spending. Mint's patent-pending technology automatically categorizes transactions, so users know with precision where they are spending money, what their bank and credit balances are, and how much interest they have earned.

Their application also helps people find ways to save money by constantly searching for deals on credit cards, bank accounts, etc. Mint's technology also analyzes your finances and makes suggestions all while using the same security systems as top banks.

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Kerpoof

Kerpoof

Kerpoof's goal is to become a leading destination site for children through a suite of activities that are enriching as well as entertaining. While mindless fun has its place, creating a place for mindful fun is Kerpoof's mission. On Kerpoof, kids can create art, stories, and animated movies using a simple 3D interface. When users are done, they can save it to their gallery, share it with others, and vote on their favorites.

Kerpoof also has a kid's activity application that will propel kids towards greater technical fluency with computers. The application was created after a request from both Tim Draper's BizWorld Foundation and the National Center for Women and IT.

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