Why clypd?

We’re at a turning point in TV advertising where digital marketers are looking to leverage proven online and mobile strategies on the unbeatable branding vehicle of television. clypd helps marry the television and online worlds to allow cable and satellite operators, television networks and video streaming services to capture this digital budget.

 
 

How we do it.

Cable and Satellite Operators

Tap into digital advertising revenue sources without cannibalizing existing linear advertising revenue

Network and Content Owners

Monetize your content by leveraging the power of contextually relevant interactive advertising

TV Technology and Service Providers

Power your existing technology stack offering with a monetization model

Set-top Box and Media Streaming Platforms

Enable closed-loop advertising to maximize engagement and tap into new revenue

Demand Partners

Programmatically bid on contextually relevant supply for closed-loop interactive advertising across any channel video content is consumed

Executive Team Bios

Joshua Summers

Chief Executive Office and co-founder

Joshua is the CEO and co-founder of clypd and leads the organization through day-to-day operations, product direction and strategic relationships. Joshua is a hands- on leader with extensive experience building companies from scratch and driving towards revenue.

Prior to clypd, Joshua was Vice President of Product and Operations at WHERE (acquired by PayPal) and led the team from inception through the PayPal acquisition and transformation into the PayPal Media Network. He orchestrated the development of the rapidly growing hyper-local advertising network, its expansion to multi-channel, and creating demand generation capabilities for merchants. In the network’s early days, Joshua was instrumental in developing product concepts, forging key partnerships, and selling directly to brands and agencies.

Joshua arrived at WHERE through the acquisition of Zync, a local events recommendation service, where he was a founding partner in charge of operations. Previously, Joshua founded Business Innovation, a boutique consultancy serving mid sized businesses with enterprise and consumer technology solutions. Joshua’s career began at Sapient where he managed the delivery of solutions for companies like Manulife Financial, MassMutual, Citizens Bank, and Sallie Mae. A double major at Carnegie Mellon University, Joshua holds a Bachelors of Science in both Industrial Management and Economics. Joshua enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 children exploring both locally and internationally and undertaking extreme construction projects on his house.

Doug Hurd

VP of Business Development and co-founder

Doug is the co-founder and VP of Business development at clypd and leads the organization’s growth by building long-term strategic partnerships. Doug leads by example with extensive experience striking deals with customers and partners that help fuel the company’s growth. Previously Doug was Director of Business Development at PayPal Mobile where he was responsible for executing strategic partnerships to accelerate PayPal's off-line mobile payment initiative by expanding the penetration of PayPal's mobile products across devices, platforms and POS solutions.

Prior to PayPal Doug was VP of Business Development at WHERE, Inc. which was acquired by PayPal in April 2011. Doug had the privilege of spearheading the early corporate development efforts that eventually lead to the sale of the company. At WHERE, he was responsible for forging partnerships across the mobile ecosystem to embed WHERE in mobile devices and managing the 3rd party content partnerships with a particular emphasis on monetization through subscription, search, advertising and mobile commerce. This effort included strategic partnerships with Tier 1 wireless carriers and OEM's. These partnerships grew WHERE's top line revenue from $2M to $28M in less than three years. Prior to joining WHERE, Doug worked for Tele Atlas—now a division of TomTom—where he played an instrumental role in the growth of the company’s consumer wireless and Internet business. Doug holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont’s School of Business Administration.

Board Members & Advisors

Lars Albright

Board Member

Lars is a proven entrepreneur with extensive experience in the mobile and digital media industries.

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Ryan Moore

Board Member

Ryan Moore is a partner at Atlas Venture in the technology group and focuses on emerging web service companies that make the lives of consumers better and help any size business perform better.

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Walt Doyle

Advisor

Walt sets the vision and strategy for the PayPal Media Network. As an outwardly facing CEO and strategist, Walt led the WHERE business for five years, which resulted in the April 2011 acquisition by PayPal.

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Jim Tobin

Advisor

Jim Tobin has held many senior roles, including COO and CEO positions, in the technology, media, and telecom sectors (TMT), including stints at BlackBerry, Comcast, Time Warner, AOL, and Bell Canada.

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Investment Team

Data Point Capital

Data Point Capital

Data Point Capital focuses on companies that can be leveraged and scaled on the Internet and touch the consumer.

Atlas Ventures

Atlas Ventures

Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies.

Freestyle Capital

Freestyle Capital

Freestyle Capital is a seed stage investor and mentor for Internet software startups.

Tribeca Venture Partners (TVP)

Tribeca Venture Partners (TVP)

TVP is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with world class entrepreneurs in the NYC area leveraging emerging technologies and business models to create and disrupt huge markets.

Boston Seed Capital, LLC

Boston Seed Capital, LLC

Boston Seed Capital, LLC provides early stage funding and support for internet-enabled businesses around the country.

Transmedia Capital (TMC)

Transmedia Capital (TMC)

The Transmedia Capital (TMC) investment strategy is focused on early stage companies in the digital media market.

We want to hear from you.
(Especially if you are a talented developer. Did we mention we have a kegerator?)

Hey Developers, our investors gave us money - we want to spend it on you!
Do you want to:

  • work for *the* hottest startup in Boston?
  • build wicked scalable systems?
  • play with cool toys like TiVo, Roku, XBox, PS3, tablets and mobile devices?
  • learn the latest technologies such as Ruby/Rails, CouchBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Storm and Linux?
  • influence the culture of a new company that is going to totally kill it in the marketplace?
clypd is looking for developers with experience in some of these: Ruby/Rails, adtech, scalable systems, agile methodologies, JavaScript, HTML5, etc. Ideally, you have a CS degree and love the excitement of a startup environment.

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clypd, inc.
101 Main Street, 14th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142

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