The Uptown Agency was founded to reclaim the word agency and redefine how client-agency relationships are built. While awards have been the byproduct of our partnerships, they’re just decoration. What matters to us is the tangible business growth of our clients and that they feel truly heard and understood by their agency. What a novel concept. It sounds simple, but we just care about people. Our clients, their target audiences, and our internal team — these are all made up of individuals who, when they feel cared for, will engage and perform at the highest level. We don’t burn bridges, burn out talent, or prioritize convenience over connection. For some reason, that makes us different. The Uptown Agency is proud to be industry agnostic. It gives us an edge and ensures we never jump to previous conclusions. What separates us from the crowd is our unstoppable will to learn and our ability to leverage our cross-industry, interdisciplinary marketing success. From baby clothes to eCommerce to Fortune 500 companies, we bring new and innovative ideas to the forefront of every market and client we serve.

Naya Ventures is a venture capital firm in Dallas that invests in early-stage and growth equity startups where our product development expertise, emerging market channel relationships, and go-to-market strategies can efficiently increase enterprise value. Naya Ventures’ Principals work alongside a global network of C-level executives at the largest US, and emerging market Mobile, and Technology companies and funds. Naya has extensive deal sourcing and strategic partnering capability.Our investment criteria:• Sector Focus: Mobile, Cloud and Big Data• Geographic Preference: US & India• Stage: Between $250,000-$3MM• Differentiation: Clear competitive advantage for potential portfolio company• Market: High growth market or big market with a clear plan to steal market share.• Management: Driven management team with deep domain expertise and is financially-vested in the company.• Traction: Product or service is past proof-of-concept stage with trial or paying customers

Motivity Labs is an incubator/innovation hub and technology solutions and services provider that has bridged the gap between high-speed innovation and traditional technology delivery models. Each Motivity Labs' team is comprised of industry veterans with deep expertise as well as the best and brightest young talent from the most premier educational institutions. Our associates have worked for global system integrators and Fortune 500 firms before joining our world class team.Motivity Labs combines disruptive Venture Capital-backed technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Cloud enabled-capabilities with traditional IT services such as analytics, test automation, and technology staffing to reimagine core IT systems and help companies realize digital transformation. Backed by Naya Ventures, a Venture Capital firm specialized in next-generation technology, we believe if they can dream it - we can build it.

• Managed a portfolio of affluent and high net-worth individuals and was responsible for engaging JP Morgan's resources to deliver a complete wealth management solution.• Series 7, Series 63 and Texas Life and Health Insurance Licenses