Kelly Perdew

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VC, Entrepreneur, Military Veteran, Winner of Season 2 - The Apprentice, and father of twins! @ Moonshots Capital
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United States, United States
About Kelly Perdew

Co-Founder & Managing General Partner - Moonshots CapitalBoard or Advisor Roles:* Pandora (IPO, NYSE: P, past)* LinkedIn (IPO, NYSE: LNKD, past)* Eteamz (Acquired by Active Networks, IPO, NYSE: ACTV, past)* ZAG (Now TrueCar - IPO, NASDAQ: TRUE, past)* RideScout (Acquired by Daimler DAI.XE)* Harvest.ai (Acquired by AMZN)* Bitium (Acquired by GOOG)* ID.me* DuMont Project (Acquired by Cart.com)* Gretel.ai* Backtracks* Red 6* eTailPet* Yonder * UStream.tv (Acquired by IBM)* Scopely* Thrively* Boomtown Inc.Operating Roles: * Managing General Partner, Moonshots Capital* Managing Partner, DuMont Project (sold to Cart.com)* Co-Founder & CEO, TargetClose* CEO, Fastpoint Games (sold to WePlay)* Co-Founder/CEO, MotorPride (sold to TrueCar)* President/Board Member Eteamz (sold to Active Networks)* EVP The Trump Organization (14 months in NY working directly with Donald Trump)* President, CoreObjects (sold to Symphony)Angel Investments: * ZAG (now TrueCar, IPO, NASDAQ: TRUE)* Klout (Acquired by Lithium Technologies)* RideScout (Acquired by Daimler DAI.XE)* Fitmob (Acquired by Classpass)* Harvest.ai (Acquired by AMZN)* Bitium (Acquired by GOOG)* Wonder (via Moonshots Capital - Sold to Atari)* ID.me* Social Rewards* Scopely* Nimble* Thrively* APX-labs* Boomtown Inc.* Life360 via Syndicate* Automatic* Edbacker (via Moonshots Capital)* Cobrain (via Moonshots Capital)* Roost (via Moonshots Capital)* Honk * Art Craft Entertainment (via Moonshots Capital)* Synergy Fuels (via Moonshots Capital)* Retina.ai* Emerge* PlanetIQ* BioThread* Vacayou* CESSPA* Collected* Plushcare (Acquired by Accolade)Winner, The Apprentice 2I love helping other entrepreneurs succeed. I've served in every capacity: Founder, Board Member, CEO, COO, CFO, Business Development, and Sales. I've raised institutional financing, grown businesses, down-sized businesses, and sold businesses for 8-figure exits.Fathering Twins - Awesome!

Kelly Perdew's Current Company Details
Moonshots Capital

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VC, Entrepreneur, Military Veteran, Winner of Season 2 - The Apprentice, and father of twins!
Kelly Perdew Work Experience Details
  • Moonshots Capital
    Co-Founder & Managing General Partner
    Moonshots Capital Sep 2014 - Present
    Austin, Tx, Us
    Moonshots Capital invests in extraordinary leadership with world-changing ideas and was founded by two West Point graduates—Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings. We lean in heavily when military veterans are a part of the founding team.Chapter 1 - Angel Investor since 2004.Chapter 2 - Moonshots Capital Syndicates since 2014.Chapter 3 - Moonshots Capital Fund 1, 2, 3.... Both Kelly and Craig have operated start-up companies as founders and members of the senior management team. As operators, they raised in excess of $100M in angel capital, ventured capital, and debt and participated in eight operating exits between them.Select investments:ID.meX.aiFigure.aiSandboxAQCart.comGretelCartaGrubMarketPacasoNokHarvest.ai (acquired by AMZN)Bitium (acquired by GOOG)PrayPlushCare (acquired by Accolade)ProducePaySlack (IPO)Threatcare (acquired by ReliaQuest)TrueCar (IPO)
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  • Sandboxaq
    Investor
    Sandboxaq Jun 2024 - Present
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    Leveraging AQ - the powerful compound effects of AI + Quantum technology
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  • Xai
    Investor
    Xai May 2024 - Present
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  • Figure
    Investor
    Figure Feb 2024 - Present
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Figure's mission is to expand human capabilities through advanced AI.
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  • Ghostdog
    Investor
    Ghostdog Jan 2024 - Present
    Worthington, Oh, Us
    The Modern, Mission Browser for the Classified Web
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  • Matchday
    Investor And Advisor
    Matchday Feb 2023 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Building games for five billion ⚽ fans.
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  • Proteus Space, Inc.
    Investor
    Proteus Space, Inc. Jun 2023 - Present
    Los Angeles, Us
    Proteus builds small satellites to help America win the new space race.
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  • Outpost
    Investor
    Outpost Sep 2022 - Present
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Outpost is the sustainable space company. Outpost enables precision Earth Return of satellites and orbital payload missions.
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  • Cleary
    Investor & Board Member
    Cleary Nov 2022 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    The all-in-one Employee Experience platform for hybrid teams.
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  • Returnlogic
    Investor
    Returnlogic Dec 2022 - Present
    Philadelphia, Pa, Us
    Reverse Logistics and Analytics for Serious Ecommerce Brands.
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  • Really
    Investor
    Really Jul 2022 - Present
    Austin, Texas, Us
    WIRELESS BUILT AND OWNED BY THE PEOPLE.
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  • Cartwheel
    Investor
    Cartwheel Apr 2022 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
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  • Azibo
    Investor
    Azibo Feb 2022 - Present
    Reno, Nevada, Us
    Discover the free, one-stop-shop financial platform for rental properties.
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  • Grubmarket Inc.
    Investor
    Grubmarket Inc. Dec 2021 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
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  • Able
    Investor
    Able Oct 2021 - Present
    San Jose, California, Us
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  • Sgnl
    Investor
    Sgnl Nov 2021 - Present
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
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  • Groundswell
    Investor
    Groundswell Dec 2021 - Present
    El Segundo, Ca, Us
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  • Cart.Com
    Investor
    Cart.Com Mar 2021 - Present
    Houston, Tx, Us
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  • Bunker Labs
    Executive Board Member
    Bunker Labs Jun 2019 - Present
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Bunker Labs is a national nonprofit organization with the mission of ensuring that the military-connected community has the network, tools, and opportunities they need to start successful ventures. We accomplish our mission by inspiring members of the military community to see their entrepreneurial potential. We equip our program participants with practical tools, insights, experts and resources to accelerate their success, and we connect entrepreneurs with a robust community and diverse, relevant networks.
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  • Afterparty
    Investor
    Afterparty Dec 2021 - Present
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
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  • Versusgame
    Investor
    Versusgame Oct 2021 - Present
    Santa Monica, Ca, Us
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  • Realize.Me
    Investor
    Realize.Me Sep 2021 - Present
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  • Pacaso
    Investor
    Pacaso Mar 2021 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
    The best way to buy and own a second home.
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  • Carta
    Investor
    Carta Feb 2021 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Creating more owners. We help private and public companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
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  • Robinhood
    Investor
    Robinhood Sep 2020 - Present
    Menlo Park, California, Us
    Democratizing finance for all.
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  • Transmute
    Board Member And Investor
    Transmute Oct 2020 - Present
    Austin, Texas, Us
    Transmute digitizes trade documentation in a way that is cryptographically verifiable and traceable across an entire logistics ecosystem. The company’s approach combines decentralized identifier (DID), verifiable credential (VC), and blockchain technology with existing cloud-based systems to eliminate the paper hassle of trade docs and provide unprecedented visibility into customers’ supplier networks by effectively memorializing trade data at every step in a products’ journey from point of origin to point of import and beyond.
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  • X2 Performance®
    Investor
    X2 Performance® Jan 2021 - Present
    Englewood , New Jersey, Us
    CLEAN INGREDIENTS. ELITE PERFORMANCE. Naturally fueling championship teams & world-class athletes.
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  • Nok
    Board Member And Investor
    Nok Nov 2019 - Present
    Austin, Texas, Us
    nok enables brands to offer scalable, trackable brand experiences via 3 day free home try-outs; these include same-day delivery, no money up-front, 3 days to try the product, option to buy & return pickup.
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  • Gretel.Ai
    Board Member And Investor
    Gretel.Ai Nov 2019 - Present
    Palo Alto, California, Us
    Gretel's mission is to enable developers to safely and quickly experiment, collaborate, and build with customer data. They believe that access to data needs to become easier, more accessible, and open. Gretel is innovating with privacy-enhancing technologies that streamline developer access to data instead of limiting it. On top of this, the company's machine learning models help developers make sense of their data, and to automate joining data with complementary open source datasets, private datasets, or anything in between.
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  • Wildfire Systems, Inc
    Investor
    Wildfire Systems, Inc Jun 2019 - Present
    Solana Beach, California, Us
    Wildfire Systems is the creator of Wildlink, the first platform that monetizes social messaging and peer-to-peer communications. By harnessing word-of-mouth recommendations, Wildlink’s patent-pending technology drives incremental revenue for over 20,000 online merchants, rewards users for sharing product recommendations, and enables platform partners to embed the technology in their own platforms to create new revenue streams.
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  • Biothread
    Investor
    Biothread Jul 2019 - Present
    Stealth Medical/Wellness Device Company.
  • The Quantum Storey Company, Inc.
    Investor
    The Quantum Storey Company, Inc. Aug 2019 - Present
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Quantum Storey® created and pioneered a mass market extended reality (XR) technology platform to transform traditional and digital publishing into curricula for active and experiential learning; merging multiple modalities of interaction into one, affordable, easy to use product that is globally scalable.
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  • Red6 Aerospace
    Board Member And Investor
    Red6 Aerospace Mar 2019 - Present
    Orlando, Florida, Us
    Red6 specializes in AI driven High Fidelity Augmented Reality in highly dynamic environments.
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  • Milestone Brands, Llc
    Investor
    Milestone Brands, Llc Jan 2018 - Present
    Milestone Brands LLC, premium spirits company based in Austin, Texas, was founded in February 2016 by two local entrepreneurs and veterans of the beverage and spirits industry, Eric Dopkins, former CEO of Deep Eddy Vodka and Chad Auler, creator of Savvy Vodka and co-founder of Deep Eddy Vodka. As a national spirits supplier and acquirer, innovator and marketer of alcohol beverage brands, Milestone Brands' portfolio includes Dulce Vida Spirits, parent company of the world's only 100 proof, USDA certified organic tequila, and American Born Moonshine, a family of moonshine whiskey products that honors the tradition and spirit of American moonshiners.
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  • Vacayou Wellness & Active Travel
    Investor
    Vacayou Wellness & Active Travel Oct 2019 - Present
    Tampa, Us
    Vacayou is an online travel agency and marketplace to search, compare and book multi-day wellness vacations. These include active trips such as hiking, biking, scuba and bare-boat charters. Spa, yoga, meditation and wellness retreats.
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  • Copper Labs
    Investor
    Copper Labs Nov 2019 - Present
    Boulder, Colorado, Us
    Copper is a wireless energy monitor that helps utilities leverage real-time energy data to engage consumers with actionable energy insights.
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  • Cesppa
    Investor
    Cesppa Nov 2019 - Present
    Culver City, California, Us
    CESPPA is an application security platform. The company's network of white-hat security researchers identifies security vulnerabilities before they are exploited by hackers. CESPPA provides a managed, end-to-end solution for companies seeking to identify security risks within their applications.
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  • Zabo
    Investor
    Zabo Feb 2020 - Present
    Zabo connects any crypto wallet to any application in a few lines of code.
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  • Backtracks, Inc.
    Board Member And Investor
    Backtracks, Inc. May 2019 - Present
    Austin, Texas, Us
    Backtracks helps podcasts, audio content creators, and brands know and grow their audience.
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  • Catalog
    Board Member And Investor
    Catalog Aug 2018 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
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  • Shep
    Investor
    Shep Feb 2018 - Present
    Austin, Texas, Us
    Shep's mission is to make traveling and managing business travel more enriching by lessening the work, burden and constraints for both the traveler, taking to the skies; and the manager, tracking traveler’s spending, saving, compliance and ROI.
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  • Planetiq
    Investor
    Planetiq Nov 2017 - Present
    Golden, Colorado, Us
    PlanetiQ will launch the world’s first commercial satellite constellation exclusively focused on weather, climate and space weather, with initial launches in 2020 and 18-20 satellites on orbit by 2023. PlanetiQ data and services are valuable to a diverse range of commercial and government customers worldwide in areas including weather forecasting, aviation, shipping, offshore oil and gas, defense, intelligence, energy, agriculture, insurance, retail and transportation.
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  • Emerge
    Investor
    Emerge Nov 2017 - Present
    Marina Del Rey, California, Us
    Emerge is a cross-reality presence company, building a platform that aims to enable more meaningful, engaging, and diverse interactions in XR that bring us closer to the people we care about. Emerge is creating a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present with a first product that enables users to interact, share and physically feel XR immersive content with bare hands. The founders and team are former entrepreneurs and executives awarded by MIT, WEF and Forbes, have brought consumer electronics and XR products to market. Emerge is based in Los Angeles, CA.
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  • Slack
    Investor
    Slack Oct 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Slack is a team communication application providing services such as real-time messaging, archiving, and search for modern teams.
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  • Producepay
    Investor
    Producepay Jan 2017 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    ProducePay provides a wide array of payment solutions to the fresh-produce industry and its agents..
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  • Plushcare - Delivering Health And Happiness
    Investor
    Plushcare - Delivering Health And Happiness Dec 2016 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    PlushCare is a tech-enabled concierge primary care practice built for the modern world.
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  • Pray.Com
    Investor
    Pray.Com Nov 2016 - Present
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    pray.com is the digital destination for faith. The pray.com website and mobile application allows you to connect with faith leaders and join faith communities. With pray.com you can share prayers, support others, and receive daily inspirational content. pray.com's mission is to empower people to live with purpose and connect with Faith.
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  • Gometa, Inc
    Investor
    Gometa, Inc Sep 2016 - Present
    GoMeta, Inc is a startup in the Augmented Reality space that has developed Metaverse and Kijo. Metaverse is a digital platform for creating highly-engaging interactive content, including 2D, 3D, AR and VR. The easy to use creation suite, Metaverse Studio, is being used by thousands of educators, marketers, publishers, and brands to create games, ads, interactive stories, and many other kinds of experiences. These experiences can be embedded on the web, in mobile apps (iOS/Android), shared on social networks, and attached to other media including print, TV, billboards, and product packaging.
  • Prefix Inc.
    Investor
    Prefix Inc. Apr 2016 - Present
    Austin, Texas, Us
    PreFix™ provides comprehensive home management services through a hosted hardware/software platform. Homeowners and property managers are effectively able to outsource maintenance of appliances, HVAC, and urgent plumbing issues to service providers using PreFix™.
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  • Unoceros Corporation
    Investor
    Unoceros Corporation Dec 2015 - Present
    Unoceros is creating a massive, distributed computing network out of mobile devices. We pay the user for the processing power of their phone while they're not using it. That computing power can then be used by scientists and researchers as a faster, cheaper, and highly scalable alternative to traditional high performance computing solutions.
  • Synergy Fuels
    Board Member And Investor
    Synergy Fuels Dec 2015 - Present
    Development and innovation of profitable advanced energy technologies. Including technologies reducing energy demand, as well as low-emissions / low-energy production of hydrogen, petroleum, diesel fuel, clean water, long-term power, and independent energy sites. Current products are patented, post-revenue, zero-emissions, zero-landfill, scalable solutions to address global energy needs.
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  • Domuso
    Investor
    Domuso Oct 2015 - Present
    Santa Monica, Ca, Us
    Domuso is a consumer finance company offering a unique blend of point-of-sale financing plus modern payment capabilities to renters living at multifamily apartments. Our solution enables renters to finance their move-in payment upon signing a new lease; spreading out this large expense over more affordable monthly installments. Domuso’s unique approach promises to streamline a cumbersome rental process; we help property managers save time and convert qualified prospects quickly.
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  • Honk Technologies
    Investor
    Honk Technologies May 2015 - Present
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    HONK is the on-demand mobile app for tow, tire change, jump start, fuel and lock out services nationwide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. HONK’s faster ETAs and “Guaranteed Never to Exceed” prices, which start at just $49 without membership fees or limitations, offer motorists an alternative to outdated membership-based motor clubs. Learn more about HONK or download it free at http://www.honkforhelp.com.
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  • Moblabs
    Advisor And Investor
    Moblabs Sep 2014 - Present
    MobLabs is building and launching mobile products with high engagement and massive reach. We build apps that people love. Our team has many years of experience building mobile products and understanding the mechanics that create the highest levels of engagement for users, lower marketing costs through organic viral growth, and maximize opportunities for monetization. We are applying these mechanics to different types of products, both developed internally and with trusted partners, and launch them through a centralized efficient operation for marketing, business development, technology, analytics, ad sales, customer service, legal and finance.
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  • Classpass
    Investor In Fitmob (Acquired By Classpass)
    Classpass Feb 2015 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Access to the best fitness in your city has never been easier thanks to fitmob. fitmob is redefining the way you workout by offering unlimited access to top-rated studios classes, gyms and fitmob-exclusive workouts rooted in fun, results and community.
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  • Co
    Investor
    Co Feb 2015 - Present
    Bethesda, Maryland, Us
    PreciseTarget is a data science company helping retailers acquire, engage and reactivate inactive customers. They've taken a programmatic approach, using billions of SKUs and consumer transactions to create the first cross-merchant taste graphs (recommended product sets) for individual customers
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  • Targetclose
    Co-Founder
    Targetclose Jan 2012 - Present
    Los Angeles, Us
    TargetClose enables marketers to get the right user flow in front of the right customer to optimize for higher conversion, higher average order value, or a larger lifetime value. TargetClose is an optimization platform that leverages machine learning and marketers’ insights to automate testing without client IT resources.
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  • Edbacker
    Investor
    Edbacker Nov 2014 - Present
    Edbacker - "PTA Made Easy"Edbacker is an online platform made specifically for PTAs to easily setup and run fundraisers, communicate with members, collect dues and so much more with just a few clicks from your computer or mobile phone.
  • Hiq Labs
    Investor
    Hiq Labs Jun 2014 - Present
    Our team of HR People Analysts and Data Scientists have developed a "predictive modeling" algorithm that leverages social media data to create an accurate profile for each member of your team, giving you useful insights to help retain the best and brightest.
  • Arx Pax
    Advisor And Investor
    Arx Pax Jun 2014 - Present
    Los Gatos, Ca, Us
    Maker of the Hendo Hoverboard! Yes, a Hoverboard! http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2014/10/21/hendo-hoverboard/Arx Pax LLC is a 21st Century technology company with the sole purpose of innovation. As a “Citadel of Peace” the scientific breakthroughs generated within the Arx Pax Lab will solve global problems, cultivate new forms of commerce and growth, and bring meaningful change to the world. Together with our strategic partnerships Arx Pax technological innovations will reach a global community, disrupting multiple verticals in the business sector, and significantly impacting the lives and life’s of people.
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  • En*Theos
    Advisor & Investor
    En*Theos May 2014 - Present
    en + theos. Two little Greek words. Put ‘em together and you’ve got enthusiasm or ‘God within,’ the secret sauce to an authentically awesome life. We help people optimize their lives so we can change the world together. We do that by striving to create the world’s best content + tools + other cool stuff on Optimal Living.
  • Boomtown Inc
    Advisor & Investor
    Boomtown Inc Mar 2014 - Present
    Tiburon, Ca, Us
    Boomtown is changing the way local businesses get IT support. Through the boomtown app, you get fast, reliable and affordable support at the tap of a button. Boomtown has technicians on the ground in every major market in the US ready to solve your everyday problems as they happen. No more waiting, no more headaches. Get back to business.Boom! Problems Solved.
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  • Thrively
    Advisor & Investor
    Thrively Aug 2013 - Present
    Glendale, Ca, Us
    Thrively is a website that helps kids discover their unique strengths, and find awesome activities to match those strengths.
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  • Lettrs
    Advisor & Investor
    Lettrs Mar 2013 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    lettrs is a cloud platform that creates an entire social and postal system for writing, delivering, & sharing personal letters. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, CBS, and Mashable, lettrs is bringing back quality correspondence technology enhanced and cloud managed letters. Mobile & business editions soon. Our mission: "Neither snow nor rain nor digital fog will keep us from the dutiful delivery of #lettrs in the cloud."Specialties: postal services, quality communication, letter preservation, letter writing, mindful correspondence, global cloud post office
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  • Apx Labs
    Investor (And Former Board Member)
    Apx Labs Oct 2012 - Present
    Herndon, Va, Us
    Since 2010, APX Labs has been the leader in developing smart glasses based solutions for the industrial and commercial workforce. APX Labs proudly provides its Skylight platform to leading Global 1000 enterprises in manufacturing, logistics, oil & gas, and field services with active users in the US, Europe, and Middle East.Using APX Labs’ Skylight platform, users are able to interact with existing business processes where they can now access data and applications, broadcast point-of-view video or photos to colleagues, and receive live assistance on a heads up display without having to move away from their work. Skylight integrates with nearly any type of smart glasses and with most existing ERPs to drive improved productivity, operational flexibility, and process compliance & safety for the connected workplace.APX Labs employs world recognized experts in the field of wearable technology, computer vision scientists, human factors engineers, and systems engineers with strong wireless systems and mobile electronics integration backgrounds. APX Labs’ patent pending techniques and software platform have garnered multiple industry awards for excellence and selection as one of the first Google certified Glass at Work partners.
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  • Nimble
    Investor
    Nimble Aug 2012 - Present
    Nimble is the only solution to offer small businesses the best features of high-end CRM systems combined with the communication power of social media and collaborative tools… all in one simple and affordable SaaS solution. Nimble - more customers, less work
  • Scopely
    Advisor & Investor
    Scopely Feb 2012 - Present
    Culver City, California, Us
    Scopely is a next-generation mobile entertainment network. Scopely is redefining the way social games are developed, distributed and monetized. Through its developer program, Scopely works with independent gaming studios to co-develop multiplayer games that leverage its platform for technology, distribution, marketing and monetization. Scopely company has amassed an all-star team of 80+ engineers, data scientists and product managers.
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  • Amplify.La
    Mentor
    Amplify.La Dec 2011 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    Amplify itself is a startup, run by an incredible team of entrepreneurs and visionaries. We expect to benefit from the community we’re building as much as our members will. For us, making a real impact in the Los Angeles startup ecosystem is at the heart of our strategy.
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  • Muckerlab
    Mentor
    Muckerlab Dec 2011 - Present
    MuckerLab is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator focused on serving Internet software, services and media entrepreneurs in Los Angeles and broader Southern California. Our partners and mentors work side-by-side with the region’s best entrepreneurs, enabling them to build, launch, and raise financing for exceptional businesses.
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  • Ampsy
    Investor
    Ampsy Aug 2011 - Present
    Phoenix, Arizona, Us
    The Ampsy platform offers brands a comprehensive suite of social aggregation tools to aggregate & curate their best brand & fan social content into beautiful, engaging social visualizations. In 60 seconds, a brand can build a campaign and have it live & embedded anywhere with a single line of iframe code. Our social embeds are proven to increase fan engagement and time-on-site, solving a major leakage problem in the customer acquisition & retention funnel. Over 20,000 brands have used the Ampsy platform to create campaigns, including prominent brands like Jimmy Kimmel Live, American Idol Tour, Keith Urban, Britney Spears, AC/DC, W Hotels, Maria Sharapova, Zac Brown Band, KISS, and many more.
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  • Social Rewards, Inc.
    Investor
    Social Rewards, Inc. Jul 2011 - Present
    Torrance, Ca, Us
    Loyalty Marketing Programs for Businesses! Social Rewards is a simple way to reward your brand enthusiasts with loyalty program reward points...just for sharing your special deals. Awesome team and huge early traction.
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  • Id.Me
    Board Member & Investor
    Id.Me Oct 2010 - Present
    Mclean, Va, Us
    ID.me is the first digital identity network that allows consumers to prove who they are online while controlling how their information is shared with brands. For participating organizations, ID.me acts as a trusted intermediary, capable of verifying consumer identity and group affiliations in real-time. This allows brands to ensure a consistent customer experience across offline and online channels while reducing costs associated with manual verification.
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  • Gathergreen
    Advisor
    Gathergreen Jul 2010 - Present
    Provide strategic guidance to the founder of "GroupOn for the LOHAS market."
  • Take Command: 10 Leadership Principles I Learned In The Military And Put To Work For Donald Trump
    Speaker And Author
    Take Command: 10 Leadership Principles I Learned In The Military And Put To Work For Donald Trump Nov 2005 - Present
    Intending to inspire young entrepreneurs and compel businesses to hire veterans, I highlight leadership principles I learned through my experience in the military and applied to business. I also share insights from former military leaders turned business professionals. Interviewees include: Jim Kimsey (USMA, Founding CEO of AOL), Ross Perot (USNA, Founder Perot Systems), Bill Coleman (USAFA, Founding CEO of BEA Systems), Roger Staubach (USNA, CEO Staubach Company), Pete Dawkins (USMA, Vice Chair Citigroup), and Marsha "Marty" Evans (Rear Admiral, Navy, CEO – Red Cross).
  • Perdew Properties, Llc
    Founder
    Perdew Properties, Llc Jan 2004 - Present
    Self-Storage Facilities Nationwide - Kelly and his brother Hal, formerly a member of senior management at Public Storage, the world’s largest self-storage company, have attracted a highly qualified team experienced in the self-storage industry. The team has raised $45M from a large equity partner and has secured the first two properties in to build storage facilities in West Florida this year. The team continues to look for acquisitions and new development projects in key national markets with significant growth potential.
  • Zuma Ventures
    Advisor And Investor
    Zuma Ventures Jan 2015 - Present
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    Zuma Ventures builds companies from ideation to launch as an independent entity. Internally, we function as a dynamic technology studio with a suite of projects and the ultimate goal of creating successful stand-alone companies. We specialize in consumer/ internet services, security/analytics, finance/e-commerce, mobile and media/entertainment.
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  • Roost
    Investor
    Roost Mar 2015 - Present
    Roost is changing the way people store their stuff. By connecting renters and hosts through our app, we cut out the need to rent expensive, inconvenient storage units while creating a unique way to make some extra cash. AirBnB for personal storage.
  • Crosschx
    Investor
    Crosschx Apr 2016 - Jul 2023
    Columbus, Oh, Us
    CrossChx is identity resolution for smarter healthcare. CrossChx creates a universal patient profile to organize healthcare data, enabling a new breed of innovative applications. Since 2012, CrossChx has streamlined care for more than 50 million patients across the United States.
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  • Yonder
    Board Member And Investor
    Yonder Jan 2018 - Oct 2022
    Yonder (formerly New Knowledge) is a cybersecurity company specializing in disinformation defense for highly visible brands under attack by coordinated disinformation campaigns. Through machine learning and AI New Knowledge detects threats and provides brand manipulation protection before damage is done.
  • Etailpet
    Board Member And Investor
    Etailpet Mar 2019 - Aug 2022
    Santa Monica, California, Us
    In today’s evolving retail environment, retailers must offer convenient shopping options and connect with their customers on a digital level. eTailPet’s mission is to facilitate online sales for independent pet retailers.
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  • Fair.Com
    Investor
    Fair.Com Apr 2016 - Aug 2022
    Fair is an automotive FinTech company that’s revolutionizing the way we finance and shop for cars by offering unprecedented freedom, flexibility and a fully digital experience. With Fair, you can shop all the cars that fit your budget, choose your monthly payment, and sign for your car all on your phone. No negotiation and no paperwork means you can get out of the dealership fast. And with no fixed terms, you can return your car any time you like.
  • Nxyz
    Investor
    Nxyz Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
    Fast, reliable web3 indexing - acquired by Snowflake.
  • Dumont Project
    Managing Partner
    Dumont Project Oct 2011 - Jun 2021
    Marina Del Rey, Ca, Us
    The DuMont Project is a boutique consultancy with serial, experienced, digital experts who have successfully built businesses in direct-to-consumer marketing. The Company accelerates and incubates brands with high growth potential via direct-to-consumer marketing across traditional and digital channels.
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  • Dumont Project
    Advisor
    Dumont Project Jan 2009 - Sep 2011
    Marina Del Rey, Ca, Us
    The DuMont Project is a boutique consultancy with serial, experienced, digital experts who have successfully built businesses in direct-to-consumer marketing. The Company accelerates and incubates brands with high growth potential via direct-to-consumer marketing across traditional and digital channels.
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  • Consensus Point
    Board Member
    Consensus Point Jun 2012 - Feb 2020
    Consensus Point is a leading social prediction market company providing solutions for market research and market intelligence. The Consensus Point prediction market platform, Huunu, enables partners to engage respondents to aggregate knowledge in a market environment to predict future events and market preferences.
  • Threatcare
    Investor
    Threatcare Dec 2017 - Oct 2019
    Acquired by ReliaQuest. Threatcare is a cybersecurity platform that allows organizations to simulate intrusions on their network to help improve their people's performance, their processes, and their product utilization.
  • Reachify
    Investor
    Reachify May 2016 - Dec 2018
    New York, New York, Us
    Reachify has built the first decision making engine that can provide necessary intel to help retail companies to learn, understand and engage with enterprise software providers in an intelligible and user friendly way. Through a unique approach that combines robust data collection, industry expertise and a strong network of relationships, Reachify is helping retailers navigate the $620 billion enterprise software industry, while enabling enterprise technology companies to efficiently target the right prospects.
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  • Bitium
    Board Member & Investor
    Bitium Jan 2012 - Sep 2017
    Mountain View, California, Us
    ACQUIRED BY GOOGLE. Bitium enables users and providers of on-demand software to interact. 1) Identity - Manage single sign-on and control access to your apps. 2) Billing - Organize and track how you pay for apps. 3) Discovery - Find the right apps in our marketplace.
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  • Yoi Corp
    Investor
    Yoi Corp Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
    Los Angeles, Us
    Yoi's mission is to improve human performance in the workplace. Yoi is a SaaS platform leveraging advanced analytics to significantly accelerate an employee’s ramp to productivity, while boosting engagement and retention. The platform facilitates the success of every new hire using a unique blend of content based in behavioral science, light touch data collection, and adaptive workflow technology. As a result, Yoi empowers organizations to sustain a high performing workforce.
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  • Harvest.Ai (Formerly 405Labs) Acquired By Amzn
    Board Member And Investor
    Harvest.Ai (Formerly 405Labs) Acquired By Amzn Sep 2014 - Jun 2016
    We are a group of like minded security and machine learning researchers based out of San Diego, CA who believe that there is a better way to stop targeted attacks against organizations. For more information visit www.405labs.com
  • Ustream, An Ibm Company
    Advisor
    Ustream, An Ibm Company Aug 2011 - Jan 2016
    SOLD TO IBM. Ustream is the leading live interactive broadcast platform. Anyone with an internet connection and a camera can start engaging with their family, friends or fans anytime, anywhere. Millions of Ustream users view and broadcast a wide variety of content, from high school sporting events to red carpet movie premieres. Notable Ustream broadcasts include major political events, concerts, conferences, movie premieres, talk shows, sporting events, interactive games, and personal milestones. And of course, ex-military founders... Go Ustream!
  • Electronic Retailing Association
    Chairman, Digital Council
    Electronic Retailing Association Sep 2013 - Aug 2015
    Mclean, Va, Us
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  • Ridescout (Acquired By Daimler)
    Board Member & Investor
    Ridescout (Acquired By Daimler) Sep 2012 - Oct 2014
    RideScout is a mobile application that aggregates all of the ride options available to a user; the Kayak™ of ground transportation. The RideScout platform finds nearby buses, subways, taxis, carsharing / carpooling programs and displays them on a simple interface. RideScout integrates social networks to include group trip planning and ridesharing.
  • Klout (Acquired By Lithium Technologies)
    Investor
    Klout (Acquired By Lithium Technologies) Aug 2010 - Mar 2014
    San Francisco, Us
    Klout is the standard for influence. We believe that every individual who creates content has influence. Our goal is to accurately measure that influence and provide context around who a person influences and the specific topics they are most influential on. www.klout.com
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  • Betterworks
    Investor
    Betterworks Nov 2010 - Jul 2012
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    Making Work Rewarding! Killer team is about to disrupt the industry.
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  • Founder Institute
    Mentor
    Founder Institute May 2010 - Jan 2012
    Assist entrepreneurs build their companies.
  • Fastpoint Games (Acquired By Weplay)
    Ceo
    Fastpoint Games (Acquired By Weplay) May 2008 - Oct 2011
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    Fastpoint Games (sold to WePlay) is a leading developer of live, data-driven games that enable clients to engage, reward and monetize their users. Data-driven games invest users in client content and services by making that content central to the entertainment experience and applying motivating game mechanics. Fastpoint Games leverages an award-winning, proprietary, cloud-based platform that is inherently flexible, scalable, and technologically savvy. Each game component is configurable, making it easy for clients to customize and integrate their gaming solution across any channel. The games-as-a-service model enables marketers, in virtually any industry, to offer their users an engaging, quality game experience quickly, without taxing their company’s resources. Fastpoint Games (under the RotoHog brand) has powered games for professional sports leagues and media partners such as Bloomberg Sports, Sports Illustrated, NBA.com, NASCAR.com, Turner Digital, Military.com, The Los Angeles Times, Pro Football Weekly, AVP, Fox Sports International, Us Weekly Magazine, hi5 and MySpace. Fastpoint Games is privately held, and based in Los Angeles, CA. Investors include Allen & Co, Mission Ventures, DFJ Dragon and Sports Capital Partners Worldwide.
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  • Parentella
    Advisory Board
    Parentella Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
    Us
    Advise founder on business strategy, marketing efforts, partnership opportunities, fund-raising and all elements of growing the business.
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  • The Tastemaker
    Judge
    The Tastemaker Sep 2010 - Oct 2010
    Us
    Web series airing on MSN.
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  • President'S Council On Service And Civic Participation
    Presidential Appointee
    President'S Council On Service And Civic Participation Jun 2006 - Aug 2009
    In January of 2003, by Executive Order, President George W. Bush announced the formation of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. The Council was established to recognize the important contributions Americans of all ages are making within their communities through service and civic engagement. I was appointed by Executive Order on June 15th, 2006. http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/about_usafc/council/index.asp
  • Proelite, Inc (Pele.Pk)
    President
    Proelite, Inc (Pele.Pk) Dec 2006 - May 2008
    Led my team in the creation of www.proelite.com -- the most comprehensive mma portal on the web. Built social network to 100,000 registered users and proved out primary revenue lines including VOD, PPV, e-commerce, and lead aggregation models. ProElite.com and Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC.com) brings to the world the most exciting entertainment experience in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) with live arena-based entertainment events, cable television programming on Showtime Networks and community-driven broadband entertainment via the Internet. EliteXC brings to the MMA sport the highest levels of honor, integrity, discipline and self-esteem all the while remaining inclusive for fighters, fans and schools. EliteXC's spectacular live events showcase the world's top fighters. ProElite.com provides fans, fighters and organizations with the tools they need to enjoy and grow the sport of MMA.

Kelly Perdew Education Details

  • University Of California, Los Angeles - School Of Law
    University Of California, Los Angeles - School Of Law
    Law And Business Graduate Degrees
  • Ucla Anderson School Of Management
    Ucla Anderson School Of Management
    Entrepreneurship
  • United States Military Academy At West Point
    United States Military Academy At West Point
    National Security And Public Affairs
  • United States Naval Academy
    United States Naval Academy
    Semester Exchange
  • Wyoming High School Hoops!
    Wyoming High School Hoops!

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Kelly Perdew attended University Of California, Los Angeles - School Of Law, Ucla Anderson School Of Management, United States Military Academy At West Point, United States Naval Academy, Wyoming High School Hoops!.

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