Activate New York: supporters and partners
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Omidyar Network
Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, the organization invests in and helps scale innovative organizations to catalyze economic and social change. To date, Omidyar Network has committed more than $500 million to for-profit companies and non-profit organizations that foster economic advancement and encourage individual participation across multiple investment areas, including financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, property rights, consumer internet, mobile and government transparency. To learn more, visit www.omidyar.com and follow Omidyar Network on Twitter @OmidyarNetwork.
Ebuzzing
Ebuzzing are the global experts in video advertising. Ebuzzing creates engaging, high impact video experiences, distributing video ads to audiences through placements within social media, and premium media.
To date, they have distributed thousands of campaigns for the world's leading brands including Heineken, Acer, LG, Samsung, Evian and Adidas.
Founded by Bertrand Quesada and Pierre Chappaz in 2007, Ebuzzing now has 200 employees with offices across in New York, London and across France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, Morocco and Dubai. Its R&D department employs 50 people, demonstrating the company's commitment to innovation.
Ebuzzing 2012 revenue was $52 million, up 78% from the previous year.
Propeller mobile
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Propeller Mobile offers comprehensive mobile app solutions for businesses. Our Event Engine app helps event organisers to build customer engagement, create new revenue streams and capture data that can help to tailor future events. We also provide bespoke solutions, whether that's to enhance communities and membership groups or digitally publish and monetise your content. Our apps work across all platforms (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, and Windows Mobile). Furthermore we create tailor-made websites and, working alongside our sister company Propeller PR, we can offer a content and social media solution to populate and promote your digital platforms.
United Nations Development Group
The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) unites 32 United Nations funds, programmes, agencies, departments, and offices that play a role in sustainable development. The group's common objective is to deliver more coherent, effective and efficient support to countries seeking to attain internationally agreed development targets, including the Millennium Development Goals. For more information: www.undg.org.
UK Trade & Investment
UK Trade & Investment is the Government Department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK's dynamic economy acknowledged as Europe's best place from which to succeed in global business.
UK Trade & Investment offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world. We provide companies with the tools they require to be competitive on the world stage.
UK Trade & Investment is responsible for the delivery of the Solutions for Business product "Helping Your Business Grow Internationally." These "solutions" are available to qualifying businesses, and cover everything from investment and grants through to specialist advice, collaborations and partnerships.
For sponsorship enquiries please contact Stefanie Schmidt
Stefanie Schmidt
Media sponsorship
Guardian News and Media
stefanie.schmidt@theguardian.com
+44 203 353 4889