OUR CURRENT VENTURE INVESTMENTS
“Duo Partners, led by Tod and Karyn, are amazing partners. They provide valuable insights, connections, and hands-on collaboration. Working with them is a privilege and provides the confidence to take on any challenge.”
Ofir Zilberger, CEO
Arpalus helps brands and retailers maximize the value of their shelves and monitor inventory using computer vision and augmented reality.
The Arpalus app-based solution allows in-store employees and field agents to scan shelves, get results in real-time, fix the shelf, and make an automated order to prevent out-of-shelf incidents.
While the solution improves the employees’ efficiency, the Insights Dashboard gives eyes to HQ members, allowing them to make better decisions. Arpalus is working with fortune 500 companies in the USA and Europe.
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“Karyn and Tod’s support has been critically important to us in getting our company off the ground. As first-time founders, we’ve particularly appreciated having them in our corner.”
Madeline McIntosh, CEO + Publisher
Authors Equity is a collaborative book publishing company reshaping the relationship between author and publisher. Backed by bestselling authors, the company offers a fully author-centric model prioritizing collaboration, flexibility, and profit-sharing.
Founded by industry veterans Madeline McIntosh (former CEO of Penguin Random House US), Don Weisberg (former CEO of Macmillan Publishers), and Nina von Moltke (former President, Strategic Development at Penguin Random House), Authors Equity leverages deep expertise to deliver the best possible outcomes for authors and their books.
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“Partnering with Duo Partners has been an incredible experience on every front. Karyn and Tod’s readiness to engage in deep strategic discussions, provide invaluable insights, and explore new opportunities has not only validated our path but also accelerated our objectives. Duo Partners stands out as more than an investor; they are an indispensable pillar of our team, enabling us to deliver exceptional value and propel our growth trajectory.”
Alex Nisenzon, CEO
Charm.io is the world’s most comprehensive data set on e-commerce brands, tracking critical performance metrics for every direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand online.
By using AI & ML to classify brands and analyze their performance, Charm provides insight into key areas like revenue growth, sales distribution, and social awareness.
Charm’s data platform is used by:
- Retailer teams to source emerging and popular DTC brands for merchandising and assortment;
- Corporate development teams to identify and diligence brand acquisition opportunities; and
- Software, agency and 3PL sales teams to target new customers for their solutions.
Charm is a Swiftline Corp portfolio company.
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“Duo Partners brings the very rare combination of deep strategic thinking and real, tactical, get-your-hands-dirty support to our team. Their understanding of both innovative product development and creative go-to-market execution is second to none in our industry.”
John Dick, Founder and CEO
CivicScience can tell you more about your customer, your competitor’s customer, and your potential customer than anyone else can.
Nobody understands today’s consumer more deeply, on more dimensions than we do. Because we ask the questions you never thought to ask – to millions of people, every day.
The answers we find are helping the most innovative companies in the world react quickly to emerging trends and events, better serve their customers, make smarter bets, and grow market share.
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“I am deeply grateful and honored to have Tod and Karyn join us as investors and board members at QualSights. Not only are Tod and Karyn exceptionally accomplished leaders, but their remarkable compassion and empathy distinguish them even further. In just a few months, they have already contributed significantly, generously offering their wisdom and actively engaging in shaping our strategy, positioning, and business development among other areas. Their genuine kindness and readiness to support not just in business, but in fostering a positive and uplifting environment, have been truly inspiring.”
Nihal Advani, Founder & CEO
QualSights is a next-generation insights technology platform that helps brands grow by generating more authentic and accurate insights from consumers anywhere in the world.
QualSights’ patented technology blends the depth of qualitative research with the precision of passive behavioral research. In addition to enabling the capture of offline consumer behavior using a combination of in-context mobile video and proprietary IoT sensors, QualSights offers a powerful suite of AI tools that helps brands analyze data faster than ever before and quickly present compelling stories.
QualSights is used by numerous Fortune 500 clients to help with product innovation, renovation, and optimization.
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“Duo Partners truly embody the spirit of partnership, extending beyond mere investment. Karyn and Tod actively collaborate with us, enhancing our GTM strategy and Product Roadmap. Tod’s ability to master the data landscape and the ecosystem of data products, combined with Karyn’s knack for opening doors and bolstering our sales initiatives, significantly contributes to our growth. We feel at ease discussing and brainstorming our challenges with Duo Partners, consistently reassured by their dedication to support us and guide our path forward.”
Shelly Landsmann, Chairwoman
Revuze focuses on enabling consumer brands to understand their landscape at digital era speeds. Revuze new-generation technology allows brands the understanding of the entire category, competitors, and all products, as well as new product launches, white spaces, messaging, etc.
As the digital world accelerates, brands need access to quality market research insights across marketing, product, R&D, e-commerce, innovation etc.
Revuze’s next-generation technology fills knowledge gaps that current approaches fail to; with a click of a button, Revuze brings you thousands of unsolicited, unstructured customer insights from consumers’ real time product experiences, across brands, products,
and geographies.
“Karyn and Tod are two of the most connected, knowledgeable, and helpful investors I have ever worked with. They have been incredible supporters through thick and thin, are very founder-friendly, and as former operators of an industry-defining business, have the best industry relationships I’ve seen. Any company would be lucky to have them in their corner.”
Rohan Deuskar, Founder & CEO
Stylitics is the leading visual outfitting and bundling solution for over 150 global retailers in more than 40 countries. Stylitics’ powerful combination of algorithms, trend data, and digital merchandising expertise delivers millions of on-brand recommendations across e-commerce, email, advertising, in-store, and social channels to create more engaging shopping experiences.
Headquartered in New York City, Stylitics works with top fashion, apparel, accessories, and home furnishings brands, including Walmart, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Revolve and others, to engage more than 100 million shoppers with its technology and content each day. For more information, visit Stylitics.com
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“Karyn and Tod’s exceptional industry knowledge was invaluable already from the first call. We are excited to partner with them on our journey to better the food industry with GenAI.”
Alon Chen, CEO and Co-Founder
Tastewise is a Gen AI-powered consumer data platform that enables food & beverage brands to develop insight-driven product innovation and marketing campaigns at unprecedented scale & speed.
The Tastewise insights and workflow solutions allow global brands like Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Campbell’s, Nestle, Givaudan, and more to predict consumer needs, uncover white spaces, and move from inception to execution in real-time.
Our consumer data platform is built on proprietary AI technology using deep neural models that leverage behavioral analysis to comprehend every eating and drinking consumption moment, at home and away from home.
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“Duo Partners has been exactly that–a partner on our journey to build and grow ViralMoment, and to add outsized value to our clients. Karyn and Tod are powerful advocates who have rolled up their sleeves, and supported our business to provide us with opportunities, and to create real growth. They are strategic, thoughtful, and involved.”
Chelsie Hall, CEO
ViralMoment is the first social intelligence tool that gives brands a clear picture of exactly what is unfolding INSIDE video on social video platforms, like TikTok and YouTube Shorts. They help clients including Coca-Cola, Delta, NBC, and Warner Bros capture audience insights and see what is trending, and they ensure video brand safety.
ViralMoment’s proprietary AI actually watches millions of videos-capturing all of the content (transcripts, text on screen/in video, products, objects, celebrities and executives, logos, sounds, captions, hashtags, gestures and more). Brands use ViralMoment for insights, competitor monitoring, brand safety, and to activate and measure campaigns.
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“At Wiser, we are building our Commerce Execution Suite to actively enhance profitability for the brands and retailers that we partner with. Our global and omnichannel approach simplifies performance metrics throughout the customer purchase journey, and delivers the capabilities necessary to take action. Our breadth, adaptability, and easy workflow and functionality ensures effective execution across online and brick-and-mortar channels, unlocking pathways for growth. We’re thrilled to be partnered with Duo Partners given the depth of experience in not only building successful businesses, but also incredible relationships and insights into our end customers.”
Andy Ballard, CEO
Wiser Solutions® is the global leader in Commerce Execution SaaS products.
Our Commerce Execution Suite provides brands, retailers, brokers, and distributors with the intelligence needed to make better decisions, online and in-store. Wiser’s platform supports a variety of use cases, from market awareness and price management to shelf intelligence and retail execution.
Why is Wiser the trusted retail analytics provider of over 700 brands and retailers around the world? Better data. Our mission is to build services that capture and present the most accurate and actionable information from millions of websites and tens of thousands of physical stores. Wiser’s near real-time intelligence offers multichannel visibility to optimize daily and hourly revenue, margin, and marketing-related strategies.
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