Context Digital Media
AllowMe enables kid-powered commerce for games, goods, and more by occupying the intersection of gaming, parenting tools & social commerce
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded January 2011
- Employees 4
- Website contextdm.com
Company Summary
AllowMe occupies the intersection of kids gaming, parenting tools and social commerce.
U.S. kids earn $2.6B+ in allowance & pocket money annually, and 90% play online & mobile games. Yet online spending by kids is a high-friction transaction at best. AllowMe, a web+mobile app, provides a service where parents can reward kids for Responsibilities, giving them credit to spend in a RewardStore to buy games, virtual currency, and digital goods.
Team
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Thom KozikCEO/Founder
25 years of building great teams around great products & concepts. Finds markets, customers and cash, where others typically can’t. Career stops at Yahoo!, Microsoft, Atari, Bigpoint, and Wazap!
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Davesh GargChairman
Hands-on experience in growing a business from incubation to global leader to exit. More than once. Brings the global perspective on how AllowMe can flourish worldwide. Career stops at Bessemer Venture Partners, Tilera, Synopsys and Broadcom.
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David WeltonVP Finance and Analytics
18 years of experience from entrepreneur to investment banker, with some corporate stops along the way. Translates the language of start-ups into viable projections and plans. Career stops at Quist Valuation, US Airways, Bank of America and Virgin JamCast.
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Ray PodderVP Customer Experience
Combines vision+strategy+design with almost two decades of passion for the
customer, and for how to best serve their needs and expectations. -
Patrick GilbertVP Engineering/Architect
A career of taking marginally crazy ideas and turning them into viable
technologies. Convinces other geniuses to follow his lead, and lives to build that which never existed before, with 10 year emphasis in mobile applications. Career stops at 4SmartPhone (founder), Virgin JamCast and Bell Canada. -
Pat FordVP Product Management
Like FedEx when it comes to products: guaranteed delivery. Honed his skills in
major operational/executive roles at big companies and small over 25 years. Career stops at Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Atari.
Advisors
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Daniel Friedland of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLCLawyerUnconfirmedtbdAccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Jeff Lapin - former CEO Atari, THQ, Take-TwoUnconfirmedSameer SampatUnconfirmedChetan MehrotraUnconfirmed
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