TradeYa
TradeYa is the social platform for bartering online.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded January 2012
- Employees 6
- Website tradeya.com
Company Summary
TradeYa is a social platform for bartering online. We leverage the social graph and patent pending trade process to connect users who want to trade goods and services. Existing web 1.0 barter platforms are digital swap meets requiring users to sift through countless listing to trade. Our platform makes trading simple, frictionless, and social. What Airbnb did to Craigslist's "rooms for rent" we are doing to "barter" in today's sharing economy.
Team
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Jared KrauseCEO
Two time startup CEO
Founded and led Goodlife.com through successful launch of largest sustainability/wellness marketplace online
Internet monetization and Internet marketing consultant. Clients included: P&G, Universal, Offerpal Media, Vista Print, Petco
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Walter O'BrienArtificial Intelligence - consultant
Developed AI for F35 Jet and General Electric “Smart Grid”
Developed personality matching AI for MyShape which resulted in 9% conversion to sale
Ranked sixth fastest programmer in the World Olympics in Informatics
Executive roles with: The Capital Group Companies (World’s largest mutual fund manager), Fujitsu, Uniscape (Microsoft-Trados), Oracle Corporation, Baltimore Technologies, and Critical Path.
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Jaime LevyUX Design (as-needed)
20 years experience as interface designer, software designer and new media strategist
Award-winning experience-design lead for TBWA Chiat Day, Razorfish, HUGE and Schematic
Cover of New York Magazine, write-ups in Wired, Esquire, and the New York Times
User Experience Architecture for Oprah.com, ABC.com, iVillage.com
Feature story on Dateline NBC -
Bob VanechCRO/COO
Two time venture-backed CEO and former VC EIR with one 8 and one 9-figure exit. Grew companies from start-up to 450 and 800 employees respectively.
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Rebecca RogersCreative Director
Founding Creative Director Skype
Founding Creative Director Kazaa
Worked for Jared at Goodlife.com
Disruptive new media innovator for Fortune 500 companies
MTV Music Video awards nominee
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Shantanu BhardwajCTO
Shan's first company as CTO was sold to Juniper for $70mm, where he then worked in mobile security.
Authored 9 patents in the field of Mobile Security
Led technology development for startups: FB-4 Inc, SMobile Systems, The Networks, Creative Citizen, Goodlife, Gigzee, Zoomcourt, Terracycle and worked for JP Morgan Chase and Juniper.
Advisors
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Latham and Watkins, Dan BurnhamLawyerUnconfirmedRichard SoltesAccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Dan AbramsUnconfirmedJoe AddiegoUnconfirmedChris HameetmanUnconfirmed
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