AnswerTo won Startup of Month Dec follow by eelusion #SVEPnD #StartupOfYear

By svejoy on December 9, 2013

AnswerTo won Startup of Month Dec follow by eelusion at Pitch demo day on Dec 7 hosted by SVEntrepreneurs.

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Founder: Alan Gunshor

Global Business Executive with proven success building new businesses from idea to launch in two start-ups (one venture funded, and one bootstrapped to profitability), as well as Fortune 100 tech companies, and Inc 500 fastest growing companies list.

Extremely versatile and fast-moving leader who masters new concepts quickly and can foresee and bypass roadblocks in new product strategies.

A thought leader with a deep entrepreneurial mindset, able to communicate concisely and cut through complexity to drive results across small and large teams and organizations.

Specialties:Startup Entrepreneur & Inventor,
Business Planning & Models,
Mobile & Local Advertising,
Verticals, SMBs, ISVs, Resellers and Agencies,
Product Planning,
Channel Partnerships & Initiatives,
Sales Training & Enablement,
Systems Integration, CRM, & Customer Lifecycle Solutions,
Product Marketing & Launches,
Content Aggregation & Distribution,
Location Based Services (LBS),
Ad/Content Monetization

Runner: eelusion

The main product of eelusion is eevoo, a geo-social mobile game that allows the player to claim squares of our world on a virtual map index. eevoo can be thought of as a blend of foursquare and Sim City, but differing in its gameplay genre, user experience and high-end 3D. Players can hold and develop squares, build houses in real places of the world
and develop them through the ages, all while competing with other players. The augmented reality feature is the highlight, allowing users to visualize the world they built cooperatively through the unique lens of their camera. In short, eevoo is aiming to make the world an interconnected playground.
More info on www.playeevoo.com

eevoo JUMP
To broaden the universe of eevoo and its visual appeal, a cosmos of mini-games (like eevoo JUMP) has been developed, thereby connecting more players to the universe of eevoo and bolstering clever cross-promoting platforms.

CEO & Co-Founder: Guillaume Vaslin-Reimann

Guillaume is a French-German entrepreneur who co-founded eelusion in the beginning of 2012. eelusion is his first company, a mobile game studio based in Berlin & settling its business development in SF. eelusion sucessfully raised $1.7 mio seed-funding mid of 2012. The common vision of Guillaume and Stephan, his co-founder & CCO was to upgrade our world through avant-gardist digital games by combining state of the art technologies – such as Geo-Location or Augmented Reality – with engaging game mechanics.
Guillaume has a double diploma in International Business and a M.A in Digital Communication. Besides running eelusion, Guillaume enjoys the multilayered subcultures of Berlin and elaborates creative concepts for several european start-ups. He spends most of his free time browsing digital trends and travelling between Berlin, Paris and San Francisco.

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