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Why I Joined Truthify as CEO
Talks about Artificial Intelligence, Emotionai and Martech
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Justin Wisz
Venture Partner at RTP Global
Jackson, Wyoming
Overview
Justin Wisz is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor with a strong background in digital marketing and strategic financial planning. Currently serving as the Founder of Thicket Ventures and a Venture Partner at RTP Global, he has successfully invested in companies like Wealthfeed and Yogi, showcasing his expertise in client acquisition and business development.
Work Experience
Founder, investor, advisor
2018 - Current
Portfolio companies include Vestorly (co-founder/CEO, acq by FMG), Robinhood (2013 seed), Fonzi AI, UpContent, Yogi, Wealthfeed, Kumospace, Vested, AngelList, Unstoppable Domains, Major League Pickleball, others. Advisor to multiple VC/PE funds, growth stage companies, public companies and startups.
Member, Board of Directors
2023
Investor
2021
Ranchers Global is a premier paddle and racquet sport conglomerate, owning the Texas Ranchers Major League Pickleball (MLP) team and strategic equity stakes in key pickleball assets, including MLP, Pickleball TV, and DUPR.
Venture Partner
2018
Member, Board of Directors
2019
Yogi is an AI powered customer feedback analytics service that processes online and offline feedback sources.
Raised $17,200,000.00 from RTP Global, ScOp Venture Capital, Data Point Capital, Remarkable Ventures, Blueprint Equity and Jaffray Woodriff.
Member, Board of Directors
2019
Investor, interim CEO
2020 - 2021
A fun project with friends, Truthify was an Emotion AI app. We built the only real-time, client-side mobile processing of Emotion AI for brands to see how audiences feel about any content on their phone, and a lead gen component that captured authenticated people and intent. --Started as an angel investor --Came in as CEO to raise another 500k and run partnerships --Secured a patent on dynamic calls-to-action based on real-time emotional responses to mobile content
Co-founder, CEO (acquired by FMG)
2012 - 2018
Vestorly was acquired by FMG in 2022. Strategic Advisor during 2020-2022 to assist in corporate development. Vestorly is an AI content marketing platform leveraging data science to curate and deliver content on behalf of marketers. As co-founder and CEO, I raised $11.2 million in venture capital, built the engineering and sales teams, won customers and partners like MetLife, BNY Mellon, Northern Trust, TD Ameritrade, Dow Jones, and Hootsuite, achieved 752% three-year revenue growth and led the company to the Inc. 5000 before exiting.
Vestorly’s Content Engine enables organizations to discover, filter, and personalize the right content to the right person at the right time
Raised $14,600,000.00 from Sigma Prime Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Company Ventures, Richmond Global Ventures, Sigma Prime Ventures and Sigma Prime Ventures.
Graduate
2014 - 2015
Vestorly was incubated in the first cohort of Grand Central Tech, NYC's most selective tech startup accelerator.
Co-founder, CEO
2010 - 2012
AdvisorLeap was a digital marketing agency and the precursor to Vestorly