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V-Rooms Expands Referral Partnership Program Globally with Xebec

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New York, NY (PRWEB) February 25, 2014

Xebec, an experienced professional legal document service in Japan, will begin offering the V-Rooms virtual data room service in conjunction with its document scanning, physical document storage, and on-demand document printing services for Law Firms, Governmental Agencies, and M&A activity.

V-Rooms Virtual Data Rooms is a document sharing solution for highly regulated and confidential information used in such processes as corporate mergers, venture capital solicitations, bankruptcy negotiations, pharmaceutical research and mineral excavation discovery where security, confidentiality and role-based permissions are paramount.

There is a large untapped market for Japanese online document scanning and storage services for legal and business documents. Xebec’s partnership with V-Rooms will help move Japan’s legal discovery process online, which has largely remained paper-based and offline.

“We are very excited about the opportunity to partner with Xebec in expanding our operations in Japan,” said Jesse Placencia, Manager of Partnership Programs at V-Rooms. “During the recent LegalTech conference in New York, Dan Bradbary, our CEO, had the opportunity to meet with the Xebec team to review the launch of our offering.”

V-Rooms Virtual Data Rooms has a variety of security features that ensure document authenticity, including customizable document watermarking, printing and saving controls and even the ability to “UNDO” access to critical documents by revoking access even after they have been downloaded. The V-Rooms partnership program is a global operation with representation in Brazil, China and Europe.

About V-Rooms:

V-Rooms provides a cloud-based, customizable virtual data room (VDR) solution that is designed to streamline document management, collaboration, exchange and archiving for financial, legal and corporate professionals. The V-Rooms Software-As-A-Service (SAAS) secure document portal facilitates the secure exchange of sensitive information providing compliant and auditable transactions. V-Rooms enable the acceleration of complex, information-intensive processes while reducing the time and expenses associated with data distribution, courier, printing and travel. Additional information can be found at http://www.v-rooms.com.

About Xebec:

Xebec provides experienced professional legal scanning services, physical document storage, collation and printing services for Law Firms, Governmental Agencies, and M&A activity.

Additional information can be found at Litigation scanning service: http://paper-ediscovery.jp/english/.

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http://paper-ediscovery.jp/english/vdr/







Celebrating the Service Economy in Minneapolis: An Unlikely Partnership Launches a Community into Action

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Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) March 29, 2013

Local startup Heroic (http://www.beheroic.com/) teams up with CRAVE Restaurants to celebrate the hardworking service economy in Minneapolis through a campaign called “Who Do You Love?” (http://www.beheroic.com/whodoyoulove). They are seeking recommendations from the public to discover little-known experts, artisans, and local craftsmen. The first 100 participants win a $ 20 gift card to CRAVE restaurants, and one will win one-year of free house cleaning.

Heroic is a newly formed community in the Twin Cities and is a free place for friends and neighbors to share recommendations of local service providers, like painters, carpenters, and mechanics. Who Do You Love is inspired by co-founders Dan Linstroth and Reed Robinson’s discovery of a little-known bike mechanic working out of his basement in Minneapolis named Sam Reinert.

“I discovered Sam through a recommendation from Reed and he blew me away with his service,” says Linstroth. “He’s an absolute expert, provides incredible customer service, and charges a neighborly price.”

By making this connection, the two friends began wondering how many people like Sam exist in the Twin Cities of other crafts. Who Do You Love was born, and they’re seeking word-of-mouth recommendations from the community to uncover more experts, just like Sam.

“These are the hardworking, honest people that make our neighborhoods run,” adds Linstroth. “They are the soul of our local economy and deserve to be recognized.”

Heroic is encouraging people to share by offering a limited number of Gift Cards to CRAVE restaurants and the chance to win one-year of free house cleaning.

“CRAVE was very generous in showing their support for this idea and Happy Earth Cleaning Company, another fantastic service provider, chipped in the incredible cleaning offer,” says Linstroth with excitement. “We’re very grateful for their participation.”    

The Who Do You Love campaign emphasizes the core of Heroic,“which is friends and neighbors sharing good old-fashioned referrals,” says Linstroth. “We want to facilitate this age-old, word-of-mouth behavior online while helping people like Sam get discovered.”

The service provider of the winning recommendation will also win prizes from Heroic. Professional photos and video plus a free premium upgrade on the site are all meant to celebrate the winning expert from the local service economy.

About Heroic

Heroic (http://www.beheroic.com/) is a free place for friends to share recommendations of favorite service providers. A personal referral from a friend or neighbor is the best source of information. Heroic is also free for service providers and will be incorporating a premium version in the future. The company is currently available in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul market and features service providers in 150 categories, all crowd-sourced and user-verified through personal recommendations. The company was founded by Justin Barrett (CEO), Ethan Otterlei (CTO), Reed Robinson (CPO), and Dan Linstroth (CMO).

Who Do You Love, Video [1:11] – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBQYkPQffs

The Heroic Story, Video [1:08] – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7FtxCjjYY

Sam’s Story, Video [2:59] – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIp_tOqqOjA







Grameen Uniqlo Social Business Partnership

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weMultiply and LSAN Announce Strategic Partnership in Support of the Life Sciences Angel Networks Third Annual MedTech Conference

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(PRWEB) June 18, 2013

weMultiply, a New York-based angel investment and business acceleration group, has partnered with the Life Sciences Angel Network (LSAN) to support LSAN’s Third Annual MedTech Conference, and provide ongoing strategic and operational backing. Through its relationship with LSAN, weMultiply provides its engaged ventures with access to the region’s most diverse, active group of life science and Health IT angel investors and investment groups.

Launched in 2010 by Dr. Milena Adamian, LSAN funds, mentors, and provides operational support to funded companies within the life sciences and Health IT sectors. The Conference, “Build or Flip: Why and When? A Unique Look at the Medical Devices and Healthcare Services Sectors,” focused on key issues facing investors and entrepreneurs today – whether to build early-stage ventures for the ‘long haul’ or a quick sale; how to best attract and successfully engage with exit partners; and, trends and developments within the rapidly-changing markets for healthcare device and service technologies. Panelists included founders of successful Health IT and life sciences ventures, as well as industry heavyweights from organizations including Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey, Bain Capital, Bank of America, Becton Dickinson, Telcare and more.

“Partnering with LSAN offers an opportunity to be a part of the most dynamic industry conversations, as well as direct access to a wide network of active investors,” said weMultiply Managing Director Lena Feygin. “Milena’s team, as expected, has created an engaging program featuring some of the top names in the industry.”

“The markets for Health IT and life sciences technologies have seen remarkable growth in the past few years, and as these segments scale we are focused on driving the industry forward and sourcing the highest-quality opportunities,” said LSAN founder Dr. Milena Adamian. “Strategic partnerships with groups like weMultiply directly enhance our ability to target the ventures most likely to succeed in the current market climate.”

“By leveraging its network of active sales channels, weMultiply identifies and invests in ventures with a high probability of rapidly securing institutional clients,” said weMultiply Managing Director Jesse Williamson. “This approach both accelerates the implementation of innovative health technologies, and mitigates a key risk associated with early stage healthcare investments. LSAN has developed a uniquely efficient program to engage, identify and place targeted investments, and we are excited to support it.”

Backed by the 9.8 Group of Companies, weMultiply seeks out, validates, and invests in emerging health & wellness technology ventures which can benefit from its network of active institutional sales channels. The weMultiply S.A.L.E.® program provides early stage and startup companies with direct investment, access to capital through the company’s angel and venture capital networks, as well as the strategic tools, leadership, advice and health industry regulatory and compliance expertise required to ensure the proper roll-out and successful growth of each venture.

Companies accepted into the S.A.L.E.® program are provided with an aggressive development and launch program designed to prepare them for market competition and success on the global stage.

For more information on weMultiply and the S.A.L.E. program, please visit http://www.weMultiply.com.

For more information on LSAN, visit http://www.lsanfund.com.

About weMultiply:

A subsidiary of the 9.8 Group, WeMultiply empowers game-changing Health & Wellness technology innovations with the capital and strategic resources to lead in tomorrow’s market. Our program invests directly in each accelerated venture, and pairs each investment with marketing and development resources from the 9.8 Group of health care advertising agencies, its mentor network, and subsidiary businesses. Learn more at wemultiply.com.

About LSAN:

Founded in 2010 by Dr. Milena Adamian in New York, LSAN was built with the understanding that to help our portfolio companies succeed, we needed to provide them with funding as well as operational support and an access to a broad network of healthcare investors, key opinion leaders, corporate players and other entrepreneurs.







miiCard Builds on Recent Momentum and Vision for Linking Physical and Digital Identity with myrentalcv Partnership

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Edinburgh, Scotland (PRWEB UK) 12 December 2013

Online identity proofing service miiCard today announced that it will help power ID verification for myrentalcv’s tenant screening platform to ensure quick and secure references for agents and landlords. myrentalcv is changing the traditional letting model by bringing together all the essential tenant information thatagents need to quickly and securely make a decision about a tenant’s suitability online. This partnership builds on recent miiCard customer announcements, its selection to new U.S FinTech incubator SixThirty, and the company being named the fastest growing startup in Edinburgh by Mattermark.

“To complete any high value transactions online, it is critical to first make a direct connection between one’s physical identity and digital persona,” said miiCard CEO James Varga. “We are excited about myrentalcv’s approach to changing the rental industry, and we are pleased that our identity proofing solution will help secure an environment so that agents and tenants can confidently connect and rent properties online.”

myrentalcv brings together all the information required to rent a property conveniently and securely in one place. miiCard confirms a tenant’s identity to the same level as an offline ID check, but purely online and in just minutes. Tenants need only set it up once, then they can aggregate information over time to use as a comprehensive and up-to-date means of demonstrating suitability for future rentals. myrentalcv partnered with miiCard to reduce the administrative overhead associated with in-person ID document checks and combat fraud from reliance on data checks, while making it easy for agents to review and approve potential tenants purely online.

“Gathering and supplying tenant information is often a fragmented and disjointed experience that takes too much time and money for letting agents and tenants,” explained Chris Smith, marketing manager of myrentalcv. “With miiCard’s online identity proofing service built-in, myrentalcv is the most trusted screening platform available to agents and property owners today.”

This most recent partnership builds on a number of new miiCard deployments in the financial service industry, including Bitcoin exchanges btcQuick and Bittylicious, home sale solution Allre, bank service ClearAccount, and expense tracking platform Xpenditure. miiCard is also the only European company selected to join new U.S. FinTech incubator SixThirty, founded by Square co-founder Jim McKelvey. Together, these announcements helped miiCard to be named the fastest growing startup in Edinburgh by venture capital research firm Mattermark.

“The desire for trust online and the need for secure online ID verification have helped make this a year of tremendous growth and momentum for miiCard,” continued Varga. “We are honoured that others have recognised our work, and we look forward to continue combating fraud online through our trusted identity solution.”

miiCard’s Level of Assurance 3+ identity verification and authentication service leverages the authority and security inherent in a member’s online financial accounts to prove identity to a passport standard providing a direct, online replacement for in-person photo ID checks with no document uploads or scans required. The miiCard platform offers a wide range of features including identity proofing, personal data, strong multi-factor authentication, financial transaction data and security available through simple API’s and hosted services.

For consumers, miiCard is a global Bring Your Own Identity (BYOID) service providing the convenience, control, ease and flexibility of a single trusted identity that can be used across the web. miiCard is available in ten countries and can verify over 350 million people today.

About myrentalcv

myrentalcv is a web-app that empowers a tenant to obtain, compile and share all the details required to demonstrate suitability for a rental property quickly and efficiently online. With myrentalcv, tenants can build their rental CV in minutes, updating it at the end of each tenancy with ratings from agents, thus providing a more accurate and complete representation of their rental history. For letting agents, property professionals and employers, myrentalcv presents the opportunity to decrease administration and cost for the referencing process and hence increase the speed of tenant check-in from enquiry.

About miiCard

miiCard is a consumer centric global online identity service (IDaaS) platform that establishes true trust online by guaranteeing an individual’s identity to the level of an offline photo ID check, completely online and in just minutes. miiCard helps businesses eliminate fraud, reduce manual processing costs, and prevent high rates of dropout when offline identity checks are required. A member-driven service, based on the principles of Bring Your Own Identity, miiCard empowers consumers to proactively manage their digital identity, build trust online, and trade and transact with confidence. miiCard is available in ten countries and can verify over 350 million people today.







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Fort Myers Regional Partnership Reports Incentive Program Benchmarks And Success – 4,996 Jobs Created and $1,047,649,879 in Economic Impact in Lee County

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Fort Myers, FL (PRWEB) May 02, 2011

The Fort Myers Regional Partnership, Lee Countys Economic Development Office, is driven by its long-term, forward-thinking mission to expand and diversify the local economy. Since 1996, 4,996 new jobs and $ 1,047,649,879 in economic impact have been committed to as a direct result of key local incentive programs; Lee County Job Opportunity Program and the First Incentives for Recruiting Strategic Targets as well as State of Florida incentives and the State Closing Fund.

These programs lay the foundation for companies to prosper in Lee County now and in the years to come. Our Economic Development office has played a part, but most important our partners the Horizon Council, the Horizon Foundation, and the Industrial Development Authority have made Lee County stand out as a great place to do business, said Jim Moore, Executive Director of the Fort Myers Regional Partnership.

1996 – 2011 Lee County Incentives Awarded*

The following companies represent target industries such as life sciences, manufacturing, information technology, corporate headquarters, and business services that have relocated to or expanded in Lee County:

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Fort Myers Regional Partnership Receives Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council

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Fort Myers, Florida (PRWEB) November 11, 2011

The Fort Myers Regional Partnership received an Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council for the Together for Business Integrated Marketing Campaign in the category of Paid Ad Campaign for communities with populations of more than 500,000.

The honor was presented at an awards ceremony in September during the IEDC Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“We recognize the Fort Myers Regional Partnership for providing successful strategies to promote new standards in economic development in this period of global recovery, said Dennis Coleman, IEDC chair. Our awards honor organizations and individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in communities. They are showing that they are at the forefront of the economic development profession and are using innovative and effective practices that can be replicated in other communities.”

The Excellence in Economic Awards Program annually recognizes the worlds best economic development programs and partnerships, marketing materials, and the years most influential leaders. The program honors organizations and individuals in 28 categories for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban, and rural communities.

The mission of the integrated marketing campaign launched by the Fort Myers Regional Partnership was to leverage existing relationships within the community and the region to identify potential business candidates for expansion or location to Lee County. To accomplish this, the Fort Myers Regional Partnership implemented an aggressive and integrated fusion of both traditional and new-age marketing approaches for economic development.

Together for business has become our rallying cry throughout all elements of the campaign and was strategically implemented in advertising, marketing and promotional messages to engage all business leaders, residents, and industry partners, stated Jennifer Berg, marketing and communications director of the Fort Myers Regional Partnership.

Through the support and benefits of the public-private partnership with The Horizon Council to provide strategic direction, active involvement, and financial support of these integrated marketing efforts, the Partnership has effectively saturated the market with this message, thus increasing its effectiveness.

We are well underway to take our integrated marketing and communications plan to the next level in 2012 with creative and dynamic strategies from website presence, advertising, social media, and public relations to partnerships and online exposure reaching targeted audiences in and out of the market to make Lee County more vibrant and a better place for all of us, continued Berg.

The Fort Myers Regional Partnership, Lee Countys Economic Development Office, is driven by its long-term, forward-thinking mission to expand and diversify the local economy.

About the International Economic Development Council

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is the premier membership organization dedicated to helping economic development professionals create high-quality jobs, develop vibrant communities and improve the quality of life in their regions. Serving more than 4,500 members, IEDC represents the largest network of economic development professionals in the world. IEDC provides a diverse range of services, including conferences, certification, professional development, publications, research, advisory services and legislative tracking.

About Fort Myers Regional Partnership

The Fort Myers Regional Partnership works to attract new and diversified businesses resulting in high-wage, high-skilled jobs; retains and encourages the expansion of existing businesses and improves the overall business environment. Lee County is a thriving business community with a highly regarded airport, significant corporate development and ample real estate opportunities. The area is attracting, retaining and growing high-value businesses with a unique blend of an outstanding business climate and superior quality of life. The county is home to five vibrant cities–Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Fort Myers Beach, and Sanibel–and is the heart of Southwest Florida.

The Partnership continues to promote and build the region through ongoing efforts from its proactive team of domestic and international recruiters, research staff and community liaisons, as well as through its partnerships with the Horizon Foundation, the Horizon Council and the Lee County Industrial Development Authority.

Since 1996, 5,546 new jobs and $ 1,065,570,586 in economic impact have been committed to as a direct result of key local incentive programs; Lee County Job Opportunity Program and the First Incentives for Recruiting Strategic Targets as well as State of Florida incentives and the State Closing Fund.

In addition to the core website, http://www.FortMyersRegionalPartnership.com, Fort Myers Regional Partnership can also be found on these popular social networking sites:

Editors Notes:

Unique story angles, resources and trend data are available in the online Media Center at http://www.FortMyersRegionalPartnership.com/AboutUs/MediaCenter

For executive interviews, success stories and additional media relations services, please contact Jennifer Berg, Fort Myers Regional Partnership, via phone at 239.338.3161 or email at JBerg(at)leegov(dot)com.

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