Omar Mencin

Managing Director, Investment Group, Information Technology

2021 - Current

Lead Tech Investment Group at Ben Franklin Partners which is one of the most active early stage investors in the US with a portfolio of over 100 companies in the Adtech, AI, Edtech, Digitial Health and FinTech sectors. Also serve on Investment Committee and deal lead for the GoPhilly fund which is a follow-on fund for the highest performing companies in the Ben Franklin portfolio. Ben Franklin Technology Partners and GoPhilly Fund have over 150M in AUM.

Senior Director of Investments, Investment Group

2020 - 2021

Director of Investments, Information Technology

2016 - 2020

Director, Investment Partnerships

2012 - 2016

Board Observer

2019

AI, machine learning platform to support marketing and advertising for Pharmaceutical Industry

Board Observer

2019

Sidecar is helping fuel the next generation of e-retail with technology that supercharges e-commerce marketing. We work with retailers across nearly all verticals, including Top 15 merchants in the U.S. and worldwide. Our Vision: Deliver intelligent technology that allows retailers to connect with people looking for their products, drives better performance, and makes their jobs easier. Our Mission: We believe that artificial intelligence is the future of retail marketing. As retail evolves, the lines between devices, channels, and consumer experiences continue to blur -- bringing retail marketers face to face with increasingly complex decisions that rely on increasing amounts of data. Sidecar delivers the technology retail marketers need to harness that data to execute performance marketing campaigns that perform better, don't require daily, tactical decision making, and can evolve along with you. Stay connected with the latest research and commentary by and for retail marketing leaders at: discover.getsidecar.com Follow us on social: -Twitter: https://twitter.com/getsidecar -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getsidecar/ Website https://getsidecar.com/ Industry Marketing and Advertising Company size 201-500 employees Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type Privately Held Founded 2010 Specialties Bid Management, E-Commerce, Google Shopping, Product Listing Ads, Machine Learning, Google paid search, Text Ads, Product Advertising, Performance Marketing, Retail Marketing, Data Science, and Account Services

Managing Director

2018

Director of Investments

2019 - 2020

The Global Opportunity Philadelphia Fund —the GO Philly Fund—is a newly formed venture fund seeking investments in seed and early-stage technology-focused enterprises. Being formed by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Greater Philadelphia’s most active early-stage investor for over 35 years, and EPAM, a leading global product development and digital platform engineering services company, the Fund leverages blockchain technology as part of its innovative fund raising and capital management strategy to facilitate investor participation in the burgeoning opportunity within Greater Philadelphia’s technology-based ventures. The Fund will provide capital for early-stage technology companies primarily in the Greater Philadelphia region (which includes the City of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties). The Fund expects to invest side by side with Ben Franklin in early-stage companies that pass Ben Franklin’s comprehensive due diligence process, supporting the growth of enterprises that build the community of innovation in Greater Philadelphia. Set within the surging opportunity of Greater Philadelphia’s growth, the Fund is uniquely positioned to expedite investor participation in the region’s emerging technology ventures, while affecting the growth of the region at large.

Board Observer

2016

Audigent is an audience intelligence platform that provides brands with actionable data, analytics and insights that optimize the targeting, engagement and ROI of online, mobile and social video ads while opening up new revenue streams for artists and other social influencers. Audigent's platform allows brands to discover, monitor and target audiences that drive media performance.

Board Observer

2017

TimelinePI provides the most comprehensive process intelligence platform designed to empower users to understand, optimize and monitor any business process. TimelinePI’s patent-pending Timeline Analysis approach is designed to allow healthcare providers, banks, insurance companies, government agencies, etc. take control of their data and Raise their Process IQ™. WHAT WE DO Like any other specialty area, understanding business process data requires tools optimized for the task. Existing business intelligence and analytics tools provide no meaningful help when it comes to understanding and analyzing business process data. By providing tools which were designed solely for this type of analysis we believe we can offer insights and ease-of-use not possible before. OUR TECHNOLOGY The TimelinePI technology is capable of ingesting data from any number of systems. Once the data is loaded the system automatically correlates each new data element with all others to detect and display all the timelines related to each business process occurrence and a wide variety of analytics associated with them individually or as a collection. Finally, a collection of analysis tools provides you with the ability to query your data in a way never previously possible.

Board Observer

2016

Kynectiv is the leading provider of simulation-based technology to global audiences. Our DecisionSim™ platform enables organizations to transform their education and training programs, offering increased engagement, stronger retention and comprehensive data collection that leads to actionable insights. Kynectiv has an experienced team of instructional designers, technologists and data scientists to help ensure the maximum benefits from our simulation platform. Simulation is an experiential, active learning model that has been proven to be highly effective at improving retention and the application of knowledge to enhance or change behaviors. Leveraging story-driven, adaptive design, solutions built on our platform transport participants into real world scenarios to assess and improve their knowledge, skills and confidence. Unique to our platform, participants made decisions and experience the consequences of their decisions and receive personalized feedback to accelerate their learning and performance. Our clients use our platform in live, online and blended training with clinicians, patients and staff. The Kynectiv simulation platform has been adopted by leaders in healthcare, including pharmaceutical companies, medical societies, medical education providers, patient education innovators, and academic institutions. To learn more, visit www.Kynectiv.com.

Board Observer

2015

Self-defense wearable technology that diminishes attacks against women and addresses the underlying source of violence. www.useroar.com

Board Observer

2017

Cognitive Operational Systems, Inc. (COSY) is a spinout of UPenn's GRASP Laboratory. The company focuses on leveraging University research for enabling industry solutions in computer vision, perception, and artificial intelligence. COSY’s “ beacon-free"​ backend technology provides localization and turn-by-turn navigation in environments with no GPS - like indoors. This back-end technology can be used to enable augmented reality interfaces, audio-based navigation aids for the blind, and even mobile robots.

Board Observer

2018

Yellowdig is a social learning platform driven by collaboration and data science. Yellowdig forms a social layer on top of existing enterprise learning systems used by universities and organizations to build engaging learning experiences in a private and secure way. In-person, blended, and online courses alike -- Yellowdig provides the online environment to collaborate, communicate, share content, and connect with peers. Yellowdig increases learner engagement and improves the learning experience by creating a social learning community. We're an EdTech SaaS startup based in Center City, Philadelphia. Interested in changing the future of education? Come join us! Job openings here: https://angel.co/yellowdig/jobs