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HighScore House is reinventing the way kids earn and buy the things they want, while bringing families closer together and making their lives more positive than ever before.

We use game design to motivate kids to take on new challenges and help develop important habits like delayed gratification.

Launched January 2012: 25K+ users, 520K+ tasks completed and 14K+ rewards bought.

Founders
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  • Kyle Seaman
    Co-Founder of HighScore House
  • Theo Ephraim
    Hacker, designer, photographer, beatboxer, entrepreneur. co-Founder of @HighScoreHouse (http://highscorehouse.com)
Previous Investors
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  • Jason Bailey
    Founder Super Rewards, acquired by AdKnowledge. Founder GrowLab Accelerator, Founder and CEO at Eastside Games. Investor in many.
  • Dave McClure
    Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
  • Paul Singh
    Partner at 500 Startups
  • Dan Martell
    Canadian. CEO/Founder of Clarity.fm. Co-Founder of Flowtown (Acquired '11), Founder of Spheric Tech (Acquired '08), Mentor @ 500Startup. Investor in many.
  • James Levine
    Mentor @ 500 Startups, previously CTO @ SimplyHired
  • Benjamin Yoskovitz
    VP Product at GoInstant. Founding Partner at Year One Labs, early stage accelerator. Previously founded Standout Jobs.
Incubator
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  • 500 Startups
    Silicon Valley internet seed fund & accelerator. 500 team has worked @ PayPal, Google, AOL, Rackspace, Yahoo, YouTube, Mint.com, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund.
  • Year One Labs
    Early stage accelerator invested in 5 startups (Localmind, Massive Damage, Highscore House, Qidiq and Happy Stuff).
Advisors
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  • Jason Bailey
    Founder Super Rewards, acquired by AdKnowledge. Founder GrowLab Accelerator, Founder and CEO at Eastside Games. Investor in many.
  • Mike Greenfield
    Founded Circle of Moms and Team Rankings. Led LinkedIn's analytics team; built much of PayPal's early fraud detection technology. Currently a free agent.
  • Benjamin Yoskovitz
    VP Product at GoInstant. Founding Partner at Year One Labs, early stage accelerator. Previously founded Standout Jobs.
Employees
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  • Adrian Ghizaru
    Web development, specced in server-side. MSc McGill 2008.
  • Mathieu Roy
    Founder of PowPowGames, maker of Rocket Boy 2D and Dream Track Nation for iOS (Chillingo distributed, Apple Game of the Week).
References
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  • Michael Montero
    Founder Community Connect Inc. (sold for $38MM), founder Fotolog (sold for $90MM), founder CrowdTwist, Inc. (Series A $6MM), VYou, Year One Labs, ClearGears