Tech Trends in Restaurant & Retail 2016

Addison Conference Center, 15650 Addison Road

Wednesday March 30, 2016, 11:30am – 4:30pm

REVTECH is producing the 4th annual Tech Trends event for the benefit of North Texas restaurant and

retail executives, as well as others who are interested in product and tech innovation around the themes of

shopping and dining. This event provides us the opportunity to curate potential solutions for the

industry’s most pressing challenges as they adapt to rapid change in the digital age. We’ve listened to

challenges articulated by restaurant and retail decision makers and developed four key themes to address

at this event: customer loyalty, store analytics, staff productivity, and the latest in location-based

marketing.

Agenda: 11:00am Check in & Buffet Luncheon

12:15pm Event Kickoff

12:30pm Keynote Presentation (Hal Brierley)

1:15pm Accelerator Graduate Presenters

2:00pm Networking Break

2:30pm VC-Backed Presenters

4:00pm Closing Remarks

4:30pm Reception

Luncheon Keynote: Hal Brierley, Chairman of Brierley Group Ever since being hired by American Airlines in 1980 to design its traveler rewards program, AAdvantage,

Hal Brierley has been at the forefront of innovative consumer loyalty programs. In 1985, he launched

Brierley+Partners, a loyalty program consultancy that was later sold to the Nomura Research Institute in

Tokyo in 2015. In 1999, he launched e-Rewards, now known as Research Now, a firm that collects

consumer data for loyalty programs. In an age where consumers engage online with brands in so many

ways, Brierley sees that loyalty programs must adapt in order to remain relevant.

Accelerator Graduate Presenters Accelerator programs have become prevalent over the past several years. There are at least a dozen just in

Texas. Several around the country are themed on retail tech including ones in Silicon Valley,

Minneapolis, New York, and our very own REVTECH in Dallas. We evaluated the best talent with the

most innovative ideas at accelerators across America this past year and selected the seven you will meet

today for participation in our inaugural accelerator grad program.

Participants:

PnP Loyalty – A white-labeled SaaS solution that works behind the scenes to support all loyalty

marketing needs for chain restaurants & retail stores.

Accelerator: REVTECH

forrge – A technology that provides on-demand staffing for the restaurant, retail, and services industries.

Accelerator: XRC Labs

Benchmark Intelligence – A suite of analytics tools for restaurant & retail location management.

Accelerator: The Brandery

GlamST – The leading virtual makeup app for brands and retailers.

Accelerator: 500 Startups

FindMine - Takes your product catalogue and merchandiser’s looks, runs them through our proprietary

algorithms and combines them with user data to highlight your goods in each shopper’s perfect outfit, on

your site, in your ads, your emails, and even in your stores.

Accelerator: XRC Labs

JobNow - Provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the

necessary tasks to get a job.

Accelerator: Collide Village

Dor – Track your store’s performance anytime, from anywhere.

Accelerator: Bolt

VC-Backed Presenters Every year, we evaluate dozens of venture capital funded retail tech companies in search of tech solutions

that are relevant to the needs of local restaurant & retail operators. We invite several of the very best to

present at our annual Tech Trends event. These are companies that have raised millions of dollars of

venture funding, are rapidly scaling their operations, and are experiencing market adoption.

Participants:

Koupon Media - The World's Largest Mobile Coupon Platform Learn why 40,000 retailers and top

Fortune 500 brands choose Koupon for mobile offers.

VC Funders: Trailblazer Capital, Mercury Funds, Altria Ventures

Peeractive - Provides technology that merges e-commerce with game dynamics in order to create real-

time shopping experiences.

VC Funder: Slome Capital

Local ID - A centralized Local Intelligence Platform built for Marketers at multi-unit brands.

VC Funders: Crosscut Ventures, Technicolor, TenOneTen, Baroda Ventures, Double M Partners,

Tallwave, Wavemaker Partners, and Queens Bridge Venture Partners

skuIQ - Sync your in-store and online tech. We are the experts in providing omni-channel capabilities to

retailers efficiently, economically, and reliably.

VC Funder: Simon Ventures

Tray - Everything you need (in a cloud-based POS system) to address today's cutthroat environment of

increased minimum wages, impatient Millennials and the omnipresence of Mobile.

VC Funder: GrowthX

Earshot – A social media marketing platform that enables brands to discover, prioritize, and engage

customers in real-time.

VC Funder: Point B Capital