Cyriac founded Shopkick in 2009, while an entrepreneur-in-residence at venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.

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Here is VC alpha dog John Doerr, of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, speaking at the TED Conference in March.

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Investors in iControl include ADT, Charles River Ventures, Cisco, Comcast Interactive Capital, GE Security, Intel Capital and the Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers iFund.

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