Grape ID

Tired of spam? Believe it or not, so are the advertisers that send it.

People generally ignore ads, so companies have to send more and more of them, hoping to make a sale. Meanwhile, consumers feel overwhelmed, so they ignore almost anything that’s sent.

Grape ID has created a solution. Its marketplace enables advertisers to pay consumers to engage with their ads. It delivers relevant ads to each user based on his or her interests, creating a more effective way for companies to put their products in front of potential customers.

Grape ID launched an initial version of its app in March 2023, and tested it throughout 2024. In April 2025, the company completed a functional prototype. It plans to launch it after raising capital through its current funding campaign.

The company has been issued four patents and three trademarks. And it has four-and-a-half million dollars in pending R&D grants from the National Science Foundation.

Team Background

Rob Andersen - Founder & CEO

Rob is an eight-time startup founder who started Grape ID out of personal frustration.

In 2018, he was a victim of five data breaches and identity theft that taught him that businesses control much of your data. That’s why he started Grape ID — to enable consumers to keep control of their data.

On social media, Rob is known as the “Anti Spam Guy.” Prior to starting Grape ID, he was an independent property and casualty insurance adjuster. And before that, he owned MAD Hovercraft, a company manufacturing hovercraft vehicles.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurial Finance from BYU.

Maxim Chemerisiuk - Chief Architect

Maxim has fifteen years of experience in tech, mainly as a full-stack software developer.

In addition to his role with Grape ID, he is a senior-software engineer with Google. And before that, he founded a ride-sharing app that was No. 2 in his local market (just behind Uber).

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Belarusian State University.

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