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Sokin is a global fintech company specializing in cross-border payments and international money transfer services. The company operates on a subscription-based model, allowing users to make unlimited international transfers for a fixed monthly fee, which simplifies and reduces the cost of global remittances and business transactions compared to traditional services that charge per transaction. Sokin offers a multi-currency digital wallet that enables users to send, receive, and hold various currencies, enhancing convenience for international transactions. Additionally, the company provides tailored payment solutions for businesses, facilitating efficient management of global payments. To further expand its market presence, Sokin has formed partnerships with prominent sports organizations, including football clubs such as Everton FC and AS Monaco, to promote its financial solutions.

Manufacturer of golf equipment and accessories intended to evolve and push the limits of conservative sport to meet changing styles. The company offers premium milled putters, headcovers, and accessories, providing customers with golf accessories of all ages.

Rising Team is a software development company that specializes in leadership and team development solutions. Its platform is designed to assist managers in building engaged and connected teams by providing tools for effective team-building sessions, whether conducted remotely or in-person. The platform adopts a holistic approach to leadership development by integrating both training and community support. It empowers managers to facilitate interactive experiences focused on specific leadership or connection topics, enhancing trust and connection within teams. Through its offerings, Rising Team aims to cultivate stronger managers and more resilient teams, ultimately improving overall employee engagement and talent development.

Gooder Foods is a manufacturer of processed food products. The company offers veggie-boosted, protein-packed, mac and cheese, helping customers have healthy options in packaged food products.

Satisfi Labs Inc., established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in developing a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application that facilitates real-time engagement between customers and employees via mobile devices. The company's location-based platform serves as a conversational commerce tool, empowering businesses to enhance guest interactions both online and in-store through AI-driven chatbots and robots. This application automatically routes customer queries to the most suitable responders within an organization, assesses performance, and identifies opportunities for improving customer experience across various industries such as sports, tourism, entertainment, and hospitality.

Vivenu GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, operates a comprehensive events ticketing platform designed to streamline the ticketing process for event organizers. The platform allows users to manage, market, and analyze ticket sales effectively, offering features such as customer relationship management, price and seating plan configuration, and access to customer data insights. Vivenu also supports seamless integration with various applications through pre-built integrations and APIs. This white-label solution aims to transform the ticketing industry by simplifying ticket scanning both online and offline and providing detailed sales analysis, thereby empowering event organizers to optimize their operations.

Shopmonkey Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud-based shop management software tailored for repair shops. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Shopmonkey offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates workflow management, calendar scheduling, and customer communication through text and email. Its software includes features such as automated appointment confirmations, digital vehicle inspections, inventory management, and invoice tracking, which help eliminate double entry and streamline payment processes. The platform is designed for a variety of repair sectors, including auto repair, auto body, motorcycle repair, and more, allowing users to manage customer relationships and operational workflows efficiently. Additionally, Shopmonkey integrates with QuickBooks, enabling customers to make payments in person or online.

UNLESS Collective is a plant based streetwear company. UNLESS Collective creates statement products made from plants. Their product categories include sneakers, tees, hoodies, fleece, jackets, shirts, shorts, pants, and hats.

Volley Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing conversational games optimized for messaging apps and voice interfaces like Alexa and Google Home. Their portfolio includes popular titles such as Song Quiz, Yes Sire, World Detective, Trivia Showdown, Math Showdown, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, 20 Questions, and Question of the Day. Volley's platform offers a diverse range of voice-based games and AI-powered interactive stories and podcasts, providing users with engaging audio entertainment experiences across various smart devices.

Loop & Tie operates a gift management platform aimed at enhancing engagement between businesses and their recipients. Instead of sending identical gifts to all, companies can provide a curated selection of gift options tailored to their budget, allowing recipients to choose what they prefer through a personalized online interface. This process not only fosters individual connections but also includes an engagement dashboard that offers real-time insights into recipient selections, thank you notes, and budget statistics. Additionally, businesses have the option to customize gift collections with their own products and experiences while relying on Loop & Tie for storage and shipping logistics, ultimately streamlining the gifting process and strengthening customer relationships.

Vivenu GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, operates a comprehensive events ticketing platform designed to streamline the ticketing process for event organizers. The platform allows users to manage, market, and analyze ticket sales effectively, offering features such as customer relationship management, price and seating plan configuration, and access to customer data insights. Vivenu also supports seamless integration with various applications through pre-built integrations and APIs. This white-label solution aims to transform the ticketing industry by simplifying ticket scanning both online and offline and providing detailed sales analysis, thereby empowering event organizers to optimize their operations.

Squire Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, specializes in developing a web and mobile application that streamlines the process of booking and paying for grooming services. Their primary product, Squire, empowers barbershops to manage operations, bookings, and payments, while also enabling customers to discover and book appointments with barbers based on their preferences. The platform facilitates cashless and contactless transactions, making it a comprehensive solution for both barbers and their clients.

GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform aimed at sports and esports enthusiasts. Founded in 2018 and based in Burlingame, California, the company offers digital experiences and free-to-play mobile games that allow fans to engage with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship product enables users to participate in a competitive environment during live sporting events, where they can battle to become the "Best Fans" in their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative platform, GreenPark Sports creates an interactive virtual sports environment that connects fans with one another and enhances their overall gaming experience.

Carrot Fertility, Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive fertility benefits services to employers, supporting employees throughout their fertility healthcare journey on a global scale. The company's offerings include services such as egg freezing, in vitro fertilization, adoption, donor and gestational carrier services, as well as a premium pharmacy experience for fertility medications through Carrot Rx. Additionally, Carrot Pregnancy provides virtual access to experts and on-demand doctor-approved content, while the Carrot Card allows employees to use a flexible debit card for their fertility-related expenses. By customizing these benefits, Carrot Fertility aims to deliver financial, medical, and emotional support for individuals pursuing parenthood. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company also maintains offices in Chicago, New York, Dublin, Geneva, Tokyo, and Seoul.

June Life Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in the manufacturing of smart ovens, having pioneered this market in 2016 with the introduction of its innovative countertop convection oven. The June Oven combines multiple cooking functionalities, serving as an air fryer, slow cooker, roaster, broiler, baker, dehydrator, toaster, reheater, and warming device, effectively replacing seven kitchen appliances and reducing clutter. The company aims to enhance the cooking experience by leveraging technology, elegant design, and exceptional performance, making cooking accessible and easy for everyone. Established in 2013, June Life Inc. continues to focus on transforming the culinary landscape through its advanced kitchen solutions.

BallerTV is a sports media startup founded in 2016 and headquartered in Pasadena, California. The company specializes in live and on-demand streaming of youth sports, aiming to connect families and communities through sports. BallerTV provides a comprehensive platform that enables youth sports organizations and families to easily stream games, watch them on demand, and stay connected with athletes. This platform not only enhances viewing experiences but also supports community engagement and talent identification and recruitment. Through its innovative technology and operations solutions for mobile broadcasting, BallerTV facilitates a broader reach for amateur sports, allowing fans to follow their favorite teams and players.

PlayVS is an operator of an eSports platform designed to facilitate organized competitions for high schools. The company provides a platform that enables the organization of online tournaments, allowing students to compete against one another for cash prizes and titles. By fostering eSports programs in high schools, PlayVS helps teen gamers form teams and engage in competitive play, connecting them with players from other schools and creating opportunities to participate in state championships. This initiative aims to enhance the overall experience of high school eSports, ensuring that both players and schools can stay informed and involved in the rapidly evolving world of competitive gaming.

Thrive Global is a behavior change technology company founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016, with headquarters in New York City and additional offices in San Francisco, Athens, Bucharest, Dublin, and Melbourne. The company aims to transform workplace culture and personal well-being by providing a platform that combines data, storytelling, and actionable strategies known as Microsteps. Thrive Global offers science-based solutions designed to reduce stress and burnout, promoting improved mental and physical health for individuals, corporations, and communities. The company's mission focuses on fostering a healthier relationship with technology and enhancing overall performance and purpose, ultimately challenging the notion that burnout is an inevitable part of success.

HappyOrNot Ltd. is a Finnish company founded in 2009, specializing in customer and employee satisfaction analytics. It has developed a widely recognized feedback system known as the 'Smiley' feedback system, which includes various wireless devices such as the Smiley Terminal, Smiley Touch, Web Smileys, and Smiley Wall. These devices gather instant feedback from customers in diverse settings, including retail, transportation, healthcare, and education. With over 25,000 Smiley Terminals installed globally, HappyOrNot serves more than 4,000 clients across 117 countries, providing valuable insights that enable organizations to enhance their service delivery. The company’s feedback data is visualized on a four-point scale, helping businesses make informed decisions based on actual customer and employee experiences. HappyOrNot is headquartered in Tampere, Finland, with additional offices in several countries and a global reseller network, making it a key player in the field of customer experience management.

Little Spoon, Inc. is a New York-based company specializing in the manufacture and marketing of organic baby food, vitamins, and probiotics. Established in 2013, it offers a diverse range of products, including baby blends with varying textures and nutritional boosters designed to support children's health. These boosters include ingredients such as iron, Vitamin E, Omega-3 DHA, zinc, and prebiotics. Little Spoon's direct-to-consumer model provides convenience by delivering fresh, nutritious meals and snacks directly to customers' doors, thereby eliminating the need for grocery store trips. The company has become a prominent player in the U.S. baby and kids food market, delivering millions of meals to families across the country and positioning itself as a reliable source for junk-free food options for children.

Custom Ink is a leading retailer specializing in custom apparel and accessories tailored for groups, events, and special occasions. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, with additional locations in Charlottesville, Reno, Dallas, and Los Angeles, the company offers a wide range of products, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, activewear, and drinkware. Custom Ink provides an engaging online platform with user-friendly design tools and attentive customer service, enabling customers to create personalized designs that foster a sense of belonging within their communities, such as schools, teams, and charities. The company also supports fundraising efforts through its Custom Ink Fundraising initiative and features Represent by Custom Ink, which allows influencers to design and sell limited-edition merchandise to their fans.

Placer.ai is a location analytics company that provides a traffic analytics platform designed to deliver real-time insights into consumer behavior and foot traffic patterns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, the platform utilizes anonymized location data from multiple sources, allowing businesses in retail, commercial real estate, hospitality, and economic development to generate insights about any property. By enabling users to analyze trends, perform competitor analysis, and build dashboards, Placer.ai assists organizations in making informed decisions regarding site selection, marketing strategies, and optimizing store performance.

Allbirds, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, is an apparel and fashion company specializing in eco-friendly footwear. It manufactures and sells a variety of shoe styles for men, women, and children, including wool runners, tree runners, and loungers, using premium natural materials. The company's mission is to create sustainable footwear that combines comfort, good design, and environmental responsibility. Allbirds operates through its own stores, retail partners, and an online platform, with a significant portion of its revenue coming from the United States market.

Superhuman is a software platform that enhances email management by integrating social insights into users' workflows. It offers an email extension application designed to improve electronic mailing services through features such as AI writing and summarization. The platform supports Gmail shortcuts, allowing users to snooze conversations as needed, thereby enabling them to concentrate on priority tasks and maintain a more organized inbox. By providing quick and effective email services, Superhuman aims to increase productivity for its users.

Nura Operations Pty Ltd. is an Australian company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Brunswick. The firm specializes in the development and manufacture of innovative headphones that personalize sound based on users' neural responses to music. Its flagship product, the nuraphone, employs advanced technology to automatically assess individual hearing profiles, adapting audio output to suit each listener's unique auditory characteristics. This personalization is achieved by measuring responses from the outer ear to the brain, ensuring that the headphones deliver an optimal listening experience. Additionally, the nuraphones feature a recognition capability that identifies users upon wearing them, enhancing the personalized experience further.

Luma Home Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in designing and manufacturing Wi-Fi routers tailored for household networks. Founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, Luma leverages their extensive experience in addressing complex networking and security challenges to meet the demands of the modern connected home. As households increasingly rely on numerous devices, Luma's mission is to provide a fast, simple, secure, and reliable home network solution that caters to current and future technology needs. In addition to its core Wi-Fi routers, the company also offers related products such as power cords, cables, and wireless router accessories. Luma Home Inc. operates as a subsidiary of First Alert, Inc.

Lottery.com is a lottery ticket management service that enables users to play and monitor lottery games through a secure mobile platform. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company provides access to a variety of sanctioned games globally, including lotteries, sweepstakes, and social impact raffles. By collaborating with state regulators, Lottery.com aims to enhance the lottery industry, generating increased revenues and improving regulatory frameworks. The platform allows users to remotely purchase legally sanctioned lottery tickets in various jurisdictions, reflecting its commitment to responsible gaming and transparency. Through its services, Lottery.com also supports fundraising for social causes and humanitarian efforts, making it a significant player in the lottery industry.

Expo is a developer of restaurant performance management software designed to support the operations and staff of hotels and restaurants. The company's platform leverages real-time data and insights to enhance team performance and optimize management practices. By efficiently analyzing data, Expo's software assists in the hiring of trained staff, enabling operators to make informed decisions that improve service delivery and overall customer experience in the hospitality sector. Formerly known as Pared, Expo focuses on providing solutions that enhance operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness for its clients.

Jopwell, Inc. is a career platform based in New York that connects Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American professionals and students with job opportunities across various industries, including technology, finance, and education. Founded in 2015 by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, Jopwell aims to empower candidates and companies by providing a diverse pipeline of talent. The platform facilitates the recruitment process for partner companies, enabling them to access underrepresented candidates at various career stages, from internships to experienced hires. Jopwell's mission focuses on leveraging technology to enhance access to professional opportunities and promote diversity in the workforce. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach, being featured in publications such as Inc. and Fast Company.

Luxe is building a logistics platform that will drive the next generation of local real time services, beginning with parking. The free Luxe app, available on iPhone, transforms parking from a necessary evil to a daily highlight. With a veteran team of leaders from Zynga, Tesla, Google, Yahoo and Groupon, a fleet of prescreened, friendly valets, dozens of insured and secure indoor parking lots and a sophisticated technology platform that monitors every step of the process from drop-off to pick-up, Luxe is leading the charge on a new industry of on demand services that addresses a ubiquitous urban challenge: parking.

Sprig is a product development lifecycle research platform that focuses on providing valuable insights to companies through user research. It offers services such as Concept and Usability Testing, and In-Product Surveys, enabling businesses to gather feedback on new ideas, designs, prototypes, and existing product experiences. Trusted by notable companies like Dropbox, Square, Opendoor, and Loom, Sprig aims to enhance product development by facilitating a deeper understanding of user needs and preferences.

Appetize Technologies, Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in Los Angeles, specializes in providing a comprehensive point of sale, inventory, and analytics platform for enterprises. The company offers a range of tools, including enterprise POS software, self-service kiosks, mobile and online ordering, and enterprise management services, designed to streamline guest transactions. Appetize serves a diverse client base, including sports and entertainment venues, educational institutions, theme parks, travel and leisure sites, and national chain brands. Notably, the company's robust and reliable mobile Point of Sale solution is deployed in over 700 venues worldwide, demonstrating its extensive reach and success in the industry.

DripDrop Inc. specializes in developing and marketing oral rehydration products designed to treat and prevent dehydration. Founded in 2008 and based in Oakland, California, the company offers a unique formula created by a Mayo-trained physician and Stanford professor, which is effective in replenishing fluids and maintaining electrolyte balance lost through illness or physical activity. DripDrop's products have been utilized by a diverse range of users, including soldiers, first responders, elite athletes, humanitarian workers, healthcare professionals, and patients with chronic health conditions. Notably, its rehydration solution has proven effective in humanitarian relief missions worldwide and is endorsed by institutions such as UCSF Medical Center and The Mayo Clinic. The product features a higher concentration of electrolytes and fewer calories compared to traditional sports drinks, making it suitable for children, adults, and seniors alike. DripDrop products are available for purchase online.

Turo Inc. is an online car rental marketplace that connects local car owners with travelers seeking to rent vehicles. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, Turo allows users to list their cars for rent, offering options for local pickup, city delivery, and airport delivery. The platform provides a wide selection of vehicles at competitive prices, enabling car owners to earn income while providing convenient access to cars for renters. Turo facilitates a peer-to-peer car-sharing model, creating a vibrant community of trusted hosts and enhancing the travel experience for users. The company was formerly known as RelayRides, Inc. before rebranding in November 2015.