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Flock is a digital insurance company specializing in commercial motor fleets. It offers connected insurance that rewards safer driving with lower premiums, aiming to make roads quantifiably safer. Hundreds of companies trust Flock for protecting their vehicles and drivers, including Virtuo and Jaguar Land Rover's luxury leasing firm.

Founded in 2018, Dapper Labs develops blockchain-based platforms that bring non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and innovative digital experiences to fans worldwide. Its flagship product, NBA Top Shot, engages consumers with their favorite brands by creating communities centered around ownership and creativity.

Glow is an innovative insurance company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. It focuses on transforming the insurance landscape to provide comprehensive protection for individuals in their work and personal lives. Glow has developed a unique insurance support platform that integrates workers' compensation and health insurance, ensuring coverage for a range of needs, including medical procedures, disability, and death events. This approach enables small businesses to secure appropriate insurance coverage at a lower cost, not only at the time of purchase but continuously throughout the year. By prioritizing holistic coverage, Glow aims to enhance the overall insurance experience for its clients.

BioSapien is a biotechnology company developing innovative, biodegradable implantable devices that deliver pharmaceuticals directly to cancer sites. Its flagship product, MediChip, uses 3D printing technology to create a mesh capable of sustained drug release, reducing systemic side effects and improving patient care.

FlyCode is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered application focused on optimizing dunning and payment management for subscription-based businesses. The company aims to maximize revenue for its clients by intelligently managing payment failures, thereby reducing passive churn. Its application enables subscription merchants to recover lost revenue and improve customer retention by addressing issues related to payment processing effectively.

Co-Founded by Falon Fatemi and Mark Cuban, Fireside is the first interactive Web3 streaming platform that turns creators and brands into the studio, networks, and streaming platforms of the future and invites audiences not to just view content, but participate in it. Fireside has already attracted creators like Jay Leno, Melissa Rivers, Craig Kilborn, and the Creator of HBO’s Entourage who are leveraging Fireside to invent new show formats and launch next generation entertainment networks. For more information or to request access to Fireside, please visit www.firesidechat.com or download Fireside for iOS.

kencko is a company that produces and sells organic fruit and vegetable products in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, including sachet-based drinks sold in various pack sizes. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, with a processing facility in Lisbon, Portugal, kencko aims to make organic produce convenient without sacrificing freshness. Its product line centers on instant smoothies and sachet drinks that add organic fruits and vegetables to the daily routine, without added sugar, chemicals, or colorants, preserving the nutritional content for home preparation. The company positions its offerings as a convenient alternative to fresh produce, enabling hassle-free consumption of healthy smoothies and beverages.

Algorand is a blockchain technology company that operates a decentralized platform for digital currencies and transactions. The platform provides Layer-1 functionality, including Algorand Standard Asset tokens, Atomic Transfers, and Smart Contracts, designed to enable fast, scalable, and low-cost transactions. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Algorand aims to address blockchain scalability challenges through rapid, efficient consensus. The company also develops and maintains DeFi applications and digital identity solutions, and offers deployment, consultation, and maintenance services for permissioned blockchain networks to support enterprises and governments while emphasizing privacy, security, and cost efficiency.

Tembo Health is a telemedicine company specializing in serving retirement homes, senior care centers, and skilled nursing facilities. Its platform connects these facilities' patients with specialty services such as psychiatry and cardiology, providing better care plans through collaboration with nursing staff and access to patient data.

Embifi is a B2B financial platform developer focused on simplifying access to financing, particularly for electric vehicles. The company offers a digital loan-facilitating platform that provides businesses with a white-label solution for financing, lending, and payments. Its platform includes features such as instant reports and analytics, a unified dashboard, and plug-and-play APIs, which enable businesses to enhance their understanding of credit and develop tailored credit products. By streamlining the loan process, Embifi enables consumers to secure loans efficiently with straightforward pricing and interest rates.

Founded in 2017, Wilderness Labs develops Meadow, a hard-tech IoT platform enabling web and mobile developers to create professional, secure embedded applications swiftly and manage them at scale via Meadow.Cloud SaaS.

MoonPay is a fintech company specializing in payment infrastructure for seamless conversion between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. Its platform enables users to buy cryptocurrencies and NFTs using various payment methods, operating on a non-custodial model for enhanced user control over digital assets.

MobileCoin, established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing a cryptocurrency focused on privacy and security for peer-to-peer transactions. Its blockchain-based product aims to facilitate seamless mobile payments by enabling integration with popular messaging platforms like WhatsApp or Signal.

AttackIQ, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in providing a Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) platform designed to help organizations assess the effectiveness of their security controls. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, the company's platform allows security teams to simulate real-world attack scenarios based on the MITRE ATT&CK framework. This enables organizations to validate their security measures, uncover vulnerabilities, and prioritize remediation efforts. The platform integrates into existing networks, offering visibility into security programs and facilitating continuous testing against adversary techniques. By automating security assessments, AttackIQ empowers organizations to identify weaknesses in their defenses and ensure that their security architecture is robust and responsive to emerging threats.

Nifty is a remote company. It is a NFT platform, and its easy-to-use interface enables communities to collect and trade digital art and other collectibles from their favourite brands and creators.

HUSSLUP is a platform designed to support creators in the media and entertainment industries by facilitating connections and collaboration. It provides users with personal profiles that feature verified credits and encrypted creative samples, helping to establish credibility within a diverse global community. The platform includes a Pro Search tool that allows executives, producers, and representatives to search for and connect with talent suited for their projects. Additionally, HUSSLUP enables creators to organize and share annotated contact lists by project, fostering networking opportunities. Through its marketplace, clients and brands can easily discover and engage with professionals, streamlining the hiring process and promoting collaboration on creative projects.

Octagon Therapeutics is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted immunomodulator medicines for chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Incorporated in 2016, the company is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Diamond Age is a company focused on automating the home construction process within the production housing industry. By leveraging advanced technologies such as 3D printing, mechatronics, and robotics, Diamond Age aims to address significant labor shortages and enhance efficiency in construction. The company's Robotics-as-a-Service system streamlines the building process, reducing construction timelines from approximately nine months to just thirty days. Additionally, Diamond Age collaborates with landholders to simplify the supply chain, enabling more affordable housing options for home buyers. Through its innovative approach, the company seeks to unlock substantial growth potential in the housing market.

BIK is the most intelligent e-commerce marketing platform. Helping Brands to increase their ROI. Our platform enables brands to do personalized marketing delivering higher conversions. Using our data driven broadcasting, chatbots, CRM & growth tools, we have enabled brands driving up to 66x ROI.

Bear Flag Robotics, Inc. is an agricultural technology company that specializes in developing autonomous technology for farm tractors. Founded in 2017 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company designs software that enables users to plan routes, schedule jobs, and monitor equipment in real-time. Its self-driving technology incorporates perception sensors and robotic actuators, allowing tractors to navigate fields autonomously. The system also provides features such as remote emergency stops and obstacle avoidance. By gathering data on field patterns, Bear Flag Robotics offers predictive analytics that assist farmers in optimizing their operations, thereby increasing productivity, reducing costs, and enhancing safety in agricultural practices.

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Bioverge is a venture capital firm focused on investing in emerging healthcare startups. Through its investment platform, Bioverge aims to facilitate access to innovative companies addressing significant healthcare challenges.

DeSo is a layer-1 blockchain, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, that recently listed on Coinbase, has accumulated over 1.5 million accounts, and just crossed over $1B in volume transacted on-chain. DeSo is backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Social Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and many others. Our mission is to decentralize social media the same way Bitcoin and Ethereum are decentralizing the financial system. As a layer-1 blockchain, DeSo can be compared to other blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, etc... However, DeSo has several major advantages over these platforms, the largest being that it is designed to power storage-heavy applications (like social applications and marketplaces). To put it in perspective, storing just a 200-character "Tweet" on Ethereum costs ~$80, and costs ~$0.25-$1.00+ on Solana, Avalanche, Polygon, and virtually all other smart contract chains. In contrast, it costs 1/1,000th of a penny on DeSo, which is why breakthrough apps like Diamond, DAODAO, Pearl, OpenProsper, NFTz, and Entre, now possible exclusively on DeSo. Today, social media is even more centralized than the financial industry was prior to the creation of Bitcoin. A handful of private entities effectively control public discourse, and earn monopoly profits off of content that they don't even create. Society’s answer to financial centralization was not to put Warren Buffett in charge of money, it was to use technology, namely Bitcoin, so we could have nobody in charge. We believe the same type of technology will cause this conclusion to ultimately play out in social. DeSo’s advantages make it capable of breaking this status quo for the first time, and bringing competition and innovation back to social in much the same way Bitcoin and Ethereum have done for our financial system. Moreover, if DeSo succeeds, we will no longer need individual "dictators" to set a homogenous moderation policy for hundreds of millions of people.

RuMe Inc. is an online retailer based in Centennial, Colorado, specializing in eco-friendly and reusable bags and accessories. Founded in 2010, the company caters to environmentally and socially-conscious consumers by offering a diverse range of products, including duffel bags, travel accessories, reusable totes, pouches, and organizational items. RuMe's offerings are designed for various uses, such as grocery shopping, gym activities, travel, and everyday errands. The company emphasizes a no-waste philosophy in its design and packaging, ensuring that its products are both stylish and sustainable. RuMe distributes its products internationally, reaching markets in countries such as Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Through its commitment to quality and affordability, RuMe aims to provide practical solutions for consumers seeking environmentally responsible options.

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that makes early-stage investments across a wide range of sectors, including consumer products and services, financial services, information technology, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, life sciences, gaming, artificial intelligence and machine learning, construction technology, education technology, fintech, agriculture technology, advertising technology, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, legal technology, oncology, pet technology, real estate technology, ride-hailing, SaaS and supply chain technology. The firm benefits from a network of more than 420 Y Combinator alumni, enabling it to identify and support YC-backed startups.

X Mode Social provides data monetization, geo-behavioral data, data intelligence, app monetization, growth hacking, location monetization, attribution, behavioral segments, consumer profiles, AD tech, millenials, fintech, families, and transparency services.

Bikayi is an e-commerce platform designed to empower aspiring entrepreneurs by enabling them to create and manage online stores easily. It offers customizable store themes, integrated payment gateways, multi-vendor support, delivery partner integration, digital marketing tools, SEO optimization, and social media engagement features.

Xoogler is an organization founded in 2015 that connects Google alumni to support one another in the startup ecosystem. The group comprises startup founders, early team members, angel investors, venture capitalists, and mentors who collaborate to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. Xoogler also engages current Googlers who are interested in assisting former colleagues in their entrepreneurial endeavors. By creating a network of experienced professionals, Xoogler aims to enhance the startup landscape and facilitate the growth of new ventures initiated by its members.

Polymatic is a combination of the words polymath - an expert in many areas, and automatic. Poly is an AI-powered platform providing clients with automated, end-to-end 360 creative services - activating a global network of creative professionals for the right tasks at the right time.

LinkedIn is a professional networking platform that connects professionals and supports career development and productivity. It offers a diversified revenue model that includes talent solutions, marketing, sales, and premium subscriptions, serving businesses and individuals in achieving their professional goals. The platform enables users and employers to create profiles, facilitates networking opportunities, and provides tools for recruitment, marketing, and data-driven insights. It operates globally as a platform where professionals can connect, learn, and pursue career opportunities.