Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Los Angeles based Founder operating in the Apps space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andy Puddicombe
Co-Founder of Headspace
Andy Puddicombe is a meditation and mindfulness expert. An accomplished presenter and writer, Andy is the voice of all things Headspace. In his early twenties, midway through a university degree in Sports Science, Andy made the unexpected decision to travel to the Himalayas to study meditation instead. It was the beginning of a ten year journey which took him around the world, culminating with ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in Northern India. His transition back to lay life in 2004 was no less extraordinary. Training briefly at Moscow State Circus, he returned to London where he completed a degree in Circus Arts with the Conservatoire of Dance and Drama, whilst drawing up the early plans for what was later to become Headspace.
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About Headspace: Headspace is a digital health platform that provides guided meditation sessions and mindfulness training.
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Ron Zuckerman
Co-Founder of StandWith
Ron Zuckerman is an angel investor. Mr. Zuckerman was a founder and CEO of Sapiens International Corporation and currently serves as its non-executive Chairman. In addition, Mr. Zuckerman was a founder and the Chairman of Precise Software Solutions prior to its sale to VERITAS in 2003.
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About StandWith: STANDWITH is a mobile app that allows communication between Caregivers and Supporters
Walter Driver
Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO of Scopely
Walter Driver is the co-founder, Chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer of Scopely, one of the fastest-growing mobile-first video game companies. Scopely creates and publishes a highly-diverse portfolio of top-grossing, immersive game experiences, including: the award-winning ”MARVEL Strike Force,” “Scrabble® GO,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command” and”Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others, which are played by hundreds of millions of players worldwide. Fueled by a world-class team, Scopely leverages its proprietary technology platform Playgami to bring directed-by-consumer, interactive experiences to audiences around the globe. Under Walter’s leadership, the company has achieved billions of dollars in lifetime revenue and attracted more than $1 billion in financing from leading venture capital firms, tech luminaries and cultural icons.
Walter has been recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential Young Executives” by The Business Journal, “Visionary of the Year” by C-Suite Quarterly, “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young, a “Young Global Shaper” by the World Economic Forum, one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs and a “Dealmaker of the Year” by Variety. Under Walter’s leadership, Scopely has also received many recognitions, including: “Best-led Company” in 2021 by Inc. magazine, “Private Company of the Year” in 2021 by Los Angeles Business Journal, a four time “Best Places to Work” winner by Built In LA, and a two time “World’s Most Innovative Companies” winner by Fast Company. Scopely has also been recognized on top charts such as Deloitte’s “Technology Fast 500,” being named the second fastest-growing technology company in North America and in the Top 10 mobile app charts for consumer spend.
Walter is an investor and advisor to many private technology companies as well as a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Los Angeles Technology & Innovation Council. Prior to Scopely, Walter founded and served as CEO of O Negative Media where he developed online social games. Before O Negative, he co-founded Ignition Interactive, one of the first developers of third-party applications for Facebook.
Walter holds a B.A. in English Literature from Brown University.
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About Scopely: Scopely is a global leader in interactive entertainment and mobile-first video games.
Michael Ritter
Founder & CEO of Maple Media
Michael Ritter is the Founder and CEO of Maple Media, a mobile apps and games company backed by private equity firm Shamrock Capital. Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising and technology company that acquires, manages and operates mobile applications focused on the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. Popular titles include Snowboard Party: World Tour, Skateboard Party, Minesweeper Classic, Sudoku 🙂 and CalConvert. Previously he was SVP of Business & Corporate Development for Jam City, a large social and mobile game company based in Los Angeles where he oversaw mergers & acquisition activities, publishing, licensing, distribution, sales, legal and partnerships for social and mobile games. Michael was also the Founder and Publisher of Saturday Night Magazine, which at the time, he built into the largest circulated monthly collegiate lifestyle and entertainment magazine in the country.
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About Fantasy Baseball Arbitration, Maple Media: Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising, and technology company that acquires and operates category-leading, consumer apps.
Susan Brazer
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of LionShare Media
Susan is a commercial visionary with a 2020’s view. She’s led the successful development, launch and scale of consumer-facing platforms, apps and services for world-leading media, tech and telecom companies: Apple, DirecTV, SES Astra, FIFA World Cup, Viacom, Virgin Mobile, and Nokia. Susan is the CEO of LionShare Media, which is launching the THIN/AIR™ Metaverse, a 5G cloud-native, blockchain-enabled distribution platform for premium entertainment and immersive media. Previously, Susan was VP, Strategy and Business Development at Nokia, and VP, Corporate Development and Entertainment Services at Virgin Mobile USA). Prior to this, Susan was EVP, Corporate Development at KirchMedia’s Venture Fund for the FIFA World Cup, where she raised $50M+ for interactive TV, gaming and mobile app ventures. Susan was the SVP, Networks & Marketing for Viacom’s Showtime service in the Middle East and Africa, overseeing a P&L and operations for MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, TV Land, Bloomberg, Paramount, Style and Discovery. Susan led the launch of DirecTV as VP, Marketing at Compression Labs and the migration of 85M European TVHH to digital satellite and cable services for SES ASTRA. The genesis of Susan’s product development and UI/UX expertise began at Apple Computer, where she launched its 1st portable computer, the Newton, and Knowledge Navigator (prototype for the iPAD and Siri). She was also served as an M&A analyst at PepsiCo and International Treasury Analyst at Phillip Morris. Susan holds a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and attended the London School of Economics. Susan is on the Board of Global Women in Blockchain, a UN Delegate for Media for Social Impact and a mentor at Princeton University’s Keller School of Engineering for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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About LionShare Media: LionShare Media develops a media distribution platform-as-a-service to harness the power of converging and emerging technologies.
Chris Milk
Co-Founder, CEO and COO of Supernatural
Chris Milk is the Co-Founder, CEO, and COO of Supernatural. He is an artist, director, and technologist.He is the founder and CEO of [Vrse](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vrse#/entity). Milk has gained recognition as a music video director, working with Arcade Fire, U2, Kanye West, Green Day, Johnny Cash, Gnarls Barkley, Chemical Brothers, John Mellencamp, Courtney Love, and Modest Mouse. He has been honored with the top industry awards for his music video and commercial work, including the Grand Prix Cannes Lion, the D&AD Black Pencil, the Grand Clio, and SXSW’s ’Best of Show’, as well as multiple Grammy nominations, MTV Moon Men, and the UK’s MVA Innovation Award. Milk’s short film, Last Day Dream, played at film festivals around the world, and he directed the second unit of A Mother’s Promise, the film that introduced Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards recognized his work in design and art in 2011. The Wilderness Downtown was named as one of TIME Magazine’s 30 Best Music Videos of all time, and was exhibited at MoMA in NY for 6 months in 2011. Milk builds multiple projects with Virtual Reality as the canvas. The collaboration with Beck called “Sound & Vision” has been exhibited in an Oculus Rift at the Future of Storytelling Summit, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and Tribeca Film Festival. Chris Milk was born in New York.
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About Here Be Dragons, Supernatural, Within (VR/AR): Supernatural is an immersive, virtual reality fitness experience that combines music, coaches, destinations, and movements.
Alex Yurkowski
Co-Founder & CTO of ClickUp
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About ClickUp: ClickUp offers a customizable workplace productivity platform that serves all departments across an organization.
Ilya Pozin
Co-Founder (acquired) of Pluto TV
Ilya Pozin is an entrepreneur, writer and investor. He is the founder of Pluto TV, Open Me (acquired), and Coplex. He is a columnist for Forbes and Inc. In 2012, Inc. Magazine recognized Ilya as a ’30 Under 30′ Entrepreneur. In 2013, LinkedIn selected Ilya as one of 100 Top Influencers, along with the likes of Richard Branson, Barack Obama, Tony Robbins and Mark Cuban. An early immigrant from Russia, Ilya founded his first company Coplex (formerly Ciplex) when he was 17-years-old. Coplex is a multi-million dollar interactive agency that has been behind the build of thousands of websites and applications, as well as management of millions of dollars of marketing and media buys. After stepping down from the CEO role at Coplex, Ilya founded Open Me, a consumer-focused social greeting and gifting company. After partnering with Threadless and successfully raising capital for the business, the company quickly grew to millions of users. Open Me was acquired by Rowl in 2015. In 2013, Ilya co-founded Pluto TV, an OTT television platform that combines digital and traditional content into 100+ linear channels. Pluto TV raised $13M led by US Venture Partner, Sky, Universal Music Group, UTA, and other prominent investors. The service is available for free on connected TV devices, PC and Mac, mobile platforms (iOS and Android) as well as on the web at http://pluto.tv Ilya resides in Los Angeles where he works, writes, invests, mentors and on occasion, attempts to golf. Follow Ilya on Twitter (@ilyaNeverSleeps) and LinkedIn.
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About Coplex, Forbes, Inc.com, Pluto TV: Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service in America.
Tom Ryan
CEO & Co-Founder of Pluto TV
Tom Ryan is CEO and Co-Founder of Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service in America that is also available in 22 countries across Europe and Latin America. Pluto TV carries and programs more than 250 live channels and thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows in partnership with hundreds of major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Each month over 36 million viewers tune in to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, live events, cartoons, and trending digital series on mobile, web, and living room devices. Pluto TV is a top free app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Android mobile, and also powers built-in streaming television services on Vizio LG, and Samsung smart TVs. Earlier in his career, Tom served as CEO of Threadless (a popular crowdsourced design and e-commerce company), SVP of Digital Strategy at EMI Music as well as co-founder of Cductive (an early digital music retailer company that he merged with eMusic). He holds an AB from Dartmouth College and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
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About Pluto TV: Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service in America.
Joel Simkhai
Founder and CEO of Blendr
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About Blendr: Blendr is a geo-social networking application and social discovery platform for Android, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Facebook.
Aber Whitcomb
CTO and Co-Founder of Jam City
Aber Whitcomb is co-founder and CTO of Jam City, where he oversees the software architecture underlying the company’s global gaming and analytics platform. Director and Co-founder at Core Scientific.
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About Core Scientific, i/o Ventures, Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Chris DeWolfe
CEO & Co-Founder of Jam City
Chris DeWolfe is co-founder and CEO of Jam City, a global leader in mobile entertainment that provides social gaming experiences for millions of players around the world. Prior to Jam City, Chris co-founded and served as CEO of MySpace, where he popularized social networking and revolutionized the music industry. The site, formed in 2004, became the most visited in the U.S. by 2006 with 90 million members. When Chris left the company in 2009, MySpace had more than 130 million monthly active users around the world. Chris received Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2015 and the Producers Guild of America’s Vanguard award in 2009. TIME included him among its 2006 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and Barbara Walters named him one of her 10 Most Fascinating People in 2007. He studied finance at the University of Washington and attended the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, which honored him in 2006 with its Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year award. Chris is an advisor at USC’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and a board member of Uproxx Media Group. He lives in Los Angeles with his family and actively participates in animal rescue operations.
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
Josh Yguado
President, COO & Co-Founder of Jam City
Josh Yguado is co-founder, COO and President of Jam City, where he oversees the company’s operations, growth strategies and game portfolio – which has repeatedly dominated the top grossing charts of the Apple and Google Play stores. Before launching Jam City, Josh was Vice President at Fox Entertainment, where he helped Fox in its acquisition of MySpace, its creation of Hulu and its launch of new television networks. His career also includes working at MTV Networks and Univision. Among other honors, SoCalTech named Josh one of its top “50 Most Influential People” in Southern California’s technology industry. A board member of The Young Turks, he received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Harvard University. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
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About Jam City: Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play.
David Calvert-Jones
Co-Founder of Whilo
David Calvert-Jones is an Australian entertainment entrepreneur and private equity executive who has been based in Los Angeles for over a decade. He owns a number of companies including Los Angeles based film and television production company Everywhere Studios, Vancouver based 50° North Productions, global aerial filming company Helifilms USA, and is the former Managing Director of Australian Private Equity Firm Seafirst Australia.
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About Whilo: Whilo’s transformative technology is reshaping the way we shop, wish-list and gift designer products with brands and magazines.
Karina Calvert-Jones
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Whilo
Karina Calvert – Jones is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Whilo.
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About Whilo: Whilo’s transformative technology is reshaping the way we shop, wish-list and gift designer products with brands and magazines.
Crystal Rose
Founder and CEO of Make Sense Labs
Crystal Rose is the CEO and Founder of Sensay Inc, DBA Make Sense Labs. Full biography can be found at http://crystalrose.me
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About DeFiance Media, Make Sense Labs: Make Sense Labs Secure Messaging with Blockchain Technology
Ali Sammour
Founder of FLATLAY
ali sammour joined FLATLAY as founder in 2016.
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About FLATLAY: The end to end social commerce automation platform for brands, customers & creatives.
Adil Virani
Co-Founder of Blitz App
Adil Virani is the Co-Founder at Blitz.
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About Blitz App: Your personal gaming coach for League of Legends, Valorant, CSGO, Fortnite and more— powered by AI and built with professional players.
Andy Dinh
Co-Founder and CEO of Blitz App
Andy Dinh is the founder and CEO at Blitz App.
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About Blitz App, Team SoloMid: Your personal gaming coach for League of Legends, Valorant, CSGO, Fortnite and more— powered by AI and built with professional players.
Yves Bergquist
Founder and CEO of Corto
Yves Bergquist is the director of the “AI & Neuroscience in Media” Project at the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), where he and his team are developing next-generation applications drawn from AI and neuroscience for the media and entertainment industry. His research includes applying machine intelligence to model structures of narrative and “interestingness” in film, TV and music, as well as building neurobiological models of audience emotions using social media and fMRI data. Yves is also the founder and CEO of AI startup Corto, which is building a comprehensive knowledge engine to help media and entertainment companies develop deep insights into media content, audiences, and the cognitive relationship between the two.
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About Corto, ETC Entertainment Technology Center: An open source application framework for applications on the edge that make data-driven decisions at the speed of light.
Sumeet Bhatia
Founder and CEO of Aiva Health
Sumeet has over 17 years of experience building and deploying large scale web and mobile applications covering a broad spectrum of fields including health care, media, real estate and automotive. Most recently, Sumeet served as VP of Product for Slingshot Labs where he was responsible for social media and mobile app development. Sumeet spent four years managing a SaaS healthcare platform for Specialty Laboratories (now part of Quest Diagnostics). Sumeet received his BS, Computer Science and Engineering from UCLA.
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About Aiva Health: Aiva Health offers a voice-powered healthcare assistant for patient care.
Robert Smithson
Co-Founder of CrowdScores
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About CrowdScores, Genius Sports, Just Auto Insurance, PythonAnywhere: CrowdScores is a live football scores application that features quick updates from leagues and competitions around the world.
Tuan Ma
Founder & CEO of PlayersOnly
A entrepreneur, computer scientist and Founder of PlayersOnly. He holds a M.S. in Computer Science from DePaul University, and a M.B.A. from Durham University (UK).
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About PlayersOnly: PlayersOnly is a sports social network focused on athletes.
Nick Galbreath
CTO/Founder of Signal Sciences
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About Fastly, Signal Sciences: Signal Sciences is a software as a service platform providing security monitoring and defense for your web applications.
Daniel Gendelman
Founder of Raya
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About Raya: Raya is an online membership-based community for dating, networking, and making new friends.
Stephen Forte
Chief Scientist, Founder and CEO of The BuildClub
Stephen Forte lived in China for 10 years, and is a software architect and entrepreneur, with a special focus artificial intelligence and computer vision. Mr. Forte is an expert in mobile apps and software with 28 patents filed with 14 awarded, and has deep insight into Asia tech. Mr. Forte has founded and exited multiple tech startups, been CEO of public and private companies, managed operations in 63 countries, and led P&Ls from startups to over $1 billion.
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About Ascendent Systems, Bixby Creek Capital, LLC, Chief Executives Organization, GLG, The BuildClub, Third Bridge Group, YPO: Mobile App – Building materials delivered in about an hour
Carter Russ
Founder & CEO of Champions Round
I am an entrepreneur with a passion for creating exceptional products and building fantastic working cultures. I am the founder and CEO at Champions Round. I’m interested by sports tech, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, physics, investing, art and music, and pretty much anything nerdy or cool under the sun.
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About Champions Round: Fantasy & sports betting operator offering hyper casual skill based contests.
John Hui
Founder and Chairman of Fuhu
John Hui is the Founder and Chairman of Fuhu.
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About Fuhu: Fuhu is a designer and seller of cloud-served software, apps and products and services for children.
Corey Brundage
CEO, Founder of HONK
Serial entrepreneur. Founder at HONK, betterSHIFT, KorMethod, SendLove.to and Sentient Systems. Investor and startup advisor.
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About HONK: HONK is an innovative roadside assistance platform that uses both technology and a unique business model.
Josh Payne
Co-Founder & CEO of StackCommerce
Josh Payne is the Founder & CEO of StackCommerce, the leading native commerce platform. With a network reach of over 500 million monthly visitors across more than 750+ publisher partners, the company provides turnkey solutions to monetize and engage online audiences through the seamless integration of content + commerce.
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About StackCommerce, StackSocial: StackCommerce is a native commerce platform with turnkey solutions that increases user engagement, growth, and monetization.
ShivaKumar Chandrasekaran
Co-Founder & CTO of Dentulu
Founder and member of the Board of Directors for CA Infotech India Private Limited, has served as President and CEO since the division’s inception in 2005. Shiva is a proven leader whose entrepreneurial spirit has led him to successfully create and sustain high level of competition and market fluctuations. Currently Shiva is running successfully his operations in various IT enabled services around the globe. Dentulu being his new venture.
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About Dentulu: Dentulu is a provider of teledentistry and mobile dentistry technology solutions to existing non-profits around the world.
Arash Hakhamian
Co-Founder & CEO of Dentulu
Dr. Arash Hakhamian, known as “Dr. Arash”, is a widely recognized and respected doctor of dental surgery focusing his time and energy in teaching dentists advanced clinical procedures and providing life-changing dentistry to his patients locally and internationally. Dr. Arash also serves as a consultant and teacher to current dentists on how to improve the efficiency and standards of their practice to better serve their patients.
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About Dentulu: Dentulu is a provider of teledentistry and mobile dentistry technology solutions to existing non-profits around the world.
Blair Harrison
CEO & Founder of Frequency Networks
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About Frequency Networks: Frequency is a cloud-based internet video service that aggregates and distributes videos from the content producers.
Stephen Estes
Co-Founder & CEO of Wendi
Stephen Estes is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wendi, a digital assistant for healthcare providers that automates the front desk and back office of a medical practice.
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About Wendi, WeRecover: Wendi is a digital app for healthcare that automates patient screening, insurance verification, scheduling, paperwork, and communications.
Edmond Wong
Co-Founder & COO of BuzzMob
Edmond Wong is an Operations and Strategy executive focused on delivering great customer experiences while scaling VC and PE backed growth stage companies. He currently advises growth stage companies in consumer products, eCommerce, SaaS and subscription based services and is an angel investor and co-founder of the Asian American Investors Group. Most recently, Edmond was co-founder/COO of Chatter, Inc (Appletree), a SaaS based communication platform that encourages engagement between parents and teachers within K-8 schools. He also co-founded and was COO of BuzzMob, a crowd engagement and fan technology app for live events. BuzzMob connects on-site attendees and delivers exclusive curated content to revolutionize the live event experience. Prior to BuzzMob, Mr. Wong created, built and scaled many iconic fashion and consumer product brands both in the US and worldwide.
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About BuzzMob, UCI Applied Innovation, UCI Paul Merage School of Business, VHA Corp: Connecting classrooms and schools to engage and empower parents and students.
Ethan Gromet
Co-Founder & Product Designer of Hutch Interiors
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About BCG Digital Ventures, Hutch Interiors: Hutch Interiors is a mobile app that transforms spaces from before to after, faster than ever.
Arthur Iinuma
President and Co-Founder of ISBX
Arthur derives his business experience through the culmination of various disciplines acquired throughout years of professional experience both in the United States and Southeast Asia and leads in the development of new business, growth strategy and capital finance. Arthur’s financial experience includes managing investments at Morgan Stanley, as well UBS Private Bank where he served as Vice President of Investments – the youngest within the region. He has also worked overseas leading in the expansion of a Southeast Asian real estate development company as their Executive Director. During this time, Arthur had been involved in the internet marketing and consulting fields, alongside Kelly, on various projects as a Project and Account Manager. Arthur currently serves as a Principal of a private equity firm centered around the acquisition and development of real estate properties and maintains an agency managing the import of goods into the United States. He holds a Bachelor’s in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Riverside. Arthur’s experience as a promoter of business development will serve as the cornerstone for the allocation of resources and investment in regards to the future expansion of the company.
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About Iinuma.io, ISBX: ISBX is a digital agency providing creative, technology, marketing, and app development services to Fortune 500 companies.
Eric Wise
President & Co-Founder of ISBX
Eric is the President and founder of ISBX, Inc. (ISBX). ISBX is one of the top mobile technology developers in the US. ISBX’s, customers include Apple, Sony, Honda, Anhueser Busch, Coca-Cola and many other corporations. ISBX has been listed on Inc’s 5000 fastest growing companies for the past three years. Eric is primarily responsible for leading the product development team across the Website, iOS/Android applications, and Backend.
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About ISBX, Picturizr: ISBX is a digital agency providing creative, technology, marketing, and app development services to Fortune 500 companies.
Ryan Wegner
Co-Founder of Audm
Ryan Wegner is the Co-Founder of Audm.
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About Audm: Audm is a mobile app that turns long-form print journalism into professionally narrated digital audio.
Jason Pratts
Co-Founder, COO & CIO of Appetize
Operations at Appetize
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About Appetize: Appetize develops point-of-sale and payment systems for entertainment, leisure and education enterprise businesses around the world.
Sajan Sanghvi
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Laylo
Sajan Sanghvi is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Laylo.
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About Laylo: Laylo helps creators connect with and monetize their super fans through live ticketed digital experiences.
J.J. Abrams
Founder of Bad Robot
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, composer. He is known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and/or produced feature films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), and Cloverfield (2008).
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About Bad Robot: Bad Robot is a media production company that has produced television series, feature films, and interactive content.
Elliott Easterling
Co-Founder & CEO of TrueData
Elliott brings over 20 years of data-driven marketing experience to TrueData. Elliott most recently was founder and CEO of Red Bricks Media, a full-service digital marketing agency which he grew into an INC 500 company with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. Prior to those roles he headed sales and account management at Digital Impact (now Acxiom Digital) where he managed 60% of revenue and handled accounts like HP, Fidelity, Dell, and Palm. Elliott has a MA from UCSD in International Affairs and a BA from Amherst College.
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About TrueData: TrueData is a mobile data platform that works with app publishers who generate mobile data & the companies who need data for ad targeting
Patrick Lu
Co-Founder and CEO of Playfull
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About Playfull: Playfull is a rewards platform for gamers and their mission is to make play more fulfilling
Alex Hesselgrave
Co-Founder and CTO of Playfull
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About Playfull: Playfull is a rewards platform for gamers and their mission is to make play more fulfilling
Zhuping Hu
Co-Founder, iOS Developer of Playfull
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About Playfull: Playfull is a rewards platform for gamers and their mission is to make play more fulfilling
Kevin Yu
Founder & CEO of SideChef
Kevin Yu joined SideChef as Founder & CEO in 2013.
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About SideChef: SideChef is an online platform that provides step-by-step recipes for new and amateur cooks.
Benoit Vatere
CEO, Co-Founder of Mammoth Media
Always at the intersection of technology, mobile entertainment and monetization, Benoit Vatere is the CEO/Co-Founder of Mammoth Media, the first studio lot building entertainment experiences for the mobile-first generation. In his current role, Vatere oversees the strategic vision and execution for the company. Previously, he served as CEO and General Manager of Playhaven, a mobile gaming monetization platform that employed deep user segmentation. Additionally, Vatere has co-founded technology companies magnify360 and Popular.fr.
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About Mammoth Media, Science: Mammoth Media produces and delivers original short-form premier content that entertains and connects global audiences on their smartphones.
Allen Loh
Head of Monkey and Founder of Monkey
Allen Loh is the Co-Founder and Head of Monkey at Monkey and Co-Founder of HOLLA Group.
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About HOLLA Group, Monkey: Monkey is a social networking app where like-minded people meet.
Logan Voxx
Founder of WOSH
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About WOSH: WOSH is the carwash that comes to you where you want it… when you want it.
Andrew Wagner-Trugman
Co-Founder, CEO of Roo
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About Roo: Roo is a crowdsourced mobile app for sharing and discovering what social venues are like in real-time.
Henry Rahr
Founder of LeetLab.io
Founder of LeetLab.io, Coupler, Co-founder LadyLab
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About CoreLogic, LeetLab.io: LeetLab is a design agency coupling UX Design with Product Management knowledge, building things that look good AND make its clients money.
Michael Hobe
Co-Founder of Amper Music
Mr. Michael Hobe Co-Founded Amper Music, Inc.
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About Amper Music: Amper is an artificial intelligence composer, performer, and producer that creates unique music, tailored to any content, instantly.
Keith Hoerling
Founder & CTO of Dimension Software
Keith Hoerling is the CTO // Founder of big brands such as Dimension Software and WeedMaps
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About Amaze, Dimension Software: Dimension Software is software architecture, engineering & creative design firm that grows businesses
B.J. Novak
Co-Founder of The List App
B.J. Novak is perhaps best known for his work on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning comedy series The Office as an actor, and executive producer. He is also known for his work as a standup comedian and his performances in films such as Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks. He will next appear in The Founder alongside Michael Keaton. Novak’s debut collection of short stories, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, was an immediate New York Times Best Seller and received rave reviews. His children’s book, The Book With No Pictures, is a #1 New York Times Best Seller with over a million copies in print and is currently sold on international bookshelves in 24 additional languages. Novak’s stories have been published in The New Yorker and featured on This American Life. He is also the co-founder and chairman of The List App, which launched in October 2015 and can be found at http://li.st.
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About The List App: The List App is a new way to create and discover lists about anything and everything.
Bree Hanson
Founder of Odin’s Hammer
Bree Hanson is Founder @ Odin’s Hammer.
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About Odin’s Hammer: Odin’s Hammer is a mobile application company specialized in connecting people through social experiences and innovative gaming.
Sheldon Owen
Founder and CEO of Vana
Sheldon is a proven entrepreneur and senior business operator with over 20 years of experience developing emerging technology companies. Sheldon is the Founder of Digital Tower, Inc. (dba Muncheez) and the Co-Founder of Unified. Prior to starting Muncheez, Sheldon was the founding CEO of Unified for nearly five years. During his tenure as CEO, Unified successfully raised over $60 million in venture financing, grew to hundreds of customers and 150 employees, made two successful acquisitions, won countless awards, and became one of the industry’s most recognized marketing technology startups. Prior to co-founding Unified, Sheldon held many senior executive roles throughout his career including Vice President at CA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA), EVP/General Manager at Connexus and Founder of tmpSocial, an early Facebook Marketing Partner. Sheldon is an active startup advisor, mentor, board member, speaker and angel investor. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), an advisor for Techweek, and an advisor to hedge funds and professional investment firms on industry trends in software, marketing technology, mobile, digital advertising, and social media.
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About Vana: Leading recommendation engine and compliant marketing platform for the legal cannabis and CBD industry
Adam McKay
Founder of Funny Or Die
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, and actor. McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for two seasons. He directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). McKay has a creative partnership with actor Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote all except one of these films. The Big Short (2015) was the first film McKay directed without Ferrell in the cast. Venturing into more dramatic territory, he was nominated for several awards including the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and two British Academy Film Awards, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, with McKay and co-writer Charles Randolph winning Best Adapted Screenplay at each respective ceremony. McKay and Ferrell produced their comedy website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions.
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About Funny Or Die: Funny Or Die is a comedy video website that maintains quality user generated content by keeping only the videos with high ratings.
Christian Stiller
Founder & CEO of Brightmind
Christian graduated from Champlain College in 2011 before going to work for Keurig Green Mountain as the Marketing Manager for Los Angeles. Passionate to share the benefits of mindfulness meditation, Christian went on to found Brightmind Meditation LLC, which is developing an iPhone app featuring the meditation system of Shinzen Young.
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About Brightmind: Brightmind helps you quickly move beyond the beginner level of meditation practice through customized and practical instruction.
Ryan Ozonian
Co-Founder of Dust App
Ryan Ozonian is Co-Founder at Dust.
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About Bonzobox, Dust App, Mercury Protocol: Dust is a suite of digital safety tools for private communication, web search and identity theft protection.
Fredric Newberg
Co-Founder, CTO of Embrace
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About Embrace: Embrace is the only observability and data platform built for mobile that empowers companies to deliver optimal mobile experiences.
Eric Futoran
Co-Founder & CEO of Embrace
Eric Futoran is the Co-Founder and CEO of Embrace. He also founded Scopely and built the underlying publishing platform on which they have achieved success.
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About Embrace, Scopely: Embrace is the only observability and data platform built for mobile that empowers companies to deliver optimal mobile experiences.
Talya Elitzer
Co-Founder, CEO of Bounce (Godmode Music)
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About Bounce (Godmode Music): Bounce (Godmode Music) is a music company that has developed bounce, an app that helps keep track of song demos.
Nick Sylvester
Co-Founder, CCO of Bounce (Godmode Music)
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About Bounce (Godmode Music): Bounce (Godmode Music) is a music company that has developed bounce, an app that helps keep track of song demos.
Leila Khalil
Founder, CEO of Lover.ly
Leila Khalil is a Founder at Lover.ly
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About Engage Media Group, Lover.ly: Loverly is an online media platform and free wedding planning newsletter helping savvy couples plan their dream wedding.
Jonah Bolden
Founder/Managing Director of Bolden Ventures
Jonah Bolden is an Australian/American professional basketball player who currently plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With an avid passion for open-source technology, he believes in the adoption of Blockchain technology for the revolutionary potential it has to empower society. Jonah is also a Blockchain and Web 3.0 investor.
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About Athletes Block Capital, Bolden Ventures: Bolden Ventures is a private equity firm that specializes in open-source technology, health and wellness brands, and computer science.
Brian Fan
Co-Founder & CEO of Magic Instruments
Brian is a lifelong musician who studied piano and music theory for 9 years at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division in New York City. His business career has spanned software, consumer marketing, finance and cleantech, with roles at Microsoft, Expedia.com, Procter & Gamble, Disney, and Masdar. Brian has a Bachelors of Science in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Magic Instruments: High-tech musical instruments and software that make musical expression and music creation accessible to all.
Michael Zhang
Founder & CEO of Firefly Games
As the Founder and CEO of Firefly Games and former CEO of ZQGame Inc. (U.S. Subsidiary) and President (Overseas) of ZQGame (a publicly traded online gaming company with 3000 employees and 30+ studios worldwide), Michael Zhang is a serial entrepreneur in online/mobile gaming, E-commerce and social network businesses with 18 years working (12+ years management) experience. In Jan., 2015, Michael founded Firefly Games Inc., a global publisher and developer of mobile games for iOS and Android with offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai. Michael was in charge of global strategies, M&A, game publishing, licensing and operations for all territories outside of China when he worked at ZQGame. In 2008 he co-founded and became the CEO of Ray Flame Entertainment Inc., a MMO-browser/SNS game publisher/developer in Los Angeles. Prior to Ray Flame, Michael was the General Manager of THS International Inc., the world largest MMORPG virtual currency provider. Also he served the U.S. General Manager position of an Online Game Publisher – VestGame Entertainment. Michael received MS of Computer Science in the U.S. and MBA in Korea.
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About Firefly Games: Firefly Games community and enjoy free to play games like Rising Heroes and more.
Ricci Rukavina
Founder | Chief Executive Officer of Kung Fu Factory
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About Kung Fu Factory: Kung Fu Factory is a Console, PC, and Mobile Game Developer and Publisher.
Brian Neman
Founder & CEO of Sanguine
Founder of Sanguine.
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About Sanguine, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy: Sanguine develops innovative technology solutions for clinical researchers.
Eugene Virnik
Co-Founder & CPO of Qonversion
Eugene Virnik Co-Founder and CPO at Qonversion.
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About Qonversion: The subscription data platform for mobile-first companies
Khaled Zaatarah
Co-Founder of 360VUZ
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About 360VUZ: 360VUZ is the Leading Immersive Social Mobile App. Building the Metaverse.
Satish Varma Srivatsavaya
Founder, CEO & CMO of Clorder
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About Clorder: Digital Ordering & Marketing Platform for Restaurants
Xin Zhou
Co-Founder of WaterO
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About WaterO: The next generation RO water purifier.
Yu Zhou
Founder of WaterO
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About WaterO: The next generation RO water purifier.
Cyrus Rafizadeh
Co-Founder & CEO of CarSwap
Cyrus Rafizadeh started a Bachelor’s of Business at age 15 and graduated by 19 (University of Houston). Thereafter, he commenced Double Masters of International Law and International Relations and graduated by 21 (Flinders University). Soon after graduation, he founded Elite Marketing (a digital outdoor advertising company) which acquired two competitors (InSpot Media and Atads). Elite Marketing was successfully exited via acquisition sale to Blue Tongue Outdoor. Recently, he co-founded CarSwap which was dubbed “Tinder for Cars” by 7NEWS. CarSwap is now the #1 automotive trading platform globally, as well as one of the largest automotive social media publishers.
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About CarSwap: #1 vehicle trading platform with tens of thousands of registered users and vehicle listings worldwide!
Eric Martin
CTO, Founder of FieldTest
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About FieldTest: FieldTest offers marketing tools to promote brands, products, and build ads.
Mark Jeffrey
CEO & Co-Founder of Guardian Circle
Mark Jeffrey is the award-winning co-founder and CEO of Guardian Circle, a service tackling an extremely critical industry most of us take for granted… emergency response. Guardian Circle will support the six BILLION people worldwide and in developing countries, who have no emergency services at all — particularly women in countries like India where a woman is sexually assaulted every 15 minutes. He’s also a serial entrepreneur with five exits, a published author, named one of ’50 to Watch’ by Variety, and worked closely with some of the biggest names in tech including Jason Calacanis and Travis Kalanick. Previously, Mark founded and sold The Palace to Communities.com in 1998, Zero Degrees to InterActive Corp/IAC in 2004, Mahalo, and ThisWeekIn. The Palace was selected ‘The Best of 1996′ by Entertainment Weekly, secured a Webby Award nomination, “Cool Innovation of the Year” nomination and the Chicago SUN-Times’ Best Website in 1998. Prior to joining TargetClose, Mark served as the founding CTO of Mahalo.com, backed by Sequoia Capital, CBS, Newscorp and Elon Musk. Mark presented at the first Harvard Conference on The Internet and Society in 1996. He holds a bachelors of science in computer science from the University of New Hampshire, and a brown belt in Tai Kwon Do.
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About Guardian Circle: Guardian Circle is the first emergency response system that acts as an AMBER Alert-style warning for your own private network.
Jakapun Viwatkurkul
CFO- Co-Founder of MusicFreelancer.net
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About MusicFreelancer.net, Ship2Way: All-In-One Music Platform Where Musicians Meet and Do Business
Sam Krichevsky
Co-Founder/COO of geojam
Sam Krichevsky is the globally recognized, award-winning Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Geojam, a technology and crypto-based economy platform that has innovated the creator landscape that a-list celebrities like Mariah Carey are invested into. Through Geojam Sam launched his own crypto token, $JAM, which is currently traded on some of the biggest crypto exchanges in the world, including KuCoin and Gemini.
Beyond Geojam, Sam’s career spans some of the most dynamic tech, investment and music concepts, including founding TanZ, a full-service live event production company and LaunchHouse, a seed capital investment fund where he served as COO and developed LHX, a nationally recognized accelerator program cultivating top entrepreneurial talent through senior-level mentorship, strategic business development resources, and seed funding. Sam was instrumental in leading the way to establish one of the first public/private partnerships on record in the US through LHX.
A seasoned strategist and startup expert, Sam is an active member of the Recording Academy, the Forbes Business Council and currently serves as a board member and advisor to high profile celebrities alongside music, tech, and entertainment startups around the world. His strategies and investments have landed him and his companies millions in deals/profit, and innovated various industries that turn to his technological advances to run today.
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About geojam, LaunchHouse: Geojam is the ultimate social media platform for music.
Judd Schoenholtz
Co-Founder & CEO of Open Listings
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About Open Listings, Opendoor: Open Listings is a homebuying app designed to make buying a home simple and more affordable.
Jesse Toprak
Founder & CEO of CarHub
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About CarHub: CarHub is a comprehensive automotive site and app that guides car customers from the moment they decide to buy until the moment they sell.
Bill Karamouzis
CEO / Co-Founder of TeachMe
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About Inovia Capital, TeachMe: TeachMe creates innovative games and apps that combine learning with an innate sense of fun.
Samantha Gorman
Co-Founder, Lead Narrative/Writer Co-Game Director of Tender Claws
Samantha Gorman is a writer, artist, curator, and educator. Her work combines text, cinema, games, virtual reality and scholarship about digital media. With Danny Cannizzaro, she founded the studio Tender Claws. Cannizzaro and Gorman’s first release as Tender Claws was the hybrid film/game/novel app PRY. PRY was selected by Apple as one of the 25 best apps of 2015 and was a Future of Storytelling Prize finalist, IGF finalist for “Excellence in Narrative” and has been showcased at film festivals, game festivals and book review sites. Tender Claws’ next project “Virtual, Virtual Reality” (VVR) draws on her seven years of experience in developing literary arts projects for Virtual Reality at Brown University’s CAVE VR studio. VVR recently won the 2017 Google Play Award for Best VR Experience. Upcoming Projects include an AR Pet Fish that uses computer vision to feed on people’s emotions and the world around it and a large scale VR immersive theater installation. Samantha holds an MFA from Brown University in Writing for Digital Media and has taught at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to running Tender Claws, Samantha is a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Practice specializing in critical practice-based research on Immersive Media and Creative Writing at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
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About Northeastern University, Tender Claws: TenderClaws is an art collective, production company, and digital press working at the intersection of art and technology.
David Park
Founder & CEO of Kippo
David Park is a the Founder and CEO of Kippo. Park is a software engineer and products designer. Park was formerly an Algorithmic Trader at a Wall Street Hedge fund and an early team member of Raya. Park is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy.
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About Kippo: Kippo is an avatar based world designed for meeting new people
Cheeyoon Lee
Co-Founder, Head of Design of Kippo
Cheeyoon Lee is the Co-Founder and Head of Design at Covalent, Inc. (Kippo). He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SCI-Arc.
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About Kippo: Kippo is an avatar based world designed for meeting new people
Eric Tao
Founder and CEO of HOLLA Group
Eric Tao is the CEO and founder at HOLLA. He earned his degree at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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About HOLLA Group, Monkey: HOLLA allows users to meet fun people around the world instantly through video chat technology.
Dave Fanger
Founder and CEO of Swell
Dave Fanger is the US Business Leader & Responsible Investment at Mercer.
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About Mercer, Swell: Swell is an impact investing platform that aims to deliver profit as well as purpose.
Jonathan Segal
Co-Founder of Crunchet
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About Crunchet: The first app for the global gaming community in the growing crossover between esports, sports, lifestyle, entertainment & social impact.
Drew Harding
COO & Founder of Neon Roots
COO & Founder
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About Neon Roots: Neon Roots is a full-service custom design and development shop specializing in responsive web/mobile solutions and custom applications.
Laura Roeder
Founder of MeetEdgar
Laura Roeder is founder at Paperbell.
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About MeetEdgar, Paperbell, TinySeed: MeetEdgar is a software designed for sorting, storing, and automating social media status updates.
Michele McPherson-Terry
Co-Founder & VP, Systems of NeighborHub
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About Aristocrat Technologies, NeighborHub: NeighborHub changes the way you apartment live.
Patrick Davis
Co Founder of Sayer App
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About Sayer App: Sayer App is a web and mobile application that enables its users to ask a range of questions and have it answered by others.
Lubo Smid
Co-Founder & CEO of STRV
Startup-minded entrepreneur with deep technical background in software development and huge interest in cutting-the-edge technology, especially mobile. Lubo is co-founder & COO of STRV, the preferred software development partner of many successful startups and well established brands across the United States. His main duty is scaling the business and crafting the processes that help STRV to stay ahead of the game. Lubo lives in Los Angeles and constantly travels between other STRV’s offices in San Francisco, New York and Prague. He enjoys running, crossfit and high quality entertainment. His approach to lifestyle is often described as living on the edge, in other words taking the most of all the opportunities.
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About STRV: STRV is a software design & engineering company. We use technology to unlock business opportunities.
David Byrd
Co Founder of Arreo
David Byrd’s unique combination of creative, entrepreneurial, and managerial experience accounts for his varied interest and pursuits. As an entrepreneur, David divides his time between ventures in entertainment, technology, insurance, real estate, media consulting, and the political space. David spent many years as a political professional. He’s managed campaigns as well as written, directed, and produced hundreds of radio, television, and web spots for significant international, statewide and citywide candidates and ballot initiatives. He remains one of the few African-Americans to serve as the sole media consultant for a citywide or statewide race in the United States. David served as the campaign manager for the first African-American woman elected the mayor of a major U.S. City and was the sole media consultant and strategist on the recent Dream Act referendum in Maryland in 2012. David has also consulted on media, marketing, television and film production (Film Noir’s overall deal with CBS and Paramount), and retreat facilitation for brands such as Sodexo, National Harbor, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, as well as local government agencies, nonprofits, and specialty firms in medical, hospitality, technology, and real estate. As a creative, David has written for the stage and screen and serves as the current Board Chair of the Organization of Black Screenwriters. David’s business interest includes board and ownership positions in several firms mostly in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. metro areas. He is the secretary of the Adams-Normandie historic planning overlay zone and an active member of the Pacific Residents Theater’s writers group.
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About Arreo: Arreo is a lifestyle tech company helping social groups discover, vote on, and go enjoy customized, real-time offers from vendors.
John Donahue
Founder of Hunt
Founder at Hunt
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About Hunt: Hunt offers a geo-targeting marketing platform that enables consumers to access deals from local stores.
Radomir Novkovich
Founder and CEO of One-Man Band
Entrepreneur and musician
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About One-Man Band: Karaoke for musical instruments
Rob Pope
CTO and co-Founder, Ethical Hacker of Dogtown Media
Rob Pope is an IT security veteran turned app developer. Hailing from the UK and residing in Los Angeles, he has founded two start-ups operating in the IT security space. Both companies were bootstrapped and resulted in successful exits. As the co-founder of DogTown Media, Rob codes for iOS as well as working his magic on server side operations.
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About Dogtown Media: Dogtown Media is a mobile app development company develops mobile apps to solve everyday problems and simplify frustrating activities.
Sheila Merchant
Co-Founder & COO of MARBL Travel
Sheila Merchant is co-founder and COO at Marbl.
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About MARBL Travel: MARBL is hub for ‘all things travel’ including the best content and brands in millennial travel.
Edmond Banayan, MBA, MSIMC
Co-Founder & CEO of Chronaly Inc.
Edmond Banayan has founded and led business ventures in healthcare, technology, and services. As Co-Founder and CEO of Chronaly Inc. (Chronaly), he leads a multi-disciplinary team in their mission to develop and commercialize mobile health applications for developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Chronaly’s dedicated team is pushing the frontier of digital health and technology by applying deep artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technological advancements to improve the lives, behavior, health, and health outcomes of millions of children and adults across the world. Other businesses Edmond has had experience with include, but not limited to, technology application development company, GE Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Universal Health Services, Hewlett-Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers, university-based start-ups in partnership with distinguished university faculties. Edmond is on company boards and committees and well-versed in presentations and public speaking through his frequent appearances as panel moderator, panelist, and speaker at conferences and company functions. During his tenure at University of Illinois and Northwestern University, he was a lecturer on business management courses for undergraduates and international graduate students where his audience ranged from 40 attendees to 1000-plus attendees. Edmond attended UCLA for his undergraduate degree and graduated with honorable mentions. Subsequent to UCLA, he received graduate degrees from University of Illinois and Northwestern University.
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About Chronaly Inc.: Chronaly is SaaS mobile health technology start-up for developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Steven Vitolo
Founder and CEO of Scriptation LLC
Steven Vitolo is the founder and CEO of Scriptation. Steven leads overall strategic initiatives and has nearly a decade of film and television production experience. He has been a Script Coordinator for scripted series at ABC, CBS, NBC, and Showtime and has worked in production at Fox, FX, Disney Channel, Comedy Central, The CW, MTV, VH1, and the 79th and 80th Academy Awards. Steven is a graduate of the Boston University College of Communication and lives in Los Angeles.
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About Scriptation LLC: Scriptation LLC is a PDF annotation application that handles scripts and all production documents related to film and television industries.
