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 United States based Founder operating in the B2B 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.
Yuval Ariav
Founder and Advisor of Fundbox
Yuval Ariav is a financial technology and data science entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience operating large, complex, cross-geo operations in both startup and corporate environments. He is currently a General Partner at LionBird Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm investing in digital health and digital business services. Yuval is the Founder of Fundbox, one of the most successful Fintech startups to emerge in recent years, and was the head of its operations office in Tel Aviv. Before Fundbox, Yuval was a founding team member and Director of Product at Onavo, a mobile analytics company acquired by Facebook. Yuval is a Professor at Columbia Business School in New York City.
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About Fundbox: Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses.
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Eyal Shinar
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Fundbox
Founder and Executive Chairman of Fundbox, Eyal is an expert in financial technology, AI and technology management. Prior to Fundbox, Eyal served as VP at Battery Ventures, leading projects and investments in finance, machine learning and SaaS. Notable examples are IDI Direct Insurance, Istra Research, Cortera, cVidya, Leadspace, Champions Oncology, Relay Foods, and Sportority. Prior to his work in Battery Ventures, Eyal was one of the first employees of Old Lane, a $5.5B NYC-based global hedge fund (later acquired by Citigroup) and also worked for Castle Harlan, a leading $6B NYC-based buyout firm. Eyal graduated from the special program for outstanding students at the Hebrew University with an LLB in Law and advanced degree in Finance. He earned his MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Eyal was recently recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2016 at its Builders + Innovators Summit.
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About Fundbox: Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses.
Avishai Abrahami
Co-Founder & CEO of Wix
Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communication technology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company’s sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces’ elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.
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About Utsav Kraft, Wix: Wix provides a platform for the development of cloud data services for millions of registered users worldwide.
Peter Dodge
Founder and Chief Performance Officer of Hanover Research
Peter is the Founder and Chief Performance Officer of Hanover Research. Hanover is a global information services firm providing knowledge support to more than 1,100 for-profit and non-profit organizations. Through our unique, fixed-cost model, we provide customized, timely, and authoritative research and advice that enables our clients to make informed decisions, identify and seize opportunities, and heighten their effectiveness.
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About Hanover Research: Innovative Market Research – Washington, D.C.’s Hanover Research
Zack Kanter
Founder & CEO of Stedi
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About Stedi: A platform of developer-focused building blocks for business integrations.
Mark Mullen
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures
Mark Mullen has added 20 years of investment banking experience and relationships in investing and raising capital. He launched his second fund in early 2012, Double M Partners LP. The fund currently has 14 investments as of December 31, 2012. The fund focuses on early stage investments in Southern Cal.
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About Bonfire Ventures, Double M Partners: Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
Jim Andelman
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures
Jim is co-founder and Managing Director of Bonfire Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving the firms’ investment activities, as well as the firm’s operations. Jim is in his sixteenth year as a VC. Previously, Jim led software investing at Broadview Capital Partners, a $250 million expansion-stage venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Before BCP, Jim was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Alex. Brown & Sons (and its successor, Deutsche Bank Securities). There, he concentrated on equity private placements and initial public offerings for software companies. Jim began his career with Symmetrix, a boutique management consulting firm founded by a Bain & Co. founder, which helped to create strategic advantage through the application of technology. At Symmetrix, Jim specialized in strategy formulation and economic modeling. Jim received his MBA with highest distinction (first in his class) from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and his BS in Economics (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jim serves on the Boards of Directors of Campus Explorer, Conversion Logic, Keen IO, Mobcrush, Rentlytics, Rainforest QA, Steelhouse, TaxJar and Tradesy. He previously served on the Boards of Cadforce (acquired by Neilsoft), Packet Island (acquired by BroadSoft), Burstly (acquired by Apple), DataPop (acquired by Criteo), and Shift (acquired by Brand Networks). In addition, he serves on the Boards of Directors of Friends of Yosemite Search and Rescue and the Los Angeles Venture Association, on the Advisory Board of the Douglas Family Preserve.
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About Bonfire Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners: Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for talented founders building the next generation of software giants.
Shreesha Ramdas
CEO & Co-Founder of Strikedeck
Shreesha’s an entrepreneurial executive with a track record of launching and growing products in competitive markets. He has demonstrated experience as a GM in the areas of product conception and development, growth hacking, go-to-market strategy and execution. Shreesha is currently VP of Corp Dev & Partnerships at CallidusCloud. Shreesha Ramdas was the co-founder & COO at LeadFormix, a marketing automation platform, where he raised the initial funding, built the company and contributed to a successful acquisition by CallidusCloud in January 2012. Prior to LeadFormix, Shreesha was a co-founder of OuterJoin, an online marketing services company and an early member at Yodlee, where he held the role of General Manager of Yodlee’s offshore development center in Bangalore, India.
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About Aavenir, AccuKnox, BuyerAssist.io, Cultivate, Enact Systems, Forbes Communications Council, Fullcast.io, Medallia, Metadata, Promethium, Revv, Rocketlane, Strikedeck: Strikedeck is building a revolutionary Customer Success automation solution to deliver an outstanding customer experience.
Shabd Vaid
Co-Founder, CTO of Strikedeck
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About Strikedeck: Strikedeck is building a revolutionary Customer Success automation solution to deliver an outstanding customer experience.
Jose Vieitez
Co-Founder, Director and Portfolio Manager of Boomtown Accelerators
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About Boomtown Accelerators, The Farm Atlanta: Boomtown’s bespoke accelerator programs help startups turn ideas into profitable, scalable businesses.
Stephen Groth
Co-Founder of Boomtown Accelerators
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About Boomtown Accelerators: Boomtown’s bespoke accelerator programs help startups turn ideas into profitable, scalable businesses.
Caithrin Rintoul
Co-Founder/CEO of Provender
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About Provender: Provender is an online platform that enables farmers to create direct-trade associations with buyers.
Waleed Mohsen
Founder & CEO of mynurse.ai
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About mynurse.ai: a digital health program to help seniors with chronic conditions live their best lives.
Manoj Ramnani
Founder and CEO of SalesIntel
Manoj Ramnani is the founder and CEO of SalesIntel.io and CircleBack, Inc. He was formerly the CEO of Dub Labs. Manoj holds a master’s degree from The George Washington University – School of Business.
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About CircleBack, SalesIntel: SalesIntel is the top provider of accurate and affordable sales and marketing contact data.
Matias Recchia
Co-Founder & CEO of IguanaFix
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About IguanaFix, Keyway, Unlock: IguanaFix provides software to manage field operations across multiple industries including utilities, maintenance, and manufacturing.
Lee Rubin
Founder & CEO of Confetti
Lee Rubin is the Founder & CEO at Confetti
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About Confetti: Discover unique workplace activities & corporate events that fit your company’s culture, goals & budget.
Ryan Chan
Founder and CEO of UpKeep
Founder @CEO at UpKeep. Angel Investor
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About UpKeep: UpKeep is a platform developed for technicians and maintenance workers that provides them with a computerized maintenance management system.
Kevin Leland
Founder & CEO of Halo
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About Halo, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Village Global: Halo is a market network that moves science forward by connecting companies directly with scientists for research collaborations
Chris Tsai
Co-Founder & CEO of Resolve
Chris Tsai is the Co-Founder & CEO at Resolve.
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About Resolve: Resolve is a B2B payments platform that offers buy now, pay later billing for business purchases.
Brian Nguyen
Co-Founder of Resolve
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About Resolve: Resolve is a B2B payments platform that offers buy now, pay later billing for business purchases.
Domenic Merenda
CEO and Co-Founder of Ceqoo
Domenic Merenda is a seasoned Silicon Valley software executive with a passion for disrupting markets. At BeOpen.com (later PythonLabs) Domenic was an early and influential member of the business development and technology teams, and helped shape the direction of the Python programming language, which was the basis for Google’s search technology.
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About Ceqoo: Ceqoo makes sales teams better by helping sales development reps start faster, produce sooner and become prospecting “rock stars.”
Jason B. Hart
COO and Co-Founder of Ceqoo
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About Ceqoo: Ceqoo makes sales teams better by helping sales development reps start faster, produce sooner and become prospecting “rock stars.”
Preetish Nijhawan
Co-Founder & General Partner of Cervin Ventures
Preetish Nijhawan is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures. Most recently, Preetish was Chief Financial Officer for Neon Enterprise Software. Before that, Preetish was Vice President of Strategic Alliances at NeoEdge Networks, a video game advertising company. Preetish was also Vice President, Portfolio and Program Management for BMC Software. Prior to BMC, he was Vice President, Operations of iVita Corporation, an asset management software startup he helped found. Preetish has advised senior executives in hardware, software and telecom industries for McKinsey and Company. He co-founded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) in 1998, He also worked for nearly six years in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) division at Intel in various engineering and program management roles. Preetish earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from The University of Southern California, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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About Cervin Ventures, QuanticMind, Replay Technologies: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Neeraj Gupta
Co-Founder & General Partner of Cervin Ventures
Neeraj Gupta is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures. Most recently, Neeraj was a member of the executive team at Patni, a publicly listed IT services company where he led global sales and marketing with top line responsibility for ~$700M. Prior to that, he was a General Manager with responsibility for telecom, media, and growth industries. Neeraj founded Cymbal Corporation, an IT services company focused on telecom operators which he led as CEO from its inception to successful exit to Patni Computers (NYSE: PTI). In his earlier career, he held engineering and product management positions at Octel (acquired by Lucent) and Genesys (acquired by Alcatel). Neeraj has had significant global experience including stints in UK and India. Neeraj has a Bachelors in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Punjab University in India and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.
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About Cervin Ventures, QuanticMind, Replay Technologies: Cervin Ventures is a seed and early stage venture firm, focusing solely on opportunities in the B2B software space.
Carson Kahn
Co-Founder & Board Director of Spindle (www.spindle.app)
Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Entrepreneur for his innovations across AI and Natural Language Processing, Carson Kahn is currently the co-founder of Spindle (www.spindle.app), a no-code AI startup backed by Accel Partners (Slack/Dropbox/Facebook), Caffeinated Capital (IFTTT/Notion/Airtable), and diverse Fortune 100 executives. Previously, he served as President of Brainspace AI (acquired by Reveal with $200 million from K1 Capital), the world’s leading natural language analytics engine, originally backed by the CIA. Mr. Kahn is also a Member of the Board of Advisors for Computer Science at the University of Colorado; Stanford University AII; UC Santa Cruz Center for Excellence in Data Science Research; and Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC); and advises venture-backed startups in AI/ML, PaaS, FinTech & InfoSec as a Techstars Mentor and angel investor. Mr. Kahn also invests with the $100 million Pandemic Impact Fund (PIF), Thiel-backed VC firm SI Capital, and Transpire Ventures. His work has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg, and elsewhere; and he has been tapped for expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and Future of Work by members of the Congressional Caucus on AI & National Economic Council. Previously, Mr. Kahn served as CEO (promoted from CTO) of JPMorgan In–Residence business Volley ML, saving Fortune 500 firms >$52 million in real labor annually with the first fully autonomous training & sales enablement platform for financial & health services. Named a Goldman Sachs 100 Entrepreneur for Volley’s innovations, Mr. Kahn designed, built, and sold Volley’s machine learning platform alongside an NLP team from Google, the NSA/CIA, Carnagie Mellon, and Goldman Sachs, seeded by $10 million from JPMorgan, Silicon Valley Bank, Zuckerberg Ventures, and execs from Goldman, Apple, and Facebook; before being recruited to lead Brainspace AI prior to its acquisition. Formerly, as Head of Product and co-founder at Keystone Learning Systems (KLS), the first LMS to offer cloud-native analytics and ML features for U.S. secondaries supporting >355,000 accounts, Mr. Kahn helped pioneer its now widely-imitated “extended enterprise” deployment model, before co-leading the entity sale to SPPEF Stirup Partners. On the heels of an externship at Google (via the ATLAS Institute), he formerly spanned product & technical marketing on the founding team at Vetica.com, whose real-time collaboration product Draftboard garnered users like Adobe & AOL while generating revenue from day 1. When the product was acquired by UK investors, Vetica launched Chalk.com, today the one of the 10 most popular learning analytics platforms in North America. A Black Belt in Karate and avid sportsman, Mr. Kahn can frequently be found training in a racquetball court or behind the wheel of an ATV. In his spare time, Mr. Kahn also moonlights behind a jazz piano near his home in the East Cut, San Francisco. Media Contact: Stacey Murray (stacey.murray.consulting@gmail.com) Press Kit: carsonkahn.com/press-kit
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About Spindle (www.spindle.app), Stanford University, Techstars, University of Colorado: An intelligent Decision Analytics platform for generating apps that simulate the ROI of business decisions without statistics or code.
Ryan Atallah
Co-Founder & CEO of Spindle (www.spindle.app)
As co-founder and CTO, entrepreneur and engineer Ryan Atallah sold his natural language analytics startup Cleargraph to Tableau for $30 million in 2017; after which Tableau was acquired by Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), where Ryan served as a senior Software Engineer Manager overseeing the NLP-powered Ask Data product now featured in Tableau’s offerings. He departed to co-found intelligent No-Code enterprise data applications platform Spindle (www.spindle.app) with his twice-cofounder Carson Kahn. Spindle is now backed by Accel Partners (Slack, Dropbox, Atlassian, Facebook), Caffeinated Capital (IFTTT, Notion, Airtable, Vercel), and diverse Fortune 100 executives who share in its mission to give teams data superpowers.
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About Spindle (www.spindle.app), Tableau: An intelligent Decision Analytics platform for generating apps that simulate the ROI of business decisions without statistics or code.
Omri Mor
CEO and Co-Founder of Routable
Omri founded ZIIBRA in 2011 with the goal of helping artists turn their creative projects into full-time gigs. He has become renowned for his email-slaying skills and tireless attention to design and product. When he’s not in the office, you can find him picking up a new record to listen to, eating copious amounts of sushi, or cheering for his alma mater, the University of Washington.
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About Routable: Routable is a B2B payments-based platform that allows its users to send and receive business-to-business payments.
Tom Harel
CTO and Co-Founder of Routable
Tom Harel is the CTO and Co-Founder of Routable.
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About Routable: Routable is a B2B payments-based platform that allows its users to send and receive business-to-business payments.
Steven Zhou
Co-Founder and CEO of Moov
Steven Zhou is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Moov.
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About Moov: Moov is a software platform for buying and selling preowned manufacturing equipment.
Maxam Yeung
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Moov
Maxam Yeung is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Moov.
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About Moov: Moov is a software platform for buying and selling preowned manufacturing equipment.
Michia Rohrssen
Co-Founder, CEO of Prodigy
Michia Rohrssen is CEO at Prodigy, a growing Auto Startup.
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About Prodigy, Upstart: Prodigy digitizes the process to save customers’ time while improving trust and satisfaction.
Isaac Silverman
CEO & Founder of Daydream
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About Daydream: Democratizing the financial model. Stealth.
Keith McCarty
Founder & CEO of WAYV
Keith McCarty is the CEO and founder of WAYV. His leadership defines the overall vision and direction of the company and he touches all aspects of strategy, operations, marketing, product development, investor relations and company culture. Prior to WAYV, McCarty was a founding team member at the social enterprise platform Yammer, where he grew sales and marketing from one person to over 350 employees globally and contributed to the white-hot investor interest in workplace productivity software. In 2012, Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion. In 2013, Keith founded a technology that allowed consumers to safely order home delivery of cannabis (Eaze). He lead the company to become one of the top funded cannabis companies in the U.S. market with $51.5M in funding to-date. As California legalized adult use, Keith turned his attention to challenges upstream in the cannabis supply chain. In early 2017, Keith began developing a technical solution for the complex logistics required to get product to market. WAYV is the answer – a B2B platform that helps businesses move product quickly, safely, tracked in real-time, from producers to market, within a day. McCarty is a proven expert in the on-demand economy, entrepreneurship, software applications and business automation. He has successfully navigated complex, highly regulated spaces, balancing growth with compliance while deploying game-changing technology. McCarty has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in finance and marketing from Chapman University, The George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics in Orange, California where he grew up. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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About WAYV: WAYV is an automated, e-commerce platform serving California’s cannabis industry.
Chris Grouchy
President and Co-Founder of Convictional
Chris Grouchy is the president and co-founder of Convictional. He is also a guest lecturer at Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. Chris previously worked at Shopify Plus.
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About Convictional: Convictional is a supplier enablement platform that helps enterprise B2C retailers and B2B distributors build and scale digital marketplace.
Aaron Kemmer
Co-Founder of Magic
A serial entrepreneur and advisor, Mr. Kemmer co-founded Made In Space when Singularity University offered the challenge of creating a project that would affect 1 billion people. Aaron’s belief is that off-world manufacturing will dramatically change the way we look at space exploration, commercialization and mission design today. He has worked with several startup companies, including Heritage Cross, SUpost, Movis and YouTip. Aaron is an alumnus from the University of Florida and Singularity University and served as the Team Project Advisor for Singularity University and the Business Plan Advisor for New Space in 2012. Aaron’s publications include “3D Printing in Space: Enabling New Markets and Accelerating the Growth of Orbital Infrastructure,” which was featured at NASA’s Space Studies Institute 14th Space Manufacturing Conference in October 2010.
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About Magic: Magic provides a 24/7 SMS based on-demand personal assistant service.
Mike Chen
CEO, Co-Founder of Magic
Mike Chen is the CEO at Magic
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About Bettir, Magic: Magic provides a 24/7 SMS based on-demand personal assistant service.
Nic Novak
Co-Founder of Magic
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About Magic: Magic provides a 24/7 SMS based on-demand personal assistant service.
Drew McElroy
Co – Founder, Chairman of Transfix
Drew McElroy is the Co-Founder & CEO of Transfix(transfix.io), a startup committed to radically transforming the way goods move. Previously Drew was the President of Priority Distribution Inc.(PDI), a mid-market transportation management third party logistics provider(3PL). Drew is a graduate of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a BS in Management and International Business with further studies at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
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About Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Transfix: Transfix is a freight marketplace connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers.
Jonathan Salama
Co-Founder, CTO of Transfix
Jonathan Salama is Co-Founder, CTO at Transfix. Before launching Transfix, Jonathan led engineering at Cherry, an on-demand startup acquired by ride-share giant Lyft, where he built Cherry’s mobile app, inventory software and automated payment processing system. Prior to Cherry, Jonathan led the business operations engineering team at Gilt Groupe. One of Gilt’s first employees, he was responsible for developing the company’s infrastructure from the ground up, playing key roles in building Gilt’s proprietary inventory management system, enterprise resource planning software and purchase order system.
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About Transfix: Transfix is a freight marketplace connecting shippers to a national network of reliable carriers.
Somak Chattopadhyay
Founder and Managing Partner of Armory Square Ventures
Somak Chattopadhyay has been operating and investing in early-stage startups in New York State and other emerging venture regions since 1999. Before launching ASV in 2014, he was a partner at Tribeca Venture Partners (formerly Greenhill SAVP, “Tribeca”), where he was instrumental in nearly every investment of its first fund and helped launch its second fund. As a venture capitalist at Edison Ventures, Somak sourced and evaluated investments in the tech-enabled service sectors, managed deal flow referral networks and identified emerging growth companies in under-venture-invested regions across the Northeast. Somak has also held senior marketing/business development roles at Medtower, a pharmaceutical IT software company; and DealTime, a comparison shopping company that went public (NASDAQ: SHOP) and was later acquired by eBay for $620 million. He has served on the boards of numerous companies, and is currently a board member of the Upstate Capital Association of New York.
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About Armory Square Ventures: Armory Square Ventures is an early-stage VC fund focused on B2B software, mobile, and technology-enabled services in under-ventured regions.
Shay Bloch
Co Founder & CEO of JOBOX.ai
Shay Bloch, a serial global entrepreneur, is the CEO and co-founder of Jobox. He is also a board member in a number of external startups. Bloch holds over 15 years of experience in managing business development, sales, product marketing, and internet application development for the tweens demographic. Bloch sold his first startup at age 27, and led his second, Tweegee.com, from a garage stage startup to a successful global company that raised over $12M in funds and within two years became the leading web platform for kids in Russia, Turkey and Israel. The company launched successful activities in Argentina and Brazil, and is heading towards the rest of LATAM and Europe. Today, Shay is the CEO of Jobox, which serves over 5,000 pros in 39 states and has processed over $1B of transactions on its platform.
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About JOBOX.ai: JOBOX.ai is a AI startup disrupting the on-demand economy. Jobox officially launched from stealth mode in April 2022.
Don Charlton
Founder & Board Chairman of JazzHR
Don Charlton is the Founder and Chairman of JazzHR. Don loves to inspire young minds—not just to work for great companies—but to build great companies just as he built (and is building) The Resumator. Don launched The Resumator in 2009 to give wings to his entrepreneurial spirit and fulfill his passion for creating exceptional user experience. Blending his love of art with programming, he earned a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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About : JazzHR is easy, powerful, and affordable recruiting software purpose-build for SMBs. SaaS ATS for masses.
Maci Peterson Philitas
Founder & CEO of On Second Thought
Maci is the co-founder and CEO of On Second Thought, a messaging app whose patented technology lets users take back text messages before they get to the other person’s phone. She was recognized on Inc Magazine’s “30 Under 30 List” of 2016, and Washington Business Journal’s “40 Under 40 List” of 2015. In addition, Maci has been identified as “Tech’s Newest Innovator” by Essence Magazine, a rising leader in technology by Revolt TV, one of the “29 People You Should Know” by BET, and one of the “25 Black People in Tech You Should Know” by The Huffington Post. Maci began On Second Thought after winning 1st Place in the #StartupOasis pitch competition at South by Southwest in 2014. Maci is a member of the Internet Marketing Association’s Women Leaders Group. She was a member of the Founder’s Council at the 1776 Incubator in Washington, D.C., and an alumna of the MindShare Class of 2015. She has been invited to speak at a variety of leadership and business conferences including South by Southwest, The White House Initiative on HBCUs’ National HBCU Week Conference, Inc Magazine’s GrowCo, IdeaFest and Cox Communications’ Tech Summit.
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About On Second Thought: On Second Thought is a messaging app that enables its users to undo and edit messages before they get to the recipient’s phone.
Stewart Voit
Founder of On Second Thought
Stewart Voit is the chief operating officer and co-founder of On Second Thought, an award-winning new mobile technology that allows users to delay and recall text messages before delivery. Stewart cofounded On Second Thought in 2014, and has championed its ubiquity among wireless carriers and adoption by more than 80,000 users. As COO, Stewart draws on his expertise in management and quality assurance to oversee the company’s technical excellence, and to strategically direct its emergence as an industry leader. Stewart is a decorated academic scholar with several publications in the fields of entrepreneurship, chemistry and computational methods. In 2015, Stewart authored an article for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, encouraging children and adults to pursue careers in technology.
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About On Second Thought: On Second Thought is a messaging app that enables its users to undo and edit messages before they get to the recipient’s phone.
Philip Dur
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of PeakSpan Capital
Phil has been a software investor for 15 years and has served on the boards of over twenty growth stage companies in his career.Before co-founding PeakSpan, Phil worked at Investor Growth Capital for ten years as a leader in the software investment team. Prior to joining IGC, Phil also worked at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (the firm’s expansion and growth stage fund) as part of the technology investment team and started his career at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (the firm’s private equity fund) focusing on, among other things, investments in software and other technology areas. Phil is a graduate of Princeton University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and also served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve for seven years. Phil enjoys cooking (a graduate of the Peter Kump School and L’Escoffier de Gastronomie but still a very humble student), tennis, running, and spending time with his wife and two children enjoying everything Northern California has to offer.
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About Ecwid, PeakSpan Capital, Vyond, Yodeck: PeakSpan Capital is a growth stage investment firm partnering exclusively with disruptive B2B software companies.
Matt Melymuka
Co-Founder and Partner of PeakSpan Capital
Matt Melymuka has joined Greycroft Partners as a Senior Associate. Matt’s responsibilities will include evaluating investment opportunities, sourcing new deals, and working with existing portfolio companies with a focus on the Greycroft Growth Fund. Prior to Greycroft, Matt worked for Investor Growth Capital, a $1.5 billion growth-stage venture capital firm, where he focused on investments in the software and technology-enabled services sectors. At IGC, Matt worked on many investments including: Aternity, BillFloat, CallFire, Conductor, HireVue, Mattersight, Maxymiser, PulsePoint, and others.
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About Cordial, PeakSpan Capital: PeakSpan Capital is a growth stage investment firm partnering exclusively with disruptive B2B software companies.
Brian Mulvey
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of PeakSpan Capital
Brian Mulvey is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at PeakSpan Capital.
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About PeakSpan Capital: PeakSpan Capital is a growth stage investment firm partnering exclusively with disruptive B2B software companies.
KV Rao
Founder of Aviso
K. V. Rao is the co-founder of Silicon Valley-based unicorn Zuora, Inc, which held its IPO on April 12, 2018 (NYSE: ZUO). Rao also served as Zuora’s Chief Strategist and President. Previously, Rao was Director of Technology at WebEx (acq. by Cisco), and also worked for Salesforce.com and SGI. He started his career as the proverbial rocket scientist, as an Associate Scientist at NASA, then spent several years developing products at General Motors. He’s currently CEO of Aviso, serves as a member of the Advisory Board at Zuora, and is a US patent holder in computing technology. Rao earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from Iowa State University, an M.S. from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
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About Aviso: AI-Driven Sales Forecasting and Pipeline Management
Ram Jambunathan
Managing Director & Founder of SAP.iO
Ram Jambunathan is the Managing Director & Founder of SAP.iO & he Attended University of Michigan.
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About SAP.iO: SAP.iO helps innovators start-up and scale with SAP.
Christian Lanng
Co-Founder & Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Tradeshift
Christian Lanng is founder of Tradeshift.com. Previously he was Head of the Center for Service oriented Infrastructure in the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency. Christian has 10 years of experience working with mobile-services, e-business, SOA and large scale payment systems. He managed the roll-out of service oriented infrastructure in the Danish public sector and supervised the next generation of SOA e-business infrastructure for all Danish companies and the public sector. He is an active member of a number of European e-business and infrastructure initiatives. He holds a bachelor degree in Sociology and is currently writing his master on emergent social systems.
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About The World Economic Forum, Tradeshift: Tradeshift is a cloud-based business network connecting buyers and suppliers.
Felix Orwa
Founder/CEO of SOTE
Felix Orwa is the Founder & CEO of Sote. He is a former professional pilot.
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About SOTE: Sote is building the digital logistics infrastructure and largest B2B marketplace for Africa.
Scott Yacko
Founder/CTO of SOTE
Scott Yacko is the CTO & Co-founder at Sote.
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About SOTE: Sote is building the digital logistics infrastructure and largest B2B marketplace for Africa.
Eitan Bek
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of TLV Partners
Eitan is a founding partner of TLV Partners. He currently focuses on Mobile, IoT, Marketing Analytics and Fintech. His passion is working with great entrepreneurs and helping them build their dream. Eitan invested and partnered with the founders of Check (acquired by INTU), Videosurf (acquired by MSFT), AppsFlyer, Duda, 3DV (acquired by MSFT), Sckipio and Neura. Previously Eitan was a General Partner at Pitango Venture Capital and led Pitango’s Silicon Valley activity since 2007. Before that he was part of the founding team of an internet startup focused on bringing the internet to the elderly and held Executive positions at Elbit Systems. Eitan holds an MBA from the University of Michigan. Eitan also served as a Pilot in the Israeli Air Force.
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About TLV Partners: TLV Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to investing in innovative early-stage rounds.
Terry Garnett
Co-Founder and Board Member of Inxeption
Terry and partner David Helfrich formed Garnett & Helfrich Capital in 2003. He was also actively involved in forming and funding Crossworlds Software, whose founder and CEO was his wife Katrina Garnett. Crossworlds went public in 2000 and was acquired by IBM in 2001. Prior to founding his own company, Terry spent eight years with Venrock Associates where he was an early investor in Siebel, Checkpoint Software, Niku, Neoforma, and Neon Software. Prior to Venrock, Terry reported to Larry Ellison at Oracle Corporation, where he was a member of the Executive Management Committee and served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development.
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About Garnett & Helfrich Capital, Inxeption: Inxeption is a cloud-based digital commerce platform that helps B2B companies accelerate growth and manage logistics.
Brian Zatulove
Co-Founder & CEO of Emotive
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About Emotive: Emotive is a conversational texting platform for eCommerce brands, enabling two way text message communication at scale.
Zach Wise
Co-Founder of Emotive
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About Emotive: Emotive is a conversational texting platform for eCommerce brands, enabling two way text message communication at scale.
Kerri Agee
President & Chief Executive Officer & Founder of banc-serv Partners
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About banc-serv Partners: banc-serv is an SBA lending partner that provides lending institutions better practices and outsourced solutions.
Bhavuk Kaul
Founder & CEO of Plate IQ
Co-Founder & CEO at Plate iQ.
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About Plate IQ: Plate IQ saves restaurants time and money by automating their invoice processing and accounts payable.
Gregg Morton
Founder & CEO of Fooji
Gregg A. Morton is the Founder & CEO at Fooji.
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About Fooji: Fooji enables big brands to execute experiential marketing at scale using on-demand delivery services.
Hossein Azari
Founder, CEO of cmorq
My mission is to contribute to leveling the financial playing field. This involves developing financial management tools and novel products for establishing and maintaining ownership for consumers. I have been contributing to this space since 2015. Currently, I am Founder and CEO of cmorq. I was a Senior Research Scientist at Google Research where I initiated and led multiple projects in collaboration with product teams such as Ad-Exchange. I was also a co-founder at Clarity Money (Acquired by Goldman Sachs), building a trusted financial advocate. I have a PhD in Computer Science (EconCS group) from Harvard University, advised by Professor David Parkes, and a Siebel Scholar, Class of 2014. I have an MBA from Columbia University (2016), MA in Statistics from Harvard University (2012) and BS in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.
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About cmorq: cmorq organizes blockchain data into standard products that empower institutions and individuals.
Dave Waiser
CEO & Founder of Gett
► Serial Entrepreneur. Silicon Valley and Israel ► Successfully exited the first two companies, building his third one (Gett) ► 20+ years of CEO experience in hyper-growth startups and public companies ► Passion for building GREAT teams and products ► I thrive on positive energy and feed it right back ► I believe that there is an opportunity everywhere you look At Gett, I am part of a team of entrepreneurs who love to challenge the status quo. Gett is a technology platform solely focused on corporate Ground Transportation Management (GTM), a market worth $101B globally. Gett is the GTM category leader, serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 companies, including: Google, Disney, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Coca Cola, Apple and many others. Gett’s cloud-based software aggregates thousands of transportation providers (corporate fleet, ride-hailing, taxi, and limo) into one single platform, helping businesses manage all of their ground transportation spend, saving businesses up to 49% of the cost. We are building the first global grid of ground transportation, embracing the entire World, connecting the dots, similar to telephony and internet grids. At Gett, we are inspired to become the standard in corporate ground transportation, similar to how Zoom has become the standard for corporate communication. Founded in 2010, Gett has raised more than $750M in funding,
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About Gett: Gett is a technology platform focused on corporate Ground Transportation Management (GTM), for spend estimated to exceed $100b globally
Raj Vattikuti
CEO & Founder of Complete Business Solutions
Raj Vattikuti is a philanthropist and serial entrepreneur who has founded a string of successful enterprises including Altimetrik, Covansys, Synova, Vattikuti Ventures, Vattikuti Technologies, and Davinta Technologies. Raj believes enterprises make a difference not only by leveraging or introducing new technologies but also by attracting, assessing, and transforming talent within their organizations. Raj formed Altimetrik in 2012 with a vision to create a global company that accelerates digital transformation for the most influential companies in the world. Altimetrik takes a holistic approach for its clients that leverages technology, data, and cultural transformation. While technology makes digital transformation possible, Raj believes it is people that create true transformation. Through his different ventures, Raj has supported leading global players in healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, retail, travel & hospitality, and financial services. In 1997, Raj founded a non-profit corporation—the Vattikuti Foundation—which serves communities in Michigan and India. In Michigan, the Foundation established the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Health in Detroit and the Vattikuti Digital Breast Diagnostic Center at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak. In India, the Vattikuti Foundation focuses on developing the infrastructure to connect and coordinate with people in poverty through the Poverty Alleviation Program. The Foundation also works with other causes around the globe. These initiatives strive to improve the lives of those they serve today and into the future. Raj is a graduate of the College of Engineering, Guindy with a degree in electrical engineering. He holds a post-graduate degree in electrical and computer engineering from Wayne State University. He was conferred an honorary doctorate of business administration by Bryant University. In 2001, he was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the IT industry by Dykema Gossett at the third annual Michigan IT Summit. He is also the recipient of TiE Detroit 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2002, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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About Altimetrik Corp., Complete Business Solutions, Davinta: Complete Business Solutions provides affordable business solutions for accounting, payroll, human resource, and personnel needs.
Christopher Shutts
CoFounder and CEO of Logik.io
Chris leads our strategic sales & customer success teams. Chris brings ten years of experience successfully deploying BigMachines solutions to realize business process improvements for our customers. He comes to BigMachines from Case Corporation where he was Business Unit Manager for two global business units. He began his career at Case’s Technology Center for Advanced Manufacturing, where he directed productivity initiatives that included the selection and procurement of new technologies and manufacturing equipment. Chris brings extensive experience in designing, manufacturing, selecting and procuring manufactured products and holds two design patents. Chris earned a BS and MS in engineering from MIT and was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship at MIT.
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About Logik.io: Logik.io is a next generation configuration technology company focused on improving the selling capabilities of the customers.
Ronn Torossian
CEO and Founder of 5W Public Relations
Ronn Torossian is the founder and CEO of 5W Public Relations, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. With over 20 years of experience crafting and executing powerful narratives, Torossian is one of America’s most prolific and well-respected Public Relations professionals. Since founding 5WPR in 2003, he has led the company’s growth, overseeing more than 200 professionals in the company’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. With clients spanning corporate, technology, consumer and crisis, in addition to digital marketing and public affairs capabilities, 5WPR is regularly recognized as an industry leader and has been named “PR Agency of the Year” by the American Business Awards on multiple occasions. Throughout his career, Torossian has worked with some of the world’s most visible companies, brands and organizations. His strategic, resourceful approach has been recognized with numerous awards including being named the Stevie American Business Awards 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year, the American Business Awards PR Executive of the Year, twice over, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semi-finalist, Metropolitan Magazine’s Most Influential New Yorker, a 2020 Top Crisis Communications Professional by Business Insider, and a recipient of Crain’s New York 2021 Most Notable in Marketing & PR. Torossian is known as one of the country’s foremost experts on crisis communications, and is called on to counsel blue chip companies, top business executives and entrepreneurs both in the United States and worldwide. Torossian has lectured on crisis PR at Harvard Business School, appears regularly on CNN & CNBC, is a contributing columnist for Forbes and the New York Observer, and has authored two editions of his book, “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results With Game-Changing Public Relations,” which is an industry best-seller. A NYC native, Torossian lives in Manhattan with his children. He is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and active in numerous charities.
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About 5W Public Relations, JetSmarter: 5WPR, a Public Relations and Communications Firm, specializes in public affairs, government relations & PR on B2C, & B2B market segments.
Brian Zotter
Co-Founder and CTO of Cacheflow
Brian Zotter has 15+ years of engineering and product management experience building and delivering enterprise-class products. Brian is currently VP and Technology and Products at ClearStory Data. Previously, Brian was Vice President of Engineering at Salesforce.com. Prior to Salesforce, Brian held senior engineering positions at EMC, BEA Systems and MobiTV. He is also a two-time founder and entrepreneur having founded Connectize and Boxcar Software (acquired by Documentum). With 8 patents in PaaS, SaaS and multiple other fields, he’s passionate about building and leading innovative, high-performance engineering teams.
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About Cacheflow: Sell more, Sell faster. With Flexible Payments.
Amit Baid
Founder and CEO of TradeFin
Amit Baid is the founder and CEO at TradeFin. Prior to joining TradeFin, Amit spent one year at Neuberger Berman as a managing director and Sr. analyst.
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About Coupa Software, MoEngage, TradeFin: TradeFin is a supply chain finance platform and e-invoicing platform for suppliers and corporations.
Chris Forman
CEO & Founder of Appcast
Chris Forman is the CEO and Founder of Appcast. As the former Founder & CEO of StartWire, CEO of AIRS, and Chief Development Officer of The Right Thing, Chris has worked in the recruiting industry for 20 years, developing smart recruiting tools that have helped hire millions of people around the globe. He’s been part of the team that has won the HR Tech Top Product of the Year award on three different occasions and numerous ReSIs, and was named Innovator of the Year by TATech in 2017. Close
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About Appcast, StartDate Labs: Appcast is a job advertising platform that enables employers to promote their open positions.
Mat Sherman
Co-Founder and CEO of PubLoft
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About GigLoft, PubLoft: PubLoft is a tech-enabled marketing agency specifically for startups.
Kris Rudeegraap
CEO, CoFounder of Sendoso
Kris Rudeegraap is CEO at Sendoso
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About CoffeeSender, Sendoso: Sendoso helps companies connect and drive revenue with personalized gifts, eGifts, virtual experiences, and more.
Bryan Helmkamp
Co-Founder & CEO of Code Climate
Bryan is the co-founder and CEO of Code Climate, a SaaS automated code review service that helps engineering teams identify defects earlier in the software development process.
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About Code Climate, Efficiency 2.0, Weplay: Code Climate is an open extensible platform for static analysis that helps enforce code quality standards on every commit.
Joseph Walla
Co-Founder and CEO of HelloSign
Joseph is the CEO and co-founder of San Francisco based startup HelloSign. The idea behind HelloSign was sparked by Joseph’s first successful product alongside co-founder Neal O’Mara, HelloFax. HelloFax launched in 2011 after attending the prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator.
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About HelloFax, HelloSign: HelloSign offers fast, secure, and legally binding eSignatures for businesses.
Gene Lockhart
Chairman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of MissionOG
Gene is a seasoned investor and accomplished senior executive with a passion for team and company building. At MissionOG, he focuses on deal flow, management and leadership strategy, and market analysis. Gene is also a Special Advisor at General Atlantic. Formerly, he was a venture partner at Oak Investment Partners focused on financial services technology opportunities. He led the development of the Oak FinTech portfolio and built it into a premier growth equity portfolio. Gene has served in a variety of senior executive roles, including president and CEO of MasterCard International, CEO of Midland Bank PLC, president of the Global Retail Bank of BankAmerica Corporation, and president of consumer services at AT&T.Gene has chaired or served as a board member of many successful growth companies, including NetSpend, Argus International, Community Choice Financial, Metro Bank PLC, Vesta, Progressive Finance, and others. Gene serves as a board member of portfolio companies Pay4Later and Accurate Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from The Darden School at the University of Virginia.
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About MissionOG: MissionOG provides capital to early and growth stage B2B technology companies.
Patrick Vatterott
Co-Founder & CTO of Vitally
Patrick Vatterott serves as Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Vitally.
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About Vitally: Vitally is a customer engagement platform for B2B SaaS companies to drive a world-class customer experience and eliminate churn.
Jamie Davidson
Co-Founder & CEO of Vitally
Jamie Davidson is the Co-Founder & CEO at Vitally.io.
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About Vitally: Vitally is a customer engagement platform for B2B SaaS companies to drive a world-class customer experience and eliminate churn.
Russell Middleton
Co-Founder of Zumper
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About Zumper: Zumper is a software platform that connects people with real estate rental properties.
Taylor Glass-Moore
Co-Founder of Zumper
Taylor Glass-Moore is a Co-Founder of Zumper.
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About Zumper: Zumper is a software platform that connects people with real estate rental properties.
James Hobson
CEO & Founder of Attune
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About Attune: Attune is an insurance producer driven by technology and human insights focused on helping brokers and their clients thrive.
Matt Wilkinson
Founder & CEO of SameSide
Entrepreneur, Growth Exec, Crossover B2B/B2C. Now CEO @ SameSide
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About Esellas, SameSide: B2B Commerce Enablement Platform for Buyers
Mark Fleming
Co-Founder of Creator Nova
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About Creator Nova: Creator Nova is a B2B marketplace that turns complicated business operations into inspiring beauty brands
James Tong
Co-Founder of Creator Nova
James Tong is a Co-Founder at Creator Nova
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About Creator Nova: Creator Nova is a B2B marketplace that turns complicated business operations into inspiring beauty brands
Rob Bellenfant
CEO & Founder of TechnologyAdvice
Rob Bellenfant is a 28-year-old serial entrepreneur and investor specializing in IT, sales, marketing, and talent development. The Tennessee native has created dozens of businesses over the last twenty years, starting at age seven. He pursued his first technology-based venture at age 12 — a web design company that grew and pivoted into server management and outsourced IT work before he sold his shares at age 18. Rob graduated from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2009 with a degree in business administration, then returned to the Nashville area to continue creating and growing businesses. Today, he is the CEO of TechnologyAdvice, a Nashville, Tenn.-based Inc. 5000 company that is dedicated to educating, advising and connecting buyers and sellers of business technology. Through speaking, mentoring, and investing, Rob is active in a variety of local business organizations to promote and grow technology and entrepreneurship in the Nashville area. In his spare time, he is a devoted husband and father to three young children. He is also passionate about angel and real estate investing, traveling, and personal finance.
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About TechnologyAdvice: TechnologyAdvice is a B2B demand generation company which specializes in connecting buyers and sellers of business technology.
Mike Beares
Founder of Clutch
Michael Beares is the Founder at Clutch.
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About Clutch: Clutch operates as a ratings and reviews platform for IT, marketing, and business service providers.
Michael Petter
Director/Founder of Eyvo Procurement Software
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About Eyvo Procurement Software: Eyvo eProcurement is a software development company specializing in Enterprise grade SaaS procurement solutions with worldwide clients.
Rachel Obenshain
President, Co-Founder of Xeniapp Inc
Rachel Obenshain is an entrepreneur and investor. She has nearly 20 years of professional investing experience in public and private equity, with a focus on the Travel, Leisure, and Consumer Products sectors. She co-founded two hedge funds, including Lodge Hill Capital, which ultimately grew to $1 billion in assets under management. Obenshain has also held executive positions at leading investment firms including Alliance Bernstein (portfolio manager), Citadel (senior consumer analyst), Chilton Investment Corp (vice president), and GTCR Golder Rauner (associate). She earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wellesley College. She joined Xeniapp in 2019, initially as an advisor, and subsequently as a co-founder and executive team member, helping Xeniapp to design, develop and build its white label and payments businesses.
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About Xeniapp Inc: Operating System for Travel
Sachin Narode
CEO, Founder of Xeniapp Inc
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About Xeniapp Inc: Operating System for Travel
Damola Ogundipe
Co-Founder and CEO of Civic Eagle
Damola Ogundipe is the CEO and co-founder of Civic Eagle.
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About Civic Eagle: Civic Eagle develops a software that helps companies discover and analyze legislation and regulations with no manual work.
Shawntera Hardy
Co-Founder and CSO of Civic Eagle
Shawntera Hardy is a economic development and public policy professional with over 20 years of experience. She currently owns three small businesses: Civic Eagle (SAAS policy engagement company); PolicyGrounds (strategy consultancy); and Fearless Commerce (Publication and Platform focused on elevating Black women business owners). She is passionate about building strong communities.
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About Civic Eagle: Civic Eagle develops a software that helps companies discover and analyze legislation and regulations with no manual work.
Brent Jackson
CEO and Founder of Torpago
Brent Jackson is the CEO and founder of Torpago.
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About Torpago: Torpago is a financial technology company that provides corporate cards equipped with spend management software.
Sarah Arnold
Head of Customer Experience and Success, Head of People and Co-Founder of Donut
Sarah Arnold is the Head of Customer Experience and Success, Head of People, and co-founder at Donut. Prior to co-founding Donut, Sarah served as a general manager at Velocity Mobile Ltd. She also held positions at Cover and Bloomberg LP. Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from Georgetown University.
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About Donut: Donut helps people get to know their team and company better.
Kosta Popov
Founder & CEO of Cappasity
Kosta Popov, CEO and Founder, has 20+ years of experience and a successful track record as a software company CEO. Under Kosta’s lead, Cappasity has so far successfully raised $6.4M. Kosta is an expert in 3D technologies, SaaS solutions and mobile applications and was named one of the top innovators by Intel Software.
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About Cappasity: Cappasity is a cloud-based platform that lets online stores easily create and deliver 3D, VR and AR shopping experiences
Devaraj Southworth
Co-Founder and CEO of Thirstie
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About The Second Chance Foundation, Thirstie, Yureekah: E-commerce solutions for beverage alcohol brands.
Reed Switzer
Founder and CEO of Hopscotch
Reed Switzer is the Co-Founder and CEO at Hopscotch.
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About Hopscotch: Hopscotch is an Instant, fee-free payments for small businesses & solopreneurs.
Alexander Kesler
Founder & CEO of INFUSE Media
Alexander is a visionary B2B marketing leader with over 15 years of experience in building highly successful organizations. As a Founder and CEO of INFUSEmedia, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, he specializes in driving growth by focusing on solutions for B2B demand generation and omnichannel marketing, among others. Alexander is a graduate of Babson College with a degree in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and International Business.
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About FortifyIQ, Infotelligent, INFUSE Media, inSegment: INFUSE Media is aiming to bridge the flood of datasets, platforms, and marketing goals that advertisers.
Jessica Lin
Co-Founder & General Partner of Work-Bench
Jessica is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Work-Bench, where she focuses on investments in future of work and jobs. Prior to Work-Bench, Jessica was a Learning and Development Manager at Cisco Systems, where she worked with the Engineering organization on Agile transformation, innovation and culture. Jessica is actively involved with the education and workforce development community in New York City, as a longtime adult GED educator.
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About Work-Bench: Work-Bench is an enterprise technology venture capital investment firm.
Jonathan Lehr
Co-Founder & General Partner of Work-Bench
Jonathan is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Work-Bench, where he focuses on investments in areas including machine learning and AI, cloud-native infrastructure, and security. Jon founded the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup in January 2012 and organizes monthly meetups of the 9,000+ person group as a way to promote collaboration for the enterprise tech ecosystem in New York including entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 technologists, investors, and graduate students. Prior to Work-Bench, Jon worked at Morgan Stanley in the Office of the CIO in IT. There he partnered with internal technology clients to facilitate the selection and on-boarding of emerging technology startups.
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About Kauffman Fellows, NY Enterprise Technology Meetup, Work-Bench: Work-Bench is an enterprise technology venture capital investment firm.
Dilip Rao
Co-Founder & CEO of Sharebite
Dilip Rao is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Mohsin Memon
Co-Founder, President, & COO of Sharebite
Mohsin Memon is a Co-Founder, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Ahsen Saber
Co-Founder & VP, Business Operations & Customer Success of Sharebite
Ahsen Saber is a Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Operations and Customer Success at Sharebite.
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About Sharebite: Sharebite is a mission-driven foodtech & expense management platform built exclusively for companies.
Lily Ostapchuk
Co-Founder and CPO of Rentberry
Product strategy and creative direction at Rentberry.
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About Rentberry: Rentberry is a rental service platform that provides rental and price negotiation services to tenants and landlords.
Tommaso Trionfi
Co-Founder and CEO of Tocca
Tommaso co-founded Tocca in January 2018 and he is serving as its CEO. Before then Tommaso was the CEO of Monsoon Commerce, a holding company owned by PE firm Oak Hill Capital, between January 2014 and August 2017, when the last of the holding companies was successfully sold. Prior to joining Monsoon Commerce in January 2014, he had joined Merchantry along side investors Greycroftpartners and eVentures. Before then he was the Chief Executive Officer of Wimba from 2000 to 2009. He led the growth of the company from a Research Institute technology to the leading provider of Web-based SaaS collaboration software for the education market. At Wimba, Tommaso built a team of more than 140 people spanning three countries, and organized marketing, sales, business development, product management and finance into a structured organization before the company was sold to Blackboard (BBBB). Prior to Wimba, Tommaso led business development at Omniticket Network, worked as Chief Operating Officer of Southern Europe for Colorlux, a global engineering company, and served as Chief Operating Officer of Fontenay Industries, where he led operations and key acquisitions. Tommaso received his MBA from INSEAD, and master’s degree in Science and Technology with honors from the University of Grenoble. Tommaso is currently a member of the US council of INSEAD and a trustee of the INSEAD foundation.
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About Tocca: A virtual event solution focussed on demand generation for B2B companies that want to engage with prospects and customers.
