BOB SODERSTROM Co-Founder & CEO of ChangeUp, a company that helps brands integrate donations into the customer experience in ways that are simple and impactful. What Is ChangeUp? Tell Us About What You Do And What Your Overall Mission Is. ChangeUp is a donation software company based in Los Angeles. Our mission to make every single transaction, purchase and card swipe a micro-action for good. What Is Your Background? What Led You To Starting Your Own Company, And How Did You End Up In This Space. I have a finance degree from Indiana University and a law degree from the University of Wi ..read more

CALEB AVERY Founder & CEO of Tilled, a PayFac-as-a-Service platform that allows B2B ISVs to monetize payments that pass through their platforms. What Is Tilled? Tell Us About Payfac-As-A-Service And Your Overall Mission. Tilled empowers ISVs to monetize the payments flowing through their platforms with our PayFac-as-a-Service offering. Tilled was the first to offer PayFac-as-a-Service, turning what used to be a line-item cost into a revenue stream. With Tilled, software companies are no longer forced to rely on Stripe, Square, or Braintree for quick processing solutions, or spend the mon ..read more

JADEN BRODEUR Co-Founder of Luma, a company that integrates UV-C light technology to self-clean and eradicate 99.99% of bacteria from your drinking water. What Is Luma? Tell Us About Your Product, Brand, And Overall Mission. Luma is a hydration company that’s reinventing the outdated reusable water bottle industry. Luma 1.0, our first product, is a reusable water bottle that integrates UV-C technology to eradicate 99.99% of bacteria from your drinking water. We’re currently developing a carbon filtration component to additionally treat water for non-bacterial contaminants left unaffected by ..read more

ANURAG GUPTA Co-Founder of Calyptia, a company that makes it easy for users to get the most value out of their observability and security data. What Is Calyptia? Tell Us About The Company And Overall Mission. Calyptia is the company behind two open-source projects: FluentBit and Fluentd. These projects make it easy for users to get the most value out of their observability and security data. At the same time, they help users enrich, redact, reduce and process all of their data streams. What Is Your Background? What Led You To Starting Your Own Company, And How Did You End Up In This Space ..read more

CHRISTY FLETCHER Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Authoritive, a company that builds customized learning experiences over messaging technology for experts and creators. What Is Authoritive? Tell Us About What You Do And How It Works. Authoritive is a technology platform that allows content creators, coaches and experts of all kinds to deliver paid programs via messaging (SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, MSTeams et al). Right now, we’re collaborating on the content development and building each program, and supporting the creators in marketing and sales, so we’re selective about who we’re working with, but b ..read more

MONISH SABNANI Co-Founder of Courant, a company that creates beautiful tech accessories that seamlessly integrate into your home and surrounding life. What Is Courant? Tell Us All About Your Brand, Mission, And Product Selection. Courant is a design-forward electronics brand with a focus on wireless charging. We create beautiful phone charging accessories that seamlessly integrate into your home and surrounding life. Each product form is designed to be effortless in use and aesthetically pleasing. We launched in 2018 and have 3 core product forms: CATCH:1, a single-device charger; CATCH:2 ..read more

PETER MARLER Co-Founder & CEO of Robin Golf, a company that makes buying premium golf clubs easier and more approachable so that more people can start swinging. What Is Robin Golf? Tell Us About Your Brand, Your Mission, And What Makes Your Products Unique. We're a family business (female & LGBT founded) that's passionate about bringing accessibility and diversity to golf.  We make the highest quality sets of clubs on the market for new and casual players  - women, men, and juniors.  Very simple purchase process, no jargon, no confusion.  What Is Your Background ..read more

MICHAEL KOPKO Co-Founder & CEO of Pearl Health, a company enabling primary care practices to thrive by compensating providers for improving their patients’ health. What Is Pearl Health? Tell Us About Your Company, How It Works, And What You Do Differently. Pearl Health is fixing healthcare by enabling primary care doctors to transform their work with value-based care, starting with Medicare’s Direct Contracting program. To do this, we’re building the most trusted platform for enabling primary care providers to bear and capture value from risk while delivering life-improving care to their ..read more

JOE PARENTEAU Co-Founder & CEO of Fable, a lifestyle brand designing and delivering products that transform how you eat at home—starting with better tableware. What Is Fable? Tell Us About Your Products, Mission, And How Fable Differentiates Itself From The Other Brands In The Same Category. At Fable, we create timeless everyday pieces that inspire and elevate the experience of dining at home. Motivated by a common vision to create products that are as enjoyable as they are ethical, we started with ceramics that are sustainably crafted in Portugal, and have since expanded to flatware, gl ..read more

BRAEDEN MCCARTHY Co-Founder of Soone, a connection app focused on getting people out from behind their phones and interacting in real life. What Is Soone? Tell Us About The App And How It Works. Soone is the first connection app that is heavily focused on getting people out from behind their phones and interacting in real life right away. We connect people in close proximity who are ready to meet when they log onto the app. When you send someone a connection request, users have 30 minutes to accept it, and a temporary chat window pops up to set a location to meet, meaning you can go from bei ..read more