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Founder Spotlights
Founders Everywhere: Renee Fry

Founder Spotlights
Sharpei provides infrastructure for brands to implement circular economy models, enabling second-hand selling, rentals, subscriptions, and try-before-you-buy options. Their platform helps businesses boost revenue by transforming unsold inventory into new revenue streams and enhancing customer retention through flexible product access.
SideQuestVR is a platform that enables developers to distribute early access and experimental VR content, including games and apps, to users outside traditional app stores, offering a wider range of experiences for VR enthusiasts.
SmartHop is a booking and fleet management platform that helps trucking carriers and independent dispatchers optimize load selection, automate routine tasks, and streamline communication, enabling them to maximize profits, reduce downtime, and cut overhead costs.
Smile ID provides real-time digital identity verification, fraud detection, and KYC compliance solutions, enabling businesses to securely confirm user identities using facial recognition and other verification methods across Africa.
Sourcemap provides a comprehensive platform for mapping, monitoring, and verifying supply chains from raw materials to finished products. It helps companies ensure compliance with global regulations, track sustainability metrics, and assess risks across their extended supplier networks.
Spade provides a universal transaction enrichment API that enhances financial transaction data by categorizing and standardizing it, enabling businesses to gain deeper insights and improve user experiences.
Starboard provides AI-powered SaaS tools that automate and optimize freight forwarding operations, enabling companies to streamline quoting, shipment processing, and invoice reconciliation while enhancing productivity and competitiveness.
Star Cloud (FKA Lumen Orbit) is developing orbital data centers that leverage 24/7 solar energy and passive cooling to support hyperscale AI training clusters in space, offering scalable, energy-efficient solutions for data processing and AI workloads.
Stitch provides an API platform that enables businesses to build secure, user-friendly financial products by offering seamless access to financial data, payments, and identity verification tools, reducing costs and mitigating fraud.
Stockpress provides a centralized digital asset management platform that enables teams and external partners to securely organize, collaborate on, and share media files, streamlining workflows for organizations of any size.
Stratagen Bio is a pioneering company in the medical imaging industry, focused on transforming existing MRI scanners into quantitative, objective, and biological measurement platforms, starting with prostate cancer. The company leverages AI and machine learning to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of MRI scans, making them viable tools for preventative medicine
Sugarwork is an AI-powered platform that helps enterprises capture, document, and operationalize institutional knowledge, enabling efficient onboarding, scaling of processes, and retention of critical expertise within the organization.
Suite Studios provides a cloud-based media management platform that enables post-production teams to centralize, share, and collaborate on media files in real-time, streamlining workflows and eliminating the need for physical storage solutions. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing workflows, allowing teams to focus on creative tasks while improving efficiency and delivery speed.
Sunset handles all the legal, tax, and operational burdens when winding-down a business to avoid penalties and reduce liabilities.
Sway is a logistics platform that simplifies the return process for e-commerce businesses by offering an easy-to-use solution for managing and automating product returns.
Switchboard is a supply chain integration platform that automates data exchange and transaction processes between trading partners through seamless EDI and API integrations. It simplifies onboarding, order processing, inventory management, and logistics operations, reducing manual intervention and operational costs.
Syntracts revolutionizes legal knowledge management by transforming contracts into actionable intelligence, offering swift, secure, and precise insights for legal professionals.
Tabflows develops and provides an AI copilot platform that automates and coordinates administrative tasks across multiple healthcare software systems, enabling healthcare teams to significantly reduce manual workload and streamline operations from a single interface. The solution centralizes task management, integrates with existing healthcare tools, and delivers rapid onboarding to help users save time and improve efficiency.
Tana is a flexible, next-generation workspace platform that enables users to organize, manage, and connect their knowledge and tasks in a dynamic, networked structure, optimizing workflows and enhancing productivity.
Tangible Markets provides on-demand liquidity solutions for private equity investors by facilitating access to the secondary market through a proprietary platform, enabling limited partners, wealth managers, and general partners to efficiently sell or manage private equity positions.
Tetsuwan is mass manufacturing scientific labor by building autonomous scientific agents for high sophistication tasks that are capable of reasoning, reacting to data, making decisions and automating lab experiments.
The Electric Plant Company is leveraging the intelligence of the plants by translating its electrical signals into actionable insights, aiming to transform plant and tree care today and accelerate a techno-biophilic future by unlocking this vast, untapped data stream. 
ThreeV is developing an Inspection Insight Automation Platform to revolutionize asset-heavy sectors like Power & Utilities, Renewables, Public Infrastructure, and Aviation.
Time to Hire is an AI-powered recruiting platform that efficiently connects employers with pre-vetted white-collar talent, initially focusing on sales roles. The platform uses advanced AI-driven interviews and data-driven matching to significantly reduce the time and friction of traditional hiring processes, delivering a faster and more seamless experience for both employers and candidates.
Torigen provides personalized cancer immunotherapy for pets by creating vaccines from the animal's own tumor cells. This autologous treatment leverages the pet's immune system to target and destroy cancer cells, offering a less invasive alternative to traditional therapies like chemotherapy.
Tough Day is an AI-driven platform that provides employees with personalized, real-time guidance to navigate workplace challenges, leveraging company-specific HR policies and expert content to deliver tailored support for complex situations.
Trace 3D provides intuitive tools for creating, publishing, and monetizing augmented reality (AR) experiences, allowing users to effortlessly produce immersive 3D content and AR recordings for applications such as retail, exhibitions, and training.
TransFi is a global payment platform that enables businesses to send and receive cross-border payments in multiple currencies, offering low-cost, real-time transactions and digital asset services.
TransCrypts is a blockchain-powered platform that automates the management and verification of digital documents, including employment and income verification. It provides secure, decentralized storage solutions, giving individuals control over their personal data while streamlining HR processes for enterprises.
Trebellar is a unified data platform designed to streamline facility management and workplace operations by integrating fragmented sensors, systems, and data sources. It offers customizable dashboards, predictive insights, and automated workflows to help organizations optimize real estate performance, improve operational efficiency, and enhance employee experiences.
Turian is a real-time collaborative platform that enables teams to build and customize internal tools through a no-code interface, allowing for seamless collaboration and fast iteration on workflows.
Twice Commerce is a circular commerce platform that enables businesses to maximize the value of their inventory through rentals, subscriptions, resales, and trade-ins. It provides tools for real-time inventory tracking, multi-channel sales integration, and streamlined operations to help companies boost revenue while supporting sustainable business practices.
Umba is a digital bank offering free bank accounts, low-cost payments, bill pay, loans, and cashback through a mobile app. It provides users in emerging markets with an accessible and transparent financial ecosystem, enabling them to manage their finances entirely from their phones
UserGems is an AI-powered sales intelligence platform that helps teams identify and prioritize high-converting leads by tracking job changes, buyer intent, and other key signals. The platform automates outreach workflows and integrates with existing tech stacks to increase pipeline generation and improve sales efficiency.
VAMA is a virtual platform offering live-streamed astrology consultations and digital puja services, allowing users to participate in religious rituals and receive spiritual guidance from anywhere. The platform connects devotees with renowned temples and experienced astrologers, providing e-pujas, e-darshans, personalized astrology readings, and prasad delivery directly to their homes.
VOW is a platform that enhances private events by streamlining guest management, offering tools for invitations, RSVPs, and personalized experiences to ensure seamless event execution.
Vahan uses AI-powered technology to connect job seekers with employers directly through WhatsApp, streamlining the recruitment process with automated matching and communication.
Valence provides team diagnostic tools, structured feedback systems, and guided team development journeys to help organizations build stronger, more cohesive teams through growth-based coaching and conversations.
VetraFi is a modern banking platform tailored for US military service members, offering high-yield savings, secured credit with rewards, and fee-free global transactions.
Vincent is a search and discovery engine for alternative asset investing, providing investors with access to a wide range of opportunities and research across private markets.
Vitalize Care offers a comprehensive platform for health systems that utilizes predictive scheduling and AI to optimize staffing in response to real-time patient demand and acuity. The solution automates scheduling tasks, reduces labor costs, and enhances nurse retention by providing flexible and transparent scheduling options.
Viva is a real estate platform that helps renters build loyalty and earn emergency cash through rewards programs, while providing tools to improve profitability for landlords.
Vivvi provides flexible, high-quality child care and early education with research-based curricula, designed to support working parents. Its services include full-day programs, rolling admissions, and a network of backup care solutions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Vouch Insurance provides tailored business insurance solutions for startups and tech companies, offering exclusive coverages and a seamless digital experience. By leveraging modern software and deep industry expertise, it delivers comprehensive protection directly to clients, bypassing traditional intermediaries.
WATS provides a digital platform that helps businesses manage and reduce waste by centralizing waste stream data, automating carbon footprint reporting, and delivering actionable steps for waste reduction. It simplifies compliance, ESG reporting, and connects businesses with vendors to maximize landfill diversion and improve sustainability efforts.
Wagmo offers comprehensive pet wellness plans and insurance coverage. Their wellness plans reimburse routine care expenses like annual checkups, grooming, and telemedicine, while their insurance covers unexpected costs from accidents, illnesses, and injuries, with fast and transparent reimbursement processes.
Wellthi is a fintech platform that enables financial institutions to embed social and community-driven features into their mobile banking apps, helping users achieve savings goals, access personalized financial advice, and engage with affinity groups. Its virtual advisor technology fosters customer retention and growth by leveraging gamified savings tools and social networking to drive low-cost deposits and enhance financial literacy.
Wurthy is a fintech platform that enables businesses to offer customizable payment solutions, including flexible installment options and full payments, while reducing processing fees and increasing revenue.
Yumari is globalizing Latam's B2B wholesale trade by streamlining the entire logistics process from the supplier warehouse to the buyer destination, saving customers up to 40%.
Zelt is an all-in-one platform that simplifies HR, payroll, and IT management by consolidating key employee operations into a single system. It allows businesses to manage payroll, benefits, devices, apps, and onboarding processes seamlessly, automating tasks to save time and improve data security.
StayTuned Digital provides a suite of apps designed to optimize and enhance ecommerce stores, helping merchants improve performance, increase sales, and streamline operations across multiple platforms.
Zivy is a unified messaging platform designed to streamline communication and collaboration for remote teams, offering integrated tools for managing tasks, projects, and team interactions in one place.
Zyphe provides decentralized identity verification solutions, focusing on KYC and KYB processes to enhance user privacy and control over personal data. Their platform leverages advanced algorithms and decentralized storage to protect user information, offering seamless integration for businesses across various sectors
studyOS is a clinical trial management platform that consolidates data from multiple sources, automates reporting, and provides real-time insights to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency for biotech teams. Its AI-powered tools streamline risk monitoring, compliance, and data integrity, enabling faster issue detection and improved trial outcomes.