Benjamin Malka

First Connect helps connect independent agents with today’s “best-in-class” Insurtech providers and other tech-focused carriers. Think of us as the bridge between America’s local insurance experts and the wave of change sweeping the insurance industry. We bring an entirely new way of thinking about insurance to the marketplace. Insurtech brings four major advantages to the market: Increased connectivity and speed. Targeted product concepts. Full automation. Data-driven decision making and insights. Insurtechs are active in all major insurance products and business lines, with a concentration in providing access to the P&C business. In fact, investments skyrocketed to well over $2 billion in 2017 in the United States. At First Connect, we vet and provide our producers with the “cream-of-the-crop” in Insurtech carriers and markets. We will continue to add new partners on a regular basis to help independent agents take full advantage of this new way of doing business. Some of our exceptional Insurtech carrier partners are: Hippo Insurance Neptune Flood Clearcover Auto Motion Auto Mile Auto RLI Next Insurance Pie Insurance Attune Bankers Insurance Ethos Thimble Let us help connect you to a better tomorrow! Reach out today! http://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/

With a mission to protect people, we’re devoted to ours. We’re looking for people-first innovators to help us build the world’s most intelligent insurance platform.

Circon began operating in Egypt in 2015. After years in the cable laying industry, we realized it was near impossible that the Egyptian market would strive under its previous "old school"​ conditions. Tradintional methods used by developers and contractors were simply too complicated, time consuming and expensive to manage. We established Circon with the customers interest in mind. We wanted to offer a platform that best serves the electric power and construction industries. Our companys most noted contributions can be found in the Oil & Gas and Petroleum industry that includes gas, oil and petrochemicals refineries. Along side this industry, we take part in massive construction projects across Egypt and Africa in General. Today, we became the executive distributors for  Omac Itlay in Egypt. Moreover, we became one the key players in the contracting and supplying market.Were proud to empower individuals, corporates, and governmental entities to reach their full capacity by supplying them with heavy equipment, accessories, and cables that lasts a life time. What our customers truly deserves.

Radius is the premier tech-driven brokerage firm for real estate professionals eager to grow their brands and profits. From networking opportunities, branding/marketing resources, to white-glove services for buyers and sellers, Radius empowers real estate professionals to grow their businesses while saving them time and money. Founded in 2015, Radius is backed by the founders of Trulia, Zillow and Roofstock. Visit https://www.radiusagent.com/ to learn more.

Welcome to Intelligent Wealth. Farther is the Intelligent Wealth Platform, natively built to unlock greater wealth throughout your financial life. Named the #1 fastest growing financial services firm in the nation by Inc 5000 in 2025, Farther has surpassed $23b in recruited assets across 200+ wealth managers and 19,000+ clients.

Stride enables independent workers to reap the benefits of their independence. Stride simplifies the challenges of being self-employed by helping workers handle the complexities of insurance, finances, and taxes — in one convenient platform. Stride has helped over 3.7 million workers save an estimated $5.4 billion on their taxes and monthly health insurance premiums. Stride also supports over 100 leading enterprises including contract workforces, employers, health plans, and agents in delivering access to health benefits and financial planning tools to their workers and customers. Companies like Uber, Amazon, DoorDash, and Instacart partner with Stride to provide their gig economy workforces access to Strides benefits platform. The company is backed by $96 million in capital from Venrock, New Enterprise Associates, Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital Partners, Mastercard, Allstate and King River.

AvantStay is the largest and highest-rated luxury vacation rental management company in the United States. AvantStay delivers a highly-curated experience customized to guests’ needs, using a proprietary tech suite to power bookings, seamlessly operationalize in-field and remote management, and activate authentic and elevated consumer touch points. Weve been recognized by industry leaders and press with awards such as: • Forbes Best Vacation Rentals of 2026 • Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies 4 years in a row! • Inc 5000 2021: #332 Overall • a16z Marketplace 100: #57 Overall, #6 in Travel • 2024 Skift Short-Term Rental Awards: Finalist for Best Luxury Vacation Rental and Best Booking Platform • Skifts Short-Term Rental 250: #5 Vacation Home Manager • Top 1% Market Leader in Vacation Rental Management by Comparent • International Hospitality Institutes 100 Most Influential People in Global Hospitality and Travel for 2023: Sean Breuner & Reuben Doetsch • Built in LA Best Places to Work 2022: #59 Midsized Companies • Best Startup US: 101 Top CEOs in Hospitality

Snapsheet makes claims simple for everyone. Through our pioneering expertise in virtual estimating and leading cloud-native claims management software, we are transforming the end-to-end claims process – delivering faster, modern claims experiences.

Vestwell is the modern fintech engine powering savings and investment programs for small businesses and individual savers across the country. We’re helping to close the savings gap by offering a flexible, cost-effective, modern solution to save for the critical aspects of life - retirement, education, and healthcare. Vestwell currently powers nearly 25,000 small businesses, over a million savers, and $27 billion in assets in all 50 states. To learn more visit vestwell.com. Vestwell Advisors LLC is a subsidiary of Vestwell Holdings, Inc. Vestwell Advisors LLC is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can provide investment management services for qualified retirement plans using the Vestwell platform. For more information about Vestwell, Vestwell Advisors, and our other services, learn more at www.vestwell.com.

Toast empowers restaurants of all sizes to build great teams, increase revenue, improve operations, and delight guests. We pair our deep understanding of the restaurant industry with powerful cloud based software and restaurant-grade hardware to deliver an intuitive, all-in-one platform, across point of sale, guest marketing, digital ordering & delivery, and payroll & HR We are Toasters! Think you could be one too? https://careers.toasttab.com/

MX Technologies, Inc. is a leader in actionable intelligence, enabling financial providers and consumers to do more with financial data. MX provides end-to-end solutions for financial institutions and fintechs to connect to, understand, and act on customers’ financial data.

We’re Plastiq, Powered by Priority. We’ve helped tens of thousands of businesses improve cash flow with instant access to working capital, while automating and enabling control over all aspects of accounts payable and receivable. We are now powered by Priority Technology Holdings, the 4th largest non bank payments business in the US successfully serving over 800 thousand customers on their payments and banking unified commerce platform. Our mission is to help growing businesses. Our flagship product, Plastiq Pay, pioneered a way for businesses to pay suppliers by credit card regardless of acceptance. Today, with the high cost of capital, paying suppliers with our flexible and inexpensive tools gives your business an even greater competitive edge. Scale your business by accelerating the cash conversion cycle by visiting us at https://www.plastiq.com/.

CashStar is a leading provider of end-to-end first party solutions and services for gift card commerce, supporting multiple touchpoints across the customer lifecycle. Its award-winning platform, CashStar Commerce, is a flexible and market-proven solution that enables merchants to directly market, sell and distribute digital and plastic gift cards across channels and devices. With security, scalability and reliability integral to its foundation, CashStar clients can focus more on creating great customer experiences, growing gift card revenue and driving omni-channel engagement. CashStar Velocity Services allow merchants to grow their gift card programs with minimal resource investment. CashStar clients include top brands like SEPHORA, Starbucks, The Home Depot, Uber and Walmart. CashStar is a Blackhawk Network Business. Based in Portland, Maine, CashStar's team brings deep technology, retail and payments experience from market leading companies such as American Express, Blackhawk Network, Cartera Commerce, Chase, First Data Corp, GM, IDEXX, Intuit, Maritz, PayPal, and WEX. To learn more about how CashStar is constantly innovating the way businesses leverage gift card ecommerce solutions, please visit cashstar.com, follow us @CashStar or email info@cashstar.com.

FSV Payment Systems, Inc. is one of the nation's largest payroll card and general purpose reloadable card providers, delivering end-to-end program management and state-of-the-art scalable prepaid processing solutions. Our leading edge technology and industry expertise provides employers, issuers, and program managers with quick program implementation and increased operational efficiencies. These attributes translate into an ability to meet each client’s specific needs and deliver direct measurable benefits.

First Connect helps connect independent agents with today’s “best-in-class” Insurtech providers and other tech-focused carriers. Think of us as the bridge between America’s local insurance experts and the wave of change sweeping the insurance industry. We bring an entirely new way of thinking about insurance to the marketplace. Insurtech brings four major advantages to the market: Increased connectivity and speed. Targeted product concepts. Full automation. Data-driven decision making and insights. Insurtechs are active in all major insurance products and business lines, with a concentration in providing access to the P&C business. In fact, investments skyrocketed to well over $2 billion in 2017 in the United States. At First Connect, we vet and provide our producers with the “cream-of-the-crop” in Insurtech carriers and markets. We will continue to add new partners on a regular basis to help independent agents take full advantage of this new way of doing business. Some of our exceptional Insurtech carrier partners are: Hippo Insurance Neptune Flood Clearcover Auto Motion Auto Mile Auto RLI Next Insurance Pie Insurance Attune Bankers Insurance Ethos Thimble Let us help connect you to a better tomorrow! Reach out today! http://www.firstconnectinsurance.com/

With a mission to protect people, we’re devoted to ours. We’re looking for people-first innovators to help us build the world’s most intelligent insurance platform.

Circon began operating in Egypt in 2015. After years in the cable laying industry, we realized it was near impossible that the Egyptian market would strive under its previous "old school"​ conditions. Tradintional methods used by developers and contractors were simply too complicated, time consuming and expensive to manage. We established Circon with the customers interest in mind. We wanted to offer a platform that best serves the electric power and construction industries. Our companys most noted contributions can be found in the Oil & Gas and Petroleum industry that includes gas, oil and petrochemicals refineries. Along side this industry, we take part in massive construction projects across Egypt and Africa in General. Today, we became the executive distributors for  Omac Itlay in Egypt. Moreover, we became one the key players in the contracting and supplying market.Were proud to empower individuals, corporates, and governmental entities to reach their full capacity by supplying them with heavy equipment, accessories, and cables that lasts a life time. What our customers truly deserves.

Radius is the premier tech-driven brokerage firm for real estate professionals eager to grow their brands and profits. From networking opportunities, branding/marketing resources, to white-glove services for buyers and sellers, Radius empowers real estate professionals to grow their businesses while saving them time and money. Founded in 2015, Radius is backed by the founders of Trulia, Zillow and Roofstock. Visit https://www.radiusagent.com/ to learn more.

Welcome to Intelligent Wealth. Farther is the Intelligent Wealth Platform, natively built to unlock greater wealth throughout your financial life. Named the #1 fastest growing financial services firm in the nation by Inc 5000 in 2025, Farther has surpassed $23b in recruited assets across 200+ wealth managers and 19,000+ clients.