Benjamin Ling

Drivepoint offers the only strategic finance platform purpose-built for scaling consumer brands. Oats Overnight, Curology, immi, Graza, Simple Modern, Earth Breeze, Branch, Dose, and more rely on Drivepoint to make smarter, data-driven capital allocation decisions that accelerate growth and increase profitability. Through modern financial modeling, forecasting, and reporting technology, Drivepoint delivers world-class strategic finance at 1/6 the cost of an internal FP&A team.

Veho is a next-generation delivery platform, turning shipping from a cost center into a value driver. By combining purpose-built technology, customer experience obsession, and a scalable delivery network, Veho enables brands to offer an Amazon-level delivery experience that improves their bottom line. The industry-leading results speak for themselves: 99% on-time delivery, 4.9/5 customer satisfaction score, 71% fewer delivery-related refunds, and a 41% increase in customer lifetime value. Now one of Americas largest delivery platforms, Veho serves 150 million Americans across 66 markets–and growing. Learn why leading brands like Sephora, Lululemon, Revolve, and Macys trust Veho to drive a return on their shipping spend at shipveho.com. We’re a team of builders, creatives, adventurers, and go-getters on a mission to revolutionize the world of package delivery by creating exceptional experiences for customers and drivers. Come join us!

Elemy is a B2B2C platform for pediatric behavioral care, including pediatric autism. Elemy leverages technology to deliver a better experience to families, providers, and healthcare payors. Since launching in April 2020, Elemy has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in the United States, scaling from 8 to over 800 employees in about 1.5 years. The company is backed by leading investors in digital health, including General Catalyst, Founders Fund, SignalFire, e.ventures, 8VC, Felicis Ventures, and Bling Capital.

Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. Working directly with the Department of Defense, Hermeus delivers capabilities that will ensure that our nation, and our allies, maintain an asymmetric advantage over any and all potential adversaries. Utilizing an integrated, hardware-rich, iterative development approach to aircraft design and build, Hermeus aims to deliver advanced air power at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s. Hermeus’ current Quarterhorse Program is actively unlocking unmanned high-speed flight. One program, four aircraft – each purpose-built to unlock a specific technical challenge, advance learnings, and incrementally de-risk critical technology in the pursuit of hypersonic aircraft. America needs fast planes fast – and Hermeus is delivering them.

Vise is a technology-powered asset manager that helps financial advisors build, manage, and explain personalized portfolios at scale. Vise’s mission is to enable financial advisors to deliver better investment outcomes to their clients while scaling to their maximum potential. The company is leading the industry-wide shift toward Wealth 3.0—the next step beyond mutual funds, ETFs, and index funds into personalized, automated portfolios. Backed by investors like Sequoia, and Founders Fund, Vise has raised nearly $130 million since its founding in 2016. The company has over 45 employees based across the U.S. with headquarters in New York.

Printify is the technology platform that makes it possible for anyone anywhere to sell customized merchandise without the hassle and risks of having to hold inventory, negotiate contracts, or fulfill orders around the world. Because Printify works on an on-demand basis, sellers are not charged until an order is made, meaning anyone can become an overnight entrepreneur and start selling with minimal risk. So far, more than 4 million people have signed up to build businesses by putting their designs on the 700+ customizable, high-quality products in the Printify catalog. This has generated tens of millions of orders that are fulfilled by the 75+ world-leading print houses in Printify’s trusted global network. With offices in Riga and Tallinn, and a team of over 650 people spread around the globe, Printify is a customer-obsessed company helping to create new revenue streams for millions of people. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to build their own businesses, independently. We created Printify to break down the needlessly complex print and merch industry so that creative minds, time-strapped entrepreneurs and everyone in between can do what they do best: create great products, drive sales, and run their own business. Our print-on-demand platform has been on a steep growth curve, more than doubling our employee count during 2020 due to high demand. Financial Times ranked Printify as the 15th fastest-growing technology company in the USA in 2020. Printify is headquartered in Riga with 600 employees and counting, backed by leading angel investors from Silicon Valley and Europe.

Ostro was founded to help millions of people live healthier lives by creating personalized healthcare journeys that drive next-best actions for consumers and HCPs, and create value for life sciences brands. The Ostro ecosystem of products includes Ostro Tailor, which uses AI/ML to frictionlessly provide PRC-approved content right to HCPs’ fingertips, Ostro Navigate, which offers consumers and HCPs a personalized experience to help answer their questions and guide them in their healthcare journey, and Ostro Attribute, which uses detailed analytics to connect online and offline activity to increase the impact of digital spend.

Merlin is the aviation technology company propelling the future of fully autonomous flight.

Rippling is a workforce management system that eliminates the friction from running a business. Today, most companies struggle with everything from routine tasks, like running payroll, to cross-functional planning, like aligning on headcount. That’s because all their data related to people, processes, and systems is scattered in a hundred places. Rippling has every application you need to run your business—from applicant tracking and payroll to IT and expenses—in one place. But unlike other systems, Rippling sits on top of a unified platform. Data flows dynamically between Rippling’s applications, giving every team a shared source of truth, the power to automate processes, and access to the insights they need. This allows your business to execute better, faster. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. Get help: rippling.com/contact Licensing details: https://app.rippling.com/licensing

Tempo’s mission is to give everyone the power to realize their strength and lead a healthy, full life. Using 3D sensors and A.I., Tempo enables real-time feedback to expertly correct your form, provide personalized feedback that can track your movements, and use that data to give you a richer and more effective workout in live and on-demand classes.

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/.

Acquired by Grubhub in November 2018, Tapingo empowers its users to #StopWaiting. Order with a tap & pick it up...or get it delivered straight to your mouth (almost). Were helping busy people get what they need—where they need it and when they need it. We believe mobile technology can eliminate all the wasted time and stress so that you can spend your time on the things that matter. Like socializing with friends, focusing on important projects, or making conversation with a barista. Tapingos native mobile apps combine a rich, intuitive browsing platform with local merchant partnerships. This lets you buy things around you instantly and hassle-free. The product learns your preferences and eliminates stress and wasted time. Tapingo offers merchant partners simple infrastructure for order processing. It helps merchants gain new customers, grow loyalty and usage among existing customers, and cut costs.

We're Smartfrog&Canary, an international IoT tech company focused on making everyday objects and places more intelligent and connected by enabling our users to access them from anywhere at any time. We want the latest technologies to be affordable and user-friendly so that our everyday lives become more comfortable, efficient and secure. With a global footprint and users in over 180 countries, multiple subscription products and an innovative product pipeline, we are a clear category leader in the consumer SaaS IoT space. We are disrupting the consumer markets starting with the traditional security and building tech segments by offering cutting-edge, AI driven technology, and easy-to-use, affordable DIY subscription services.

Academia.edu has built and is expanding the premier distribution and peer review platform for academic research. Guided by our mission to democratize and accelerate the world’s research, Academia aims to make every academic paper ever published available for free online and accessible by anyone in the world. This is just the start of our long-term vision and we are growing fast! Academia’s platform has registered more than 210 million users (still growing at 2M monthly), and has many millions of unique visitors every month, including over 30M logged-in monthly active users (MAU). We have over 300,000 paying premium subscribers, which has contributed to us being profitable YOY the last five years in a row. Academia has attracted $62 million in investment from leading VC firms including Khosla Ventures, True Ventures, Spark Capital, and Tencent. Our work has garnered favorable attention from trade and mainstream media including UK Times, Fortune, Wired, EdTech, Venture Beat, San Francisco Business Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Scientific American, and Forbes. Our Remote Work Policy * You can work 100% remotely from anywhere in the US or Canada if you are legally living and working in the USA or a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident Academia is a proud equal-opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. *NOTE: LinkedIn is incorrect. As of January 2023, we are only ~72 employees and ~38 Engineers.

Wattpad. Where Stories Live. Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. A leading social storytelling platform and home to a community of more than 94 million people who spend over 23 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories, Wattpad has democratized storytelling for a new generation of diverse Gen Z writers and their fans. Alongside Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, the company’s TV, film, and publishing counterparts, Wattpad combines art and science to unearth incredible stories and cultivate the fandoms driving the future of entertainment. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at: company.wattpad.com

Drivepoint offers the only strategic finance platform purpose-built for scaling consumer brands. Oats Overnight, Curology, immi, Graza, Simple Modern, Earth Breeze, Branch, Dose, and more rely on Drivepoint to make smarter, data-driven capital allocation decisions that accelerate growth and increase profitability. Through modern financial modeling, forecasting, and reporting technology, Drivepoint delivers world-class strategic finance at 1/6 the cost of an internal FP&A team.

Veho is a next-generation delivery platform, turning shipping from a cost center into a value driver. By combining purpose-built technology, customer experience obsession, and a scalable delivery network, Veho enables brands to offer an Amazon-level delivery experience that improves their bottom line. The industry-leading results speak for themselves: 99% on-time delivery, 4.9/5 customer satisfaction score, 71% fewer delivery-related refunds, and a 41% increase in customer lifetime value. Now one of Americas largest delivery platforms, Veho serves 150 million Americans across 66 markets–and growing. Learn why leading brands like Sephora, Lululemon, Revolve, and Macys trust Veho to drive a return on their shipping spend at shipveho.com. We’re a team of builders, creatives, adventurers, and go-getters on a mission to revolutionize the world of package delivery by creating exceptional experiences for customers and drivers. Come join us!

Elemy is a B2B2C platform for pediatric behavioral care, including pediatric autism. Elemy leverages technology to deliver a better experience to families, providers, and healthcare payors. Since launching in April 2020, Elemy has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in the United States, scaling from 8 to over 800 employees in about 1.5 years. The company is backed by leading investors in digital health, including General Catalyst, Founders Fund, SignalFire, e.ventures, 8VC, Felicis Ventures, and Bling Capital.

Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. Working directly with the Department of Defense, Hermeus delivers capabilities that will ensure that our nation, and our allies, maintain an asymmetric advantage over any and all potential adversaries. Utilizing an integrated, hardware-rich, iterative development approach to aircraft design and build, Hermeus aims to deliver advanced air power at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s. Hermeus’ current Quarterhorse Program is actively unlocking unmanned high-speed flight. One program, four aircraft – each purpose-built to unlock a specific technical challenge, advance learnings, and incrementally de-risk critical technology in the pursuit of hypersonic aircraft. America needs fast planes fast – and Hermeus is delivering them.

Vise is a technology-powered asset manager that helps financial advisors build, manage, and explain personalized portfolios at scale. Vise’s mission is to enable financial advisors to deliver better investment outcomes to their clients while scaling to their maximum potential. The company is leading the industry-wide shift toward Wealth 3.0—the next step beyond mutual funds, ETFs, and index funds into personalized, automated portfolios. Backed by investors like Sequoia, and Founders Fund, Vise has raised nearly $130 million since its founding in 2016. The company has over 45 employees based across the U.S. with headquarters in New York.