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Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays, experiences and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Whether it’s an everyday commute or a journey that changes everything, Lyft is driven by our purpose: to serve and connect. In 2012, Lyft was founded as one of the first ridesharing communities in the United States. Now, millions of drivers have chosen to earn on billions of rides. Lyft offers rideshare, bikes, and scooters all in one app — for a more connected world, with transportation for everyone.

Executive briefings of the news you need. Join the waitlist for product launch mid-2024: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF3zupwgUiJ90O2dy5IXdCb6ZaYT28w7JCgpcUMi5z912tvA/viewform Founder: Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOL’s Netscape and was responsible for the July 2006 relaunch of the iconic browser as a social bookmarking news site. Investors include: Sequoia Capital, CBS, Elon Musk, Matt Coffin, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus and Fred Wilson.

MicroVentures connects angel investors with startups. It is the first online, equity based crowdfunding platform to enable venture capital financing. MicroVentures provides founders access to early stage capital, and accredited investors opportunities to invest in private equity. It is also the first broker/dealer in the U.S. to help startups raise capital in exchange for equity.

Innovega delivers the world’s first full field of view display eyewear for AR, VR and Extended Reality. This first-of-its kind technology combines smart contact lenses with stylish, lightweight glasses to deliver unmatched style, comfort and performance. Built by vision scientists, engineers, and industry leaders, Innovega’s vision is to transform the $67 Billion AR / VR market and will focus initially on restoring independence and quality of life to patients who suffer from moderate to severe visual impairments, including the legally blind. Innovega’s patented technology is scalable to licensing and partnering in industries such as healthcare, public safety, defense, sports, education and gaming.

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Our Audience Cloud's open marketplace is a single point of entry for advertisers and publishers to reach, monetize, and connect their digital audiences. Our next generation cloud-based infrastructure enables efficient liquidity for the digital advertising markets and optimizes the advertising supply-chain. Giving advertisers and media partners the data-driven power to connect their audiences, increasing return on ad-spend and inventory yield. In a transparent programmatic environment with artificial intelligence powered pre-bid ad fraud prevention. Advertisers & Marketers, Reach Your Audience. On the most advanced programmatic advertising stack with unique direct media marketplace and tools to filter, identify, and connect campaigns to the right audience. Giving marketers the ability to stop buying placements and start reaching an audience of one at scale. Media & Publishers, Optimize Your Audience. We enable media partners to optimize their inventory yield to get the greatest value from their biggest asset. Their audience. Our platform + specialists optimize the supply chain and move from selling site inventory to maximizing the value of your audiences. Target Your Audience Move beyond cookies to device fingerprint targeting & tracking. Our anonymous audience data-driven approach matches the digital DNA of audiences to connect relevant audiences to campaigns. Increasing both budget and inventory yield. Ad Fraud Prevention. The industry's first AI-based fraud prevention system that monitors activity on advertising auctions at a speed of under 10 milliseconds. Faster than any traditional detection system. With pattern recognition and device scoring, that prevents even the most advanced bots from bidding on ads.

Dreamed up by an original “Shark” from Shark Tank, backed by some of the biggest players in the celebrity-entertainment world, and powered by the mobile juggernaut Sprint, StarShop’s mission is to create the first dynamic mobile shopping experience that entertains and immerses today’s pop-culture obsessed consumers through a curated mix of exclusive celebrity video content with shop-able features seamlessly linking on-trend brands and coveted products.

Ben Jen Holdings is a full service startup and small business consulting firm. We work with entrepreneurs in their seed, growth, and mature stages, to help them succeed.

1435 Capital Management is an industry agnostic venture capital firm focused on investing in Seed through Series B companies.

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays, experiences and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Whether it’s an everyday commute or a journey that changes everything, Lyft is driven by our purpose: to serve and connect. In 2012, Lyft was founded as one of the first ridesharing communities in the United States. Now, millions of drivers have chosen to earn on billions of rides. Lyft offers rideshare, bikes, and scooters all in one app — for a more connected world, with transportation for everyone.

Executive briefings of the news you need. Join the waitlist for product launch mid-2024: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF3zupwgUiJ90O2dy5IXdCb6ZaYT28w7JCgpcUMi5z912tvA/viewform Founder: Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOL’s Netscape and was responsible for the July 2006 relaunch of the iconic browser as a social bookmarking news site. Investors include: Sequoia Capital, CBS, Elon Musk, Matt Coffin, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus and Fred Wilson.

Founded in Boston, MA, Exeter Boston Partners is a burgeoning private equity investment firm that focuses primarily on end-user value and satisfaction in media and business services.