B.J. Naedele

Aress Financial Services (“Aress”) is a next-generation credit card servicing platform redefining how co-brand programs are launched, managed, and scaled. Our Loyalty-as-a-service model empowers partners to bring personalized, data-driven credit programs to market with greater agility, lower costs, and stronger customer alignment. Integrated analytics and real-time insights optimize risk, marketing, and performance across the entire portfolio. Whether you’re an established issuer or an emerging brand, Aress helps transform co-brand credit card programs into growth engines – expanding customer access, deepening loyalty, and building programs that perform.

NextUp Ventures works with startups and emerging brands within sports betting, esports, and sports technology to provide strategic capital and key resources for growth and scale. These are truly extraordinary times, and now, more than ever, startups have very little margin for error in navigating the ever-evolving sports landscape. We believe the best way to move an industry forward is by investing in startup companies and entrepreneurs who will be tomorrows leaders. Getting the right people on board to push your vision forward is critical—our team is unmatched in the industry and ready to help you achieve your goals. When you engage NextUp Ventures, your startup instantly gains access to an experienced and versatile team of industry veterans who bring to the table: * A deep network of relationships to make the right connections with the right executives, angels and investors across all areas of sports * Personal capital to ignite and amplify seed rounds * Strategic counsel to evaluate and analyze a business, ensure capital is maximized and best utilized to connect to the consumer through sports * True partnership, sweat equity and a vested interest in driving an accelerated sales cycle to get to market quicker We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists. We have decades of collective experience building highly-successful companies, launching products and services used by millions of people and creating tens of millions of dollars in commercial value. Our public relations practice area includes award-winning industry veterans with expertise across verticals to help startups build their brand narrative, storytell and generate impactful earned media coverage, while keeping costs low.

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Rucking is as simple as putting some weight on your back and going for a walk. Its scalable to anyone and is the foundation of Special Forces training. GORUCK executes 1,000+ Rucking Events per year, all over the globe, led by current and former Special Forces, and we offer gear, apparel, and footwear with our Scars Lifetime Guarantee. But the best part of GORUCK is and will always be the people.

To simplify the pursuit of a fit life. That’s our mission. It’s simple, but powerful. We believe everyone deserves a fit life. And although the idea of being “fit” may be different for all of us, we know, after decades of creating products and services for athletes at every level, that it’s the small changes over a longer period of time that deliver the greatest results. This is true whether you’re preparing to set a world record, crushing your workouts, or simply wanting to lead a healthier lifestyle. We were founded 2017 in Portland, OR, and have spent over three years perfecting our Gravity Sportswear collection for you. It’s powered by MicroLoad™. Sounds fancy, but it’s simple - by loading your body with small amounts of naturally-distributed weight when training we can help you get stronger, fitter, and faster by simply changing what you wear. The name OMORPHO is derived from Greek, meaning “beautiful,” and is the lens through which we create gorgeous products and services that simplify the pursuit of a fit life.

Aress Financial Services (“Aress”) is a next-generation credit card servicing platform redefining how co-brand programs are launched, managed, and scaled. Our Loyalty-as-a-service model empowers partners to bring personalized, data-driven credit programs to market with greater agility, lower costs, and stronger customer alignment. Integrated analytics and real-time insights optimize risk, marketing, and performance across the entire portfolio. Whether you’re an established issuer or an emerging brand, Aress helps transform co-brand credit card programs into growth engines – expanding customer access, deepening loyalty, and building programs that perform.

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NextUp Ventures works with startups and emerging brands within sports betting, esports, and sports technology to provide strategic capital and key resources for growth and scale. These are truly extraordinary times, and now, more than ever, startups have very little margin for error in navigating the ever-evolving sports landscape. We believe the best way to move an industry forward is by investing in startup companies and entrepreneurs who will be tomorrows leaders. Getting the right people on board to push your vision forward is critical—our team is unmatched in the industry and ready to help you achieve your goals. When you engage NextUp Ventures, your startup instantly gains access to an experienced and versatile team of industry veterans who bring to the table: * A deep network of relationships to make the right connections with the right executives, angels and investors across all areas of sports * Personal capital to ignite and amplify seed rounds * Strategic counsel to evaluate and analyze a business, ensure capital is maximized and best utilized to connect to the consumer through sports * True partnership, sweat equity and a vested interest in driving an accelerated sales cycle to get to market quicker We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists. We have decades of collective experience building highly-successful companies, launching products and services used by millions of people and creating tens of millions of dollars in commercial value. Our public relations practice area includes award-winning industry veterans with expertise across verticals to help startups build their brand narrative, storytell and generate impactful earned media coverage, while keeping costs low.

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