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Attn: Grace is proudly a female-founded company, designing high-performing, skin-safe incontinence products that women can trust. We’re setting a new standard of care for a health condition that impacts over 19M women in the U.S. alone. As a Certified B Corp.™, we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Venture Forward, NVCA’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm, is on a mission to democratize access to the venture capital (VC) industry, empower individuals from all backgrounds and geographies to thrive as investors, and equip future VC leaders with the tools for long-term success. We support emerging fund managers and investors by providing education, mentorship, and resources to advance their careers. We are committed to driving healthy and sustainable generational change within established VC firms, ensuring strong industry stewardship for the future. Through these efforts, we envision a VC industry that reaches all communities across the country, unlocking greater innovation, economic impact, and financial returns. Learn more at ventureforward.org.

Tastemakers Africa [TSTMKRS] is an online experiences marketplace disrupting what the world thinks about Africa one trip at a time. We connect travelers who want to go beyond safaris to local insiders in African cities. Think a nightlife tour of Accra with a top DJ or a styling session in Nairobi with a fashion blogger and designer. TSTMKRS has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes.com, CNN.com, Skift, Essence.com and AFAR Magazine.

Venture capitalists are committed to funding America’s most innovative entrepreneurs, working closely with them to transform breakthrough ideas into emerging growth companies that drive U.S. job creation and economic growth. As the voice of the U.S. venture capital community, the National Venture Capital Association empowers its members and the entrepreneurs they fund by advocating for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. The NVCA also serves as the definitive resource for venture capital data and unites its members through a full range of professional services.

Hype is an all-in-one marketing and payments platform for anyone using social media to grow their business. The software enables creators to build a website in minutes, earn revenue from subscriptions and tips, send message blasts to followers, and track key business analytics. Founded in 2016, the company is helping a new generation of creatives and experts find financial independence in pursuit of their passions.

Populus is a platform for cities to manage and price commercial fleets to deliver safer and more sustainable streets. Over 100 cities around the world rely on Populus to receive GPS data from commercial vehicles, and are now leveraging our platform to create, manage, and enforce payment for access to curbs to prioritize transitions to lower carbon transportation. We are hiring! Visit our website for more information and to apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/populus

With a life so ever-evolving, you need a look you’ll love every step of the way. At Pair, we believe in every opportunity to express individual style, including your eyewear. We’ve created the world’s first customizable prescription and non-Rx glasses and sunglasses. With our patented technology and one-of-a-kind Top Frame collections, you can switch up your style in a snap.

The premier global leadership network for the technology industry supporting startup ecosystems around the world.

Your employees depend on their technology. Unfortunately, current insurance models for that technology are just too outdated to be effective in todays progressive atmosphere. Your people rely on their corporate devices to complete daily tasks - so when those devices stop working, how do you keep productivity consistent? Fixt has the solution: on-demand and on-location device protection, spanning from setups to repairs. Learn more about our enterprise services here: https://fixt.co/overview/.

Tulip is the world’s largest cloud-based retail customer engagement platform provider, with best-in-class Clienteling and POS capabilities that let retailers realize the full potential of omnichannel commerce. The worlds most iconic retailers like David Yurman, Versace, Jimmy Choo, Mulberry, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ferragamo, COACH, and Michael Kors use Tulip to modernize the shopping experience, creating personalized shopping journeys that increase sales and improve customer loyalty across channels. Partnered with Apple and Salesforce, Tulip enables retailers to build deeply personal connections with customers, fulfill orders, close out purchases, and maximize store associate productivity and performance.

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We're the world's leading developer and publisher of faith-based games, having reached 7 Million people globally with our games. We make exceptional games on social and mobile networks that ring true with Fun, Excellence, and Authenticity. We have a world-class team of award-winning members who have been making successful games and consumer products for years. We've been endorsed by leaders such as the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Focus on the Family, Sam Rodriguez, Jack Hayford, Alistair Begg, and many others. Lightside is more than a fun gaming business. We're impacting lives globally. Join us. Check out www.lightsidegames.com to learn more

Attn: Grace is proudly a female-founded company, designing high-performing, skin-safe incontinence products that women can trust. We’re setting a new standard of care for a health condition that impacts over 19M women in the U.S. alone. As a Certified B Corp.™, we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Screendoor is an investment firm designed to back emerging managers raising their first fund or scaling from a previous angel investment vehicle to building an ongoing firm. We focus on underrepresented managers, a group we believe can deliver superior financial returns and serve as a wedge to increase diversity in the tech community more broadly. Screendoor pairs meaningful capital commitment with community and mentorship from experienced venture investors and ongoing peer support.

The Stanford Graduate School of Business empowers individuals to envision what is possible and make it happen through principled leadership and creative problem solving. The school has built a global reputation based on its management and leadership programs, including the two-year MBA; the one-year MSx Program; the PhD Program; Stanford Ignite, a part-time program in innovation and entrepreneurship; and Executive Education. Each program creates an experience that transforms people and prepares them to change lives, change organizations, and change the world. Programs engage the highest quality students with world-class faculty from across Stanford University’s seven schools, as well as alumni, Silicon Valley professionals, global executives, and the broader world community. The state-of-the-art Knight Management Center offers flexible classroom spaces for hands-on experiential learning, small-group leadership labs, and team-based learning. It also serves as a convening space for major forums and discussions.

Venture Forward, NVCA’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm, is on a mission to democratize access to the venture capital (VC) industry, empower individuals from all backgrounds and geographies to thrive as investors, and equip future VC leaders with the tools for long-term success. We support emerging fund managers and investors by providing education, mentorship, and resources to advance their careers. We are committed to driving healthy and sustainable generational change within established VC firms, ensuring strong industry stewardship for the future. Through these efforts, we envision a VC industry that reaches all communities across the country, unlocking greater innovation, economic impact, and financial returns. Learn more at ventureforward.org.

Tastemakers Africa [TSTMKRS] is an online experiences marketplace disrupting what the world thinks about Africa one trip at a time. We connect travelers who want to go beyond safaris to local insiders in African cities. Think a nightlife tour of Accra with a top DJ or a styling session in Nairobi with a fashion blogger and designer. TSTMKRS has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes.com, CNN.com, Skift, Essence.com and AFAR Magazine.