Dan Weinstein

TheSoul Publishing is the world’s leading digital studio that produces engaging, positive, and original content for a global audience. With a creative team based in more than 70 countries and six continents, TheSoul Publishing showcases entertaining brands in 21 languages, which are distributed through a social media-driven cross-platform network. TheSoul Publishing’s award-winning portfolio offers a wide range of enjoyable content, including cutting-edge 3D technology, stop-motion production, live-action videos, music, craft projects, and vibrant animation, across its universe of well-known channels, including the world’s number one DIY brand, 5-Minute Crafts®, Bright Side, 123 GO!, Avocado Couple, La La Life, Teen-Z, Baby Zoo, Slick Slime Sam, and Polar. With over 2 billion social media followers across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and Snapchat, TheSoul Publishing creates irresistibly shareable content for all ages. The company continues to expand its presence in the digital content, talent management and creator services landscape, exemplified by its acquisition of Underscore Talent and the growth of Shorthand Studios. TheSoul Publishing has garnered numerous accolades, including top honors and nominations from the Webby, Shorty, Telly, Viddy, Streamy, Stevie, and Lovie awards. The company was named ‘Digital Studio of the Year’ at Digiday’s 2023 Video & TV Awards, won Best YouTube Presence at the 2023 Shorty Awards, and received a nomination for ‘Social Media Team of the Year’ at The Drum’s 2023 Online Media Awards. Founded in 2016, TheSoul Publishing is headquartered in Cyprus with production studios and offices in Europe and the U.S. For more information, please visit TheSoul Publishing’s website: http://thesoul-publishing.com

At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses. We own AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, komoot, Meetup, Remini, StreamYard, Vimeo, WeTransfer, and many others. Our products have served more than a billion people, with over 400 million monthly active users and 7 million paying customers, including many Fortune 500 enterprises. We acquire to hold for the long term, and have never sold a material business. After an acquisition, we typically invest in an ambitious effort to overhaul the technology, redesign the user interface, accelerate the release of new features, optimize marketing and monetization, and rearchitect the organization for improved long-term performance. At the companys core is a relentless focus on talent density and workplace excellence. We received around 800,000 job applications in 2025 alone, with a 0.04% job offer rate, and have numerous first-place finishes in Great Place to Work awards.

TheSoul Publishing is the world’s leading digital studio that produces engaging, positive, and original content for a global audience. With a creative team based in more than 70 countries and six continents, TheSoul Publishing showcases entertaining brands in 21 languages, which are distributed through a social media-driven cross-platform network. TheSoul Publishing’s award-winning portfolio offers a wide range of enjoyable content, including cutting-edge 3D technology, stop-motion production, live-action videos, music, craft projects, and vibrant animation, across its universe of well-known channels, including the world’s number one DIY brand, 5-Minute Crafts®, Bright Side, 123 GO!, Avocado Couple, La La Life, Teen-Z, Baby Zoo, Slick Slime Sam, and Polar. With over 2 billion social media followers across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and Snapchat, TheSoul Publishing creates irresistibly shareable content for all ages. The company continues to expand its presence in the digital content, talent management and creator services landscape, exemplified by its acquisition of Underscore Talent and the growth of Shorthand Studios. TheSoul Publishing has garnered numerous accolades, including top honors and nominations from the Webby, Shorty, Telly, Viddy, Streamy, Stevie, and Lovie awards. The company was named ‘Digital Studio of the Year’ at Digiday’s 2023 Video & TV Awards, won Best YouTube Presence at the 2023 Shorty Awards, and received a nomination for ‘Social Media Team of the Year’ at The Drum’s 2023 Online Media Awards. Founded in 2016, TheSoul Publishing is headquartered in Cyprus with production studios and offices in Europe and the U.S. For more information, please visit TheSoul Publishing’s website: http://thesoul-publishing.com

At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses. We own AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, komoot, Meetup, Remini, StreamYard, Vimeo, WeTransfer, and many others. Our products have served more than a billion people, with over 400 million monthly active users and 7 million paying customers, including many Fortune 500 enterprises. We acquire to hold for the long term, and have never sold a material business. After an acquisition, we typically invest in an ambitious effort to overhaul the technology, redesign the user interface, accelerate the release of new features, optimize marketing and monetization, and rearchitect the organization for improved long-term performance. At the companys core is a relentless focus on talent density and workplace excellence. We received around 800,000 job applications in 2025 alone, with a 0.04% job offer rate, and have numerous first-place finishes in Great Place to Work awards.

Underscore Talent is a next-generation management company helping a diverse group of talent leverage today’s “attention economy” to build long-lasting and lucrative careers.

Studio71 is a global media company that produces and distributes premium, brand safe content across all video platforms. The S71 content division produces thousands of original videos for Studio71’s owned and operated channels, podcasts, and apps, and publishes over 1,800 partnered creator channels that generate over 13 billion monthly views across YouTube, Connected TVs, and social media platforms. The S71 sales division connects advertisers with Studio71’s top digital creators for targeted media campaigns and custom branded content. Studio71 is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Berlin, New York, Toronto, and London.