Emily Hochman

Story Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in NYC. We invest in entrepreneurs with big visions that leverage technology and the proliferation of data to impact the way people interact with the world. Send us a note via www.storyventures.vc or shoot an email at info@storyventures.vc!

The Whisper Group is an exit readiness practice for women owned businesses. We help women from scale through sale, and we focus specifically on helping turn their lifes work into life-changing assets. The Whisper Group was founded by Carrie Kerpen, but it is about way more than just her own exit advisory practice. Clients who work with the Whisper Group are paired with exited female founders who have built and sold a business in their specific industry. Clients are led through a process known as the Whisper Way-- a methodology and planning program designed to make a business more valuable at exit. When a client is done with the program, theyll have a healthier, more valuable business that they can either decide to keep running, or join the ranks of women that successfully sold their businesses. The name "Whisper" comes from the seven tenets a business-owner needs to make their business sellable for maximum value: evaluating their Why, How, Income, Secret sauce, Profitability, Executive team, and Roar factor (i.e. the confidence to sit in a room full of men to negotiate the biggest deal of their lifetime). But it also comes from the fact that no one is speaking loudly about the exits of women business owners. We talk about fundraising. We talk about bootstrapping. We talk about work-life balance. But we dont often discuss selling for life changing sums of money. And I think thats because we simply dont realize its possible. The Whisper Group is here to change that.

Story Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in NYC. We invest in entrepreneurs with big visions that leverage technology and the proliferation of data to impact the way people interact with the world. Send us a note via www.storyventures.vc or shoot an email at info@storyventures.vc!

Wellory is on a mission to support 100 million Americans through life-changing medical nutrition therapy. Our platform connects consumers with dietitians in- and out-of-network nationwide.

Van Wagner has been connecting brands to sports for over twenty years. Our parent company, Van Wagner Group, was the largest privately held out-of-home advertising company in the country, responsible for transforming Time Square and creating some of the most memorable advertising in the world. When Van Wagner first entered the sports landscape, we used our outdoor creativity and expertise to develop unique signage in live sporting events and creative new ways for brands to reach sports fans. We were best known for our highly visible home plate signage in Major League Baseball and courtside signage in the NBA and NCAA and for developing the much acclaimed college football field goal net program. Since our early days in sports, we have grown well beyond our in–game signage roots. Today we offer a wide range of services across the sports landscape. We not only remain the worlds’ experts in TV-visible signage, but we are industry leaders in naming rights and sponsorship sales, stadium construction and development, media sales, collegiate multimedia rights, video production, ticket sales and various other aspects of the sports industry. What remains unchanged is our commitment to our clients and to providing creative solutions, exciting opportunities and delivering unprecedented results.