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Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr is building the worlds first real money gaming super app. The companys first product, Betr Picks, launched in September 2023 and quickly grew to several hundreds of thousands of paying users that have already won $250M on the platform. Betr recently launched Betr Arcade with plans on launching additional new nationwide gaming products within its single app experience in 2025 to further differentiate its product offering. In addition to its single-app experience, Betrs gaming products are differentiated through a unique, simplified user interface that is catered to the casual sports fan and gamer, enabling Betr to capture more of the under-penetrated online gaming addressable market. Betrs media division, Betr Media, is one of the fastest growing sports gaming media brands in the U.S. and helps support the companys user acquisition and retention efforts. Betr is backed by Fuel Venture Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, IA Sports Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Florida Funders, Harmony Partners, 8vc, and other top-tier investors. Visit betr.app or follow @betr on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. To learn more about responsible play, visit betr.app/responsibility.

Take2 has proven experience bridging the intersection of technology and people solutions. As a proven, trusted provider for our Federal and commercial clients, we provide the right solutions, at the right time through trusted partnerships, customized to solve our client’s unique business challenges. Take2 invests time, discipline and rigor to our technology and people solutions, as well as utilizes our proprietary People Cloud. Whether we are bridging the gap between IT talent and our customer’s business challenges, Take2 will work as a partner to best resolve client needs.

ACV is a high growth technology company that provides a vibrant digital marketplace for wholesale vehicle transactions and data services. ACVs marketplace called ACV Auctions offers transparent and accurate vehicle information to customers powered by technology innovations and data insights. On a mission to build and enable the most trusted and efficient digital marketplaces for buying and selling used vehicles, ACV’s platform leverages data insights and technology to power its digital marketplace and data services, enabling dealers and commercial partners to buy, sell and value vehicles with confidence and efficiency. ACV’s network of brands includes ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products as well as True360, ACV Data Services and MAX Digital.

Social Native is the leading global marketplace connecting brands to the creator economy. Thousands of global brands like Adidas and Airbnb use the company's software to generate the largest selection of high-quality branded content, at scale, and on-demand. Scaling content and attributable revenue for e-commerce and digital media has never been simpler. By building a scalable content solution for commerce, we’re fulfilling our mission to grow and empower creator economies.

BuzzFeed, Inc. (Nasdaq: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet with a mission to spread joy and truth. Across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, and buy now — and into the future. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to improving it: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives.

Launch NY is a Nonprofit Venture Development Organization with a mission to identify, support, and invest in high-growth, high-impact companies across Upstate New York. Our goal is to catalyze the entrepreneurial culture through regional collaboration with ecosystem partners. Capitalizing on existing regional resources, Launch NY coordinates and partners with entrepreneurship resources to catalyze the ecosystem and provide access to valuable growth opportunities in Upstate New York. Upstate NY boasts exceptional resources for starting and building business ventures. Inspiring regional collaboration to access these resources is crucial to our plan for fostering entrepreneurial success.

43North is an accelerator program that invests $5 million per year to attract and retain high-growth startups in Buffalo, NY. Save the date for 43North Finals on October 10th, 2024!

WorkMarket was founded in 2010 and in 2018, was acquired by ADP, a global provider of HR technology and services. With ADP resources, WorkMarket continues to be focused on providing enterprise technology to help companies unlock the power of their extended workforce.

RebelMouse is an AI-enabled CMS and creative agency that drives better traffic and conversion through stellar website performance. Our platform outperforms the competition on Google’s Core Web Vitals, the new standard that plays a critical role in determining your site’s reach, and delivers an intuitive publishing environment that enables writers, developers, and everyone in between to flourish. We reach over 120 million people a month, and power major sites like indy100, Penske Trucks, Protocol, and PAPER.

Strategic Financial Solutions is an award-winning financial services firm that is dedicated to helping people burdened with debt. We leverage a highly consultative approach to deeply understand the needs of our clients and use this information to create a personalized debt relief program that includes debt consolidation loans and debt resolution programs. Since Strategic was founded over sixteen years ago, we have used this unique approach to successfully resolve more than $1 billion in debt and fund loans for over 100,000 clients across the United States. We have worked diligently for the past 16 years to build a world-class organization worthy of the recognition and respect of leading bench-marking organizations and some of the most highly respected media outlets. We have been honored to receive numerous awards that reflect our commitment to create a best-in-class organization and culture. We have been named to the Inc. 500, certified multiple times as a Great Place to Work, been named to the Crain’s Fast 50 list in consecutive years and have been selected as a Best Company to Work for In New York for 7 times. More information can be found at www.stratfs.com.

Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr is building the worlds first real money gaming super app. The companys first product, Betr Picks, launched in September 2023 and quickly grew to several hundreds of thousands of paying users that have already won $250M on the platform. Betr recently launched Betr Arcade with plans on launching additional new nationwide gaming products within its single app experience in 2025 to further differentiate its product offering. In addition to its single-app experience, Betrs gaming products are differentiated through a unique, simplified user interface that is catered to the casual sports fan and gamer, enabling Betr to capture more of the under-penetrated online gaming addressable market. Betrs media division, Betr Media, is one of the fastest growing sports gaming media brands in the U.S. and helps support the companys user acquisition and retention efforts. Betr is backed by Fuel Venture Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, IA Sports Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Florida Funders, Harmony Partners, 8vc, and other top-tier investors. Visit betr.app or follow @betr on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. To learn more about responsible play, visit betr.app/responsibility.

Take2 has proven experience bridging the intersection of technology and people solutions. As a proven, trusted provider for our Federal and commercial clients, we provide the right solutions, at the right time through trusted partnerships, customized to solve our client’s unique business challenges. Take2 invests time, discipline and rigor to our technology and people solutions, as well as utilizes our proprietary People Cloud. Whether we are bridging the gap between IT talent and our customer’s business challenges, Take2 will work as a partner to best resolve client needs.

ACV is a high growth technology company that provides a vibrant digital marketplace for wholesale vehicle transactions and data services. ACVs marketplace called ACV Auctions offers transparent and accurate vehicle information to customers powered by technology innovations and data insights. On a mission to build and enable the most trusted and efficient digital marketplaces for buying and selling used vehicles, ACV’s platform leverages data insights and technology to power its digital marketplace and data services, enabling dealers and commercial partners to buy, sell and value vehicles with confidence and efficiency. ACV’s network of brands includes ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products as well as True360, ACV Data Services and MAX Digital.

Social Native is the leading global marketplace connecting brands to the creator economy. Thousands of global brands like Adidas and Airbnb use the company's software to generate the largest selection of high-quality branded content, at scale, and on-demand. Scaling content and attributable revenue for e-commerce and digital media has never been simpler. By building a scalable content solution for commerce, we’re fulfilling our mission to grow and empower creator economies.