Nicholas Pardon

Winc's story began in 2012 when we founded Club W: the world's first personalized wine club. We made the process of discovering and buying wine easier than ever — and as we expanded to other facets of the experience, we became so much more than a club. Winc is reimagining every aspect of wine, from the art and science of winemaking to packaging and transport to how wine is sold, distributed, and ultimately enjoyed. We're doing all this as part of our quest to improve the experience for consumers, create a platform for artisanal winemaking, and build a grape-to-glass supply chain that's sustainable for the planet. We are driven by the desire to make great wines with passion and pride, and to bring transparency, honesty, innovation, and curiosity to an industry dominated by opaque, entrenched conglomerates. Our team is an extremely driven and creative group of people with a dedication to sharing our passion and constantly challenging everything around us.

Meow Wolf is an arts and entertainment company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We create immersive and interactive experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration. Our permanent installations include Santa Fe’s THEA Award-winning House of Eternal Return, Las Vegas’ Omega Mart, and Denver⁠s Convergence Station. Coming soon to Texas! Meow Wolf started in 2008 as a small collective of Santa Fe artists sharing an interest in publicly displaying their works and developing their skills together. This collaborative approach blossomed into Meow Wolfs distinctive style of immersive, maximalist environments and multimedia experiences. In 2020, Fast Company named Meow Wolf as one of The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and both House of Eternal Return and Omega Mart have been listed as top immersive experiences by publications such as Time Out, Newsweek, USA Today, and Blooloop. We are legally registered as a public-benefit corporation and certified as a Benefit Corporation, or B Corp. Meow Wolf firmly believes that accomplished artists must be compensated on an equal level with other skilled, in-demand professionals, and that successful businesses must give back to — and participate energetically in — their communities. We actively support innovative, community-focused art and social projects.

In 2013, Unsplash launched as a modest Tumblr blog. Since then, Unsplash has evolved into one of the most impactful online communities. Today, over 10 billion Unsplash images are seen every month. A photo featured on Unsplash will now be viewed more than the front page of The New York Times. The Unsplash community is fueled by contributors who offer their images freely for anyone to use, inspiring hundreds of millions of creators from 13-year-old graphic designers to multi-platinum recording artists. Unsplash is a special community, where the powerful principles of sharing and openness have taken the place of strict copyright and legal red tape. The web was meant to connect, inform, and inspire us in unprecedented ways. The Unsplash community embodies this philosophy fully. Unsplash has become a place where the impact of our connected world is on full display. Instead of images being hoarded and shut down, images on Unsplash are fuel for creativity. At Unsplash, our mission is to enable everyone to create. You don’t need to know someone, or have an agent, or have a name to be great on Unsplash. Were a place where creators meet their audience. A place where individuals become a community. And a source of inspiration for millions of people from every country in the world. We’ve seen how the willingness to give a single image unlocks the creative potential that exists in us all.

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At Uncharted, we zero in on a big, persistent problem, and put it at the center of our universe. We identify what’s fueling it, then mobilize the people likely to make headway in tackling it. Whether entrepreneurs, government officials, or corporations, our programs swarm those most likely to create change with the world-class mentors, funders, and customized training they need to collectively put a dent in the problem. Throughout, we measure our impact, improve our methodology, celebrate our wins, and learn from our failures.

At Fitbod, we’re about the lifelong pursuit of progress through fitness. We hope for a future full of fit hundred-year-olds. With advanced statistics, machine learning, and over 400 million data points, Fitbod adapts to each of its user’s abilities and goals, and our users seem to like what we’re doing for them. We have over 350,000 reviews, a five-star rating, and a passionate community—they’ve even organized a retreat this year. Fitbod’s approach to building our company mirrors our views on fitness. We look for steady progress. In the long run, we think one step at a time will get us further than rapid expansion. Since we’re remote-first, we can look everywhere for the best people to bring onto our teams. Right now, we’re in nine states and across five countries. That doesn’t mean we don’t hang out. At least twice a year, the whole company meets up for a bit of team building. If you feel like you could be a Fitbodder and see the spot you’re looking for, apply! Help us build a better experience for our users as you build a better version of your career.

MoveWith is bringing fitness direct to you with instant access to audio workouts from the best instructors on the planet. Make every workout a great one with the motivational guidance of an inspiring instructor set to the perfect playlist, from an energizing tempo run to start your day, to the high intensity bootcamp you squeeze in at lunch, to the soulful vinyasa flow to end your day. It’s like hand selecting your own personal team of instructors from your favorite high-end boutique studios, but at a fraction of a cost and on your terms. By empowering the best instructors from around the globe to stream their expertise to fitness goers near and far, MoveWith is creating a world of Independent Fitness that is accessible to all. Now it’s easy to find the voices that motivate you to get sweaty, strong and centered week after week. This is fitness on your terms. Co-founded in 2015 by Holly Shelton, former Apple product lead, and Tricia Choi, former creative director for Eventbrite and Storenvy, MoveWith currently operates in San Francisco and Boston. For more information, visit movewith.com or download the app. Join the community on social: Twitter.com/teammovewith, Facebook.com/teammovewith, Instagram.com/movewith.

Blokable creates prosperity and equity in communities by disintermediating the traditional development process and providing a vertically integrated solution to create housing at scale. Our solution is a new paradigm in development, enabled by a new building system and technology.

Knightscope’s [NASDAQ: KSCP] is an innovator in emergency communications, robotics and artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies focused on public safety and helping to protect the places people live, work, study and visit. Learn more and schedule a demo at www.knightscope.com

Hostfullys B2B SaaS platform is the core business management software for short-term rental property managers. Hostfully distributes rental inventory to Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, manages payments with Stripe, and provides a personalized guest experience with emails, SMS, and a digital guidebook. In addition to subscriptions, the company earns commissions from the rental and in-stay activities bookings. This $100B market is growing rapidly. Airbnbs explosive growth and COVID-19 have fueled consumer expectations for a branded, touchless, and automated guest booking and travel experience in vacation rentals. Hostfully meets this demand with the most innovative platform on the market, winning VRMBs 2019 award for Best All Around Property Management Software and the 2022 Shortyz Award for Best Property Management System. Learn more at Hostfully.com

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Why We Created Likemind Do you check your email before rolling out of bed in the morning? You’re not alone. Studies show that checking email is one of the first things people do after waking, and what they see helps establish their mood for the day. What if your inbox sparked wonder and curiosity rather than stress and worry? This is the vision that launched the Likemind journey — the desire to build a better inbox. By subscribing to different Likemind brands, your inbox becomes a feed of fascination to awaken to. Now, while enjoying that first cup of coffee, you’ll open your email to hear an inspiring quote, play a quiz, learn a new word, and read articles on topics that intrigue you. We imagine, craft, and send all our content with a unifying intention: to expand perspectives, and to spark curiosity. It’s a better way to wake up. That’s why 12.2 million subscribers start their day with our brands.

Winc's story began in 2012 when we founded Club W: the world's first personalized wine club. We made the process of discovering and buying wine easier than ever — and as we expanded to other facets of the experience, we became so much more than a club. Winc is reimagining every aspect of wine, from the art and science of winemaking to packaging and transport to how wine is sold, distributed, and ultimately enjoyed. We're doing all this as part of our quest to improve the experience for consumers, create a platform for artisanal winemaking, and build a grape-to-glass supply chain that's sustainable for the planet. We are driven by the desire to make great wines with passion and pride, and to bring transparency, honesty, innovation, and curiosity to an industry dominated by opaque, entrenched conglomerates. Our team is an extremely driven and creative group of people with a dedication to sharing our passion and constantly challenging everything around us.

Meow Wolf is an arts and entertainment company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We create immersive and interactive experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration. Our permanent installations include Santa Fe’s THEA Award-winning House of Eternal Return, Las Vegas’ Omega Mart, and Denver⁠s Convergence Station. Coming soon to Texas! Meow Wolf started in 2008 as a small collective of Santa Fe artists sharing an interest in publicly displaying their works and developing their skills together. This collaborative approach blossomed into Meow Wolfs distinctive style of immersive, maximalist environments and multimedia experiences. In 2020, Fast Company named Meow Wolf as one of The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and both House of Eternal Return and Omega Mart have been listed as top immersive experiences by publications such as Time Out, Newsweek, USA Today, and Blooloop. We are legally registered as a public-benefit corporation and certified as a Benefit Corporation, or B Corp. Meow Wolf firmly believes that accomplished artists must be compensated on an equal level with other skilled, in-demand professionals, and that successful businesses must give back to — and participate energetically in — their communities. We actively support innovative, community-focused art and social projects.

In 2013, Unsplash launched as a modest Tumblr blog. Since then, Unsplash has evolved into one of the most impactful online communities. Today, over 10 billion Unsplash images are seen every month. A photo featured on Unsplash will now be viewed more than the front page of The New York Times. The Unsplash community is fueled by contributors who offer their images freely for anyone to use, inspiring hundreds of millions of creators from 13-year-old graphic designers to multi-platinum recording artists. Unsplash is a special community, where the powerful principles of sharing and openness have taken the place of strict copyright and legal red tape. The web was meant to connect, inform, and inspire us in unprecedented ways. The Unsplash community embodies this philosophy fully. Unsplash has become a place where the impact of our connected world is on full display. Instead of images being hoarded and shut down, images on Unsplash are fuel for creativity. At Unsplash, our mission is to enable everyone to create. You don’t need to know someone, or have an agent, or have a name to be great on Unsplash. Were a place where creators meet their audience. A place where individuals become a community. And a source of inspiration for millions of people from every country in the world. We’ve seen how the willingness to give a single image unlocks the creative potential that exists in us all.