Nick Hendra

Arielle Charnas created SomethingNavy in 2009 as a forum for self expression and documentation of personal style. It has since become one of the most well known style blogs in the United States. Additionally, with the ubiquity of social media, Arielle has strategically positioned herself as a leading influencer on Instagram with close to one million followers.

Myia Health is the only comprehensive virtual care management platform that optimizes patient outcomes, clinical operations, and the economics of distributed healthcare delivery. Powered by advanced analytics and machine learning, the Myia platform seamlessly connects patient-reported and physiological data to clinical actions and outcomes, facilitating individualized care to patients in their homes. Founded in 2017, the Myia platform powers the world’s first and largest virtual hospital, Mercy Virtual; has helped transform the nation’s leading value-based systems; and partners with a new generation of health-at-home disruptors to help them deliver customer-centric, convenient, and affordable care.

One of the country’s most successful restaurant management companies, Catch Hospitality Group (CHG) has spent two decades pioneering dynamic hospitality experiences using food, service and vibe to create seamless transitions between dining and entertainment in marquee brands including Catch (2011) and Catch Steak (2019). Catch (2011) has grown from a standalone NYC flagship to a multi-unit, brand-driven icon with successful locations in Los Angeles and Las Vegas at the ARIA Resort & Casino. Sister concept Catch Steak (2019) debuted in New York, with highly anticipated locations slated in Aspen and Los Angeles for 2021. In 2017, CATCH partnered with hospitality business mogul Tilman Fertitta, who’s privately owned Landry’s, Inc. is ranked among the largest restaurant corporations in the U.S. Fertitta has spent 30 years cultivating his hospitality empire of over 600 locations into an international success and has joined Catch Hospitality Group co-founders Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum in the expansion of the brands with a focus on building the best team of talent in each market. For more information on Catch Hospitality Group properties, please visit catchrestaurants.com or follow @catch on Instagram.

Heard Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on identifying high conviction opportunities in public equities (long-only) and private credit across the financials, industrials, telecommunications, media and technology sectors. The firm was founded in 2011 by William Heard and has approximately $2 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2024. Heard Capital is proud to serve a diverse investor base consisting of notable pensions, endowments, foundations and select family offices. Heard Capital has a presence in both Chicago and New York.

AAF Management Ltd. (AAF) is a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stage technology companies in North America. Since late 2016, we’ve invested in over 120 venture-backed portfolio companies across fintech, healthcare, consumer, enterprise software and deep tech as well as 23 emerging managers globally. The firm currently has over $180M in assets under management. We are backed by over 95 Limited Partners (LPs) across two funds, a fund-of-funds and two SPVs. Our investors include leading multi-family offices, single family offices, royal families, c- level executives, ministers, ambassadors, fund-of-funds, foundations, hedge fund managers and other strategic investors across the US, Europe, and MENA region. We actively manage Limited Partnership (LP) allocations into early stage emerging managers globally exposing us to over 700 venture-backed companies. We’ve backed emerging managers who were previous venture investors at prestigious firms such as Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, NEA, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins among others. Notable companies in our extended portfolio include: Robinhood, Didi, Savage X by Fenty, StockX, Figure, Reddit, Current, Synthego, Jasper, Drata, Epic Games, FiscalNote among many others. Notable exits in our extended portfolio include: CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), TruOptik acq. by Transunion (NYSE: TRU), Even Financial acq. by MoneyLion (NASDAQ: ML), Prodigy acq. by Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Portfolium acq. by Instructure (NYSE: INST), now a Thoma Bravo Company, HeyDoctor acq. by GoodRx (NYSE: GDRX), Medumo acq. by Philips Healthcare (NYSE: PHG) among others.

‍Caden is a next-gen data company, debuting the first Open Data platform, which puts users firmly in the middle of the marketplace so they can control their data and make money from it. ‍We believe every digital citizen should be a part of the data economy and be the one who can decide how their data is used, and what they want in exchange. Were completely obsessed with privacy, so you can rest assured that every function and product we offer protects privacy, period. ‍ ‍We’re led by industry veterans, backed by powerhouse investors, and crewed by the brightest minds in the game. ‍‍It’s time to Make Everything Better.

2045 Studio is an exclusive network where influential leaders of color can be surrounded and supported by peers who understand their "context." By building spaces for people with shared lived experiences to grow personally and professionally - and putting the onus on corporations to invest in this community - 2045 Studio creates a pathway for belonging, retention, and promotion.

Arielle Charnas created SomethingNavy in 2009 as a forum for self expression and documentation of personal style. It has since become one of the most well known style blogs in the United States. Additionally, with the ubiquity of social media, Arielle has strategically positioned herself as a leading influencer on Instagram with close to one million followers.