Omed Sharifi

Utilizing proprietary AI to empower video content providers and media owners with a platform to let their viewers buy the goods and products they see on any screen.

Founders Form AI is the legal system of record for early-stage startups — and it already knows your company. Tell it what you need. It checks whats already been done, sequences what comes next, and owns the process until its complete. When something needs legal judgment, your attorney receives a fully prepared package, everything they need, nothing to reconstruct. Built by operators from Cooley, Morrison Foerster, Palantir, Slack, and AWS. Startup legal on autopilot.

LvlUp Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in and accelerating early-stage & late-stage startups. LvlUp is ranked among the most active venture capital firms globally (#7 worldwide, #4 in the United States, and #1 in Consumer Goods & Technology — PitchBook). Our opportunistic investment thesis backs founders wherever opportunity emerges—where the intersection of our capital, expertise, and strategic partnership ecosystem unlocks a true level up in growth, unbound by sector or stage. Beyond capital, LvlUp operates as an extended team to founders—combining hands-on growth and fundraising support with a powerful ecosystem of corporate partners to give companies an unfair advantage as they scale. We are deeply focused on unlocking synergies across our portfolio through our extended-team ecosystem, deep corporate partnerships, and a technology backbone designed to create opportunities between companies at scale. LvlUp is powered by a global team of more than 2,500 core and extended members, united by a shared mission: helping founders build enduring, category-defining companies.

Venture For America is a national nonprofit and two-year Fellowship program that gives recent college graduates firsthand startup experiences to help them become strong leaders. Fellows learn important startup skills at Training Camp, apply for jobs within our company network, and work for two years as full-time, salaried employees in one of 13 cities. When Fellows are ready to start a company — be it two years after college or nine — VFA has the resources (like a crowdfunding competition and accelerator) to help make that dream a reality. Our vision: Venture For America is creating an accessible and inclusive future of entrepreneurship in America.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

Utilizing proprietary AI to empower video content providers and media owners with a platform to let their viewers buy the goods and products they see on any screen.