Sharon Vosmek

Collate uses AI to create and streamline paperwork for diagnostic, medical device, and drug development companies—from concept to market. Our mission is to accelerate life-saving innovations by creating accurate documentation for the life sciences industry.

We envision a world where we continuously, sustainably, and affordably improve human life with biocatalysis. Our proprietary platform of engineered enzymes and our unique manufacturing approach enables the production of thousands of amino acids that were previously too difficult and expensive to make. Our noncanonical amino acids are catalyzing the creation of revolutionary and innovative products that are good for people and the planet.

Mae is a culturally competent digital health platform connecting Black expectant mothers with critical resources to drive positive pregnancy outcomes. Mae works in concert with healthcare payers and states to address the significant disparities in maternal health outcomes for Black expectant mothers across the country. Our mission is to improve the care Black pregnant women receive and reduce risk from systemic issues plaguing the healthcare system. Our platform is a destination for Black expectant women, providing pregnancy tracking, culturally relevant lifestyle content, and educational resources for Black women, by Black women. Through Mae's carefully curated culturally competent network of experts, we endeavor to improve the pregnancy journey for women of color.

AOA Dx is leading a revolutionary breakthrough in early-stage cancer detection, leveraging the transformative potential of AI and our proprietary biomarker technology. At the heart of this innovation is our GlycoLocate platform, a multi-omics approach powered by lipids, metabolites and proteins. This platform is setting a new gold standard in the quest for life-saving early cancer diagnostics. We are now advancing AKRIVIS GD™, a cutting-edge liquid biopsy test designed specifically for the early detection of ovarian cancer.

CNote is an AI-powered cash management platform unlocking the trillion dollar community finance sector to help corporations, foundations and individuals achieve better returns and liquidity while driving positive community development. Corporate leaders including Apple, Mastercard, Patagonia, PayPal and Netflix use CNote’s platform to advance their diversity, equity and inclusion goals by authentically supporting low-income communities and communities of color. They earn returns comparable to what conventional products yield—while providing essential capital to minority depository institutions (MDIs), community development financial institutions (CDFIs), low-income designated (LID) credit unions and other impact finance organizations. Individuals can also invest through the platform to support an economy that works for everyone. CNote founders Catherine Berman, CEO, and Yuliya Tarasava, COO, launched CNote in 2016 with a mission to close the wealth gap through financial innovation. Based in Oakland, California, CNote is a Certified B Corporation and is GIIRS rated.

Pallet™ is the national leader in rapid-response shelter villages. The Everett, Washington-based company is addressing the homeless crisis with speed, at scale. Pallet shelter villages provide the dignity and security of private units within a community. A resource net of on-site social services, as well as food, showers, laundry, and more helps people transition to permanent housing. The majority of employees who build these shelters have experienced homelessness, addiction, or incarceration.

Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. Goalsetter combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’ future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes the first savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime. SM Disclosures: https://goalsetter.co/social-media-disclosures

Candesant Bio is a clinical stage company that is driving research and development of its novel, investigational sweat control patch designed to offer underarm sweat relief with no downtime. Learn more about our company and technology by visiting Candesant.com

At Full Harvest, our vision is a world where there is 0% food waste and 100% full harvests, where all edible produce grown goes towards consumption. We aim to reinvent the produce supply chain with technology to bring the industry online for the first time ever and maximize resources.

Sandstone's CentriFluidic technology is transforming healthcare by enabling centrifugation anywhere, anytime. Our handheld, battery-powered devices enable rapid separations and tests addressing a wide range of clinical areas including male fertility, infectious disease, and plasma stabilization. Sandstone’s lead product, the Trak® male fertility testing system, is an FDA-cleared home test kit that allows men to measure, track, and try to improve their sperm count at home (see trakfertility.com). Sandstone's Torq™ zero delay centrifuge system is a compact, portable, easy-to-use, and low-cost solution to immediately separate and stabilize plasma at the point of collection. Torq is a novel phlebotomy tool to dramatically reduce hemolysis and improve sample stability ahead of centralized lab testing.

With Pagedip you can now create beautifully efficient, powerfully effective and demonstrably measurable documents that just work better - both for you and your customers. Pagedip is a single web-based app that allows your team to create content, share it internally, share it externally, keep it private or make it public. And, because you can see every user interaction - what’s been read and for how long - you can hone your docs with an accuracy only dreamed of before. PDFs can’t give that information. Slides neither. And web analytics can only offer limited insights with views & clicks. Data and analytics are crucial to business strategy, and Pagedip delivers unprecedented insights from your content. Join us - it’s better here.

SoapBox Labs’ speech recognition caters to the idiosyncrasies and unique speech patterns of childrens speech. Our voice engine is unique, proprietary and built from the ground up for kids voices specifically, ages 2 and up. SoapBox powers Prek-12 literacy, language and math assessment and instruction tools for kids of every accent, dialect and stage of development. We are an equity and privacy first company, and the first AI company in the world to earn a certification for "Prioritizing Racial Bias in AI Design" from Digital Promise. In November 2023, SoapBox Labs was acquired by leading US education company, Curriculum Associates (CA). Over the coming months and years, SoapBox will voice-enable CAs award winning portfolio of literacy and math learning tools, and continue our mission to make teaching and learning easier, and to improve educational outcomes for every child in every classroom.

On Second Thought produces the definitive delay/recall technology for mobile and desktop applications. Since 2014, we have been on a mission to give people control over their messages, transactions, and actions by unleashing the power of ‘Undo.’ Over 100,000 people in 190 countries have used our technology to send the right message. We work tirelessly to help you fix your mistakes in the platforms you use every day. On Second Thought holds two patents for the delay and recall of mobile communication. On Second Thought is a global company that operates in Cambridge, MA, and Casablanca, Morocco. On Second Thought has been recognized on Inc.’s 30 Under 30 list and featured by TODAY Show, Forbes, NBC, BBC, Fox, The Washington Post, Black Enterprise and many other national and international media outlets.

improving hygiene, food security and food safety… we live in a world where a growing and increasingly urbanised population needs to be fed. The need for a safe and secure food supply is the highest priority. Ozo Innovations develops and markets cost effective and safe oxidative solutions that deliver infection control, improved hygiene and productivity in food production and processing. Our approach is sustainable and responsible minimising the inputs – water, energy and chemicals- and maximising the outputs – yield and commercial returns to impact our quality of life. all our innovations are developed with the environment in mind… we save power and water and use just air, water and common salts to achieve a safer world.

improving hygiene, food security and food safety… we live in a world where a growing and increasingly urbanised population needs to be fed. The need for a safe and secure food supply is the highest priority. Ozo Innovations develops and markets cost effective and safe oxidative solutions that deliver infection control, improved hygiene and productivity in food production and processing. Our approach is sustainable and responsible minimising the inputs – water, energy and chemicals- and maximising the outputs – yield and commercial returns to impact our quality of life. all our innovations are developed with the environment in mind… we save power and water and use just air, water and common salts to achieve a safer world.

Collate uses AI to create and streamline paperwork for diagnostic, medical device, and drug development companies—from concept to market. Our mission is to accelerate life-saving innovations by creating accurate documentation for the life sciences industry.

We envision a world where we continuously, sustainably, and affordably improve human life with biocatalysis. Our proprietary platform of engineered enzymes and our unique manufacturing approach enables the production of thousands of amino acids that were previously too difficult and expensive to make. Our noncanonical amino acids are catalyzing the creation of revolutionary and innovative products that are good for people and the planet.

Mae is a culturally competent digital health platform connecting Black expectant mothers with critical resources to drive positive pregnancy outcomes. Mae works in concert with healthcare payers and states to address the significant disparities in maternal health outcomes for Black expectant mothers across the country. Our mission is to improve the care Black pregnant women receive and reduce risk from systemic issues plaguing the healthcare system. Our platform is a destination for Black expectant women, providing pregnancy tracking, culturally relevant lifestyle content, and educational resources for Black women, by Black women. Through Mae's carefully curated culturally competent network of experts, we endeavor to improve the pregnancy journey for women of color.

AOA Dx is leading a revolutionary breakthrough in early-stage cancer detection, leveraging the transformative potential of AI and our proprietary biomarker technology. At the heart of this innovation is our GlycoLocate platform, a multi-omics approach powered by lipids, metabolites and proteins. This platform is setting a new gold standard in the quest for life-saving early cancer diagnostics. We are now advancing AKRIVIS GD™, a cutting-edge liquid biopsy test designed specifically for the early detection of ovarian cancer.

Repurpose was founded in 2010 with a mission to reduce single-use plastics in our environment. We are a team of eco-entrepreneurs with a passion for spreading awareness of the perils of plastic and offering consumers solutions with our products, which are available at 17,000+ stores across the nation. Ranked more than once as one of Inc 500’s fastest growing private companies, Repurpose is a dynamic brand that is turning the tableware category on its head. Were passionate individuals working in a fast-paced environment offering competitive health benefits, unlimited PTO, and quarterly team wellness events. Headquartered in sunny DTLA, our company is growing quickly and we’ll give you the opportunity to do the same.