Sonya Weaver-Johnson

A digital wallet app built for black and brown college students and graduates to speed paying student debt while building credit, and financial literacy. We are a two-sided marketplace that brings culturally competent financial services providers together with our social community. Loyalty rewards are paid in fractional assets. | Black Ambition Prize Semi-finalists 2023, MassChallenge, Money 20/20 Amplify 2022 Cohort, Founder Institute San Francisco Alumni 2022. Please visit out website to learn more.

WHY is a portfolio of brands that invent, develop, and design creative products across an array of categories. With every new idea and undertaking, we ask and end with WHY. That spirit of inquiry drives our commitment to innovation, highlighted by our over 350 patents to date. WHY’s portfolio answers: how great ideas and next-generation design are life changing.

A digital wallet app built for black and brown college students and graduates to speed paying student debt while building credit, and financial literacy. We are a two-sided marketplace that brings culturally competent financial services providers together with our social community. Loyalty rewards are paid in fractional assets. | Black Ambition Prize Semi-finalists 2023, MassChallenge, Money 20/20 Amplify 2022 Cohort, Founder Institute San Francisco Alumni 2022. Please visit out website to learn more.

Every company has a mission. Whats ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesnt diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

WHY is a portfolio of brands that invent, develop, and design creative products across an array of categories. With every new idea and undertaking, we ask and end with WHY. That spirit of inquiry drives our commitment to innovation, highlighted by our over 350 patents to date. WHY’s portfolio answers: how great ideas and next-generation design are life changing.

Munchkin is one of the most innovative and fast-growing consumer product companies in the world! With over 350 patents under our belt, we continue to create solutions that leave our customers asking, "how did I ever live without this?" Recognized as #8 on America’s Most Innovative Companies list by Fortune Magazine, innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for 30 years! Founded in 1990, Munchkin has sold billions of dollars of products through our key retail partners: Target, Walmart and Amazon and has global distribution in over 50 countries. We are industry leaders in design and innovation with over 250 international product and brand design awards! We lead with our core values and believe that investing in the community is our responsibility. We create opportunities for every child’s potential and well-being through the Radiant Colors program, work to create a sustainable future, and in partnership with the International Fund for Animal welfare have committed to animal conservation. In 2023, Munchkin was honored on Fast Company’s annual “Brands That Matter” list. Munchkin is a subsidiary of Why Brands, Inc., a new parent company for Munchkin and Curio Home Goods (“Curio”), focused on creating, incubating, and growing the next generation of consumer lifestyle brands. Curio, a premium brand of curated collections of home goods, launched in 2023. WHY’s vision is to establish an expanding portfolio of innovative businesses that align with its commitment to inventive product design.

As an equity investor incubator, Sage Investment Club introduces women to the world of capital markets and provides a platform for easy entry into the investment marketplace. Over the last 25 years, the company has trained dozens of women to become highly skilled investors. Moreover, the club has inspired hundreds more to begin their investment journey as an individual investor, an investment club member or as a member of an investment syndicate.