Stephen Mugford

Founded and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Volo provides year-round access for adults 21+ to participate in a variety of sports, fitness, tournaments, social activities, and volunteer opportunities. More than 400,000 users leverage the Volo platform to organize, meet, communicate and interact within their community. Ranked on the Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., Volo now holds the position as the country’s largest adult social sports network, and currently operates nationally in Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Charleston, New York City, New Jersey, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.! When adults register through Volo, they Play it Forward… helping to create free quality, youth sports programs in their communities via the Volo Kids Foundation (VKF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that removes barriers to athletic participation by providing free programs in each of the Volo cities for kids ages 6-12, that is open to kids of all genders, races, and abilities to play at no cost to their families. Supported by volunteers, donations, and corporate and community partnerships, VKF has engaged over 20,000 kids across the country since its inception in 2015. Help us reach our goal of providing free sports to 1 million kids!

Persado provides enterprise AI for content generation for marketers in financial services, retail, travel, and telecommunications to create emotion-informed copy that increases engagement and drives growth. The companys unique knowledge base is built with data from more than 120,000 campaigns and 150 billion customer interactions for financial services alone - driving $2.5B in incremental revenue for banks and credit cards issuers. Setting Persado apart are solutions that are compliant, scalable, and deliver both productivity and business performance. Unlike other large language models, which pull and learn from the wide internet, Persado is trained on a specialized dataset of real interaction and transaction data that measure and refine language, emotional response, and engagement. Persados Motivation AI uses advanced machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and deep learning transformer models to understand copy intent and create emotion-informed messages that are quantifiably proven to motivate individuals to take action. As an employer, Persado is committed to creating a workplace where everyone’s unique perspective is valued and people can do their best work. Persadoans are #PersadoProud for numerous innovation and workplace awards, including: * Top Leader in CB Insights GenAI for Text Content Generation matrix * Built In’s Best Places To Work * American Business Award for Content Marketing Solution (Gold) * Fortune 50 Companies Leading the AI Revolution * Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies * Gartner Cool Vendor in Data-Driven Marketing * Forrester Breakout Vendor in Content Intelligence

Visceral is a re/search engine built for human-AI collaboration.

Founded and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Volo provides year-round access for adults 21+ to participate in a variety of sports, fitness, tournaments, social activities, and volunteer opportunities. More than 400,000 users leverage the Volo platform to organize, meet, communicate and interact within their community. Ranked on the Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., Volo now holds the position as the country’s largest adult social sports network, and currently operates nationally in Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Charleston, New York City, New Jersey, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.! When adults register through Volo, they Play it Forward… helping to create free quality, youth sports programs in their communities via the Volo Kids Foundation (VKF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that removes barriers to athletic participation by providing free programs in each of the Volo cities for kids ages 6-12, that is open to kids of all genders, races, and abilities to play at no cost to their families. Supported by volunteers, donations, and corporate and community partnerships, VKF has engaged over 20,000 kids across the country since its inception in 2015. Help us reach our goal of providing free sports to 1 million kids!

Nyca is a fintech venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system. With just under $1 billion under management and investments in over 100 portfolio companies, Nyca is one of the premier fintech venture capital firms in the world. Investors include leading global financial institutions and technology companies as well as expert individuals through its unique Limited Partner Advisor model, which brings together over 100 of the most respected people in technology, financial services and academia as investors and advisors to our portfolio companies.