Björn Wesén

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Red Herring, Inc. operates as a media company that publishes a magazine. The firm magazine provides online daily technology news, service technology newsletters, and major events for technology. Its magazine also provides information in the areas of consumer electronics, finance, global, Internet, mobile, social, software, and startups. The company was founded by Anthony B. Perkins, Christopher J. Alden, Joe Chen, Jay C. Penske and Alex Serge Vieux in 1993 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

HealthTap, Inc. develops a mobile health platform that connects people with the doctors. It offers an interactive health network and mobile apps which connects doctors with patients in smarter ways and provides education to those who seek it and disseminate trusted, vetted and peer-reviewed health information. The company was founded in 2010 by Ron Gutman, Sastry Nanduri and Geoffrey Rutledge and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Veniam, Inc. provides wireless telecommunications solutions. Its products include platform, mobile wi-fi, and autonomous vehicles. The company was founded by Robin Chase, João Francisco Cordeiro de Oliveira Barros, Roy Russell, and Susana Isabel Barreto de Miranda Sargento in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Even Responsible Finance, Inc. develops a mobile money management application. It was founded by Quinten Farmer, Ryan Gomba, Cem Kent and Jon Schlossberg in 2014 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides legal services. It specializes in the areas of corporate law, securities, corporate, litigation, mergers, real estate, pro bono, investment management and taxation. Their clients include industrial, commercial, financial, private funds, governmental, educational, charitable and cultural enterprises and entities. The company was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson Cromwell in 1879 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Vendio Services, Inc. provides e-commerce and online auction services. It platform offers online selling tools, such as auction management software, eBay selling tools, eCommerce hosting, eBay motors compatibility, selling on eBay and Amazon and online store comparison. The firm platform also used for applications, including image hosting, channel management, marketing, promotion, customer communication, business management, analytics, reporting, online store, trust and security. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chico, CA.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

True Ventures LLC (True Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by John Burke and Philip Black. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The Founders Fund Management LLC (The Founders Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Andreas Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Forbes Media LLC, Forbes.com LLC is a media company based in New York, NY. The company empowers senior-level human resources professionals through its Forbes Human Resources Council membership. Forbes focuses on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle, and is a leading source for reliable news and updated analysis on small business. Additionally, Forbes offers financial advice and the latest trends in tech, and provides coupons to help customers save on their favorite brands.

Youniversity Ventures LLC (Youniversity Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Kevin Hartz, Jawed Karim, and Keith Rabois. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Sportelligence, Inc. provides online news updates regarding sports. It owns and operates a sports website. The firm website enables sports fans to compete against others to prove their sports knowledge; broadcast to other fans their takes on news, rumors; unite with like-minded fans to cheer their teams and root against their rivals. The company was founded in 2005 by Peter A. Thiel and Ty Shay and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Milo.com, Inc. operates an online shopping search engine. It offers electronics, books and media, home and garden, clothes and accessories and specialty products. The company was founded by Jack Abraham, Ted Dziuba and John Evans in December 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Offline Labs, Inc. develops social networking service application. It offers Sosh, a social discovery and recommendation platform that enables members to discover local activities, events, and places. The company was founded by Rod Begbie, Rishi Mandal and Vivek Patel in 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Teespring, Inc. operates a custom commerce platform that enables people to make and sell merchandise online. Its platform powers all aspects of bringing merchandise to life from production and manufacturing to supply chain, logistics, and customer service. The firm’s clients include entrepreneurs, social media influencers, community organizers, sports fans and students who rally communities around particular causes or specific passions. The company was founded in 2011 by Walker Williams and Evan Stites-Clayton and is headquartered in Providence, RI.

Affirm, Inc. provides online payment services. It offers reimagining financial services, from credit cards to deposit banking. The firm helps to improve sales conversions and boost basket sizes. It allows online shoppers to pay for purchases in multiple monthly installments with financing costs lower than credit card interest rates. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alastair Rampell, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Twin Prime, Inc. provides mobile data delivery optimization software. The firm specializes in mobile app acceleration and mobile data delivery optimization. Its GLAS technology utilizes machine learning algorithms to analyze variations. The company was founded by Kartik Chandrayana and Satish Raghunath in 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Paravision, Inc. collects user’s photos from devices and creates photo albums. The company was founded by Don Holly, Charlie Melbye and Andrew Dudum in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Intentionet, Inc. develops cutting-edge software. It brings cutting-edge software development techniques to networking, such as continuous integration and unit testing. The company was founded by Ari Fogel, Todd Millstein and Ratul Mahajan and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Lightyear Corp. operates as a global Software as a Service (SaaS) business. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Homevest, Inc. engages in the provision of a platform that enables fractional homeownership. It lets consumers earn home ownership while renting. By converting security deposits into investments into a renter’s home, it allows renters to immediately start benefiting from both home price appreciation and portions of rent payments adding to their ownership stake. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

All Day Technologies, Inc. is a food tech and logistics company. It focuses on building delivery-optimized kitchens. The company was founded by Kenneth Chong, Matthew Sawchuck, and Andro Radonich 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Orgio, Inc. engages in the provision of technology services. It offers company’s organizational chart. The company was founded by Christian Thodberg Wylonis and Andreas Jarbøl in November 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AllyIQ, Inc. designs and develops modern reference assessment platform for talent management. The firm offers Searchlight platform. The company was founded by Anna X. Wang and Kerry Wang and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Workstream Technologies, Inc. develops and operates automated hiring platform. It allows to auto message candidates with questions and updates about their application. The company was founded by Desmond Lim and Lei Xu and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ramp Business Corp. manufactures credit cards. The company was founded by Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Founders Fund Growth Principals Fund LP engages in the investment of pooled investment fund and venture capital fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Miami Labs, Inc. is an e-commerce company founded in 2021 by Keith Rabois, Jack Abraham, Matt Lantner, Jeremy Wood, and other experts. Miami Labs is based in Miami, FL. Miami Labs has identified drones, footwear, jewelry, skincare devices, science toys, kids' clothing, and bedroom essentials as up-and-coming products to watch in 2023. The company aims to empower entrepreneurs and has made dozens of acquisitions, has over 100k SKUs, and employs over 100 people. The company specializes in acquiring Shopify stores from qualified owners and has a quick turnaround time of 2 weeks. The company was founded by Michael Rubenstein, Jack Abraham, Keith Rabois, and Keith Rabois has been the CEO since incorporation.

Veniam Lda. provides wireless telecommunications solutions. It offers mobile WiFi hotspot modules which can be installed on public transportation vehicles, as well as stationary systems, creating mesh networks for citywide connectivity. The company was founded by Robin Chase, Joao Barros, Susana Sargento, and Roy Russell on March 14, 2012 and is headquartered in Porto, Portugal.