Abdul Khan is the Founder and CEO of Som Sleep, the leading sleep recovery product for athletes in the NFL, MLB and NBA. He was most recently founder & CEO of a consumer mobile startup, and co-founder of the YOMYOMF Network, along with Fast Five director Justin Lin. Launched in June 2012 as a partner […]
Michael McGuire is President of XR Pay, XR’s division dedicated to comprehensive payroll and financial solutions for the advertising and entertainment industries. Michael brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in enterprise hardware, software and services spanning the financial, technology and entertainment industries. He was most recently COO of FilmTrack, the industry leader in
Jennifer Loo most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at Tala, overseeing the company’s capital markets efforts across both debt and equity and leading the development and expansion of Tala’s diverse portfolio of services. During her tenure there, she was instrumental in growing the business and supporting continuous product innovation, geographic expansion and regulatory
Alexander Lloyd is the founder and managing partner of Accelerator Ventures, a venture fund focused on seed-stage investments. He has invested in the first round of over 100 startups: 6 of which went public, 12 of which were acquired for over $100M such as Zappos, Zynga, Nutanix, Braze and others. Prior to founding Accelerator Ventures,
Eytan Elbaz is a co-founder of Scopely (acquired by Savvy Games) as well as a founding member of Applied Semantics (acquired by Google), where he conceived and product-designed AdSense. Eytan served as Google's Head of Domain Channel, and co-founded a leading influencer marketing platform Social Native. Eytan is ranked a Top 100 Seed investor in
Noah was the founder and CEO of Stitcher, the podcast platform (acquired by Sirius XM for $325M in 2020) and was on the founding executive team of StubHub, the ticketing company. He also ran the Early Stage Startup team at AWS, have been an EIR at a venture firm and invested in 20+ startups. Prior
Duane Forrester is a seasoned growth strategist with over 25 years of experience at the forefront of search, content, and AI-driven marketing. As a former executive at Microsoft, he helped build and launch Bing Webmaster Tools, setting industry standards still in use today. He later led enterprise SEO and content strategy at Yext, and served
Garrett Dallas is a strategic product and operations executive with over 18 years of experience driving innovation across retail, fintech, food, and logistics sectors. He has led growth and commercialization for companies ranging from venture-backed startups to global enterprises, including CoolerX, Coinstar, and Taco Bell. Garrett has successfully built and scaled cross-functional teams, deployed high-impact
