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With more than 13.5 million monthly active users in virtually every country in the world, Grindr has grown to become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community since its launch in 2009. The company continues to expand its ecosystem to enable gay, bi, trans, and queer people to connect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015 Grindr for Equality has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world. Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York City. The Grindr app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Headway is building a new mental healthcare system, rewired for access and affordability. We all know someone that has struggled with mental health - 1 in 4 people have a treatable mental health condition - but the overwhelming majority don’t get the care they need. The primary reason is cost - seventy percent of therapists don’t accept insurance, meaning paying for therapy is usually very, very expensive. Headway is building the first national, virtual network of therapists who accept insurance, helping providers to expand their practices, and individuals to finally find a therapist they can afford. And we’re doing it all through software. We launched in April of 2019 and are already powering thousands of therapy appointments every single day. To scale our mission, we’ve raised funding from the world’s preeminent VCs (backers of Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, Uber, Oscar) as well as the nation’s most innovative healthcare entrepreneurs (founders of One Medical, Flatiron Health, and Clover Health). We believe a team's strength is in its people. Headway is solving a national problem of affordability, and we know this cannot be achieved without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem - across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and experience. Join us, and make an impact.
January is a Series B fintech company that works with borrowers who fall behind their loans to achieve financial stability while helping creditors modernize their collections process. Traditional debt collection is rife with harassment and fraud. January is driving systemic change in this predatory industry by providing borrowers with the best options for their situation and helping creditors make data-driven decisions. We empower borrowers to dispute, negotiate, and resolve their debt without stress or embarrassment while providing transparency and compliance to our creditor clients.
Every morning, 10,000 Americans wake up and begin their first day of retirement. Chapter is re-inventing the way that Americans transition into retirement, starting with Medicare. We are re-authoring the retirement narrative by enabling Americans to age with purpose and security and to define their best Chapter. For most people, Medicare is boring, bureaucratic, and confusing. But it's tremendously important. The current Medicare brokerage market is rife with misaligned incentives and path dependence that have pernicious affects on retirees. Our team and technology help retirees to navigate Medicare, including when and how to sign up, what specific plans to choose, and how to maximize the benefits from their coverage. Chapter has built industry-leading technology to help retirees save thousands of dollars on their healthcare. We are the only Medicare advisor (and perhaps the only insurance advisor of any industry) that recommends insurance plans that do not pay us. We build both consumer-facing software that’s highly accessible to our members and internal-facing software that uses our data integration, data modeling, and recommendation engine to give our Medicare advisors super powers.
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In today’s digital world, singles are so focused on sending likes and looking through profiles that they’re not actually building meaningful connections and going on dates. Hinge is on a mission to change that by designing the most effective app experience. On Hinge, there are no rules, timers, or games. Instead, you’ll have unique conversations over the text, photos, and audio you’ve shared on your profile. And it’s resonating with daters. Hinge was the fastest-growing dating app in the US, UK, Canada and Australia in 2019 and 2020. Our Culture: - Authenticity: Share your genuine thoughts and opinions directly. - Courage: Invite and deeply consider challenges and criticism. - Empathy: Be empathetic, communitarian and trustworthy.
Chief is the largest network of senior executive women, representing more than 10,000 companies and 77% of Fortune 100 companies. Chief members are located across the U.S. and 40% are in the C-Suite. Chief is designed to help our members maximize their leadership impact through powerful connections, valuable insights, and executive development. We offer a wide range of services both in-person and on our digital platform. We have clubhouse locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC where our members can come together in community including at Chief-hosted events. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are central to our community and how we work. Knowing that our people are the most important driver of our success, we focus on building teams where the power of diverse voices, identities, perspectives, and experiences is celebrated. Chief is backed by renowned investors including CapitalG, General Catalyst, Inspired Capital, and Primary Ventures and we’ve been recognized as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.
We believe that therapy is an essential part of becoming the best versions of ourselves. No matter who you are or where you are starting, it’s more than support through challenge - it’s the foundation to grow, heal and lead lives that are more resilient, empathic, hopeful and powerful. Everyone should have the opportunity to receive personalized therapy, and therapists should be able to serve the communities they care about most, not just the 10% of people who can afford to pay out of pocket. Our mission is to get more people into therapy by bridging the gap between therapists and people seeking mental health care. Grow Therapy empowers independent therapists to launch and grow thriving in-network private practices by enabling them to tap into large scale credentialing, referrals, administrative and community support enabled by our passionate team/products. When therapists no longer have the hassle of mundane admin tasks like billing and insurance claims or the limitations of out-of-pocket-only payment options, they can provide care to the communities who need it most! To achieve our lofty ambitions, we’re building an ambitious team of entrepreneurs and mission-driven go-getters. Our founders come from Harvard Medical School, Stripe, and Blackstone, and bring Grow’s mission to life from the inside-out, promoting holistic wellness for all team members. We balance our determination with a culture that champions well-being, from unlimited PTO and a Winter Break to Mental Health Mornings and learning and wellness stipends. Grow is backed by top VCs and angel investors, including leaders from SignalFire, Village Global, Airbnb, Nurx, PatientPing, and Blackstone. We have a long way to go to maximize our impact, but if we do our job well, in the coming years we will make a difference in countless lives. We hope you’ll join us!
Brigit is a holistic financial health company helping every American build a brighter financial future. With a business model that is aligned with our customers, we create transparent, fair, and simple financial products that put money back in the hands of our members, help them spend wisely, and avoid unfair fees. Brigit helps our members improve their finances by analyzing their income and expenditure. Our app’s budgeting tools help them plan their expenses and predict when they’re about to overdraft. Our automatic advances help them bridge any gaps in their cash flow. And, our new “Earn Extra” feature helps connect them to side jobs to earn a little extra if they need it. Plus, we monitor their credit and offer identity theft protection. To learn more about what is happening at Brigit, check out the latest press and news articles including information on awards Brigit has won recently (Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022, Forbes Fintech 50 2022, Business Insider’s Most Promising Consumer Startups 2022, Built In's 2023 & 2024 Best Startups to Work For In New York City, & Built In's 2024 Best Startups to Work for in the U.S.): https://www.hellobrigit.com/press.
GoodRx is America’s healthcare marketplace. Each month, millions of people visit goodrx.com to find reliable health information and discounts for their healthcare — and we’ve helped people save $35 billion since 2011. We provide prescription discounts that are accepted at more than 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S., as well as telehealth services including doctor visits and lab tests. Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans. We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel. Come join and help us create the future of healthcare.
A technology-driven asset manager and registered investment advisor delivering personalized investment solutions that are tailored to reflect individual sustainability and financial priorities. Headquartered in New York City, our growing team brings a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. Together, we are on a mission to help create a future where all investing is sustainable investing.
firsthand is transforming the way individuals living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) receive care. We are focused on delivering real outcomes for a cohort that has historically been underserved, stigmatized, and deprioritized. By building a service focused on whole-person care, firsthand aims to find, establish a trusting relationship with, and support quality care for individuals living with complex experiences of SMI. Most importantly, our goal is to be the trusted guide, partner, and first call for individuals we serve, guiding them to a life of stability and independence. In doing so, we will not only improve lives, but also improve the economics for managed care plans and states responsible for providing care to this community. This enables us to build solutions that scale and, as a result, change the way our society supports those most impacted by serious mental illness.
Harry's is a global CPG company that is dedicated to creating amazing products for today's consumers. From our iconic Harry's men's brand to our women's brand Flamingo and beyond, we are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to answer consumer needs. During the pandemic, we launched Cat Person - a brand dedicated to cats and their people! Most recently, we acquired the innovative deodorant brand Lume and launched Mando, expanding our portfolio further.
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For over two decades, BrainPOP has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide to provide engaging and impactful learning experiences for all kids. With a presence in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reach of 25 million students, BrainPOP is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and excel in and out of the classroom. The company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, marking a significant milestone as their first acquisition in the digital learning realm. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI.
DailyPay, Inc. is transforming the way people get paid. As the industry’s leading on-demand pay solution, DailyPay uses an award-winning technology platform to help America’s top employers build stronger relationships with their employees. This voluntary employee benefit enables workers everywhere to feel more motivated to work harder and stay longer on the job, while supporting their financial well-being outside of the workplace. DailyPay was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York City.
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Right outside of cities, we build tech-enabled, smart indoor farms that grow flavorful, sustainable, and safe produce. We are a mission-driven team of creative builders, problem-solvers, and activators and we're reimagining farming from the ground up. We foster a collaborative culture where individuals choose to opt-in, think wildly different, break barriers together, and be kind to the core every single day.
Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life. It is organized around one simple idea: when we get together and do the things that matter to us, we’re at our best. And that’s what Meetup does. It brings people together to do, explore, teach and learn the things that help them come alive.
We have solved an enormous problem for our clients, offering automated reporting and strategies that are vastly more liquid, data-driven, and profitable. With over 1,200 registered financial institutions on our platform we are quickly becoming the dominant leader in our industry.
At New Visions for Public Schools, we work to make great public schools common in New York City. We believe that all of New York City’s students deserve public schools that make successful futures possible, especially Black, Latinx, and low-income students who have historically had inequitable access to a great public education. Since 1989, New Visions has been a driving force behind some of the most significant reforms to public education in New York City. Today, our diverse team of professionals develop and scale innovative tools and approaches that help educators address common challenges. We operate ten public charter schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens and, as a trusted partner of the NYC DOE, we help almost 2,000 public district schools plan for the success of over 1,000,000 students citywide!
We build technology that changes the way the world moves. Our guiding principle is simple: the future of transportation is dynamic, shared public mobility — the kind that reduces carbon emissions across cities, compliments existing transit infrastructure, and provides equitable access to efficient, affordable ways of getting around. For everyone.
rePurpose Global is the world’s leading Plastic Action Platform, bringing together brands, consumers, innovators, and policymakers to collectively combat the plastic waste crisis. Through its pioneering solutions across the circular economy value chain, rePurpose has helped more than 300 companies measure, reduce, and take action on their plastic footprints, while driving systems change on a global scale. rePurpose Impact Projects have recovered over 15 million kilograms of plastic waste from the environment to date, protecting vulnerable coastal regions across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In doing so, the organization has enabled the delivery of waste management services to millions of people for the first time, while positively impacting the lives of thousands of marginalized waste workers across the world. Founded in 2016, rePurpose Global now employs over 70 full-time team members across offices worldwide. For more information, please visit https://repurpose.global/. If you'd like to work with us, head on over to our Careers Page to look at the open positions and browse through their job descriptions: https://www.business.repurpose.global/careers
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