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Building the Future has quickly become one of the fastest rising nationally syndicated programs. With a focus on interviewing startups, entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs, and more, the show showcases individuals who are realizing their dreams and helping to make our world a better place through technology and innovation.
The future of storytelling
We are building a new film studio and streaming platform for digital-first storytellers and their audience who are hungry to support them.
Halogen Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund focused on female founded consumer technologies.
We believe in hands on attention and plug each of our portfolio companies into a strategic network of advisors, investors and accelerators in the greater venture community. With a focus on consumer, we also add value in the entertainment, marketing and PR space to further the footprint of our brands.
As of July 2021, Marcia is currently the Chair of the board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA). She also founded and leads the Growing Women's Capital group within the ACA working to get more funding to women-led early stage companies. Prior to her role as chair she was the co-chair of the Marketing and Membership committee.
The ACA is a collective of accredited angel investors, North America's most prolific early-stage investment class. The association is the largest angel professional development organization in the world. ACA provides an insider perspective that can help an investor make smart investment decisions.
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Barry Dean is an award-winning songwriter turned wheelchair technology founder. As CEO of LUCI, a company reimagining mobility for power wheelchairs, Barry sets the strategic vision and leads the company towards its goal of providing security, stability and connectivity for power wheelchairs. He founded the company with his brother, Jered, in 2017 with hopes of building a smarter solution for his daughter Katherine and all power wheelchair riders.
He is a founding writer at Creative Nation Music, Recording Academy (GRAMMY) Nashville Chapter Governor, and has previously served two terms as a board member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Prior to becoming a songwriter, he led market strategy and product development for a leading education technology company. Barry lives in Nashville, Tenn.
Tend is a member-driven, digital personal finance platform that offers innovative money tools to help make finding financial wellness easier, faster and more human. A banking collective built around the fundamental concepts of community, co-creation and rewards, Tend offers a new kind of banking experience, empowering members to take control of their own finances - all in one place.
Tend’s banking services are provided by nbkc bank, Member FDIC in the US, and INVEX Banco in Mexico. To learn more, visit www.tend.money or www.tend.mx or follow along on Instagram at @tendmoney.
About Jonah Myerberg
Jonah Myerberg is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Desktop Metal where he is responsible for leading the technical direction of Desktop Metal’s 3D printing solutions.
Prior to joining Desktop Metal in 2015, Myerberg held senior positions with a variety of organizations focused on high performance battery development, including Renovo Auto and Boston Impact, which he founded, and A123Systems. At A123Systems, Myerberg established and led the motorsports business unit which focused on the development of high-performance batteries. His products were adopted by the majority of Formula One teams including McLaren, Force India, Mercedes Benz, RedBull and other high profile motorsports teams like the Porsche 919 team which won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2015 and 2016. He was also a race engineer for Porsche on the 919 team and for Mahindra Racing on their Formula E team.
Myerberg earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing from Johns Hopkins University.
About Desktop Metal
Desktop Metal, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with an expansive portfolio of 3D printing solutions, from rapid prototyping to mass production. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, metallurgy, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make additive manufacturing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the world. Desktop Metal was selected as one of the world’s 30 most promising Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum, named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 50 Smartest Companies, and the 2021 winner of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award in materials.
Skyline Robotics has a vision.
The company is leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced robotics to deliver a smarter, faster automated work future.
Skyline’s flagship product, Ozmo, is the world’s first robotic-armed window cleaner. The smart, automated service robot targets high-risk skyscraper windows and has proven to clean six times faster than traditional window washers without missing a spot.
But Skyline is setting its sights higher than skyscrapers. The company is innovating to deliver cutting-edge robotic solutions to meet the needs of tomorrow’s smart cities and global workforces today.
Medha Parlikar is on a mission to make block chain the platform for doing business in the future. Future proofing and de risking how businesses use public block chain is a fundamental goal of the company C-Suite to adopt. The CasperLab platform Highway is designed for businesses to customize and tokenize block chain content including patents, stock, human resources, supply chain and more.
According to Medha, “It’s not a scary technology. We are de-risking the Block chain for the enterprise. The time is now for businesses to adopt and not be left behind.”
By 2023, Gartner Research states blockchain will be poised for mainstream adoption en route to generating $3.1 trillion in new business value by 2030, according to Gartner. By 2023, blockchain will support the global movement and tracking of more than 2 trillion dollars in goods and services.
Medha is paving the way for an entire new generation of C suite to change how they do business.
The future of block chain is now. Businesses need to make the shift quickly for a competitive advantage.
Medha Parlikar, co-founder and CTO of CasperLabs on the importance of blockchain. Medha has more than 30 years of tech experience and is considered one of the top women in blockchain. She started working with technology in the early 1980’s, building computers in the basement. For the past two decades, she has been delivering production SaaS software for large companies including Adobe, Omniture and Avalara. Medha excels in building high-functioning technical teams, and inspiring them to deliver solutions that solve customer problems. Medha holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems and Programming from Coleman College.
Lak Ananth is an Indian American venture capitalist who has spent much of his career focused on identifying industry changing disruptions and acting on them as an investor or acquirer. He is the author of Anticipate Failure: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Navigating Uncertainty, Avoiding Disaster, and Building a Successful Business, a practical guide for business leaders on the most common patterns of failure in innovation, featuring never-before-heard stories on how some of the most successful founders and executives in the world have navigated failure to get to success. He is the founding CEO and Managing Partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 which is backed by Siemens AG and partners with the best entrepreneurs to help them build companies that will change how the world works. Lak has spent his career in service to the entrepreneurial pursuit. In addition to running Next47, he serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1B valuations. As an investor and board member, he believes in establishing mutual trust with founders so when critical business decisions need to be made, he can support them in making the best choices for building world-class new businesses. Lak holds an MBA from INSEAD and The Wharton School of Business. He is also a Kauffman Fellow (Class 12).
Lak Ananth is CEO and Managing Partner of global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1B valuations. He is the author of Anticipate Failure, a practical guide for business leaders on common patterns of failure in innovation.
Lamah is one of Libya's leading information technology companies. We provide solutions to better connect and improve the lives of Libyans, and beyond.
Makani, Lamah's application, is the country's first digital addressing system, and now has 1 million+ registered addresses.
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