NextGen 40 Under 40: innovation and technology [2020] – CSQ

Last name Joseph Furnari
Age 38
title Co-founder and CEO
Business HyreCar
Industry Car sharing
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 5 million
Trade mission HyreCar opens the door to financial freedom by allowing anyone to rent their car from Uber and Lyft drivers for daily, weekly or monthly rentals. The peer-to-peer market easily allows part-time drivers to enter and leave the carpooling industry at any time.

Last name Anda Gansca
Age 31
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Knotch
Industry Marketing
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 34 million
Trade mission The independent content intelligence platform helps marketers track and measure the effectiveness of their digital content in real time. Through cross-platform comparisons, Knotch enables marketing managers and their teams to improve their content marketing strategy by providing data signals about the types of content, themes and distribution channels that receive the best answer.

Last name Audrey Gelman
Age 32
title Co-founder and CEO
Business The wing
Industry Cotravail
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 117.5 million
Trade mission With locations currently in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., The Wing creates coworking spaces for women to work and connect with each other in a supportive and professional environment.

Last name Georgina Gooley
Age 33
title Co-founder and Co-CEO
Business Billie, Inc
Industry Retail
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 35 million
Trade mission Billie provides women with quality shaving products and premium body care products designed to make the daily routine a little more enjoyable and much more affordable.

Last name Nicholas R. Green
Age 35
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Prosperous market
Industry Retail
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 161.9 million
Trade mission An online market with the mission of making healthy food, vitamins, beauty products and home products affordable and accessible to all. The shopping club has over 2,500 high quality products that can be delivered directly to consumers' doors.

Last name Jack groetzinger
Age 35
title Co-founder and CEO
Business SeatGeek
Industry Entertainment
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 160 million
Trade mission A ticket search engine that allows users to discover ticket lists for upcoming sporting and entertainment events, find the best deals and generate recommendations based on user preferences.

Last name Matthew Haag
Age 27
title Founder and CEO
Business 100 thieves
Industry esports
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 60 million
Trade mission A lifestyle brand and a games organization targeting the eSport sports community.

Last name Severin Hacker
Age 36
title Co-founder and CTO
Business Duolingo
Industry Education
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 138.5 million
Trade mission The most popular language learning platform in the world, with more than 300 million learners in total. Duolingos' mission is to make education free and accessible to everyone, offering a total of 94 courses in 38 distinct languages, from the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world to endangered languages ​​like Hawaiian, Navajo and Scottish Gaelic. Hacker is in charge of the technology that powers Duolingo's mission to provide free access to education. He is the internal champion of innovation, ensuring that Duolingo harnesses the latest advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to scale and personalize intelligence. language learning. Over 300 million people learn languages ​​on Duolingo. Duolingo's mission is to make language education free and accessible to everyone.

Last name Oisin Hanrahan
Age 36
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Convenient
Industry Cleaning services
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 110.7 million
Trade mission An on-demand platform and a concert market connecting people in need of domestic services to independent and preselected professionals in fixed price concert categories such as home cleaning, product installation, installation furniture assembly and handyman services. Founded in 2012, Handy was founded on the belief that the way consumers buy household services is broken and that there must be a better experience for consumers and pros. For professionals, the Handy platform allows you to maintain a flexible schedule with significant income opportunities. Handy is recognized by the biggest retail brands in the world and is available throughout the country.

Last name Joshua Held
Age 34
title Founder and CEO
Business Chemistry Holdings
Industry Biotechnology
Location THE.
Total recent outings $ 115 million and $ 160 million
Trade mission Intellectual property holding company and manufacturer of innovative drug delivery systems.

Last name Ryan Hudson
Age 39
title Co-founder
Business Honey
Industry E-commerce
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 31.8 M
Trade mission A browser extension that saves consumers time and money, Honey automatically finds the best coupons and deals for its 10 million users worldwide.

Last name Jennifer Hyman
Age 39
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Rent the track
Industry e-commerce
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 541.2 million
Trade mission Rent the Runways aims to make women feel confident and empowered every day through the rental concept rather than buying designer clothes and accessories. Seventy percent of its 1,200 employees are women and 71% are members of a minority group.

Last name Charlie Javice
Age 27
title Founder and CEO
Business FRANC
Industry Education
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 15.7 million
Trade mission The main platform connecting students to college financial aid and the programs they will love: FRANK's mission is to make affordable education accessible to all. In just over two years, the company has helped more than 350,000 students receive $ 7 billion in financial aid for free.

Last name Samy Kamkar
Age 34
title Co-founder and chief security officer
Business Openpath
Industry security
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 27 million
Trade mission By combining elegant hardware with cloud-based enterprise software, Openpath enables mobile and hands-free entry using a smartphone that never has to leave management your pocket manufacturing system easier than ever. With strong encryption, modern technology, and a thoughtful end-to-end user experience, Openpath is the first and only solution to achieve more than 90% mobile adoption without worrying about cards or opening apps.

Last name Andy Katz-Mayfield
Age 37
title Co-founder and Co-CEO
Business Harrys
Industry e-commerce
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 375.2 million
Trade mission Before Harrys, buying shaving supplies was a very bad customer experience; most razors were difficult to access at the pharmacy, and the products themselves were too expensive and too designed. Harrys saw an opportunity to build a more accessible and customer-focused experience by rethinking the daily care experiences for men with their carefully thought-out products for the body, hair and skin care.

Last name Philip Krim
Age 36
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Casper
Industry e-commerce
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 339.7 million
Trade mission Casper sells comfortable mattresses directly to consumers, to create the best sleep experience for people and even dogs.

Last name Ben lerer
Age 39
title Founder and CEO
Business Nine media group
Industry Digital media
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 190 M
Trade mission A digital media company made up of four distinct brands: Thrillist, a city-by-city guide to restaurants, travel and nightlife; NowThis, a social media focused media for young adults; Dodo, a brand of mobile media for everything related to animals; and Seeker, a digital video transmission platform for the curious and tech-savvy.

Last name Jessica Mah
Age 29
title Co-founder and CEO
Business inDinero
Industry Accounting
Location THE.
Estimated enterprise value $ 100M +
Trade mission inDinero is modernizing the way corporate accounting is done with software that helps users track and manage their finances.

Last name Scott Marlette
Age 36
title Co-founder
Business GoodRx
Industry Health
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 1.5 million
Trade mission A market for affordable and practical healthcare solutions. Its first offering, the GoodRx site and app, provides consumers with transparent information about the prices of prescription drugs. To date, GoodRx has helped more than 10 million Americans save more than $ 15 billion on prescription drug costs. Since last year, GoodRx has also offered GoodRx Care, a telemedicine service that offers easy treatment, prescriptions and laboratory tests for common medical problems. So far, the company has saved $ 15 billion on customer prescriptions. At GoodRx, he oversaw the early technical development of the product and then led strategic marketing initiatives. After GoodRx, he remained an active angel investor in Los Angeles with successful exits to companies such as Snapchat and Ring.

Last name Jason Meltzer
Age 36
title Co-founder and former Chief Dog Officer
Business Stir
Industry Caring for an animal
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 361.5 million
Trade mission Wag is an on-demand dog walking app that gives pet owners more flexibility by connecting them to certified and trustworthy dog ​​walkers. Parents of dogs can track the walk using real-time GPS tracking.

Last name Krystle Mobayeni
Age 37
title Co-founder and CEO
Business BentoBox
Industry Food
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 23.6 million
Trade mission BentoBox empowers restaurants to succeed with a mobile operations platform that allows managers to design websites, update menus, promote events, track revenue and analyze the traffic.

Last name Parker Morse
Age 36
title Founder and CEO
Business Code H
Industry Digital media
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 4M
Trade mission H Code better links brands and advertisers to Hispanic Americans across all channels. The company reaches this coveted audience on a large scale through digital and integrated campaigns that gather targetable data, exclusive inventory, impactful creations, branded content, etc. Their own team is 75% Hispanic and understands the importance of their mission. In less than five years, they have grown enough to become the largest Hispanic digital media company in the United States. Major customers include Disney Theatrical, Toyota, General Mills, Target, Walmart, Delta Air Lines, Chase, Kaiser Permanente, Clorox, Sprint, and USPS.

Last name Delane Parnell
Age 27
title Founder and CEO
Business PlayVS
Industry esports
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 96 million
Trade mission What started as just Parnell in an office, now is more than 40 talented people working to realize the business vision, now a software start-up supported by a company that creates competitive experiences in addition to eSports.

Last name Carter Reum
Age 38
title Co-founder
Business M13
Industry Venture capital
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 175M
Trade mission M13 is a full-service venture capitalist with offices in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. M13 fulfills a primary objective of the founders to build and develop the main consumer technology companies. The company provides the right people, the platform and the partnerships to the founding teams to make better decisions and win in their category.

Last name Evan Richter
Age 34
title Co-founder and partner
Business Smash Ventures
Industry Venture capital
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 330 M +
Trade mission Consumer Internet and venture capital for software at a later stage. Accelerate the growth of technology companies through strategy and media execution. The company co-led Epic Games, $ 1.25 billion, raised the largest venture capital investment in 2018.

Last name Jennifer Rubio
Age 32
title Co-founder and CBO
Business A way
Industry e-commerce
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 181 M
Trade mission Originally formed with the vision of creating the perfect suitcase, Away has grown into a lifestyle brand offering a range of modern travel products designed with minimalism and functionality in mind.

Last name Daniel Ruch
Age 38
title Founder and CEO
Business Rocketrip
Industry Trip
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 32.2 million
Trade mission Founded in 2013, Rocketrip is changing the way businesses travel. Employees receive a budget for business travel and are rewarded with compensation bonuses and other benefits when they spend less on booking transportation and accommodation.

Last name Shivani Siroya
Age 37
title Founder and CEO
Business Tala
Industry Finance
Location THE.
Annual income is $ 75 million
Funds raised $ 204.4 million
Trade mission Tala is a mobile data science company that provides financial services such as instant credit scoring and personalized loans to people who have never had a formal credit history.

Last name Vanessa Stofenmacher
Age 32
title Founder and creative director
Business True
Industry e-commerce
Location THE.
Funds raised Is not applicable
Trade mission True is there to give new meaning to fine jewelry by rethinking the industry from top to bottom. The company believes that every decision must be made with intent, from its design to materials through operations, so that the consumer can feel good with the jewelry that is part of it. Through quality, transparency and inclusiveness, their mission is to democratize fine jewelry. Stofenmacher participates in all aspects of business development, including finance, operations, marketing and products, as well as the direct creation of leading brands, including jewelry, website, packaging, voice, graphic design and artistic direction. The business was acquired by the Silicon Valley Solar Tech Company, Diamond Foundry, which was a great success.

Last name Daina trout
Age 38
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Health-Ade
Industry Food and drink
Location THE.
Annual income is $ 105 million
Funds raised $ 60 million
Trade mission Health-Ade makes the tastiest sparkling wellness drinks you can buy, so you can follow your gut and show the world what you're made of. The brand was created with $ 600 in a farmers market and lots of grains. Trout cites its success in over 30,000 stores in less than eight years. More recently, getting $ 20 million in investment from the world's largest beverage company and arguably the best brand in the world, Coca-Cola, was also a very important step.

Last name Felix Van de Maele
Age 35
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Collibra
Industry Data intelligence
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 234 million
Trade mission Collibra connects data, information and algorithms appropriate for all citizens of data. Collibra believes that when citizens have access to the data they need, businesses may be able to innovate and collaborate.

Last name Brendan Wallace
Age 35
title Co-founder and managing director
Business Fifth wall
Industry Venture capital
Location THE
Funds raised $ 1 billion
Trade mission Founded in 2016, Fifth Wall is the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles. Fifth Wall has raised $ 1 billion from 52 of the world's largest property owners and developers, including companies like Marriott, Hines, British Land, Related, Prologis, Lennar and others. Fifth Wall actively invests in technologies for the global real estate industry such as Opendoor, Industrious, VTS, Hippo and Clutter.

Last name Jason Wilk
Age 34
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Dave
Industry FinTech
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 183 million
Trade mission Dave is an online banking platform and mobile app minus the high interest and overdraft fees that other banks have. Dave hopes to improve the financial situation of people by offering a more humane approach to banking.

Last name Ryan Williams
Age 31
title Co-founder and CEO
Business Frame
Industry Real estate technology
Location NEW YORK.
Funds raised $ 133M
Trade mission Cadre offers individuals and qualified institutions access to fully controlled commercial real estate opportunities. The company also built the industry's first secondary commercial real estate market, allowing investors to obtain cash. Cadre combines its institutional experience with differentiated technology to empower investors through direct access, reduced fees and greater transparency. Cadre overshadowed $ 3 billion in assets acquired and three properties sold on the platform.

Last name Lidia Yan
Age 38
title Co-founder and CEO
Business NEXT Trucking
Industry Freight service
Location THE.
Funds raised $ 125 million
Trade mission NEXT Trucking created the first trucker-focused market, connecting small fleets and owner-operators to freight from major shippers. They allow more than 16,000 professional controlled drivers to drive where, when and how they want. NEXTs intelligent routing technology combines driver preferences with location information, limiting the time trucks drive empty and allowing drivers to earn more than $ 1,000 a day. NEXT trucking is trusted by six of America's top ten shippers. Yan oversees the company's vision and growth strategies. In some cases, this means speaking at conferences or presenting VCs. In others, this means spending time in operating meetings understanding the nuances that come into the shipping industry and providing advice. NEXT is changing the lives of people who work diligently to deliver the goods they consume every day. They want to bring the NEXT solution to all ports in the United States. From Los Angeles, they do just that: decongest the harbor, give drivers a more balanced life, and help terminals be more efficient, ultimately creating a better first mile experience.