Value Drivers

Ari Tulla is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Elo smart nutrition service, transforming food from the cause of disease to medicine. Ari has a long history of turning ideas into products and businesses.  In a wide ranging discussion, Ari shared with us the mission of Elo Health, his point of view on AI (and how it will help his business) and perspectives on innovatio...

Evan Kaylin, founder of Grilla, discussed the company's mission and market opportunity.  Evan also shared his fund raising journey and his source of inspiration to overcome challenges to scale the company.

Ihar Mahaniok, an immigrant engineering leader with over two decades of of experience building code and machine learning models, founded Geek Ventures in 2021, shared his view on why immigrants are great startup founders.  The investment thesis and process of Geek Ventures are also discussed.

James Hamet, founder and CEO of Vistimlabs, discussed how he and his team use AI and biomarkers to help clinicians and patients predict and track cognitive decline such that early detection and monitoring is available for effective disease management.

Will Nitze, founder and CEO of IQBar, shared his journey in building and scaling IQBar, the company behind the protein bars formulated with clean-label ingredients rich in compounds to benefit the brain and body.  While studying psychology and neuroscience as a Harvard undergrad, Will became fascinated with the human brain and how it functions.  IQBar's brand building and operating strategy were a...

Dr. Sherry Zhang, founder and CEO of GenoPalate, discussed her journey from the academia to health tech entrepreneur.  Sherry shared with us how she and her team are promoting health and wellness through science.

Damon Magnuski launched Acceleron to provide competitive foreign currency exchange marketplace for community banks and credit unions

Sandeep Sood discussed how he and his team at Kunai help fintech companies launch innovative products, increase customer satisfaction and profitability. Sandeep also shared his entrepreneur journey and how he bootstrapped Kunai to success.

Shane Bigelow, founder and CEO of ChampTITLES, discussed how he and his team help government and organizations improve efficiency through technology and digital transformation.

Mithat Ulubay discussed the mission and strategy of Flora, one of the first technology-driven sustainable e-commerce platforms

Founded in 2021 by Arthur Quérou and Frank Tetzlaff, Vibe.co is a CTV & OTT advertising platform and the first in the market to open the platform up for self serve to companies large and small.  In this episode of Value Drivers, Arthur discussed his plan to help advertisers reach their customers via CTV and OTT quickly and cost effectively.

Dr. Zwade Marshall discussed how his team at Doc2Doc help physicians access capital quickly and cost effectively.

Charles Yhap, founder and CEO of CleanRobotics, how he and his team combines machine learning and robotics to sort recyclable materials with 90% accuracy.

Danny He, founder and CEO of Soapbox, discussed his entrepreneurial adventure and how Soapbox is helping businesses to scale with streamlined fulfillment

David Ure, founder of Inanovate and inventor of Longitudinal Assay Screening, discussed his journey in building and rolling out next generation protein analysis and diagnostics technology for the life science industry.

Sam Fitzroy discussed how Dalia, a recruitment technology company, helps employers get more qualified applicants by capturing and converting lost job seeker traffic.

Paul Dudley, founder and CEO of Streamkap, discussed how his team is building real time data pipeline tools for companies so that DevOps can start streaming data in minutes with low latency and scalability.

Monica Landers, founder and CEO of StoryFit, discussed how StoryFit uses AI to help storytellers uncover white spaces for creative development and gain deeper understanding of story elements.

Ross Chanin, founder and CEO of Artifact, discussed the story behind the founding of the company, its growth strategy and his entrepreneur journey.

Amy Cowperthwait, founder and CEO of Avkin, discussed how simulation technology can help prepare nursing school students. She also shared with us her journey from healthcare educator to entrepreneurship.

Don Muir, founder and CEO of Arc Technologies, discussed the mission of the company and how startups and emerging growth companies can diversify risk and maximize return with its digital finance platform.

Mayank Mittal, product expert and consultant at BCG X, discusses his new book, The Art of Building Great Products: Combine your intuition with the best proven methodologies to build digital products everyone will love.

Value Drivers invited Paul Rhynard CEO of Wilkinson Baking Company to discuss the market opportunity of baking automation, the company's GTM strategy and his career journey from strategy consulting to scaling and executing a business idea into success.

Mollie Breen, founder and CEO of Perygee, discussed her journey from NSA to the founding of Perygee which provides a lighweight and complete security platform for Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT).  

Sam Sawyer, Founder and CEO of Pinnacle Realty Advisors, discussed Pinnacle's mission, the opportunity to disrupt the traditional Real Estate business model and its fund raising strategy and expansion plan.