Thrive Market

Investing in former science projects with a thesis-driven approach.

Majority Black-owned firm focused on startups shaping culture, increasing access and resources to underserved communities, and meeting consumer and industry needs.

Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in rising founders across B2B and B2C, with teams on the ground in 7 cities around the world. Since its founding in 1998, Headline has worked alongside founders with global aspirations from Silicon Valley to São Paulo, Beijing to Berlin.

They are actively on the ground across continents, seeing local trends up close, searching for top founders, and bringing them our world of resources. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth – connecting entrepreneurs to each other, to customers, and to insights from distant markets – to help them become a global success.

Inevitable Ventures is an investment partnership founded by billionaire investor Ron Burkle, prominent VC fund manager Chris Hollod, and recording artist and investor D.A. Wallach. It invests opportunistically in radical emerging technologies that seek to solve challenging problems and create novel consumer experiences. Inevitable Ventures supports entrepreneurs who are pursuing difficult problems in industries that are central to human life, including but not limited to healthcare, media, life sciences, financial services, food, and logistics. Based in LA, the fund will devote particular attention to companies being built in Southern California.

Oakland-based venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming startups. They redefine what venture capital is capable of by prioritizing a new outcome: a more fair, just, and equitable society for low income communities and underrepresented communities of color.

A community of over 250 diverse teams, across 30 states and 19 countries, sharing one common goal: redefining the Internet economy.

Marlon Nichols is the founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital (formerly Cross Culture Ventures), which finds entrepreneurs who are building the future for the rest of America. He’s a former Kauffman Fellow and Investment Director at Intel Capital, with an extensive background in technology, private equity, media and entertainment.Marlon’s unique eye for global trends and shifts in consumer behavior has helped him capture many high-potential investments and companies that reflect overlooked markets, including Gimlet Media, MongoDB, Thrive Market, PlayVS, Fair, LISNR, Mayvenn, Blavity, and Wonderschool.

Co-Founder and Partner at Greycroft.

Founded several companies including SHIFT, a massive transportation operation and technology company. Previously Head of Product at Zappos.com and built its current campus. Companies: Thrive Market, Ice, General Assembly, Asana, SurfAir, Ministry of Supply, Stedi, Arka, ReturnBase, Adquick, Arylla, Bungalow Clothing, Galvanize, WithMe, Bow & Drape, AnyPerk, Skillshare.