LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2023 — Ari Stiegler, CEO and co-founder of Prism, a first-of-its-kind lending platform for startup companies and employees, today commented on the promising market environment for disruptive technology startups and investors. Stiegler believes now is the ideal time to invest in early-stage, fast-growing companies as valuations have returned to more attractive levels after significant market consolidation since 2021.

“The recent correction in public and private markets provides a rare opportunity for investors to take advantage of historically attractive valuations in the technology sector,” Stiegler said. “Now is the time to deploy capital toward companies that are forging industries of the future. With inflation cooling and interest rates poised to plateau, we see a runway for the disruptors and innovators to regain investors’ favor and lead us into the next bull market.”

In addition to founding and leading Prism, Stiegler is managing partner of Flux Capital and has directed more than $200 million in transactions across venture capital, real estate and direct investments. His remarks follow the recent launch of Prism’s lending platform for employees of pre-IPO technology startups with valuations of $1 billion or higher. The platform enables employees to borrow against their company equity that was previously inaccessible without an acquisition or public listing.

Prism recently closed Seed and Series A fundraises totaling $26 million and signed agreements to begin originating loans in the coming months. The company maintains a strict underwriting process and offers competitive rates to meet the needs of the current financial environment.

“By launching Prism’s origination services, we are providing a superior liquidity solution as compared to a secondary sale or tender offer,” Stiegler said. “We are thrilled to provide much-needed liquidity to startup workers who have long struggled to access the equity they’ve earned in their company. Prism represents a win-win-win for startup leadership, employees and investors alike – providing shareholders with access to liquidity while allowing companies to attract and retain the top talent needed to increase shareholder value.”

About Prism

Prism partners with VC-backed private tech companies to offer liquidity to founders, employees, and investors. With Prism, employees can access cash and retain their equity’s future upside. Enabling employees to unlock illiquid stock-based compensation can significantly improve job satisfaction, employee retention, and recruiting efforts at a company. Prism’s loans are secured solely by the equity that each borrower posts as collateral, and have no personal recourse – meaning borrowers’ other assets are not at risk should the underlying equity decline in value. Prism’s loan marketplace tech platform, which facilitates originations between private shareholders and institutional lenders, is available to late-stage, venture-backed companies that partner with Prism.

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PHOENIX, April 19, 2023 — YellowBird, a leading EHS and Risk Management technology platform, announced today the completion of its $5 million Seed round funding at an oversubscribed $6.25 million. The funding round was led by Rebalance Capital and Manifold Group, and joined by QBE, Nationwide’s Venture Capital team, Plug and Play, Cameron Ventures, and other investors.

This funding will help YellowBird continue on its growth trajectory, further invest in building technology, and accelerate its customer acquisition and marketplace strategy. YellowBird plans to hire engineering team members to continue developing advanced technology, growing the customer success team to improve client satisfaction and invest in sales and marketing advancements.

YellowBird has grown exponentially in the past two years, with sourced jobs in 42 states. YellowBird has achieved 2x year-over-year revenue and supply growth two years in a row with Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professional flex workers. YellowBird’s customer list features Fortune 100 companies, including Nationwide and QBE Insurance, along with major brands in manufacturing, construction and energy. Working EHS and Risk Management Professionals on the YellowBird platform earn an average of $75 per hour.

“We are thrilled to have completed this funding round with the support of two of the nation’s most highly respected impact venture capitalists and two of the largest global insurance brands,” said Michael Zalle, Founder and CEO of YellowBird. “This funding will provide resources to continue developing our platform’s technology, particularly artificial intelligence, performance tracking and delivery efficiency, as well as introduce upskilling opportunities for our professionals. Our goal is to help EHS and Risk Management Professionals earn more with greater flexibility and create equitable access to work in the process.”

Josh Tanenbaum, Managing Partner at Rebalance said, “We are immensely impressed by YellowBird’s scalable solution for matching skills in the historically fragmented and friction filled EHS industry. Equally important, they are creating equitable access to work for all levels of education and ability. We are proud to be part of this journey and the contribution this business is making to workforce development.”

Brett Klein, Partner at Manifold added, “YellowBird’s sweeping impact to the EHS labor market has been as far-reaching as we expected. They fill a huge gap in the Risk Management space and the problems they are solving are demonstrative of why we invest in the future of work. Michael and Michelle are tenacious founders, and we couldn’t be happier to be a part of their growth story.”

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a death related to work injuries, incidents and accidents every 101 minutes. In addition to the cost of human life, the cost of work-related injuries in 2021 was $167 billion according to the National Safety Council. Benefits of proper EHS management can be significant, both in terms of financial savings and non-financial benefits, and can contribute to the long-term sustainability of a business or industry.

About YellowBird
YellowBird is a comprehensive EHS and Risk Management platform that simplifies the complex and fragmented world of safety and loss control management. With more than 5,000 YellowBird Professionals registered, the technology solution is the go-to platform for simplifying EHS and Risk Management. For more information, visit goyellowbird.com.

About Rebalance Capital
Rebalance Capital aspires to be the leading alternative asset manager to address the upward mobility crisis. The firm invests in Series A and B FinTech and WorkforceTech companies across North America. Learn more about Rebalance Capital at rebalancecap.com.

About Manifold Group
Headquartered in Chicago, Manifold is a venture holding company combining an advisory firm, venture fund, and incubation and acceleration studio all under one roof. With expertise in driving growth for companies at all stages of maturity, transforming legacy businesses, and new venture identification and scaling, Manifold is a modern platform for perpetual value creation. Learn more about Manifold at manifold.group.

Media Contact:
Megan Trummel
Vice President of Marketing, YellowBird
[email protected]

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• The funds will be used for launching new products, international expansion in the UK, EU, and Asian markets and augmentation of tech and data capabilities.
• The brand aims to serve customers at 15000+ retail distribution points across the US

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 19, 2023 — EcoSoul Home Inc., a category-leading start-up in the eco-friendly home essentials products space, has raised USD 10 million to wrap up its Series A round. This round is led by Accel and saw the participation of Singh Capital Partners. Over the past year, the company has seen tremendous growth in the US market. It has established itself as a leading player across key e-commerce platforms and retail banners in multiple product categories.

Consumers are increasingly gravitating towards buying environmentally and ethically sustainable products. A recent study by NielsenIQ found that 78 percent of US consumers say that a sustainable lifestyle is important to them. Products with ESG-related credentials accounted for 56 percent of all CPG growth. However, affordability is important to consumers as they adopt ESG products.

EcoSoul has fundamentally disrupted the home-essentials market by bringing eco-friendly alternatives within the 25% price range of traditional mainstream plastic or paper goods. In contrast, early eco-friendly home essentials competitor brands priced their products at 1.8x to 2.5x of mainstream plastic or paper-goods brands. Ecosoul has achieved this differentiation with product/material innovation and an optimum supply chain model.           

On the successful fundraise, co-founders Rahul Singh and Arvind Ganesan said, “We are grateful to our customers, investors, partners, and associates for helping us in driving our mission of accelerating the world’s transition to a sustainable lifestyle by creating plastic-free and tree-free products from earth’s most renewable resources. Our differentiated products and supply chain innovation enables us to bring eco-friendly home essentials to price points comparable to traditional plastic and tree-based paper goods. In short, we are democratizing the eco-friendly home essentials market. We are excited to see the strong adoption of our products in the US market. We thrive on this momentum and plan to expand our product range in potential international markets.”

Prashanth Prakash, partner at Accel said, “There is a global macro-tailwind of shifting away from the use of single-use plastic with increasing regulatory pressure. This coupled with rising consumer sentiments towards sustainable everyday essentials, especially in western markets is driving growth. EcoSoul is taking advantage of this demand and leveraging the Asian supply chain to offer eco-friendly products at affordable price points. The EcoSoul team, with their global supply chain expertise and strong commercial value proposition for retailers, is uniquely positioned to be one of the early disruptors in this industry.”

By 2030, the global eco-friendly & sustainable home goods market is expected to reach $300+ bn. In the US, even though sustainability-marketed products are 16.1% of the market, they delivered 54.7% of the CPG market growth. Sustainability-marketed products grew at a rate of 7.1 times that of conventionally marketed products and 3.8 times that of the CPG market.

EcoSoul has recently launched several products in India and has expansion plans for the Canada, UK, Germany and UAE markets in the categories of Kitchen and Dining, Bath, Home Care, and Baby and Feminine Care.

About EcoSoul Home:

Founded in 2020, EcoSoul Home Inc. is a global eco-friendly products company with an active sales and operational presence in countries like the USA, India, China, and Vietnam, offering more than 100+ products worldwide. The brand currently has multiple sales channels, including D2C, retail distribution across ~3500 stores in the US, and multiple B2B customers. Website link – https://www.ecosoulhome.com/

About Accel

Accel is a global venture capital firm that invests in people and their companies from the earliest days through all phases of company growth. Investing in India for more than a decade, they have been the first, or among the earliest partners to many category-defining startups such as: Acko, Blackbuck, BrowserStack, Chargebee, CultFit, Moglix, Spinny, Swiggy, UrbanCompany, Zetwerk, and others. Accel helps ambitious entrepreneurs build innovative and durable businesses. More at https://www.accel.com/india-home

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Aperture VC and Social Leverage Back Pro Platforms to Revolutionize Home Improvement Technology for Contractors: $10M in Project Volume since December launch.

NEW YORK, April 19, 2023 — Aperture Venture Capital, a seed stage venture firm that invests in diverse founders building the future of fintech and enterprise software, formally announced its investment in Pro Platforms Inc., a disruptive fintech startup focused on home improvement and construction. The company raised a $4.7 million venture round led by Aperture VC and Social Leverage, with participation by GS Futures, Hustle Fund, and other notable investors. Pro Platforms was founded by a diverse team including Santo J. Leo, Blake Virgilio Carter, Jana Houston, and Jake Ricca. The strength of its diverse team, in conjunction with its location in an emerging technology hub in South Florida, makes Pro Platforms a strong fit for Aperture’s unique fund thesis.

“Santo and the Pro Platforms team are building the future of payments for the home improvement industry,” said Garnet Heraman, Managing Partner of Aperture VC. “Their product vision and passion for execution are game-changers for contractors long underserved by technology,” he continued.

Simultaneously, Pro Platforms announced it has emerged from stealth mode with the launch of its Construct CRM platform for contractors. Construct CRM is the first all-in-one, one-size-fits-all home improvement contractor operating system. In just 4 months since beta launch in December, the platform has already assisted with over $1million in home improvement project volume per week and is growing rapidly month over month. Construct CRM helps with customer acquisition, sales, customer and project management, field management, scheduling, dispatch accounting, invoicing, billing, collections, and more. The company plans to expand its platform later this year to include free treasury management and payment processing to help contractors with cash flow.  

Santo J. Leo, CEO of Pro Platforms, commented, “I am thrilled to have the support of Aperture Venture Capital and Social Leverage as we revolutionize the home improvement industry through technology. With the launch of Construct CRM, we are empowering contractors with a comprehensive solution that streamlines their operations and improves their cash flow.” He added, “Aperture’s corporate partners in banking and insurance are an important competitive advantage for us as we continue to expand and innovate in this space.”

About Aperture Venture Capital
Aperture Venture Capital is a new investing paradigm developed to back diverse founders across the US who are using financial innovation to build the next generation of game-changing tech companies. Aperture VC’s investors include leading Fortune 1000 corporations committed to building an inclusive economy through partnership and collaboration. These corporate partners, along with other mission-aligned investors, provide support, resources, and expertise that accelerate growth, increase distribution, and enhance the funding options for Aperture VC’s portfolio companies. For more information, visit aperturevc.com.

Press Inquiries: Marjorie King, [email protected], 949 414 7884

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BRUSSELS and TEL AVIV, Israel, April 19, 2023 — CropX Technologies, a leader in digital agronomic farm management, today announced the completion of a Series C financing round with $30 million in funding. The funding round was led by Aliaxis SA, a world leader enabling access to water and energy through inventive fluid management solutions.  

The funding will be used to build on the two pillars of CropX’s growth: the continued development of innovative capabilities for its agronomic farm management system, and the acquisition of companies with complementary technologies and market reach. Through this partnership, Aliaxis and CropX will continue to collaborate closely in the field of data-driven precision irrigation. Additional investors in the round include Edaphon, Finistere Ventures, NTT Finance Corporation, OurCrowd, Reinke Irrigation, Yair Shamir, and Victrix.

Food production accounts for roughly 70 per cent of total freshwater withdrawals globally and efficient water usage in agriculture is clearly becoming more and more important. Users of CropX’s irrigation planning are able to conserve irrigation water and boost yields. In addition to irrigation, the CropX system also optimizes the use of energy and fertilizers, supports farmers in adopting more sustainable farming practices, and is becoming a one-stop-shop for crop management. CropX now has over 100 employees in the US, the Netherlands, Israel and New Zealand and a large research and development department.

CropX CEO Tomer Tzach comments: “Completing this funding is a huge endorsement from our investors of the value that we bring to our customers and shareholders, and the positive impact we are making on farms around the world. This round follows CropX’s January acquisition of California-based precision irrigation company Tule Technologies, our fourth acquisition. We are proud to be one of the consolidation leaders in ag-tech as we bring a complete, powerful and simple solution to farms and agribusinesses.”

Eric Olsen, CEO of Aliaxis says: “Sustainable water management is at the heart of what we do at Aliaxis. Aliaxis Next is our division created to select, nurture and grow startups in the field of water management. CropX is the best in class for smarter irrigation systems in agriculture and we are thrilled to strengthen our partnership to allow farmers to save water while increasing crop efficiency and food production in a sustainable fashion.”  

Vincent Vliebergh, Managing Partner of Edaphon, further commented: “CropX real-time field data and agronomic expertise supports sustainable farm management and greater productivity to restore soil systems while still feeding a growing population. The implication of Aliaxis providing its industrial and research expertise as well as access to market is a great asset.” 

The financial details of this agreement will not be disclosed.

Media Contact Aliaxis:
Annamaija Bergius | Group Corporate Communications
T: +32 2 775 50 50 | E: [email protected]

About Aliaxis

At Aliaxis, we design sustainable, easy to install, and innovative solutions to address the world’s water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Thanks to our 15,000+ employees, our pipes and fitting systems meet our customers’ most demanding needs for the building, infrastructure, industrial and agriculture sectors. Operating in over 40 countries, the Company is active through leading local brands and generated €4.3 billion revenue in 2022. More information available on www.aliaxis.com.

About CropX Technologies

CropX Technologies is one of the fastest growing providers of agribusiness farm management solutions in the world, deployed in over 60 countries and across all arable continents. The CropX Agronomic Farm Management System synthesizes data from the earth and sky to offer advanced soil and crop intelligence and a suite of digital decision and planning tools, all on an easy-to-use app capable of tracking multiple farms and fields. CropX is backed by the world’s leading agribusinesses and VCs, who recognize that CropX’s precision ag technologies set new standards for best practices in environmental sustainability and farm productivity. Learn more at www.cropx.com.

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Media Contact CropX:
Hanna Day-Woodruff | Communications Specialist
E: [email protected]

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WASHINGTON, April 19, 2023 — Trustible™, a software company that helps organizations accelerate Responsible AI governance to maximize trust and manage risk, has announced today it has come out of stealth and raised $1.6M in an oversubscribed first institutional round.

As artificial intelligence technology accelerates and continues to permeate industries worldwide, concerns regarding its ethical and responsible deployment are becoming paramount. With a mission of maximizing trust, managing regulatory and reputational risks, and offering transparency in AI applications, Trustible empowers organizations to confidently adopt AI technologies in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.

The company was founded by Gerald Kierce and Andrew Gamino-Cheong, former early employees and executives at FiscalNote, a leading AI-driven enterprise SaaS technology provider of global policy and market intelligence. The pair had spent nearly a decade applying AI to the policy landscape and are now applying global policy to the AI space. FiscalNote was recently selected¹ as one of OpenAI’s first plugin partners for ChatGPT.

Trustible raised a $1.6M pre-seed round led by Harlem Capital, with participation from VamosVentures, as well as angel investors including Julius Genachowski (Managing Director at Carlyle, former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission), Tim Hwang and Gerald Yao (FiscalNote Co-Founders), Jim Hunt (Managing Partner at Lavrock Ventures, former Ernst & Young Technologies CEO, Capgemini Technologies President), Joe Zhao (Millennia Capital, former Federal Reserve), and Neal Parikh (Columbia University, former Director of AI for the City of New York), among other strategic angel investors.

The recent financing is enabling Trustible to scale its team, accelerate growth, and further develop its product, designed to help customers seamlessly adopt Responsible AI industry standards, such as NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework, and comply with emerging regulations, including the European Union’s AI Act.

“The Trustible team has strong experience scaling technology companies at the intersection of AI and policy,” says Henri Pierre-Jacques, Managing Partner at Harlem Capital. “We’re thrilled to support Trustible as they become leaders in the Responsible AI Governance space to help organizations comply with a complex and evolving global regulatory landscape.”

According to a recent Accenture report², 77% of enterprises surveyed have made future AI regulation a top company-wide priority, while only 6% have established Responsible AI governance capabilities. Trustible’s platform aims to fill this gap by facilitating the responsible scaling of AI initiatives and creating opportunities for competitive differentiation. The report also indicates that over 80% of organizations intend to allocate at least 10% of their total AI budget to meet regulatory requirements by 2024.

“Societal trust in AI is critical in ensuring the technology is benefiting humanity, particularly with the advent of Generative AI,” says Gerald Kierce, Co-Founder & CEO of Trustible. “We’re thrilled to launch Trustible to enable legal and AI/ML teams to foster transparency, accountability, and trust in their AI systems.”

The company is collaborating with a select group of pilot customers spanning the technology, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Ivan Caballero, CEO of Citibeats, highlighted his enthusiasm to partner with Trustible as a customer to accelerate their company’s Responsible AI governance initiative and proactively adhere to the EU AI Act. He added: “As ethical and regulatory challenges arise with the use of AI, Trustible will play a crucial role in establishing trust and managing the risks associated with AI innovations.”

“We are delighted to welcome Trustible as a Member of the Responsible AI Institute,” says Ashley Casanova, Executive Director of the RAI Institute. “Trustible will become a key technology provider for organizations looking to map, govern, manage, and measure their AI governance priorities.”

Trustible is headquartered in the Washington DC area. To learn more about the company, please visit www.trustible.ai

¹ https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins
² https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/artificial-intelligence/ai-compliance-competitive-advantage

CONTACT: Gerald Kierce, [email protected]

SOURCE Trustible

LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2023 — Third Way Health, an end-to-end front office solution which reduces the administrative burden of medical practices and enhances the patient experience, today announced it has raised $1.55M in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Apollo Medical Holdings (ApolloMed), a leading physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare company focused on enabling providers in the successful delivery of value-based care, with participation from angel investors. The funding will enable Third Way Health to establish its operations in the US and Colombia, and launch its solution with two pilot practices serving over 31,000 patients a year in California and New York.

Medical practices collectively spend over $17 billion per year on front office expenses, but often without the desired outcomes: practice owners, managers, and clinicians remain overwhelmed by the day-to-day management of disparate technology systems stitched together by highly manual processes. Meanwhile, patient satisfaction is at an all-time low, evidenced by an average net promoter score of -1.2, and physicians continue to complain about the increasing administrative burden on them and their practices.

Third Way Health was founded to solve this problem, offering practices a new way to manage their front office via its proprietary technology platform, which includes a virtual practice management team, an in-and-outbound multilingual contact center, and marketing and branding services in one comprehensive solution. This allows all medical practice personnel, including nurses, medical assistants, and office managers, to focus on care delivery, while significantly improving access and experience for patients – resulting in greater patient acquisition, enhanced patient retention, and improved quality scores.

“After spending over 7 years helping medical practices transform and interviewing hundreds of practice staff and owners, it became apparent that existing solutions are not sufficient. I heard and personally experienced practices’ well-founded frustrations with disparate technology systems, low-quality service vendors, and lack of management bandwidth – all of which result in broken front-office processes that impact not only the efficiency and efficacy of practice staff but also detract from the patient’s experience and quality of care received,” said Frederik Mueller, Third Way Health’s Co-Founder and CEO.

“Fortune 100 companies have developed a playbook of transforming front and back-office operations and technology systems through centralization that’s been highly effective in many industries. After gaining a better understanding of the current state of medical practice front offices, I was surprised that most medical practices have never had the chance to tap into any of these opportunities. I’m incredibly excited about the chance to transform the healthcare experience for millions of patients,” said Timm Schneider, Third Way Health’s Co-Founder and COO.

Brandon Sim, ApolloMed’s Co-CEO, echoed this sentiment: “We have been empowering physicians to participate and succeed in value-based care arrangements for 25 years. Augmenting our value-based care infrastructure in medical, care, and risk management with the end-to-end, modern, front-office experience that Third Way Health is building is expected to be an immense value-add to us and our partnered clinics and entrepreneurial healthcare providers. We are thrilled to partner with Third Way Health, and look forward to working with them as they build a product that we anticipate will transform medical practice front offices across the country.”

About Third Way Health
Third Way Health offers medical practices an end-to-end front office solution to reduce the administrative burden for clinicians and staff while increasing patient experience, acquisition, and retention. The solution combines a proprietary technology platform, a virtual practice management team, an in-and-outbound multilingual contact center, and marketing and branding services for medical practices of all sizes, specialties, and geographies. For more information, please visit www.thirdway.health. 

About ApolloMed
ApolloMed is a leading physician-centric, technology-powered, risk-bearing healthcare management company. Leveraging its proprietary end-to-end technology solutions, ApolloMed operates an integrated healthcare delivery platform that enables providers to successfully participate in value-based care arrangements, thus empowering them to deliver high quality care to patients in a cost-effective manner.

Headquartered in Alhambra, California, ApolloMed’s subsidiaries and affiliates include management services organizations (MSOs), affiliated independent practice associations (IPAs), and entities participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) innovation models. For more information, please visit www.apollomed.net.

SOURCE Third Way Health

INDIANAPOLIS, April 19, 2023 — Orthodontic Details (Details) today announced it is collaborating with 3M Oral Care, DynaFlex, G&H Orthodontics, Reliance Orthodontic Products and other orthodontic suppliers to make ordering supplies easier for practices. 

Details, the ordering platform built exclusively for orthodontics, gives practices one place to order from any supplier. Through this collaboration, practices will be able to start using Details faster, while suppliers benefit from tighter overall integration.

“Practices want to focus on patients, not purchasing supplies,” said Details President, Nick Wangler. “One of the best ways we can help them do that is reducing friction in the ordering process for practices and suppliers alike. Because we’re supplier agnostic, we’re able to leverage our technology to help make ordering more efficient across the board.” 

Details has grown from zero to 85 practices in the 13 months since it launched its ordering platform, garnering attention from suppliers, industry partners and practices alike. 

Supplier partners range from industry leaders to long-time orthodontic favorites including 3M Oral Care, DynaFlex, Reliance Orthodontic Products, G&H Orthodontics, Amtouch, Allure, Young Specialties, Plak Smacker, Wild Smiles, Baylab, and more. While Details works with all orthodontic suppliers, the company shared these suppliers as being proactive in finding ways to save practices time with ordering. 

“Today’s announcement is a reflection of how deeply these suppliers care about their customers,” shared Details Vice President of Practice Success, Carrianne Garrison Ford. “By working together, we’re able to make life easier for orthodontic practices, no matter who they order from. And this is just the beginning.”

Garrison Ford most recently served as the procurement team lead at Smile Doctors, before joining Details last fall. 

In addition to collaborating with suppliers, the company has established partnerships with Neon Canvas, Mari’s List, CFO Ortho, Jill Allen & Associates, Merchant Cost Consulting, and others.

In January, the largest buying group in orthodontics, Mari’s List, announced they were using Details technology for their innovative membership portal, which allows members to quickly find information about a particular consultant, supplier, or promotion. In April, Wild Smiles announced Details as the exclusive e-commerce ordering solution for their customers.

Details is also working with fellow technology companies, like Grin, to ensure practices using both companies have a smooth ordering experience. While Details connects practices and suppliers, Grin is a comprehensive virtual care platform that connects practices and patients. Like Details, Grin has experienced exponential growth, doubling subscription practice accounts since October, and being used by thousands of practice owners and team members, and tens of thousands of patients. 

“I feel lucky to work in an industry where fellow technology companies, vendors, and suppliers alike are open to new ideas,” Jeff Biggs, DDS, MS, Indianapolis orthodontist, and Details CEO shared. “The less time a practice spends on the administrative side of ordering, the more time they can spend clinically. That gives us as orthodontists the ability to take on more patients, while still delivering outstanding patient outcomes.”

About Details: Details is an ordering platform built exclusively for orthodontics to give practices one place to order from any supplier. See more: https://orthodonticdetails.com/ 

Media contact: Nick Wangler, [email protected] or 815-252-4159

SOURCE Orthodontic Details

Keynotes, panels and two business competitions connect entrepreneurs, thought leaders and investors in evolving longevity market

LAFAYETTE, Calif., April 19, 2023 — Mary Furlong & Associates (MFA), producer of the longest running conference in the longevity economy, announced its 20^th annual What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit on June 14–15. With the theme The 2030 Horizon: Charting a Course for Longevity Investors and Entrepreneurs, the conference will bring together thought leaders, including active investors, entrepreneurs, incubators, nonprofits, government agencies and large companies focused on the $8.3 trillion longevity economy for keynote speeches, incisive panel discussions and two business competitions.

“We are proud to bring this industry-leading summit to the longevity market for the 20^th year,” said Mary Furlong, founder and president of MFA. “With more than 300 attendees, the event not only delivers access to investors who are actively funding in the longevity space, but also provides a blueprint for deal flow. This platform for connecting the longevity ecosystem is critical in creating success in challenging environments like those facing entrepreneurs today.”

Highlights of the conference include keynotes and sessions with experts in longevity and investing, including: Mark Mahaney, leading investment analyst and author; Safwan Shah, founder and CEO of PayActiv; Zeigler’s Dan Hermann; Todd Haim, SBIR Chief at NIA; Christine Brocato, Vice President of Strategic Innovation, Common Spirit Health; and Dr. Allison Sekuler, President & Chief Scientist, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation. Other sessions focus on what investors are looking for, non-dilutive funding opportunities, women leading in longevity and healthcare, going to market in the longevity economy, the future of AI and older adults, and much more.

As part of the 20^th anniversary, Furlong asked 20 longevity thought leaders about their strategies 20 years ago, the biggest changes and their visions for the future. Dan Hermann, president & CEO and head of Investment Banking for Zeigler, focused on the dramatic growth of the longevity market. “I’ve personally been working around senior living for 30 plus years, and when we raised our first Ziegler Link-age Fund nearly 10 years ago, the idea of investing exclusively in technologies and services touching on aging and longevity was novel,” Hermann said. “Today, large tech players like Apple, Amazon, and Uber are all taking note in light of the undeniable demographic shifts. When you think about the imbalance between those needing care and those able to provide it, the need for technology is clear.” Hermann continued, “In the next 5, 10 and 20 years, I fully expect we will see continued innovation and technological breakthroughs to support healthy aging for older adults, no matter where they live.”

Business Competitions

There will also be two competitions for entrepreneurs: What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit $10,000 Business Plan Competition, “Where Innovation Meets Investment in the Longevity Market” and the AARP AgeTech Collaborative Social Connection Pitch Competition.

The What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit will take place at the Claremont Club & Spa, Berkeley, California on June 14-15. Sessions will be recorded for on-demand viewing. Sponsors include: AgeTech Collaborative from AARP, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, GetSetUp, Ageless Innovation, Posit Science, Discover Live, Everest Health Partners, TCARE, Keen Insurance Services, The Perfect Companion, Ziegler Link-Age, LifeBio, Home Instead, an Honor Company, UpLyft, Elevance Health, and Prufrock Ventures.

Those who register before May 15 will save with early bird rates. Click here to learn more.

Learn more about Mary Furlong & Associates at maryfurlong.com.

SOURCE Mary Furlong & Associates