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InterPayments' is a Data-as-a-Service company in the payments space. In the US, 5% of merchant revenues are lost to payments costs (that number is 11% in Europe). Transaction cost data is a one-sided market set by banks/card networks against non-collectively organized merchants. This leads to less innovation, higher payments fees, and high switching costs. Our mission is to create a global two-sided market in merchant transaction cost data. A transparent data marketplace will improve innovation and lower costs for both merchants and consumers. To do this, we’ve built a payments data-as-a-service (DaaS) company for merchants. Our core technology real-time calculates a merchant's exact fees on every card transaction before authorization. We combine all the foundational data required to process any card payment, regardless of the payment provider. We are unique because we expose it to merchants prior to processing the payment. This means merchants better understand their transaction costs and do something about them. With us, merchants can finally do simple things they cannot do today: negotiate better processing rates with industry data; easily switch payment providers with limited switching costs; and put payment providers in competition on every transaction. Don't just take our word for this problem. Amazon succinctly highlighted this pain point in September 2021: "The cost of accepting card payments continues to be an obstacle to providing the best prices for customers. These costs should be going down over time with innovation and technological advancements...yet, some cards' cost of payments continue to stay high or even rise."

Artyc designs and manufacturers battery-powered cooling containers for the cold-chain, providing refrigerant-free alternatives to cold shipping and storage. Refrigerants are among the most potent GHGs; in California alone, they are estimated to account for 4-5% of total emissions. By electrifying cold shipping, Artyc provides a more economical, higher precision, and zero-emissions solution for biopharma and healthcare customers. Funded by top climate and hardware investors Lowercarbon Capital, SOSV, True Ventures and MCJ Collective, Artyc is a registered Public Benefit corp, with a hybrid team and headquarters in San Mateo, CA.

Vouched develops proprietary AI that powers visual ID verification and user onboarding - instantly. We do this through scalable APIs and tools aimed at developers to remove the friction of identity verification for their applications. Vouched has identified more than 290,000 people, is an expert in 300 ID types covering the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, as well as passports for 25+ countries -- and growing. Vouched is device agnostic, reduces fraud, and IDs and converts customers in real-time to grow revenue. The Vouched AI is a proprietary hybrid of deterministic and probabilistic ML algorithms combined into a multi-stage decomposition and validation process. This enables Vouched to rapidly master thousands of ID types around the world, as well as new, emerging forms of ID, and fraud.

Astrohaus builds distraction-free writing tools in hardware and software for modern authors under the Freewrite brand. The company was founded by Adam Leeb and Patrick Paul around the success of the Freewrite smart typewriter (previously, Hemingwrite), that was launched in 2014 on Kickstarter with a shoestring budget and raised $200k in the first 20 hours of the campaign. Since beginning shipping worldwide in 2016, writers in 50 countries have cumulatively written over 250 million words on their Freewrites. Current Product Line: Freewrite - The Freewrite is a modern distraction-free writing tool featuring an E Ink display, mechanical keyboard, and cloud backups. The Freewrite was successfully Kickstarted in 2015 raising $342k. getfreewrite.com/freewrite Freewrite Traveler - The Freewrite Traveler is a distraction-free writing tool that is half the size and weight of a typical laptop. It was launched on Indiegogo in 2018 and generated over $1.5mm of pre-sales. getfreewrite.com/traveler Postbox - Postbox is a web application for Freewrite users to manage their device settings and documents. postbox.getfreewrite.com Sprinter - Sprinter is a goal focused distraction-free web application in the browser. sprinter.getfreewrite.com WTFridays - WTFridays is a project that invites our worldwide community of writers and others to participate in a 30 minute freewriting session every friday at noon. wtf.getfreewrite.com

The PlexTrac solution was designed to address the workflow pain points faced by security practitioners helping them track signal through the noise and breakdown communication silos. Combining “plexus” and “track,” our name really says it all. PlexTrac exists to network and coordinate all people and parts of a security program and to better track progress toward maturity.