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JUDGES, CONSUMER TECH: JEREMY LIEW, PARTNER, LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS; ANJALI SUD, CEO, VIMEO; HANS TUNG, MANAGING PARTNER, GGV CAPITAL; NICK WEAVER, COFOUNDER,
EERO (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2016). EDUCATION: JANET NAPOLITANO, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM; RESHMA SAUJANI, FOUNDER, GIRLS WHO CODE; GREGG SPIRIDELLIS, CO-
CREATOR-CEO, STORYBOTS; RACHEL CARLSON, COFOUNDER, GUILD EDUCATION (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2017).
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DEVON TOWNSEND, 29
COFOUNDER, CAMEOWant to send someone a love note from Stormy Daniels or
a get-well message from Charlie Sheen? Devon Townsend
can hook you up. His marketplace Cameo sells personal-
ized videos from thousands of minor celebrities and aging
sports stars. A video from Brett Favre costs $500. One from
the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld? $60. Celebs name their price
and take 75%—Cameo gets the rest, pocketing “tens of mil-
lions” a year. In 2014 he quit Microsoft to travel with friend
Cody Ko. While globetrotting, they launched a Vine account
that got millions of views. Requests for personal videos re-
vealed an unmet market: “We’ve tapped into something in
the American psyche.” The investor psyche too—Cameo has
raised $65 million-plus from Kleiner Perkins and more.
—Biz Carson, Brianne Garrett, Michael NuñezSAAD EL YAMANI, 26
COFOUNDER, AMBI“Colleges have a labyrinth of
clunky and disconnected digital
tools that don’t inform, engage or
facilitate collaboration,” says Ambi
cofounder Saad El Yamani. Stu-
dents must juggle a mess of web-
sites and apps to navigate student
life. At many schools, there are sep-
arate digital tools to track course-
work, register for classes or sign up
for clubs. El Yamani and cofound-
er Soham Khaitan want to simplify
things. Their edtech company Ambi
combines disparate digitial pro-
grams into a single product. With
Ambi, you can access readings for
Psych 101 or look up your next band
practice. The pair launched the
company while at Babson College,
securing $445,000 of seed fund-
ing from two professors. They have
since raised $6 million. They have a
deal with Columbia University and
are in talks with nine other schools.
They’re also negotiating with El Ya-
mani’s home country of Morocco to
onboard its university students.
—Carter Coudriet, Caroline
Howard, Katherine LoveADELLE ARCHER, 29
Cofounder, Eterneva
JOSH AUGUSTIN, 27;
MOAWIA ELDEEB, 27
Cofounders, Pivot
TOM CANTERINO, 28
Cofounder, Ageless Innovation
JARRETT CHEN, 29;
DILLON MORGAN, 27
Cofounders, UNUM
DAN CLARK, 29
CEO, Brain.fm
JOSEPH COHEN, 28
Founder, Universe
JULIA ENTHOVEN, 26;
ERIC LU, 26
Cofounders, Kapwing
A. TOBY ESPINOSA, 29
Vice president, global business
development, DoorDash
TYLER FAUX, 29
Cofounder, Supergreat
RYAN FOUTTY, 29
Global head of business
development, Lime
BARRETT GLASAUER, 28;
ANDRÉS GREEN, 29
Cofounders, WanderJaunt
NIKHIL GOEL, 28
Head of product, Uber Elevate
MAXIMILLIAN HELLERSTEIN, 24;
CYRUS SUMMERLIN, 24
Cofounders, Down to Shop
JOE HOLLIER, 29
Cofounder, Light
BEN JACKSON, 27
Founder, Bungii
HRIDAY KEMBURU, 25;
JAY PATEL, 25; VINAY RAMESH, 26
Cofounders, Wildfire
TYLER KENNEDY, 28; WES SCHROLL, 26
Cofounders, Fetch Rewards
DAVID KOLODNY, 29
Cofounder, Wilbur Labs
FARES KSEBATI, 28;
ADAM OXNER, 27
Cofounders, MySwimPro
ANNA LEE, 28
Cofounder, Lioness
BENJAMIN LEE, 29
Head of product design, Postmates
HAYLEY LEIBSON, 26;
SCOTT WU, 22
Cofounders, Lunchclub
OURIEL LEMMEL, 29
Cofounder, WinIt
ALEX MA, 26; AUSTEN MA, 24
Cofounders, TTYL
JAMIE MARSHALL, 23;
KEVIN TAN, 26
Cofounders, Snackpass
DIESEL PELTZ, 26
Cofounder, Twenty
ALEXANDER SCHIFFHAUER, 28
Product lead, computational
photography, Google
JESAR SHAH, 25
Product manager, Twitter
DEVON TOWNSEND, 29
Cofounder, Cameo
SHARON ZENG, 29
Product manager, Instagram66
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