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Cohort - Jun ’19
Jason Gardner
Founder, Marqeta$1.4B Exit
Cohort - Aug ’23
Eric Berry
CEO, Founder, Triple Lift$1.4B Exit
Cohort - Feb ’19
Adam Cheyer
Co-Founder, Siri, Sentient, Viv Labs & GamePlanner.AI$1B Exits
Cohort - June ’24
Ran Reske
Founder, Resident$1B Exit
Cohort - Dec ’22
Oliver Friedrichs
Founder and CEO, Pangea$911M
Cohort - Mar '21
Felipe Sommer
Co-Founder & CEO, Nearpod$650M
Cohort - Nov ’21
Midori Uehara
Co-Founder, OODA Health$425M Exit
Cohort - Aug '22
Barbara Montero
Co-Founder, SafetyPay$441M Exit
Cohort - Jul ’24
Sepehr Kiani
Co-Founder, Fluent Biosciences$230M Exit
Cohort - Aug ‘19
Stacy Stubblefield
CoFounder, TeleSign$230M
Cohort - Aug '22
Pam Marrone
Founder, Marrone Bio Innovations$1B Exit (IPO)
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