Jackson Cunningham
Jackson is the founder of tuft + paw, a modern DTC brand for cat people that has grown to over 8 figures in sales. Prior to starting tuft + paw,…
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Žiga Vrtačič
Žiga is a seasoned professional with over ten years of experience with startups and established corporations. He was the product director of My Talking Tom, a global mobile game hit…
Jenny Goldfarb
Jenny Goldfarb, aka Mrs. Goldfarb, is the founder of Unreal Deli. She grew up on the Standard American Diet (SAD), and in her early 30s, learned about the plight of…
Lucy Jeffrey
Lucy Jeffrey is a young, female entrepreneur combining her love for socks and animals by selling bamboo socks where 10% of the profits are donated to animal conservation charities. She…
Jacqueline von Edelberg
A unicorn with a brain. A deep-rooted Chicago connector and rainmaker. A pie-in-the sky, free thinking builder-type who gets sh*t done. Not easily pigeonholed: Jacqueline is a University of Chicago…
Mary Young
Mary Young is the founder of Doggykingdom an online dog accessories shop. The online shop is an extension of Mary’s love for dogs that started at a very tender age….
Emma Lock
Em is an award winning animal educator and digital content creator. Her YouTube channel currently has over 690,000 subscribers, comprised of animal lovers and pet keepers seeking a place to…
Paul Shapiro
Strive to be kind to everyone, even those who aren’t kind to you. Paul Shapiro has been a backer of food sustainability since early on. He established an animal protection…
Christie Horvath
Christie is a dog-obsessed insurance nerd hailing from Colorado. She started her career on the insurance team at BlackRock and after 6 years of working with insurance companies, went to…
Steven Carter
Steven Carter is the co-founder and CEO of TeleVet, the mobile telemedicine application virtually connecting veterinary clinics to pet owners. Prior to TeleVet, he was CEO and co-founder of Horse…