Meet the Founders
Building What’s Next
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Valentine Aikhu
Company: Ogiso
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Valentine Aikhu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ogiso, a healthtech startup transforming the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) industry. With a background in entrepreneurship and operating care facilities, Valentine has led the company from concept to a growing SaaS platform serving providers across the U.S.
Under Valentine’s leadership, Ogiso has reached revenue traction in under two years, secured non-dilutive funding, and built a product focused on compliance, audit readiness, and ease of use.
Evan Einhorn
Company: Loanscape
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Evan Einhorn is the Co-Founder of Loanscape, a platform helping lenders streamline broker and third-party originator (TPO) relationships through a more efficient onboarding and renewal process.
With nearly 15 years in real estate and firsthand experience running a mortgage brokerage, Evan built Loanscape to solve the operational challenges brokers and lenders face every day. Since launching in 2024, the platform has grown to support thousands of TPOs and multiple institutions.
Evan is focused on simplifying complex workflows and building practical solutions that help brokers and lenders operate more efficiently.
Chris Kolb
Company: HUM
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Chris Kolb is the founder of HUM, a platform redefining what it means to drive for a living by helping professional drivers earn more, build independence, and develop direct relationships with their riders.
HUM enables drivers to operate like business owners with simple plans and built-in commercial insurance, while delivering a more reliable and personalized experience for riders. The platform is currently active across California, Arizona, and Idaho.
With a focus on improving both driver economics and rider trust, Chris is building a new model for the future of mobility.
Anthony Argenziano
Company: VelocitiPM
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Anthony Argenziano is a product and technology leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling products across startups and Fortune 500 companies. As a hands-on operator and entrepreneur, [he/she/they] has led teams from idea to launch, driving product vision and execution in high-growth environments.
With deep experience across B2B, B2C, SaaS, marketplaces, and fintech, Anthony focuses on finding product-market fit, building strong teams, and scaling products with efficient unit economics.
Damilare Fagbemi
Company: Rezliant Inc
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Damilare Fagbemi is the Co-Founder of Rezliant, a security platform focused on automating vulnerability detection and remediation across code and cloud environments. The company helps teams integrate security into their workflows without slowing down development.
Rezliant’s platform identifies, prioritizes, and fixes critical vulnerabilities in seconds, significantly reducing mitigation time and cost. The team is also focused on supporting HealthTech companies by automating PHI protection, streamlining compliance, and improving audit readiness.
With a focus on practical, scalable security solutions, Damilare is working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity more accessible and efficient.
Kristopher Rezagholi
Company: ProPlaintiff AI
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Kristopher Rezagholi is the Co-Founder of ProPlaintiff.ai, an AI platform transforming workflows for personal injury law firms. The platform automates time-intensive tasks like drafting, summarizing, and document review, allowing attorneys to focus on building stronger cases and serving clients.
Built specifically for plaintiff attorneys, ProPlaintiff.ai streamlines demand letter generation, medical chronologies, and case analysis, delivering faster insights while reducing administrative overhead. The system integrates seamlessly into firm workflows and is designed to scale with growing caseloads.
With a focus on efficiency and accuracy, Kristopher is helping modernize legal operations through practical, AI-driven solutions.
Josh Bopp
Company: Aduvo
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Josh Bopp is the founder of Aduvo, a SaaS platform helping loan officers build stronger relationships and drive growth by turning contacts into lasting connections. The company focuses on making professionals more memorable and effective in how they engage their network.
In addition to Aduvo, Josh also leads FocusIT, a technology company supporting mortgage businesses with tools that improve efficiency and operations at scale.
With a focus on building practical, relationship-driven solutions, Josh is committed to creating technology that drives growth and simplifies complexity across the mortgage industry.
Hunter Rickert
Company: Synchro
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Hunter Rickert is the founder of Synchro, an AI-powered platform transforming how students and customers get support. The company builds intelligent, course-specific AI tutors for education providers, enabling 24/7 academic assistance while helping institutions scale support without sacrificing quality.
In addition to education, Synchro supports e-commerce businesses with AI-driven customer service across channels like email, SMS, and social media, improving response times, reducing costs, and increasing customer retention.
With a focus on clarity, speed, and scalability, Hunter is building solutions that help organizations better support the people they serve.
Imen Clark
Company: Prickly Pear Health
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Imen Clark is a 2x founder focused on building technology at the intersection of brain health, AI, and immersive experiences. Imen is passionate about creating human-centered solutions that improve accessibility, drive behavioral change, and unlock human potential.
With a background in human-centered and strategic design, Imen brings a blend of creativity and data-driven thinking to building products that are both intuitive and impactful. Imen’s work explores how technology can serve as a catalyst for health and wellness, with a particular focus on advancing women’s brain health.
Billy Jones
Company: SaveNaturally
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Billy Jones is the founder of SaveNaturally, a platform modernizing how natural grocery incentives work by connecting retailers, brands, and shoppers through frictionless savings and real purchase-level data.
SaveNaturally replaces traditional coupons with seamless, register-level savings, making it easier for shoppers to save, while giving brands meaningful insight into actual buying behavior. The platform is designed to be simple for retailers to implement and powerful for brands looking to better understand and reach their customers.
With a focus on improving both the shopper experience and data transparency, Billy is building a more efficient and modern ecosystem for natural grocery.
Zachary Hawley
Company: Steerco
Cohort year: 2025
Bio
Zachary Hawley is the founder of Steerco, an AI platform built to eliminate the “presentation tax” by turning data into consistent, executive-ready narratives automatically. The platform helps revenue and customer-facing teams reduce time spent on slide creation and focus more on strategic work.
With a background leading enterprise revenue teams, including a $181M ARR organization at Workiva, Zach built Steerco to solve a common operational challenge: teams have the data, but lack scalable systems to turn it into clear, high-quality communication.
Since launching, Steerco has reached early traction quickly, with a focus on building enterprise-ready AI products that reduce unnecessary work and improve how teams operate
Who’s it for
Phoenix Metro software companies with at least $100K ARR.
Serious founders who want to work hard and grow to the next stage.
Ambitious founders ready to learn the art of founder-led sales with an MVP
