Vesta is a San Francisco-based B2B SaaS company building the next-generation loan origination system (LOS) for the mortgage industry. Founded in 2020 by ex-Blend engineers Mike Yu and Devon Yang, Vesta replaces legacy mortgage software with a cloud-native, open, rules-driven platform that lets lenders configure workflows, automate compliance checks, and integrate with 40+ ecosystem partners - all without custom code. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Pennymac, Vesta tripled its loan volume and customer count year-over-year through 2025.
Merge builds the connective infrastructure for modern SaaS and AI: one unified API that lets a product offer hundreds of HRIS, ATS, CRM, ticketing, and accounting integrations - and a newer Agent Handler that gives AI agents secure, observable access to thousands of third-party tools.
Abhijit Kane is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Postman, the world's leading API platform used by 20+ million developers and 98% of Fortune 500 companies. A BITS Pilani alumnus, he joined Abhinav Asthana and Ankit Sobti in 2014 to turn a viral Stack Overflow side project into a $5.6 billion company that defines how developers build, test, and collaborate on APIs.
Abhinav Asthana is the co-founder and CEO of Postman, the world's leading API platform used by over 35 million developers and 500,000 organizations. Growing up in small-town Uttar Pradesh, India, he taught himself programming as a child, built virtual tour software before finishing college, and turned a side project Chrome extension into a company valued at $5.6 billion. He moved Postman from Bangalore to San Francisco in 2017 and has raised $433 million in total funding, including a $225M Series D in 2021.
Gil Feig is the Co-Founder and CTO of Merge, the unified API platform that lets B2B software companies add hundreds of integrations to their products in days instead of months. He started coding at 12, got a cease-and-desist from Facebook at 16, and launched Merge in the middle of COVID after interviewing 100 companies before writing a single line of code. The company has raised $74.5M, serves 4,000+ customers, and named Feig and co-founder Shensi Ding to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Nathan Stewart is a founding engineer at Merge (merge.dev), the unified API platform that lets B2B SaaS companies connect to hundreds of HRIS, ATS, CRM, accounting, and ticketing systems through a single integration. Based in New York and educated at The Ohio State University, Stewart is a backend developer who joined Merge in its early days and has helped scale the company to over 140 employees and $74.5M in funding. He describes himself as a 'Software Engineer & Puzzle Aficionado,' an apt description for someone building the connective infrastructure that keeps the modern SaaS stack wired together.
Christine Spang is the co-founder of Nylas, the email, calendar, and contacts API platform that powers scheduling and communication features for thousands of developers and enterprises. A Debian contributor since age 15, MIT computer science alumna, and former Linux kernel engineer at Ksplice/Oracle, she built Nylas from a frustrated attempt to build a better email client into a company that raised $175M and became essential developer infrastructure. She served as Founder & CEO of Nylas through its Series C growth phase before transitioning to the Board of Directors in 2025.