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Rebecka Zavaleta
Rebecka Zavaleta is the co-founder and CEO of Paismo, an HR-tech and people-automation platform built for small and mid-sized businesses in emerging markets and pitched as 'made in Pakistan, for the world.' Before Paismo she spent more than a decade as a product and design leader whose work touched Google, TikTok and Meta, and she founded First Milli, a first-generation wealth-building education platform recognized by NextAdvisor in partnership with Time. A University of Pennsylvania political-science graduate who has traveled to dozens of countries and works across several languages, she blends product craft, financial literacy and a builder's stubbornness about fixing systems that 'do not exist or are not streamlined.'
Teija Bean
Teija Bean is the Head of Product Design at Forum Ventures' AI Studio, where she transforms zero-to-one AI concepts into market-ready B2B SaaS products. A decade-long storyteller at the intersection of tech and design, she has guided companies through AI, Web3, and SaaS — from ideation to funding — bringing a rare blend of creative direction, brand strategy, and hands-on product craft. Based in New York, Teija leads design across Forum Ventures' portfolio of AI-native startups, co-building companies from scratch and proving that great design is often the difference between a funded startup and a forgotten one.