Mercury is a San Francisco fintech that builds banking and financial software for startups and growth-stage companies. Through partner banks, it offers FDIC-insured checking and savings, corporate cards, treasury, venture debt, bill pay, and an API - aimed at founders who would rather not call a branch manager.
Every is an all-in-one back-office platform for startup founders, bundling free incorporation, business banking, corporate cards, treasury, payroll, HR, benefits, bookkeeping, and taxes into a single dashboard. Founded in 2021 by Rajeev Behera and Barry Peterson and headquartered in San Francisco, the company raised a $22.5M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures in September 2024 to keep replacing the patchwork of tools that consume founders' time.
Leandra Elberger is the Head of Platform at Forum Ventures, New York's leading pre-seed fund and accelerator for B2B SaaS startups. With a career winding through global health, Wall Street, entrepreneurship education, and venture capital, she has built expertise in founder support and community infrastructure. A Tufts grad with an MBA with distinction from Cornell Johnson, she previously served as Studio Director at Cornell Tech and Head of Platform at Atento Capital, and has authored thought pieces on healthcare market opportunities and fintech infrastructure for founders. Her guiding philosophy: a career is a choice that indicates your values.
David Senra is the host of the Founders podcast, one of the world's top business podcasts, where he has spent nearly a decade reading and distilling the biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs. After consuming 400+ founder biographies, Senra has become a rare bridge between the past and present - a living repository of entrepreneurial wisdom sought out by billionaires, CEOs, and the world's most ambitious builders. His monologue-driven episodes turn founder lives into tactical lessons, and his obsession with focus, craft, and deliberate work has made him one of the most trusted voices in the entrepreneurship space. In October 2025, he launched a second podcast featuring long-form conversations with the greatest living founders.
Vouch is a technology-first insurance broker built specifically for high-growth startups and venture-backed companies. Founded in 2018 by Sam Hodges and Travis Hedge, Vouch has reimagined business insurance with a digital-first platform that lets founders get covered in minutes - not weeks. With over $203M raised, 6,000+ companies insured, and a landmark 2025 deal with Hiscox, Vouch sits at the intersection of fintech and insurtech, offering everything from general liability to first-of-its-kind AI-specific coverage.