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Zigazoo
Zigazoo is a video-based social network built specifically for kids and teens, where every post is human and AI moderated before it goes live. Founded by former educators during the pandemic as a daily challenge app for kids stuck at home, it grew into what the company calls the largest and safest social network for children in the world. Kids respond to short video challenges from museums, zoos, teachers, musicians and celebrities, earn in-app currency called Zigabucks, and connect through creativity rather than private chat. It is KidSAFE COPPA certified, has no text messaging, and removes anything negative before it ever reaches a feed.
Zak Ringelstein
Zak Ringelstein is the co-founder and CEO of Zigazoo, a moderated, kid-safe social network often described as the antidote to TikTok. A former public school teacher and Teach For America alum, he built and sold his first edtech company UClass to Renaissance Learning, ran a left-insurgent 2018 U.S. Senate campaign in Maine as the only DSA-endorsed major-party nominee, then launched Zigazoo with his wife Leah during the pandemic. The company has raised roughly $26M total, including a $17M celebrity-studded Series A, and made headlines when Australia exempted Zigazoo from its sweeping social media ban.
Matt Britton
Matt Britton is the founder and CEO of Suzy, an AI-powered consumer intelligence platform used by enterprise brands to get real-time answers from real people. A two-time #1 Amazon business bestselling author (YouthNation, Generation AI) and one of the most in-demand keynote speakers on AI and generational change, he has spent 25+ years decoding how the next generation buys, works, and lives. Before Suzy he built youth-marketing agency Mr Youth into MRY, a 500-person global shop sold to Publicis, and spun out Crowdtap, which became Suzy in 2017.
Matt Lee
Matt Lee is the Founder and General Partner of Progression Fund, a pre-seed and seed-stage consumer technology VC firm co-founded with alumni from musical.ly and TikTok. Based in Oakland, California, he backs visionary founders building AI-native products for everyday consumers and prosumers, with a particular thesis around generational behavior shifts - specifically Gen Z and Gen Alpha. His portfolio spans consumer tech, gaming, entertainment, social platforms, live streaming commerce, and digital health, with notable investments including Perplexity AI and Dapper Labs. He brings a global perspective from prior roles at ChinaRock Capital Management, Pereg Ventures, and engineering and consulting stints at Macquarie Group and Capco.