UPROXX is a Los Angeles-based digital media and entertainment company that grew from a music and pop-culture website into a connected-TV and social-video powerhouse reaching more than 160 million monthly viewers. Founded by Jarret Myer and Brian Brater, it owns brands including UPROXX, HipHopDX and Dime Magazine, produces original music and culture programming, runs a content studio for brand campaigns, and - after going independent again in 2024 alongside will.i.am and Rich Antoniello - sells media across YouTube and CTV while folding AI into how it makes and monetizes content.
Matthew Stevens is the President and CEO of The Bay Club Company, a San Francisco-based sports and active lifestyle operator running resort-inspired campuses across the U.S. West Coast. Since 2008 he has scaled the business under three private equity owners (KSL, York, KKR), growing revenues, EBITDA and footprint by more than 250%, and steering the company past 135,000 members and 4,000 associates.
Cookies is a global cannabis and lifestyle brand co-founded in 2010 by Bay Area rapper-entrepreneur Berner and cultivator Jai. Built on proprietary genetics like the iconic Girl Scout Cookies strain, it has grown into a network of 70+ dispensaries across more than 20 markets in 6 countries, plus a streetwear arm (Cookies SF) that helped legitimize the brand long before federal legalization caught up.
Joy is an all-in-one wedding planning platform that helps couples build custom wedding websites, manage registries with zero fees, coordinate guests, and stream virtual events. Founded in 2016 by three former Microsoft and Adobe engineers, Joy has grown to serve hundreds of thousands of couples worldwide with a free-to-use model, 600+ website templates, and a universal registry that pulls from any online retailer. Backed by General Catalyst and Sound Ventures, Joy has raised over $108M and is expanding beyond weddings into all major life milestones.
Hannah Witton is a British and German YouTuber, broadcaster, and author who built a 14-year career talking frankly about sex, relationships and bodies online. In 2024 she pivoted away from sex-ed and now mentors other creators, writes the Creator Talks newsletter, and makes lifestyle videos about parenthood, books, and theatre.
Matt D'Avella is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, YouTuber, and podcaster who turned a $97,000 debt crisis into a Netflix documentary career. Best known for directing Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things and The Minimalists: Less Is Now on Netflix, he now runs one of YouTube's most visually distinct self-improvement channels with over 4 million subscribers, combining cinematic production quality with sharp, skeptical takes on hustle culture, habits, and modern life.