Katie Spies is the founder and CEO of Maev, the direct-to-consumer brand that made human-grade raw food for dogs a subscription. An MIT-trained engineer who quit tech to spend nearly a year as a full-time dog walker, she built Maev after her rescue dog's health turned around on a raw diet. Since launching in 2020 she has shipped millions of meals, raised roughly $19 million in venture funding, and grown the company by wheat-pasting posters across New York before scaling to paid channels.
Katie Hunt is the co-founder and CEO of Oh Norman!, a dog wellness brand she launched with actor Kaley Cuoco after a LinkedIn cold message turned into a business partnership. Before chihuahuas and chewable supplements, she was the third employee at Warby Parker, the Chief Brand Officer who rebranded Hinge, a co-founder of the four-story retail playground SHOWFIELDS, and a co-founder of the early-stage fund now called Everywhere Ventures.