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Vardhan Kapoor
Vardhan Kapoor is the CEO and co-founder of FirstWork (YC S24), an AI-native HR and compliance platform built for frontline and seasonal workers. Before founding FirstWork in 2024, he ran strategy and operations at Deliveroo during its hypergrowth years and served as Head of Region for APAC at Remitly, where he built a business approaching $100M in annual recurring revenue and helped take the company public on NASDAQ. FirstWork raised a $5M seed round in early 2025, led by Gradient, to cut onboarding time for high-turnover workforces by more than 75%.
Sharon Williams
Sharon Williams is a business development Partner on the Enterprise team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capital firms. Based in Seattle, she leads go-to-market strategy and partnership efforts within a16z's infrastructure and enterprise portfolio. Her career spans hedge fund investing in London and Boston, building cloud partner programs at Microsoft, P&L management at fintech startup Remitly, and leading strategic alliances at customer data platform Amperity — before landing at a16z in 2023. She holds an MBA from MIT and has been recognized as a champion for women in cloud technology.