Alter is a social venture on a mission to scale the entrepreneurial champions of the world's toughest places, such as Haiti, Myanmar and Afghanistan, to create jobs where they are needed most. Alter finds the leading high-growth ventures in a least developed country and matches them with Silicon Valley resources, including sector experts, management training, talent recruitment, markets and capital. Alter's Board includes the founder of Kiva and the MD of Endeavor Catalyst, and advisors include top Silicon Valley impact investors. Alter is creating peace through entrepreneurship in the places that need it most.

Earmark destroys buyer’s remorse by helping people avoid superfluous purchases and achieve their spending goals, upending the advertising industry in the process. Dubbed “Brilliant” by PandoDaily, Earmark’s addictive savings app enables you to track what you don’t buy so you can indulge in what you really want - skip the latte and shift that unspent money towards a guilt-free splurge on an iPad. In the process, Earmark uncovers what consumers want and when they aspire to buy it, enabling peer-to-peer suggestions and the delivery of perfectly timed ads from abnormally relevant brands. Earmark has generated over $1MM in spending intent in the its two months

Indie is modernizing local retail via community hubs, Prime-like features & local membership. Today’s consumer overwhelmingly prefers to shop local yet also desires digital conveniences. A modern, omnichannel approach to local retail unites communities to fend off Amazon together. Indie hubs look and feel like elevated bookstore cafés, but feature dozens of monthly events, a “search for anything” consumer app, free home delivery, and a coffee bar. Indie’s first two locations have 2,000 recurring members @ $79/year and will surpass $2M in sales this year.