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Nanea Reeves, CEO of Tripp ($26M+)

Nanea is one of the top founders in all of XR. She's raised $26M for her business, and is growing her revenue like crazy as one of the top apps on Meta's Quest store.

Don Stein
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Esteban Castano, TRM Labs ($100M+)

Esteban Castaño is the co-founder and CEO of TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence firm that helps governments and financial institutions manage risk and combat financial crime. He previously led the technology team at Generation and worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Don Stein
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Sam Cole, CEO of FitXR ($28M+)

Sam is the CEO and co-founder of FitXR, a leader in immersive VR fitness experiences. With a background in management consulting and private equity, he launched FitXR to revolutionize fitness through virtual reality, providing guided workouts and personalized programs to help people stay active.

Don Stein
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Blueprint, Danny Freed

Danny is the Founder and CEO of Blueprint, a SaaS platform that helps Behavioral Health Organizations measure and improve the quality of care at scale. Before Blueprint, he co-founded Companion, an award-winning personal safety app used by millions, and led product and design at Trunk Club, which was acquired by Nordstrom.

Don Stein
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ShapesXR, Inga Petryaevskaya

Inga is the Founder and CEO of ShapesXR, an award-winning startup that democratizes spatial design and collaboration for everyone. With a background in innovation at Siemens and Dell EMC, she transitioned into entrepreneurship to explore the transformative potential of VR. Inga previously co-founded Tvori, a pioneering VR animation software, before creating ShapesXR to empower users to design immersive experiences in XR, regardless of their 3D expertise.

Don Stein
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Shpere, Michael Rucker

Michael is the former owner and COO of OmniVirt, a VR advertising startup acquired by Facebook in 2020. He previously served as the head of content at YouTube and is currently working with Madison Square Garden’s Sphere to create the world’s highest resolution LED screen.

Don Stein
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Virtual Speech, Sophie Thompson

Sophie is the co-founder of VirtualSpeech, a multi-award-winning platform that combines e-learning with VR to enhance soft skills training. Since launching the world’s first VR public speaking application in 2016, VirtualSpeech has helped over 350,000 students worldwide and earned recognition from Forbes as one of the ten best online business courses.

Don Stein
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Augmodo, Ross Finman

Ross is the CEO of Augmodo, a company transforming the grocery store experience through AI and AR. Before Augmodo, he spent 4 ½ years at Niantic, where he founded the AR mapping and Visual Positioning System (VPS) and helped build Niantic's AR platform, Lightship.

Don Stein
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Ryan Engle (Golf+, $10M+)

Ryan is the Founder and CEO of GOLF+, a leader in VR golf that aims to make the sport more accessible and enjoyable. With over a decade of experience developing apps for Fortune 500 companies, Ryan is revolutionizing golf through augmented and virtual reality, having launched GOLF+ in partnership with the PGA of America.

Don Stein
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