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creator now is an online learning platform and community for aspiring YouTubers, co-founded by YouTuber Airrack. A total of 300 participants participate in a six-week program where they are encouraged to publish a total of six videos. Participants meet creators in their niche, attend workshops with “YouTube experts,” gain access to collaboration opportunities, and more.

Magna is a platform that allows companies to manage capitalization tables and distribute token equity to employees and investors. Its automated platform aims to save companies time and prevent lost tokens and security vulnerabilities.

Whimsical is a set of online collaboration tools: Docs, Flowcharts, Wireframes, Mind Maps, and Projects. These five tools, which the company calls “primitives,” essentially combine the use cases of apps like Notion, Google Docs, Figma, and Trello into one organized app.

thirdweb is a platform that allows developers to build web3 applications like NFT collections, marketplaces, and tokens without extensive blockchain development knowledge. Its software development kits (SDKs) let builders incorporate smart contracts into projects without sacrificing user experience and accessibility.

Alts.co is a community-based company built to inform people about alternative investments. Originally started as two separate newsletters from both founders, Alts was created to give its readers recommendations on a variety of different investment options, ranging from real estate to baseball cards. Alts does most of the leg work in finding the value of these alternative investments using a combination of comparative sales analysis, pricing research, and collectible grading where applicable. More recently, the company launched ALTS 1, a managed fund that allows the public to invest in top picks from the Alts team.

Subject (previously known as Emile Learning) is an accredited learning platform seeking to lower the barriers to accessing a quality high school education. It has over 65 courses across core subjects, electives, AP classes, and more. The courses are broken down into digestible short videos taught by carefully selected teachers.

Launch House is building programs for ambitious people to collaborate and make life-long connections. It offers three month-long programs including Launch House (for founders), Hack House (for engineers), and Venture House (for investors). Depending on the program and the dates, it can take place in either Launch House’s houses in Los Angeles and New York, or online in the metaverse. During each program, participants attend tailored events and office hours, get connected to the Launch House community, and optionally live at Launch House. Afterwards, participants can become Launch House members to stay plugged in to the community.

Climate X provides next-generation climate data and analytics, quantifying how different climate change pathways could result in physical risks to businesses, such as the probability of risks like natural disasters occurring and the severity of their impact. The company converts this impact on a business’s assets into a monetary value to enable companies to quickly identify the severity of climate-related risks, build climate-resilient business strategies, and comply with incoming regulatory requirements.

Lovewick is an app meant for couples to strengthen their relationships. It offers features such as question games, community-inspired date ideas, and research-based relationship tips to make it easier for partners to grow closer.

Castiron is an e-commerce service that provides websites to independent food sellers such as cooks and bakers. In addition to landing pages, it offers features such as inventory management, automated marketing, and more.