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As a team, Hypur Ventures prides itself on its ability to understand the cannabis market from various angles due to its collective positioning as operators, investors, and industry thought leaders, providing a distinctive vantage point within the ecosystem.

Dwolla, Inc. is a financial technology company that is changing the way businesses send and receive funds. The company offers a seamless, white-label API platform to connect to the ACH Network to initiate payments. Since 2008, when Dwolla began creating the ideal platform to move money, the company has helped move billions of dollars for millions of end-users annually for businesses of all shapes and sizes; in addition, Dwolla has been mentioned in Inc., Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. Businesses that need to efficiently send or receive money and are ready for the future either use Dwolla—or they should.

We are leaders in working capital financing

More than 8,000 customers in Mexico and Latin America rely on the eFactor Network to optimize their working capital and reduce risk in the supply chain. Our award-winning financing platform improves efficiency through the exchange of information and transparency in payment and billing flows.

We allow buyers, and suppliers to make their supply chain more efficient, unlock free cash flow, allowing us to be more competitive. Our multiple national and international fundraisers, as well as our own capital market financing solution, eFactor Diez provide adequate financing to our clients.

Since Folio launched in 2000, we have been dedicated to transforming the way people invest for the better. No other brokerage offers our unique combination of patented innovations, powerful platform, passion, and determination to help investors reap the benefits of smarter investing. Folio Investments, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Folio Financial, Inc., which provides investment technology and other services to the financial services industry.

Jeff Brandeis, president of Brandeis Advisors, brings more than 30 years of experience to his business. Passionate about teaching sales representatives and business owners on how to improve their performance and make a bigger impact to reach their full potential. During his award-winning sales career, Jeff Brandeis sold millions of dollars in software, training, and services to Corporations, Professional Services companies. He has held a variety of leadership positions in sales and marketing. He attributes his success to understanding client needs, creative problem solving, building relationships and always doing what is in the client’s best interest.
Jeff is familiar with meeting sales quotas, pursuing large prospects with long sales cycles, nurturing them while continuing to sell each day and provide outstanding service to his customers. He also knows what it feels like to lose your biggest account, by no fault of your own, and find the courage and strength to get back on track and replace the sales volume to an even higher level. Jeff developed a sales success system which includes business development, selling skills and relationship marketing.

Mike Hendley, is a blockchain business strategist, cryptocurrency analyst, and former cryptocurrency portfolio manager for high net-worth individuals. He entered the Ethereum Classic movement in 2016 by founding etcminer.com. He served as Director of Investor Relations as well as the Lead Cryptocurrency Analyst at xCoins, a leading global bitcoin exchange located in Santa Monica, CA. Hendley has also been an advisor to myriad projects, his creativity in terms of business development and strategy, focus on pragmatic and cogent partnerships, and passion for blockchain and distributed ledger technology makes him a sought after contributor in the space. Hendley joined the LATOKEN team earlier this year and has been instrumental in the expansion and bringing LATOKEN to the West, focusing on brand recognition and brand awareness.

Founder, Optimone. 12+ Years Middle Market Private & Public Capital Markets. Ex-Deutsche Bank. BSc Banking & Finance LSE, UK,

Optimone leverages analytics and proprietary algos to enable instant and competitive cost working capital for small & mid-sized companies.

About Yuval Brisker:
Yuval Brisker is an architect, technologist, business leader and a leading advocate of consumer freedom enabled by technology. He co-founded TOA Technologies (with Irad Carmi) the global leader in cloud-based field service and customer experience management SaaS, leading the company as CEO and Chairman from its founding through 11 years of outstanding and continuous growth in more than 20 countries on six different continents. TOA was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2014. Yuval co-founded Mezu in early 2017 to address significant gaps in the global mobile payments world.

Chris Butler is Vice President of North America Marketing, for Equifax. He joined the company as Senior Director of Marketing in 2011 and was promoted into his current position in January 2015. Butler began his career in August 1997 at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, where he was a Senior Associate. In December 2004, he joined Time Inc. as Associate Marketing Manager and in January 2006 was promoted to Marketing Manager. From August 2007 to November 2008, he served as a Marketing Director at Sports Illustrated. Butler rejoined Time Inc. in November 2008 as Retention Marketing Director. Butler holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Sociology from Dartmouth College and an MBA in Marketing, Management and Strategy and International Business from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Erik has over twenty years of leadership experience helping to grow technology businesses. At Urjanet he is responsible for corporate strategy, strategic alliances, utility outreach, and M&A activities. Prior to joining Urjanet, Erik held senior management roles in sales, marketing, and business development with both growth stage and mature technology companies. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester.