Carta

In 2001, Zak Calisto founded Cartrack in Johannesburg, South Africa with a singular mission: tackle rampant vehicle theft that was plaguing businesses and individuals. Starting with stolen vehicle recovery services, Calisto quickly recognized that the telematics data being collected could unlock far more value than just finding stolen assets. He saw an opportunity to transform how businesses manage their physical operations - from fleets and drivers to logistics and workforce productivity. What began as a vehicle tracking solution evolved into a comprehensive operations cloud platform, eventually expanding across Africa, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and beyond. Today, Karooooo - the holding company for Cartrack and Karooooo Logistics - empowers over 125,000 commercial customers and 2.6 million active subscribers across 20+ countries. The company's IoT Operations Cloud processes 275+ billion data points monthly, providing real-time analytics that help businesses decrease costs, increase efficiency, improve safety, and strengthen customer satisfaction. From those early days of recovering stolen vehicles in South Africa, Karooooo has grown into a NASDAQ-listed global technology company that is revolutionizing how businesses make decisions about their physical operations.

Vana is a Guatemalan fintech company that provides accessible credit solutions to the financially underserved population in Latin America. With over 500,000 loans granted and more than 1 million app downloads, Vana has established itself as the #1 reliable credit app in Guatemala. The company uses machine learning algorithms and non-traditional data sources to evaluate creditworthiness, enabling them to serve customers who might not qualify for traditional loans. Through their Android app, users can request loans up to Q3,000 in minutes, without needing to visit a physical office. Founded in 2018, Vana operates with a mission to bring convenient, affordable credit to those who need it most. The team comes from diverse backgrounds and thrives on rapid growth and tackling tough challenges. Vana is part of the Fintech Association of Guatemala and the Guatemalan-American Chamber of Commerce, demonstrating their commitment to regulatory compliance and industry standards. Their approach combines technology with a deep understanding of local markets, creating a modern line of credit that helps people cover important expenses, manage emergencies between paychecks, or invest in their businesses.

In 2020, Vesta's founders, former early employees at Blend, recognized a critical gap in the mortgage industry: while homeownership remains foundational to building wealth in America, the technology powering it was stuck in the past - dependent on fax machines, handwritten documentation, and hours of manual review. They realized that to truly modernize lending, financial institutions needed more than just incremental improvements; they needed a completely reimagined system of record. So they built Vesta - a next-generation, AI-native loan origination system that transforms how lenders operate. With intelligent agents that orchestrate every step of the loan process, Vesta automates tasks, enforces compliance, and accelerates closings while maintaining flexibility through open architecture. The platform has already delivered measurable results for customers like Pennymac, achieving 50% efficiency gains for loan officers, 25% faster end-to-end processing, and 25% reduction in operational costs. Backed by $55M from top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Conversion Capital, Zigg Capital, and Index Ventures, Vesta is building the infrastructure that will power the future of mortgage lending.

We're a team building identity security that actually works for the modern enterprise. Our platform helps you discover every identity - human, machine, and AI - manage their access, and catch threats in real time. We believe security shouldn't slow you down, which is why we built a cloud-native platform that deploys in weeks, not months, with 99.995% uptime. Delinea made Privileged Access Management seamless, but we knew that wasn't enough. Today's enterprises need identity controls that are intelligent, adaptive, and measurable. With Iris AI powering our platform, we're helping over a million identities stay secure daily across 500+ integrations. Our mission is straightforward: secure every identity so organizations can innovate confidently without the chaos of credential sprawl or standing privileges.

We're a global team of 215,000 Resourcers committed to ecological transformation, operating in 56 countries to help cities and industries manage their most critical resources. For over 170 years, we've been developing solutions that treat and distribute water for 111 million people, manage waste for 46 million residents, and produce 44 million MWh of energy annually. Our work spans three main areas - water, waste, and energy - with a focus on recovering and replenishing resources rather than just consuming them. What drives us is the mission to 'resource the world.' This means we're not just providing services; we're helping our customers reduce their carbon footprint, implement circular economy practices, and adapt to climate change. Whether we're optimizing industrial water treatment, designing district heating networks, or transforming waste into energy, we're focused on practical solutions that create real environmental impact. Our people work on the ground every day to make cities more sustainable and industries more efficient - because we believe ecological transformation isn't just necessary, it's an opportunity to build a better future.

We're building the AI agent management platform that's transforming how enterprises handle customer service. Founded in 2018 by Malte Kosub and Stefan Ostwald, Parloa helps companies like Allianz, Booking.com, and IKEA automate their contact centers with AI agents that can handle millions of conversations while maintaining a human touch. Our team of 380+ people across Berlin, Munich, and New York is focused on closing the gap between companies and their customers through intelligent, scalable automation. What drives us is the belief that every customer interaction should be as easy as talking to a friend. We've poured years into developing technology that doesn't just respond to queries but actually understands context and builds relationships over time. After reaching unicorn status and securing $350 million in Series D funding at a $3 billion valuation, we're scaling rapidly to bring our AI-powered platform to more enterprises worldwide. We're not just automating support - we're reimagining how businesses and customers communicate.