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Lavendo was founded from a clear realization: startups struggling to build sales teams needed a specialized partner who truly understood their unique challenges. The founders recognized that generalist recruiting firms couldn't deliver the caliber of sales talent that high-growth startups required to scale effectively. This insight drove them to create Lavendo - a specialized GTM and tech sales recruiting firm dedicated exclusively to helping startups find and hire top-performing sales professionals who could accelerate revenue growth. Today, Lavendo has become a trusted partner for startups and enterprises alike, successfully connecting over 1,000 job seekers with exciting career opportunities at verified companies. Their team leverages a vast network of 20,000+ tech professionals and a rigorous six-step recruiting process that includes ideal candidate profiling, strategic sourcing, comprehensive screening, and continued post-hire support. With an impressive 93% retention rate and the ability to fill roles within just 2-4 weeks, Lavendo has proven their model works. Beyond recruitment, they offer career consultations, resume optimization services, and a curated job board, embodying their mission to be the complete partner for both companies building winning sales teams and professionals advancing their careers in sales.

Lazer is a world-class digital product studio composed of 200+ senior engineers, designers, and product managers with backgrounds from industry leaders like Apple, Google, Instagram, Shopify, Coinbase, and Uber. Founded by product-minded founders who went through Y Combinator, raised venture capital, and sold their first venture Fiix, Lazer has grown to work with over 350 companies ranging from seed-stage startups to Fortune 100 enterprises across commerce, AI, crypto, fintech, healthcare, and SaaS verticals. The team has designed, engineered, and scaled products from $0 to $200M in revenue, partnering with top venture capital firms and their portfolio companies. Notable clients include Google, Shopify, Coinbase, Uniswap, Hinge, OVO, Alo Yoga, and Polymarket. Lazer specializes in building robust, scalable products across their focus areas: Lazer Core (AI-powered full-stack applications), Lazer Commerce (Shopify ecosystem solutions), and Lazer Crypto (web3 and blockchain solutions). Their founders-first approach means they treat every product as if it were their own, combining startup agility with enterprise-grade reliability and security.

At Cal State LA, we believe in the transformative power of education to change lives and build thriving communities. As the premier public university in the heart of Los Angeles, we are deeply committed to engagement, service, and the public good. Our community of 22,000 students and 1,700 faculty members works together in an environment that celebrates diversity, fosters inclusion, and champions upward mobility - ranked number one in the nation for helping students climb the economic ladder. We are a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution, Minority-Serving Institution, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution. Our campus culture is built on the belief that every student brings unique talents and perspectives that deserve to be cultivated and amplified. Through engaged teaching, scholarship, research, and public service, we support our students' overall success and well-being. With over 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate-level options across six colleges, we create intentional learning environments where faculty and students collaborate closely. Our dedicated faculty regularly earn statewide recognition for excellence, and our close-knit academic community ensures that small classes lead to meaningful outcomes and lifelong connections.

At Paradies Lagardère, everything starts with a shared commitment to elevating the traveler experience. As the North American division of Lagardère Travel Retail, our team of over 10,000 associates operates more than 700 retail stores and restaurants across 90+ airports, bringing together trusted national brands and local favorites to make every journey better. We believe in doing things the right way - our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity, First Class, Innovation, and Commitment guide how we serve our guests, support our airport partners, and care for one another every single day. Our culture is built on connection, collaboration, and a genuine passion for hospitality. We combine smart technology and data-driven insights with operational excellence to create seamless, memorable experiences for travelers. Whether through our proprietary brands like Vino Volo - named Yelp's 2025 Most Loved Airport Brand - and Beercode, or through partnerships with beloved names like P.F. Chang's, Starbucks, and Chick-fil-A, we challenge ourselves to think bigger. Recognized as Airport Experience News' Best Overall Retailer for 28 consecutive years, we take immense pride in setting the standard for airport retail and dining, one unforgettable visit at a time.

Vaayu is the world's first automated AI software empowering retail brands and businesses to track and cut environmental impact in real-time. By leveraging proprietary AI and machine learning technology, Vaayu calculates impacts like emissions, water and waste across product, packaging and logistics, using certified LCA methodologies to provide granular insights and inform data-driven decision-making. The platform enables retailers to monitor product, order and company footprints, identify hotspots in materials, manufacturing and logistics, and test reduction actions through scenario modelling. Vaayu has pioneered research into the climate impact potential of circular business models with Vinted and Otrium, and calculated product footprints at scale for Klarna and Redcare. Other global partnerships include Veja, New Balance, ASKET, Missoma, Ace & Tate and Wunderman Thompson Commerce. Named one of TIME's 2022 Best Inventions, Fast Company's 2022 Next Big Things in Tech, and winner of the Europas 2022 Hottest Climate Tech/Sustainability Startup Award, Vaayu has created retail's largest and most accurate impact database which is continually evolving to power reduction at scale. The company's methodology follows the GHG Protocol and has been certified by TÜV Rheinland.

Harver is the industry-leading hiring solution helping organizations make better talent decisions, faster. Rooted in over 35 years of rich data insights backed by industrial-organizational psychology and cognitive science, Harver delivers a suite of predictive assessments and automated solutions that enable companies to engage, hire, and develop the right talent quickly and fairly. With over 100 million candidates processed and more than 1,300 customers worldwide, Harver empowers talent teams to optimize every stage of the hiring journey. The company's trusted, science-backed platform includes assessments, video interviews, scheduling, and reference checking - all designed to reduce bias, improve candidate experience, and deliver data-driven insights that strengthen hiring outcomes across the employee lifecycle. Having processed over 100 million candidates, Harver provides trusted, flexible, and adaptable solutions that help organizations take the sure path to the right talent.