Pearl

Pearl Talent was built on a simple observation: exceptional talent from the Philippines, Latin America, and South Africa was earning a fraction of their true worth while Western companies struggled to find qualified candidates. Co-founded by Isaac Kassab and Monty Ngan - who themselves hail from Venezuela and the Philippines - Pearl set out to bridge this gap by creating a more equitable, efficient way to connect global talent with opportunity. What started as a vision to democratize access to high-quality careers has evolved into a thriving platform that places the top 1% of candidates with the best startups in the US and EU, whose founders have collectively raised over $5B in funding. The company's approach centers on a white-glove service model that goes beyond traditional recruitment. Through a university professor network and aggressive vetting process, Pearl identifies harder-working, more motivated candidates with extensive software experience. The team has bootstrapped the company to multi-million dollar revenue without outside funding, driven by the belief that talent knows no borders. Candidates placed through Pearl have been flown to the US and EU for on-site work and promoted to roles matching their onshore counterparts. Pearl is also pioneering AI upskilling through Pearl AI+, a 5-week training program that provides EAs and VAs with AI certification and portfolio development, fast-tracking top graduates into roles with global startups.

ida ist eine Innovations- und Digitalagentur, die sich auf die Entwicklung digitaler Produkte für Medienhäuser spezialisiert hat. Das Unternehmen wurde mit dem Ziel gegründet, nachhaltige Innovationen und digitale journalistische Produkte zu schaffen, bei denen der Mensch im Mittelpunkt steht. Als Digitalagentur für Medien bringt ida die richtigen Leute zusammen - Entwickler:innen, Innovationsmanager:innen, User Researcher:innen, SEO-Profis, Data Scientists, Produktmanager:innen, Distributionsstrateg:innen sowie UI/UX-Expert:innen arbeiten gemeinsam an digitalen Lösungen mit echtem Mehrwert. Das Team arbeitet eng mit öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten und Medienhäusern zusammen, um deren Angebote maßgeblich mitzugestalten und zu verbessern. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf der Entwicklung von Tools, Formaten und Lösungen, die den Journalismus auch im digitalen Zeitalter relevant halten. Mit einer klaren Haltung zur Qualität, flachen Hierarchien und einer Kultur des ständigen Lernens bietet ida ein Umfeld, in dem technologische Innovationen in echte Projekte verwandelt werden. Die Agentur legt großen Wert auf Diversität und schafft Arbeitsbedingungen, die sich an das Leben der Mitarbeiter:innen anpassen - sei es durch Remote-Arbeit, flexible Hardware-Wahl oder kontinuierliche Weiterbildung.

Miratech helps visionaries to change the world. We are a global IT services and consulting company that brings together global enterprise innovation and start-up innovation. Today we support digital transformation for the largest enterprises on the planet. By partnering with both large and small players, we stay at the leading edge of technology, remain nimble even as a global leader, and create technology that helps our clients further enhance their business. Our culture of Relentless Performance enables over 99% of Miratech's engagements to succeed by meeting or exceeding scope, schedule and/or budget objectives since our inception in 1989. Miratech is supported by investment partners the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, Horizon Capital, and Helping Visionaries. With over 1000 employees and global operations across multiple continents, Miratech delivers turn-key IT solutions, managed engagements, and team extension services. The company has been recognized as a leader in the industry, named in FORTUNE magazine as one of the best 100 outsourcing service providers and listed in Global Outsourcing 100®, Global Services 100, and Software 500®.

In 2013, our founders realized that early childhood educators deserved better tools to support their critical work nurturing the next generation. They founded HiMama with a mission to help childcare programs engage and delight families through daily communication, capturing the warmth and joy behind families getting to peek inside their child's day. What began as a platform for family communication has evolved into something far more comprehensive - a fulsome early education company committed to providing all the building blocks for high-quality early care and education. Today, Lillio serves as the ultimate all-in-one childcare platform, helping childcare providers streamline operations, delight families, and improve program quality. The platform has grown to serve over 35,000 happy customers with a 4.9-star rating, facilitating the sharing of 2.1 billion moments with families and delivering 500,000 curriculum kits. As a mission-driven business and part of the Bain Double Impact portfolio, Lillio remains committed to serving as an authentic voice of the early childhood education workforce. The company was recognized by Time Magazine in 2025 as one of the world's top EdTech companies, continuing to help educators focus on what truly matters for children's successful development and learning: relationships, play, creativity, and loving, nurturing caregiving.

Traditional security systems leave organizations blind to real threats until it's too late - cameras record footage that no one watches, alerts go unnoticed for hours, and responding to incidents becomes a reactive scramble instead of a proactive intervention. Coram AI exists to transform physical security from passive surveillance into active intelligence, turning cameras, sensors, and access systems into AI Safety Agents that protect people and optimize operations in real-time. Our modern, AI-native platform combines video security, access control, and emergency management into one seamless solution that works with any existing IP camera infrastructure. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, leading school districts, warehouses, retail, and manufacturing facilities across the globe, Coram delivers safety at scale with features like real-time firearm detection, natural language video search, and instant safety alerts. Backed by $30M from top VCs including Battery Ventures and 8VC, we are redefining how organizations approach safety and physical operations - deploying AI that acts in the real world to secure what matters most while driving efficiency and resilience.

In 2020, Abound was born from a realization by our co-founders Gerald Chappell and Michelle He, who spent years helping banks improve credit decisioning. They discovered that traditional lending systems were fundamentally broken - relying too heavily on single credit scores while ignoring the full financial picture. So they built something better: a platform that combines AI and Open Banking data to truly understand each applicant's unique financial situation. By looking at income, spending habits, and what customers can actually afford to repay, Abound makes fairer credit decisions that work for real people, not just algorithms. Since launching, we've issued over £1.5 billion in loans with market-leading credit performance - seeing 70% fewer defaults than industry benchmarks. Named the fastest-growing tech company in the UK by The Sunday Times, we've reached profitability just 2.5 years after launch. Backed by £2.2 billion from investors including Citi, GSR Ventures, and Deutsche Bank, we're expanding beyond direct lending to power white-label lending platforms for businesses. Our technology doesn't just make faster decisions; it makes smarter ones, helping more people access affordable credit while delivering sustainable growth.