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In 2002, Devexperts was founded with a clear vision: to provide consulting and development services to leading financial institutions worldwide. Over two decades, the company has evolved into a trusted partner for capital markets firms, developing some of the industry's most widely used technology applications. What started as a specialized software development firm has grown into a global team of over 800 engineers across 10+ R&D centers, delivering award-winning solutions that power the operations of brokerages, exchanges, banks, and wealth management firms around the world. Today, Devexperts connects financial institutions to market opportunities through best-in-class technology solutions. The company's expertise spans trading platforms, market analytics tools, exchange technology, and market data services. With 20M+ traders using their technology daily and over 100 unique finance solutions delivered since inception, Devexperts has established itself as a leader in fintech innovation. Their products include DXtrade (multi-asset trading platform), DXmatch (high-performance matching engine), DXcharts (financial charting library), and Devexa (AI-powered communications platform). The company's commitment to technical excellence has earned them 30+ industry awards, recognizing their contributions to advancing trading technology across equities, options, FX, crypto, and derivatives markets.

Everstar is Ukraine's first specialized recruitment agency dedicated to the military technology sector. The company connects talented professionals with miltech organizations developing critical defense solutions, including unmanned aerial vehicles, software systems, and electronic warfare components. Their clients work on the full product lifecycle - from research and development to manufacturing and field deployment - creating technologies that directly impact Ukraine's defense capabilities. The agency recruits across technical and operational domains, placing engineers in hardware, software, computer vision, and mechanical design, as well as production specialists in quality control, assembly, and supply chain management. By focusing exclusively on companies with proven manufacturing or development capabilities, Everstar ensures candidates join organizations actively contributing to Ukraine's defense infrastructure. Their mission centers on bringing skilled professionals into meaningful roles that support the country's technological sovereignty and security.

At Nexthink, we believe the key to a thriving digital workplace lies in understanding and optimizing every employee's technology experience. Our mission is simple: to delight people at work by giving IT teams unprecedented visibility into the digital employee experience. We're not just building software - we're pioneering an entirely new category called Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management, helping organizations worldwide see, diagnose, and fix issues before they impact productivity. Our culture is built on four core values that guide everything we do: we stay positive and solution-focused, we get things done with relentless execution, we collaborate as one global team across 11 countries and 60 nationalities, and we keep growing by challenging ourselves and learning continuously. With over 1,000 Nexthinkers spanning five continents, we combine real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and employee feedback to create workplaces where technology enables rather than frustrates. From our founding in 2004 to becoming the recognized leader in DEX, we've remained committed to helping IT teams transition from reactive problem-solving to proactive experience management - because when employees thrive, businesses succeed.

Instacart is the leading grocery technology company in North America, transforming how people shop for groceries and everyday essentials. Founded in 2012, Instacart operates a vast online grocery marketplace that connects customers with more than 1,800 retail banners across over 100,000 store locations in the United States and Canada. The company's innovative platform enables same-day delivery and pickup from local grocers, national chains, and retailers, giving everyone access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Beyond convenient grocery delivery, Instacart powers the future of grocery through enterprise retail enablement solutions, advertising platforms, and health initiatives. The company's technology helps local businesses grow, creates flexible earning opportunities for hundreds of thousands of shoppers, and expands access to nutritious food through programs like Instacart Health. With approximately 600,000 shoppers and partnerships with major retailers including Costco, Kroger, and Wegmans, Instacart has become an essential service that millions rely on, delivering on its mission to create a world where everyone can share love through food.

LaunchDarkly helps some of the biggest companies in the world take total control over software launches, get deeper and actionable insights into how users experience their products, and revolutionize the ways technical and business teams work independently. After living through software launches that turned into late, stressful nights, co-founders John Kodumal and Edith Harbaugh knew there had to be a better way to manage feature releases. The company's feature management platform enables teams to decouple feature rollout from code deployment, serving as the first scalable feature management platform. LaunchDarkly empowers all teams to safely deliver and control software through feature flags, supporting feature flagging, experimentation, and continuous deployment. The vision is to create a world where every software release is safe and unceremonious. Today, LaunchDarkly serves over a thousand global companies across industries including financial services, retail, healthcare, and government.

Fivetran is the industry leader in automated data movement, powering real-time analytics, database replication, AI workflows, and cloud migrations for thousands of customers worldwide. Founded in 2012 by George Fraser and Taylor Brown, the company has established itself as the standard for automated data integration, delivering ready-to-use connectors that continuously and reliably move data from any source to any destination. With over 700 pre-built connectors and a valuation of $5.6 billion, Fivetran serves more than 5,000 customers including Fortune 500 companies across retail, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. The company's mission is to make data access as simple and reliable as electricity, enabling organizations to become truly data-driven without the need for complex engineering or maintenance. Fivetran's automated data pipelines centralize information from disparate sources into warehouses and data lakes, unlocking profound business insights and powering AI applications. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Fivetran has grown to 1,200+ employees with ten international offices across the globe, and has been recognized as a Forbes Cloud 100 company and a Great Place to Work.