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In 1934, during the depths of the Great Depression, Hendrik Meijer saw an opportunity to serve his community. The Dutch immigrant and local barber purchased $338.75 worth of merchandise on credit and, together with his 14-year-old son Fred, opened a small grocery store in Greenville, Michigan. Their commitment to quality products at fair prices resonated with neighbors struggling through tough economic times. This father-son duo didn't just build a business - they planted the seeds of what would become a retail revolutionary force. Nearly three decades later, Hendrik and Fred transformed the industry by breaking down the barriers between selling groceries, clothing, and hardware. In June 1962, they opened "Thrifty Acres" in Grand Rapids, pioneering the American supercenter and the "one-stop shopping" concept that would later be emulated nationwide. What started as a humble barbershop venture has grown into more than 500 supercenters, grocery stores, neighborhood markets, and express locations across six states, employing over 70,000 team members. Yet despite this remarkable growth, Meijer remains privately owned and family-operated, guided by the simple philosophy that Fred Meijer lived by: "take care of your customers, team members, and community… and all of those will take care of you, just like a family." This enduring commitment has led Meijer to donate more than 6 percent of its net profit annually to strengthen the communities it serves.

At DevSavant, we are the nearshore engine powering growth for B2B tech and AI companies across the US. We connect top-tier LATAM talent with innovative companies that are transforming industries through technology. Our tailored approach to staff augmentation and custom solutions ensures seamless team integration and accelerated growth, with team members who embed directly into client teams as true extensions rather than external vendors. What sets us apart is our operating philosophy: we are thinkers, not just doers. Our team takes ownership of outcomes, partnering deeply with founders and leadership teams from early prototypes and MVPs to scaling high-performing engineering organizations. We developed our proprietary "Wow Profiles" technique to identify growth-minded professionals who align with fast-moving tech environments. With over 7 years working within VC and investment ecosystems, we understand how tech companies operate at different stages - from first MVP to revenue-generating teams needing focused execution bandwidth. Our passion is quality, and we invest deeply in the success of both our clients and our people.

In an increasingly volatile world where crises unfold in real-time across physical, digital, and cyber domains, organizations face a critical gap: the time between when an event occurs and when they can respond. Dataminr exists to close this gap completely, delivering the earliest actionable intelligence on breaking events, emerging threats, and unexpected risks. The company's AI platform processes more than one million unique public data sources, synthesizing terabytes of data spanning text, images, video, audio, and sensor signals across 150+ languages and 220+ countries and territories. Dataminr's pioneering ReGenAI technology combines Predictive AI and Generative AI to automatically regenerate real-time briefs as events unfold, while its new Intel Agents autonomously generate critical context without prompts. Trusted by more than 100 U.S. government agencies, 20+ international governments, two-thirds of the Fortune 50, and half of the Fortune 100, Dataminr protects people, assets, and operations. From the battlefield to the boardroom, the company enables faster, more informed decisions when seconds matter most, transforming how organizations respond to fast-emerging risks.

SmartRecruiters is the Recruiting AI Company that transforms hiring for the world's leading enterprises. Built for global scale, SmartRecruiters delivers an AI-powered hiring platform that automates and optimizes the entire talent acquisition process, ensuring faster and smarter hiring decisions. More than 4,000 companies in over 120 countries, including Amazon, Visa, and McDonald's, rely on SmartRecruiters to build winning teams. In 2025, SmartRecruiters joined SAP, the global leader in enterprise applications, combining forces to accelerate innovation in recruiting technology. Founded in 2010 on the belief that great companies are built through great hiring, SmartRecruiters has evolved beyond traditional applicant tracking systems. The company's platform is powered by Winston, an embedded AI hiring companion, and SmartOS, an adaptive talent operating system designed for speed, simplicity, and scale. The company's core values include Impact, As One, CEO (autonomy and ownership), and Smarter (continuous learning and improvement). SmartRecruiters is headquartered in San Francisco with a global team of 450+ employees committed to connecting people to jobs they love.

In 2011, our founders discovered a troubling reality: Americans were paying wildly different prices for the same prescription medications, often with no way to compare costs or find savings. Co-founder Doug Hirsch had spent decades in technology at companies like Yahoo, but when he needed a simple prescription for his family, he was shocked by the opaque pricing system. Pharmacy prices varied dramatically by location, and consumers had no tools to navigate this confusing landscape. This insight sparked the creation of GoodRx - a platform designed to bring transparency and affordability to prescription drug pricing. What started as a simple price comparison tool has evolved into America's leading prescription savings platform. GoodRx now provides millions of Americans with access to free discounts, telemedicine services through GoodRx Care, and comprehensive healthcare information through GoodRx Health. The company has helped consumers save over $35 billion on medications since its founding, partnering with more than 70,000 pharmacies nationwide. Beyond savings, GoodRx delivers doctor-reviewed health content, medication information, and virtual care options - all with a mission to build better ways for people to find the right care at the best price.

SAPSOL Technologies advances enterprise transformation by unifying ERP platforms with AI, cloud, and DevOps to deliver pragmatic, high-impact outcomes. With 20+ years of delivery experience, SAPSOL specializes in S/4HANA implementations, system and data migration, and managed support services - ensuring resilient integration and continuous optimization of core business processes. The company executes rapid go-to-market programs and orchestrates complex global rollouts, driving measurable gains in process optimization, automation, and change management. The SAPSOL Product Innovation Lab (SPIL) powers innovation through HireRig - an AI-driven talent platform - and production-grade AI bots that accelerate ETL and data migration, validate master data, and remediate defects. SAPSOL delivers secure cloud architectures, data platforms, and modern mobility solutions across industries including Oil & Gas, Mining, Utilities, Automotive, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Public Sector. Their applied analytics and decision intelligence deliver trustworthy insights that elevate planning, controls, and operational performance.