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Events.com Acquires Key Assets of Remo, Expanding into $98 Billion Virtual Events and Meetings Market

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Strategic Acquisition Adds Virtual and Hybrid Capabilities to Events.com Platform, Broadens Geographic Reach, Expands Target Market into Meetings and More

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Events.com (“the Company”), an industry-leading event technology platform, today announced the acquisition of key assets from Remo, a virtual technology product recognized for its immersive and interactive digital environments for events, webinars, conferences and perpetual online meeting spaces. This strategic move brings Remo’s technology and team into the Events.com ecosystem, significantly expanding its product suite and customer offerings, delivering enhanced options for digital engagement and broadening the Events.com platform’s reach to new regions, while further expanding its markets into hybrid events, online webinars, hybrid conferences, and even perpetual online meeting spaces. The acquisition marks a major milestone in Events.com’s growth strategy, enabling the company to expand into the rapidly growing virtual and hybrid events market.

 

The acquisition positions Events.com to offer event organizers an all-in-one platform for live, virtual, and hybrid experiences. Remo’s innovative technology creates customizable virtual spaces that foster authentic connections and engagement. With tens of thousands of events powered by Remo and with attendees worldwide, the product’s immersive environment fosters deeper connections, generating around 3.5 million meaningful interactions to date.

“Remo was created to break down the limitations of traditional virtual interactions, fostering genuine connections and a sense of community, no matter where participants are located,” said Hoyin Cheung, Founder and CEO of Remo. “By joining Events.com and integrating our technology into its robust event management platform and industry-leading capabilities, we will be able to scale this mission further, offering event organizers powerful, people-centered tools to engage audiences in meaningful ways.”

By integrating Remo’s capabilities into its platform, Events.com will empower event organizers to deliver seamless and engaging experiences across all event formats.

“This acquisition is a transformative step for Events.com,” said Stephen Partridge, President and Co-Founder of Events.com. “By uniting Remo’s interactive and customizable capabilities within the Events.com platform, we are expanding our reach into the $98 billion virtual events market while continuing to power innovation in live event management software. This positions us to provide unparalleled value to event creators seeking innovative solutions that save time and maximize revenue.”

A History of Strategic Growth Through Acquisitions

The acquisition of Remo builds on Events.com’s proven track record of strategic acquisitions designed to enhance its product offerings and expand its market reach. Since 2022, the company has acquired multiple complementary technologies across ticketing, sponsorship management, marketing automation, and event discovery. These acquisitions have allowed Events.com to create a unified platform that addresses multiple stages of the event lifecycle—from planning and promotion to execution and analysis.

“Our growth strategy is rooted in identifying opportunities where we can add value for event organizers and attendees alike,” Partridge added. “Each acquisition strengthens our ability to deliver innovative solutions that drive revenue growth while enhancing the attendee experience.”

Competing in a Rapidly Expanding Market

The global experience economy is projected to grow from $936 billion in 2024 to $1.8 trillion by 2029. Within this landscape, the virtual events market alone is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.0% from 2025 to 2030. The global virtual meeting software market size was valued at USD 19.04 billion in 2023. It is expected to reach USD 157.96 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 26.5% during the forecast period (2024–2032).

Events.com’s expansion into this space positions it as a key player in both live and digital events—a unique advantage in an increasingly hybrid world. Unlike competitors focused solely on video conferencing or ticketing solutions, Events.com offers an integrated platform that combines:

Digital Ticketing: Fully branded ticketing pages with advanced inventory management.Marketing Automation: Tools to launch campaigns across multiple channels in minutes.Sponsorship Management: Streamlined sponsor outreach and activation tools.Virtual Event Technology: Immersive environments for networking and engagement.

“By uniting live and virtual event capabilities under one roof,” Partridge said, “we are creating a platform that not only meets today’s demands but also anticipates how people will connect through events in the future.”

Momentum Ahead of Public Listing

This acquisition also comes at a critical juncture for Events.com as it prepares for its public debut following its announced business combination with Concord Acquisition Corp. II (OTCQX: CNDA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. Expected to close in Q1 2025, this transaction will provide significant capital to fuel the company’s growth initiatives.

“Going public will enable us to accelerate our acquisition strategy while continuing to invest in innovation,” said Stephen Partridge, President of Events.com. “We see tremendous opportunities ahead as we expand into new markets and deliver value to our customers.”

Looking Ahead

As part of its commitment to innovation and growth through strategic acquisitions, Events.com plans to continue exploring opportunities that align with its vision of becoming the go-to platform for all event needs. The company remains focused on delivering exceptional value for event creators while enhancing the attendee experience through technology-driven solutions.

For more information about Events.com or its latest offerings, visit Events.com

For more information about Events.com, please visit https://events.com.

About Remo
Remo is a pioneering virtual event platform designed to create immersive, human-centered digital experiences that foster authentic connections and meaningful engagement. Known for its customizable and visually stunning virtual environments, Remo empowers event organizers to host a wide range of gatherings—from global conferences and networking sessions to remote work meetings and training workshops. With its innovative “walk-around” functionality, participants can move freely between virtual tables and spaces, facilitating organic conversations and dynamic interactions that replicate the feel of in-person events. Trusted by industry leaders, Remo has powered tens of thousands of events worldwide, connecting attendees and driving millions of meaningful interactions.

About Events.com
Events.com powers a two-sided marketplace and platform that helps passionate individuals create, promote, discover, and enjoy events. Events.com’s platform helps event organizers seamlessly execute their events and allows event goers to discover, interact, and transact with the events they love. The Company offers a robust ecosystem that supports millions of event creators worldwide, catering to various interests. From the prestigious All-In Summit, the world’s leading podcast for business, technology, and investing, to the vibrant 100,000-person Renaissance Festival in Florida, the exclusive Club Getaway featured on Bravo, the event calendar on NewYork.com, the transformative Archangel Summit, and movie experiences at the iconic Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa—Events.com technology is the driving force behind unforgettable moments worldwide.

For additional information, please visit events.com.

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1Grand View Research. (n.d.). Virtual events market size, share & trends analysis report by event type (internal, external), by service (communication, recruitment), by establishment size (large, small & medium enterprises), by end use, by region, and segment forecasts, 2023-2030. Retrieved January 7, 2025, from https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/virtual-events-market

2″Virtual Meeting Software Market Size, Share, Growth Analysis, and Forecast to 2032.” Straits Research, https://straitsresearch.com/report/virtual-meeting-software-market.

Important Information for Investors and Shareholders
In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, CNDA intends to file with the SEC the Registration Statement, which will include a prospectus with respect to the combined company (“PubCo”)’s securities to be issued in connection with the Proposed Business Combination and a proxy statement to be distributed to holders of CNDA’s common stock in connection with CNDA’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by CNDA’s stockholders with respect to the Proposed Business Combination and other matters to be described in the Registration Statement (the “Proxy Statement”). After the SEC declares the Registration Statement effective, CNDA plans to file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and to mail copies to stockholders of CNDA as of a record date to be established for voting on the Proposed Business Combination. This press release does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the Proposed Business Combination and is not a substitute for the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement or for any other document that PubCo or CNDA may file with the SEC. Before making any investment or voting decision, investors and security holders of CNDA and Events.com are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, as well as all other relevant materials filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Proposed Business Combination as they become available because they will contain important information about, Events.com, CNDA, PubCo and the Proposed Business Combination.

Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by PubCo and CNDA through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by PubCo and CNDA may be obtained free of charge from CNDA’s website at cnda.concordacquisitioncorp.com or by directing a request to Jeff Tuder, Chief Executive Office, 477 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022; Tel: (212) 883-4330. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.

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BillionToOne Launches Unity Confirm™: A category-defining test that bridges the gap between screening and invasive diagnostics

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A breakthrough in prenatal care, Unity Confirm enables non-invasive confirmation for high-risk screening results through the capture of intact circulating fetal cells using BillionToOne’s Fetal Cell Capture™ Technology

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — For more than two decades, the ultimate quest for scientists and clinicians studying prenatal genetics was the capture of an intact fetal cell non-invasively so that its fetal DNA could be directly analyzed. While cell-free DNA has revolutionized prenatal genetics, it left an uncertainty—a gap between screening and invasive diagnostics, for patients who cannot, or choose not to, access invasive diagnostics. Today, BillionToOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLLN), a next-generation molecular diagnostics company with a mission to create powerful and accurate tests that are accessible to all, announced the launch of Unity Confirm™, a circulating fetal cell-based, non-invasive confirmation test, designed to address this need from a simple maternal blood draw.

Since its introduction in the early 2010s, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has become the standard of care for screening for fetal aneuploidies. However, when screening returns a high-risk result, clinical guidelines recommend diagnostic confirmation via chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis. These invasive procedures carry a small but real risk of pregnancy loss, and are increasingly difficult to access. The majority of patients decline, leaving clinicians and families without the information needed to guide next steps, and widening gaps in inequitable care.

While cell-based prenatal genetics has been studied since before the advent of cell-free DNA tests, the scientific barrier has long been the rarity and fragility of fetal cells in maternal circulation. Presenting at fewer than one cell per milliliter of blood and nearly indistinguishable from millions of surrounding maternal cells, intact circulating fetal cells have been too difficult to isolate in an accessible way for clinical use. The cell-based approaches were previously studied across multiple independent publications1 in more than 1,500 patients, consistently demonstrating that when a fetal cell is captured and sequenced, it provides an accurate result that has extremely high concordance with invasive diagnostic testing. However, these methodologies have stayed too academic, expensive, and inaccessible.

Unity Confirm addresses this directly. Available for all patients who use UNITY Aneuploidy for their front-line screen*, BillionToOne’s Fetal Cell Capture™ technology, a multi-step immunological enrichment and single cell isolation process, isolates intact circulating fetal cells, effectively providing 100% fetal fraction2, and performs whole genome sequencing on each individual cell. By analyzing the direct fetal cells rather than fragmentary cfDNA, similar to invasive procedures, Unity Confirm delivers rapid CVS-like insights3 non-invasively, from a single blood draw.

“For years, the idea of capturing whole fetal cells non-invasively was largely viewed as an elusive holy grail, something theoretically possible but practically out of reach,” said Oguzhan Atay, PhD, Co-founder and CEO of BillionToOne. “Unity Confirm is proof that it does not have to be. For the first time, a clinician can confirm a high-risk prenatal result non-invasively, with a level of accuracy the field has never before seen outside of an invasive procedure. For the first time, this technology is broadly accessible.”

“A high-risk NIPT result does not give you a diagnosis. It gives you a decision to make under enormous stress, often without enough information,” said Haywood Brown, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Prenatal, BillionToOne. “For too long, the options were limited: forgo confirmation, or undergo an invasive procedure with a small but real risk. What makes Unity Confirm truly different is not just the science; it is that this capability is now clinically accessible. That’s not an incremental improvement. That is a fundamentally different standard of care.”

In BillionToOne’s own clinical validation, Unity Confirm demonstrated 100% concordance with known fetal outcomes and invasive diagnostic results across 16 of 16 samples, including affected fetuses for common aneuploidies and 22q11.2 microdeletion. The clinical data supporting Unity Confirm will be presented at ACOG 2026 in Washington, D.C., presenting the science behind the technology to the broader OB/GYN community for the first time. Beginning on May 28, providers using Unity Aneuploidy™ Screen will have access to Unity Confirm following a high-risk result. To further validate performance at scale, BillionToOne is now enrolling in the largest prospective study of a fetal cell-based confirmation assay with invasive diagnostic outcomes, targeting enrollment of 1,000 patients and measuring concordance to invasive diagnostic testing.

*Unity Confirm is intended for patients who cannot, or choose not to, pursue invasive diagnostic testing following a high-risk Unity Aneuploidy Screen result before 16 weeks of gestation. Available for Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13, 22q11.2 microdeletion, XXY, XYY, and XXX aneuploidies. Requires Unity Aneuploidy Screen as the frontline screen for the pregnancy.

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1Hatt, Lotte, et al. “A new marker set that identifies fetal cells in maternal circulation with high specificity.” Prenatal Diagnosis 34.11 (2014): 1066-1072.; Stampalija, T., et al. “Single-cell-based non-invasive screening for fetal pathogenic microimbalances using maternal blood: comparison with invasive prenatal diagnosis.” Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (2026).; Weymaere, Jana, et al. “Enrichment of circulating trophoblasts from maternal blood using filtration-based Metacell® technology.” Plos one 17.7 (2022):e0271226.; Jeppesen, Line Dahl, et al. “Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy and Sex Chromosomal Anomalies in a Pregnant Woman with Mosaicism for Turner Syndrome—Applications and Advantages of Cell-Based NIPT.” Frontiers in Genetics 12 (2021): 741752.; Bellair, Michelle, et al. “Noninvasive single-cell-based prenatal genetic testing: A proof of concept clinical study.” Prenatal Diagnosis 44.3 (2024):304-316.; Chakchouk, Imen, and Ignatia B. Van den Veyver. “Whole-Genome Amplification on Single Circulating Trophoblast Cell.” Whole Genome Amplification: Methods and Protocols. New York, NY: Springer US, 2026. 11-23.; Zhuo, Xinming, et al. “Use of amplicon-based sequencing for testing fetal identity and monogenic traits with Single Circulating Trophoblast (SCT) as one form of cell-based NIPT.” PLoSOne 16.4 (2021): e0249695.

2In rare instances, results may rely on a single cell that is co-sequenced with 1-2 maternal cells, which may reduce fetal fraction to 50% or 33%. When this occurs, the report clearly indicates this limitation.

3Unity Confirm and rapid CVS both analyze fetal-derived trophoblast cells. Unity Confirm isolates individual cells via whole genome sequencing (WGS), which is performed on each cell separately, whereas rapid CVS is often performed via FISH. While rapid CVS may analyze more cells, WGS generates more data per cell. In both rapid CVS and fetal cell capture, mosaicism cannot be excluded. Unity Confirm may have false-positive and false-negative results. Results are not a guaranty. Important medical decisions should not rely on UnityConfirm test results alone. Clinical correlation is necessary. Unity Confirm is a laboratory-developed test performed in a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory. It is not an FDA-approved or FDA-cleared diagnostic test. Test performance may vary based on gestational age and other factors.

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About BillionToOne
Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, BillionToOne is a next-generation molecular diagnostics company with a mission to create powerful and accurate tests that are accessible to all. The company’s patented Quantitative Counting Templates™ (QCT™) molecular counting platform is the only multiplex technology that can accurately count DNA molecules at the single-molecule level. For more information, visit www.billiontoone.com.

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2026 Brockton High School Film Festival

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Brockton High School Students Premiere Original Films Exploring Mental Wellness and Leadership

Twenty-three student creators showcase cinematic takes on boundaries, bias, and leadership; selected works to advance to the National SALT 12 Film Festival.

BROCKTON, Mass., May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Brockton High School hosted the 2026 Brockton High School Film Festival, a community celebration of student voice and mental wellness. Organized by the nonprofit SALT ED Inc., the event premiered five original short films created by 23 students participating in the “Reel Funny” program.

Unlike traditional film programs, Reel Funny uses media production as a vehicle for personal growth rather than just technical instruction. The program guides students through a series of workshops focused on “soft skills”—including conflict resolution, recognizing internal bias, and establishing healthy personal boundaries. Students are then challenged to apply these lessons by collaborating in groups to write, produce, and edit their own films entirely independently.

A unique and critical component of the Reel Funny process is its integration of mental health professional oversight. Following the students’ film submissions, Eun Joo You, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with Care Plus New Jersey, conducted a specialized screening of the works. This clinical review serves to evaluate student mental wellness and identify early signs of emotional distress, followed by direct engagement with the students to discuss their creative themes and overall well-being.

“The opportunity for our students to engage in this type of work is paramount to their development as well-rounded individuals,” said Kevin McCaskill, Principal of Brockton High School. “When we talk about preparing the next generation of leaders, we aren’t just talking about academics; we are talking about the emotional intelligence and self-awareness that programs like ‘Reel Funny’ provide. These films are a powerful reflection of their growth.”

The celebration invited friends, families, and local community members to acknowledge the leadership and vulnerability displayed by these young creators.

“This program empowers students to turn self-reflection into a leadership tool,” said Joonho Lee, CEO of Kbean®, a primary supporter of the initiative. “By giving students the autonomy to produce these films on their own terms, we see a level of authenticity that traditional education often misses.”

Looking Ahead: The SALT 12 National Showcase 
The Brockton High School festival serves as a qualifying event for the 3rd Annual SALT 12 Film Festival scheduled for the end of 2026. SALT 12 is a national platform that gathers the most impactful student films from across the country, allowing participants to share their voices with a public audience and compete for national recognition.

For more information about SALT ED Inc., the Reel Funny curriculum, or the upcoming SALT 12 National Showcase, please visit www.salt-ed.org.

About SALT ED Inc.
SALT ED Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering underserved youth through media production, workforce development, and mental wellness initiatives. Their signature “Reel Funny” program helps students develop the emotional intelligence and leadership skills necessary to succeed as next-generation leaders.

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Products That Count Announces the Winners of the 2026 CPO Awards, Honoring the Product Leaders Redefining Their Craft in the AI Era

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The annual Awards recognize Chief Product Officers whose scope, influence, and impact have expanded dramatically as AI reshapes every organization.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Products That Count, the world’s largest nonprofit community of product managers with over 600,000 members, today announced the winners of the 2026 CPO Awards. The Awards, produced in partnership with Mighty Capital, celebrate the Chief Product Officers whose leadership is shaping how products are built, shipped, and scaled in a moment of unprecedented change.

“The CPO mandate has fundamentally expanded,” said SC Moatti, Founder and Managing Partner of Products That Count. “Our winners this year are setting the standard for what the role becomes when AI is woven into every layer of the business. They are the builders other builders learn from.”

The role of the Chief Product Officer has never been broader. Today’s CPOs are architecting the systems, teams, and decisions that determine whether their companies win in the AI era.

The 2026 CPO Award Winners, by category:

President / CEO: Former CPOs who have elevated to the top role.

Eglae Recchia, CPO, Keyway

Maria Thomas, CEO (promoted from CPO), Rebrandly

Nabil Bukhari, President, Extreme Networks

Shiven Ramji, President & Chief Product Officer, Okta

Investor Mindset: Treating product like a portfolio of bets, with M&A as a strategic lever.

Achuth Rao, CPO, New York Life Insurance Company

Andrew Tsao, CPO & Analytics Officer, Audible

Dane Glasgow, CPO, Paramount/Skydance

Diana Benli, Chief Product Officer, Cognizant

Diego Dugatkin, Chief Product Officer, Box

Mike Bidgoli, CPO & CTO, Tubi

Vasu Murthy, CPO, Cohesity

Vrushali Paunikar, CPO, Carta

Ambrish Verma, Chief Product Officer, Ingram Micro

Enterprise Scale: Operating in complexity. Not speed alone, but transformation at scale.

Carla Guzzetti, Chief Product Officer, Cloud Applications, Extreme Networks

Eddie Garcia, Chief Product Officer, eBay

Gautam Shah, Chief Product Officer, Carelon

Ghazal Badiozamani, SVP of Product Management, Cengage

Kelli Fielding, Chief Product Officer, Europe, TransUnion

Mikhail Vaysbukh, Chief Product Officer, Elsevier

Monica Ugwi, GM, Copilot + Agents for Manufacturing & Mobility, formerly Microsoft

Randall Hounsell, SVP Connected Living Product, Comcast

Rita Khan, Chief Consumer & Digital Officer, formerly Optum

Ryan Bergstrom, Chief Product Officer, Paychex

Tim Simmons, Chief Product Officer, formerly Walmart International

Tina Tarquinio, Chief Product Officer, IBM Z and LinuxONE, IBM

Todd Garner, CPO, Sam’s Club

Trey Courtney, Global Chief Product & Partnerships Officer, Mood Media

Wyatt Jenkins, SVP Product, Intuit

Shayani Roy, SVP Product Management and Design, OpenTable

Scale Up: Growth-stage leaders putting the scale in place.

Aaron Seevers, Chief Product Officer, Noom

Avijit Sinha, SVP Corporate Development, EDB

Hannah Park, Chief Product Officer, Planned Parenthood

Joe Futty, CPO & CTO, Pipedrive

Jonathan Shottan, Chief Product Officer, Tonal

Kimberly Bloomston, CPO, 6sense

Kousthub Raghavan, Chief Product & Digital Officer, CLEAR

Natalia Williams, Chief Product Officer, Qonto

Nikita Miller, Chief Product Officer, Perk

Nilesh Khandelwal, Chief Product Officer, Rakuten Rewards

Paul Burke, CPO, Reveleer

Randhir Vieira, CPO, formerly Healthify

Renn Turiano, CPO, Gannett – USA Today Network

Sarah Turrin, CPO, Color

Emerging: On an amazing trajectory, regardless of tenure.

Adam Kelsey, EVP, Product Management, SignalWire

Apurva Garware, SVP, Head of Product, Invisible Technologies

Chai Atreya, Chief Product Officer, ActiveCampaign

Jack Brody, Chief Product Officer, Suno

John Barrus, VP of Product Management, Niobium

Kevin Swint, former Co-Founder & CPO, RemixAI

Nirmal Kumar, CPO, Aliaswire

Rafael Flores, Chief Product Officer, Treasure Data.ai

Sarah Jacob Singh, CPO & CTO, Medbridge

Sarosh Waghmar, CPO & Co-Founder, Spotnana

Vanessa Davis, CPO, LegalOn

Vikas Seth, CPO, ARIS

Platform: Multiplying impact beyond their own product by leveraging the ecosystem at scale.

Arnab Bose, CPO, Asana

Kishan Chetan, EVP & GM, Agentforce Service Cloud, Salesforce

Shardul Vikram, Chief Product Officer, SAP Application AI, SAP

Tom Occhino, Chief Product Officer, Vercel

Rohit Badlaney, CPO & General Manager, IBM Cloud Platform, IBM

Terre Layton, former CPO, BetterHealth

B.J. Boyle, Chief Product Officer, MacroHealth

Winners were selected by an Independent Advisory Council of seasoned product executives based on impact and leadership.

ABOUT PRODUCTS THAT COUNT

Products That Count is the world’s largest nonprofit community, engaging 600,000+ product managers and Chief Product Officers (CPOs) united by a mission: to empower everyone to build products that truly count. In a world flooded with products, only a few ignite passion, deliver value at scale, and transform lives. Behind those exceptional products are visionary CPOs and high-performing product teams driving innovation at the most bleeding-edge companies. We recognize these trailblazers through our coveted Awards, accelerate careers from PM to the C-suite and beyond through daily best practices, and serve as the trusted advisor to nearly all Fortune 1000 CPOs. Our Corporate Alliance includes Walmart, Ford, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Amplitude, and more. The most admired product leaders across industries serve on our Advisory Council, guiding the future of product leadership. Together, we’re shaping a future where every product counts. Learn more at productsthatcount.org

ABOUT MIGHTY CAPITAL

Mighty Capital is the VC firm that leverages the Product Alpha Effect, a data-backed framework for outperformance that proves great products drive great businesses. Founded in 2018 by SC Moatti, a product visionary and former Meta product leader, and Jennifer Vancini, a veteran of tech investing and M&A, we bring a differentiated edge to venture. Through Moatti’s 600,000-strong Products That Count network of product leaders, we see where the world is going before others do. That proprietary signal gives us an advantage in sourcing, diligence, and post-investment value creation. Our portfolio speaks for itself: 1 in 5 companies is a category leader like Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL), Groq, and Netskope (NASDAQ:NTSK). Founders consistently call us the most value-add investor on their cap table, and use our global product ecosystem as a marketplace to accelerate time to revenue, scale, and exit. Anchored by GCM Grosvenor, we’re deploying Fund III with both prior funds in top decile DPI and TVPI, more than $20B in value created, and 6 IPOs to date. Learn more at Mighty.Capital.

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