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Female Founder Collective, Co-Hosted by Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt, Hosts Exclusive Dinner at the New York Stock Exchange in Celebration of Women’s History Month and Female Founders Day

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NEW YORK, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Female Founder Collective (FFC) hosted an exclusive dinner at the iconic New York Stock Exchange, bringing together top executives from leading brands alongside visionary female founders and entrepreneurs. Co-hosted by FFC co-founders Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt, the evening was not just a celebration of Women’s History Month but a reflection of FFC’s ongoing mission to empower women at every stage of their business journey—not just during International Women’s Day or Women’s History Month, but all year round.

The Female Founder Collective was founded on the belief that women should be wealthier, more powerful, and treated with greater fairness and equality as they advance in their careers—showcasing their full potential to the world. The goal of the dinner was to bring together founders from diverse backgrounds to connect, expand their networks, and support one another.

As guests arrived, they experienced a thoughtfully curated menu to the heartfelt toasts—reflected the commitment FFC has to advancing women in leadership. The guest list featured influential leaders, female founders, and entrepreneurs such as Aleen Dreksler, Co-Founder & CEO of Betches, Emily Hikade, Founder and CEO of Petite Plume, Babba Rivera, Founder of Ceremonia, American Motorsports Racing Driver and Entrepreneur, Michelle Cordero Grant, Founder & CEO of GORGIE, Ginny Wright, CEO of Audemars Piguet and notables such as Daphne Oz and Chloe Melas.

In addition, Shea Holbrook attended who is featured in First to the Finish, a docuseries premiering exclusively on Amazon Prime on March 25th, offering an inside look at the 2024 MX-5 Cup Championship by following the inspiring journeys of two female drivers and a team owner as they navigate the highs and challenges of the season, balancing their personal and professional lives.

“The work we do at Female Founder Collective is centered on creating opportunities, access and a lasting impact for women in business,” said Ali Wyatt, co-founder of FFC. “Bringing together this extraordinary group of founders and executives in such a historic setting was a testament to the progress we’ve made, how far we have come —and a call to action for the work still ahead.”

The unforgetting evening was made possible through the generous support of our partners: Magnum Ice Cream, Veuve Clicquot, Mazda, Banana Republic, and an Exclusive Financial Services Firm.

“This dinner was a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and limitless potential of women when we come together in support of one another,” said Rebecca Minkoff, co-founder of FFC and designer of her namesake label. “The energy in the room was undeniable, and I’m inspired by the conversations and collaborations that will undoubtedly extend far beyond this evening.”

The Female Founder Collective has been empowering women for almost a decade now and remains committed to empowering and amplifying the voices of female entrepreneurs, with more initiatives and events to come throughout the year.

About Female Founder Collective Founded by Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt, the Female Founder Collective (FFC) is a network of women-led businesses dedicated to empowering female entrepreneurs through community, education, and strategic resources. With a mission to support the 12 million female-owned companies in the U.S., FFC fosters collaboration, provides access to essential tools, and works to create a more equitable business landscape. By uplifting women in business, FFC drives social and economic impact across communities. Connect with the Female Founder Collective on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

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Presage Global and Nines Release “The State of Family Office Estate Security,” a Survey of 100+ Estate Managers and Family Office Leaders

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New research finds fragmented security teams, lack of training, and family resistance as top barriers to improvement.

NEW YORK, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Presage Global, an award-winning risk management and protective intelligence advisory firm serving family offices and high-net-worth families, in collaboration with household management platform Nines, today announced the release of The State of Family Office Estate Security, a first-of-its-kind research report examining the current state of residential security, operational resilience, and estate risk governance among high-net-worth families.

New family office security research finds fragmented security and family resistance as top barriers to improvement.

Based on survey responses from more than 100 estate managers, family office executives, chiefs of staff, and residential security professionals, the report identifies a widening gap between the sophistication of modern family office operations and the maturity of residential security practices for ultra-high-net-worth families.

The findings suggest that many family offices have outgrown legacy security models that were never designed to address today’s interconnected operational, digital, reputational, and AI-driven threats.

Among the report’s key findings:

Governance, not budget, is the core constraint. Family resistance was the #1 barrier to better security (49%), well ahead of cost (28%).Fragmentation drives loss. Households with a fragmented approach to security reported a 62% financial-loss incident rate, versus 25% for integrated teams.Preparation does not scale with wealth. Families worth more than $1 billion reported a 51% financial-loss incident rate, versus 32% for families under $100 million.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the named threat; training is the missing defense. 65% named AI-powered attacks a top emerging concern, yet only 7% provide formal cybersecurity training to family members, 62% of respondents receive no formal annual security training, and 74% never refresh a background check after the first hire.

“The technology was there. The hardware was there. The budgets were, in many cases, generous. The posture needed work,” said Edward V. Marshall, Founder & CEO of Presage Global. “The primary obstacle to effective estate security does not appear to be budget, technology, or the threat landscape. In most cases, the resources and tools already exist. A significant and consistent constraint is governance, formalization, and integration.”

“Families are reactive when it comes to their security just like they are with every other aspect of their homes and lifestyle,” said Jacco de Bruijn, Co-Founder & CEO of Nines. “They have the resources, but don’t prioritize structure and governance because ‘these are just our homes’ or ‘we’re private people, that won’t happen to us.’ Our hope is that this report gives families the information and data they need to act proactively, rather than waiting for something to happen.”

The report also highlights a growing family office security concerns around AI-enabled threats, including synthetic voice fraud, deepfakes, phishing attacks, and digitally enabled social engineering campaigns targeting families, household staff, and trusted advisors.

The full report is now available at: https://www.presageglobal.com/the-state-of-family-office-estate-security

About Presage Global

Presage Global is an award-winning security and risk management firm serving family offices, business owners, executives, and investors. Presage identifies hidden and hard-to-find vulnerabilities and designs integrated protection strategies across risk domains to systematically mitigate exposure. 

About Nines

Nines is an award-winning estate management platform trusted by high-net-worth families, and the family offices and estate managers teams that support team. Built with a security-first approach, Nines centralizes properties, assets, vendors, staff, documents, projects, and maintenance operations in a single platform, helping organizations improve operational efficiency, continuity, governance, and risk management.

 

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ContentLens Appoints Hari Nair, Former CEO of Tips Music, as Pro Bono Strategic Advisor

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Industry veteran brings three decades of music, digital media, and content monetisation experience to India’s leading AI-powered IP protection platform — backing the company on conviction, not a fee.

MUMBAI, India, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ContentLens, an AI-powered content intelligence platform pioneering proprietary solutions in music IP protection, celebrity likeness detection, content provenance, and deepfake identification, today announced the appointment of Hari Nair as Pro Bono Strategic Advisor.

Nair brings over three decades of leadership in the Indian and global media and entertainment industry, having held senior roles at Tips Music Limited, Sony Music India, PPL India, and TikTok — where he led the global launch of TikTok Music (known as Resso). Most recently, he served as CEO of Tips Music Limited, one of India’s most valued music labels, where he spearheaded global partnerships with TikTok, Sony Music Publishing, and Warner Music Group, built a data-driven, high-performance culture, and delivered sustained shareholder returns. Upon his departure, the music industry legend Kumar Taurani, Chairman and MD of Tips Music, credited Hari for ‘driving revenues and achieving targets as committed to shareholders’ and described him as ‘a passionate, revenue and data-driven leader’.

In an industry where advisory roles routinely carry equity or paid arrangements, Nair’s decision to join pro bono is a deliberate signal of conviction. As a former client of ContentLens, he has first-hand experience of the platform’s capabilities — and chose to back it based on that direct assessment of the technology.

In his advisory capacity, Nair will provide strategic counsel on ContentLens’s go-to-market strategy across the Indian and global media & entertainment industry, support the company’s investor relations, and leverage his extensive network across leading music, media, and entertainment companies.

ContentLens has already commercialised its technology with five large customers in the media and entertainment sector. The company has filed patents on its core fingerprinting, watermarking, and audio-visual content intelligence technologies, and is advancing toward its next phase of commercial growth.

ROHAN SAHU, Founder & CEO, ContentLens:

“When someone of Hari’s standing chooses to back ContentLens — not for a fee, but out of genuine belief in what we are building — it is among the strongest forms of validation a company at our stage can receive. His three decades of operating experience across every layer of the music and entertainment ecosystem, combined with his direct familiarity with our platform, gives us both strategic depth and credibility as we scale. We are deeply grateful for his trust and commitment.”

HARI NAIR, Pro Bono Strategic Advisor, ContentLens:

“I have spent my career building value across the music and entertainment ecosystem, and I can see clearly that the next frontier of that value lies in AI-driven content protection. ContentLens is solving a problem that every label, every artist, and every media company in the world already faces: IP infringement in an age where content can be replicated, repurposed, and monetised without consent. I have worked with this technology as a client and I know what it can do. I am joining because I genuinely believe this platform will matter — for record labels, musicians, artists, celebrities and every form of IP owner.”

ABOUT CONTENTLENS

ContentLens is an AI-powered content intelligence company building proprietary technology across four verticals: music IP protection, celebrity likeness detection, content provenance, and deepfake identification. Headquartered in Bangalore, ContentLens works with leading content owners and media companies to detect, protect, and monetise original intellectual property. The company has filed patents on its core fingerprinting, watermarking, and audio-visual content intelligence technologies, and has already commercialised its products globally with five large customers in the media and entertainment sector.

ABOUT HARI NAIR

Hari Nair is one of India’s most accomplished media and entertainment industry executives, with a distinguished career spanning music, digital media, and global content platforms. He has held leadership roles at Tips Music Limited, Sony Music India, PPL India, and TikTok, where he led the global launch of TikTok Music (Resso). As former CEO of Tips Music Limited, he led the company through a period of transformational growth and delivered exceptional shareholder returns. He is widely recognised for his dealmaking ability, performance-driven leadership, investor relationship management, and deep expertise in content monetisation.

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Krya Global Solutions expands U.S. presence to strengthen Background Screening Services

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LOS ANGELES and CHENNAI, India, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Krya Global Solutions, a provider of background screening and verification services, today announced the expansion of its operations in the United States, reinforcing its commitment to serving employers with locally delivered screening expertise backed by global operational capabilities.

The expansion includes a strengthened U.S. leadership team and an enhanced service portfolio designed to support organizations navigating increasingly complex hiring, compliance, and workforce risk management requirements.

Drawing on decades of industry experience, Krya Global Solutions provides a comprehensive range of background screening services, including criminal record checks, SSN trace, address history validation, education and employment verification, professional credential checks, reference verifications, motor vehicle record checks, credit reports, social media searches, E-Verify support, sanctions screening, drug testing, and occupational health screening services. The company’s global delivery model combines local market expertise with dedicated in-house operations, enabling responsive support and scalable screening programs for organizations of all sizes.

“Expanding our presence in the United States marks an important milestone in our growth strategy,” said Katie Mahoney, Chief Operating Officer, Krya Global Solutions, U.S. “Organizations today require screening partners that can deliver accuracy, compliance, and speed at scale. Our investment in local leadership and operational capabilities positions us to better support employers as they navigate an evolving talent landscape.”

Anthony Venditti, Vice President, Business Development, Krya Global Solutions, U.S. added, “The U.S. market continues to see growing demand for trusted workforce screening solutions. By combining local expertise with global reach, we are uniquely positioned to help organizations streamline hiring decisions while maintaining the highest standards of quality, responsiveness, and compliance.”

With its expanded U.S. footprint, Krya Global Solutions aims to support employers across industries with cost-effective, end-to-end screening solutions that help build safer, more compliant, and more informed workplaces.

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