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ADELLE ARCHER, 29
              Cofounder, Eterneva
              JOSH AUGUSTIN, 27;                                                                  EDUCATION
              MOAWIA ELDEEB, 27
              Cofounders, Pivot
              TOM CANTERINO, 28
              Cofounder, Ageless Innovation
              JARRETT CHEN, 29;
              DILLON MORGAN, 27
              Cofounders, UNUM
              DAN CLARK, 29
      66
      66      CEO, Brain.fm
              JOSEPH COHEN, 28
              Founder, Universe
              JULIA ENTHOVEN, 26;
              ERIC LU, 26
              Cofounders, Kapwing
              A. TOBY ESPINOSA, 29
              Vice president, global business
              development, DoorDash
              TYLER FAUX, 29
              Cofounder, Supergreat
              RYAN FOUTTY, 29
              Global head of business
              development, Lime
              BARRETT GLASAUER, 28;
              ANDRÉS GREEN, 29
              Cofounders, WanderJaunt
              NIKHIL GOEL, 28
              Head of product, Uber Elevate
              MAXIMILLIAN HELLERSTEIN, 24;
              CYRUS SUMMERLIN, 24
              Cofounders, Down to Shop
              JOE HOLLIER, 29
                                                                                                                 SAAD EL YAMANI, 26
              Cofounder, Light
              BEN JACKSON, 27
              Founder, Bungii                                                                                    COFOUNDER, AMBI
              HRIDAY KEMBURU, 25;
              JAY PATEL, 25; VINAY RAMESH, 26                                                                    “Colleges have a labyrinth of
              Cofounders, Wildfire                                                                               clunky and disconnected digital
              TYLER KENNEDY, 28; WES SCHROLL, 26                                                                 tools that don’t inform, engage or
              Cofounders, Fetch Rewards                        CONSUMER
              DAVID KOLODNY, 29                                                                                  facilitate collaboration,” says Ambi
              Cofounder, Wilbur Labs                                                                             cofounder Saad El Yamani. Stu-
              FARES KSEBATI, 28;                                                                                 dents must juggle a mess of web-
              ADAM OXNER, 27                                                                                     sites and apps to navigate student
              Cofounders, MySwimPro                                                   TECH                       life. At many schools, there are sep-
              ANNA LEE, 28                                                                                       arate digital tools to track course-
              Cofounder, Lioness
              BENJAMIN LEE, 29                                                                                   work, register for classes or sign up
              Head of product design, Postmates                                                                  for clubs. El Yamani and cofound-
              HAYLEY LEIBSON, 26;                  DEVON TOWNSEND, 29                                            er Soham Khaitan want to simplify
              SCOTT WU, 22                                                                                       things. Their edtech company Ambi
              Cofounders, Lunchclub
                                                   COFOUNDER, CAMEO                                              combines disparate digitial pro-
              OURIEL LEMMEL, 29                                                                                  grams into a single product. With
              Cofounder, WinIt
                                                   Want to send someone a love note from Stormy Daniels or       Ambi, you can access readings for
              ALEX MA, 26; AUSTEN MA, 24
              Cofounders, TTYL                     a get-well message from Charlie Sheen? Devon Townsend         Psych 101 or look up your next band
                                                   can hook you up. His marketplace Cameo sells personal-        practice. The pair launched the
              JAMIE MARSHALL, 23;
              KEVIN TAN, 26                        ized videos from thousands of minor celebrities and aging     company while at Babson College,
              Cofounders, Snackpass                sports stars. A video from Brett Favre costs $500. One from   securing $445,000 of seed fund-
              DIESEL PELTZ, 26                     the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld? $60. Celebs name their price       ing from two professors. They have
              Cofounder, Twenty
                                                   and take 75%—Cameo gets the rest, pocketing “tens of mil-     since raised $6 million. They have a
              ALEXANDER SCHIFFHAUER, 28            lions” a year. In 2014 he quit Microsoft to travel with friend   deal with Columbia University and
              Product lead, computational
              photography, Google                  Cody Ko. While globetrotting, they launched a Vine account    are in talks with nine other schools.
              JESAR SHAH, 25                       that got millions of views. Requests for personal videos re-  They’re also negotiating with El Ya-
              Product manager, Twitter             vealed an unmet market: “We’ve tapped into something in       mani’s home country of Morocco to
              DEVON TOWNSEND, 29                   the American psyche.” The investor psyche too—Cameo has       onboard its university students.
              Cofounder, Cameo
                                                   raised $65 million-plus from Kleiner Perkins and more.        —Carter Coudriet, Caroline
              SHARON ZENG, 29                      —Biz Carson, Brianne Garrett, Michael Nuñez                   Howard, Katherine Love
              Product manager, Instagram

              JUDGES, CONSUMER TECH: JEREMY LIEW, PARTNER, LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS; ANJALI SUD, CEO, VIMEO; HANS TUNG, MANAGING PARTNER, GGV CAPITAL; NICK WEAVER, COFOUNDER,
              EERO (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2016). EDUCATION: JANET NAPOLITANO, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM; RESHMA SAUJANI, FOUNDER, GIRLS WHO CODE; GREGG SPIRIDELLIS, CO-
              CREATOR-CEO, STORYBOTS; RACHEL CARLSON, COFOUNDER, GUILD EDUCATION (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2017).
              DEVON TOWNSEND WEARS A NORDSTROM SIGNATURE TURTLENECK SHIRT, A LUIGI BIANCHI MANTOVA BURGUNDY BROCADE TUXEDO JACKET, AND A BURBERRY BELT. SAAD EL YAMANI WEARS
              AN ISAIA EMERALD SUEDE BOMBER JACKET.

              F ORBES A SIA                                                                                                      MAR CH 2020
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