We refer to early-stage technology entrepreneurs as Founders. Information provided here is to inform about the types of small business start-ups that have been selected for participation in certain programs in which Sunstone participates. Information provided here is aspirational and there is no assurance of success. Early-stage investing comes with an inherently high degree of risk. The information provided is neither an offer to sell or an inducement to offer to buy interests in any Sunstone sponsored fund that may have invested in the Founder.
Founder Focus: Movig Connects Creators With Brands To Build Business
The rapid rise of the creator economy and User-Generated Content (UGC) has helped individuals harness their unique talents to reach and influence a global audience. But tools to connect creators and brand owners haven’t kept up. Until now.
Founder Focus: StageKeep Shares Choreography Through High-Tech Software
By Roya Soleimani Winner, Sunstone Staff Writer 2-minute listen: As early as the age of 5, Axel Villamil experienced the power of dance in bringing people together. Every Sunday, he went down to the basement of his family’s church with the dance crew, in awe of the talent and energy that was in the air. […]
Founder Focus: Exchvnge Brings Makers, Influencers, Audiences Together
By Abigail Bassett, Sunstone Staff Writer Kingson Tse is an entrepreneur with a penchant for fashion. He started his first business, after moving from Hong Kong to the U.S. with his family, in high school when he and his friends began buying and selling sneakers. That passion points directly to Tse’s current endeavor, Exchvnge. Tse […]
Founder Focus: Businesswise Aims To Help Podcasters Profit From Their Work*
By Abigail Bassett, Sunstone Staff Writer Vadi Efe, founder and CEO of Businesswise, says he has always been an ardent consumer of online media, particularly podcasts. His interests span diverse topics, from entertainment and music to science, technology, and history. “As an entrepreneur, I’ve been educating myself for many years with a lot of video […]
Founder Focus: Using AI to help investors understand financial risk*
By Abigail Bassett, Sunstone Staff Writer Dr. Rein Wu, the founder and CEO of IndicatorLab in New York, is an advocate of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and quantitative equity trading. With a background in AI and deep learning, he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Houston, where he collaborated with a fellow Ph.D. on a […]
Founder Focus: Frich Helps Gen Z Take Control of Their Finances
By Roya Soleimani Winner, Sunstone Staff Writer During the height of the pandemic in their cramped apartment in New York City, Frich co-founders Katrin Kaurov and Aleksandra Medina came up with a need they believed was not being addressed – how to help Gen Z tackle their finances. Both were in their 20s, had traveled […]
Founder Focus: Blue Aqua Food Tech
Blue Aqua Food Tech wants to be the company to start that sequence, with the founders working now to get the perfect formula to maximize insect growth. The concept is strong enough that Blue Aqua Food Tech recently won the Stella Zhang New Venture Competition at the University of California Irvine’s Merage School’s Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Enterprise.