Brenton Strine has been writing code for over 20 years and has spent most of his career building enterprise websites for multiple millions of users at companies like NASA, Amazon, and Mailchimp. He briefly interrupted his software career to earn a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. In 2017 he founded Refcode, a nonprofit community that helps refugees in start software engineering careers. He is passionate about teaching code and mentoring the next generation of coders. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and two young boys.

Luke lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Mallory, and daughter, Eden. He has 10 years of experience in SaaS enterprise sales, and is the Founder of Tekton Career Training, an organization that trains refugees in trades. He built and sold a multi-city, quickly-scaling staffing company connecting the refugee community to great jobs. Luke has built and led multi-state sales teams and with a strong background in leading, selling, and vision casting he serves as CEO.

Kicky is the first vertical SaaS platform that enables fine artists' businesses to thrive like never before.

Organizational Needs: Kicky is looking for growth capital. Kicky is quickly scaling and needs the right capital partners.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $1.25 M

Jimmy Wright is Co-Founder and President of Launch Capital Partners. Growing out of years of conversation about business, ministry, and the Christian life, Launch Capital was founded as a viable marketplace response to ministry opportunities presented by the global migration crisis. Jimmy lives in Louisville KY, with his wife Dana, and four energetic kids.

With a background in civil engineering and a passion for business, Todd Hyden is currently the Director of Operations for Launch Capital. As a licensed professional engineer, Todd has a unique perspective when solving problems and evaluating opportunities in the marketplace. He loves spending time with his wife of 10 years, his four kids, and being involved in his church.

Launch Capital invests in safe housing to serve every immigrant, refugee and person in pursuit of a new American dream.

Organizational Needs: Launch Capital would like to design a Redemptive long term fund that raises $50M from foundations/family offices. Launch would like to integrate and incorporate it's new operating foundation to serve refugees and immigrants.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $50 M

Matt Elsberry started his career at an nonprofit under the mentoring of a former Apple VP of Operations before becoming a part of the leadership team that grew it from 3 countries to 80 countries in 6 years. Through this, Matt realized nonprofits can sometimes cause more harm than good while working trying to make the world a better place. Matt then left the nonprofit world to become VP of Organization Development for a regional conglomerate in Asia for 5 years, hoping to inspire businesses to adopt a long-term view of caring for communities and the environment. He founded and launched the Kingdom Entrepreneurship Academy with some brilliant Indonesian partners. Matt asks the question, "Couldn't the perception of business as mindless profit pursuers be challenged if the maximization of impact was trumpeted above the maximization of profit?" What kind of company could be created?" He joined LivFul to create this new type of company.

LivFul vision is to unlock human potential by expanding health access. Our BHAG is to improve the quality of life of a billion people every day by 2040. Our mission is to be the best at “IP efficiency to market”.

Organizational Needs: Series B Funding Pipeline, Connections to HNWI and Family Offices that are interested in moonshots to tear down the existing exploitative system of Health Innovation (Pharma). Board members and advisors that understand co-development revenue in life science. Blended Finance experts.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $5.1 M

Sam created Regenesys BPO in the Philippines in reaction to stories of human trafficking there. He spent six years as an engineer in the Australian mining industry, then completed his M.B.A. at Melbourne University and began working in banking, where he specialized in operations, risk, and technology across top-tier banks including JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank. He moved to the Philippines eleven years ago and four years later, he was inspired to explore how technology-based jobs can transform the lives of survivors. His children, Benjamin and Grace plus cat Oreo are constant reminders that balance is needed in life.

Regenesys was created with the purpose of restoring the lives of survivors of slavery, abuse and those at higher risk of exploitation, by employing them in technology-centric jobs. Survivors benefit from computer-based employment due to its high demand, broader career options, transferable skills, and the financial independence that it provides. Through a unique technical and core skills development program, we achieve significant transformation by equipping them with both workplace and life skills. We have been operating for over 10 years and employ 350 staff in the Philippines and Nepal, of which over 80% come from our target demographic.

Through our Transform Engine brand, we create business critical assets for the architectural, engineering, construction, insurance and real-estate industries including building information models (BIM), CAD drawings, schematics for insurance and estimates and floor plans. In 2023, we produced over 150 million square feet of assets (200+ million projected for 2024).

Organizational Needs: Regenesys intends to scale its impact by expediting growth and increasing their competitive advantage in a quickly shifting space. With their proven operational expertise and monthly growing files business, they think now is the right time to take the next step and invest in both the Technical and Personnel sides of the business.

Through our Transform Engine platform, Regenesys is in an advantageous position to take advantage of 1. democratization of scanning, 2. increased customer integration requirements (enabling simple business process enhancements), and 3. advanced automation. They have identified needed investments two key areas:
1) Technical Investment including additional workflow automation (AI-driven), platform integrations, an asset management platform, database upgrades and CRM implementation.
2) Personnel investments are needed for product development and management, marketing, sales and customer success functions and asset delivery headcount for CAD and BIM assets.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $1 M

David Simnick is the Managing Partner of Impact Driven Brands, parent company of the mission-driven personal care brand, Soapbox, and the delicious condiment company, Bushwick Kitchen. Soapbox’s mission is to empower consumers to change the world through everyday, quality purchases. Soapbox sells a full range of personal care products each with a mission to provide soap to those in need with every purchase. Bushwick Kitchen handmakes delicious sauces, honeys, and srirachas in small-batches in Bushwick, New York. During limited engagements, select Bushwick Kitchen items donate all of their proceeds to charitable causes proving that giving back can be delicious. David has worked or consulted for USAID, the U.S. Army, Michelle Rhee, U.S. Senate, and also was a Teach for America (TFA) educator in Northern Philadelphia. As an Eagle Scout, David loves the outdoors, volunteering, and working with budding entrepreneurs. He received his undergraduate degree from American University in 3 years and then dropped out of a masters program at The University of Pennsylvania to start Soapbox.

Soapbox is a mission-driven personal care company that thoughtfully crafts natural hair and skin care products. For each item we sell, we donate a bar of soap to someone in need either here in homeless shelters, food pantries, or through various global partners. Soapbox is sold in Walmart, Kroger, Amazon, Meijer, CVS, Target, and almost every retailer in the US and other countries.

Organizational Needs: Soapbox is looking to identify new debt partners (i.e. ABL, LOC) to help us with our rapid growth.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: We're looking to restructure some debt. Around 6.25m. We'd like to increase our facility to 9-10m based on our rapid growth.

Anna Jung is the Founder & CEO of Tahmina Tea. She has been working in Afghanistan since 2015, with additional experience in the Middle East and Central Asia since 2008. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2013 with a double major in sociology and music.

Tahmina Tea is a WOC-owned brand with a mission to uplift consumer wellness and oppressed communities. Since 2017, Tahmina has been ethically sourcing saffron hand picked by Afghan women and blending them into wellness tea blends. Tahmina Tea has a vision to integrate the power of ethical agricultural development with functional food and beverage.

Organizational Needs: Tahmina Tea is fundraising in order to expand their team and scale marketing. They are also looking for advice with B2B saffron sales and industry introductions.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $250K

Chris is a passionate entrepreneur and a leader in the creation of healthy technology. He is the founder of Techless, the startup that created Wisephone, a pure & simple phone for intentional people. Techless is on a mission to reclaim 100 Billion life-hours from screen time for people to wonder, live & imagine.

Techless is Chris’s 3th startup. His previous design & film work has been nationally recognized and even aired on ESPN Superbowl gameday coverage. He and his wife Ciera are joyfully raising their five kids and live life for a deeper purpose.

Techless, the creator/developer of Wisephone is on a mission to create healthy technology that honors our time, attention, and above all, our well-being. Wisephone strikes a balance between the simplicity of a "dumb" phone and the convenience of a smartphone. It strips away unnecessary features and focuses on what truly matters—connecting with others, being present, and living fully. It’s designed for the 110M+ Americans who want to cut back on screen time, fostering a more intentional and meaningful future of technology use.

Organizational Needs: Techless is seeking wisdom regarding acquisition strategy and complex IP partnerships.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $1.2 M

Jane Mosbacher Morris is Founder and CEO of TO THE MARKET, a company that leverages a proprietary technology platform to provide a turnkey solution for ethical manufacturing, connecting companies to a syndicated network of sustainable and ethical suppliers. Inc Magazine named TO THE MARKET one of the fastest growing private companies in America.

Jane is a member of VF Corporation's Advisory Council on Responsible Sourcing (owner of Van’s, Timberland, Wrangler, The North Face, and others). She is also a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the CARE Board of Directors.

She holds a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She is married to fellow entrepreneur Nate Morris of Kentucky.

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Ryan is cofounder and president of VENTURE.ORG, a nonprofit that works in the toughest places of the world, serving war refugees, trafficked people, oppressed children, and the unreached. VENTURE has planted thousands of churches that serve in their own communities to rescue girls from trafficking, start farms, and train in microenterprise and feminine hygiene, leading to generational transformation. Ryan co-founded several travel technology companies, such as Faith Ventures and Yonder Travel Insurance, and co-authored the best selling book "Lead with Prayer" He and his wife Rachel enjoy adventuring with their two ginger-headed kids and their newest addition, Kyae Sin Thant.

VENTURE combines church planting with community development in the least reached/least resourced regions of the world to serve child soldiers, war refugees, trafficked people, and unreached people. VENTURE has planted over 8,000 churches that reach into their communities to rescue girls from trafficking, start farms, and train in microenterprise and feminine hygiene, leading to generational transformation for communities and eternal transformation for individuals. Venture also activates thousands of people every year to run, hike, bike, pray, give, and do tough things to help people in these tough places.

Organizational Needs: Venture top needs:

1. The presence of Jesus.
2. Capacity Building. The model is scaling oversees, and we need to properly build the infrastructure in the US to support the growth.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $7.5 M

Brock is the Founder of Wise Rock, an oil and gas software startup optimized for long-term redemptive impact. By God’s grace, Brock has seen direct evidence of God’s work in his life so clearly that even his analytical, engineering mind has become fully convinced that Jesus is real, He loves us, and He is willing to guide our lives, if we will only humble ourselves enough to listen to Him.

Wise Rock builds software that dramatically amplifies, rather than replaces, human capability. Wise Rock is building production optimization software for the oil industry as a means to fund and incubate multiple redemptive software products, enabling them to show people the love of Jesus and enhance the efforts of other organizations working to do the same.

Organizational Needs: Wise Rock is beginning to transition from a solo founder-led company (Brock) to the Visionary/Integrator framework (see Rocket Fuel book) with our COO (Aaron) taking over most day-to-day management responsibility. Brock will move more and more into an Innovation / Chief Product Officer type role. At the same time, we are moving into an expected period of rapid growth, with employee count expected to go from 17 now to potentially well over 30 in the next 12 months. We would love wisdom as we make this transition, especially as it relates to bringing on some type of advisory/board structure as well to provide additional wisdom to Wise Rock.

Raising: Yes

Amount Raising: $1.5 M