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The business optimization platform and talent marketplace that enables brands to get things done.

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President | Chief Operating Officer | Chief Strategy Officer | Board Director | Transformation Executive| Turnaround Leader | Scaling Startups | Artificial Intelligence Innovator | Agentic AI

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Former Chairman & CEO, Matterport ($2.1B Exit) | Ex-Apple, Google & eBay Exec | Board Director

Kjerstin Erickson

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I’m an entrepreneur, investor, and deeply curious human on a winding path through nonprofit leadership, international development, emerging economic models, spiritual practice, and venture-backed tech. Along the way, I’ve built platforms, raised capital, navigated collapse, executed turnarounds, and helped others do the same. Today, I run Arising Ventures, a modern holding company purpose-built to acquire and revitalize distressed or overlooked tech companies, particularly those shaped by the venture ecosystem but stalled by structural or strategic walls. We specialize in turnarounds, carve-outs, and recapitalizations, combining operational discipline with creative deal structures to unlock value others miss. Highly downside protective, our goal is to build durable, profitable businesses. Beyond the transactions, my deeper mission is this: to fully embrace my own entrepreneurial journey as a path of inner development, and to help other founders see entrepreneurship not just as a vehicle for creation but as a mechanism for personal evolution. Every challenge is a test of discernment, an opportunity to clarify values, grow uncertainty tolerance, or deepen trust — in ourselves, in others, and in the unfolding process of life. I’m most energized by alternative business models that align incentives across teams, users, investors, and ecosystems: models that don’t just extract value, but create it in ways that are participatory and regenerative. I believe the most exciting companies ahead will rethink how businesses are structured, how value is shared, and how technology can serve not just capital appreciation but the shared flourishing of everyone involved. Recognitions & Highlights - Rolling Stone: “25 People Shaping the Future” - CNN / Anderson Cooper: “Person You Should Know” - Skoll Scholar at Oxford for Social Entrepreneurship (MBA) - Clinton Foundation Honoree (with Bill Clinton & Queen Rania) - Glamour: “Top 10 College Women” - New Leaders Council: “Top 40 Leaders Under 40” - Medium: Top Writer in Technology - Y Combinator: S16 - Aspen Ideas Scholar

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Product Operations Leader

William Ogden Moore

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Research and Product at Grayscale Investments

Sinéad Trautman

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Recruiting @ Vivian Health | People Person

Elizabeth Upper

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Independent Contractor

Ibrahim Guncicekleri

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Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in backend software development, API design, and development. Accomplished improving API performance, reducing server load, and delivering cost savings.

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Right-brained finance exec. Team builder. Numerical storyteller. Former investment banker > CFO > public company growth operator. Proud dad of two boys and a baby girl. Currently serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Office at leading B2B AI fintech, Pagaya (NASDAQ: PGY). Accountable for Pagaya’s $10Bn+ lending business and P&L, end-to-end commercial efforts and growth - incl. sales, growth/GTM, revenue, strategic lending partners, biz dev, capital markets and funding, investor relations coverage - across our 3 asset classes: personal loans, auto, and point-of-sale verticals. Previously 4x strategic CFO for venture capital/private equity-backed companies with 26 years of progressive leadership experience across strategic finance/FP&A, financial operations, equity/debt capital raising, structured products capital markets, investment banking, M&A and corporate strategy. Back-to-back winner of OnCon Icon Awards for “CFO of the Year” in 2022 and 2023 and Top 10 Finance Team in 2023. Recognized as Top 25 CFOs of 2024 in San Francisco Bay Area by TOPCFOs. Breadth/depth of experience spans serving as CFO for growth-stage VC-backed tech companies driving revenue growth and healthy unit economics, to CFO of large PE-backed fintech undergoing large digital transformation program, and to senior deal maker advising on multi-billion dollar transformative M&A and IPOs for large cap businesses globally. Former tech, fintech and M&A senior investment banker at Morgan Stanley, working with multinational CEOs/CFOs to scale revenue, drive profitability, and/or craft story and positioning in advance of an IPO or a strategic exit. Led over a dozen IPO processes end-to-end (as lead-left bookrunner), another two dozen private fundraises from Series B through pre-IPO, and successfully raised $65+ billion of equity and debt capital (including as both operating CFO and as investment banker). Led Fivestars (backed by Lightspeed, DCM, Menlo and HarbourVest) as deal-making CFO through a competitive multi-offer process and successful exit to global payments leader SumUp for $317 million in 2021. Also led three Morgan Stanley-owned subsidiary businesses through successful exits/sales as negotiating principal and advised on 50+ strategic M&A transactions and exits for $90+ billion of value as investment banker. Broad industry experience across enterprise/retail/SMB technology (internet, e-commerce, SaaS, marketplaces, networks, EV), fintech (digital lending and payments), and financial services (exchanges, broker dealers, banks, asset managers).

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Manager, Marketplace Operations