We’re excited to bring you highlights from our annual meeting, and updates on our portfolio. You will also find an opportunity to meet with our team during their upcoming travels.
Annual Meeting 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2024 Annual Meeting! We had a great time hearing from Thomas Rudy about Human Performance & Data, Peter Schmidt on the State of the Venture Market, and Patrick Kent on our X15 platform. Refinery is proud to have brought together some of our portfolio companies to hear updates from leaders:
- Steve Santamaria & Felix Brueck from Folio Photonics
- Gregg Morton from Fooji
- Cameron Yarbrough from Torch
- Andre Davis & Zac Hensley from Livegistics
- Dr. Jose Barreau from Picture Health
- Luke Denny from Frayt
- Sam Alexander from Bitewell
Featured speaker, Thomas Rudy, shared a few words about the impact of working with Refinery over the past year. “We love working with Refinery! Sitting on the Bitewell board lets us leverage Refinery’s hypergrowth leadership expertise and our health and sports vertical expertise which has created a strong partnership that we are lucky to have.”
Meet Up with Refinery in a City Near You!
Tim & Peter are traveling to a city near you! Whether you’re seeking funding, looking to invest, or simply want to exchange ideas, this is your chance to connect with seasoned VCs who are passionate about fostering innovation and growth.
Faith and Entrepreneurship: Keeping Your Identity Through Career Transition
Our X15 community was joined by our good friend Brett Smith, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Miami University, for a dinner discussion on thriving amidst the challenges of growth. The group shared perspectives on defining your faith in identity, infusing it into your company’s culture, harnessing the power of high agency, and letting your personal values influence how you react to challenges at home and work.
Velocity Workshop: Intelligent Hiring for Startups
Patrick and Peter were happy to host six early-stage CEOs for a workshop on how to find the right people for their company. The conversation centered itself around the ” 5 Fs” of hiring: fit, fortune, freedom, family, future and how to be an ambassador for your company during the hiring process.
News Across the Portfolio
Featured at Paris Demo Day
Justin Turk, CEO of Livegistics, was featured on behalf of Pharrell William’s Black Ambition at Paris Demo Day.
Moving AI Imaging Field Forward
First author, Dr. Haojia Li of Picture Health, lead the work in the newest report paper from Emory AI Health in The Lancet Digital Health journal.
2024 AI Awards Recognition
Portal26 has been recognized by The A.I. Awards for its excellence in artificial intelligence. The company was named in four categories, including Best AI Platform.
Guest on Callan Harrington’s That Worked Podcast
Redi Co-Founder & CEO Luke Buchanan was featured on the That Worked podcast to discuss recruiting the right people for your business to maximize your growth.
Launched Teal iQ
TealBook has officially launched Teal iQ, an innovative solution that helps organization identify gaps and inconsistencies in their vendor master data that drive critical business processes.
How ‘Coaching’ Became Silicon Valley’s Hack of Therapy
Cameron Yarbrough, co-founder and executive chair of Torch, aims to democratize coaching by making it more affordable and has encouraged other therapists to become coaches.
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