R E I Path Ahead Ventures Founders
Meet the founders and companies that participate in our programs.
2023 Navigate Cohort
Explore the businesses empowered with support for production, scaling, distribution and publicity via the Navigate program.
Peter Lee (he/him)
John Ko (he/him)
Co-Founders
Claire Zhu (she/her)
Founder
Erika Togashi (she/her)
Founder
Brittany Coleman (she/her)
Founder
Soj Jibowu (He/him)
Jacob Brown (He/him)
Ed Chang (He/him)
Co-Founders
Susan Clayton (She/her)
Founders
2022 Navigate Cohort
Explore the businesses empowered with support for production, scaling, distribution and publicity via the Navigate program.
Livio Melo (he/him)
Jennifer Jacobson (she/her)
Co-Founders
Raquel Vélez (she/her)
Founder & CEO
Kobe Harris (he/him)
Founder & CEO
Mike Mojica (he/him)
Founder & Partner
Mitch Gilbert (they/them)
Founder & CEO
Sidney Baptista (he/him)
Founder & CEO
2024 Embark Cohort
Alex de la Fuente
(he/him)
Carlos Salinas Linares
(he/him)
Cathy Chin
(she/her)
Daniel Gerken
(he/him)
Haley McGinest
(he/him)
Heather Gomez
(she/her)
Huy-Liêm Nguyen
(he/him)
Jabari Marshall
(he/him)
Jennifer Villamin
(she/her)
2023 Embark Cohort
Alanah Anderson
(she/her)
Amina Leila
(she/her)
Branché Foston
(she/her)
Danielle Biering
(she/her)
Dante Garcia
(he/him)
George Yeh
(he/him)
Hillarie Maddox
(she/her)
Keenan Takahashi
(he/him)
Kenya Jackson-Saulters
(she/her)
2022 Embark Cohort
Alina Drufovka
(she/her)
April Mittelstet
(she/her)
Ashima Sharma
(she/her)
Brooke Giddens
(she/her)
Bryan Roessel
(he/him)
Charlotte Bowens
(she/they)
Crystal Cree
(she/her)
Dylan Ramirez
(he/him)
Fay Wu
(she/her)
The founder experience
See how our founders are creating their own paths.
"As a founder looking for connection to others working on similar projects, Navigate was the perfect fit. I was able to share with peers, use this network to expand my knowledge base, grow confidence, and provide help to others who are in a similar situation. I will always be thankful that I took the chance to apply."
“The Embark program has given me a community of fellow founders putting their stake in the ground right alongside mine. We represent so much more than what is seen on the outside. We represent generations of change just now able to come to light because of programs like these. As a founder, sometimes you have no idea what direction to go in or what step to take next. Through Embark, I found comfort and courage in taking those steps boldly forward.”