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BAY AREA INNO UNDER 25

The rising Bay Area founders, investors and startup leaders you need to know.

Bay Area 2021 Inno Under 25
Kylee Glikeson/American City Business Journals

You're never too young to follow your dreams.

That's the overriding lesson from our search to find a collection of young entrepreneurs, investors and technologists across the Bay Area. Our inaugural Inno Under 25 list includes young leaders aged 25 and under who are making an impact in industries as wide-ranging as AI, skin care and food production. What they have in common is both a preternatural ambition to make the future they see a reality, and the belief in our region as a birthplace and nursery for groundbreaking ideas and innovation.

Among our editorial staff's selections, we have serial startup founders, college students and high school dropouts. What's clear from the stories of some of the Bay Area's brightest minds is there's no defined route to success. We will be revealing our list throughout this week, so check on this page to see who's on the list.

Click through the links below to see the first collection of the Bay Area Inno's Under 25 rock stars

Adam Guild, CEO and co-founder, Owner.com

Jasmine Sanchez and Jalen Brown, Co-founders, Vessel Athletics

Christine Hong, Founder and CEO, Apothecary

Pranavi Cheemakurti, Venture Investor, Forum Ventures

Rajat Bhageria, CEO and founder, Chef Robotics

Alexandr Wang, CEO and co-founder, Scale AI

Eric Zhou and Usman Hanif, Co-founders, Portals

Zain Zaidi, Founder and CEO, Transcrypts

Nick Hershey, Co-founder and CEO, Rundoo

Sujude Dalieh, CEO and founder, Gajo

The list is based on the Bay Area Inno editorial selection process. Want to connect with Inno or have a breakout star for an upcoming feature? Give the team a shout at ktruong@bizjournals.com or sherrera@bizjournals.com



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