Under 30 Consumer Tech 2022: The Digital Pioneers Reimagining A Recovering World

), who selected the Listers. The result: a new class of talented innovators driving influential change in our ever-changing world.

During the pandemic, Helen Mayer, 25, lost childcare for her twins. She started Otter, a platform that matches families who need childcare with stay-at-home parents who can watch their kids. Since launching, Otter has raised $27.8 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures, Sequoia and Thrive Capital. To date it’s connected 7,000 families with 3,500 caretakers.

Other Listers are helping us connect with our neighbors. As the pandemic squeezed everyone’s social orbit , Nikolas Georgantas, 28, and Selin Sonmez, 27, started hyperlocal social network OneRoof. The duo raised $1.35 million from General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, and 122 West Ventures to build an app to connect neighbors within apartment complexes to give your building more of a communal feel—and make the elevator rides less awkward.

And to help pay off your pricy pad, Andrew Wang launched Valon to take the mortgage nightmare out of the American Dream. Wang, 29, and cofounders Jon Hsu and Eric Chiang created Valon to give clunky mortgage servicing software a modern, mobile feel. Valon automates payments, gives a clear view of one’s balance and educates borrowers about loans and taxes and insurance.

Some Under 30 Listers, meanwhile are going after property in the metaverse. Brothers Max and Zach Bruch aim to build the Amazon of NFTs. They are creating a marketplace for people to buy, sell and trade NFTs licensed from established brands, sports teams, movie characters, cartoons and other much-loved, old-line media content. Think crypto-collectibles. Max, 24, and Zach, 28, recently partnered with ViacomCBS.

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