Aaron is the Founder, CEO and “Top Dog" of DogVacay, the leading online and mobile pet care community. One of the newest entrants in the $11B pet services market, DogVacay connects pet parents in need of services (home dog boarding, pet sitting, daycare) with thousands of vetted and insured pet caregivers across the country. Founded in March 2012 and based in Santa Monica, CA, the company has over 50 employees and has raised $22M from investors including Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron spent several years in venture capital and technology, working at Monitor Group, Upfront Ventures, and Monitor Ventures. Previously, Aaron was an analyst at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. Aaron is a graduate of Swarthmore College where he studied neuroscience. He holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson.

Henrik Werdelin is co-founder and CCO of Bark & Co, the New York based startup behind BarkBox, BarkCare and The BarkPost. Henrik oversees the creative aspects of the company is responsible for new product development. He is also the Managing Partner at Prehype, the venture development firm with offices in London, Copenhagen, Rio and New York.

Henrik was previously Entrepreneur in Residence at leading venture capital firm Index Ventures where he identified and sourced investment opportunities and advised portfolio companies including: Path, Basno, Seedcamp, Chartbeat and AlterMe. In 2006, as Chief Creative Officer, he was part of the team that started Joost.com and was responsible for visual identity and product development. Before Joost, he was Vice President of Product Development and Strategy for MTV Networks International where he spearheaded the development of many of MTV's award winning innovative digital products.