{"id":646104,"date":"2025-04-01T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.org\/?p=646104"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:22:31","slug":"class-of-2025-cool-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connect.org\/class-of-2025-cool-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2025 Cool Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"646104\" class=\"elementor elementor-646104\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b09c995 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b09c995\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg 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srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2025-Cool-Company-Badge-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/connect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2025-Cool-Company-Badge-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/connect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2025-Cool-Company-Badge.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6aeb31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d6aeb31\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212ca5d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"212ca5d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53dbbf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53dbbf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Class of 2025 Cool Companies<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f4e792f elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5f4e792f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f97c819 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>April 1, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e6375b elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>5:00 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a2e79ac elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.org\/category\/cool-companies\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Cool Companies<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5243ab90 elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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After a rigorous selection process, our esteemed judges have identified 30 standout companies\u201411 in life sciences, 17 in tech, and 2 in consumer markets\u2014ready to make waves and raise their first rounds of institutional funding.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"715\"><strong data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"453\">Cool Companies<\/strong> is Connect\u2019s premier capital program, matching top-performing startups with leading venture capital firms. 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Meet this year\u2019s fastest growing, most exciting tech and life sciences startups in Southern California. 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