Nova Credit is a cross-border credit reporting company that allows immigrants to easily transfer their international credit histories to the United States. We recently spoke with Nicky Goulimis, Nova Credit’s Co-Founder and COO, to learn more about the startup’s work, the important role that immigrants play in the U.S. economy, and how policymakers can better support foreign-born workers and visa holders.

Located on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, Change Labs is a nonprofit organization working to foster small business development and increase economic opportunities for Native American entrepreneurs. We recently spoke with Heather Fleming, Change Labs’ Co-Founder and Executive Director, to learn more about the nonprofit’s work supporting Native entrepreneurs, some of the challenges that startups and small businesses face on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, and the steps that need to be taken to advance Native American founders.

Miami-based startup CitiQuants uses “decisional data” on cities’ livability, workability, sustainability, and governability assets to help other startups and established businesses make important hiring and expansion decisions. The focus on city-level data has also pushed the company to start developing tokenized city stocks that can be used to generate public investments in local communities. We spoke with Philip Peters, CitiQuants’ Founder and CEO, to learn more about his startup, his PEV Token concept, and steps that policymakers can take to support growing startups—particularly those affected by the pandemic.

Dr. Edouard Siregar, a former researcher with NASA, founded Sofia Labs as a way of using human-centered artificial intelligence to help users lighten their workloads and finish complex projects. We recently spoke with Dr. Siregar to learn more about his company’s product, what policymakers should do to support startups affected by the pandemic, and how the government can best advance emerging technologies.

Postagraph is a recently launched social messaging app that works to connect verified users with their family and friends in a private environment. By focusing on creating a digital community free of filtered falsehoods, Pelumi Olatinpo—Postagraph’s CEO—is working to create an authentic user experience for those tired of the digital noise and lack of privacy on other social media and messaging platforms. We recently spoke with Olatinpo to learn more about Postagraph, his thoughts on social networking platforms, and steps that lawmakers should take to support the startup community and underrepresented founders.