Our Clients

We take great pride in working with a diverse set of clients:

  • Geography. Our team is located in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Denver, Miami, Austin, and the Pacific Northwest, and our clients are located in these markets as well as across the globe, including Latin America, Asia, Europe and more.
  • Stage. They range from early-stage startups to venture-backed companies to venture capital funds with impact at the forefront of what they do.
  • Industry. And they operate in various industries, from financial technology and SaaS to consumer goods and consulting.

Below is just a small sample of some of our amazing clients.

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What are clients saying about SPZ?

“Ryan and his team are the whole package: experienced, communicative, and highly reliable. They’ve been critical partners in helping build Tango at every turn: from contracts to employment, fundraising to Board facilitation.”

– Dan Giovacchini, Tango Co-Founder & President

“Ryan and his team are reliably quick, sharp, and friendly – an awesome combo that makes working on complicated projects with tight timelines much smoother, less stressful, and more enjoyable.

Alisha Fredriksson, CEO at Seabound

“SPZ has been instrumental in guiding us in developing and implementing strategies to incentivize our team for their amazing work, working with us on complicated data privacy compliance, and developing custom commercial contracts that fit the needs of our growing company. We also really appreciate that SPZ is a mission-aligned law firm, which complements our impact-driven business model!

Rachel Marcuse, COO at Readyset

Seabound

Seabound is developing technology that will have a massive impact on global efforts to curb climate change. Seabound’s carbon capture equipment traps up to 95% of the CO2 from large cargo ships. The technology can be installed on both existing and new ships and converts captured CO2 emissions into a solid form that can be used as building materials or for other purposes

ReadySet

ReadySet is a consulting and strategy firm that helps companies build more human-centric, inclusive cultures, teams and products. ReadySet’s clients span industries from tech, to nonprofits, to social change organizations, each starting at a unique point in their DEI journey. ReadySet’s team of consultants is composed of professionals and academics with deep diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) expertise who understand how business works.

Tango

Tango takes the pain out of documenting processes by automatically generating how-to guides while you work. Their browser extension makes it easy for teams to share and scale their knowledge so that everyone feels empowered to learn processes, use new tools, and be their best at work. More than 175,000 people around the world enjoy using Tango and they’re trusted by teams at future-forward organizations like IBM, Salesforce, Verizon, and Clincierge. Tango’s mission is to make Process the operational backbone of any organization by surfacing and championing who gets what done and how.

Verto Education

Verto is on a mission to help change Higher Education in positive, student-focused ways. They offer Freshman year abroad with direct transfer to their partner schools. Their focus is on student outcomes, helping students get the most out of their college experience and setting them on a path for a successful and fulfilling life and career.

CNote

CNote is an award-winning financial platform that allows people to invest in causes and communities that they care about while making money. With the mission of closing the wealth gap, every dollar invested with CNote helps fund female and minority-led small businesses, affordable housing development, and financially underserved communities across America. 

AtlasGO

atlasGO is community of sweaty change makers. Users are sponsored by corporations to raise funds and awareness for nonprofits with every mile they hike, bike and run while atlasGO delivers impactful employee engagement and cause marketing campaigns for their corporate partners. 

Kruze Consulting

Kruze Consulting, a leading provider of accounting, finance, tax and HR consulting services to seed and VC funded startups. They help their clients ($2+ billion in funding) reduce cash burn and increase runway through a combination of automated technology and deep startup experience. 

Center for Human Technology

Center for Humane Technology is a group of deeply concerned former tech insiders and CEOs who understand the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our minds. Since 2013, they’ve raised awareness of the problem within tech companies and for millions of people through broad media attention, convened top industry executives, and advised political leaders. Building on this start, they are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the system. 

Certified EO

Certified EO is building a network to bring national recognition to employee ownership. They provide the tools and resources members need to win greater brand recognition, inspire more committed employees, and create more devoted customers. By increasing the visibility of their individual members, they amplify the employee-owned movement as a whole. 

Salo Sciences

Salo is a conservation technology company. Their mission is to accelerate solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss by guiding investments in natural climate solutions: conservation, restoration & improved land stewardship. They use three tools—satellite data, artificial intelligence & ecological modeling—to identify conservation opportunities, monitor ecosystem health & predict environmental change.

Sabah

Mickey Ashmore created a magical pair of leather shoes in 2013 with a family of craftsmen in southeast Turkey. He called them Sabahs, an original shoe based on a traditional shoemaking methods. They are now sold worldwide, with Sabah Houses in Dallas, New York City, San Francisco, and London.

Go Overseas

Go Overseas is the Airbnb/Trip Advisor for educational programs abroad. As a community-centered site used by over 6.5 million people a year, Go Overseas is the leading resource for browsing verified reviews, finding programs, reading travel articles, and discovering scholarships for all different types of meaningful travel opportunities. 

Monument

Monument is an Artificial Intelligence enabled personal cloud device that centralizes and organizes your photos by date, location, faces, and scenery, while protecting your privacy and without carrying recurring fees.

Falcon AI

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world, and our client FalconAI is working to make it more accessible. Comprised of top AI researchers and engineers located in Boston and Istanbul, they have developed cutting-edge AI tools that provide human-level recommendations to Fashion customers and E-sport gamers. 

Attendify*

Attendify is reimagining event technology and helping attendees, sponsors and exhibitors create more meaningful connections at live events. We believe event technology should be used to create more face-to-face interactions, drive attendee engagement and deliver data-driven insights to fuel event success. That’s why Attendify built a powerful, self-service platform that combines award-winning mobile event apps, event registration and a robust data platform built just for events.

*Acquired

Just Invest*

Just Invest is a technologically-driven asset management firm. Their mission is to empower advisers to enter a new era of wealth management, driven by unprecedented customization and transparent efficient tax management. They use large-scale data analysis, quantitative algorithms and risk modeling. They deliver scalable portfolio, tax management, greater client engagement and best in class economics for both advisers and investors.

*Acquired

Strive*

Strive’s mission is to help people realize their professional potential and become the best version of themselves. They achieve this mission by transforming managers into leaders, both accelerating their own career trajectories and creating meaning, belonging and opportunity for their teams and companies.

*Acquired

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