We know very well how different and diverse humanity is and want to celebrate all that makes us unique. Be that our emotions, our experiences, our bodies, or our religion — we strive to create a world where that diversity is validated and accepted. Our mission is to create a social environment where people with differences can thrive.
weBelong, a social community app for teenagers who want to connect with others based on their interests
https://webelong.app
weBelong is a social platform for minority people
Connecting people based on their interests
You can share your problems with warm community
Use Voice Chat, and you can feel intuitive and fun!
Yoshua Kishi
Yoshua is a serial entrepreneur with a previous successful exit which he grew to be the largest health and wellness community in Japan at the time.
Expert in Cognitive Psychology. Keen on technology and computer science, he’s involved in product management, communication and growth.
He was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and felt personally affected by the problem we're solving.
Shekhar Upadhaya
Shekhar is a Computer Science major with over 4 years of work experience in data science.
He previously worked as a software engineer at Amazon where he managed large scale data pipelines for Kindle, as a Data scientist at Accenture and in a startup.
At HoloAsh, he’s in charge of building our mobile development and making sense of our data.
Su Tugcu
Su is our marketing and growth manager with a background in product management and passion for startups.
With a Master's degree from ESCP Business School, she previously worked as a product marketing manager for L'Oreal and growth & user acquisition for a consumer tech startup in London.
CTO: KSK Horota
Born and raised in Japan, Horota has work experience of over 10 years as an engineer.
Horota is specialized in front-end and back-end development of web and mobile applications. He previously worked for system integrator and web development companies in Japan.
UI/UX: Roosevelt Innocent
Roosevelt is a multidisciplinary designer and developer.
Currently in charge of developing sleek user interface and experience at HoloAsh, he previously worked independently in collaboration with other organizations to solve design problems and to build sleek and intuitive user interfaces.
Growth Advisor: Eros Resmini
Former CMO of Discord.
She worked for international companies on the CSR project as well.
She's in charge of optimizing algorithm to help people with differences.
Health Tech Advisor:Gail Christine Gannon
Gail advises entrepreneurs on how to turn their great idea into market success or translate their success into new markets while leaping regulatory hurdles. Gail mentors entrepreneurs in market and financing strategies throughout the Silicon Valley ecosystem, e.g. Stanford University’s SPARK and University of California-San Francisco’s Lean Launchpad. She earned her master’s degree in public health at Harvard University and was a Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow.
Clinical Advisor: Melissa Hummelt
Melissa is a licensed psychotherapist based in the Bay Area, California.
She has helped thousands of people from all walks of life through counseling with evidence based practices. She is currently helping some startups such as TalkSpace and Ginger. She received her master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Marquette University.
We believe in the power of differences and we take pride in having a team who comes from different cultures and backgrounds.
It is important for the team to share information openly and proactively. We strive for an open communication both within our team and with our business partners.
We’re constantly working on our product to optimize the experience with data. As we work through fast sprints, we make sure to encourage each other.
We develop and test our hypotheses by talking to our users frequently. We don’t stay trapped in our minds and reach out to test our product within its market.
