March 18, 2024 - Vev.co Michel Elings and Cadence OTC Samantha Miller

Michel Elings – CEO & co-founder of Vev  

VEV is a way to turn your idea into a business, all from your computer
or even better, from your phone. 

Michel Elings is CEO & co-founder of Vev, a platform to accept orders, reservations, bookings, tickets and payments from one simple page! It’s a new small business tool making waves in Europe that is coming to the US for the first time. It’s called Vev, and it’s the easiest way to start your own business, whether you provide a service, sell a product, or build an experience. Michel, whose previous company formed the backbone of Apple News, is now out with a free web app and simple set of tools to allow anyone to start a business and begin taking orders or reservations within three clicks. Whether you are a personal trainer, pet stylist, artisan crafter, or baker, Vev has created 200 pre-built templates with easy prompts and free tools such as a calendar to book appointments, a CRM system to manage sales, and a delivery/order tracker. Unlike other small business services or apps, there is no sales team, no forced demo, and no expensive subscription or commitment. Vev is available as a web app on desktop or mobile, and as a native iOS app available on the Apple App Store. On February 1st, Vev added the ability to accept payments in the US (via Stripe), and a new premium version called Vev+ that brings more advanced features.





Samantha Miller – Co-Founder and CEO of Cadence OTC

Our birth control device sells at half the price, and we are distributing
through convenience stores. We see convenience stores as a fantastic way
to get reproductive health products to women everywhere. There’s more
than 150,000 convenience stores and they are in every single neighborhood.

Samantha Miller serves as co-Founder and CEO of Cadence OTC, on a mission to increase over-the-counter (OTC) access to safe, effective, affordable contraceptives. She is a small pharma executive leader with more than two decades of experience in strategic partnering, product and technology acquisitions, commercial planning, supply chain, regulatory management, and corporate financing. Samantha started her career as a scientist, and quickly found her passion for building new companies. She has deep entrepreneurial experience having served as chief business officer for pharma start-ups InCarda Therapeutics and Dance Biopharm. She also led business development for mid-market ventures Theravance, Nektar, and Onyx, and values her early training at P&G Pharmaceuticals. She has negotiated and closed more than 50 licensing & partnering agreements with a total aggregate deal value of over $3 billion, and she has led more than fifteen equity financing rounds with total funds raised >$300 million. Samantha holds a BS in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, an MSc in microbiology & immunology and an MBA from the University of Rochester.