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BlueTrace

BlueTrace is building software to empower seafood distributors and producers, helping these underserved businesses simplify their operations and comply with increasingly complex regulations while growing their bottom line. If they do that well, the outcome is fresher, better, and safer seafood on consumer’s plates. This Seed stage startup works closely with local shellfish farmers and seafood distributors (of all kinds) to bring them technology solutions & supply chain transparency in order to meet rising regulations and increased consumer demands. They do it all through a mobile, easy to use, automated traceability system.

Parker Lawrence, Software Engineer @ Herald

Parker Lawrence is a full-stack early stage engineer who went North, then West, South, and now Northeast to build his toolkit as a founding engineer in insurtech. Today, he’s helping to scale the infrastructure of the easiest API for commercial insurance at Boston based Herald as a Software Engineer.

Merlin

Merlin is building an integrated hardware and software solution, the Merlin Pilot, to create an advanced automation system for aircraft. They are the leading developer of certified autonomy for aircraft, with technical capabilities that allow it to assist and augment existing pilots in flight. Merlin is not only primed for takeoff, the Merlin Pilot is already flying with 500+ systems-on missions completed to date.

OrbisPay

OrbisPay is a financial wellness software platform for employers to help benefit their employees. Put a little more simply, OrbisPay allows employees to access their paychecks before payday. Sign me up for that!

Angela Gatta, Head of People @ Enspira

Angela Gatta has been an aspiring HR professional since her undergraduate studies, leading with empathy and championing a human-centric work environment. She has taken calculated risks and pushed herself to grow through each new chapter of her career. Angela is the Head of People at Enspira, a 2023 Inc. 5000 fastest growing honoree and HR consultancy firm helping businesses across all industries and sizes identify talent, people and culture solutions that meet their unique needs.

SportsVisio

SportsVisio is building AI video software to help you see your (hoop) game like never before. With just a smartphone trained on a court, this app can help players track all their stats from points to rebounds to assists to steals and more. 

Alan McKinnon, Revenue Program Manager @ Jellyfish

Alan McKinnon has sailed from state politics to enterprise software, navigating the nuance required to excel in both arenas. Today he serves as the Revenue Program Manager at Boston based startup Jellyfish, a rapidly growing enterprise software company helping engineering teams work smarter.

Nasuni

Nasuni is building a cloud native NAS (network attached storage) software platform. This late stage scale up helps large enterprises store & organize all of their data in a simplified, scalable way. Think of traditional network attached storage as a digital filing cabinet. When the cloud migration came, all the bits broke loose.

Gina Guarracino, Director, People @ Mirakl

Gina Guarracino is a capable, empathetic People leader who’s traveled from staffing to unions to media and now excels in high growth technology scale ups. She is a Director of People at late stage commerce startup Mirakl, helping the team expand their U.S. operations including a recent office move from Somerville to Boston’s Financial District.