What a great quarter! Yes, it’s a lot of writing. Yes, I do all of the writing. But I’ve come to appreciate the tremendous privilege it is to hear the stories of all you talented operators, founders, ecosystem builders & companies trying to make a dent in this vibrant Boston startup ecosystem and the world beyond. I feel a deep responsibility to do you all justice and I’m working at it every day!
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oncoverycare is the first virtual survivorship clinic with a mission to help survivors lead happier, healthier lives. If we’re going to talk about oncoverycare, first we need to talk about its co-founder, Hil Moss.
Markit Social is “software for creators and event marketing”. Founded in 2021 out of the Tufts Venture Accelerator and a recent graduate of the Techstars Boston accelerator program, Jonathan Chang and his team are on a mission to reinvent events for creators and Gen Z attendees.
In 2011, Oracle acquired Boston based Endeca for $1.075B. The acquisition ended an 11 year journey spanning the Dot-com bubble, 9/11, the Great Financial Crisis, 3 Super Bowl wins, 2 World Series titles, 1 NBA Championship, 1 Stanley Cup and the punishing drumbeat of technological progress.
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Swapt is “software that helps increase brand awareness and help you track return on investment of your in-person campaigns and activations”. Founded in 2022 by former Klaviyo engineer Andrew Smith & Co-Founder Trevor Brown, Swapt is on a mission to help customers make sense of their offline data and make e-commerce into, well, commerce. They’re backed by Klaviyo founders Andrew Bialecki & Ed Hallen with additional seed capital from Asymmetric Partners & Perkins Cove Partners.
Elucid offers software to aid in“cardiovascular disease diagnosis and prevention.” Founded in 2013 (commercially) by Andrew Buckler, they’re shining light on a better way to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in pretty much every developed country and leads to 17M deaths worldwide. Every year.
Herald is “the easiest API for commercial insurance”. Founded in 2021 by Matthew Antoszyk & Duncan Crystal, these Co-Founders began their startup journey built on the infrastructure of a 20 year friendship. They met as kids at summer camp, a slightly more blissful environment than the crucible of early stage startups. If you want to know what someone’s really like there’s no better way than roasting marshmallows together. Oh and by the way CTO Jacob Barnett went to the same camp too! Maybe someone should turn this camp into an accelerator.. Anyway, back to Herald.
Black Kite provides third party cyber risk intelligence software. This cybersecurity startup was founded in 2016 by Candan Bolukbas, a former CEH (certified ethical hacker) for NATO. They’re on a mission to build the most trustworthy cyber rating system in the world.
Mirakl is the “SaaS solution chosen by leading enterprises worldwide to manage their third-party marketplace and dropship business”. A late stage startup, Mirakl is dually headquartered between Paris and Somerville. This company generates some serious scale so buckle up as we take you on a journey from Paris to Boston to the internet.
Basys is “software for healthcare pre-authorization”. Started in 2022 by healthtech veterans Amber Nigam & Jie Sun, the duo met at Harvard’s data science program and incubated the company out of Harvard’s iLab. These entrepreneurs are on a mission to help drive scalable impact by stripping out some of the massive inefficiency in our healthcare system using artificial intelligence.
