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Startup SnapshotsBoston Chapter

TechnologyBoston Chapter

AssuredLabor, co-founded by Sidd Goyal, a bachelors and Masters in Computer Science from MIT, is an online marketplace that leverages the power of SMS and the

Internet to connect employers and workers in emerging markets.

VisibleGains, co-founded by Craig Daniel, bachelors in Computer Science from Providence College and experienced leader in early-stage startups, offers technology

tools to create engaging and interactive marketing videos.

Sensobi, founded by Ajay Kulkarni, with a Bachelors, Masters and MBA from MIT, is building a system that allows you to manage all your personal relationships.

LuminaPrep, founded by Edward Alfano, with a Bachelors from Columbia and an MBA from MIT Sloan, is running a tried and tested SAT-prep company.

Adapt.ly, founded by Shobhit Chugh, a Bachelors in Engineering from IIT, and an MBA from Kellogg, won the Best Startup at Dream.IT in 2010. The company provides a

platform for advertising across a wide range of media assets.

AuthorsGlobe, founded by Antonio Faillace, a Georgetown MBA, is an MIT $100K runners-up. The company provides a platform for authors to connect with their audience,

focussing on the long tail of the publishing industry.

Parallel Cities, founded by Sidi Gomes, Masters in Architecture from the Harvard School of Design, is building a mobile application that helps people with like minded

interests discover one another easily.

Zazu, founded by Punit Shah, Bachelor in Finance/Entrepreneurship from NorthEastern University, is building a mobile application that helps users wake up with relevant

information about their day’s news, meeting schedule and reminders.

SwingReader, founded by Krishna Ramchandran, PhD in Computer Science from UCSB, is a leading mobile application that intelligently analyzes sports videos to help

players and coaches improve their game.

Pinyadda/BostInno, founded by Chase Garbarino, a Hamilton undergrad, is an award winning company that provides users with personalized and social news and content

aggregation.

Shareaholic, founded by Jay Meattle, a Tufts engineer, is a company fanatical about making sharing on the web better, faster, and easier. Shareholic has over 2 million

downloads and has won many major awards

PickupZone, founded by Hooman Hodjat, a Babson MBA, is a company that is making it easy for anyone to pick up a package from a nearby retail outlet.

RunKeeper, co-founded by Mike Sheeley, a Bentley MBA and Tufts Engineer, is one of the leading fitness applications on the iphone with over 2 million downloads. The app

tracks fitness using an iPhone, as well as other devices.

Architexa, co-founded by Vineet Sinha, an MIT PhD, is a company focussed on automating computer code. It is based on his research work.

Lamhe is India’s first gifting company in the high-end luxury goods market. Founded by Vishy Venugopalan, a Bachelors and Masters from MIT and a venture capitalist, the

company is focussed on the domestic market.

Firsthelp Financial, co-founded by Parker Treacy, a Harvard MBA and Duke undergrad, is a leading auto lending company for low-income Latin and Hispanic populations.

SolSolution, a sustainable social venture co-founded by Soren Harrison, a Nuclear Science PhD from University of Wisconsin and an MIT post-doc, provides schools with

cost-saving solar energy solutions.

Myshopperapp, the leading iphone shopping application was founded by Adam Smith, a Harvard MBA with a business undergrad from Indiana, is developing apps for the iphone

EnergyBoston Chapter

Retroficiency, founded by Bennett Fisher, a MIT Sloan MBA and a Johns Hopkins undegrad, is a a web-based platform that helps commercial real estate owners maximize

value when retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency and sustainability.

Altaeros Energies, co-founded by Adam Rein, a MIT MBA, is developing a novel airborne wind turbine to harness abundant, low-cost wind power at higher altitudes.

OsComp Systems, co-founded by Pedro Santos, a MIT MBA, is developing a next generation compressor for applications in refrigeration, nat gas, and industrial air. The compressor has a fraction of the cost and 30% higher efficiency than existing devices.

LifesciencesBoston Chapter

OsComp Systems, co-founded by Pedro Santos, a MIT MBA, is developing a next generation compressor for applications in refrigeration, nat gas, and industrial air. The compressor has a fraction of the cost and 30% higher efficiency than existing devices.

Relay Technology, founded by Dave Greenwald, a Tufts PhD in Lifesciences, is an award-winning company, is an innovation engine to provide those in the drug discovery

industry an intelligent way to manage IP or seek optimal drug discovery pathways.

Novira is an antiviral company based on breakthrough science that is being incubated at BioAdvance and was co-founded by Ali Munawar, a Harvard graduate.

Cerenova, of which Christian Wentz is President, electrical and computer engineering graduate from MIT, is a medical device company developing a neuromodulation device

for recovery/enhancement of neurological function following stroke/neurotrauma

AeorvectRx, founded by Jose Gomez, named MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 and Humanitarian of the Year, is aimed at delivering vaccines to the upper respiratory

tract using a medical device.

MA Medical Angels, co-founded by Pushwaz Virk, a doctor with a Masters in Public Health from Harvard, is the leading angel group in Boston for lifesciences companies.