Boston Startups
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Boston.
Brett Martin
Founder @sonar. Former Director @k2-media-labs. Fulbright Fellow. Studied @dartmouth-college. Sailor. Bad Bassist. Recovering Banker. Lover of life.
Brett Reed
Chief Operating Officer of @cohealo
Nicole Staple
Founder @brideside. Tech investor @silicon-valley-bank. Strong business background (Monitor Group, @ubs-investment-bank). Kellogg MBA '12, Wellesley College '06
Dominic Coryell
Co-Founder @curebit. Co-Founder and CEO @GarmentValet.com. Global Student Entrepreneur Award Winner.
Ari Buchler
Investor
Senior exec, board member, advisor. VP @sophos (2013+) / VP @Rocket-software (2012/3) / SVP @phase Forward (1999-2010), IPO 2004, sold to Oracle 2010.
Michael Saville
WVU Grad. Worked at @spindle and @wayfair
George Kassabgi
Investor
Co-Founder of @keas
Investor: @zapprx, @rationalwave-analytics, @stackdriver, @docphin, @keas, @bit9, @kiodex
Board of Directors: @mendix
Explorer...
http://www.ugik.com
Doron Gan
Founder CTO @viralgains, Director Engineering @OperaSolutions, Manager @vlingo, Comp Eng from CMU. Exceptional technical vision, leadership, and execution.
Jeremy Crane
Product & Ops lead at @oneforty. Product/Bus.Dev. Startup Exec. Led Online Media at @compete. Worked at @ford-motor Co. MBA-Michigan, ME/BE-Dartmouth, BS-Bates
http://therecoveringmba.com
Josh Bob
Founder @turnstar (@textaurant) - sold 2013
• Global Facilitator @startupweekend
• Studied at @babson-college (MBA) & @brandeis-university
• Comfortable wearing many hats.
http://turnstar.com
Ryan Buckley
Co-founder of @scripted.com. We do writing services for businesses. Also worked biz dev at @rapleaf.
MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management, MBA 2009
Harvard Kennedy School, MPP 2009
http://blog.scripted.com
Catherine Durkin
Operations Manager and Customer Concierge for @custommade, previously worked as Marketing and Sales Coordinator for @boardprospects-1.
Scot Chisholm
Investor
Founder/CEO of @stayclassy. Businessweek top 5 Promising Social Entrepreneurs. Board of @team-rubicon. UMass Amherst Engineering, @booz-allen-hamilton Lean Six Sigma.
Kevin Bradshaw
Founder of first mobile game publisher and first app store in US/Europe. 15+years envisioning, designing, building, testing and operating on all platforms.
Katie Pietrowski
Co-Founder of @highfive (@nike-accelerator powered by @techstars )
Peter Sellis
Investor
Product Manager, Analyst, INTP. Work at @science. Past at @ustream, @lek-consulting • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Jay Singh
CEO @viralgains / @masschallenge 2013 & @500Startups Batch 007 alumni. Positive about life. Interested in tech, venture capital, business, & #ViralMarketing.
http://blog.viralgains.com
Karina S. Villanueva
Public Health professional interested in improving healthcare and increasing patient engagement through innovative use of technology and analytics
Kathryn Crimmins
@evertrue Chief of Staff. Formerly w @deloitte-consulting-strategy-operations. Proud @boston-college alum.
http://kcrimmins.com
Bobby Driscoll
Founder @BoardProspects • Studied at @ConnecticutCollege
Rasmus Goksor
Investor
Two prior tech startups (1st out of high school). Former VC lawyer with fund-formation/start-up focus @Gunderson.
http://blog.bison.co
Jay Batson
Investor
Currently Mentor-in-Residence at TechStars, Founding CEO @acquia (private), Founder & CEO @pingtel (acq. Nortel), VP Engineering @on-technology (IPO)
Chris Hote
Founder @polyspace • Worked at Verilog, PolySpace, @the-mathworks, Digimind • Angel Investor . Board member . Technology Evangelist . Studied at @mit-sloan-school-of-management (Finance, Marketing), @paul-sabatier-university-toulouse-3 (Physics PhD)
Alex Shoer
China based founder of @seeder and e8 Resources. Board member @ CWI. Finance & Marketing background. Active traveler; I survive on collaborative consumption.
http://blog.seeder.cc
Andrew Levy
Program Director at Founders League, Staff at Betaspring. Founder at Redbud Strategies. Fmr Austin Technology Incubator, equities trader.
Jay Allardyce
Investor
Executive @hpSoftware. Leader of new incubation, M&A and turnarounds. Startup to big co. experience as a creator and operator. Prior @vertica, @hp and AdobeCap
Rich Jones
Founder and CEO of @openwatch and @gun-io • Studied @boston-university • Researcher @harvard Law • Developer @prx • @Miserlou on GitHub • Troublemaker
http://gun.io/blog
Claude Burns
MBA student at MIT Sloan, Former Naval Officer, USNA 2006. Strong project manager, experienced leader, diverse background- IT, Public Affairs, HR, Ops Research, Biz Dev, Marketing.
Peter Hubshman
Start-up, private equity, and capital markets experience combined. I work at the early and first round stages to conceptualize strategies and financial plans.
Josh Brody
Founder @reserved, @whoa-io • Worked at @pinterest, @jobspring-partners • Studied at @california-institute-of-technology
http://josh.mn
Molly Gamache
Director of Operations at @sierra-maya-ventures, @MillenniumJobs • Studied at @boston-university
Mike Bennett
Founder, @healthetreatment.com; Chief Revenue Officer at @goby (Acq. TNAV); US GM at @cheapflights.com; VP Corp Dev/GM Online Media/VP Sales at Monster.com
Nate Janewit
VP Product @noonswoon, Senior Product Manager @playdom, @the-walt-disney-company, @microsoft
Robert G. Andosca, Ph.D.
Founder, President and CEO; 25+ years business and engineering experience in semiconductor and MEMS industries; start-ups to large companies.
Andrew Wright
Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com
Sean Casto
Founder @preapps • Worked at @wayfair, @tapwalk • Studied at @northeastern-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
http://www.preapps.com/blogs/
Brian Jacobson
Co-Founder at @mobile-captain, Inc. Senior Analyst at @td-bank. Deep knowledge of SMB space. @bentley-university University finance grad.
Dan Schrage
Co-Founder & COO RoyaltyVault. Founder Audiomine. BD Contracts Manager at UTC, RTN, GD. Strong business, legal/contractual and startup background.
Andy Bromberg
Math and CS student at Stanford. Founded marketing firm in high school. Fascinated by data science, the startup ecosystem, and learning.
http://andybromberg.com
Danny Kirschner
Innovator, creator, full stack dev, amateur environmentalist. Founded @bundio, @MiracleTicket, @gorankem, @insightpool. BS in MIS @university-of-georgia.
http://sharkswithlazers.net
Greg O'Keeffe
Investor
Partner, Boston Global Ventures, co-founded MyEnergy (acquired by Nest Labs, 2013)
Will Young
Harvard MBA, Former Google & WME Biz Dev. Stanford Undergrad. Looking for operating role @ early stage startup.
Justin Lancaster
Founder/CSO kwiKBio. Inventor, scientist, patent atty. CEO, VP BizDev/Sales. UCSD MS/PhD 1985-90. VT Law JD 1978. Postdoc CA Space Inst. + @harvard-university-1.
http://www.hydrojoule.com
Sarah Foster
BD & Sales Ops manager at @vertica. Strong business background with an intense passion for tech start ups.
Jarrett Goetz
Innovator, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Connector, Operations Guy, Start-up Enthusiast. 15 years building technology and operations organizations for startups. Never a dull moment.
Apolinaras "Apollo" Sinkevicius
16 years in startups. 9 technology (SaaS & Enterprise Software), talent management, and professional services companies. 12 founders, 7 CEOs. Now in Boston.
http://ChiefBusinessHacker.com
Greg Whelan
Technical Strategic Marketing and Business Development Expert, Expert in innovation marketing and market development.
http://greywhalemanagement.blogspot.com/
Joe Budzienski
Founder of @gozaik Family Man and Avid Fly Fisher. Message me and we can start solving the worlds mysteries.
http://www.blog.gozaik.com
Michal Wozny
Founder @labminds, MBA Oxford, B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering @mcgill-university University (Canada)
Thomas Pounds
Silicon Valley entrepreneur now in Cambridge, MA. Sr exec up to CEO in RFID, clean tech. Raised >$100M in VC; led $1.8B divestiture at Battelle. Earlier at BCG.
Paul Goldman
CEO founder Muserk.com. Serial entrepreneur 20 years experience music licensing and production.
Vin
Investor
Founder @dental-management-innovations-llc • Investor @cognoptix • Studied at @clarkson-university, @university-of-connecticut
Doug Reffue
Founder at SingledIn. Former Pres/GM Boston Blazers lacrosse. Brand Mgt. at Yankee Candle, Polaroid and Brine. Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 Winner.
Sam Tolkoff
energetic, tech savvy leader:
+ large corp, as VP@QinetiQ
+ start-ups, @Bluefin Robotics, et al
+ spin-out @optasense
two MS @MIT
4 kids @ home, boston
Chris Hill
CEO/Founder PopCircle. Worked at AOL and in journalism. Extensive operations, business development and investment experience, US and international.
Philip Bradley
Worked at @Latham & Watkins, @npr, @the Washington Post Company • Studied at @cornell-university, Johns Hopkins University MBA/MS
Derek Zanga
Investor
Entrepreneurial Consulting, Operations & Financial Management
Theodore Chao
Harvard Math Education Postdoc; Math Education Professor; Former NYC Middle School Teacher; Computer Science/Software Background
Kelly Bowker
MBA Candidate at Boston University, looking for opportunities where I can elevate the design thinking process to an integral step in business strategy.
Mike Lloyd
Harvard MBA student with startup operating experience looking to assemble or join a productive and fun team that solves interesting problems with technology.
Rob Kennedy
Investor
Founder @tbdconsulting @startup-street • Worked @stubhub, @napster @mertado @ecast
James McClurkin
IT Consultant, Office & Event Ops/Mgt & Customer Service/Support pro. Coffeehouse blogger
http://www.coffeehouseaddict.com
Dan Vidal
Founder & CEO of ArtVenue. Strong business development and sales background (previously at @bzzagent). Suffolk University, BSBA 2009 (Magna Cum Laude).
Mark H. Hollister
CCO of @care-at-hand. Former COO at largest single-site homecare agency in US. Strong history in business dvpt. and operations focused on creating new product, experience or service-disrupting and building new markets.
Pu Paul Zhao
Founder/CEO of GZEIM Co., Harvard Business School MBA 2015, Financial Analysis and Project Management capabilities (IBM Corporation and McMaster-Carr).
Christopher Stuart CFA
Investor
Serial Entrepreneur, Senior Investment Analyst seeking a role in which I can add value with my past startup experience and my passion for investing.
Spencer Bramson
Left college at 19 to run my first startup fulltime. Bootstrapped influencers@ to be profitable in our our first 6 months. Ave margins per client 68% - 72%.
Adam Hacking, PhD
Scientist and Entrepreneur.
Jason August
@bindo mentor, Previous founding Build-A-Bear employee and @gourmet-real-estate CEO-new construction sales/marketing. Comp Sci degree from @washington-university-in-saint-louis.edu + kth.se.