Alyce, Inc. is an AI-powered platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in personalized gifting for sales and marketing. Founded in 2015, the company redefines direct mail and promotional gifting through its scalable and sustainable approach to account-based marketing. Alyce's platform leverages social data to recommend ideal gifts, simplifying the process of sending personalized gifts to clients and prospects. It handles everything from order and shipping to reporting, facilitating one-to-one gifting and large-scale campaigns. This innovative platform aims to foster genuine relationships in the B2B space, providing measurable outcomes that significantly enhance account engagement and sales pipeline performance compared to traditional methods.
Grata designs and develops Software-as-a-Service solutions that automate B2B research processes. Its platform helps private equity firms, sales teams, and marketing professionals find, analyze, and engage with private companies using machine learning technology for targeted outreach, market analysis, and voice of customer insights.
FreightFlows
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, FreightFlows provides a data-driven platform offering predictive analytics for global maritime trade. Its platform enables users to optimize operational decisions by analyzing market trends, vessel availability, routes, and commodity cargo activities.
Grata designs and develops Software-as-a-Service solutions that automate B2B research processes. Its platform helps private equity firms, sales teams, and marketing professionals find, analyze, and engage with private companies using machine learning technology for targeted outreach, market analysis, and voice of customer insights.
Brio Systems
Seed Round in 2020
Brio Systems provides a turnkey COVID-19 testing platform for employers, linking laboratories and medical suppliers with workplaces to enable on-site testing. Its platform supports PCR and antibody testing conducted by FDA-certified laboratories, manages logistics for kit distribution and test requisitioning, provides medical oversight, and delivers digital results within about three days of collection. It serves customers across manufacturing, food processing, and other industries, offering a scalable solution that can support up to 50,000 tests daily. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Brio Systems focuses on helping employers maintain workforce safety and business continuity through data-driven testing programs.
Brio Systems
Venture Round in 2020
Brio Systems provides a turnkey COVID-19 testing platform for employers, linking laboratories and medical suppliers with workplaces to enable on-site testing. Its platform supports PCR and antibody testing conducted by FDA-certified laboratories, manages logistics for kit distribution and test requisitioning, provides medical oversight, and delivers digital results within about three days of collection. It serves customers across manufacturing, food processing, and other industries, offering a scalable solution that can support up to 50,000 tests daily. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Brio Systems focuses on helping employers maintain workforce safety and business continuity through data-driven testing programs.
NeighborSchools
Seed Round in 2019
NeighborSchools, Inc. is a Boston-based company that offers a platform connecting childcare providers with families seeking care solutions. Founded in 2018, the platform allows educators to manage their own licensed family childcare programs while empowering them to operate as independent micro-entrepreneurs. By facilitating in-home childcare options, NeighborSchools enables caregivers to earn more while providing personalized attention to small groups of children. Families benefit from the ability to research, enroll, and pay tuition directly through the platform, significantly reducing childcare costs. The company emphasizes individualized care, smaller child-to-caregiver ratios, and a creative curriculum designed to foster child development.
Panorama Education
Venture Round in 2019
Panorama Education, Inc. is a data analytics company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that focuses on K-12 education. Founded in 2012, the company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables school districts, charter networks, and state governments to conduct comprehensive surveys of students, parents, teachers, and staff. Through its research-based surveys, Panorama collects valuable feedback on various aspects of the educational environment, including teacher performance and school climate. The platform generates detailed reports that allow educators and administrators to analyze results across different demographics. Additionally, Panorama offers implementation consultation, technical assistance, and training to enhance the effectiveness of its services. By leveraging stakeholder feedback, the company aims to support professional development and improve student outcomes in schools.
Alyce, Inc. is an AI-powered platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in personalized gifting for sales and marketing. Founded in 2015, the company redefines direct mail and promotional gifting through its scalable and sustainable approach to account-based marketing. Alyce's platform leverages social data to recommend ideal gifts, simplifying the process of sending personalized gifts to clients and prospects. It handles everything from order and shipping to reporting, facilitating one-to-one gifting and large-scale campaigns. This innovative platform aims to foster genuine relationships in the B2B space, providing measurable outcomes that significantly enhance account engagement and sales pipeline performance compared to traditional methods.
Dough
Venture Round in 2019
Dough, Inc. is a membership community and platform dedicated to promoting products made by women. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Dough offers a diverse range of items including accessories, apparel, beauty products, books, food and beverages, health and wellness products, and home furnishings. The company aims to increase awareness and purchasing power for women-owned businesses, striving to create economic equality and foster an inclusive movement that represents all female entrepreneurs. Dough's mission emphasizes the importance of equal representation for women in leadership roles across various sectors, including corporate environments.
Apprentice Health
Seed Round in 2018
Apprentice Health optimizes clinical workflows using real-time location systems, ambient sensors, and AI. Its platform enhances patient scheduling, room utilization, and equipment tracking, reducing wait times and improving operational efficiency for healthcare providers.
Sentenai
Seed Round in 2017
Sentenai Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a cloud-based platform aimed at automating data engineering for machine learning and predictive applications, particularly in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT) and logistics. The company's flagship product enables intelligent systems to access the necessary data for real-time decision-making by combining distributed systems with applied machine learning. Sentenai's platform efficiently organizes sensor data streams, making them searchable and actionable, while automating data integration for continuous analysis. This approach allows organizations to gain a comprehensive view of their operations, facilitating agile decision-making by uncovering risks, anomalies, and potential threats within their data.
DataXu
Venture Round in 2017
dataxu, inc. is a marketing analytics software company that provides solutions for brand marketers and agencies globally. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products including TouchPoint, a demand side platform for multi-channel marketing; OneView, which helps marketers build a comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior; and the Marketing Intelligence Center, a dashboard that consolidates data and performance metrics. Other offerings include ClearSight, an analytics platform for customer insights, and TotalTV, which facilitates audience-based targeting across various TV formats. dataxu also produces insights through white papers and reports, and provides training and managed services for its platform users. The company serves diverse industries such as automotive, financial services, and consumer packaged goods. As a subsidiary of Roku, Inc., dataxu continues to focus on enhancing marketing effectiveness through data-driven strategies.
Sentenai
Seed Round in 2016
Sentenai Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a cloud-based platform aimed at automating data engineering for machine learning and predictive applications, particularly in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT) and logistics. The company's flagship product enables intelligent systems to access the necessary data for real-time decision-making by combining distributed systems with applied machine learning. Sentenai's platform efficiently organizes sensor data streams, making them searchable and actionable, while automating data integration for continuous analysis. This approach allows organizations to gain a comprehensive view of their operations, facilitating agile decision-making by uncovering risks, anomalies, and potential threats within their data.
Smart Lunches
Venture Round in 2014
Smart Lunches, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing catering and food delivery services for children's lunches at schools, childcare centers, and summer camps across several regions, including Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Jersey, Georgia, and Washington D.C. Founded in 2011, the company operates an online platform that allows parents to easily order meals for their children. Smart Lunches offers a diverse selection of hot and cold main dishes, sides, snacks, soups, and drinks, all prepared by local catering partners. The service is designed to ensure convenience and nutritional security for parents while delivering quality meals directly to schools, simplifying the lunch process for families.