Startups, their founders, and their users can come from anywhere across the country.
Startup News Digest 03/29/24
Invest in women to ignite innovation
Every March, we celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month as a global celebration of women’s achievements. And in the startup ecosystem, there’s a lot to celebrate—women are trailblazing and innovating at unprecedented rates.
#StartupsEverywhere: Indianapolis, Ind.
MITO Materials Solutions founding team believes improvements to materials can ultimately improve quality of life. The company is creating additives that improve the durability and toughness of legacy industrial materials, giving manufacturers the ability to make lighter and stronger products. We talked to Co-Founder and CEO Haley Marie Keith about her journey from the university to entrepreneurship pipeline, inequities and challenges facing women founders, and the pros and cons of working with government programs.
Startup News Digest 03/22/24
What the ecosystem needs to ensure Innovation for All
#StartupsEverywhere: Portland, Ore.
Based on past experiences in the workplace, Greg Gasperin created Merify to enable talent managers to equitably identify and reward top performers for valuable work. The platform also serves as a tool for employees to quantify and track their performance data. We spoke with him about the need for trust and accuracy in the workplace, Merify’s extensive use of independent contractors, and a much needed social safety net for startup founders.
Startup News Digest 03/15/24
#StartupsEverywhere: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ellie Gordon is a serial entrepreneur whose passion for improving people’s lives through technology led her to Behaivior. Leveraging AI-based technologies, Behaivior seeks to save lives through the use of wearable technology for crisis aversion. We had the opportunity to have Ellie walk us through her story, aspirations for Behaivior, and the policy landscape she faces.
The Corporate Transparency Act: What it is, where we are now, and what startups should know
Startup News Digest 03/08/24
#StartupsEverywhere: Frederiksted, V.I.
Tarik McMillan and Tamara Mohammed founded Greater Changes with the goal of making mental health services accessible for people, no matter their background. We spoke with them about the sometimes challenging process of developing a telehealth platform, ‘Change’, their experiences fighting stigma and operating out of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and their goals for 2024.
Startup News Digest 03/01/24
#StartupsEverywhere: Cambridge, Mass.
Startup News Digest 2/23/24
#StartupsEverywhere: Boston, Mass.
Bellybaloo is a new way for expecting families to safely access their ultrasound images electronically and share those precious moments with those who matter most. We talked to Founder and CEO Ellen Murphy about the challenges faced by women founders, maternal health, and data privacy when it comes to sensitive health data.
Engine releases report on how determining user age impacts startups
Startup News Digest 2/09/24
#StartupsEverywhere: San Francisco, Calif.
For Margot Lee Schmorak, Hostfully and VC Backed Moms are the results of her years navigating the tech industry as a woman, mother, and mission-driven professional. While Hostfully promises a better property management experience, VC Backed Moms is the ultimate online community for founders in all stages of motherhood. We spoke with her about rental property management, increased STEM education, and the ways in which policymakers can support motherhood in entrepreneurship.
42 startups and support organizations sign letter supporting strong digital trade policy
A coalition of 42 U.S. startups, investors, and startup support organizations across 18 states sent a letter urging U.S. trade policymakers to support the growth and competitiveness of the startup ecosystem through smart digital trade policy. The letter calls on policymakers to support policies enabling cross-border data flows, making permanent the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions, and providing resources to help startups compete abroad.
