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Honorees celebrated and received plaques at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
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Honorees celebrated and received plaques at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Alex Parks, Harvard Innovation Labs, raises a toast at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees from Seismic Therapeutic celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Ben MacDonald, Matthew Gorman, Chelsea Thibault and Julian Cohen, ezCater, celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards,held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Lauren Lamb, Sea Machines and Yan Yan Zheng, Bank of America, at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Rebecca Leavitt, Renee Wysopal, Jacqueline Vail and Lyse Henshaw, Sartburst Data enjoy the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees from Seismic Therapeutic celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Networking at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
W Jon Swanson, The Swanson Group, shakes hands with Doug Banks, Executive Editor, Boston Business Journal, at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Networking and fun times at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Networking at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Nicole Chan and Patrick Smith of W Boston and Westin Copley Place, with Carolyn Jones, center, Market President and Publisher, Boston Business Journal, at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Networking at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Networking at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Sonali Bloom, Ivan Quiroz and Jessica Mays, 20/20 Onsite, at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Christina Logsdon, of Shoobx, is framed by a pair of Inno Fire blazers at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Jerry Paul, DocFox and Johanna El-Khoury, firstPRO at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Alex Parks, Harvard Innovation Labs, chats with coworkers at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Michele Liu Baillie, Sunstein LLP, Brian Kelleher, Mohamed-Merola Wealth Management, and Isabel Reynes, Salsify, converse at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Melissa Patterson and Lindsey Luker, Cresa, at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
W Hotel managers toast bubbly at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Starburst Data employees enjoy at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Senofer Mendoza, Mendoza Ventures, Christina Logsdon, Rachel DelGrande, Jason Furado and Bryce DelGrande, all of Shoobx, gather at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Kate Coble, Anessa Petteruti, Ram Manohar Oruganti, Jegan Candassamy, Anum Valliani and Richard Scannell, of Lambent, gather at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Nathan Higginson-Scott and Eric Larson, of Seismic Therapeutic at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Starburst Data employees enjoy at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Phil Granof, Stacie Justice and Alexa Barbaresi, of NewStore at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Adam Kerr, Mendoza Ventures and Chris Roy, Cambridge Trust, enjoy conversation at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Doug Banks, Executive Editor, Boston Business Journal, greets honorees at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Chris Roy, Cambridge Trust, greets honorees at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Inno Reporter Hannah Green greets honorees at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Top honorees Carly Glovinski, Metalenz, Matthew Segneri, Harvard Innovation Labs and Emiko Bryant, PepGen, received plaques at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Hannah Green, Inno Reporter, with top honorees Carly Glovinski, Metalenz, Matthew Segneri, Harvard Innovation Labs and Emiko Bryant, PepGen, at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
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Doug Banks, Executive Editor, Boston Business Journal, honoree Alexa Barbaresi, NewStore and Hannah Green, Inno Reporter at the 2022 Inno Fire Awards.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees from Harvard Innovation Labs celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees from Lambent celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees Achal Sancheti and Ayushi Shah, Overjet, celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees Amy Stephens, Susan Hunt Stevens and Justin Lopez, of WeSpire, celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
Honorees from Senofer Mendoza celebrate at the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards, held at the W Hotel.
Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal
For its first in-person event since before the Covid-19 pandemic, BostInno held its annual Fire Awards last night in downtown Boston, celebrating 50 innovators in Boston's startup community.
More than 150 attendees gathered at the W Boston Hotel on Stuart Street to celebrate the honorees from businesses, entrepreneurs and economic accelerator groups and to learn who the winners would be in each of nine categories, what BostInno calls its "Blazers."
See who attended the 2022 BostInno Fire Awards event by scrolling through the photo gallery above.)
The 50 startups, innovators and organizations were selected based on nominations and were chosen by a committee of judges from the Greater Boston innovation community. Criteria included recent successes in raising investment interest and funds, launching new products, bringing in new customers, growing their Boston footprint and supporting the local community and innovation ecosystem. The Inno Fire honorees and Blazer companies are profiled here.
Boston Business Journal and BostInno Executive Editor Doug Banks opened the evening, and BostInno Reporter Hannah Green presented the awards.
The event was sponsored by the W Hotel/Westin Copley Place and by Cambridge Trust. Chris Roy, director of innovation banking for Cambridge Trust, also spoke at the event.
The chosen Inno Blazers in each category were:
- Cleantech: SES
- Consumer Goods: MetaLenz
- Ecosystem Supporters: Harvard Innovation Labs
- Fintech: Insurify
- Life Sciences: PepGen
- Medtech/Healthtech: IntelyCare
- Robotics: Berkshire Grey
- Software (Small): NewStore
- Software (Large): Mirakl
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