The team of four spending almost a year before building their software living in incare facilities to develop interpersonal relationships with the eldery, the providers and the administrators.
Intus Care
After raising $500,000 nearly a year ago in what it described as a pre-seed round, Intus Care has closed on another $1.65 million in venture capital.
The funding, led by EO Ventures and Third Culture Capital, will go to increasing Intus Care's analytics-driven software, which is meant to improve patient care and lower costs in long-term care facilities.
Specifically the funding will aid the development of its software platform tailored to Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”), the company said.
Founded three years ago, Intus Care got its start when its founders saw inefficiencies in the home health care industry, including no-show appointments by care providers, appointments that are not reimbursable by insurance and massive amounts of wasted time spent on paperwork, according to chief operating officer Evan Jackson.
“With our pre-seed funding round, I think we did a really great job of building a really good software with minimal means for dozens of facilities. Now is our opportunity to scale it further,” Jackson said.
Before building their software, the team of four spent almost a year living in care facilities to develop interpersonal relationships with the elderly, the providers and the administrators.
Since October they have partnered with the Pace Organization of Rhode Island, a not-for-profit health plan that cares for adults age 55 and older. Doing so has allowed the company to co-build software with its elder customers in ways that best suits them.
The difference in age between the founders and the community their software serves is significant: Intus Care's founders were all featured in Rhode Island Inno’s 25 Under 25 in September 2019.
"Our age differentiates us the most,” Jackson said.
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Abhishek Balakrishnan, 23
Student CEO at Northeastern University‘s venture accelerator, IDEA While growing up in Dubai, Balakrishnan always knew he wanted to be part of the startup scene. At Northeastern University, where he is now a senior, he initially got into IDEA as a venture analyst and was offered the role of CEO by the preceding CEO and head of the school. After graduation, Balakrishnan wants to work in an accelerator in either New York, San Francisco or Boston. He loves to cook and eat — his favorite dish is coconut lamb curry.
Student CEO at Northeastern University‘s venture accelerator, IDEA While growing up in Dubai, Balakrishnan always knew he wanted to be part of the startup scene. At Northeastern University, where he is now a senior, he initially got into IDEA as a venture analyst and was offered the role of CEO by the preceding CEO and head of the school. After graduation, Balakrishnan wants to work in an accelerator in either New York, San Francisco or Boston. He loves to cook and eat — his favorite dish is coconut lamb curry.
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Aidan Burke, 18
Creator of Lookool “My art is just a visual representation of what I’m about,” said Aidan Burke, the South Shore-based artist behind Lookool, a clothing brand he founded sophomore year of high school. It all started with a block of plain white T-shirts Burke brandished with the word “LOOK” in bold and all caps. Lookool now offers a variety of clothes — hoodies, stickers and even overalls — on an artsy site sprinkled with photos Burke took with disposable cameras. As a freshly minted legal adult and freshman at Mass. College of Art and Design, Burke looks forward to marketing to a new lot of customers.
Creator of Lookool “My art is just a visual representation of what I’m about,” said Aidan Burke, the South Shore-based artist behind Lookool, a clothing brand he founded sophomore year of high school. It all started with a block of plain white T-shirts Burke brandished with the word “LOOK” in bold and all caps. Lookool now offers a variety of clothes — hoodies, stickers and even overalls — on an artsy site sprinkled with photos Burke took with disposable cameras. As a freshly minted legal adult and freshman at Mass. College of Art and Design, Burke looks forward to marketing to a new lot of customers.
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Andrew Breiter-Wu, 24
President and founder of Breiter Planet Properties Breiter-Wu has worked in the solar industry since his first job in high school. More recently, he decided to found his own company after working as an energy consultant at Tesla. Seeking control over his own life and career, he decided to leave both his job at Tesla and his in-progress mechanical engineering degree at Wentworth Institute of Technology to found Breiter Planet Properties. Today, the company is a solar development and finance firm that provides solar panel installations to businesses and homeowners.
President and founder of Breiter Planet Properties Breiter-Wu has worked in the solar industry since his first job in high school. More recently, he decided to found his own company after working as an energy consultant at Tesla. Seeking control over his own life and career, he decided to leave both his job at Tesla and his in-progress mechanical engineering degree at Wentworth Institute of Technology to found Breiter Planet Properties. Today, the company is a solar development and finance firm that provides solar panel installations to businesses and homeowners.
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Pooja Chandrashekar, 22
Founder of ProjectCSGIRLS As a first-year Harvard Medical School student, Chandrashekar has already conducted research to transform care for high-risk, high-cost patients and helped build a virtual reality platform for autistic teenagers. Those two endeavors barely scrape the surface of her list of accomplishments. The Fulbright Scholar wants to use technology to improve the health care system and spur social change. She’s working to instill a love for technology in girls with ProjectCSGIRLS, the educational nonprofit founded six years ago.
Founder of ProjectCSGIRLS As a first-year Harvard Medical School student, Chandrashekar has already conducted research to transform care for high-risk, high-cost patients and helped build a virtual reality platform for autistic teenagers. Those two endeavors barely scrape the surface of her list of accomplishments. The Fulbright Scholar wants to use technology to improve the health care system and spur social change. She’s working to instill a love for technology in girls with ProjectCSGIRLS, the educational nonprofit founded six years ago.
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Deborah Cohen, 23
Founder and CEO of Yad Growing up in Guatemala, Cohen wanted to create an outlet for people with intellectual disabilities, like her best friend. So while she studied at Babson College, Cohen founded Yad, a startup that imprints the work of Guatemalan artists with disabilities on home décor, which is then sold in the country’s retail stores. “Artwork, for me, it brings life,” said Cohen. “It’s a great medium for people to express themselves.” Her company is part of this year’s MassChallenge Boston cohort, and Cohen is in talks with American retailers to expand the reach of her 17 current artists.
Founder and CEO of Yad Growing up in Guatemala, Cohen wanted to create an outlet for people with intellectual disabilities, like her best friend. So while she studied at Babson College, Cohen founded Yad, a startup that imprints the work of Guatemalan artists with disabilities on home décor, which is then sold in the country’s retail stores. “Artwork, for me, it brings life,” said Cohen. “It’s a great medium for people to express themselves.” Her company is part of this year’s MassChallenge Boston cohort, and Cohen is in talks with American retailers to expand the reach of her 17 current artists.
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Rachael Durant, 25
Senior account executive at InkHouse Media and community board member at She’s Local When Durant attended the Massachusetts Conference for Women in 2016, she was instantly enamored with She’s Local. She’s Local is a company that creates conferences for women in various local communities to listen to the success stories of female leaders in business. Durant graduated from Hofstra University with a double major in public relations and psychology and, in the three years since, has helped She’s Local inspire women.
Senior account executive at InkHouse Media and community board member at She’s Local When Durant attended the Massachusetts Conference for Women in 2016, she was instantly enamored with She’s Local. She’s Local is a company that creates conferences for women in various local communities to listen to the success stories of female leaders in business. Durant graduated from Hofstra University with a double major in public relations and psychology and, in the three years since, has helped She’s Local inspire women.
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Joseph Farah, 19
Student at University of Massachusetts-Boston “Knowing that I was one of the first people in history to see what a black hole looks like was a surreal feeling.” Those words come directly from Farah, who, as an undergraduate student at UMass Boston, was part of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration that took the first-ever image of a black hole in April. “Black holes are the most exotic objects in the universe,” Farah said. “The mystery of it intrigued me.” Farah was part of the team that processed the data and turned it into a picture, for which he won the Goldwater Scholarship.
Student at University of Massachusetts-Boston “Knowing that I was one of the first people in history to see what a black hole looks like was a surreal feeling.” Those words come directly from Farah, who, as an undergraduate student at UMass Boston, was part of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration that took the first-ever image of a black hole in April. “Black holes are the most exotic objects in the universe,” Farah said. “The mystery of it intrigued me.” Farah was part of the team that processed the data and turned it into a picture, for which he won the Goldwater Scholarship.
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Steve Flanagan, 20
CEO and founder of Bountium A computer science major at Northeastern University, Flanagan’s inspiration for Bountium came from his experiences doing freelance software development. Clients he worked with would often try to add features into the final product that they hadn’t agreed to pay for in their contracts. Flanagan wanted a better contract. So he founded Bountium, a blockchain business management platform that uses smart contracts to help businesses work efficiently with suppliers and independent contractors.
CEO and founder of Bountium A computer science major at Northeastern University, Flanagan’s inspiration for Bountium came from his experiences doing freelance software development. Clients he worked with would often try to add features into the final product that they hadn’t agreed to pay for in their contracts. Flanagan wanted a better contract. So he founded Bountium, a blockchain business management platform that uses smart contracts to help businesses work efficiently with suppliers and independent contractors.
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Alison Furneaux, 24
Director of marketing and founding team member of CyberSaint In 2017, when she was finishing up her bachelor’s degree in economics at Boston University, Furneaux met the founders of CyberSaint, who had just formed the company. Today, CyberSaint is a full-fledged company that helps businesses and organizations simplify the process of adopting cybersecurity best practices and compliance standards. Furneaux is passionate about providing everyone, especially small businesses, with cybersecurity.
Director of marketing and founding team member of CyberSaint In 2017, when she was finishing up her bachelor’s degree in economics at Boston University, Furneaux met the founders of CyberSaint, who had just formed the company. Today, CyberSaint is a full-fledged company that helps businesses and organizations simplify the process of adopting cybersecurity best practices and compliance standards. Furneaux is passionate about providing everyone, especially small businesses, with cybersecurity.
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James Hamet, 25
Co-founder and lead software architect at Neurable A lover of languages and a former ice sculptor, Hamet is one of the faces behind Neurable, an interface company that is reimagining the applications of brain wave technology. Hamet and his team use electroencephalography, or EEG, sensors to delve into consumer analytics, observe reactions to advertising and, most recently, measure mental fatigue in the hopes of improving driver safety. “Right now, people are limited,” said Hamet. “We are only able to use technology in the way that we know technology works.”
Co-founder and lead software architect at Neurable A lover of languages and a former ice sculptor, Hamet is one of the faces behind Neurable, an interface company that is reimagining the applications of brain wave technology. Hamet and his team use electroencephalography, or EEG, sensors to delve into consumer analytics, observe reactions to advertising and, most recently, measure mental fatigue in the hopes of improving driver safety. “Right now, people are limited,” said Hamet. “We are only able to use technology in the way that we know technology works.”
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Severin Ibarluzea, 24
Co-founder of WorkAround and CollegeAI Ibarluzea lived in a frat house in upstate New York with other CollegeAI co-founders when funding wore thin. The program predicts which college high school students will attend, but it runs in the background now, as Ibarluzea focuses on his primary, Boston-based project, WorkAround. In its third year, WorkAround connects AI companies with a reliable workforce mostly comprised of displaced refugees. With a passion for programming and technology, the RPI grad is consumed with his work, even in his free time.
Co-founder of WorkAround and CollegeAI Ibarluzea lived in a frat house in upstate New York with other CollegeAI co-founders when funding wore thin. The program predicts which college high school students will attend, but it runs in the background now, as Ibarluzea focuses on his primary, Boston-based project, WorkAround. In its third year, WorkAround connects AI companies with a reliable workforce mostly comprised of displaced refugees. With a passion for programming and technology, the RPI grad is consumed with his work, even in his free time.
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Rohan Kapur, 18
Founder of Myxtape Kapur is a senior at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Mass., as well as the founder of the startup Myxtape. Myxtape is a music data company that can create enterprise products for WeWork and other coworking spaces, as well as playlists of your friends’ favorite songs. Kapur began working on Myxtape just this year with a development team in India. His next plan is to add digital advertising to the app so the user’s favorite song can play in the background of the ads they hear. Kapur’s favorite hobbies include football and playing guitar.
Founder of Myxtape Kapur is a senior at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Mass., as well as the founder of the startup Myxtape. Myxtape is a music data company that can create enterprise products for WeWork and other coworking spaces, as well as playlists of your friends’ favorite songs. Kapur began working on Myxtape just this year with a development team in India. His next plan is to add digital advertising to the app so the user’s favorite song can play in the background of the ads they hear. Kapur’s favorite hobbies include football and playing guitar.
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Amelie Kharey, 23
Materials engineer at Form Energy When Kharey was growing up in Louisiana, she had never heard of materials science. But when she was accepted to MIT, she realized it was the perfect major for her: the ideal combination of both biology and chemistry, the two types of science she loved most. After graduation, Kharey went on to work for Form Energy, a Somerville-based startup designing a new type of battery to store renewable energy at a fraction of the cost of lithium-ion batteries. Kharey says her curiosity is what drives her to innovate and inspires her work on Form Energy’s team. She enjoys camping and reading.
Materials engineer at Form Energy When Kharey was growing up in Louisiana, she had never heard of materials science. But when she was accepted to MIT, she realized it was the perfect major for her: the ideal combination of both biology and chemistry, the two types of science she loved most. After graduation, Kharey went on to work for Form Energy, a Somerville-based startup designing a new type of battery to store renewable energy at a fraction of the cost of lithium-ion batteries. Kharey says her curiosity is what drives her to innovate and inspires her work on Form Energy’s team. She enjoys camping and reading.
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Ryan Laverty, 21
COO at Arist In his junior year at Babson College, Arist founder Laverty and his team stumbled upon research that proved text messages are an effective learning method. Now a senior, Laverty runs Arist, a successful text-message learning service that partners with companies to create corporate learning programs that deliver once-per-day texts on any given topic. Arist also offers its own courses and works with nonprofits on free learning systems to students around the world. “When we started doing this, a lot of people thought that it was interesting, but they weren’t really sure what the applications were or how it would be used in an academic setting,” Laverty said. “Now, text messages are the future of learning.”
COO at Arist In his junior year at Babson College, Arist founder Laverty and his team stumbled upon research that proved text messages are an effective learning method. Now a senior, Laverty runs Arist, a successful text-message learning service that partners with companies to create corporate learning programs that deliver once-per-day texts on any given topic. Arist also offers its own courses and works with nonprofits on free learning systems to students around the world. “When we started doing this, a lot of people thought that it was interesting, but they weren’t really sure what the applications were or how it would be used in an academic setting,” Laverty said. “Now, text messages are the future of learning.”
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Richard Okyere Mensah, 23
Student at Hult International Business School After graduating with first-in-class honors and an undergraduate degree in computer science, Mensah moved from his home country of Ghana to Boston, where he became a student at Hult International Business School. Previously, Mensah had founded three startups — Origma, Menotice and HireSail — in the media, adtech and human resources industries. Once he moved to Boston, he participated in the IXL Innovation Olympics with a project focused on reducing racial income inequality. It ended up winning first prize in the competition. Mensah’s team’s solution would allow minority-owned enterprises to tap into young talent and help students gain experience.
Student at Hult International Business School After graduating with first-in-class honors and an undergraduate degree in computer science, Mensah moved from his home country of Ghana to Boston, where he became a student at Hult International Business School. Previously, Mensah had founded three startups — Origma, Menotice and HireSail — in the media, adtech and human resources industries. Once he moved to Boston, he participated in the IXL Innovation Olympics with a project focused on reducing racial income inequality. It ended up winning first prize in the competition. Mensah’s team’s solution would allow minority-owned enterprises to tap into young talent and help students gain experience.
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Katie Mulligan, 23
Associate at Pillar VC After graduating from Northeastern University in December 2018, Katie Mulligan returned to the same company where she had completed her final, eight-month-long co-op: the venture capital firm Pillar VC. “I fell in love with the startup ecosystem when I worked here and decided to come back,” said Mulligan. Pillar works to ease the tense relationship that often exists between investors and entrepreneurs. It is led by 22 successful CEOs from companies including Wayfair, Circle and Netezza. As a part of the platform team, Mulligan handles the aftermath that follows the firm’s initial investment in a business. When she isn’t working, she can be found sailing or advising women entrepreneurs.
Associate at Pillar VC After graduating from Northeastern University in December 2018, Katie Mulligan returned to the same company where she had completed her final, eight-month-long co-op: the venture capital firm Pillar VC. “I fell in love with the startup ecosystem when I worked here and decided to come back,” said Mulligan. Pillar works to ease the tense relationship that often exists between investors and entrepreneurs. It is led by 22 successful CEOs from companies including Wayfair, Circle and Netezza. As a part of the platform team, Mulligan handles the aftermath that follows the firm’s initial investment in a business. When she isn’t working, she can be found sailing or advising women entrepreneurs.
Mia Nguyen, 20
Co-founder of Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship (WISE) at Northeastern University Nguyen, a junior finance major at Northeastern University, was inspired to found WISE after she noticed how difficult it was for female leaders to succeed in the male-dominated world of entrepreneurship. WISE is a student-led organization that helps women develop entrepreneurial skills through panels, an incubator and a mentorship program. “Sometimes, it takes a village to let women know they have a voice,” Nguyen said. “WISE is here to help women develop an innovative mindset and to show them all the entrepreneurship opportunities there are in New England and the Greater Boston Area.”
Co-founder of Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship (WISE) at Northeastern University Nguyen, a junior finance major at Northeastern University, was inspired to found WISE after she noticed how difficult it was for female leaders to succeed in the male-dominated world of entrepreneurship. WISE is a student-led organization that helps women develop entrepreneurial skills through panels, an incubator and a mentorship program. “Sometimes, it takes a village to let women know they have a voice,” Nguyen said. “WISE is here to help women develop an innovative mindset and to show them all the entrepreneurship opportunities there are in New England and the Greater Boston Area.”
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Anjali Palepu, 16
Co-founder of Pinpoint Donation Palepu, a junior at the Winsor School, started the nonprofit Pinpoint Donation with her co-founder Salma Ibrahim, who is also 16, when her school held a week dedicated to trash and the environment. Palepu noticed that people had plenty of extra goods in their possession but not much knowledge on which charities needed them. Originally an app and now a website and Facebook page, Pinpoint Donation connects donors with charities to make the act of donating easier. “It’s great to see all of the interactions between people on the Facebook page, and to really get an idea of the impact you’re making,” Palepu said.
Co-founder of Pinpoint Donation Palepu, a junior at the Winsor School, started the nonprofit Pinpoint Donation with her co-founder Salma Ibrahim, who is also 16, when her school held a week dedicated to trash and the environment. Palepu noticed that people had plenty of extra goods in their possession but not much knowledge on which charities needed them. Originally an app and now a website and Facebook page, Pinpoint Donation connects donors with charities to make the act of donating easier. “It’s great to see all of the interactions between people on the Facebook page, and to really get an idea of the impact you’re making,” Palepu said.
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Marc Printz, 22
CEO of GrowBox Printz started by making pesto. Using the hydroponic and vermi-composter systems he built in high school, Printz would grow food in his home and distribute it to friends and neighbors. His love for agriculture carried on through his years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. With graduation approaching, Printz and his co-founder Nathan Rosenberg founded GrowBox in January to help mend the operations of local, organic farms. The startup leases semi-automated container farms to small farmers so they can make their crop yield consistent and compete with larger, commercial producers. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Printz.
CEO of GrowBox Printz started by making pesto. Using the hydroponic and vermi-composter systems he built in high school, Printz would grow food in his home and distribute it to friends and neighbors. His love for agriculture carried on through his years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. With graduation approaching, Printz and his co-founder Nathan Rosenberg founded GrowBox in January to help mend the operations of local, organic farms. The startup leases semi-automated container farms to small farmers so they can make their crop yield consistent and compete with larger, commercial producers. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Printz.
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Eli Richmond, 17
Founder of MentorBuddies In early high school, Eli Richmond began profiting off his prowess in chess by tutoring students in the sport on a weekly basis. He realized his tutoring success could expand to other subjects when he founded MentorBuddies. “It was really nice, as a teenager, to teach younger kids and see the impact on the world,” Richmond said of his early tutoring days. With MentorBuddies, parents can book individual lessons in academics, sports, music and other activities with one of the mentors registered in the MentorBuddies system for $25. As a senior at Newton North High School, Richmond is now applying to college, playing basketball in his free time and still dabbling in chess when he can.
Founder of MentorBuddies In early high school, Eli Richmond began profiting off his prowess in chess by tutoring students in the sport on a weekly basis. He realized his tutoring success could expand to other subjects when he founded MentorBuddies. “It was really nice, as a teenager, to teach younger kids and see the impact on the world,” Richmond said of his early tutoring days. With MentorBuddies, parents can book individual lessons in academics, sports, music and other activities with one of the mentors registered in the MentorBuddies system for $25. As a senior at Newton North High School, Richmond is now applying to college, playing basketball in his free time and still dabbling in chess when he can.
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Priten Shah, 24
CEO at United 4 Social Change and co-founder of DryErase Ventures After graduating high school, Shah took a gap year before his freshman year at Harvard to continue running a nonprofit he had started in high school. The nonprofit was focused around SAT tutoring, and Shah struggled to find volunteer who weren’t simply fulfilling National Honor Society requirements or trying to pad their resumes. In response, and with his sister Chandani’s help, Shah founded United 4 Social Change, a nonprofit focused on educating students about the importance of democracy. “I want more people to actually care about civic issues, know about them, and actually take some action towards them,” Shah said.
CEO at United 4 Social Change and co-founder of DryErase Ventures After graduating high school, Shah took a gap year before his freshman year at Harvard to continue running a nonprofit he had started in high school. The nonprofit was focused around SAT tutoring, and Shah struggled to find volunteer who weren’t simply fulfilling National Honor Society requirements or trying to pad their resumes. In response, and with his sister Chandani’s help, Shah founded United 4 Social Change, a nonprofit focused on educating students about the importance of democracy. “I want more people to actually care about civic issues, know about them, and actually take some action towards them,” Shah said.
Benjamin Sorkin, 23
CEO and founder at Flux Marine For Sorkin, who began volunteering at an environmental education center at the age of 8 and had a boating license at the age of 10, founding a company that sells electric motors to recreational boaters was a moment when it all came together. A Princeton University grad, Sorkin founded Flux Marine to provide clean, sustainable electric motors for the recreational boating industry. With humble beginnings as Sorkin’s undergraduate research project, the firm now employs Sorkin’s childhood friend Daylin Frantin and fellow Princeton grad Jonathan Lord. The firm gave Sorkin an opportunity to marry his interest in the marine industry with rigor to work toward a cleaner future.
CEO and founder at Flux Marine For Sorkin, who began volunteering at an environmental education center at the age of 8 and had a boating license at the age of 10, founding a company that sells electric motors to recreational boaters was a moment when it all came together. A Princeton University grad, Sorkin founded Flux Marine to provide clean, sustainable electric motors for the recreational boating industry. With humble beginnings as Sorkin’s undergraduate research project, the firm now employs Sorkin’s childhood friend Daylin Frantin and fellow Princeton grad Jonathan Lord. The firm gave Sorkin an opportunity to marry his interest in the marine industry with rigor to work toward a cleaner future.
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Nikin Tharan, 21
CEO of Medsix As a 9-year-old in Bangalore, India, Tharan fell into good graces with his neighbor who worked an electronic labs affiliated with the Border Security Force. After helping with a few of the lab’s pilot programs, he skipped two grades and landed at Northeastern University at 16 with a full scholarship. Tharan is no stranger to overachievement. He has won six hackathons, co-founded an experiential learning nonprofit called WISE and worked at Guardion on radioactivity detection and nuclear safety initiatives. Now, he heads up Medsix, a medical device startup that is revolutionizing patients’ postoperative recovery. Any leisure time he has is spent mentoring young entrepreneurs in MIT’s LaunchX program and nurturing his love for history.
CEO of Medsix As a 9-year-old in Bangalore, India, Tharan fell into good graces with his neighbor who worked an electronic labs affiliated with the Border Security Force. After helping with a few of the lab’s pilot programs, he skipped two grades and landed at Northeastern University at 16 with a full scholarship. Tharan is no stranger to overachievement. He has won six hackathons, co-founded an experiential learning nonprofit called WISE and worked at Guardion on radioactivity detection and nuclear safety initiatives. Now, he heads up Medsix, a medical device startup that is revolutionizing patients’ postoperative recovery. Any leisure time he has is spent mentoring young entrepreneurs in MIT’s LaunchX program and nurturing his love for history.
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Sarah Wooders, 24
Founder of Allparel During her time at MIT, Wooders grew increasingly frustrated with unhelpful search results when she was online shopping. “I would put in two words, like ‘crop’ ‘V-neck,’ into the search bar, and two items would come up,” she said. “And when I would actually scroll through all the tops, there would be like 20 things that should have showed up in my search.” So, she created Allparel, a website that uses artificial intelligence to identify more than 300,000 pieces of clothing by their picture, rather than their name. A fan of lifting, Wooders is exploring the possibility of selling her technology to retailers and continually improving Allparel to make everyone’s online shopping indulgences just a bit easier.
Founder of Allparel During her time at MIT, Wooders grew increasingly frustrated with unhelpful search results when she was online shopping. “I would put in two words, like ‘crop’ ‘V-neck,’ into the search bar, and two items would come up,” she said. “And when I would actually scroll through all the tops, there would be like 20 things that should have showed up in my search.” So, she created Allparel, a website that uses artificial intelligence to identify more than 300,000 pieces of clothing by their picture, rather than their name. A fan of lifting, Wooders is exploring the possibility of selling her technology to retailers and continually improving Allparel to make everyone’s online shopping indulgences just a bit easier.
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Brian Zitin and Will Denslow, 24
Founders of Reggora Boston University roommates turned business partners, Zitin and Denslow co-founded Reggora, a startup that provides software to speed up the appraisal process for mortgage lenders and real estate appraisers. It wasn’t their first venture. After founding a real estate brokerage their senior year, the pair realized the inefficiencies of the appraisal business and founded Reggora. They’ve raised $5 million in VC funding. “We went from two people graduating college in 2017 to signing national lenders on our platform that lends in all 50 states,” Zitin said
Founders of Reggora Boston University roommates turned business partners, Zitin and Denslow co-founded Reggora, a startup that provides software to speed up the appraisal process for mortgage lenders and real estate appraisers. It wasn’t their first venture. After founding a real estate brokerage their senior year, the pair realized the inefficiencies of the appraisal business and founded Reggora. They’ve raised $5 million in VC funding. “We went from two people graduating college in 2017 to signing national lenders on our platform that lends in all 50 states,” Zitin said
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