Happy April, Eagles!
April: the only month where your pitch can start with, 'This might sound like an April Fools' joke, but hear me out...
From an all-in-one marketing platform that allows real estate agents to leverage influencers to a media tech platform building a two sided marketplace for Gen Z, we’re highlighting another month in BC tech & entrepreneurship. Go Eagles! 🦅
What is SSC Venture Studio?
The SSC Venture Studio is the student arm of SSC Venture Partners, an alumni-run venture fund dedicated to supporting Boston College entrepreneurs. The Studio’s main objective is to source, develop, and work closely with passionate BC student founders from ideation to seed capital. If you have any questions or are interested in working with us, please reach out at studio@sscventurepartners.com
2024 SSC Summer Accelerator Application is LIVE
Apply Here. Rolling applications through May 15, 2024.
Featured Startups
🚌 Student Startup: REinfluence
REinfluence, is an all-in-one software platform that allows real estate agents to leverage influencers and partnerships for exposure marketing. REinfluence is participating in the 2024 Start@Shea Accelerator and PDS Lab for startups. REinfluence is currently conducting case studies with awesome real estate agents and is eagerly anticipating an exclusive launch soon!
Co-Founder: 🦅 Connor Kause MCAS ‘25
🎓 Alumni Startup: Vyntage
Vyntage is a media tech platform building a two sided marketplace for Gen Z in emerging markets founded by Grace Assogba and Pamela Bailey. Vyntage builds with a consumer first understanding, knowing empowering innovation begins with investing in people. Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing markets with a young and growing population, immense tech adoption and digitalization- the same for the Caribbean and Latin America, however sustained talent pipelines do not exist. Vyntage is a market creating platform that bridges the social capital gap, allowing users to not only take control of their narratives, expand across borders and collaborate but fund their creative endeavors. Vyntage leverages technology for centralization not only for the youth of the Afro Diaspora but for the global forward thinking brands looking to reach them. Current offerings include a private membership network, and social publishing as we reimagine the future of community, connection & capital.
Founder: 🦅 Grace Assogba MCAS ‘22
Founder: 🦅 Pamela Bailey MCAS ‘22
Vyntage participated in the 2023 SSC Accelerator
Featured Student
🚌 Student: Ava Korbani
Ava is a sophomore studying Finance and Accounting for Finance and Consulting. This semester Ava became co-chair of Start@Shea after joining the E-board last Spring. Ava is passionate about supporting startup growth, having led The Lab program and now helps organize the current Accelerate@Shea cohort. Before joining the E-board, Ava co-founded, Bell, a digital marketplace that allowed students to buy and sell textbooks within their college campus. With Bell, she had the opportunity to participate in Accelerate@Shea herself as well as the Strakosch Venture Competition.
🦅 Ava Korbani CSOM ‘26
🗣 BC Tech + Startup Community News
Demo Day for the 2024 Start@Shea Accelerator will be held on Thursday, April 11th from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM in 245 Beacon St, Room 107 (Schiller Auditorium) RSVP Here
Applications to Start@Shea’s Strakosch Venture Competition close April 14th at 11:59PM | Win up to $10,000! - Apply Here
Please reach out via (schwesic@bc.edu) for any other BC tech news or features!
💼 Job Board
Build @ Pillar VC: Spend your summer building alongside a community of founders
Market Research Intern @OceanFront Technologies Inc
You will be working with the CEO in doing market research for our product. This will mainly consist of reaching out to potential customers through cold calls or emails. You will be communicating with a large variety of people and should be able to handle grumpy people. There will also be times that you have to find potential customers on your own, so the ability to do good research is a necessity.
Interested? Reach out to Ryan at fassnacr@bc.edu
Looking to expand your team? Fill out this form to post on the SSC Job Board
📚 Campus Organizations
Connect with Boston College Tech + Entrepreneurship Student Organizations:
BC Venture Capital & Private Equity (BC VCPE)
Thanks for Reading!
Thanks for reading Eagle Eye Newsletter!
Have a startup idea and want to connect with someone in SSC Venture Studio? Reach us via studio@sscventurepartners.com
If you have any feedback, suggestions, or tips (startups, people, updates, or roles to profile), please reach me (Celine Schwesinger – Operations + Entrepreneurship @ BC ‘26) via schwesic@bc.edu