Eagle Eye December Update
A monthly bird's eye summary of BC startups and tech 🦅
Can’t believe December is already here ❄️ - the Boston winter is settling in, the holiday season is in full swing, and the excitement of a new year is just around the corner! This month’s recap is relatively short as the semester and year winds down. New changes to the newsletter coming in next month’s issue!💡
Featured Startups
🚌 Student Startup: Thrival Muscle Recovery
Thrival Muscle Recovery is a therapeutic release tool company that helps customers relieve back and hip pain. By using multiple adjustment levels on their products to personalize each muscle release, Thrival allows users to have an all-in-one tool for everybody. Inspired by the chiropractic needs of two collegiate ski racers, Thrival Muscle Recovery has headlined its products on Amazon’s storefront and recently partnered with professional MMA fighter Jared Cannonier to be their cover athlete.
Founder: 🦅 Co-Founder Cam Smith MCAS ‘25
🎓 Alumni Startup: Phoebe Jon
Phoebe Jon is a women’s workwear brand that simplifies how women dress for work. By tailoring the needs of customers, Phoebe Jon produces high-quality work pants that are stylish and functional. With intentional and timeless designs, these pants prove to be the foundation for a woman’s wardrobe. The brand has recently added apparel and accessories to its line and has an upcoming storefront launch at 98 Charles Street, Boston MA on February 1st. Go out and support the grand opening!
Founder: 🦅 Founder Manyaqi Wang MCAS ‘20 MBA ‘23
Featured Student + Alum
🚌 Student: Ted Wind
Ted is a sophomore studying Information Systems and Entrepreneurship at Boston College with a minor in Studio Art. This past summer, he was an intern at BC-founded real estate media software startup Aryeo, where he continues to work for them today. On campus, Ted is working on his own startup Socion and is a part of the executive board at Start@Shea, Residence Hall Association, and Club Table Tennis.
🦅 Ted Wind CSOM ‘25
🎓 Alum: Grace Kilroy
Grace is a Forensic Data Analyst at EY, where she helps build out reactive and proactive solutions to identify, remediate, and prevent fraud and noncompliance for clients across industries. Previously, she was a Logistics and Marketing intern at Transeo and helped create the Design Thinking course at BC. On the side, Grace writes about sustainability and climate in her newsletter learning, to save the world. During her time at Boston College, Grace picked up a degree in Business with a minor in Philosophy and was a part of the Carroll School of Management Honors Program and a TA for TechTrek.
🦅 Grace Kilroy CSOM ‘21
Updates
⏭ What’s Happening This Month?
No new events this month as students are wrapping up the fall semester with final exams - good luck everyone and happy holidays! 🎅🏼🕎
🗣 Other BC Tech + Startup Community News
Kelsey Bishop, founder of Candor, a social media job platform that showcases user strengths, weaknesses, and personalities was recently featured in an issue of the Heights.
thredUP, a secondhand clothing platform founded by James Reinhart, was recently featured in Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2022 for their image-based search tool, Thrift the Look.
Matt Giovanniello and digital learning software company Frenalytics are launching their spring 2023 internship application. Check it out and apply!
Bennett Collen, the founder of Endstate, which is a sneaker NFT startup, was highlighted recently in an issue of the Boston Globe.
Please reach out via email for any other BC tech news or features!
📚 Campus Organizations
Connect with Boston College Tech + Entrepreneurship Student Organizations:
BC Venture Capital & Private Equity (BC VCPE)
Thanks for Reading!
If you have any feedback, suggestions, or tips (startups, people, updates, or roles to profile), please reach me (Alex Park – CS + Finance @ BC ‘24) via email. Looking to revamp the newsletter as the new year starts to roll around - open to all suggestions! Connect with me through Twitter, LinkedIn, or check out my website!