Eagle Eye January Update
A monthly bird's eye summary of Boston College startups and tech 🦅
Happy 2023! 🎉 With students back on campus for an exciting semester and year ahead, we’re starting off strong with this month’s lineup. Hope everyone sets their sights high and hits their goals - Go Eagles! 🦅
Featured Startups
🚌 Student Startup: MCEE
MCEE is an app that brings people together through the power of music by allowing everyone to contribute to the songs played at any given event. Users can request their own songs to the common queue, after which their position is determined by way of an upvote/downvote feature in which all attendees participate. The most liked songs by the majority of people will be played first. MCEE has recently just launched its beta and was a part of the SSC Venture Partners Accelerator this past year.
Founder: 🦅 Co-Founder & CEO Jack Russell CSOM ‘23
🎓 Alumni Startup: Frenalytics
Frenalytics is a personalized learning software for cognitively impaired patients and students that allows them to live more independently. The company has two branches, FrenalyticsMED and FrenalyticsEDU to serve different audiences for families, schools, and healthcare organizations. Frenalytics has recently partnered with various institutions with their software such as Molloy University and was accepted into the accelerator programs through MassChallenge and Forum Ventures.
Founder: 🦅 Matt Giovaniello CSOM ‘18
Featured Student + Alum
🚌 Student: Kayla Talcoff
Kayla is a junior studying Finance and Information Systems with a minor in International Studies at Boston College. This past summer, she was an investment banking analyst at Citi and looks to leverage those skills into her upcoming role this summer as a Growth Equity Analyst at Volition Capital. Outside of the classroom, Kayla also interns on the Growth team at startup Thingtesting and is involved on-campus in the Women Innovators Network, Club Swim, Investment Club, and the Venture Capital / Private Equity Club.
🦅 Kayla Talcoff CSOM ‘24
🎓 Alum: Caroline Casson
Caroline is a partner at VITALIZE Venture Capital, a seed-stage firm where she invests and supports the work revolution. At VITALIZE she sources potential investments, manages the firm’s due diligence, and supports portfolio companies and their founders. Previously, Caroline was at GE Ventures, as well as IrishAngels gaining valuable experience in the world of startups and VC. Caroline holds degrees in Applied Psychology and Mathematics from Boston College and a Master’s degree in Management from the University of Notre Dame.
🦅 Caroline Casson LSEHD ‘14
Updates
⏭ What’s Happening This Month?
No new events this month as students are settling into their return for the spring semester. Expect a busy February packed with events!
🗣 Other BC Tech + Startup Community News
Ariana Vargas, founder of STIGMA, and her app were named in Google’s 7 Best Apps of 2022 - check out the feature here.
Charcuterie shop Kured and founder Gilli Rozynek were recently highlighted in Boston Uncovered and the company was donned the “Chipotle of Cheeseboards.”
Seamus Ruiz-Earle, founder of Carabiner Group, was featured in 2023’s Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology.
Women network startup Chief and founder Carolyn Childers spoke with Forbes about the importance of women and DEI networks in the professional world.
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 + Marketing @ BC ‘24) via email. Connect with me through Twitter, LinkedIn, or check out my website!