Community Awards | Startup Boston

It's time to recognize the movers and shakers of the New England startup ecosystem.

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No strings, no submission fee attached, Startup Boston's Community Awards is a grassroots movement to celebrate the New England startup community. And in true Startup Boston fashion, nominations and voting will be done by our local startup community.

How Does This Work?

All nominations come from you - the New England startup community. This is your opportunity to recognize the hard work of your peers and colleagues, the folks you respect in the startup community. When nominations close, our judges will select the top three in each category. These three nominees will then be shared with the public (you!) and will be voted upon.

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All nominations are done by the New England startup community. The judges then take these nominations and pick the top three. We then open up voting to the public to decide the winner. Winners will be announced on Startup Boston's LinkedIn Page.

Meet Our 2024 Judges

Bobbie Carlton

Founder, Innovation Women

Ashley Jones

Bobbie Carlton is the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, or, as she calls them, the day job, the night job and the dream job. Her pandemic retail therapy was buying two additional companies, My Speaker Leads and Lioness Magazine for the female entrepreneur. Her specialty is marketing (and other related services) that make a difference for startups and individual entrepreneurs.

Rachel Leigh Gross

Senior Manager, Platform & Community at NEVCA

Alexa Young

At NEVCA, Rachel focuses on supporting and connecting the region’s venture capital leaders. Rachel has operated in the innovation ecosystem for seven years, working as program manager for accelerator MassChallenge and as community & events lead for a New York-based startup. She is an active member of the New England business community (go PVD!!) and startup cheerleader.

Ian Cain

Cofounder & Chairman, QUBIC Labs

Don Francis

Ian Cain is a Co-Founder and Chairman of QUBIC Labs, a technology and innovation hub based in Quincy, MA. He is also the Ward 3 representative to the Quincy City Council, on which he has served since 2016 and currently serves as Council President.

Judges

The 2024 Winners

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These individuals, startups and organizations were nominated by the startup community - your peers, colleagues and the movers and shakers of New England startup. Meet the winners across our nine categories below.

STARTUP OF THE YEAR

Awarded to the startup that has seen the most growth and has supported the startup community.

UBERDOC

Provides priority access to the best doctors for an affordable, transparent price.

Ecotone Renewables

Finalist

Labviva

Finalist

FOUNDER OF THE YEAR

Awarded to the founder who has shown the most grit and growth to their company, while supporting other founders in MA and underrepresented communities.

Brianna Socci

Cofounder & COO, UBERDOC

Elliott Bennett

Finalist

Alicia Tulsee

Finalist

INVESTOR OF THE YEAR

Awarded to the angel investor or VC who is notorious in investing in New England startups and is an advocate to underrepresented communities.

Tasneem Dohadwala

Founding Partner, Excelestar Ventures

Cvic Innocent

Finalist

Lily Lyman

Finalist

MOST LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT UNICORN

Awarded to the startup who is most likely to succeed in the startup ecosystem.

Grain Ecosystem, Inc

Empowers project developers to benefit from the Voluntary Carbon Market and access financing for project activities

Admetsys

Finalist

STUDENT FOUNDER OF THE YEAR

Awarded to the undergrad or grad student founder who has seen tremendous traction in their startup.

Jashin Lin

Founder & CEO, Growbie

Ashkan Novin

Finalist

Jake Ross

Finalist

BEST ACCELERATOR OR INCUBATOR PROGRAM

Awarded to the accelerator or incubator who represents a diverse portfolio of founders and is constantly giving back and helping to better the startup community.

FORGE

On a mission to help innovators with physical products navigate the journey from prototype to commercialization and impact—at scale

EforAll Roxbury

Finalist

Prepare4VC

Finalist

COMMUNITY BUILDER OF THE YEAR

This individual must be an advocate for not just their company, but a supporter and ally to founders in New England and underrepresented communities.

Marisa Nieves

Director of MA Programs, Innovation Studio

Jordan Elster

Finalist

Sherina McKinley

Finalist

EQUITY CHAMPION

Awarded to the startup or company who has committed the most to diversity.

CIC Social Impact Program

Provide unique programming that supports small organizations led by historically underserved entrepreneurs

Scroobious

Finalist

PEOPLE FIRST ORGANIZATION

Awarded to the organization with thoughtful approaches to building a strong and employee-focused ethos

Building PPL

A consulting firm helping small to mid-sized businesses create innovative L&D solutions that begin by investing in people

Verdant Consulting

Finalist

It's time to recognize the movers and shakers of the New England startup ecosystem.

No strings, no submission fee attached, Startup Boston's Community Awards is a grassroots movement to celebrate the New England startup community. And in true Startup Boston fashion, nominations and voting will be done by our local startup community.

How Does This Work?

All nominations are done by the New England startup community. The judges then take these nominations and pick the top three. We then open up voting to the public to decide the winner. Winners will be announced on Startup Boston's LinkedIn Page.

Meet Our 2024 Judges

The 2024 Winners

These individuals, startups and organizations were nominated by the startup community - your peers, colleagues and the movers and shakers of New England startup. Meet the winners across our nine categories below.

STARTUP OF THE YEAR

FOUNDER OF THE YEAR

INVESTOR OF THE YEAR

MOST LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT UNICORN

STUDENT FOUNDER OF THE YEAR

BEST ACCELERATOR OR INCUBATOR PROGRAM

COMMUNITY BUILDER OF THE YEAR

EQUITY CHAMPION

PEOPLE FIRST ORGANIZATION

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