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Companies we met in person

Every company in this directory came to an evening, showed what it was building and answered questions in the room. Search it, filter it, read it — it is open.

158 companies · 24 cities · Pitch your startup →

How a company gets here

A directory is only worth the door it was let in through

  1. 01

    An evening

    A room in your city: founders, investors and operators, five running formats.

  2. 02

    Checked in at the door

    Every guest is checked against a real profile on the way in.

  3. 03

    An application

    One form, read by a person. Not a scoring script.

  4. 04

    A profile here

    Published with the evening it was met at, the date and the city.

  5. 05

    The weekly digest

    Investors approved on application read it, matched to their thesis.

  6. 06

    An introduction

    Made by us when both sides want it. Never a list handed over, never cold.

Checked at the door, met in person and approved on application are records of what happened. None of them is a rating.

Showing 6 of 9 · 158 in the directory

WAHA Social Economy cover
WAHA Social Economy logo

The social economy where attention creates real value.

WAHA transforms advertising into direct rewards for users, creators, artists, and businesses through an incentive-powered social platform.

Early-Stage MVP240
MarketplaceBoston
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Bonsai Social logo

AI native referral hiring systems

Fixing hiring, for everyone

3 pilot customers
AIBoston
Bootstrapped
E.V. Loom Inc. logo

E.V. Sharing Serice.

The E.V. Sharing Service imitates the Bicycle Sharing Service, but with E.V.s.

OtherBoston

CHAINAIM

Pre-seed

Accountable AI Agents tied to Organizational roles and legal entities

We anchor AI Agents to Organizational roles and legal entities driving DelliveryVersusPayments, Supply Chains and outcomes based AI agentic payments

2 pilot customers
AIBoston
120K

A guided health support station for college dorm rooms that helps students handle common, non-emergency health concerns.

Solstis puts a guided health support station in every dorm room: step-by-step guidance, basic supplies, and a link to campus care.

3 universities in pilot talks
HealthTechBoston

Delivery platform that works only in a sports stadium

SeatDrop is a stadium food-ordering platform that lets fans get food delivered to their seats without missing the action.

Consumer AppsBoston

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