Accelerate@Shea
Accelerate@Shea is a 9-week program that provides student startups with expert advice, resources, and funding to launch and grow their businesses. Ìý
Teams have access to a network of founders and mentors, including alumni and friends of Boston College.
Through comprehensive workshops and one-on-one office hour sessions, Accelerate@Shea aims to bring together the innovative startup community at Boston College by giving teams the opportunity to discuss their progress and build a relationship with other student entrepreneurs going through the same challenges.
Several student founders who have been a part of a past Accelerator cohort have gone on to grow their startups in the professional world. Others have used their Accelerator knowledge to jumpstart successful careers in entrepreneurship, finance, technology, and many other fields.
Questions? Email shea.center@bc.edu
Ìý$1500 in an equity-free grant to use toward their startups
ÌýPersonalized mentorship from professionals and alumni
ÌýWorkshop sessions to implement new ideas
ÌýCurated lectures and Q&A sessions to inspire growth and confidence
ÌýAccess to all Shea Center resources, learning spaces, and community
Free publicity and visibility for student startups, including an end-of-semester Demo Day open to the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ community
Nine weekly workshops featuring collaborative exercises and guest lectures by established entrepreneurs
Office hours with mentors experienced in running accelerator programs and managing startups
Group bonding and reflection to allow student startup concepts to become fully realized
Personalized advice and assistance for student startups, whether they are a new idea or a licensed company
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Tom Bardhi
Co-founder, NutriDine
MCAS '24
Tom Bardhi
Co-founder, NutriDine
MCAS '24
Isabel Bernhard
Founder, Regu-Glucose
CSOM '27
Isabel Bernhard
Founder, Regu-Glucose
CSOM '27
Meghan Boyer
Founder, Friendate
SSW '24
Meghan Boyer
Founder, Friendate
SSW '24
Bo Yun Brainerd
Founder, Ophelia
MCAS' 25
Bo Yun Brainerd
Founder, Ophelia
MCAS' 25
Josh Buck
Co-founder, Pear
CSOM '24
Josh Buck
Co-founder, Pear
CSOM '24
Chingsum 'Nemo' Cheung
Co-founder, Kaleido
MCAS '26
Chingsum 'Nemo' Cheung
Co-founder, Kaleido
MCAS '26
Luke Colbeck
Co-founder, Ensemble
CSOM '26
Luke Colbeck
Co-founder, Ensemble
CSOM '26
Drake DiPaolo
Co-founder, Pear
CSOM '24
Drake DiPaolo
Co-founder, Pear
CSOM '24
Caroline Driscoll
Co-founder, Flobag
MCAS '27
Caroline Driscoll
Co-founder, Flobag
MCAS '27
Josh Ellenbogen
Co-founder, Eagle Services
MCAS '24
Josh Ellenbogen
Co-founder, Eagle Services
MCAS '24
John Giglia
Co-founder, Ensemble
CSOM '26
John Giglia
Co-founder, Ensemble
CSOM '26
Connor Kause
Founder, Reinfluence
MCAS '25
Connor Kause
Founder, Reinfluence
MCAS '25
Ananya Kommineni
Founder, The NatScrub
MCAS '27
Ananya Kommineni
Founder, The NatScrub
MCAS '27
Suyi 'Amy' Liu
Co-founder, Kaleido
LSOEHD '26
Suyi 'Amy' Liu
Co-founder, Kaleido
LSOEHD '26
Kyle Radimer
Co-founder, Musync
CSOM '25
Kyle Radimer
Co-founder, Musync
CSOM '25
Toby Ting
Intern, Friendate
MCAS '27
Toby Ting
Intern, Friendate
MCAS '27
Colin Tsui
Co-founder, NutriDine
CSOM '24
Colin Tsui
Co-founder, NutriDine
CSOM '24
Advaith Vadlakonda
Co-founder, Musync
MCAS '24
Advaith Vadlakonda
Co-founder, Musync
MCAS '24
Ben Wakim
Co-founder, Eagle Services
CSOM '24
Ben Wakim
Co-founder, Eagle Services
CSOM '24
Ruiyang 'Mike' Wang
Co-founder, Kaleido
CSOM '26
Ruiyang 'Mike' Wang
Co-founder, Kaleido
CSOM '26
Chenhao Zhang
Co-founder, Kaleido
MCAS '27
Chenhao Zhang
Co-founder, Kaleido
MCAS '27
Bell
Ava Korbani '26, Dylan Dulchinos '26, Sophia Perry '26, Keira Dubitsky '26
Bell plans to significantly reduce textbook costs while also creating a digital platform for a college-specific, student-driven economy. Their app directly connects students within the same college, allowing them to buy and sell textbooks from one another.
BlockPool
Leo Henkels '23, James Pusey '23
BlockPool is creating anonymous, automated, betting pools with no fees. Through development of the Block Pool app, its creators will leverage blockchain technology to make a decentralized application to host transparent, automated, no-fee pools, thereby making pool betting a better experience for all involved.
Campi
Michael Faris '23, Madelyn Divino '23, Bobby Wittman '25, Erica Bittinger '23
Campi reduces social and economic waste for colleges. The Campi app creates a safe space for students to connect with peers, learn about on-campus events, and sell or trade their products and services.
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Crypto Bites
Evan Brady '23, David McCabe '23, Michael Hofbeck '23, Minh Le '23
Crypto BItes allows users to buy food using crypto without an exchange. Users will be able to spend directly from their self-custody wallets. No waiting periods. No transfer fees. Only the crypto to cover the food costs is put in escrow. Ìý
Grapher
Matthew Klein '25, Matthew Gordon '25
Grapher is the first online authentic sports memorabilia marketplace. Their user-friendly marketplace actively evaluates the prices of assets based on recent transactions, demand, supply, and popularity, helping sellers and buyers make informed decisions.
Joga by PassionLabs
Zach Peter '23
Joga is creating a soccer-specific social media with NIL training.Ìý Their platform provides high-level, low-cost training to athletes by connecting them with local college-level players. Much like how Uber connects passengers with local drivers, Passion will utilize gig-work to pay college athletes for training nearby youth athletes interested in learning from the best of the best.
LiquiDex
Blake Germani '24, Aiden Nasca '24, Nick Obert '24
LiquiDex is securitizing startup equities on-chain. They remove the incentivized third party in the Venture Capital system, which is the venture capital firm itself. The removal of the venture capital firm in this transactional relationship allows for maximal benefit for both the investor and the startup receiving capital.
Macellum
Justin Walker '26
Macellum is creating a SaaS enabled free-market exchange of virtual goods. The video game industry is incredibly competitive. Being able to promise players the ability to earn money playing your game is a differentiator. By creating the tools for developers to institute free markets into their games, Macellum gives independent developers the opportunity to utilize the newest and most user friendly means of monetizing their games.
Shakedown
Chris Farese '24, Mason Willix
Shakedown gamifies beer labels.Ìý By using an extended content peel-off label, printed with interactive information, on a beer bottle,Ìý Shakedown provides a way for beer companies to differentiate themselves from competitors and offer a better experience for customers.
Socion
Ted Wind '25
Socion is creating an influencer marketplace centered around trust. Businesses looking for partnerships with influencers will be able to post projects and contracts on the Socion site,Ìý allowing influencers to freely apply for the contracts and partnerships they actually want to do.
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Venu
Trent Tully '23, Maite Macias Cazorla '24
Venu is simplifying the process of making plans with peers by creating a collaborative interface showing local bars, clubs, restaurants, sports games, and concerts. Users will be able to see their options, create a plan, and send it to their group via the Venu app messenger. Peers have the opportunity to vote on or edit a plan, making the process of getting together easier and more fun.
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Vitaliti
Zarah Lakhani '24, Andrea Crewe, Lindsey Dotson
Vitaliti believes human health should not be a privilege but a norm. Their first project seeks to address one aspect of air quality and safety by developing and producing an effective, affordable, and accessible in-home mold detection device. This is the start of Spore.
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Adzen
Ivan Lubyanitskiy '25 • Content Marketing for Eastern European Companies
European companies have trouble entering the U.S. market. With the use of AdZen, these companies receive security consulting at a low cost. All AdZen team members live, work, and see the world the way that U.S. consumers do. AdZen understands their target audience, because they are the target audience.
CrossCheck
Kevin Koh '24 • Using Machine Learning to Eliminate Organizational Stress
Cross Check came from a personal need for an automated scheduling system that ensures that users never miss an assignment. Sometimes, professors always put up the quizzes late or sometimes an assignment, you just don’t see it. That’s why Cross Check automatically refreshes and checks daily, or multiple times a day, to make sure you never miss an assignment.
DeFi-Able
Hailey Wilcox '23, Jack Moffat '23 • Portfolio Valuation Analytics for NFT Traders & Investors
The recent development of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and NFT portfolios has sparked confusion in determining their value.Ìý DeFi-Able is a platform that appraises NFT portfolios. Right now, DeFi-Able is leading the charge in the NFT space in trying to develop software that accurately projects price trends, market trends, collection data, and collection validity.
Eagle Analytics
Nathan French '24 • Improve Dining Hall Efficiency Through Traffic Analytics
Eagle Analytics, is a Boston College dining hall app which features wait times, menu items, nutritional information, status updates, and more. The name of the game today is data driven analytics, and this is what Eagle Analytics is founded on, whether that be consumer or business facing.
fello
Julia Burdsall '25, James O'Malley '25 • Organize Your Connections Into Relationships
fello is a streamlined note-taking platform that allows users to keep track of contacts and people they meet.
KATCH
Jack McConnell '24 • Insulated Lock Box for Packages and Groceries
KATCH is an insulated lockbox that secures your packages with a keypad. Equipped with a one way door located on top of the box, KATCH is hassle free and easy to use for any delivery service.
MCEE
Rhett Somers '23, Jack Russell '23 • Collaborative Music Curated By Everyone, Everywhere
MCEE is an interactive music platform that allows users to select songs to play at an event. It allows people to crowdsource music on a common cue,Ìý giving the power to the people when it comes to the music being played. Users will be able to instantaneously request their own songs which will then be subject to voting by everyone else at the party.
MDFiTech
Alex DiBlasi '23, Nilesh Mukherji • The Alternative and Automative Asset Management Firm
MDFiTech is a hedge fund company for investors to generate returns correlated to market conditions by focusing on risk avoidance and capital preservation. The fund has two core competencies. The first is its trade packages, which are a unique way of layering equities and options to provide us with exposure asymmetric risk.Ìý TheÌý second core competency is its software, which allows it to scan dozens, if not hundreds, of stocks instantaneously, and figure out where those trade packages would best be executed.
Sneakers Made Simple
Scott Holmes '24, Jack Winslow '24 • Mainstreaming the Ability to Secure Limited Edition Sneakers
Sneakers made Simple is a platform to enhance the shopping experience. The market for sneakers is becoming increasingly competitive, resulting in expensive resale prices. To combat this, Sneakers Made Simple is a free platform that organizes shoe release dates into a calendar, ensuring that buyers never miss a purchase.
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Split
Jay Wadhwa ’24, Colin Nichols ’24, Hans Dewitte ’24, Jorge Dickens ’24, William Sievewright ‘24 • Reimagining Group Payments with Buy-Now-Pay Later Technology
Split is an app that simplifies paying your friends back. When you go out, Split will pay for your bill. All you have do is invite your friends, and after that, they have 24 hours to accept the invitation and select what they owe.
SpotDrop
Arthur Brenninkmeijer '22 • The Foodie App that Brings Hot Spots and Friends Together
On the SpotDrop app, users can recommend their favorite restaurants to each other, creating a more enjoyable and effective dining experience.
VYBE
Isabelle Bauer '22, Jean Ng '22 • A More Authentic Take on Social Media Shopping
In the age of social media, users have trouble identifying the products they are interested in,. VYBE is a platform that creates an authentic shopping experience where users can share their favorite items in a consolidated list. VYBE hopes to create a business model that supports consumer to consumer relationships where people who successfully recommend products to their peers are rewarded.
Alai
Andrew McGuire, Will Nadeau, Nick Temple '21
Detect Racial Bias Events in Healthcare Real-time
Artspo
Steven Son '21, Ivan Ip '21
Portfolio Valuation Analytics for NFT Traders & Investors
Beyond Classroom
Jiqian Zhao '24, Yi Li '23, Juho Sam Jang '23
Optimizing Field Trip Experiences for K-12 School Districts
Cells: Divide and Conquer
Daniel Kabanovsky '24
Learn Biology Through Excitement, Humor, and Thrill
Communy
Dean Sheinman '24
Stream Live Tours and Post Webinars to Prospective Students
GiftPocket
Brooke Yoakam '24
Manage All Your Gift Cards From Your Phone
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Leal
Juan Suarez '21, Lucas Montes '21
Providing Superior Experience for B2C Interactions
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MacDraddy & Co.
Grace McKenna '23, Sarah Draddy '23, Casey McNamara '23
Share Wardrobes With Other Students
My Brother's Friend
Nisha Momin '21, Sophia Yepes '21
Discover and Support Small International Streetwear Brands
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Pomona
Joelle Sugianto '23, Alex Park '23
Maximizing the Use of Food in F&B to Its Full Potential
Sencha Credit
Kristian Lamarre '24, Rishi Nair
Build Credit and Reach New Financial Heights
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Apparycle
Alina Yan '23
Upcycle Old Clothes to New Reusable Fashion Items
Aventure Trading
Shivansh Padhi '21
Providing Bond Market Access to Underrepresented Communities
Eagles Realty
Danny Schantz '20
A Boutique Real Estate Brokerage by Eagles for Eagles
Mac Daddy
Shane Barys '20
Anonymous Chat Platform Connecting College Students and Large Communities
Palette
Zier Wang '22
Turning Creativity Into Reality
Phoebe Jon
Manyaqi Wang '21
Taking the Work Out of Dressing for Work
ScriptChain
Moh Noori '20
Building Interoperability in Healthcare Through Blockchain Technology
Solodko
Ilona Znakharchuk '21
Luxury Desserts That Are Both Visually Appealing and Delicious
Spotted
Arthur Brenninkmeijer '22
Connecting Friends Through the Places They Love
Sucker Punch
Meghan Schlageter '22
An All-Natural Bug-Spray Revolutionizing Bug Repellants
Travalum
Jacob Small '20
Student-centered Information Platform Offering Personalized, Curated Tours