MassChallenge

Vaivén is a multidisciplinary digital platform and a meeting space, where different topics of interest to young entrepreneurs converge. It is a portal that creates and shares new content and ideas, and provides a platform for the expression of innovation. Vaivén grows and evolves from the input of its key audience – young entrepreneurs aged 20–35. Participation and feedback is essential to the growth of this network. Every month Vaivén brings new and relevant content for entrepreneurs. They generate original content on young entrepreneurs in the Spanish-speaking world (in Latin America and Europe). It reflects the diversity of its audience, their experiences and their goals. And it gives young entrepreneurs the opportunity to strengthen their network and contribute to the exchange of ideas.

One Star Books is a publishing company that teaches human values ​​to the little ones, through great stories.

Scrible, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that offers a cloud-based platform for online reading and research. Founded in 2009, Scrible allows users to bookmark, highlight, and annotate web pages directly in their browsers, facilitating the organization, sharing, and collaboration of Internet-based research. This service addresses the outdated methods traditionally used for research, such as printing and handwritten notes, by providing efficient tools that streamline the research process. Scrible's platform is particularly beneficial for individuals in environments where the effective management and analysis of information are crucial, helping users catalog, search, and filter web content seamlessly. The company aims to transform how people conduct research online, making it easier and more efficient to gather and manage information in the digital age.

Tellinga (like telling a story) is a Houston, TX-based start-up that creates personalized hand-drawn greeting cards that tell your story through snail mail. Story recipients receive illustrated stories about themselves based on unique preferences. It can be fun, dramatic, thoughtful... anything! Here's how it works: 1. Select your story length (options-one day, one week, two weeks, or one month) 2. Upload a photo and add a description of your desired story (you can reminisce a memory from your past or create a brand new story 3. Our team of talented illustrators and artists will start working on your story 4. A few days later, the designated recipient of the story will start receiving unique hand-drawn greeting card-sized illustrations every other day in their mailbox until the package ends

Eton.News is a storytelling platform specifically designed for educational institutions, focusing on the journalism process. It offers a content publishing platform that simplifies the writing and editing of news and events. Users can upload various forms of content, including news articles, personal experiences, and events, which can then be shared globally. The platform allows for the printed production of newspapers or the creation of digital information sheets, facilitating the import and sharing of stories by students and teachers worldwide.

Eton.News is a storytelling platform specifically designed for educational institutions, focusing on the journalism process. It offers a content publishing platform that simplifies the writing and editing of news and events. Users can upload various forms of content, including news articles, personal experiences, and events, which can then be shared globally. The platform allows for the printed production of newspapers or the creation of digital information sheets, facilitating the import and sharing of stories by students and teachers worldwide.

Blings.io is a content creation platform that specializes in producing dynamic, data-driven videos aimed at enhancing communication and maximizing the return on investment for video campaigns. Utilizing an artificial intelligence-based approach, the platform enables users to create videos instantly without limitations on cost or scale, catering to any data-based content. This capability allows businesses to effectively engage their audiences and drive conversions through tailored video content.

Developer of a podcast management platform designed to make a script for the podcast, record the podcast, edit the podcast and share it. The company's platform assists in creating professional and quality content fitted to communication needs, helps to transform raw audio into a podcast, a video, or a written article, and shares the content instantly and in the right format to social media platforms, and websites, enabling business owners to create multi-channel campaigns for maximum impact.

Blipic is a social and discovery app created to grow and connect the active outdoor community. Blipic encourages users to stay active and healthy. It help them uncover exciting destinations, outdoor events and group activities right in their own backyard. Discover cycling tours, group runs, snowboarding trips, and premium hikes. Share your experiences with the community, and bring people together who have a similar affinity for the great outdoors. Discover Blipic. Adventure. Mapped.

Jamber operates as a travel web-design agency.

SOCIALYTE is an agency that connects brands to 500 hand-selected tastemakers, representing branded media on over 60% of the world's most followed personal style blogs, as well as digital properties for Vanity Fair, Glamour, Details, Lucky, and Teen Vogue. In the past year, we've launched 500+ native advertising campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as Coca Cola, Intel, 3M, NBC Universal, and fashion and beauty brands such as Coach, Olay, Nivea, IWC, Gap, Nordstrom, Diesel, Guess, and H&M.

vox pop is a technique used by journalists which consists of interviewing people at random about their views on a given topic, the idea being to represent opinions from a generic cross section of the population. Of course, the number of people interviewed is too small to be a true representation of public opinion. Their technologies now allow us to survey hundreds of thousands of people in the time it takes a journalist to conduct a single interview. And their statistical models allow us to transform these survey data from anecdotal insights into representative statements about the public.

Trūbadour is a platform for writing and finding poems by contemporary poets. It's the poetry network.

nDash provides content creation software & services backed by the world's top freelance writers.

ScienceMatters allows scientists to share their observations. ScienceMatters offers a platform with rich text editing and a modern interface to submit, edit, review, and publish observations.

The smartest way to schedule your social media marketing. - Automate your content calendar, and get the perfect ratio of content types, by using categorised queues. - Get 3x more engagement, by automatically repeating your posts for increased visibility. - Recycle your evergreen content for new audiences - Easily customise your posts for each different social network SmarterQueue is currently the only application that lets you follow best practices for social media (i.e. balanced-out content types, repeating posts to reach new audiences) without any effort.

Describli is an online platform designed to support independent authors in managing their writing and marketing efforts. By leveraging data and analytics, it offers authors insights into their readership and sales trends, enabling them to refine their marketing strategies and connect with potential readers more effectively. The platform also fosters a writing community, allowing authors and readers to engage through writing prompts and interactive games, enhancing the overall experience of both creating and consuming literature. Through these features, Describli empowers self-publishing authors to take control of their work and achieve greater success in the competitive publishing landscape.

Every day too many LifeStories are being taken to the grave, lost forever. As the senior population explodes, there’s a yearning to rescue these priceless stories. But it's hard to write an entire life-and a writer is costly. Using our digital platform LJB will empower seniors everywhere to share the story of their lives with a LifeStory system that's easy, fun and affordable. When done, they’ll hit “Print” and we'll do the rest, creating a beautiful book, a lasting legacy for their loved ones.

Royal Road Legends is a growing community where new and rising authors post their works, and where their readers can directly interact with to provide feedback and suggestions. For them, the most important aspects of web publishing is publicity and interactions. Hence, they do their best to ensure that every reader can find the works they are looking for; that every author - old or new - can be discovered; and that readers can provide their invaluable feedback.

ScienceMatters allows scientists to share their observations. ScienceMatters offers a platform with rich text editing and a modern interface to submit, edit, review, and publish observations.

Strattic Ltd. is a company based in Jerusalem, Israel, that specializes in converting WordPress websites into static versions to enhance speed and security. Founded in 2016, Strattic's platform utilizes serverless architecture to make websites faster and more scalable while minimizing vulnerabilities. By disconnecting the dynamic aspects of a WordPress site from the web, Strattic allows site owners to continue managing their content and plugins in the familiar WordPress environment. Once changes are made, they can deploy their site with a single click, resulting in a static site composed of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This process makes the websites virtually unhackable and leverages a global network of content delivery networks (CDNs) to ensure quick and secure delivery.

Stickyworld helps you engage stakeholders and drive actionable results. Interactive content and flexible configuration settings enable countless use cases, in public or private, involving multiple stakeholders in different kinds of engagement processes.

TrendiGuru is an online platform that specializes in providing an extensive database of images featuring clothing and accessories, allowing users to purchase items directly from various retailers. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company utilizes machine-learning technology to automatically recognize and tag items in images, creating affiliate links to top fashion websites. This functionality not only enhances the shopping experience for users but also enables fashion bloggers, publishers, brands, and advertisers to monetize their content effectively. In addition to clothing, TrendiGuru offers access to celebrity photography and red carpet images, further enriching its offerings for fashion enthusiasts.

Trill was a social media platform centered around arts and culture events, sparking daily dialogue and event attendance in Boston, NYC, Asbury Park, and LA.

Bubbl is a United States-based company that specializes in mobile video clip sharing services. It enables users to capture and share short highlights from streaming content, enhancing the viewing experience. The company offers a suite of interactive features, including single-click clip-and-share, video meme creation, and real-time filters, aimed at increasing fan engagement. Bubbl collaborates with media companies, video platforms, and publishers to broaden content reach and create new advertising revenue opportunities. As of May 30, 2018, Bubbl operates as a subsidiary of Cricket Media Group Ltd.

Bubbl is a United States-based company that specializes in mobile video clip sharing services. It enables users to capture and share short highlights from streaming content, enhancing the viewing experience. The company offers a suite of interactive features, including single-click clip-and-share, video meme creation, and real-time filters, aimed at increasing fan engagement. Bubbl collaborates with media companies, video platforms, and publishers to broaden content reach and create new advertising revenue opportunities. As of May 30, 2018, Bubbl operates as a subsidiary of Cricket Media Group Ltd.

Lifeables is a service that automatically collects and curates the little moments that tell the larger story of your family's life. The service is currently in public beta at Lifeables.com. Consumers simply tell us which family members they want to include in their story, and where they keep their family content (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, DropBox). Then their patent-pending technology automates the entire curation process, finding content only about those family members and filtering out all the rest. The technology also learns what is important to the user as they begin to "collect" memories. So the more the user is on Lifeables, the more automated it becomes. They even do the formatting for you. Any item can be kept private or you can invite family to join you, setting privacy and sharing levels down to the individual family member.

FiVi.com used social media to make leading an informed active lifestyle fun and motivating. FiVi.com has some of the best (and growing) tools for logging, sharing, and tracking activities. Anyone can model and upload a workout with rich media. As people use your workout, we will rank the most effective training programs. Their goal is to provide the most credible destination of peer validated information on what works by tapping into the collective intelligence of active communities.

Embedly provides a platform and suite of tools to make embedding and previewing links simple. Embedly helps publishers and consumers manage embed codes from more than 100 Websites and APIs, including YouTube, Flickr, Ustream, Picassa, Hulu, Twitpic, Quantcast, and CrunchBase. It automatically convert links from these sources into embedded media on the fly.

My Life List LLC operates a social networking platform designed for individuals focused on achieving personal goals. Founded in 2007 and based in Marina del Rey, California, the platform allows members to create and manage a life list, encouraging them to take action towards their aspirations. Users can share their experiences, successes, and motivational stories through various media, including photos and videos, fostering a community of support and inspiration. The initiative is rooted in the founders' journey toward simplicity and fulfillment, emphasizing travel and personal growth.

Pumpspotting is a social network and companion app for breastfeeding, pumping parents and the place to connect over milk, motherhood and the best places to nurse and pump.