Portfolio
Companies we have invested in
Since 2004 Boston Harbor Angels have made over sixty investments in companies in medical devices, IT, internet/web services, consumer products, business products and services, specialty materials, aviation and emerging technologies.
Information Technology
Lessac Technologies –
Producing near human quality expressive speech from plain text.
Voice Genesis – The world's first multimodal mobile email.
Carbonite -
Automatically backs up your new and changed files.
PawSpot – Pawspot is a free pet supersite which allows
pet owners to connect and share their love of natures’s greatest
creatures, helping pet owners find and search for their animal
companion's needs no matter where they might live.
Jam Technologies
Aras Corp -
Aras provides a suite of enterprise software solutions to coordinate the
complicated business processes in engineering and production resulting
in faster, more profitable product launches.
PowerPlay – Fast growing internet advergaming platform
that uses legal, fully US compliant poker and other games as content to
sell advertising.
GateRocket -
Integrates off-the-shelf hardware and unique software inside a
transparent engine in order to streamline development of complex systems
such as network switches, satellites, or CT scanners, offering the first
collaborative design and debug environment for Complex Field
Programmable Gate Arrays ("CFPGAs" ).
Regroup – (Formerly CollegeWikis) Regroup provides you
with a platform to communicate with your constituents, and for them to
communicate with each other, while integrating with social media.
StylePath – StylePath's patented technology filters the
web so shoppers can find clothing, jewelry, furniture and home decor
that matches their unique taste.
WebNotes – WebNotes is transforming the "post-search"
space, making it easy to capture, organize, share, and present
information found on the Web.
Oculis – Oculis Labs has a pioneering software solution
to display security - more effective, more efficient, and lower cost
than current solutions.
Horizontal –
Horizontal manages and delivers information for the built environment,
making lifecycle data accessible and useful to all project members.
ImageRights
International – ImageRights searches for unauthorized use of photos
online.
AisleBuyer –
A|B’s product transforms a shopper’s Smartphone into a virtual shopping
assistant & mobile self-checkout device to be used in a store’s aisles.
Gramify – Gramify
sells audio greetings featuring voices of famous celebrities/characters.
Vizibility –
“Googling” is standard practice. Vizibility delivers the first SearchMe
Button for Google that instantly returns the search results people want
first.
BrandYourSelf - BrandYourSelf offers
solutions for individuals and small businesses to help them easily
control how they appear in Google searches.
GoodTwo
- GoodTwo helps you raise more money by rewarding your donors
with targeted, limited-time offers from top-tier brands.
HadoopDB - HadoopDB is a cloud-optimized parallel database capable of
performing high speed analytics on both structured and unstructured
data.
Mosaic Storage Systems - Mosaic provides a complete digital asset
storage solution for professional and prosumer photographers.
ReDigi - ReDigi creates the world's first used digital marketplace with
proprietary technology, uploads original, legitimately obtained digital
media files without illegally copying them and removes all copies from
the accessed computer and synced devices.
Life Sciences
SmartCells
- Developing SmartInsulin™, the first glucose-regulated, subcutaneously
injectable insulin formulation for treating diabetes.
Chronix
Biomedical - Applies proprietary techniques that utilize serum DNA
to develop routine blood tests for the early detection and management of
cancer.
Cambridge
Endoscopic Devices - Revolutionizing least invasive surgery through
a proprietary platform technology in endoscopic and laparoscopic
instrumentation.
Cannuflow -
Develops and markets advanced medical devices that help healthcare
professionals more effectively manage fluid management performance
during arthroscopic surgery.
MedChannel
- Designs software that helps medical distributors and customers manage
the supply chain of medical equipment.
Bezoloven
Neuroptix
- Creating and developing an innovative non-invasive and predictive
laser eye scanning test for the early detection and diagnosis of
Alzheimer’s Disease.
Myomo -
Has developed a robotic brace that can play a significant role in stroke
rehabilitation.
BioDrain Medical - Develops innovative products that safely dispose
of fluids generated from surgical procedures, thereby increasing safety,
reducing costs, improving efficiency and decreasing the environmental
impact.
Nomir Medical
- A medical device company with a product pipeline of optical energy
therapies for multiple clinical applications.
Wadsworth Medical – Developed DermaLOC™, an innovative
and disruptive wound closure device.
Daktari Diagnostics - Develops simple, accurate, and
affordable products that deliver critical diagnostic information to
clinicians and patients across the globe
Ultradian Diagnostics - Develops advanced wireless
biosensor technologies for on-patient monitoring and management of
chronic illnesses.
TruTouch - TruTouch has developed,
produced, and is selling a touch-based noninvasive alcohol concentration
measurement system that is user friendly, instantaneous and cost
effective.
Bliss Healthcare - Bliss Healthcare brings
comprehensive premium healthcare to patients at home so families stay
connected yet care for aging parents, loved ones.
Quantum Dental - QDT has developed a new
platform which uses a low-powered laser to detect tooth decay earlier &
more accurately than traditional caries detection technologies.
Respiratory Motion - Respiratory Motion is
a medical device company focusing on the development and
commercialization of innovative devices to monitor respiratory
variation.
Avaxia Biologics - Avaxia is developing
orally-delivered antibody therapeutics for diseases of the GI tract,
using a proprietary antibody platform.
Products & Services
Between Productions
Zoom Systems
- ZoomShops are automated, self-service stores that combine
the convenience of online shopping with the immediacy of traditional
retail.
Lucky Litter
- Develops and sells innovative pet products that allow pet
lovers to spend less time on unpleasant pet care chores so they can
spend more quality time with their pets.
Julianna
Rae - Using the highest quality eco-friendly fabrics including
the finest silks, high threadcount cottons and modern micromodal,
Julianna Rae makes clothes and intimate apparel to meet the fit and
fashion needs of today's woman and today's eco-conscious buyer.
Motus Games
Corp - (Formerly Fortescue Corporation) Motus Games is helping define
the future of motion-based entertainment.
Finale
Dessert Company Operator of upscale dessert restaurants
Aircuity - Aircuity provides sensing and ventilation control
solutions for commercial buildings that cost-effectively reduce building
energy costs by 20% to 40% without sacrificing occupant comfort, health
or productivity.
Tikatok - A web community that unleashes the
imagination of any child by empowering them to write, illustrate,
co-author, share, and publish their own books. (Acquired by Barnes&Noble
in 2009)
SepSensor -
Developed a wireless sensor and remote monitoring service, enabling
restaurants to efficiently monitor their grease interceptor via the web.
VIGIX –
Develops small kiosks that provide entertainment content to the
spontaneous consumer through a quick and delightful experience.
Emerginvest - Emerginvest will make the difficult
process of investing in stocks in Emerging Markets much easier.
Incentive Targeting - Grocery marketers waste billions
of dollars a year reaching the wrong shoppers. We target the right
shoppers and we only charge for success.
AllMealDeals –
Connecting patrons with restaurants One Meal Deal at a time.
Plymouth Holdings - Plymouth Holdings will
pursue substantial investment opportunities in the current real estate
market through development of one or more Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Pixability - Pixability helps business do
online video marketing.
Alva Systems - Alva Systems is focused on
commercializing its LED lighting intellectual property to the worldwide
lighting market.
Take The Interview, Inc. - Take The
Interview is a cloud-based video interviewing platform for employers and
job candidates.
Athletic Standard - Athletic Standard
provides a proven rating system to identify athletic ability and
potential for students, coaches and the sports industry.
Entertainment
Chasma
Harmony Line
Sifaka Productions - Sifaka is the premier
wildlife-themed site in the rapidly growing virtual world market, with
early comparisons to Club Penguin
Emerging
Nano-C - C – Developed an energy and environmentally efficient combustion-based process technology
Aviation
XCOR - Develops extremely reliable, safe and reusable systems for low-cost spaceflight.