Demo Day 2021 | Meet the Founders & the Team

Boston College’s Shea Center for Entrepreneurship presents its annual startup Demo Day

Start@Shea
4 min readApr 14, 2021

The Boston College Shea Center for Entrepreneurship is so excited to present another Demo Day featuring 11 incredible student-founded startups who have worked incredibly hard through our 9-week accelerator program, Accelerate@Shea. We are so proud of each and every one of them and invite you to reach and connect with any and all founders you are interested in speaking with! You can find all the teams best contacts below as well as info on the amazing team behind making Demo Day possible.

Looking to be more involved with the Shea Center? Please reach out to startatshea@bc.edu. We look forward to hearing from you and can’t wait to see what we can offer together to continue growing the entrepreneurial community at BC!

2021 Accelerate@Shea Cohort

Founders of Alai: Mike and Nick

Alai

Using cutting-edge technology to fight implicit bias in healthcare

https://www.alaihealth.com/

Email: alaihealth@gmail.com

Artspo

Connecting Artists to a Global Network

Email: artspo.live@gmail.com

Beyond Classroom

Improving high school counselors’ efficiency through softwares and algorithms

Email: licds@bc.edu

Cells: Conquer and Divide

A Fun-damentally New Way to Learn Biology

Email: kabanovd@bc.edu

Communy

Anytime, Anywhere, All In One Place

communynow.com

Email: hello@communynow.com

Instagram: @communynow

LinkedIn: Communy

GiftPocket

Transforming the way people use their gift cards

giftpocket.com

Email: brooke@giftpocket.com

Instagram: @giftpocket

LinkedIn: GiftPocket

Leal

Helping businesses create Leal customers

leallanding.web.app/

Email: lealconnect@gmail.com

Instagram: @leal_connect

LinkedIn: Leal

MacDraddy

MacDraddy is an on-campus clothing rental marketplace

macdraddy.com

Email: macdraddy@gmail.com

Instagram: @macdraddy

My Brother’s Friend

My Brother’s Friend is a global marketplace for artisanal clothing

mybrothersfriend.com

Email: yepesso@bc.edu

Instagram: @mybrothersfriend

LinkedIn: My Brother’s Friend

Listen: anchor.fm/mybrothersfriend

Pomona

How food meets its full potential

pomonafood.wixsite.com/my-site

Email: pomonacompany9@gmail.com

Sencha Credit

Empowering everyone to build credit effortlessly and reach new financial heights

senchacredit.com/

Email: kristian@senchacredit.com

Instagram: @senchacredit

LinkedIn: Sencha Credit

Facebook: Sencha Credit

Twitter: Sencha Credit

2021 Demo Day Planning & Production Team

Accelerate@Shea Team — Shea Board Members

Jing Tang ‘21

Will Messin a’22

Sophia Cassidy ‘23

Peter “PJ” Genta ‘23

Production Crew — Start@Shea Ambassadors

Julian Bergerson ‘24

Diane Yoon ‘24

Production Crew & Additional Editors — Start@Shea Ambassadors

Alex Park ‘24

Lauren Roque ‘24

Emma Raith ‘24

Additional Editor— Start@Shea Board Member

Mercedes Hoyos ‘23

Additional Editor & Animator— Start@Shea Board Member

Alina Yan ‘23

Demo Day 2021 Edited and Produced By

Maggie Yan ’22, Start@Shea Board Member

Thanks for reading! We are Start@Shea, the student executive team of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship at Boston College.

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The Editor & Graphic Designer

Executive Team Member — Maggie Yan ‘22

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Start@Shea

Start@Shea is the student executive team of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship at Boston College. Learn more at startatshea.com