Changing the Environmental Narrative with BU Alum Ethan Brown and the Sweaty Penguin
When Ethan Brown (COM/CAS’21) first encountered the idea of climate change in middle school, he found himself paralyzed by the scale of the problem. “I found it really scary and really overwhelming to the point where I wasn’t even interested in it,” Ethan recalls. During his time at Boston University, he discovered something that would […]
CFA Alumni Transform Portuguese Village Through 10 Years of Music Festivals
When Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Inês Andrade (CFA’18) and Edoardo Carpenedo (CFA’19) first conceived the idea for a music festival in a small Portuguese village, they could hardly imagine the cultural renaissance it would spark. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Bendada International Music Festival (BIMF) has evolved from a modest summer […]
Inversion Space, Founded by BU Alums, Secures $44M Series A to Revolutionize Cargo Delivery
Inversion Space, a pioneering company in space-based cargo delivery, has successfully raised $44 million in Series A funding. Founded by Boston University alumni Justin Fiaschetti (ENG’21) and Austin Briggs (ENG’21), Inversion is set to transform the logistics and delivery industry with its innovative approach to rapid cargo transportation. The funding round was co-led by Spark […]
BU Alum Venture “Vizit” Raises $25M in Series B Funding Led by Industry Ventures to Power the Future of E-Commerce with Its Patented Visual AI Software Platform
Vizit, the pioneering leader in Visual AI software for global brands and retailers, today announced a $25 million Series B round led by Industry Ventures to accelerate Vizit’s mission to use Visual AI to completely transform how brands connect with their audiences all over the world using visual content.
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5-Year Reflection After the Innovate@BU Summer Accelerator with Dielle Lundberg of Make Fashion Clean (MFC)
Can you briefly introduce yourself and describe Make Fashion Clean (MFC)? My name is Dielle Lundberg, and my pronouns are she/her or ze/hir. I participated in the Innovate@BU Summer Accelerator in 2018 while I was a student at the School of Public Health, so it’s been a little more than 5 years since I finished. […]
BU Alums’ Self-Lifting Toilet Seat Gets a New Home!
New self-lifting toilet seats have been installed in our bathrooms, developed by BU alumni Max Pounanov and Kevin Tang of Cleana Inc. This innovative idea won Innovate@BU’s New Venture Competition in 2020!
BU alum’s ByDesign launches as a new online planning and networking platform
ByDesign, the first achievement-focused social network that helps students plan their lives and achieve goals, was launched at Boston University on Tuesday.
BU Alums’ Venture “Inversion Space” Puts Them Into Forbes’ 30 Under 30
Justin Fiaschetti and Austin Briggs created Inversion Space to supply cheaper re-entry vehicles to bring cargo back to earth. It’s building a four-foot diameter capsule to orbit the earth, collect cargo in outer space, and deliver it to any place on earth in 45 minutes. They’ve raised over $10 million.
[Video] Women In Entrepreneurship with Cynthia Cohen
We celebrated women entrepreneurship and leadership by hearing from BU alumni speakers Cynthia Cohen, Fiza Shaukat, Holy St. Clair and Shironda White. We learn about: Holy’s “aha” moment that she could make it Fiza’s real life experiences and story How the women have persisted through Shironda’s experience saying no to funding Positives and negatives of […]