SUFFOLK’S TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT ARM LAUNCHES INAUGURAL “BOOST” PROGRAM FOR TECH STARTUPS
Suffolk Capital–Technology announces inaugural four-week program to help tech startups solve industry challenges, expand networks and showcase solutions.
BOSTON, MA, September 9, 2020 — Suffolk Capital-Technology (“Suffolk Tech”), the technology investment arm of innovative construction enterprise Suffolk, announced the launch of its “Boost” program for startups in the built environment. Boost is an intense four-week mini-accelerator program that will bring together promising technology startup founders, Suffolk leaders, industry experts, and academics to solve the startups’ proposed industry challenges, to expand their networks, and to showcase their solutions. Suffolk Tech is launching Boost in partnership with the MIT Center for Real Estate, Bain Capital Ventures, and a new fund to be launched jointly by Romulus Capital and EquipmentShare, to help accelerate the adoption of new technologies in the built environment.
Startups with bold visions for the built environment are encouraged to apply to Boost with their well-defined, industry-specific challenges (i.e. piloting new technology solutions, developing go-to-market strategies, creating product roadmaps, etc.). Boost welcomes solutions at any product development stage, and across all subsectors with emphasis on startups focused on design, supply chain, fintech, and the environment.
Startups selected for the…