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Eight Boston-based businesses to keep an eye on during the summer season

Discover the innovative work being developed at these eight thriving institutions.

Eight Boston-based businesses to keep an eye on during the summer season
Eight Boston-based businesses to keep an eye on during the summer season

Eight Boston-based businesses to keep an eye on during the summer season

In the ever-evolving world of technology and business, several notable developments have taken place recently. Here's a brief overview of some of the key updates:

Partnerships and Launches

  • Vestmark, Inc. has teamed up with iCapital, BlackRock, and Dynasty Financial Partners to launch a tax-managed unified management account with private assets. The new platform aims to streamline investment management for clients.

Innovative Platforms

  • Hi Marley offers a platform designed to simplify communications between property and casualty insurance companies and their policyholders.
  • Benchling is a cloud-based platform that accelerates biotech companies' discovery, development, and scaling of life-changing products.
  • Crunchtime's operations software is tailored to help multi-unit restaurants manage profitability, drive customer experiences, and grow with confidence. The software has been beneficial for brands like Gong cha.

Employee Benefits and Wellness Programmes

  • Openly, a company revolutionizing the home insurance process, offers employee benefits such as company equity, generous parental leave, flexible PTO, a continuing education stipend, and mental health benefits.
  • Takeda, a pharmaceutical company, provides employee benefits including an employee stock purchase plan, fertility benefits, tuition reimbursement, a fitness stipend, and generous PTO.
  • SquareWorks Consulting offers benefits like 401(k) matching, a home office stipend, paid training and NetSuite certifications, unlimited PTO, and mental health benefits.
  • Lindsey Schmidt, director of total rewards and HR operations at Openly, highlighted the company's Be Well program as a key factor in maintaining a healthy work-life balance for employees.

Company Developments

  • Ashley O'Connell, Director of Customer Experience at SquareWorks Consulting, was highlighted for her passion for mentoring others and fostering a collaborative culture.
  • Laudio, while related to the audio industry, does not have a clearly identified company behind it. However, it recently added two new health system executives, Brion Lieberman and Lorie Rhine, to its Strategic Advisory Council to help shape its evolution as a core system that empowers leaders, drives system-wide change, and strengthens the frontline workforce.

Tech Stacks

  • Vestmark, Inc.'s tech stack includes Docker, C#, Kafka, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
  • Laudio's tech stack is composed of Node.js, Python, React, TypeScript, and Docker.
  • Crunchtime's tech stack includes Django, Java, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and SQL.
  • Benchling's tech stack includes Flask, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Ruby.

These updates underscore the dynamic nature of the tech and business sectors, with companies continually innovating and adapting to meet the needs of their clients and employees. Stay tuned for more developments in the future!

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