Accelerate@Shea

Accelerate@Shea is a 9-week program that provides student startups with expert advice, resources, and funding to launch and grow their businesses.  

Teams have access to a network of founders and mentors, including alumni and friends of Boston College.

Through comprehensive workshops and one-on-one office hour sessions, Accelerate@Shea aims to bring together the innovative startup community at Boston College by giving teams the opportunity to discuss their progress and build a relationship with other student entrepreneurs going through the same challenges.

Several student founders who have been a part of a past Accelerator cohort have gone on to grow their startups in the professional world. Others have used their Accelerator knowledge to jumpstart successful careers in entrepreneurship, finance, technology, and many other fields.

Check back in Fall 2023 to apply for the Spring 2024 cohort.

Questions? Email shea.center@bc.edu

The Start@Shea logo, which features gray text in a sans serif font reading START SHEA BOSTON COLLEGE. In between the words 'start' and 'Shea' is a gold lightbulb shape, where the buld filament creates the shape of an @ symbol.

Meet the 2023 Accelerator Cohort

Bell

Bell

Ava Korbani '26, Dylan Dulchinos '26, Sophia Perry '26, Keira Dubitsky '26

Bell plans to significantly reduce textbook costs while also creating a digital platform for a college-specific, student-driven economy. Their app directly connects students within the same college, allowing them to buy and sell textbooks from one another.

BlockPool

BlockPool

Leo Henkels '23, James Pusey '23

BlockPool is creating anonymous, automated, betting pools with no fees. Through development of the Block Pool app, its creators will leverage blockchain technology to make a decentralized application to host transparent, automated, no-fee pools, thereby making pool betting a better experience for all involved.

Campi

Campi

Michael Faris '23, Madelyn Divino '23, Bobby Wittman '25, Erica Bittinger '23

Campi reduces social and economic waste for colleges. The Campi app creates a safe space for students to connect with peers, learn about on-campus events, and sell or trade their products and services.

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Crypto Bites

Crypto Bites

Evan Brady '23, David McCabe '23, Michael Hofbeck '23, Minh Le '23

Crypto BItes allows users to buy food using crypto without an exchange. Users will be able to spend directly from their self-custody wallets. No waiting periods. No transfer fees. Only the crypto to cover the food costs is put in escrow.  

Grapher

Grapher

Matthew Klein '25, Matthew Gordon '25

Grapher is the first online authentic sports memorabilia marketplace. Their user-friendly marketplace actively evaluates the prices of assets based on recent transactions, demand, supply, and popularity, helping sellers and buyers make informed decisions.

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Joga by PassionLabs

Joga by PassionLabs

Zach Peter '23

Joga is creating a soccer-specific social media with NIL training.  Their platform provides high-level, low-cost training to athletes by connecting them with local college-level players. Much like how Uber connects passengers with local drivers, Passion will utilize gig-work to pay college athletes for training nearby youth athletes interested in learning from the best of the best.

LiquiDex

LiquiDex

Blake Germani '24, Aiden Nasca '24, Nick Obert '24

LiquiDex is securitizing startup equities on-chain. They remove the incentivized third party in the Venture Capital system, which is the venture capital firm itself. The removal of the venture capital firm in this transactional relationship allows for maximal benefit for both the investor and the startup receiving capital.

Macellum

Macellum

Justin Walker '26

Macellum is creating a SaaS enabled free-market exchange of virtual goods. The video game industry is incredibly competitive. Being able to promise players the ability to earn money playing your game is a differentiator. By creating the tools for developers to institute free markets into their games, Macellum gives independent developers the opportunity to utilize the newest and most user friendly means of monetizing their games.

Shakedown

Shakedown

Chris Farese '24, Mason Willix

Shakedown gamifies beer labels.  By using an extended content peel-off label, printed with interactive information, on a beer bottle,  Shakedown provides a way for beer companies to differentiate themselves from competitors and offer a better experience for customers.

Socion

Socion

Ted Wind '25

Socion is creating an influencer marketplace centered around trust. Businesses looking for partnerships with influencers will be able to post projects and contracts on the Socion site,  allowing influencers to freely apply for the contracts and partnerships they actually want to do.

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Venu

Venu

Trent Tully '23, Maite Macias Cazorla '24

Venu is simplifying the process of making plans with peers by creating a collaborative interface showing local bars, clubs, restaurants, sports games, and concerts. Users will be able to see their options, create a plan, and send it to their group via the Venu app messenger. Peers have the opportunity to vote on or edit a plan, making the process of getting together easier and more fun.

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Vitaliti

Vitaliti

Zarah Lakhani '24, Andrea Crewe, Lindsey Dotson

Vitaliti believes human health should not be a privilege but a norm. Their first project seeks to address one aspect of air quality and safety by developing and producing an effective, affordable, and accessible in-home mold detection device. This is the start of Spore.

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Chloe Chen Moderates the Venture Competition
Chloe Chen Moderates the Venture Competition
Chloe Chen Moderates the Venture Competition
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