2021 Best Tech Startups in Waltham
The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Waltham, Massachusetts. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:
- Revenue potential
- Leadership team
- Brand/product traction
- Competitive landscape
Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.
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1. Infinidat
Founded: 2011
“Infinidat helps customers drive petabyte-scale competitive advantage while providing faster-than-all-flash performance, 100% availability, and the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership.”
2. InfoBionic
Founded: 2011
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“InfoBionic’s MoMe® Kardia system empowers physicians with control to transform the efficiency with which they manage cardiac arrhythmia detection and monitoring processes for their patients. Leveraging a comprehensive, Cloud-based remote patient monitoring platform – the first and only of its kind – we deliver on-demand, actionable monitoring data and analytics directly to the physicians themselves.
The MoMe® Kardia 3-in-1 device streams continuous ECG, respiration, and motion data to the Cloud for analysis, and delivers automated reporting to an iPad and or a web-based portal where physicians can access and interact with the data they need, in the detail they want – anytime, anywhere.”
3. Evolv Technology
Founded: 2013
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“Evolv Technology exists to preserve everyone’s fundamental right to be safe in the places people gather. Our solutions help proactively keep people and assets safe by using sensors to detect both metallic and non-metallic threats, while also integrating facial recognition to identify people of interest. With Evolv, a positive visitor experience is balanced with a proactive approach to enable security anywhere, at the pace of life – including at transportation hubs, sports stadiums, entertainment venues, hotels and conference centers, airports, special events and government agencies.”
4. Humatics
Founded: 2015
Also honored in: 2020 Best Tech Startups in Waltham
“Humatics is pioneering microlocation technology, offering centimeter- and millimeter-scale positioning that is faster, more precise, and affordable than any existing 3D positioning or location tracking technology on the market. Our breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise the Humatics Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate in the connected world.
Humatics was founded in 2015 by chief executive officer David Mindell (a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and chair of MIT’s Work of the Future Task Force) and president and chief operating officer Gary Cohen, a technology industry veteran. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders. More information is available at www.humatics.com.”
5. TakeOff Technologies
Founded: 2016
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“Takeoff is helping grocers thrive in eCommerce.
Our automated grocery fulfillment solution was created by grocers, for grocers. It is the only eGrocery model that helps grocers not only embrace eGroceries, but thrive in an online grocery market. Together, we can lower your last-mile and assembly costs, giving you the flexibility you need to grow with your customers.”
6. Vecna Robotics
Founded: 2018
Also honored in: 2020 Best Tech Startups in Waltham
“Vecna Robotics delivers Automated Material Handling, Hybrid Fulfillment, and Workflow Optimization solutions featuring self-driving vehicles operated by our learning Autonomy Stack. Our solutions deliver value for customers in the distribution, e-commerce, warehousing, and manufacturing sectors. Our unique orchestration engine technology, Pivot.al, allows diverse robot types and humans to work together seamlessly and to flexibly yield an adaptive business solution, capable of meeting the increasingly unpredictable market needs.
Our technology goes beyond traditional automation and focuses on maximizing human and robot capability to create fulfilling jobs, increase productivity, and encourage innovation.”
7. BostonGene
Founded: 2015
“BostonGene Corporation is pioneering the use of biomedical software for advanced patient analysis and personalized therapy decision making in the fight against cancer. BostonGene’s unique solution performs sophisticated analytics to aid clinicians in their evaluation of viable treatment options for each patient’s individual genetics, tumor and tumor microenvironment, clinical characteristics and disease profile. BostonGene’s mission is to enable physicians to provide every patient with the highest probability of survival through optimal cancer treatments using advanced, personalized therapies.”
8. Uptycs
Founded: 2016
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“Uptycs offers the first scalable osquery-powered security analytics platform. We’ve paired the open source universal endpoint agent, osquery, with a scalable security analytics platform to enable a unified view for fleet visibility, intrusion detection, vulnerability management and compliance across Linux, macOS, Windows, containers, and cloud workloads. Uptycs collects, aggregates and analyzes your endpoint telemetry and transforms it into dashboards, reports and alerts that enable teams of any size to develop a continuous and proactive security posture.”
9. Cazena
Founded: 2014
Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Waltham
“Cazena makes cloud data lakes easy for all enterprises. Cazena’s Instant Data Lake accelerates time to analytics and AI/ML from months to minutes. Powered by its patented automated data platform, Cazena delivers the first SaaS experience for data lakes. Zero operations required. Founded by Netezza leaders, Cazena is revolutionizing cloud data lakes.”
10. Randori
Founded: 2018
“Randori is your trusted adversary.
Designed by some of the best minds in offensive security, our automated attack platform mirrors today’s adversaries, helping defenders continuously assess their real-world security. We empower defenders to prove to themselves and management that their organization’s most valuable assets are secure.
Headquartered in Waltham, MA, with offices in Denver, CO, the company is backed by .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Harmony Partners and Legion Capital.”