About the Event

Prepare 4 VC hosts a 12 week equity-free accelerator program for pre-seed to seed stage technology startups with 4 milestone events throughout. The companies in our fifth cohort of the program here will be in the 6th week of the program and showcasing their startups in our public showcase event to the startup and investor community through Prepare 4 VC, Boston New Technology, Startup Grind Boston and beyond. Join to here the exciting pitches from our startups and connect with the founders directly for follow up.

Meet the Entrepreneurs

Dianne Austin and Pamela Shaddock- Coils to Locs: There is a healthcare gap in the medical hair loss space where diverse wigs for curly-haired patients are not readily available. Coils to Locs solves this need by selling custom wigs wholesale into hospitals in addition to their own eCommerce direct to consumer platform

Phil Simpkins - Arro Social: Arro social's blockchain-based social network enables up and coming influencers a larger income opportunity than traditional platforms while servicing their followers with great content.

Mike Reyes- Pernimed: Partnering with the State of Rhode Island and Brown University, Pernimed is building a platform to digitize medical health records via blockchain protocols to serve the growing population of travelers, frequent movers and digital nomads.

Alisha Overton - AO Planner: Designed by administrative professionals for administrative professionals, the AO planner is a physical planner with digital tools to come that enables customers to experience organized bliss among all of the chaos of daily life.

Event format:

Each startup will give a 10 minute pitch presentation followed by 10-15 minutes of audience questions where you can use a text based chat or raise your hand and come up to the stage to meet the founders and ask directly.

Check out our booths tab for more information on all of our startups as well as all the partners that help support our accelerator programs