We've got a BIG product announcement this month! 🎉 THE PROBLEM
With nearly 1,000 founders having used our platform, we started getting requests on the daily asking for service provider recommendations across functions like accounting, graphic design, development, legal, recruiting, marketing, and more. Investors looking to support their portfolio companies also began asking us for recommendations.
The reason so many people turn to us and our community is because we're a trusted name, and it can be incredibly challenging and costly to find the right partners to help grow a business. So many of us have been burned by services that weren't quite what we needed, or providers who didn't understand our journey. We place enormous value on the word of a fellow founder who has actually worked with a provider and had a positive experience.
OUR NEW FEATURE That's why I'm so excited to share that we've just rolled out a new feature designed to solve this pain point: the Vendor Marketplace, built with our commitment to transparency, trust, and genuine relationships at its core. We listened closely to your feedback and created a space where every provider has a public testimonial by someone in our community, complete with a direct-to-camera intro video that brings their experience and personality front and center. You're meeting a real person, not just a brand. It's essential to us that when you choose a service, it feels like a natural extension of the trust we've already built within Scroobious. Every member, regardless of plan, now has access to this new feature on our platform! WHY IT MATTERS
Our community-first approach means every provider here understands and respects the unique path a founder is on, whether they're just starting out or scaling their company. And for the small business owners and freelancers who provide these services, our marketplace offers a real opportunity to be found and trusted by the entrepreneurs who need them most. CHECK IT OUT!
We're in beta with this feature, and it's only the beginning! We're excited to grow this new corner of Scroobious with your feedback, so check out the marketplace, explore the founder-friendly providers, and let us know how we can keep improving!
Service providers: Apply to be part of our free beta.
Founders: Apply for a sponsored (free!) account.
Investors: Sign up for a 6 month free trial with promo code EARLYINV. |
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Keep reading to explore great upcoming events and opportunities below, and don't overlook our featured founder at the end! Thank you for reading. Thank you for supporting us. I appreciate you. |
Allison Byers, Founder & CEO |
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Virtual Workshop: Join WeFunder on Thursday 11/14 from 2-3pm ET for a workshop on how to maximize your Community Round by learning the behind-the-scenes elements of crowdfunding. Register Here
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Female and Non-Binary Founders Panel Event: Join Foley & Lardner and Scroobious on 12/5 from 12 - 2 pm ET for an exclusive lunch of networking and knowledge-sharing. Learn top strategies from a variety of ecosystem perspectives on how to build meaningful relationships with investors and how to effectively leverage your network. Register Here
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The Founder's Sandbox Podcast: Brenda McCabe, founder of Next Act Advisors, runs a great podcast focused on sharing insights from purpose-driven founders. We chat all about purpose, our company's journey, advocacy, and what equitable capital access really means. Listen Now.
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Scroobious at SXSW: NEWLY ANNOUNCED! I'll be speaking with my friend Marcia Dawood at SXSW in March about Strategic Fundraising: New Ways to Find the Right Investors! This session will teach founders how to leverage equity, debt, and revenue-based crowdfunding, attract philanthropic investors, and use innovative platforms to connect with aligned backers at all stages in the fundraising
lifecycle, even the earliest. More info.
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As entrepreneurs, founders, and small business owners, we often don’t publicly advocate for political candidates. In this election cycle, however, the stakes are too high to remain silent.
My rights as a woman, mother, investor, and founder are at risk. We must use our voting power to elect political leaders who support our ability to innovate through policy, tax law, and programming. I launched Founders for Kamala two months ago with a public pledge, and since then, we've grown into a grassroots organization with incredible co-founders, co-chairs, over 100 volunteers, and nearly 900 signatories.
As business owners, we stand at a critical intersection of entrepreneurship and civic duty. Members of our coalition take substantial risks with our activism, and we carry the weight of those choices with pride and determination.
We aren't doing this for fun. We're doing this out of necessity and business and moral obligation. The stakes are incredibly high, particularly for the women, minority, and immigrant founders, whose lives and businesses could be irrevocably altered by this election's outcome.
Small businesses represent 99.9% of businesses in America and generate 70% of the recent new job opportunities. You aren't just a customer or partner; you're our ally in this fight to protect
our ability to build successful companies and to work toward a future where we all can thrive in a stable and trustworthy democracy.
Check your voting status. |
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Milestones to Millions: Discovering Narratives of Success for Black Women through Tech Entrepreneurship and Angel Investment. Our friends running this IRB-approved research project are looking to speak with Black women founders who have reached $1M in repeatable revenue. Please email me if you or someone you know wants to participate.
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BNVC: The Black New Venture Competition (BNVC) connects promising early-stage Black founders with resources to develop their ventures into dynamic powerhouses. The competition serves as a launching pad for innovative ventures by providing exposure to capital, mentors, and advisors. Applications due 11/11.
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Aurora Tech Award: A worldwide prize for women founders of tech startups, created and supported by inDrive. Applications due 11/21. |
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Llama Impact Grant: Meta is soliciting proposals from organizations that will use Llama to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Applications due 11/22. |
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Verizon: Small businesses that complete at least two courses (through Verizon’s website), coaching or community events, in any combination can complete apply for a $10,000 grant. Applications due 12/13.
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Some of the many wins from our community this month.
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Nanoplex, founded by Joe Beyene, won the LabCentral Ignite Golden Ticket competition.
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PhagePro, co-founded by Minmin Yen, won the LabCentral Ignite Golden Ticket competition.
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Emily Man, co-founder of Venova Technologies, won the Innovation Showcase Award at the Women’s Health Innovation Summit.
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Anatascia Yefemenko, co-founder of Elcove, was named one of BostInno's 25 Under 25 and was featured in Entrepreneur magazine.
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Flourish Care, founded by Melissa Bowley, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2024 Women’s Healthtech Challenge.
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Stefania Di Bartolomeo, founder of Physis Investment, has been named one of The Independent’s Top 100 Climate Leaders.
LLUNA, founded by Jess Podgajny, was acquired. -
Connor Harbison, founder of Atlas Urban Farms, won the Massachusetts Manufacturing Mashup pitch competition.
Boundless Robotics, founded by Carl Palme, was featured on NBC Boston.
Autumn Whispers, founded by Tracy McInerney launched its app in the Google Play store.
EmTech Care Labs, founded by Aarabi Balasubramanian, was selected for the StitchCrew and Vest Her Ventures The Future of Women at Work Grant.
Joanna Shu, co-founder of FreezeNit, won the $25k AAP SOATT Pediatric Device Prize, the Hayn Hatch pitch competition, and the PitchForce competition.
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Pallavi Pande, founder of Dtocs, won the MESO Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon pitch competition.
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Sunday Paul Adah, founder of Pay4Me App, is in the latest cohort of NASDAQ's Milestone Makers and received investment from Elevate Ventures.
Christine Rohan, founder of Vasowatch, is pitching in Ignite's Fire Pitch Competition.
Stéphanie Joseph, founder of Kura, Ethan Pierce, founder of Adaptive Reader, and Shana Wang, co-founder of PathCision Medicine, are in iLabs' inaugural Alumni Accelerator cohort.
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Each newsletter features the perspective of one of our members. I encourage you to reach out to offer networking, investment interest, or expertise. |
This month, we highlight Onder Ondemir, President of Ubiros, and inventor of Gentle, the fully electric soft gripper. Gentle’s actuated soft grippers are designed for automation in the food and beverage, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries, featuring certified food-grade fingers. Check out his LinkedIn for some awesome product videos!
These grippers are particularly beneficial for robotic automation integrators who are struggling to meet projected growth targets due to challenges in expanding into non-traditional industries like food and beverage. They also appeal to those who recognize the limitations of rigid grippers and pneumatic solutions. |
"Growing up in a city with deep farming roots, I've always been connected to food production. As a small child, I was inspired by technology like KITT from 'Knight Rider', and I dreamed of becoming an engineer who could turn fiction into reality.
After pursuing a PhD in Industrial Engineering, and a successful 12-year career in insurance, my passion for building transformative solutions drove me to launch Ubiros. Together with a close friend and robotics professor, we've developed a unique robotic gripper technology for the food industry, growing our startup into a thriving, post-revenue business poised for scaling." |
Do you want to be more Scroobious? Let's chat! |
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