THE 2024 LAUNCHVT COHORT

At Biobe, we’re dedicated to building digital health solutions that support families and providers navigating early childhood mental health care. We provide novel screening intervention tools that more accurately identify emerging mental health concerns through consideration of a child's behavioral responses alongside parental observations. We offer personalized follow-up recommendations for the provider, and guided activities for the family that can help nurture resiliency at a young age. Founded by experts in child psychiatry, wearable sensors, and AI model development — Bryn Loftness, Ellen McGinnis, Ryan McGinnis, Nick Cheney — our mission is to intervene early by reducing stigma, promoting accessibility, and innovating responsibly. By emphasizing early, inclusive screening and intervention, we're shaping a future where every child has the opportunity to flourish. Discover more at www.biobe.org.

After creating the Rich Earth Institute, Kim Nace and Abe Noe-Hays spun off a new company in 2019, Brightwater Tools, focusing on the shifting paradigm that allows human waste to become a resource. As a homegrown Vermonter and using a well known technique from maple sugaring, Abe and his team have designed and tested equipment to freeze, thaw and concentrate nutrients from high strength liquid waste streams. The waste is converted into nutrient rich fertilizer.  

Brightwater Tools has developed a patented building-scale wastewater nutrient recovery system. Three proprietary pieces of equipment will facilitate the transition to recover valuable nutrients from the waste stream.  Each part can be sold individually or together.  Addressing the value propositions of each, we will become a major equipment provider to this industry.  

 In 2020, single mother and technology leader Carleen Haylett witnessed pandemic-driven gaps in the U.S. educational space when her fifth-grade son began to thrive with homeschooling. The schoolwork was manageable, but the lack of affordable virtual extracurricular programs available, which would stimulate his development as a student preparing for middle and high school, was a shock. Torn between motherhood and her career, corporate pressure mounted, she left her job. 

She founded EnrichedHQ to solve the logistical nightmare of finding and managing options for kids who no longer need day care or a sitter, bridging childcare through high school. Leveraging her 20+ years in technology development, product management, and sales, she developed a platform that offers virtual extracurricular programs for middle and high school age children that enrich and prepare them for life. Working parents are able to find an immediate remedy for this common parental stressor through their employers. Through corporate partnerships, EnrichedHQ is able to provide much needed relief in balancing work and homelife through family and employee benefit programs.

Offshore Greens is an adventure lifestyle company founded on the belief that a connection with nature is essential to enhanced human health. We provide daily superfood supplements containing plant-based protein combined with collagen stimulating marine greens. Our initial product features foundational hero ingredients of kelp and mushrooms, available in chai and matcha flavors, that fund kelp reforestation projects to sink carbon and create vital animal habitats.

As a former professional skier, a life changing experience 30 nautical miles out to sea was unexpected. However, stranded on an island in a hurricane was exactly where Offshore would originate. Diving for, and surviving on, the long blades of golden sugar kelp cultivated a connection with nature that I had previously never known. Combine that with the climate stabilizing powers kelp has to sequester carbon, create habitat and protect our coastlines and Offshore was inevitable. 

Our goal is to make energy feel good. h2go offers consumers a cleaner, simpler caffeinated beverage alternative to meet the needs of active lifestyles. We like to call it Energy Water. With only a few simple, organic ingredients, we provide an energy choice that doesn't have all the chemicals, preservatives, sugar, and artificial sweeteners of other energy products. h2go has zero calories, sugar, or artificial sweeteners - just a few simple & recognizable ingredients. h2go is an energy that truly feels better - our raw, organic caffeine extraction process delivers a much steadier and sustained energy release, without the peaks, crashes and jitters that come with other caffeine sources. The smoother uplift and longer lasting energy boost make h2go a choice that both feels better and that you can feel better about choosing. It is an energizing hydration you won’t get from other energy drinks and is designed for athletes and active outdoor adventurers alike. We want to change the energy market with a passion for sustainability & truly healthy, more effective options. h2go Energy Water is the pioneer product in a vision of an expansive brand portfolio focused on health conscious and sustainable alternatives to everyday products we take for granted. Try some at www.h2go.us !