Startup Watch:
Five you should follow

As part of each week’s Startup Report e-newsletter, Mass High Tech highlights five New England-based startup companies and their business goals. Mass High Tech chooses the weekly featured companies by soliciting nominations through a poll of 10 companies, with links to their company websites. Please choose five startups that you would like to know more about for the Feb. 7 edition of Mass High Tech's weekly Startup Report e-mail.

Take a look at the Startup Watch archive, where the top startups chosen each week are listed.

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Bison Alternatives:     Web platform aimed at raising capital for alternative investments

Cangrade:     Automated candidate management and screening platform

GymPact:     Web and iPhone app to motivate users to go to the gym or pay a self-imposed fee

ITADSecurity:     Developer of “The Watchdog” app to reduce data breaches on data devices

Jana:     Platform that awards free mobile airtime in exchange for users' survey completion

Lessonsmith:     Educational lesson plan and course material collaboration tool

Libboo:     Team publishing web platform for reading and writing works online

Memrise:     Online memory building tool using science, gaming and community methods

Paydiant Inc.:     Mobile payments startup to help merchants, banks and processors manage payments

Scivax USA Inc.:     3D spheroid culture system based on nano-scale patterning tech