Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Startup Watch: Five you should follow

By Mass High Tech Staff

As part of each week’s Startup Report, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies, and their business goals, that are profiled in the New England Tech Directory. With each week’s Startup Watch, Mass High Tech will choose the weekly featured companies by soliciting nominations through a poll of 10 companies, with links to their profiles in the New England Tech Directory. Please choose five startups that you would like to know more about for the Sept. 7 edition of Mass High Tech’s weekly Startup Report e-mail by visiting www.masshightech.com/startup-watch.

For guest access to today’s directory listings, visit the following companies:

Audax Medical Inc.: Founded in 2010, Littleton-based Audax Medical is developing a medical device to treat diseased components of the spine.

GroundedPower Inc.: Newton Lower Falls-based GroundedPower, founded in 2008, provides software that monitors and analyzes home energy consumption.

MindChild Medical Inc.: Andover-based MindChild Medical, founded in 2008,  is developing a fetal heart monitor for ensuring safe deliveries of babies.

NowRelevant.com: Founded in 2010, NowRelevant.com is a Woburn-based search engine that pulls information only from the past 14 days on any search topic.

Trenergi Corp.: Founded in 2009, Hopkinton-based Trenergi develops fuel cells that generate electricity for residences while producing heat and hot water as a free byproduct.